Too often we under estimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

She hasn't let go of your hand yet and you don't pull away. You do smile though, widely, because there's just something about her that's so pleasing to you. You don't want to let go of her hand, you want to hold on and see where it leads you. "Nice to meet you, Santana Lopez," you finally reply, and you honestly mean it.

Santana accepts that there were a certain prices to be paid for her success. Loneliness is just one of them. When a half-serious drunken suggestion makes her think about a cure for her loneliness, she's not sure whether she could actually go through with it or not. But of all the prices she has to pay, this is one, at least, she knows she can afford. Probably.

Due to a rough past, Santana Lopez has built up her fiery image to keep people away and, being McKinley's resident badass, is someone certainly not to be messed with. Can a sexy, blonde, badass transfer student give her a run for her money? Can never write a decent summary...

For six months Santana has been living in New York City with Kurt and Rachel, but now Brittany has received her diploma and is finally coming to join them. Can new relationships accommodate old ones? And can the past ever really be recaptured?

AU. On the day 11.11.11 on 11:11 Brittany wishes her soul mate to find her. Little she knows her cat, Santana, already found her, just in a different form.

Brittany takes the subway every day. She often sees a brunette with long, black hair and amazing clothes. Brittany wonders if that brunette likes girls, but Brittany's gaydar has never been her strong suit.

AU. The comic books don't tell you everything. Like when to take the mask off, for example. Superhero!Santana, Brittana, Samcedes

Brittana AU fic. Santana Lopez is a boarder at Alexandra Academy. Brittany is the new girl trying to fit into a group of friends who already have their webs of connections and secrets. Can she fill the shoes of the girl she replaced?

Santana and Brittany have been trying to get pregnant for a year without any luck. What happens when a teenage foster child and positive pregnancy test land in their laps on the same day? A unique journey of motherhood ensues.

AU: Set in a fictional 18th century Europe. At age 10, Santana Lopez, born into the wealthy and influential Lopez family, comes to acquire a peasant girl by the name of Brittany. And despite class differences, Santana falls in love with her.

You quickly turn your head, hoping your suspicions weren't correct but then you see the smooth, pale skin of someone's back and tousled, blonde hair spread out across the pillow as the girl lays face down on the bed, clearly naked, and crap, you were right. Because the girl lying next to you isn't just anyone. It's Brittany. [Girl Peen entails.]

When everything falls apart, who can you rely on to hold yourself together? Miami Zombie Attack AU Brittana.

Head cheerleader!Santana and Badass!Brittany have never gotten along, but when Santana's pride and reputation are on the line she gets a little desperate...and Brittany just happens to be there to help her out. Everything has its consequences though. COMPLETE:)

AU. The problem isn't that Santana wants to hire new employees. She's overwhelmed at work, you can't fault her for that. The problem is she wants a certain blonde employee in more ways than just professionally. Side Faberry and Kurtbastian.

Based off the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith. How far do you go to kill the one you can't live without?

Santana is that cold-hearted intern. Brittany is the Pediatric Surgeon that breaks her walls down. Glee with influence of Grey's Anatomy. AU.

After having had no contact with Brittany for nearly six years, she suddenly re-appears in Santana's life. As Brittany and Santana reconnect and rediscover each other, they also look back on the events that has led them to the present moment. Brittana.

"Everything is falling apart. Nothing makes sense anymore, and it's only a matter of time before our luck runs out, before one or all of us end up dead. In the crazy chaos that's become my life, I'm only completely certain of three things: My name is Santana. Brittany means more to me than literally the entire universe. And we can't- we can't- lose this war." Brittana. AU. AniGlee

My name is Santana Lopez. I live by two rules, and two rules only. 1, Don't get fat. 2, Don't let anyone know.

In the summer of 1898, Santana Lopez joined the J.P. Adams & Son Traveling Circus & Menagerie as it toured the states of the Upper American Midwest. She also fell in love with the knife thrower's daughter.

