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Best Perc'ahlia Slow Burn Fanfics

The best slow burn Perc'ahlia (Percival de Rolo/Vex'ahlia) 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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Be In My Eyes

Slow Burn

by RavenDruid

This is a Vaxleth-centric College AU fic, where our group of chucklefucks share an apartment.You can also find this fic available on my Tumblr.The title was inspired by the song Flowers in Your Hair by The Lumineers.

514 kudos 256,550 words 62/81 chapters Explicit
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Gate Building: See also, Bargaining with Archfey, Complications of

by thereafter

Over a decade after promising to build Artagan a doorway in exchange for the precious time they needed to defeat Vecna, the bill comes due. Percy and Vex find themselves pawns in the frequently exasperating, often conflicting, and sometimes exhilarating machinations of a number of archfey.

210 kudos 240,875 words 31/? chapters Explicit
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All the Ways that Bind Us

by glitteringnights

This is the first time Keyleth is able to take a look at the younger man’s face in all her frenzied panic and his work. He’s around her age, maybe a little older, she thinks. His long hair is tied up and his uniform fits him a disgustingly flattering amount. She shakes her head, trying to dispel the

152 kudos 20,206 words 8/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Vaxleth Moments

by HoneyFlower15

A collection of stories celebrating the love between Vax’ildan and Keyleth, half set in the high-stakes world of Exandria, and half in a modern AU where magic is replaced by everyday life, college antics, and quiet domestic joys.These are their quiet moments, their chaotic moments, their heartbreaki

104 kudos 245,695 words 50/50 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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The Wildflower at Midnight

by TheFaeWitch

With both her parents missing and her place among the Ashari quietly decided, Keyleth is sent to Syngorn to serve the noble Vessar household. And at the same time, Vax’ildan Vessar has problems of his own: a furious father, an unwanted future, and a ball meant to force him into following in his sist

88 kudos 60,546 words 17/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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I Will Follow You Into the Dark

by theatergirl06

Drowning in guilt and shame after the events at Whitestone, Percy strikes a deal with a dangerous entity. But he miscalculates just how painful the consequences of his sacrifice might be...and how far a certain Ranger would go to rescue him.

83 kudos 34,132 words 7/8 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Knights of Tal'Dorei

by Crimson_Soldat

After the destruction of the Star Forge, Revan has a vision of a planet under the influence of a dark Sith Lord. With the crew of the Ebon hawk at his side, they travel to Exandria to assist a group called Vox Machina in combating the dragons called the Chroma Conclave who may have connections to th

71 kudos 308,782 words 47/? chapters Mature
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A de Rolo Summer

by Holisticwolf95

The de Rolo's go to the beach!

52 kudos 5,078 words 2/2 chapters General Audiences
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Let Love Find You

by Wingedauthoress14

Pike Trickfoot spends most of her days imbuing her healing abilities into baked goods and lattes at her and Vex's cafe: The Healing Touch. While she's busy healing everyone around her, the grief she lives with after losing Pop-Pop presses in on her in more ways than one. A year away from Vox Machina

50 kudos 56,896 words 17/17 chapters Mature
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Running

by CrabbyQuill

It's been four days since they fought. Four days since Vex left. Four days to think. Four days to confront their real fears. Four days to realize that the cure isn't running away. It's running together.

48 kudos 6,683 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Something Held

by PenPaperAndChels

(Sort of a sequel to a song for the empty cloak, but not really. Go check it out if you'd like some Scanlan angst.)   After Vax is taken by the Whispered One, Keyleth and Vex are left with the same impossible absence. One lost the man she loved. One lost the brother who had been beside her since bef

40 kudos 10,232 words 2/2 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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When my world ends

by Whiplaaash123

SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON 4 FINALE  Vex saw her brother fall and she couldn't move.Her muscles locked up, her joints turned to stone, and suddenly Vex no longer remembered how to put her body into motion. Why would she, when the heartbeat that always thrummed in time with her own had fallen silent? Ho

34 kudos 718 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Set Your Sights

by Nenia458

Father had coached her on what it would feel like, when her rifle fired. In precise anatomical, mechanical, and sensory detail. She’d seen guns fired before of course. At the range, at ceremonial events, just a minute ago when Father had done it himself. She knew what to expect. It was nothing like

28 kudos 3,353 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Eat my heart (I won't need it where I'm going)

by MelancholyMusical

Pike is too angry to aim, too hurt and betrayed to steady her hand. Mythcarver pierces Vax's heart, sending him falling to the ground. He still gets up though. Or: I got an idea and am going to make it everyone's problem!

26 kudos 2,422 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Mending

by Anonymous

Days after having Percy returned to her, Vex'ahlia decides to be a little selfish and keeps him in bed with her. -TheSinningRaven

26 kudos 2,669 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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Warriors: Fogged Skies

by Tinyheart129

At the end of their journey many mysteries still linger in the minds of the young cats. Secrets from the Clan’s resent and accent history hidden in a shroud of darkness and half truths.Fogpaw is trying to settle into his new life in Sky Clan when he feels his heart is pulling him across the Shadow C

25 kudos 57,277 words 21/? chapters Not Rated
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You're Back

by gayzombie69

After Percy's resurrection, Vex has been wanting to talk to him to finally, finally open her heart to him. He died without knowing what she felt, after all, and she's not letting that happen again. However, it might not be that easy...

24 kudos 1,329 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
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A Blessing or a Curse (What a Fool)

by InvisibleRiver

“I’d save you again in a heartbeat” He grabbed my collar. Wanting a fight. His words held so much. Risking his own life for mine a second time, even through his curse. “I’m not mad cause you married Vex’allia, I’m crushed because I wasn’t there. I missed it.” His voice cracks. I’m frozen, listening

14 kudos 2,896 words 2/2 chapters General Audiences
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Out of the Ordinary

by HobbitLife

Ebony has enjoyed the last three years since she escaped the clutches of the Briarwoods. Taken in by the twins Vex’ahlia and Vax’ildan, they helped her navigate the world she knows so little about and is now leading a normal everyday life. But nothing stays the same for long. And a chance encounter

8 kudos 18,468 words 8/? chapters Mature
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Turbo Machina

by Shocknawe425

They’re rowdy, they’re ragtag, they’re mercenaries with more baggage than gold. When Max Steel and his Ultralink partner Steel are suddenly pulled into the world of Exandria, they find themselves among a chaotic band of adventurers who are more interested in coin and ale than saving the realm.Forced

5 kudos 16,026 words 1/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences

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Why Slow Burn Perc'ahlia Fanfiction Works So Well

Percival de Rolo/Vex'ahlia — Vox Machina's gunsmith aristocrat and its sharp-eyed ranger built Critical Role's first great romance through whispered dares, a secretly purchased title, and a kiss before a dragon fight. Their canon marriage made 'Lady Vex'ahlia' a fandom rallying cry.

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

Percy noticed Vex's worth before she believed in it herself, and the campaign's receipts make every reread richer. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance. That's why slow burn Perc'ahlia fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.

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