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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 Family

by 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

226 kudos 261,276 words 34/36 chapters Explicit
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Soul Man

by fuckener

She scrubs her eyes. “I'm just so disappointed. I thought you were really dead.”

847 kudos 1,640 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
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Half Past Midnight

by cupiscent

She isn't supposed to be here, but then again he wasn't supposed to come back.

668 kudos 1,870 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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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

646 kudos 21,067 words 3/3 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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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.

489 kudos 1,954 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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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

372 kudos 58,522 words 23/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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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,

359 kudos 4,277 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
8

Thirty Kisses

by sabinelagrande

Thirty chances for Spike and Faye.

339 kudos 8,444 words 30/30 chapters Explicit
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the only time i'd call you mine

by katyfaise

or five ways faye valentine shows that she loves him

316 kudos 1,491 words 1/1 chapters Mature
10

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

299 kudos 27,206 words 12/12 chapters Mature
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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

282 kudos 3,951 words 4/4 chapters Not Rated
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Left of Me

by Sonya

Everybody has their breaking point.

260 kudos 4,137 words 1/1 chapters Mature
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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

254 kudos 34,852 words 30/30 chapters Mature
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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.

241 kudos 1,328 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
15

grief counseling

by fated_addiction

Faye walks into a bar. It shouldn't surprise you.

213 kudos 3,052 words 1/1 chapters Mature
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9 Crimes

by earthlostgirl

This is an AU, where Spike doesn't leave the syndicate and meets Faye in a completely different way.

204 kudos 47,082 words 20/20 chapters Mature
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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.

202 kudos 61,883 words 16/16 chapters Mature
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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 (:

201 kudos 38,587 words 21/21 chapters Not Rated
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Finding His Warmth

by fishpuddle

Spike has never made anything easy for Faye. Except then he does.

194 kudos 4,039 words 1/1 chapters Not Rated
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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

189 kudos 21,232 words 14/14 chapters Teen And Up Audiences

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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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