Top 8 Long Spuffy Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Spuffy fics — 50,000–100,000 words.
don't look much like a lover (doesn't mean I won't try)
by SummerFrost
Buffy is ashamed of him, Spike knows. But when no one else is around, she touches him like she could love him.(In which Spike makes a damn good cup of coffee, watches a sunrise or two, and plays confidant to a Slayer who thinks dying to save the world would've been easier than this.)
wouldn't it be nice? (in the kind of world where we belonged)
by SummerFrost
Spike is still beneath her, so hard he's vibrating, and a second ago she was living in this amazing, perfect, fresh piece of Dubble Bubble bubblegum world. A second ago, she loved him. Or: The thing about Willow's will-be-done spell is that, yeah, obviously it sucks that it happened with Spike. But
nothing safe is worth the drive (follow you home)
by SummerFrost
Here's the deal: Buffy's got no idea how to beat Glory, or how they're gonna book it across the country in a moldy RV without anyone killing each other, especially now that someone broke one of the beds—and the thought of going home again kinda makes her wanna cry. The one thing she knows is that Sp
heaven, make me an offer
by SummerFrost
Buffy says, "The girl you loved didn't make it out of the ground." Or: Buffy crawls out of her grave and remembers loving Spike. They just have to get back to where they were.
Someday
by sunalso
AU. The world is broken, but Buffy is given seven days to make it better. Does saving humanity mean letting go of the one thing she wants, or grabbing on to it with both hands? Based on a challenge at EF by javajunkie247.Beta'd by Gort.Archived at AO3 and EF ONLY. Updates posted first to EF.
(love me) as much as your heart can stand
by SummerFrost
Buffy Summers's foolproof plan for being large with the life again:1. Break up with Spike2. Spend more time with Willow and Dawnie3. No, seriously, break up with Spike4. Poetry?? Or: Still aimless after being pulled from Heaven and caught up in a dark sexual affair with Spike, Buffy forms an unlikel
Et Lux In Tenebris Lucet
by enigmaticblue
Spike manages to save Dawn, but pays a steep price, which changes everything, including Buffy's feelings towards him.
Goodbye to Everything That I Knew
by My_Barbaric_Yawp
When Dawn’s future at Revello Drive is in jeopardy, Buffy goes looking for a way to convince social services that all is well in the state of Summers. Cue a new truce with Spike in which our heroes learn how to love, live, and parent together while staying one step ahead of Dawnie, the Scoobies, and
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Why Read Long Spuffy Fics?
50k–100k word Spuffy fics hit a sweet spot: meaty enough for full character arcs and proper plot, short enough to finish over a long weekend or a few commutes. Most one-volume novels sit in this range, and Spuffy fanfic at this length plays like one.
If epic fics feel like a commitment but one-shots leave you wanting more, this is the bucket to live in.
About This List
This list of 8long Spuffy fanfics spans 506,662 total words. Kudos range from 1,335 on the newest entries to 3,406 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 (5 of 8 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Slow Burn · Season/Series 06 · Enemies to Lovers.
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