rachel/quinn fanfiction recs
[alphabetical by author]
complete multi-chapter fics:
like a seal upon your heart by dramatricks
AU. Quinn Fabray is Daddy’s little girl and the perfect Christian. She can’t be gay. But then her friendship with Rachel Berry starts to change…
Rating: M / Chapters: 20
should have asked for directions by dylanhart
A lifelong story about what it’s like to know at fifteen who your heart belongs to and what lengths a girl will go to in order to keep it there forever.
Rating: M / Chapters: 56
you have arrived by dylanhart
Set after “Should Have Asked for Directions.” Quinn attempts denying Rachel’s want for rougher sex because she just can’t see her Short Stack that way. It doesn’t go very well.
Rating: M / Chapters: 4
just off the key of reason by elsbells
AU. Rachel Berry is a successful Broadway star with a new roommate, the very odd, naive Quinn Fabray. It starts with a note on the fridge and a childishly scrawled doodle of an elephant. Everybody has a little crazy in them.
Rating: T / Chapters: 30
341 days of arguments by goeatappleseeds
You never really know someone until you live with them. For instance, Rachel and Quinn never knew how annoying they were to live with.
Rating: PG-13 / Chapters: 2
to build a home by heartwasalegend
Rachel and Quinn both end up in New York after high school. Follows the evolution and eventual dissolution of their relationship over the span of a decade.
Rating: T / Chapters: 3
alone together by ihatepeeps
She’s worn a cross around her neck for nine years. In hindsight, it made sense that she was befriended by a saint. Quinn-Rachel-Jesse centric.
Rating: T / Chapters: 26
the written word by ihatepeeps
Finn, Sam, and Puck combine wits to author a book that has lasting effects on Rachel and Quinn.
Rating: M / Chapters: 5
this time by itwasadream
Rachel and Quinn find themselves working together during the summer before Senior year. But by the time school starts, things have drastically changed. Not necessarily for the best.
Rating: M / Chapters: 20
someone i’ve been missing the better half of me by k’schoiceofafi
AU. Quinn, a rising sophomore in college, meets Rachel for the first time just before the school term begins. An argument between them leaves Rachel wanting nothing more than to forget that Quinn even exists. But Quinn has other plans.
Rating: M / Chapters: 13
ensnared by despair by k’schoiceofafi
AU. Rachel and Quinn used to date until Quinn dumped her at Nationals without telling her why. When she drops off the radar all summer and comes back to school with a new attitude, Rachel has a feeling things are going to get worse before they get better.
Rating: M / Chapters: 36
what doors may open by k’schoiceofafi
AU. Rachel comes out as gay after dumping Finn. People slowly start to find out and when Head Cheerio, Quinn Fabray finds out, Rachel knows her life will never be the same again.
Rating: T / Chapters: 28
the heart is a machine by k’schoiceofafi
AU. Future fic. Quinn Fabray, former blade runner, is called back into the force when a group of androids called replicants crash land on Earth and go on a killing spree. When a seemingly unique in her own way android weasels her way into Quinn’s life, Quinn begins to question what it really means to be human.
Rating: M / Chapters: 14
without you is how i disappear by kabensi
Quinn fully embraces her new attitude, but Rachel’s ridiculously persistent about getting her to rejoin New Directions.
Rating: M / Chapters: 14
all up the seething coast by mildlyattractivegroove
This thing inside her, the thing she went to all the trouble of becoming Quinn to try and fix, strikes back with a vengeance the moment she lays eyes on Rachel Berry.
Rating: M / Chapters: 24
riding in cars with girls (part 1, part 2) by nearproximity
After Quinn quit glee club and joined a band, Rachel feels the gap Quinn has left and sets out to get her back, whatever the cost. But what happens when Quinn’s only condition involves her car and Rachel’s lips on hers every day at five?
Rating: NC-17 / Chapters: 2
boats in the sky by nearproximity
The lines couldn’t blur with Rachel. They hadn’t. Quinn would close her eyes and think that it was just like the times she was on vacation and see the boats so far in the distance that they looked like they were in the sky. It was impossible. Nothing more than a trick of the mind.
Rating: M / Chapters: 4
like a moon on water by nearproximity
If you asked anyone, they would tell you that Quinn hadn’t really changed that much at all. Anyone but Rachel Berry. Post “On My Way.”
