Best One-Shot Cowboy Bebop Fanfics
Cowboy Bebop one-shots under 10k words — complete reads in one sitting. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 25 One-Shot Cowboy Bebop Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Cowboy Bebop fics — short stories under 10,000 words.
Soul Man
by fuckener
She scrubs her eyes. “I'm just so disappointed. I thought you were really dead.”
Half Past Midnight
by cupiscent
She isn't supposed to be here, but then again he wasn't supposed to come back.
girl in a hurricane
by katyfaise
She approaches him out of nowhere, fingers digging into the lapels of his jacket and lips crashing against his own without any sort of warning. Spike isn’t sure what’s come over her.
What I need
by buckbuckwild
There's not a lot Spike is unsure of, but this particular topic is one of them. Or: Spike is unsure of his life and himself and Jet shows him just how much he isn't.
Stray Dogs
by shrift
He's got a rook on his shoulder and you've got a hole in your heart; you're a match made in hell, baby, and it'll tear you apart.
Carrying That Weight
by redelric
They find him on the stairs, face down in a pile of blood. Faye sits next to him, flips him over so he's lying across her lap. "I hate this," she says, refusing to look at Jet, who she knows is crying above them. "We shouldn't have bothered." She rests a hand on his chest. Over his heart. His cold,
Thirty Kisses
by sabinelagrande
Thirty chances for Spike and Faye.
the only time i'd call you mine
by katyfaise
or five ways faye valentine shows that she loves him
Melomania
by fivethingsunmixed
n. a singular passion for music that is beyond all reason.The Bebop crew isn't the sort that says mushy things like "I love you". Not if you don't want to end up with Faye mocking you, Edward hacking into your bank balance, Spike's snide comments or Jet just plain laughing.That doesn't mean they *do
Red Bird Roulette
by Arkady (Letterblade)
Back to back, they are indestructible...
Left of Me
by Sonya
Everybody has their breaking point.
to be alone with you
by katyfaise
They laugh and talk and spend time as something Faye has never had before - something that closely resembles a family.
grief counseling
by fated_addiction
Faye walks into a bar. It shouldn't surprise you.
Finding His Warmth
by fishpuddle
Spike has never made anything easy for Faye. Except then he does.
Let It Bleed
by antumbral
Every bullet is a beat, and damned if that's not the rhythm of Spike's life. Spike and Vicious, trapped in an alley.
swing-by
by besselfcn
“Don’t,” Jet says, when he pulls the BeBop back to dock forty-five minutes after take-off, “say a fucking word.”
Defanged Cobra
by CandiedFroug
Spike is at the mercy of Vicious without his weapon.
Callisto in Retrograde
by darkmanifest
“Are you seeing Julia behind my back?” Spike was being sarcastic to Vicious on Callisto, just not for the reasons you'd expect.
session 06: chasing the blues
by cruellae (tinkabelladk)
they say you can't go home again
Turning Point
by Wrenlet
Vicious has a decision to make. (Pre-series.)
musings on love
by havershhm
Spike Spiegel isn't someone to fall in love with.
Trust
by Hamimifk (BatchSan)
Pre-series. When Spike first befriended Vicious, there were things he never thought the other man would make him do.
Ace of Spades
by empirerising
Just a little misplaced Spike and Vicious that's been sitting in my docs for a while. No storyline really. Implied Spike/Julia.
exsanguination
by cptsdstars
You know logically, neither of them would ever come with you if you left. Both of them have been in the life much longer than you, have been with each other longer than they’ve been with you. And you know love only goes so far with a gun pointed at the base of your skull.
session 04: hold that note
by cruellae (tinkabelladk)
i should have known you were too mean to die.
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About This List
This list of 25one-shot Cowboy Bebop fanfics spans 62,183 total words. Kudos range from 76 on the newest entries to 847 on the most established. Nearly all (100%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Explicit (10 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Angst · POV Second Person · Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot · Smut · Trans Male Character.
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