Cruel Hearts

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• Heartless by LSquared1501

  Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  12 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Angel/Buffy Summers
  • Angelus (BtVS)/Buffy Summers
  • Buffy Summers
  • Angel (BtVS)
  • Angelus (BtVS)
  • Willow Rosenberg
  • Xander Harris
  • Rupert Giles
  • Daniel "Oz" Osbourne
  • Faith Lehane
  • Dawn Summers
  • Tara Maclay
  • Anya Jenkins
  • Quentin Travers
  • Joyce Summers
  • Hank Summers
  • Spike (BtVS)
  • Drusilla (BtVS)
  • The Master (BtVS)
  • Halfrek | Cecily Addams
  • Cordelia Chase
  • Riley Finn
  • Maggie Walsh
  • Forrest Gates
  • Graham Miller
  • Glorificus (BtVS)
  • Richard Wilkins
  • Jenny Calendar (mentioned)
  • Kendra Young (mentioned)
  • Sineya | First Slayer (BtVS) (mentioned)
  • Vampires
  • Character Turned Into Vampire
  • Werewolves
  • Witches
  • Magic
  • Wicca
  • Death
  • Evil Plans
  • Resurrection
  • Demons
  • The Scooby Gang (BtVS)
  • The Initiative
  • Vengeance Wishes
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • major character deaths
  • Heroes and Villains
  • not a kind story towards Xander
  • Harsh criticism of main characters
  • Major canon divergence
  • buckle up it’s going to be a bumpy ride
  • Mild Sexual Content
  • mentions of torture
  • Semi-Graphic Depictions of Torture

  Summary

  The Tento di Cruciamentum the Watchers Council subjects Buffy to on her 18th birthday goes so, so wrong.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Cruel Hearts

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  52,978

  Chapters:

  14/100

  Comments:

  35

  Kudos:

  78

  Bookmarks:

  25

  Hits:

  4,751