Rating: T / Chapters: 4
eyes tell of what’s behind by nirav
Quinn’s senior year, in the context of Rachel Berry.
Rating: K+ / Chapters: 6
devolution by poetzproblem
She isn’t Lucy anymore, and she isn’t the prom queen. The only thing that Quinn is sure of is that she’s Beth’s mother, and maybe if she finally accepts that, the rest will fall into place.
Rating: T / Chapters: 4
this kiss by poetzproblem
One pivotal moment can change everything. Rachel and Quinn share a kiss during a game of spin the bottle, and the Gleeks decide to play cupid.
Rating: M / Chapters: 34
don’t blink series by poetzproblem
Dreams are like stars…you may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny.
Rating: M / Chapters: 16+
head full of doubt, road full of promise by powergrapes
Rachel’s answer to Quinn’s melancholia is to take her on a summer road trip with the Gleeks.
Rating: NC-17 / Chapters: 8
til the stars go blue by quinnessence
AU. What would happen if post-Glee actress Rachel Berry and post high-school Quinn Fabray, now going by Charlie, were forced by circumstances to spend six long days in the wilderness together?
Rating: M / Chapters: 18
the avengers by random-flores
Never trust a man to do a Cheerio’s job.
Rating: PG-13 / Chapters: 4
bedtime stories by roxystyle011
Beth is babysitting and the kids want to hear a bedtime story, so she tells them the story of how her parents got together.
Rating: T / Chapters: 4
crazy on you by roxystyle011
Grammy-winning recording artist Rachel Berry gets court-ordered to see a therapist following an incident with the paparazzi.
Rating: T / Chapters: 11
deal with the devil by roxystyle011
Rachel doesn’t understand what it is that Santana has that makes all the boys go crazy. When Santana denies her a simple kiss, Rachel enlists the help of Quinn to make her jealous.
Rating: T / Chapters: 2
game show love connection by roxystyle011
Quinn is begrudgingly partnered up with Rachel for one of Mr. Schuester’s lame weekly assignments. By the first day they’ve already managed to go above and beyond their expectations.
Rating: T / Chapters: 4
bewitched, bothered, and bewildered by slowtolearnn
This was not good, this wasn’t what she needed to be dealing with today; not with Nationals only a month away. Inspired by an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Rating: PG-13 / Chapters: 3
letting you unravel me by sourrific
Quinn is peer-pressured into kissing Rachel freaking Berry (damn Santana and her gay agenda!), and then things get complicated.
Rating: NC-17 / Chapters: 2
saints and sinners by sourrific
Quinn plots, fails, succeeds, freaks out, does something stupid, does something right, and then… well, you’ll see.
Rating: R / Chapters: 2
i’ll be by stix04
Can Quinn pretend to be in love with Rachel just to get out of Lima? Can Rachel pretend to love Quinn so she’s not so lonely in New York? And what happens when both girls realize they’re no longer pretending?
Rating: M / Chapters: 20
santa’s little helper by stix04
Rachel was just trying to be nice when she bought Quinn the massage kit for Christmas… she didn’t realize how nice a gift it truly was.
Rating: M / Chapters: 2
i’ve been trying to reach you by thememoriesfire
AU. After a miserable sophomore year, Quinn Fabray’s parents transfer her to Carmel High. There, she clashes hard with the most popular girl in school: Rachel Berry, co-captain of Vocal Adrenaline.
Rating: T / Chapters: 25
these strange steps by thememoriesfire
Rachel, bottoming out completely, is doing a show in Vegas and, as a distraction from her life, gets dragged to a strip club by Puck. She hasn’t seen Quinn in 8 years. This isn’t how she wanted them to see each other again.
Rating: M / Chapters: 36
kissing quinn fabray by vondrunkaton
Quinn comforts Rachel after Finn says something oafish. Rachel is surprised by how sweet Quinn is.
Rating: M / Chapters: 6
black-throated green warbler by whispering molly
An intended glee club bonding experience in the Ohio woods turns into a fight for survival and creates a bond between Rachel and Quinn that has the potential to change their lives forever. If they can survive it.
