Best Epic Black Butler Fanfics
Black Butler fanfics over 100,000 words — the reader-favorite epics that define the fandom. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 8 Epic Black Butler Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. These are the Black Butler epics readers come back to. Save them for offline reading.
Those Gentle Slopes that Lead to Hell
by Severus_divides_into_H
Proud. Unique. Determined. From the second Sebastian sensed Ciel Phantomhive’s soul, he realised their contract would be different. He was ready for it. And so he waits. He hungers. He is getting obsessed. He will do anything to devour this soul, and the fragile attachment to the boy that has begun
The Spare
by BadBadz
What if the fire never happened?Ciel Phantomhive is a sickly boy who lives with his parents and his twin brother. As the earl's second son, Ciel will not be inheriting anything from his father, not his title nor his wealth. He is just a spare, living under his brother's shadow.One day, when he's six
La Petite Mort
by bun_o_ween
In turn-of-the-century Paris, a struggling prostitute meets an American priest determined to save him. This story is about obsession, desire, and redemption.
Devilish Impulses
by KittyGetsLoose
He impulsively broke the covenant, then remade it. But can the trust, once shattered, be recovered? Sebastian must work twice as hard to rebuild what he briefly discarded. Shotacon, yaoi. Begins at the end of the anime's first season. Some divergence from anime plot, with elements from the manga.
Her Butler
by doughnut_mind_if_I_do
Celia Phantomhive loses everything but the all-consuming need for revenge. She makes a deal with a demon in exchange for her soul, unaware he desires more than just her soul at the end of their arrangement.But what will this demon do when feelings get involved?
Lips Like Sugar
by ChromeHoplite
Has he mentioned he’s not gay? Yeah? Good! Can someone please remind him?! Sebastian finds himself facing sweet temptation when he's forced to take a part-time job at a local candy store.
The Only Exception
by Perpetualsg
My name is Sebastian Michaelis. My family is part of a secret society that kidnaps people and breaks them down before selling them to whomever ordered them. We’re a little different though. We keep a slave of our liking, my father’s done it, and his father before him and so forth. It’s a shame I hav
The Script Has Already Been Written
by RoboBaby
Soma Asman Kadar is the son of a wealthy businessman descended from royalty. To escape a family who barely notices him, Soma moves to America to try his hand at film production in Hollywood. Everything is normal until he meets Arshad, the imposing white-haired executive producer, who seems strangely
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About This List
This list of 8epic Black Butler fanfics spans 1,872,374 total words. Kudos range from 123 on the newest entries to 6,016 on the most established. 63% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (6 of 8 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Angst · Demon/Human Relationships · Adult Ciel Phantomhive · Slow Burn.
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