Glee

Brittana

Brittany Pierce/Santana Lopez

Cheerios with linked pinkies whose throwaway joke became one of network TV's landmark lesbian romances. Santana's coming-out arc — 'I love girls the way I'm supposed to feel about boys' — gave Glee its most affecting material, and canon married them.

7,000 works

What is Brittana?

Brittana is the fan-given name for the romantic pairing of Brittany Pierce and Santana Lopez from Glee. With over 7,000 works on Archive of Our Own, it's one of the most popular ships in the fandom.

Why fans love Brittana

The sharpest girl in school undone by the sweetest; fans treasure a femslash couple that actually got the wedding.

Most Popular Brittana Fanfics

The highest-rated Brittana stories on AO3, ranked by kudos.

1

The Wrong Kind Of Perfect

Complete

by FantasiaWrites

Santana Lopez leads the perfect life: Head cheer captain. Popular. Dating the quarterback. When her secret is discovered, Santana is sent across the country to a camp to help her find the "Right" path. Determined to keep her head down, Santana meets a blonde who seems completely unafraid of herself,

14 kudos 157,205 words ~629 min read Mature
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) References Inspired by But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
2

Cancelled

by TiagWilde

Ten years after leaving Lima behind, Santana Lopez is an influencer with 2.5 million followers until a viral video triggers a full online cancellation, forcing her to confront friendships, trauma, and the girl she once loved and abandoned. AU! Brittana.

33 kudos 53,798 words ~216 min read Teen And Up Audiences
3

don't talk to strangers (or you might fall in love)

by wranklymxrlin

Brittany S. Pierce is conflicted about being sent to the McKinley Youth Retreat. On one hand, she wants to get better and be normal, but on the other she wonders if maybe she isn't sick at all. a.k.a Brittany has been sent to a conversion camp where she meets the other Glee characters and comes to t

28 kudos 15,346 words ~62 min read Explicit
Minor Original Character(s) Angst Angst with a Happy Ending
4

sitting on (the dock of the bay)

Complete

by jollofrice

♪ I’m sitting on the dock of the bay, watching the tide roll away. I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay, wasting time. ♪ or, Glimpses of Santana and Brittany starting to figure things out on Brittany’s lake house. Set during the summer between seasons two and three.

1 kudos 6,469 words ~26 min read Teen And Up Audiences
mostly cuteness Homophobia Fluff
5

Blind Dates

Complete

by ffictioncentral

Quinn and Rachel on a blind date. #Faberry. One-shot.

3 kudos 4,052 words ~17 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Faberry love
6

The McKinley High Redemption

by JazminMoon

Hayden is a troubled recovering alcoholic. After moving, he intends to start over at McKinley High, in an attempt to put his life on the right tracks, after getting kicked out of his last school for being a bully who took things too far. What he didn't expect was meeting his former transgender victi

0 kudos 9,610 words ~39 min read Mature
Drama & Romance Hurt/Comfort Addiction
7

we were something, don't you think so?

by iheartglee

After almost three years of not seeing each other, Rachel Berry and Quinn Fabray are reunited, once again, by fate. Or, in other words, a very sucessful Blaine Anderson. After Blaine is casted as Orpheus in Hadestown, he invites his two best friends in the world for his Broadway debut, and the rest

18 kudos 4,995 words ~20 min read Mature
Blaine Anderson & Quinn Fabray are Best Friends Broadway Star Blaine Anderson Hadestown References
8

Muscle Memory

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by FantasiaWrites

Brittany Pierce heads to a bar to meet up with Puck and Quinn. She encounters a gorgeous brunette and they connect instantly, blurring the line between friendship and lovers. As memories shift, how will they find their way to one another?

2 kudos 54,974 words ~220 min read Mature
9

go to sleep😡

by super_girlkisser4

No summary provided.

3 kudos 2,357 words ~10 min read Not Rated
Everyone is Gay Gay Panic I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
10

Drove To The Ocean

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by Midnight_slutsoldier

Brittany wishes she’d asked Santana to make the same promise. Maybe she had and Santana had promised too. But promises weren’t magic, people died anyway. Now Brittany is a widow at twenty-six years old. In a week it will be her birthday and she’ll be twenty-seven without her wife. It will be the fir

8 kudos 10,308 words ~42 min read Not Rated
Character Death Grief/Mourning Hurt
11

Beyond the Spotlight

by TiagWilde

In this sequel to "Under the Spotlight", Brett Pierce serves in Special Forces while Santana Lopez lives under the glare of fame as they navigate their relationship between two worlds that don't necessarily relate. AU! Genderswap Brittany.

