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Do warn when a fanfic may head into [[Rule34 sexually explicit]] or [[BetterThanCanon non-canon]] territory. Some people just don't like it, and as we all know, {{Shipping}} is SeriousBusiness.

These are recommendations made by {{troper}}s for ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' {{fanfic}}s, all of which have to be signed to stay on the page. Feel free to add a fanfic of your own to the list, but remember to use the template found [[Main/FanficRecommendations here]].

* Status: Ongoing

* Status: Ongoing

Before I Take My Flesh Away by Orig1n (https://archiveofourown.org/works/3756472/chapters/8339035)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/3756472/chapters/8339035 Before I Take My Flesh Away by Orig1n

* Status: Ongoing

* Status: Ongoing

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[[WMG:[[{{Shipping}} Shipping Fics]]]]
''Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.''

[[folder:Damon/Elena]]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9219091/1 Off by a Single Degree]]'' by Taaroko
* Recommended by: [=LucyX=]

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[[WMG:[[{{Shipping}} Shipping Fics]]]]
''Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.''

[[folder:Damon/Elena]]

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9219091/1 Off by a Single Degree]]'' by Taaroko
* Recommended by: [=LucyX=]
* Status: Complete
* Synopsis: AU. On the night that Elena meets Damon, her cell phone dies before she has a chance to call home for a ride. Their conversation is never interrupted by her parents' arrival, Elena and her parents are never in a car that goes off Wickery Bridge, and Stefan never has to save Elena from drowning.
* Pairing: Damon/Elena
* Comments: an amazingly written pre-canon AU, in which Elena's parents never die and she never forgets meeting Damon. The characterization is a thing of beauty - this Damon is still very much in love with Katherine but is still fascinated by Elena, who is a perfectly believable 'lighter' version of the Elena from S1 canon. As for the rest, Grayson Gilbert is simply awesome, there's not much Stefan-bashing (as opposite to pretty much half of the Elena/Damon fics around) and Sheila Bennett is amazing as always.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7149118/1 The Story of Us]]'' by [=Beautiful1Disaster=]

* Synopsis: AU without supernatural. The past four years have built up to the moment that will define everything for Damon and Elena. When reality comes crashing down around them, they find themselves looking back on the past and trying to decide where to go from here.
* Pairing: Damon/Elena
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11034782/1/ The Parting Gift]]'' by royalstandard
* Recommended by: Brytte Myst

* Synopsis: A "maybe if I had met you first" story with a major twist. Elena meets Damon the night her parents die but he doesn't compel her to forget and he isn't obsessed with freeing Katherine. Instead, he decides that this time he's going to get the girl. TVD-esque hijinks ensue with lots and lots of Delena.
* Pairing: Damon/Elena
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[[folder:Klaus/Rebekah]]

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/530354 Point of Madness]]'' by theloupgaroux
* Recommended by: Brytte Myst

* Synopsis: After the loss of Niklaus, Rebekah goes a little mad.
* Pairing: Klaus/Rebekah
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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6141191 Until We Crumble To Dust]]'' by forcynics
* Recommended by: Brytte Myst

* Synopsis: The Salvatores kill Rebekah. Klaus burns Mystic Falls to the ground.
* Pairing: Klaus/Rebekah
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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/319933 Our Ungodly Hour]]'' by forcynics
* Recommended by: Brytte Myst

* Synopsis: ''“Always and forever,” she swears, and she means it. But she is so foolish to pretend to have any understanding of those words, and too young to realize how foolish she is.''
* Pairing: Klaus/Rebekah
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9112229/1/ L'esprit Nouveau]]'' by royalstandard

* Synopsis: When Rebekah took the cure, Klaus believed his beloved sister was dead. But she became something else entirely...

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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/376261 Tell My Love To Wreck It All]]'' by forcynics

* Synopsis: This time she is running away from her brother, instead of with her hand in his. And unfortunately for Nik, he taught her well.

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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/279933 A Fickle Heart And Bitterness]]'' by forcynics

* Synopsis: She tells him she missed him, even though that doesn't make sense at all.

[[folder:Delena]]

[[folder:Klebekah]]

These are recommendations made by {{Troper}}s for ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' {{Fan Fic}}s, all of which have to be signed to stay on the page. Feel free to add a fanfic of your own to the list, but remember to use the template found [[Main/FanficRecommendations here]].

