Top 7 Short Tillow Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Tillow fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
You Don't Know Where He's Been
by sifshadowheart
Death offers his Master a way to escape from the forces controlling him in the wizarding world.Harry probably should've asked for a better explanation on just what Death was going to do to him in the process.Or where Death planned to send him...Chapters flagged with individual warnings for mature, v
Till the End of the World
by someryn
Spike gets his soul back after Buffy sacrifices herself for Dawn. What ramifications does an ensouled Spike have on the Scoobies, and on his relationship with the Slayer? AU canon re-write of the Season Six storyline. Buffy/Spike, Willow/Tara and Xander/Anya. Contains both angst and fluff.
Before He Screwed It Up
by Hello_Spikey
Spike inadvertently makes a wish to "go back before he screwed it all up" --sending Angel Season 5 Spike back to the morning after Buffy Season Six Spike first gets it on with Buffy.Can he use his knowledge of the future to fix things? In the world at large, sure, but particularly his relationship
Pavlov's Spell
by ret_wat
Canon divergent after Something Blue, where Spike and Buffy somehow become friends and everyone's really weirded out by it.And sometimes they do the graveyard smash.
Do you even go here? (no, i just have a lot of feelings)
by nessie_lives
“Why don’t you come out here where it’s nice and sunny,” the blonde woman interrupts. Quite rudely, Astarion thinks.Trepidation returns at the thought of making himself leave the relative safety of his tree-shade.What Astarion would like to say is ‘go away’.What he actually says is, “Of course! Now
Reweaving Time
by Joan963z
Buffy woke up alone and sore, on the bare, hard-packed ground, in a post-apocalyptic world. “Hey Whistler,” she exhaled, it was barely a whisper, she hadn’t enough emotional strength left in her for anything more. “Champion of the people here, the thing is there are no people, no missions, the world
Infinite Earths
by hashtagyourshirt
Kara Danvers, our very own Supergirl, is bummed after her break up even though she's better for it. She decides to visit her friend, Barry on Earth 1, but is knocked off course on a new adventure that forces her to see herself, and her friends, in ways she's only ever imagined before.
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Why Read Short Tillow Fics?
Novella-length Tillow fics — roughly 10,000 to 50,000 words — let writers fully develop a single AU, trope, or relationship beat without sprawling. Plenty of time for setup, payoff, and a satisfying ending; not so much time that you're juggling fifty bookmarks.
Great for trying a new author or testing whether you'll enjoy a sub-genre before diving into something longer.
About This List
This list of 7short Tillow fanfics spans 251,410 total words. Kudos range from 553 on the newest entries to 2,286 on the most established. 57% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Mature (3 of 7 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Fix-It · Time Travel Fix-It.
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