Rating: M / Chapters: 10
complete one-shots:
calling for help tonight only by 08adabry
After Quinn stands up to Sue Sylvester, Rachel thinks she may have found her new co-captain. She gets more than she bargained for.
Rating: PG-13
going slowly (will drive you crazy) by aerokk
Quinn tries to remember what it felt like to be the one to apply the brakes.
Rating: R
swing sets and seesaws by angelic tourniquet
Sometimes what happens on the playground can define you, for better or for worse. A story about a young Faberry relationship.
Rating: K
what is this feeling no, really, it’s loathing by arishako
Just because you hate someone doesn’t mean you can’t admire her legs when she wears a short skirt.
Rating: T
you say my name like there could be an us by biruuu
It’s Rachel’s last summer in Lima, and she’s determined to get Quinn to finally realize what great friends they could be.
Rating: PG-13
monday by blairdrof
Quinn Fabray has detached herself from everyone and changed her appearance radically, and Rachel is determined to find out exactly why.
Rating: T
how social networking sites ruin lives by calibratory
The Glee Club (and Jacob) get up to shenanigans on Facebook.
Rating: PG
quiver by cheeseburger aspiration
Shell-shocked and with half-lidded eyes, Quinn gently traced her thumb down the skin of Rachel’s neck, as though relishing her softness. Then, with a trembling voice, she breathed out a quiet, “God.” before moving to kiss her again.
Rating: T
uninvited by cloogle
A kiss in the dark sends Rachel into a spin. So overwhelmed, she leaves Glee.
Rating: K / Episode 1 - Companion fic to Happy Agony (Achele RPF)
totally cyranoed by cloogle
Santana is pissed that Finn is with Brittany. Together with Puck she plays a prank. Quinn and Rachel are still arguing. Advice comes from friends, but is poorly applied. Things get worse… until they get way better. Also Terri!
Rating: K / Episode 2 - Companion fic to Happy Agony (Achele RPF)
false idols by cloogle
Sue gets to act like Simon Cowell. McKinley Idol! Terri auditions. To Quinn’s chagrin, Rachel suggests they acquire boyfriends. Rachel holds an animal rights meeting - Brittany and Blaine attend. Tina’s dad is in serious trouble.
Rating: K / Episode 3 - Companion fic to Happy Agony (Achele RPF)
stars that burn the brightest by ehasu
Quinn can’t understand why her approval matters to Rachel or why it feels so good that it does.
Rating: PG-13
these strange steps trace us back by ehasu
It’s the summer before Quinn begins her junior year, and life is perfect in a way she never thought possible.
Rating: PG-13
rachel berry’s single ladies get together by ehasu
You are warmly invited to Rachel Berry’s Single Ladies Get Together!
Rating: PG-13
better by ferryberry
When tragedy strikes, Rachel’s friends all want to support her. She just wants to be left alone.
Rating: T
reenactment by ferryberry
Blaine is confused about Quinn and Rachel’s unique dynamic, and it’s left to Brittany and Santana to… explain.
Rating: K+
maybe i could be some kind of shelter by gilligankane
“He said that you were only being nice to me because you wanted something,” Rachel says in a rush, taking a deep breath at the end of her sentence.
Rating: PG-13
baby, we’ll be fine by heartwasalegend
AU. Prepare a short monologue (3-5 minutes long) about the most intimate moment of your life.
Rating: PG-13
turn the light out (say goodnight) by heartwasalegend
Rachel and Quinn drive home from college together. It does not go well.
Rating: G
the oldies: a lost episode by ihatepeeps
Finn learns that his reputation is at an all-time low and enlists the help of an eager Santana to repair the damage. Meanwhile, Rachel grows tired of her and Quinn’s secrecy and decides to take matters into her own hands.
Rating: K+
(show me how you do that trick) and i promise that i’ll run away with you by inkyxfingers
“If you keep your eyes closed, this can be a dream.”
Rating: R
building thatandthis into thus by intobrakelights
Pieces of Rachel and Quinn’s shared life once all the pieces fall surprisingly together.
Rating: PG
storm through your castle doors by intobrakelights
Finn loses his voice and, insanely, Quinn promises to sing Faithfully in his place at Regionals.