Do warn when a fanfic may head into [[{{Rule 34}} sexually explicit]] or [[BetterThanCanon non-canon]] territory. Some people just don't like it, and as we all know, {{Shipping}} is SeriousBusiness.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6736975/1 An Unexpected Return]]'' by Spikey44
* Recommended by: Tropers/AnonymousApathy
* Status: Complete.
* Synopsis: Inside the shell of every vampire lurks the ghost of who they used to be. Damon thought his ghost long gone. He was wrong. Now he's not the only one who has to face the consequences. A story of delirium, acceptance, and chasing ghosts. - FF.net summary
* Pairings: While this is a very plot-heavy ensemble piece, it has some some serious Damon/Elena leanings in the last few chapters.
* Tags: OriginalFlavor, heavy violence and gore (but not much moreso than the show itself), [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]].

* Status: Complete.
* Synopsis: "And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." Post 2x22. Klaus asked for Stefan, but got Damon instead. A story of blood and death and despair, and falling from grace."
* Comments: A post S2 AU in which Damon offered himself to Klaus in exchange for his brother's freedom, and the characterization is so well done that the story feels like a natural, alternate conclusion to the S2 arc. The the interactions with both Klaus and Rebekah are spot-on, and the Damon's POV makes the story simply heartbreaking.
* Tags: Violence, but mostly glossed-over.

* Status: Complete.
* Synopsis: She moved like a wraith between these half-witted humans, picking off each mark with the precision of a true huntress. [[spoiler:Rebekah ''really'' wants to leave Russia, and she forces Niklaus' hand to do so]]
* Pairings: Slight Klebekah.
* Tags: Violence and gore (but not really explicit).

* Pairing: Damon x Elena

* Status: Complete.

* Pairing: Damon x Elena

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11034782/1/The-Parting-Gift The Parting Gift]]'' by royalstandard

* Pairing: Delena (Damon/Elena)

* Status: Complete.

* Pairing: Slight Klebekah (Klaus/Rebekah)

* Status: Complete.

* Pairing: Slight Klebekah (Klaus/Rebekah).

* Status: Complete.
* Synopsis: “Always and forever,” she swears, and she means it. But she is so foolish to pretend to have any understanding of those words, and too young to realize how foolish she is.
* Pairing: Klebekah (Klaus/Rebekah)

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9112229/1/L-esprit-Nouveau L'esprit Nouveau]]'' by royalstandard

* Status: Complete.

* Pairing: Klebekah (Klaus/Rebekah)
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* Status: Complete.

* Pairing: Klebekah (Klaus/Rebekah)

* Status: Complete.

* Pairing: Klebekah (Klaus/Rebekah)

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[[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2088201 1shot]] at FF.net
* Recommended by Tropers/AnonymousApathy
* All 3 (so far) of 1shot's ''Vampire Diaries'' works - ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6981165/1/Big_Top Big Top]]'', ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7010995/1/The_Stars_Get_Red_And_Oh_The_Night The Stars Get Red and Oh The Night]]'', and ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7041517/1/Life_in_Plastic Life in Plastic]]'' - are beautifully written, often bittersweet, and unfailingly profound introspective pieces and character studies which focus on the main cast's relationships (platonic or otherwise) with each other, the world, and the craziness that is their lives.

These are recommendations made by {{Troper}}s for ''TheVampireDiaries'' {{Fan Fic}}s, all of which have to be signed to stay on the page. Feel free to add a fanfic of your own to the list, but remember to use the template found [[Main/FanficRecommendations here]].

* Status: Ongoing.

* Status: Ongoing

* Tags: Violence and gore (but not realy explicit).

* Synopsis: She moved like a wraith between these half-witted humans, picking off each mark with the precision of a true huntress. [[spoiler:hide this text]]Rebekah ''really'' wants to leave Russia, and she forces Niklaus' hand to do so[[/spoiler]]

* Synopsis: She moved like a wraith between these half-witted humans, picking off each mark with the precision of a true huntress. [[spoiler]]Rebekah ''really'' wants to leave Russia, and she forces Niklaus' hand to do so[[/spoiler]]

Proof that [[SturgeonsLaw the remaining 10% is worth becoming a vampire for]] here: