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1. The Lives We Choose by SlytherinSlayer

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/F, F/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   21 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Alexandra "Alex" Potter/Cordelia Chase
   • Female Harry Potter/Cordelia Chase
   • Cordelia Chase/Harry Potter
   • Angel/Buffy Summers
   • Faith Lehane/Buffy Summers
   • Female Harry Potter - Character
   • Alexandra "Alex" Potter
   • Harry Potter
   • Sirius Black
   • Cordelia Chase
   • Buffy Summers
   • Rupert Giles
   • Willow Rosenberg
   • Xander Harris
   • Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
   • Hermione Granger
   • Jenny Calendar
   • Female Harry Potter
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Alternate Universe
   • Canon Divergence - Post-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
   • Crossover
   • Sirius Black Lives
   • Sirius Black Needs a Hug
   • Sirius Black Raises Harry Potter
   • Good Parent Sirius Black
   • Manipulative Albus Dumbledore
   • Dumbledore Critical
   • Harry Potter Leaves the Dursley Family
   • Harry Potter Leaves Britain
   • Independent Harry Potter
   • Lesbian Character
   • Bisexual Cordelia Chase
   • Slow Burn
   • Friends to Lovers
   • First Love
   • Found Family
   • Cordelia Chase Lives
   • Cordelia Chase Deserves Better
   • Therapy
   • Action/Adventure
   • Romance
   • Trauma Recovery

   Summary

   Sirius Black took Alexandra Potter and ran.
   Two years later, seventeen-year-old Alex has a new life, an international education, a talent for surviving things she really shouldn’t, and no intention of returning to Dumbledore’s control.
   Sunnydale is supposed to be a two-week stop.
   Then, she meets Buffy Summers.
   Then, she meets Cordelia Chase.
   The vampires are easier.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   24,742

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Comments:

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