AU. Brittany survived a fire. Santana knows who set it.

Roommates Santana and Brittany get dumped by their girlfriends. They come up with a plan to make their exes jealous. They don't realize that the plan gets harder, when hidden feelings come to the surface and things start to get real. Brittana

AU. How unpopular, comic book nerd Brittany and head cheerleader Santana fell head over heels in love with each other.

When Brittany moves to LA, her plan is to be a famous dancer. When she suddenly meets a very fascinating Latina under slightly awkward circumstances, Brittany gets a little sidetracked.

AU. Brittany goes to college and meets Santana and the rest of New Directions. Even though life has been hard so far, and even though bad things still happen, she regrets nothing that has brought her here. Please read first authors note for more information!

AU. Brittany Pierce is a young business analyst who happens to get a job in a big fashion company owned by the famous singer and actress Santana Lopez. Santana doesn't know that she had runined Brittany's life when they were still in high school. What happens when a nerd Yale student finds herself working for one of the most spoilt and frustrating person she has ever met.

Everyday Santana tries to teach Brittany. Everyday Brittany tries to resist. At the end of the day both can't deny they are more than just teacher and student

Campus celebrity Santana Lopez and shy film major Brittany Pierce cross paths during their last few months at college. A/U.

Quidditch rivalries. Parties in the Shrieking Shack. OWLs and NEWTs. Life at Hogwarts is difficult enough without falling in love with your best friend. When Brittany and Santana are sorted into different houses, it is the start of seven complicated, magical years that will bring them closer together and tear them further apart than they have ever been before. HP!Brittana

AU. Brittany didn't want a new 'Mom'. And she especially didn't want a new sister. But that's exactly what she got. Brittana. Three-shot.

It's hard being a superhero. It's even harder when you're in love with the villain. PERMANENTLY SHELVED

Life throws curve balls at us every day... Heather just looked at this as another barrier in her journey that she had to leap over. What if Heather was never casted on Glee? A Heya RPF.

Brittany's basically just a hardcore badass. Because who doesn't love badass Brittany? Come on. Santana's bitchy as ever and head of the Cheerios and still in denial/unsure of her sexuality. That is, until Brittany comes along. They drive each other crazy, in the best and worst ways.

There she goes. The girl Santana Lopez has been hopelessly in love with for the past fifteen years. Warning: Superhero!Santana

Who says you can't fall in love at a coffee shop? Brittany and her best friend Quinn work together at the creatively named The Coffee Shop, but what happens when a certain Latina catches the blonde's blue eyes? With Quinn giving her that little push, will Brittany finally build the nerve to talk to the girl? BRITTANA (Check out the sequel, The Perfect Blend)

"Maybe 'happily ever afters' don't exist. Maybe they're fragmented and sprinkled throughout our lives to remind us to keep moving forward. Maybe, if we look from the right angle and maneuver the pieces just so, they become a masterpiece we keep adding to until the day we die." Future fic, Brittana as mothers. Sequel to "Taking the Long Way," but can stand independently.

AU. 1862, the North has started the draft. Santana follows her father to war, intent on proving her worth as a doctor. Brittany enlists in place of her father, intent on keeping her family safe. In this broken land, they find a home in each other.

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?

Three years after graduation, Santana Lopez and her roommates, Quinn Fabray and Rachel Berry, attend a dance class in NYC. Follows most of the events in Glee if Brittany had never gone to WMHS.

Santana has been a slave most of her life so when she is sold from her longtime home into the King's service she felt she knew what to expect. However upon arrival she finds that her position as the Princess' caretaker is more ominous than it seems. War brews on the horizon as she learns the truth about the Abrams kingdom and that carefree lives of the royals are anything but.

