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(Mostly) Billford Fics I Liked in the One Month I was in this fandom lmao

Ah yes, the classics! There are around 70 fics under here! 20 or so are M or E. This is mostly for myself and for future reference but you could check 'em out haha. These might just be entry-level Billford fics without extremely dark themes. Maybe I'll make a separate one for AUs.

Note: This list primarily consists of billford so there aren't any other ships in here other than the occasional bg fiddxauthor. There are non-shipfics as well. Human Bill not included!

PB: Pre-Betrayal PE: Portal Era PR: Present W: Weirdmageddon EP: Epilogue ⭐: Fave

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{Fooeyburr} The Messenger Who Shot Himself - Origins (Bill-centric, non-ship) A personified being of unlimited knowledge meets humanity. An alternate take on Bill's origins. {annamiasworld} Detain the Dangerous - PB This work is about Ford and Bill during Ford's researcher period in Gravity Falls. It’s pretty much Ford's thoughts without a real plot and takes place before he realizes that Bill betrayed him. {Fooeyburr} Symbioses - PB (Casual discussion fic) Ford has certain hopes regarding his co-existence with Bill. {PengyChan} ⭐ Territorial - PB Bill Cipher doesn’t take it kindly when somebody messes with his stuff. {Nelja-in-English} The Writing of Destiny - PB The day he realises the nature and the strength of his feelings for Bill, Ford is overwhelmed by the impression everything led him here. {Doceo-Percepto} Star-Crossed Lovers - PB (Bill-centric) Bill's playing roles because being nothing is boring. {Anysin} High Esteem - PB (CD fic) Ford has a question for Bill. “Have you ever had other lovers?” {dieslaudata} ⭐ A Kiss on the Hand Series - PB/W - Ford expresses his feelings for Bill. - Ford swears his loyalty to Bill.

{idrilhadhafang} you could never understand my sickness - PB (CD fic) Old insecurities come back to haunt Ford, and Bill hits a snag in his plan.

{myrskytuuli} Shudder before the beautiful - PB (Bill-centric) Shudder before what was. Shudder before what wasn't. Shudder before what we could have had, and most of all, shudder before what is now. {chaseandcatch} Pulling The Puzzle Apart - PB Fiddleford just wants to get some work done. (Bill taunts Fiddleford) {MeowZee} Lost Together - PE (non-ship) For one night, Stan finds himself burdened with an odd man claiming to be his brother's friend. Both remain oblivious to the obvious truth before them as they try to hide their intentions. {eraemilius} Miscommunication - PE (RaM crossover, non-ship) Interdimensional traveler Stanford Pines wanders into an unfamiliar town in search of food and supplies, only to cross paths with an unusual stranger who offers him a ride out of town (for a price) before a bounty hunter picks him off. {sugarboat} ⭐ Knock on My Door - PE It's a story old as Time Baby: Boy meets Triangle, Triangle betrays Boy, Boy gets horribly mauled in a faraway dimension and Triangle takes it upon itself to help out. (Bill lends a hand to a distrusting Portal Ford) {MaryPSue} ⭐ Rewind - W “I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WORSHIPPED ME!” Bill threatens, but his heart’s not in it. Stanford’s gaze is steady, disappointed. “I remember when you were worth worshipping.” {Nelja-in-English} ⭐ Golden Nerd Doll - W Bill plays with his little golden nerd, but it's less satisfying than it should be. {Nelja} Operation Milkshake (translate page to english) - EP Mabel also discovers the secret room of her great-uncle Ford. Its conclusions are... Different. {cashewsaregay} Dating Advice - EP Mabel is having some dating trouble, and she asks her great uncle Ford for some advice. Unfortunately, Ford's love life isn't exactly "normal". {chaseandcatch} Pink Duct Tape - EP Mabel has a suspicion, and a present. {rextyle} Into the Flames - EP (Bill-centric) Obsession. What a funny word. What a funny, meaningless, insignificant little word. What did something like that even mean? And what could it mean to him? Practically an all-seeing God, a deity of unparalleled proportions, that spanned millennia?

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{Fooeyburr} ⭐ For Science - PB (This was so damn funny) "When in doubt, just lick the damn thing." {SandyQuinn} ⭐ It's Cipher Town, Kid - W (non-ship) “What do you mean, you won’t lift the barrier?!” Bill demands. (What happens when the Falls are NOT taken back after all?) {Fooeyburr} Judgement Call - W Bill gives Ford his undivided attention and asks him obscure questions. Ford really wishes he didn't, but answers either way. {kikaikitai} Blonde - EP Brotherly talk that makes Ford want to jump overboard. {Anonymous} untitled_BillFord_fic278.doc - LOL A fic that sets out to prove, once and for all, that BillFord is bad and also wrong!! Plus Stan is in it too. {ciphergrowl} Bill Cipher Rolls the Worst Joint Ever - LOL (non-ship) When Pyronica shows everyone how to roll a joint, Bill is, surprisingly, the worst of the bunch at it. Possibly the worst in history.