Rating: PG
one degree of separation by k’schoiceofafi
One sober, one drunk, one degree of separation. Rachel tries to connect to Quinn as best as she can with a telephone line, two ex-boyfriends, and an adoption between them.
Rating: T
no space in between by k’schoiceofafi
Sequel to “One Degree of Separation.” One can’t forget, one refuses to remember, leading to only one possible outcome. The tension between Rachel and Quinn comes to a head when Rachel decides to confront her once and for all.
Rating: T
hope springs eternal, hopefully by k’schoiceofafi
Quinn and Rachel stagger along bumps in the road as they journey through senior year. One carries faith as a weapon, the other, resignation.
Rating: T
the hardest part about saying hello is goodbye by kabensi
or “The Ex-Cheerio Former Teen Mother Motown Jammin’ Time Traveler’s Lady Wife.” Quinn is a time traveler.
Rating: T
surrender by meremortal2k3
“What do you mean I’m not brave in bed?”
Rating: M
lovestain by mermaiddrunk
The movies never prepare you for this. Quinn takes Rachel’s virginity. What happens after?
Rating: M
cold like fire, warm like ice by nearproximity
Beth’s first birthday is here and Quinn has some inner demons to face. Rachel is her unexpected confidant.
Rating: PG-13
bridge night by ohnice1
Every Thursday night is bridge night. It has been for about 5 months, but Quinn never says a word.
Rating: M
a family of trees by powergrapes
Rachel is the only person that Drizzle seems to like, and thus becomes the babysitter by default.
Rating: PG
according to judy by powergrapes
How Judy Fabray deals with Quinn’s infatuation with Rachel.
Rating: PG
jeremiah was a bullfrog by powergrapes
When Mr. Schue drags the Glee kids camping, Rachel and Quinn find themselves lost in the woods.
Rating: NC-17
let the distance keep us together by powergrapes
Rachel and Quinn decide to break up when they go to college.
Rating: R
pink, gold and white by powergrapes
Rachel and Quinn’s wedding day is a joyous occasion for all; except for this poor guy whom Beth dragged along. He’s having a bit of a hard time grasping what’s going on.
Rating: PG-13
rachel berry, queen of tmi by powergrapes
“What do you think it means if your partner fails to achieve an orgasm during lovemaking?”
Rating: R
snowman, sing-along, scrabble & s’mores by powergrapes
a.k.a. “How Quinn Fabray Ruins Everything.” Rachel and Quinn spend a snow day together.
Rating: R
the v card by powergrapes
“I, Rachel Berry, hereby resolve to surrender my virginity to Quinn Fabray at a location and time to be mutually agreed upon at a later date.”
Rating: PG
composed of nows by preromantics
Wherein Rachel is much more than Quinn thought or could have asked for, and home isn’t always where Quinn imagined it would be.
Rating: PG-13
if i were a boy by queen nan
She’s just a girl…
Rating: T
well aware by rainbowruse
Sam just wants to show his girlfriend a good time this Valentine’s Day. Things don’t work out like he planned.
Rating: PG-13
what i know by roxystyle011
Finn was right, Quinn really doesn’t feel anything anymore… except for when it comes to Rachel.
Rating: T
live half alive by sirrryesssirrr
She doesn’t think anybody ever paid attention.
Rating: K+
jocks, cheerios, and gleeks! oh my! by slowtolearnn
The first thing she notices when waking up, is that she has a crushing headache. The second is someone or something, is licking her face.
Rating: PG-13
a hard earned call back by slowtolearnn
“My date is Rachel Berry?”
Rating: PG-13
the headaches and the headlights by slowtolearnn
Sequel to “A Hard Earned Call Back.”
Rating: PG
quinn’s five attempts to bed rachel berry by slowtolearnn
She’s desperate and it’s disgusting.
Rating: R
every smile that’s unveiled by somethingsdont
Somewhere along the way, Quinn Fabray discovers that Rachel Berry is just a girl. Just a girl like her.
Rating: M
celibacy club ficlet by sourrific
Quinn and Rachel participate in a role-playing exercise for the Celibacy Club.
Rating: PG-13
kiss me by suchaboii
In order to raise money for the bus to Nationals, Rachel comes up with the brilliant idea for them to set up a kissing booth in order to raise the money.