Santana tells the story of how she met Brittany to her kids. Brittana future!brittana Brittana!Babies

A series of oneshots on Brittana getting caught by the Glee club and their families. Brittana

Brittany and Santana are engaged and the blonde has a plan to lead them up to their perfect wedding day and beyond. She wants to have fun with Santana and have her everywhere and in any way possible. This is a series of smutty one shots at different points in their lives, beginning with their engagement…

I didn't even remember exactly what she had said, but I knew it had been something about Santana. I just nodded. Nodding was okay, right? But now it was too quiet and I felt like she was reading me like an open book that had no pages. Sequel to If Only You Could See What I See

AU Santana Lopez is fine with helping her new roommate cheat on her girlfriend back home because it doesn't effect her in the slightest and, to be honest, she's just a little bored. Until she meets said girlfriend, that is. Brittana Faberry Quitt

Into every generation she is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. The Slayer. And Santana makes two. Brittana, side pairings to come. Not listed as a crossover because no BtVS characters appear.

AU. Santana Lopez - geek, prematurely outed lesbian, and crushing on a girl that probably hates her. But as she settles into her final year at McKinley, Santana wonders: could there be more to Brittany Pierce than she thought? Nerd!Santana/Badass!Brittany

AU. Brittany is a new student who transfers to McKinley. She meet's Santana and the pair do not get along. Canon characterization mostly in tact.

Heya fic. They can't deny there's something there, but they'll try. Disclaimer: This is purely fictional. Rated M for later chapters.

*BRITTANA* Santana is infatuated with Rachel's new roommate. She knows Brittany's dangerous, but is she willing to take the chance? Are Brittany's flirtatious ways just apart of her fun-loving personality or could she actually be interested? Set in New York the summer before their sophomore year of college. Lots of glee characters.

Santana Lopez is a publicist in New York trying to rein in the biggest ego the city's ever seen. Brittany Pierce is attempting to create the next big thing in Seattle. They're 2859 miles apart, but one wrong number just might change everything.

While Dr. Santana Lopez works to develop an antidote for a neurotoxin suspected to be used for terrorist threats on US soil, she finds herself strangely infected and fighting the clock to save herself and others with the help of a charming blonde. AU.

Santana has the perfect life: family, friends, reputation, boyfriend. Everything. The year has started again, perfectly smooth. That is, until her older brother comes back to live in Lima, in her house, with his girlfriend. Now, that is about to turn so much more complicated.

"Like her laugh... and the smell of her armpits." Brittana. Short one-shot for a prompt.

Heather and Naya get locked in Naya's trailer overnight. Heather gets claustrophobic and Naya gets close. HeYa.

After being disappointed by the men in their lives, Caroline and Rebekah decide to bond over a few drinks... or more.

It seemed so simple. In return for her ancestral house sold by her scheming friends, Heather agreed to fake-marry Hollywood playgirl Naya Rivera and stay married for a year to tone down the actress' notoriety. Until real feelings got involved.

Follows Naomi and the gang during their first year at university. AU. Focuses mainly on Naomi and Emily through Naomi's perspective.

AU Brittana and Unholy Trinity- It's Santana's senior year and she's all about being the 'Cheerios top hoe', but then this little thing happens called life. Love at first sight finds Santana and tradgedy befalls her best friend. Can Santana find the strength inside her to take care of Quinn and be everything that Brittany needs as well?

Santana's a Lima loser, with a husband she loathes and a job as a beautician at a discount store that she can't stand, she hates her life. Until she meets the new cashier and engages in a sordid affair with the girl. Basically PWP.

AU: Lawyer!Santana & MedicalExaminer!Brittany - Description inside!

AU. They said she was just a pretty face, a model fed lines to sell a product. But if you squinted, there was more to Santana Lopez than they gave her credit for, and reporter Brittany Pierce was going to get to the bottom of it. Brittana/Faberry

Santana, this latter day power-girl, wasn't expecting this. She thought love at first sight was something pussies created to justify their lame romances. Her soul-mate was obviously another talented girl from her own stature she just hadn't met yet and it definitely was not some random girl selling tickets at the movie.

