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1. The Knife Cuts Both Ways by GraceNM

   Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   26 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Angel/Buffy Summers
   • Buffy Summers
   • Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
   • Jenny Calendar
   • Darla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
   • Andrew Wells
   • Rupert Giles
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Whistler Doesn't Exist AU
   • Butcher shop AU
   • this was originally supposed to be
   • like a coffee shop AU for vampires
   • but it became its own thing
   • Episode: s01e07 Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
   • Romantic Comedy
   • Not To Be Taken Too Seriously
   • but that doesn't mean it's all lighthearted
   • if that makes sense
   • Canon-Typical Suicidal Thoughts
   • Sexual Content

   Summary

   In a world where Whistler never existed but Sunnydale still ended up in a crater, Buffy and Angel meet in LA...

   or: What if 'Angel' the episode happened *after* Season 7 of BtVS?

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