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{Nelja-in-English} Blood Offering - PB Bill hasn't come for six days, and Ford doesn't know why. He misses his muse so much, that he could do something terrible. {MaryPSue} Now You See - PB Stanford Pines is determined to finish the portal before it finishes him. {rextyle} To the End - PE His feelings for that damned triangle spirit reeled through him, a pit of mixed emotions, a dangerous roar of defiance and horror and something so much deeper and raw too. His tired, heavy gaze turned to his feet, met with a deep, detached desire. The conversations shifting over him, washing like cold water, soothing and at the same time somehow so nightmarish. Those damned sweet words. The laughter, joking, easy teachings, rampant curiosity. {Fooeyburr} ⭐ One Stage of Grief - PE (STARTS SOBBING UNCONTROLLABLY, THIS FIC MAN---) What is darkness but the absence of light? Ridden with insomnia and a longing for familiarity, Ford seeks help from within his own mind. {Skyriazeth} How Long has it Been? - PR After 30 long years of running, Ford finally gets some time to himself in his room. {Nelja-in-English} ⭐ Ghosts of Love Past - W The good memories Bill reminds him are terrifying now, hideously deformed. He does it on purpose. It's better this way. Ford killed his feelings for him long ago. {spangel} ⭐ forever cursed in love are the observant - W "Oh, don't look so sour, Fordsy! It's not too late to join me." Stanford has heard this before somewhere. In his mind, maybe. (Bill puts Stanford in a time loop until he gets the answer that he wants.) {Nelja & Rose Translations} A Soft, Cruel Method [hypnotism] - W Bill gets tired of torturing Ford. He decides he’s more likely to get the equation by hypnotizing Ford instead. {Fooeyburr} Monsters From the Other Side - W Stanley finds a stranger side to his brother; Stanford has found a stranger side to the world. {SkyTurtle} No Room for Family - PR Soulmarks didn't always represent who you were meant to fall in love with, they just represented who would have the largest impact on your life. You could have more than one, they could be big or small, or of any color. But Stanford's soulmark covered most of his body, and he didn't know anyone who might be depicted by this triangle. {Nelja-in-English} ⭐ The Two Sides of the Night - EP Bill lovingly arranges dreams and nightmares for Ford - to convince him to open the Portal, and also because it's fun. {Nelja} And in the dream there was another nightmare (translate page to english) - EP Ford dreams of Bill Cipher, always and everywhere. Sometimes it is difficult to know if the demon is coming to visit him, or if his unconscious is just saturated with him. {Perlumi} ⭐ Silent Lies - EP Stanford fell in love once, and the world almost ended. So if you ask him, no, he doesn't miss Bill. Or at least he tries not to. {gaily-daily (passionateartist)} Tell Me Some Things Last - EP Little by little Ford heals.

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BILL IS GOD [largely sfw] this theme could be found in the smut section too

{Miniatures} Thing - PB Stanford wants Bill, and Bill just wants. {sevralships} Bloodlust - PB When young supernatural investigator Stanford Pines hits a road-block in his study of Gravity Falls’ Giant Vampire Bats, his mysterious muse encourages some unorthodox research. {manoverboard-fic} Devote - PB Ford shows Bill his new tattoo. {Nelja-in-English} ⭐ A Change of Scenery - PB (I've been aching for a fic like this man) How Ford redecorated his house with pictures of Bill. (Always he wants more. It's never enough.) {Nelja} Inhuman Raptures (translate page to english) - PB Bill teaches Ford that in dreams, physical appearance is just an illusion from which it is easy to break free. {Kandai} Idols (translate page to english) - PR Bill Cipher is not only present in his dreams. {Nelja} The flower of the world of nightmares (translate page to english) - AU Ford is walking in the fields, when he is kidnapped by the triangular lord of the world of nightmares. AU Hades and Persephone.

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{sugarboat} Take Me Somewhere Nice - PB (I havent finished this yet)Bill edges Ford towards the creation of the portal. {clockheartedcrocodile} The Bolt Busted Loose from the Lever - PB All it took was a phone call from an old friend to get Fiddleford H. McGucket up and out of the garage. Now he's starting to wish that he'd stayed there. {Nelja-in-English} Desperate Measures - EP (redemption fic?) Bill has lost his powers, and is unlucky enough to meet Ford. To get out of it alive, he will need to apologize very nicely. Even if he doesn't want to. And even if it works, he has to keep pretending to be nice, and living with people who hate him for pesky reasons. But he'll escape! One day... Maybe... {Haley3} ⭐ Entanglement [dream sex ayo 📸😳] - PB/EP ("visited 40 times" sweats)After the events of Weirdmageddon and when summer comes to an end, Stan and Ford embark on their sea journey on the Stan O' War II. But soon, Ford starts having some strange dreams with a certain someone that is surely dead. But, after all, they're just dreams. Right? {Fooeyburr} ⭐ Blood Chains - EP (THE CREME DE LA CREME OF BILLFORD FICS H O L Y SHIT, I ORDERED A PHYSICAL HARDBOUND COPY | "visited 38 times" sweats) When Bill Cipher is brought back to life and imprisoned as a last hopeless measure to prevent an approaching supernatural disaster, Ford swears to never let his guard down again. For the remaining 26 years of his life, chained to his past tormentor, he would not allow himself so much as to blink. However, as the repercussions of his plan begin to come to light, the six-fingered man will soon realize that there are sides to Bill, the world, and himself he'd rather avert his eyes from. -- A mature follow-up, a character study, and an eventual closure set four years after the events depicted in canon. {Nelja} ⭐ On the Other Side of Eternity (translate page to english) - EP (HOLY SHIT THIS FIC. I ranted about it to my unsuspecting friends lmao) This is a cruel surprise that awaits Ford after his death. Perhaps he should have expected it. Maybe he will get used to it, even if it is the last thing he would want. {PengyChan} ⭐ Flat Dreams - Origins (Bill-centric) Bill came into existence in a tightly regulated world, and it chafed him raw. But he never thought there may be other dimensions out there, until he found the memoirs of someone long gone… (I'm clawing to read all the Flat Dreams-related works, PengyChan beloved.)

