Best SpikeFaye Found Family Fanfics
The best found family SpikeFaye (Spike Spiegel/Faye Valentine) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. The warmth of chosen family, characters finding belonging and unconditional support.
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Boogie Wonderland
Found Familyby AldreanTreuPeri
UNDER RECONSTRUCTION! Doing a re-write of the first installation of this series and adding a bunch of content so there will be quite a few new chapters in addition to updates to existing ones in this portion of my "Learning to Live" series. Progress Report as of June 20: new chapter 9 now posted & s
Soul Man
by fuckener
She scrubs her eyes. “I'm just so disappointed. I thought you were really dead.”
Half Past Midnight
by cupiscent
She isn't supposed to be here, but then again he wasn't supposed to come back.
Songs About Jane (Deluxe)
by strayphoenix
Faye wants to hate Julia. She REALLY does. She wants to hate how Julia helps Jet cook without being asked. Or how she and Spike slow-dance in the living room late at night when they think no one’s up. She wants to hate how these days, Spike only ever smells like cigarettes or sex. Or how every time
girl in a hurricane
by katyfaise
She approaches him out of nowhere, fingers digging into the lapels of his jacket and lips crashing against his own without any sort of warning. Spike isn’t sure what’s come over her.
Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Fire Away)
by Luck_Kazajian
While contemplating the notches in her lipstick case one afternoon, Faye decides she needs to add a new one -- Spike Spiegel. The problem? Spike's not interested in returning her feelings. He's all but told her that to her face. But there's not a man in the galaxy who can resist Faye Valentine's cha
Carrying That Weight
by redelric
They find him on the stairs, face down in a pile of blood. Faye sits next to him, flips him over so he's lying across her lap. "I hate this," she says, refusing to look at Jet, who she knows is crying above them. "We shouldn't have bothered." She rests a hand on his chest. Over his heart. His cold,
Thirty Kisses
by sabinelagrande
Thirty chances for Spike and Faye.
the only time i'd call you mine
by katyfaise
or five ways faye valentine shows that she loves him
Play It By Ear
by mx_sinisters
A year after the fall of the Red Dragon Syndicate, life on the Bebop has gone back to normal for everyone. Everyone except for Faye. Memories from her past are constantly making unwelcome appearances and things have been awkward between her and Spike since his recovery. Just as she's about to accept
Melomania
by fivethingsunmixed
n. a singular passion for music that is beyond all reason.The Bebop crew isn't the sort that says mushy things like "I love you". Not if you don't want to end up with Faye mocking you, Edward hacking into your bank balance, Spike's snide comments or Jet just plain laughing.That doesn't mean they *do
Left of Me
by Sonya
Everybody has their breaking point.
Karma
by ghuune
I know writing stories where Spike survives is considered dirty pool, but this is just an experiment. "Karma" is a series of vignettes exploring the relationships between Spike, Faye, and Jet now that they're alone on the Bebop. I'm writing this for my own joy and mean no disrespect to anyone else's
to be alone with you
by katyfaise
They laugh and talk and spend time as something Faye has never had before - something that closely resembles a family.
grief counseling
by fated_addiction
Faye walks into a bar. It shouldn't surprise you.
9 Crimes
by earthlostgirl
This is an AU, where Spike doesn't leave the syndicate and meets Faye in a completely different way.
I Get Along Without You
by smithpepper
Faye listens to Billie Holiday, drinks too much, and searches for what she's lost. Will she find what she's looking for? Post RFB.
The Baby Diaries: Part I
by BeccaNoodles
But now…now she knew it would be hard to beat the fear she felt in that moment as she clung tightly to the little home pregnancy test in her hands... In other words, I put a baby in the lives of my ship, because I have the power! Enjoy!UPDATE: This might eventually get a re-write, just saying (:
Finding His Warmth
by fishpuddle
Spike has never made anything easy for Faye. Except then he does.
These Days
by galateas
Not with a bang, but not with a whimper either. It turned out the end didn’t come for Spike at all.He had said he wasn’t going to meet Vicious to die and that hadn’t been a total lie, but Spike had still expected to find an answer, or finality in some form. Only it hadn’t come. After everything he h
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Why Found Family SpikeFaye Fanfiction Works So Well
Spike Spiegel/Faye Valentine — Two con artists running from erased pasts shared a ship, a chronic gambling problem, and a refusal to admit they cared — until Faye begged Spike not to walk to his death and he went anyway. Their non-romance is the genre's definitive almost.
Found Family — Characters forming family bonds with people they're not related to by blood.
Everything unsaid in that final hallway scene is exactly the space fanfiction was invented to fill. The warmth of chosen family, characters finding belonging and unconditional support. That's why found family SpikeFaye fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.
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