10 kudos 96,175 words ~385 min read Explicit
Genderswap
12

for we go to a wedding: and surely you know this

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by itskindnessinfinite

It sucks to be loved by Santana Lopez. Even after all this time she’s so prickly. She’s kind to Brittany, yes, but to Brittany only, and while it’s nice that sometimes Santana’s almost like an attack dog, snarling at the first hint of a threat to Britt’s integrity, it gets to be a little much someti

5 kudos 1,500 words ~6 min read Teen And Up Audiences
POV Brittany S. Pierce POV Santana Lopez POV Third Person Limited
13

The faberry project

by Iwritelol

Sue usually hated teen romance. The hallway kissing,the hand holding,the pda. It all made her sick. But when a rumour comings knocking at her office door,she knows what she has to do.OrSue tries to match make faberry

29 kudos 4,470 words ~18 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Bisexual Rachel Berry Cheerio Rachel Berry Lesbian Quinn Fabray
14

Bunheads

by WankyRivera (kimizomi)

Santana Lopez is a dancer at the New York Ballet Company. Brittany Pierce is a bartender and manager of her pub just across the ballet company. Both of them appear to lead a good life in New York respectively, but they too have their own problems and secrets. Will things get better when they meet? O

17 kudos 40,707 words ~163 min read General Audiences
Romance Hurt/Comfort Alternate Universe
15

i’m going through (changes)

by jollofrice

Santana’s tumultuous journey into becoming herself again. or, Santana and her siblings, Jake and Mercedes, are inseparable. After finally getting a fresh start in Lima after tragedy, each navigates a new world of the unexpected, of course with the help of one another. AU.

39 kudos 56,286 words ~226 min read Mature
Romance Family Trauma
16

Gracefully

by QuinnFaslay

Grace Fabray is the shy, bookworm younger sister of McKinley High's Queen Bee, Quinn Fabray, this is her story of her trials and triumphs throughout Glee's 6 seasons. Season 1 ✓Season 2 ✓Season 3 (In Progress)

9 kudos 324,120 words ~1297 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Inspired by Glee Fake/Pretend Relationship Teen Pregnancy
17

Little miss diva cheerio!

by ILIKEBAGUETTES

Instead of Quinn's pregnancy line the scandal is that she was caught lezzing over Rachel berry. Rachel joins the cheerios to find out if it was true.

19 kudos 13,565 words ~55 min read Not Rated
Cheerio Rachel Berry Lesbian Quinn Fabray Bisexual Rachel Berry
18

Bruised

by ariscripted

Santana is left reeling after a traumatic sexual assault that she cannot bring herself to name or explain. She spends several days emotionally and physically overwhelmed, dissociated, and isolated in a shared living space where life continues around her as if nothing has changed. Her friends notice

11 kudos 4,790 words ~20 min read Explicit
Drama & Romance Angst and Hurt/Comfort
19

Love heals me (in a way I don’t deserve)

by sunflow3randsunshin3

Santana Lopez’s life is upended when she’s moved to nowhere, Ohio instead of finishing high school in Washington. She finds herself struggling to acclimate to McKinley high but at least there was the sweet cheerleader right?

48 kudos 21,048 words ~85 min read General Audiences
Volleyball player Santana Lopez brittana endgame loser Santana Lopez
20

Santana's very random and average night in NY

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by L0serSaphh1c

Santana Lopez didn't know when exactly she realized Brittany breaking up with Sam was not inevitable.  I mean, she'd always known in a sense- but, somewhere, deep down, she wanted- no she believed fate would bend to her will and it would simply happen. Like with Artie- or any other guy the blonde da

3 kudos 621 words ~3 min read Teen And Up Audiences
wlw Santanas Brain doesn't make sense Lesbian Yearning

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Brittana mean?

Brittana is the ship name (portmanteau or nickname) for the pairing of Brittany Pierce and Santana Lopez. It's used by fans to tag and search for fanfiction featuring this relationship.

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There are over 7,000 Brittana fanfiction works on Archive of Our Own.

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