Top 8 Short Bangel Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Bangel fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
Moonshot
by aliceinwonderbra
When she finds herself with a shiny new case of telepathy, Buffy knows she needs to use this to her strategic advantage. They need info on the ascension, and Faith has it. She isn't prepared for how the aspect of the demon will interact with the slayer connection or what she learns from Faith's mind
Un/Broken
by skargasm
Void is gone but Stiles is left with the guilt of everything that he did whilst possessed. Unable to pull himself out of it, and unwilling to inflict how he feels on his friends, he begins to pull away from the Pack. Making a list of things he needs to accomplish before he’s allowed to relieve every
i now pronounce you
by chasingfictions
in which I choose violence and set “Something Blue” during Season 3 ❤️- Dawn asks, “Wait, so does this mean the wedding’s off?”The entire group of them says at once: “Yes.”Dawn pouts. “But Spike was gonna make me his best man! I was gonna get to go tuxedo shopping!”
Past Is Prologue
by LLN3dseestheLight
Xander makes a deal with the Powers That Be. He gets send back in time but some changes are made...It's not so much about changing the events of the past, Xander will find, but letting the past change you.
Past Tense
by LLN3dseestheLight
Xander made a deal with the PTB's and he got send back in time but some changes are made...It's not so much about changing the events of the past, Xander will find, but letting the past change you...And that to every rule, there is that one exception to it.
Hurricane Season
by girlpire
After sustaining a serious injury, Angelus must rely on the slayer for help while he heals. He just can't let her find out about the whole missing-a-soul thing. It's an uneasy feeling, the way he imagines it would feel to be drowning in the ocean but get saved by a shark. Your only choice is to le
sometimes enough
by taxicab12
“Tell me everything,” Willow said, not sounding particularly like she’d been asleep. “Are his friends cool?”Buffy blinked. “Some of them. There was this one British guy—”“Ooh, accents, hot.”“—who wouldn’t stop staring at my boobs,” she finished.“Ew, men, gross.”“Spike,” Buffy said with a scoff. “Wha
Angel Doesn’t Know
by My_Barbaric_Yawp
"I was 16, Spike,” she said softly. “I had the impulse control of a hormonal ferret, and I was desperate to be loved—you think I woulda said no to a hot, devoted British guy who wasn't trying to kill me just for kicks? Just how dumb are you?" ~ Buffy in Ch 13 of Goodbye to Everything That I KnewIn w
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Why Read Short Bangel Fics?
Novella-length Bangel fics — roughly 10,000 to 50,000 words — let writers fully develop a single AU, trope, or relationship beat without sprawling. Plenty of time for setup, payoff, and a satisfying ending; not so much time that you're juggling fifty bookmarks.
Great for trying a new author or testing whether you'll enjoy a sub-genre before diving into something longer.
About This List
This list of 8short Bangel fanfics spans 215,402 total words. Kudos range from 407 on the newest entries to 1,516 on the most established. Nearly all (88%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Mature (4 of 8 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Gender or Sex Swap · Gender Issues · Female Xander Harris · Hyena Xander Harris · BAMF Xander Harris.
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