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The best angst with a happy ending Alexis/Ted (Alexis Rose/Ted Mullens) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. It is the emotional rollercoaster with a guaranteed safe landing; readers can surrender completely to the pain because the tag has already promised the dawn.

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the future is a wishing well

Angst with a Happy Ending

by JewFlexive

“I don’t think that was an adult kiss,” Alexis says carefully as she stares up at Ted’s ceiling. There’s a stain on it from when she tried to make him a birthday cake, back when they were dating. It had gone terribly and she’d tried very hard not to be absolutely mortified at how carefully she’d wor

62 kudos 2,769 words 2/? chapters Mature
2

PRIDE and (A Little Bit) Prejudice - On Ice?

by BeneficialAddiction

Rose Gold, the up-and-coming New York based PR firm run by brother-sister tag-team David and Alexis Rose, specializes in making over both individuals and organizations from the inside out. Still new to the game, their services haven’t exactly become as sought-after as they were hoping in the big cit

143 kudos 20,936 words 8/? chapters Mature
3

oh my god, they were roommates

by dollsome

Alexis and Ted do lockdown together. Everybody else has Thoughts about it.

134 kudos 2,638 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Hold On

by resm

“You’re a vision, David,” a breathy, deep voice was telling him. “This is how you were meant to be presented to the world.” On a trip to NYC to celebrate the latest milestone in Alexis’ career, David and Patrick run into a face from his old crowd. What was supposed to be a highly anticipated city br

120 kudos 115,265 words 30/30 chapters Mature
5

He Calls Me Back

by JessicaLuci

Alexis Rose has risen to the top of the PR world. But, Schitt's Creek still calls her name, and when she returns back for Christmas, she had only expected to be reunited with her family and her few friends.After rescuing a kitten from the trenches of a lake, the visit to the local veterinary clinic

64 kudos 19,445 words 1/1 chapters Mature
6

Schitty Reddit

by DavidRoseIsMySpiritAnimal

Well, this is the crossover nobody asked for.Reproducing Schitt's Creek, Reddit style. Join our favourite lovable characters as they turn to Reddit to ask if they were the assholes, rant or rave.Each chapter is a different character and a different scene/plot, unless it is an update.

62 kudos 1,255 words 5/? chapters Not Rated
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[Vid] Secrets

by NC Vids (N0Connections)

A Schitt's Creek fan video to the song Secrets by Rachael Jenkins

38 kudos 17 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
8

an appetite for the stars tonight

by sublime_jumbles

Former reality star, PR mogul, and international It Girl Alexis Rose has been spotted with a new beau, and sources close to this journalist suggest that she's going to spoil him until there's a lot more of him to enjoy.

37 kudos 2,182 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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That Night in the Mirror

by resm

No amount of empty reassurances were going to undo the unholy hell that Sebastien Raine had unleashed on them. But, they were connected by their pain and by their fear. Six months on, David and Patrick return to NYC for Sebastien’s rape trial.

30 kudos 10,040 words 3/? chapters Not Rated
10

you LOVE him?

by brewerblue

Trying not to overshadow Alexis and Ted's reunion, David doesn't tell her about his and Patrick's declarations of love. Until Alexis hears David accidentally say it and of course, freaks out.

29 kudos 909 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
11

Stocking Stuffers

by calloftheloon

A series of ficlets, featuring several characters (listed by chapter title).

28 kudos 5,191 words 12/12 chapters Mature
12

First Impressions

by Anonymous

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Or husband. Or a spouse in general."Patrick and Ted are rich people navigating Schitt's Creek as a holiday retreat. David and Alexis, as longtime residents, peak their interest. But n

23 kudos 1,834 words 1/? chapters Not Rated
13

back to december

by notmyfandoms

And I go back to DecemberIt turns out freedom ain't nothin' but missin' youWishin' I'd realized what I had when you were mine When David doesn't give Alexis the attention she needs, she finds herself alone with her thoughts - and a certain necklace - in her apartment, and reminisces.

19 kudos 1,396 words 1/1 chapters Not Rated
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The waves will carry me

by jamilas_pen

Alexis sparkles: shimmering bronzer and glinting earrings, sequined swimsuit and dazzling smile. She shines brightly, always, light refracting off those around like the sun on the clear, blue Aegean below.  Or, Alexis's story of personal growth, told through a series of five drabbles

18 kudos 500 words 5/5 chapters General Audiences
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Podunk Baby Out of Wedlock

by Restless_Writer

So this story, is, a lot. The idea starts off as what if Stevie and David, in a time of finding randoms, find eachother. In this they find their own love story, until 9 years later, tragedy strikes during a robbery at the apothecary, and David’s world as he knows it falls apart, until, of course, he

17 kudos 135,318 words 34/? chapters Mature
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Don't pink about it

by mammameesh (meeshxsmith)

20 Double drabbles for June.

14 kudos 3,700 words 20/20 chapters Explicit
17

Cheers to a love we cannot live

by Prince_De_Valois

What if Ted left some piece of him when he left?

12 kudos 5,226 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
18

destiny brought us to the creek

by artsyspikedhair

short little piece about Schitt's Creek, the creek itself specifically.

10 kudos 637 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
19

He's a Man That Makes Me (126 Days Till)

by scaryfangirl2001

It's 126 days until the wedding, and it's March 5. Patrick and David are in Massachusetts, selecting their hairstyles and coloring, but David receives devastating news

8 kudos 3,361 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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[podfic] Ruby

by hullomoon

David had only been in the hospital overnight, but today was their anniversary. It was the worst timing. It wasn’t serious, Patrick reminded himself. It was a broken leg, and they were only keeping him because he was 77. The bone had been set and braced. Rehab would be hard and long, but Patrick k

6 kudos 15 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences

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Why Angst with a Happy Ending Alexis/Ted Fanfiction Works So Well

Alexis Rose/Ted Mullens — The former socialite and Schitt's Creek's pun-loving vet break up, grow up, and find each other again — only to part lovingly when the Galápagos calls him. The show's most bittersweet ending leaves fandom to write the someday.

Angst with a Happy Ending — One of AO3's most trusted tags: the story will hurt — sometimes brutally — but it promises in advance that the characters come out the other side. The contract lets writers go dark and readers follow without bracing for devastation.

Two people who became their best selves together choosing growth over each other begs for the reunion canon withheld. It is the emotional rollercoaster with a guaranteed safe landing; readers can surrender completely to the pain because the tag has already promised the dawn. That's why angst with a happy ending Alexis/Ted fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.

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