AU. Brittany is a hardened boxer and Santana is the arm candy of a wealthy politician who's involved in the boxing world.

*BRITTANA* Santana is new in town, and while Brittany is confused with her feeling towards Artie, the two immediately form a friendship deeper than anything they've ever known. Awful summary, just read.

Santana Lopez is Ohio's only lesbian vampire. She needs blood, and the only one she can feed off is the beautiful blonde she finds alone in the Forrest. Brittana vampire fic. Please read and review.

With these words I promise to show you the passion behind our touches, the desire behind our kisses, and the intensity behind our love. Sincerely yours, Brittany S. Pierce.

"I love you, Santana. More than I thought I could ever love anyone. More than anyone can ever love anybody."

Light M rating really AU. nerd!Santana picture "Props" artie!swap clothes and popular!Brittany. One-shot.

AU.When Santanas's mother announces that she's getting married again, no one is happier than Santana. When she meets the daughter of her mother's fiance, there's an instant attraction from Santana's side but the daughter is already engaged.

AU set in New York. After a one night stand goes a little crazy, Santana and Brittany bump into each other again... But life can never just be easy, right?

After an unfortunate injury, Santana is ordered to take a two year leave from her life, known as the military. However where she thought her life was ending, as her career was torn away from her... Really, it was just beginning.

Santana Lopez is an A-List actress known for her no brains needed romantic comedies. Brittany Pierce is an up-and-coming writer, who nabbed an Oscar for her edgy art house film, "Flowers for Olivia."

I wanted to follow her. So bad. She was the most interesting person I'd ever seen in my entire life and I didn't even know why. Brittana

BETTER SUMMARY INSIDE Santana has been in and out of jail for years for minor charges. Now she's forced back; she has a bad attitude and inmates who fuel it. She's expected to be reformed, but with a new prison guard in her presence. she has other plans

Naya had to have the paramedics check her out, and Heather was at DisneyLand. Heya Sexytimes

When hotshot assistant district attorney Santana Lopez got her heart broken years ago, she thought nothing, or no one for that matter could ever break her again. Well, that's until beautiful dancer Brittany S. Pierce comes back from Paris.

The girls are staying at a fancy hotel for a big Cheerios event. Brittany gets to teasing Santana while they're in the hot tub but, never one to be outdone, Santana has some serious payback in store for her best friend. One-shot Brittana smut.

Various fantasies of Rachel, Quinn, Santana, and Brittany are fulfilled. Contains: established Rachel/Quinn & Santana/Brittany and other combinations of the four.

Glee kink meme prompt, but i'm turning it into a story. Naya can't be with Heather and so she wishes she was Santana, and somehow her wish comes true, and she is thrown into glee world, and Santana is thrown into the real world.

Companion piece to "The Only True Paradises." The evolution of Santana and Brittany's relationship from Brittany's perspective.

The tortuous evolution of Santana's feelings toward Brittany. See also "Pas de Deux," a companion piece from Brittany's point of view.

"As the nation mourns the loss of Russell and Judith Fabray, the four teens wanted for one of the most brutal murders Ohio has seen continue to evade police." - in a gold VW Bug with the number plate, 'GLDSTR'. Faberry/Brittana. Faberrittana friendship.

Brittana AU - Brittany and Santana are both in their mid-twenties, meeting in a fancy bar in New York City. The chemistry is there, but how will Santana react when she finds out that the mysterious blonde is in fact an escort? Will she give her a chance?

An AU futurefic in which Santana is set up on a blind date with stoner!Brittany. WARNING: Contains lesbian sex and drug usage!

On the last weekend of summer, Brittany convinces Santana to come camping with her. For both bad reasons and good, it's a trip neither of them will ever forget.

Add the childish title plus a well deserved M rating and I think you might get the point. Brittana. Fluffy/smutty/awesome.

Santana would like to blame the heat, but it's much more than that; it's all Brittany. Brittany/Santana.

Brittany gets mono, but how? Brittana mentions of Bartie