Nice life snatched from death theme. Being the Xander fan I am I particularly liked the last line of your first one. :)

Throughout, I get a small sense of something Spike told her, about being a little in love with death. Possibly Chosen cured her of that as it lifted some of the weight of the world from her shoulders. Instead of Xander and/or Willow ripping her back from the edge she just wanted to live badly enough.