Top 20 Long Buffy Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Buffy fics — 50,000–100,000 words.
don't look much like a lover (doesn't mean I won't try)
by SummerFrost
Buffy is ashamed of him, Spike knows. But when no one else is around, she touches him like she could love him.(In which Spike makes a damn good cup of coffee, watches a sunrise or two, and plays confidant to a Slayer who thinks dying to save the world would've been easier than this.)
wouldn't it be nice? (in the kind of world where we belonged)
by SummerFrost
Spike is still beneath her, so hard he's vibrating, and a second ago she was living in this amazing, perfect, fresh piece of Dubble Bubble bubblegum world. A second ago, she loved him. Or: The thing about Willow's will-be-done spell is that, yeah, obviously it sucks that it happened with Spike. But
unorphaned (in our northern lights)
by morningsound15
Faith doesn’t notice anything strange until the next morning, when they wake up in bed together. In another time. In another world. In a world where they’re married and living together and raising Buffy’s little sis and everyone’s walking around treating the situation like it’s fine and good and nor
nothing safe is worth the drive (follow you home)
by SummerFrost
Here's the deal: Buffy's got no idea how to beat Glory, or how they're gonna book it across the country in a moldy RV without anyone killing each other, especially now that someone broke one of the beds—and the thought of going home again kinda makes her wanna cry. The one thing she knows is that Sp
heaven, make me an offer
by SummerFrost
Buffy says, "The girl you loved didn't make it out of the ground." Or: Buffy crawls out of her grave and remembers loving Spike. They just have to get back to where they were.
Je me souviens
by zulu
Revenge is the last thing on Faith's mind.
Body Language
by explosionshark
Buffy and Faith have always communicated best when they're not relying on words at all.
Someday
by sunalso
AU. The world is broken, but Buffy is given seven days to make it better. Does saving humanity mean letting go of the one thing she wants, or grabbing on to it with both hands? Based on a challenge at EF by javajunkie247.Beta'd by Gort.Archived at AO3 and EF ONLY. Updates posted first to EF.
(love me) as much as your heart can stand
by SummerFrost
Buffy Summers's foolproof plan for being large with the life again:1. Break up with Spike2. Spend more time with Willow and Dawnie3. No, seriously, break up with Spike4. Poetry?? Or: Still aimless after being pulled from Heaven and caught up in a dark sexual affair with Spike, Buffy forms an unlikel
Et Lux In Tenebris Lucet
by enigmaticblue
Spike manages to save Dawn, but pays a steep price, which changes everything, including Buffy's feelings towards him.
Goodbye to Everything That I Knew
by My_Barbaric_Yawp
When Dawn’s future at Revello Drive is in jeopardy, Buffy goes looking for a way to convince social services that all is well in the state of Summers. Cue a new truce with Spike in which our heroes learn how to love, live, and parent together while staying one step ahead of Dawnie, the Scoobies, and
Impossibly Delightful Flesh
by Sadbhyl
In which the Scoobies have a small accident that leads to some major changes in their lives and has them questioning the deeper issues of sexuality, gender, and the heart.Set early Season 5, shortly after Family but before Shadow.
against the dying of the light
by overnights
Deep down, Faith knows that she should have expected this. The dream of Buffy falling through the sky didn’t repeat itself every night for nothing. It was a warning. A message.But no dream in existence could have prepared Faith to live in a world where Buffy Summers is dead. It doesn’t seem possible
advent calendar of porn / kinktober in july
by lovelyorbent
*1: body worship (spuffy)2: public (spuffy)3: virginity (spangelus)4: underwater (spuffy)*5: cockwarming (spangel)6: nipple play (fuffy)7: pegging (spuffy)*8: corsetry (spangelus)9: strangers (spuffy)*10: aphrodisiacs (sprusilla)11: sleepy sex (spuffy)12: body swap (spuffy)13: biting (spangel)14: li
maybe i’m ready to love you
by chasingfictions
“Buffy?”He almost never used to call her Buffy. Did he? Always Slayer, or pet, or love. Or like, he’d use her name, but it always sounded odd, in his mouth. All tender, touchy. Like, like he was making eye contact with her, just by saying it."Spike."She wonders if it feels the same, for him. His nam
The Cyrano Factor
by Medievalchic
For Buffy's eighteenth birthday, Angel gives her a book of poetry. This is the story of a book that meant something and a message written inside that meant less than it appeared. Beta'd by Sunnydalesis and flootzavut.
Hearts Breaking Even
by Slaymesoftly
Buffy follows a demon through a portal and gets stuck in Victoria England for several days. Fortunately, she only has to explain herself to a young boy and some curious sheep. Although she's only there until Giles can reopen the portal and bring her home, it's long enough for her to make a lasting
Sticking Together
by AutumnElf
Set after season 7 of Buffy and season 5 of Angel.Buffy learns of the apocalypse in LA and immediately rushes there to find badly-wounded Angel and Spike.As they recover she vows to stay and fight by their side, but keeps her heart close to her chest. She's already dated them, after all, and after h
Beginning In The Past. To Shape A Future.
by CrAzYE
Aphrodite makes a trip back in time to pick up some help to save her latest project and throw a kink in Are's plans for the most recent reincarnation of Xena's soul.
Faiths Vampire Family
by mwimer
A young Faith Lehane is saved from her original life's path when a mysterious man finds her on the street
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About This List
This list of 20long Buffy fanfics spans 1,368,227 total words. Kudos range from 27 on the newest entries to 3,406 on the most established. Nearly all (85%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Explicit (10 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Slow Burn · Time Travel · Season/Series 06 · Enemies to Lovers · Fix-It.
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