Best One-Shot SpikeVicious Fanfics
SpikeVicious one-shots under 10k words — a complete read in one sitting. All curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 18 One-Shot SpikeVicious Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length SpikeVicious fics — short stories under 10,000 words.
What I need
by buckbuckwild
There's not a lot Spike is unsure of, but this particular topic is one of them. Or: Spike is unsure of his life and himself and Jet shows him just how much he isn't.
Stray Dogs
by shrift
He's got a rook on his shoulder and you've got a hole in your heart; you're a match made in hell, baby, and it'll tear you apart.
Red Bird Roulette
by Arkady (Letterblade)
Back to back, they are indestructible...
Let It Bleed
by antumbral
Every bullet is a beat, and damned if that's not the rhythm of Spike's life. Spike and Vicious, trapped in an alley.
swing-by
by besselfcn
“Don’t,” Jet says, when he pulls the BeBop back to dock forty-five minutes after take-off, “say a fucking word.”
Defanged Cobra
by CandiedFroug
Spike is at the mercy of Vicious without his weapon.
Callisto in Retrograde
by darkmanifest
“Are you seeing Julia behind my back?” Spike was being sarcastic to Vicious on Callisto, just not for the reasons you'd expect.
session 06: chasing the blues
by cruellae (tinkabelladk)
they say you can't go home again
Turning Point
by Wrenlet
Vicious has a decision to make. (Pre-series.)
musings on love
by havershhm
Spike Spiegel isn't someone to fall in love with.
Trust
by Hamimifk (BatchSan)
Pre-series. When Spike first befriended Vicious, there were things he never thought the other man would make him do.
Ace of Spades
by empirerising
Just a little misplaced Spike and Vicious that's been sitting in my docs for a while. No storyline really. Implied Spike/Julia.
exsanguination
by cptsdstars
You know logically, neither of them would ever come with you if you left. Both of them have been in the life much longer than you, have been with each other longer than they’ve been with you. And you know love only goes so far with a gun pointed at the base of your skull.
session 04: hold that note
by cruellae (tinkabelladk)
i should have known you were too mean to die.
Sanguine
by parva_dae (passeridae)
Fearless hands Vicious piece after piece of himself, just to watch him swallow.
poetry in motion: specifically, the fall
by cruellae (tinkabelladk)
Spike would never love him; could never love him. Indifference is a heartbreaker, but hate keeps a man warm.
sex and drums and rock n roll
by touchydynamite
That’s how he ends up in a tangled cat’s cradle mess. When other people talk about what happened, they get it backwards – they think that Vicious was fucking Julia, and then Spike was fucking Julia, and so that’s why everything went south between him and Vicious. On the off chance that he meets some
session 03: starlight waltz
by cruellae (tinkabelladk)
five love lessonsfour lonely heartsthree little sessionstwo wayward dragonsone distant star
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Why Read One-Shot SpikeVicious Fics?
One-shot SpikeVicious fanfics — anything under 10,000 words — are the format of choice for sharp emotional payoffs, single-scene character studies, smutty interludes, and tropes that don't need a full arc to land. You finish them in one sitting.
Ideal for a commute, a lunch break, or right before bed when you don't want to start a 200,000-word fic at 11pm.
About This List
This list of 18one-shot SpikeVicious fanfics spans 34,317 total words. Kudos range from 72 on the newest entries to 437 on the most established. Nearly all (100%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Explicit (7 of 18 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Trans Male Character · POV Second Person · Pre-Canon.
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