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my very favourite fanfiction. i like slash, character studies and outsider
pov. most of my recs are one or more of these categories. you may need
an account to access some fic as many are locked to prevent ai scalping.
cooler than me (2024-present) by howlsmovinglibrary
(mature, het, > 225k)
chaptered long fic. modern au, celebrity/academic, astarion/tav. i get very hyped when a new chapter finds its way into my email.
uncrossed lines (2023) by asidian
(teen, gen, 2k <, locked)
a simple one-shot exploring astarion’s touch aversion.
don't look much like a lover (2021) by summerfrost
(explicit, het, 90k <)
post season five, alternative season six. spike tries to develop into a person buffy can love publicly.
liebestod (2019) by iamblichus
(explicit, het, 150k~)
post season seven. the first evil is back, bitch. there’s time travel which can be a turn off for some. elysian crosspost
one girl in all the world (2021) by zedpm
(mature, het, 30k <)
canon rewrite where buffy is a trans woman. spuffy endgame.
reprise (2019) by hollydb
(explicit, het, >100k, locked)
season six, time travel fix-it. spike died again post-angel season five before she buffy can tell him off for dying the first time. she ends up going back in time. elysian crosspost
sophisticated machines (2021) by talkfast (mature, slash, 18k <)
a completely uncanonical rooted one-shot. side character gavin reed is part android, character with no lines rk900 is assigned as his partner. character study with transhumanism themes.
dust bowl (2026) by thathastu
(explicit, het, 30k <)
trans woman shane hollander. my tv was glowing.
dust bunnies (2026) by ghosttotheparty
(explicit, slash, 40k <)
shane vs gay rumours. i think i got up to pace midway through. there’s social media/outsider pov sections which are always my favourite. also rough sex. (✿◡‿◡)
halt and catch fire (2026-present) by mashawisotsky
(not rated, slash, > 60k, locked)
one of the best outsider pov fics ever. data from 7,500 athletes is leaked online.
in every line of code (2011) by lc2l
(teen, slash, 20k <<)
eduardo saverin is an android that mark zuckerberg’s parents bought him. rpf adjencent.
a complete kingdom (2015) by komodobits
(explicit, slash, ~85k)
post-series eight, not-canon-aligned. sam, dean and a human castiel go to the maine coast to solve a missing person’s case. horror elements. major character death.
with understanding (wayback machine) (2015-2017) by apokteino
(explicit, slash, > 425k)
since deleted dead-dove fic. only partially based on show canon plus is a criminal minds crossover. dean kidnaps castiel who is an fbi agent. lots of non-consensual stuff, stockholm syndrome, that kinda thing. bit of brutal read.