Rating: T
at the end of the day by suchaboii
If there’s a perfect moment to doubt Quinn Fabray’s intentions, Rachel thinks, this is it.
Rating: K
she drives a vegetable car except not really by suchaboii
AU. Quinn has a crush on a girl who takes the same underground train she takes everyday. She tries to strike a conversation or two, but always ends up failing and worse, embarrassed. Will she be able to meet her?
Rating: T
a survey of pre-existing circumstances and conditions conducive to the seduction of quinn fabray by rachel berry by susurrusnight
A satirical Rachel/Quinn fic in which Rachel Berry has a plan, and the universe has other ideas.
Rating: NC-17
a girl’s best friend by thememoriesfire
Weight, grades, Cheerios, Prom. It’s a simple plan.
Rating: G
be a part of this by thememoriesfire
After Junior Prom, Quinn gets an unexpected life coach.
Rating: T
dear gravity by thememoriesfire
Quinn and Rachel in college in NYC, where Quinn is flourishing and Rachel is not so much.
Rating: G
dear your name here by thememoriesfire
Future AU. Quinn and Rachel meet up again in college.
Rating: M
i’m hopelessly hopeful (you’re just hopeless enough) by thememoriesfire
“I remember quite clearly when you were the bane of my existence. It seems almost impossible to believe now.”
Rating: G
i’m not trying (you only hold me up like this) by thememoriesfire
Rachel’s like a volcano. Quinn’s more like… a toaster, occasionally letting some feelings peek out at the top with a small click.
Rating: G
i remember waiting by thememoriesfire
Future AU. Other people’s parents fight; not hers.
Rating: G
not yours, they are my own by thememoriesfire
Quinn has a thing about hands, and a plan for the future.
Rating: G
too tired after midday, lately by thememoriesfire
Quinn and Rachel end up trapped in an elevator together while in New York for Nationals.
Rating: T
the lesson for the week: courage by whispering molly
Mr. Schuester’s lesson plan for the week has unintended consequences for closeted couple Rachel Berry and Quinn Fabray.
Rating: M
wip (work in progress) fics:
happy agony by
cloogle
Achele RPF (shh just read it). Mercilessly, she continues to assault my senses until I think I can no longer bear the frenzy of sensation in my pelvis, abdomen, heart and head. Nothing feels quite like desire. Nothing hurts better than love. She is the best I never had.
Rating: M
color me confused by ferryberry
Lingering feelings for Jesse and a budding relationship with Finn. Things just couldn’t get more confusing. Until the last person Rachel expects enters the mix.
Rating: T
that’s just super quinn by max-on-the-mind
AU. So I’m an alien ex-soldier on Earth with super abilities. Naturally, secret crime fighting was the logical choice. But finding out my only mate is a pint-size diva, not so natural. I’m not sure who should be more surprised, me or her… when she finds out.
Rating: M
what i couldn’t find by mermaiddrunk
Post-high school Rachel and Quinn run into each other in the most unlikely of places and with the help of a four year old and a few familiar faces, they find themselves on a rocky journey towards that elusive thing called “second chance.”
Rating: M
in a constant state of flux by one-eternity-drive
When the buzzing in her head overwhelms her to a point where she can no longer stand it, the summer between Junior and Senior year leads her somewhere she least expected.
Rating: T
chasing rachel berry by quinnessence
AU. Sequel to “Til the Stars Go Blue.” Rachel Berry has landed her first big movie role and Quinn “Charlie” Fabray has tagged along. Can they keep their sanity and blossoming romance intact amidst all the chaos and drama of creating a Hollywood blockbuster?
Rating: M
crazy on you, too by roxystyle011
Sequel to “Crazy on You.” Quinn is no longer Rachel Berry’s therapist but she still has her hands full.
Rating: T
you hit like a girl by shaddowsong
The summer after her sophomore year, Rachel Berry has three goals: 1. Prepare for Glee, 2. Befriend Quinn Fabray, 3. Create a Lasting Romance with Finn Hudson. By the fourth week of summer she’s completely failed two of them. Now what is she supposed to do?
Rating: T
rough beginnings by tothevision
Quinn decides she needs to end this obsession once and for all, but life doesn’t always work out the way we want it to. Sometimes it’s so much better.
Rating: M