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Best Markus Slow Burn Fanfics

The best slow burn fanfiction featuring Markus (Detroit: Become Human) on AO3, curated by popularity. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance.

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Top Markus Slow Burn Fic Recs

5 slow burn fics featuring Markus, followed by other top-rated stories.

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Ace

Slow Burn

by EidiCon · Simarkus

RK900, the most advanced android CyberLife has to offer, is now himself a full-blown deviant. Connor couldn't be prouder! There's an ever-present, ever-growing need for androids like them (what with rampant anti-android hate crimes and Red Ice distribution growing exponentially). It only makes perfe

3,418 kudos 147,857 words 29/29 chapters Explicit
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pholcidae

Slow Burn

by farouche (AnonymousSinner) · Simarkus

After Markus obtains equal rights for all Androids, Cyberlife is pressured to release all the prototype androids deemed unready for public use before the Revolution. In a diplomatic effort, Cyberlife offers all prototypes a chance of a paid job in the sector they were intended to work in or otherwi

3,348 kudos 42,695 words 15/15 chapters Explicit
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Adapt and Endure (WebComic)

Slow Burn

by Aydaptic · Simarkus

After the CyberLife store raid, Chris was left traumatized by the event of having a gun pointed at his head and was ordered to take some time off. Gavin -- currently without a partner -- temporarily received a new one... a surprisingly snarky RK900 that was to go for a test drive. "Take your time,

2,832 kudos 2,026 words 21/21 chapters Mature
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Hydrangeas

Slow Burn

by hiyodayo · Simarkus

Frigidity, heartlessness. Heartfelt emotions.Two sides of a coin.Everything he was, everything he wasn’t.-In which Elijah Kamski is annoyingly cryptic, Hank is an overprotective dad, Markus is just trying to do his best, and Connor is still confused.CyberLife, as usual, has its own agenda.

2,745 kudos 174,516 words 21/21 chapters Not Rated
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Adapt and Endure

Slow Burn

by Aydaptic · Simarkus

After the CyberLife store raid, Chris was left traumatized by the event of having a gun pointed at his head and was ordered to take some time off. Gavin -- currently without a partner -- temporarily received a new one... a surprisingly snarky RK900 that was to go for a test drive. "Take your time, n

1,824 kudos 135,000 words 20/20 chapters Mature
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But I guess that's love (I can't pretend)

by 99MillionMiles · Simarkus

“I'd like to inform you that, according to our instructions, we'll start tomorrow at 9 a.m. I suggest we put up a more...united front, or else I suspect we won't appear very believable as a couple."Inexplicably, Gavin smirked at that."Trust me, Barbie", he nodded, "we will."Or: the Gavin/Connor unde

5,827 kudos 89,546 words 15/15 chapters Mature
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is there a bone in my body that's not weak for you

by farouche (AnonymousSinner) · Simarkus

“Oh,” he says then, quiet realisation, “Is that what you want to hear?”“I – I don’t-” Simon starts, and then all thoughts leave his head as Markus moves forward, taking hold of his other wrist like he had the first and caging him there, pressed against the desk.“That you’re good,” Markus murmurs, “T

2,886 kudos 8,447 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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Partners [Path Unlocked]

by Delia_Maguire · Simarkus

HK800’s sole purpose is to hunt down and exterminate deviant androids before they become an actual threat to the human race. Cold, unfeeling, and entirely unalive, the android is determined to complete his mission and will allow nothing to stand in his way.However, when paired with human detective,

2,332 kudos 107,579 words 37/37 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Get Away With It

by Synekdokee · Simarkus

“Calm down, Connor,” Hank says dryly, digging in his jeans pocket to pull out his wallet and showing him his badge. “Oh,” Connor says, simultaneously relieved and horrified that he’s managed to pick up a fucking cop. He’s pretty sure his uncle wouldn’t have reported him missing, probably more reliev

2,321 kudos 7,289 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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markus makes a group chat

by WarriorAngel4God · Simarkus

[5:38] ConnorLieutenant, I require assistance immediately. Are you up yet?Hank Andersonwgat did u doConnorMy hand is on fire.Hank Andersonur WHATConnorI said my hand is on fire, Lieutenant. I have also managed to get my tie stuck in the toaster and cannot get out.Hank Andersonoh my godConnorYour egg

2,072 kudos 6,559 words 2/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Orange Colored Sky

by sweaters_and_tea · Simarkus

Simon returns back to Jericho before the Capitol Park mission, and everything changes.(or: what if pacifist Markus was just a little bit gayer and weak to pretty blonds)

1,914 kudos 2,796 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
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Machines Don't 'Flirt'

by wick_de_la_vela · Simarkus

“Third base?” You can almost hear Connor's brow wrinkle. “What does baseball terminology have to do with 'flirting’?”You are a detective at the DPD and you are Definitely Not developing Feelings™ for a certain RK800 prototype. Connor is an android who is completely clueless about all things romantic

1,817 kudos 62,631 words 9/? chapters Mature

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Markus in Slow Burn Fanfiction

Markus — The caretaker android who becomes Jericho's revolutionary leader, choosing between pacifist marches and open war for android freedom. Markus's painter's soul and burden of leadership ground the game's political fic.

Slow Burn — A romance that develops gradually over time, with tension building across chapters or the entire story.

Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance. Markus's (also known as RK200) role in Detroit: Become Human makes them a natural fit for slow burn storylines, which is why this combination is one of the most popular in Detroit: Become Human fanfiction.

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