Looking for a fic where Spike gets brought back after chosen, but doesn't want anything to do with Buffy. I remember some rather brutal sexual interaction and her getting shot trying to save some humans in a park.
Would appreciate any help I can get because I've searched high and low and the closest I was able to find was Devil piglet's; Prayers to Broken Stone.
Any others in this vein (ha ha) would be welcome as well.

I'm not sure this is the story you are seeking but it's a beautifully written story in a similar vein:

My Life Closed Twice by Anaross


Summary: Post-Not Fade Away. Buffy seeks Spike's remains, but then finds him in the most unusual place. Spike/Other, Spike/Buffy. Anaross says, "Not sure where this is going. But new fic. PWP--- Poetry without plot. Well, no poetry yet."
Canon to...Post NFA

My Life Closed Twice is worth reading even if it isn't the one you're looking for.

I know this one but I cannot find it. The PTB tell Spike that his love for Buffy was false somehow before they send him back. He's very angry at her but she's persistent in her love, then they realize they are being played by the PTB or something.

Also YES to My Life Closed Twice. Love anaross!

SMac
Is My Life closed Twice the one where Spike ends up as a professor or something? I seem to remember Buffy taking his class and discussing "The Road Not Taken".

Yes. That is My Life Closed Twice. Excellent story. One of the best.

Hiya, this sounds like a fortune told by always jbj

If you know it is not the fic the poster is looking for then plz don't post it. This is not the fic recs section