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Best Nandermo Slow Burn Fanfics

The best slow burn Nandermo (Nandor the Relentless/Guillermo de la Cruz) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance.

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What we do in the Shadows (Season two rewrite)

Slow Burn

by doughnut_mind_if_I_do

As the household prepares for season two, Nandor continues his struggles to tell Guillermo his feelings. But can these two ever find happiness with Guillermo's heritage hanging over him like a dark cloud?P.S - Please read season one through the link otherwise you'll be very confused xx

92 kudos 31,557 words 10/10 chapters Mature
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what we send in the shadows

by thevampireletwat

Laszlo: 🧙‍♂️Laszlo: Look Nadja, they even have me in my favorite hat.Nadja: 🙄Nandor the Relentless: guillermo lookGuillermo: What am I looking atNandor the Relentless: jahanNandor the Relentless: 🐴Guillermo: 🥹Nandor the Relentless: me andd jahanNandor the Relentless: 🧛‍♂️🐴Guillermo: 🥹🥹Nadja:

615 kudos 52,925 words 23/? chapters Mature
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Alethophobia

by Jay Auris (nighthawkms)

Laszlo Cravensworth, an up and coming film director, hires recent film school graduate Guillermo de la Cruz to shoot his next project, a documentary about a series of small town murders and the local vampire legend surrounding them. Joining them are Laszlo’s long time collaborators: his wife, Nadja

399 kudos 171,070 words 45/45 chapters Mature
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Same Mistake Twice

by Interrobam

"Ah, perhaps my Master believes that his slayer friends would not want to witness him bugger his pet abomination within an inch of it's afterlife?" Nandor asked, pouting and rolling his ass back against Guillermo's hips. There was an immediate outburst of assertions from their audience testifying th

284 kudos 15,055 words 7/7 chapters Explicit
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What We Do In The Shadows Season 7

by thecitrusvamp

Do you miss WWDITS? So do I! Could you believe it was over? Neither could I! So here we are - welcome to season 7, where we follow our beloved vampires one last time through their silly, ridiculous lives while their beloved human buddy endures an (major? minor?) existential crisis. Episodes "air" ev

216 kudos 93,617 words 12/12 chapters Explicit
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Master of my Heart

by QueenShnoogleberry

*** Chapter 111 is posted in celebration of Day 15 of Kinktober. It can be read without having previously read the rest of the fic. It's Guillermo domming Nandor. Actually, Chapter 121 is pure smut as well.***Beginning at the end of season 5, this fic explores the lives and relationship of Nandor a

194 kudos 526,875 words 245/? chapters Explicit
7

I Wish You Well

by MrQueen

After Guillermo confides in Nandor that he’s been turned, Nandor acts rashly and runs to the Djinn. His wish doesn’t go as planned, however, and now Nandor has to deal with the aftermath.

168 kudos 41,372 words 8/11 chapters Explicit
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Dhampir

by LostGalaxie

“Well, what is the announcement?” Laszlo drawled. Nandor clapped his hands together before spreading them in Guillermo’s direction. “Guillermo is expecting a little baby, my baby. Exciting, yes?” All eyes went to the shifting familiar. How a one-night stand turned into something more between vampire

90 kudos 4,040 words 4/? chapters Mature
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Loyal Like a Dog, Sinful Like a Snake

by CicadaBuzz

One night, feeling a little self-destructive, Guillermo snuck out to a gay bar in Manhattan, with nothing but a fake ID and a fantasy of getting his guts rearranged by a hot older guy. He needed to indulge his sinful nature just this once. Lucky him, he meets a strong, beautiful goth dude who seems

55 kudos 106,922 words 9/? chapters Explicit
10

'It works, doesn't it?'

by LizLimone998

"Well. It would seem we have a textbook case of classical conditioning on our hands." "I don't know what that is." "Of course you don't." Laszlo sniggered, "Let me put it in simpler terms; you, Nandor, have gotten so used to the mental image of a certain vampire killer in moments of pleasure, that y

48 kudos 4,672 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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Time Cast a Spell on You

by LizLimone998

'Change is hard, remaining the same is harder.' Nandor couldn't remember where he'd read that - or even if it had been in a book or on a sticky note attached to the bumper of a car. But it was true, all the same. . . Guillermo is doing his own thing now. But that doesn't mean he and Nandor can't be

29 kudos 5,168 words 3/? chapters Mature
12

What We Become in the Dark

by broncho1000

After Guillermo is unexpectedly turned into a vampire, he struggles with hunger, fear, and the loss of his humanity.When Nandor desperately searches for him, they are forced to confront years of unspoken feelings, old wounds, and a dangerous mystery surrounding Guillermo’s transformation.As they try

26 kudos 20,043 words 7/? chapters Mature
13

hello, you're my very special one

by machinewithoutfeelings

Timers were an amusing curiosity for humans with their tiny lifespans, but for a vampire, it very rarely made sense to bother. Unless you were desperate.

19 kudos 3,819 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Free

by Gamael

Nandor and Guillermo finally figure out their shit

18 kudos 4,623 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
15

The Vamily <3

by No1Salesman_1997

Vampire-family groupchat.Inspired by What We Send In The Shadows by thevampireletwat pls go check it out it's SO GOOD and really funny❤️ (and other works by them!!)

15 kudos 825 words 2/? chapters Mature
16

Strange Serenity

by badgerswake

Nandor and Guillermo want to stay together forever. But how long is forever when one of you is human?

15 kudos 5,622 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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Laszlo Cravensworth and the Grief Spiral Odyssey

by KristyLime

It's been over three years since Brian Dempsey was killed. But three years is less than the blink of an eye for a vampire, and Laszlo Cravensworth refuses to move on and accept that his familiar and lover is gone. And why should he have to? He's Laszlo Cravensworth. His intelligence is a ten and he'

12 kudos 78,975 words 20/51 chapters Explicit
18

I Do It For You

by driedinkblots

Guillermo performs surgery on Nandor for inexplicable reasons that have only become clear in the moment. Medical marvels abound.

11 kudos 1,459 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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Lost footage: A forgotten new face

by 000Artemix000

In the beginning of season 2, Laszlo and Nadja mentioned that they had 6...maybe 7 familiars this summer?But we, viewers, could not see any of them in detail. In this story, we take our focus on one of the first familiars of this summer, a shy, polite, slightly confused and a bit awkward outlander,

5 kudos 27,154 words 2/? chapters Mature
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Unfinished fics dump

by indigay

This is me dumping all my unfinished fics in one place. Some of these are reeeeally unfinished, some are not, some are finished but too small to post on their own. I'll put more specific tags in each chapter and who knows I'll get some fuel to finish them

3 kudos 23,075 words 18/18 chapters Not Rated

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Why Slow Burn Nandermo Fanfiction Works So Well

Nandor the Relentless/Guillermo de la Cruz — A vampire warlord and the familiar who spent over a decade waiting to be turned, bodyguarding him with Van Helsing blood the whole time. What We Do in the Shadows mined their master-servant codependence for comedy while letting genuine devotion accumulate underneath.

Slow Burn — A romance that develops gradually over time, with tension building across chapters or the entire story.

The slowest of burns disguised as a workplace sitcom — fandom adores the question of what Guillermo actually wants more: immortality or Nandor. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance. That's why slow burn Nandermo fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.

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