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{PengyChan} ⭐ First [kinda silly hehe] - PB Full access to one’s mind comes with a few downsides, like stumbling on private fantasies the All Seeing Eye could have lived without ever having to see. Not that they’re not kind of flattering. And really, there’s a first time for everything. {kikaikitai} Count to 100 [masturbation, praise kink] - PB Bill hasn't visited his dreams in weeks. Ford is desperate and comes to realize the nature of his devotion to the muse. And how much he loves hearing praise. {kikaikitai} ⭐ Incubus - PB Exploration of the nature of a relationship with a demon. {Nelja-in-English} ⭐ A Taste for Suffering - PB (HELP 😳) Bill loves Ford's devotion. But sometimes he wants to know his limits, wants to know where he'll stop bending and start breaking. {Nelja} The Metamorphoses of Desire (translate page to english) - PB Bill explains to Ford how to play with the properties of his mental space – that's not all he has to teach him. {Anonymonimus} Love Thy Muse - PB "Epiphanies come when you expect them the least." Bill said and Ford wasn't sure if he tried winking or if he just blinked. It wasn't obvious with his one eye. "What do you have in mind?" {dieslaudata} Contrast [masturbation, consensual possession] - PB The mindscape has many things to offer, but so does the waking world. {PanicOnBord} Third Time's The Charm [hand kink] - PB Bill conjures hands to touch Ford who makes zero objections, but doesn't fully understand what's going on. A hand came at his shoulder first, tipped with sharp claws and purposeful. Another appeared, pulling his trench coat out at one side and his heart leapt up into his throat at the obvious intent behind the hands now. “Bill-“ he started softly. A shushing sound in the air all around him made him fall immediately silent. {sugarboat} ⭐ The Fine Game of Nil [masturbation, consensual possession] - PB (I like that this fic showed Bill actually working on the portal) Ever the caring and generous friend, Bill offers to give Ford a mental break while he's working on their dimension-bridging portal. Things get heated, pretty much literally. {dieslaudata} ⭐ Don't Come A-Knockin' [masturbation, consensual possession, praise kink, fiddleford is disturbed™ LMAO] - PB Fiddleford forgets his keys at Stanford's and ends up witnessing a slightly disturbing scene. {Nelja} Black and Golden Magic (translate page to english) [tentacles] - PB Bill teaches Ford magic. {sugarboat} Are you ready to drink or are you waiting to drown? [tentacles, possession] - W There's a silver lining to everything, even losing your humanity and dooming your entire dimension. {dieslaudata} Dream a Little Dream [dream sex, breathplay] - EP Weirdmageddon is over, the Pines have won. However, Ford soon learns that Bill's banishment might not be as permanent as he hoped it would be.

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QUESTIONABLE/SMUT

{sugarboat} Sweet like candy in my veins [masturbation, consensual possession, knifeplay] - PB Bill's got a knack for coming up with new games to play. {dieslaudata} Chamber Play [no smut, russian roulette] - PB Bill plays a game of Russian roulette with Ford. {Pandir} The Spaces In Between [no smut, consensual possession, asphyxiation, drowning, near death experiences] - PB (ford wouldn't know a red flag if it hit him in the face) Bill had always been irresistibly drawn to human frailty - and Ford used to be more than willing to share his in any way he could. {Swiftblight} Viscera [consensual possession, knife/bloodplay] - PB {dieslaudata} ⭐ Plaything [micro/macro] - W Bill plays with his loyal old new toy. {dieslaudata} A Certain Kind of Emptiness [masturbation, non-consensual possession] - W Bill tries to get Ford to give him the equation by reminding him of the past. {Fooeyburr} ⭐ Helios Series [tentacles, humiliation, last one's pretty dark] - W - While taking a break from torturing Ford in front of his friends, Bill offers the man another way around. - A sequel to The North Wind and The Sun where Bill lives up to his promise. - A closure sequel to The Fall of Icarus in which Ford realizes he was never in control to begin with.

might add more someday, does anyone else have fic recs? my ask/dms/submissions are open!!

#fanfic rec #billford

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