Fallout Fanfiction
Bethesda and Obsidian's post-nuclear RPG series, where vault dwellers and couriers wander a retro-futurist wasteland of raiders, synths and two-headed cattle. AO3's Fallout fandom is companion-fic heaven: Nick Valentine's noir decency, Hancock's ghoul charm, and New Vegas's endlessly shipped courier-and-Boone or courier-and-Vulpes dynamics. The TV series brought a fresh wave of Lucy/The Ghoul writers into an archive already rich with slow apocalyptic road trips and settlements rebuilt one chapter at a time.
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What is Fallout fanfiction?
Fallout fanfiction is fan-created stories set in the Fallout universe. With over 40,000 works on Archive of Our Own, Fallout is one of the most popular fandoms in the fanfiction community.
These stories explore beloved characters like The Sole Survivor, The Courier, Nick Valentine, John Hancock, and many more. Writers create everything from short one-shots to epic novel-length adventures, exploring relationships, alternate universes, and "what if" scenarios.
Most Popular Fallout Fanfics
These are the highest-rated Fallout stories on AO3, ranked by kudos from readers.
Fallout: The Young Avengers
by caesar_rules_all
After 20 years of living underground in a bunker, Teddy Altman gets kicked out. What will he encounter in his new life in the wasteland?Young Avengers belong to Marvel Comics. Fallout characters and setting belong to Bethesda. Some characters are mineVisit me on Tumblr: http://caesarrulesall.tumblr.
Procedural Drama
by dracox_serdriel
Sam partners with Dakota 'Dodge' Gage on a serial murder case in Chicago. After the recent estrangement from Castiel and his brother, Dean searches for answers on his own.
Love Like Armor
by Jevvica
For almost all the life Callen could remember, he'd been disposable.
Supernatural Fallout
by Zafona
Dean Winchester is set loose into the post apocalyptic world of the Capital Wasteland after he turns 18, his home of Little Lamplight doesn't allow adults to stay. Fortune never smiles on a Winchester and he finds himself in the hands of an angry blue-eyed raider. Instead of killing the young man on
Piece Yourself Together
by AlwaysLera
*Spoilers for Captain America: Winter Soldier! Stay far away if you don't want to be spoiled*In the aftermath of the events of the Winter Soldier's return, Natasha brings Clint up to speed on what happened and the changes ahead. He sees through her words and gets to the heart of the matter.
The Flight Home Was Very, Very Long
by whoseeswhatsyetunseen
It was brilliant. And it worked.The reasoning was sound. The motives, justification--it was all logical, practical, necessary.It was just...he hadn't accounted for...maybe NEITHER of them had thought through everything...Oliver looked over at Felicity. Her head was resting on Digg's large shoulder,
Arriving Home
by whoseeswhatsyetunseen
continuation of "The Flight Home Was Very, Very Long".Felicity is the first to really be shocked by the reality of Starling City upon their return. And as she struggles with seeing her neighborhood torn apart, Oliver struggles with his responses to her. Diggle just continues to mentally slap them
Dances
by scribblemyname
She thought she could walk away.
Just Friends
by VineSpider
When Mia comforts a weeping Amata, she finds something out she can't believe.
Blood Happens
by scribblemyname
He doesn't tell the Captain that this isn't the war they fought seventy years ago and that SHIELD doesn't deal in black and white. He doesn't explain that this is nothing compared to staring at your own brother's life bleeding out from a killshot arrow when you're in your right mind and he needed ki
In the dust of the old world
by Aboywhowantedtobegod
RWBY Fallout AU. Yang, Blake and Ruby live as nomad traders and it's business as usual, travelling throughout the American wasteland, the memories of their shared past haunting them. But when they meet Weiss, the daughter of a weapons dealer, their lives take a huge change, forcing them to venture a
New York, New York
by WriteItSmall (scribblemyname)
He wasn't trying to save the world and neither was she as they waited out the worst with her gloves off and his claws unsheathed.
The Requirements of Grief
by scribblemyname
Caleb's creation, handed over with worried eyes but steady fingers, stimulates happiness. "Deep brain stimulation used to be used to treat depression," he started to go off the first time, when he was still chasing the solution, but then paused when he realized who he was talking to.Four isn't diver
Blue Eyes and Broken Bones
by CrisisAverted
After the courier (Grey Reclan) is attacked and almost killed by a pack of Feral Ghouls, he is found by the Followers of the Apocalypse and is brought to the Old Mormon Fort. While there, he meets a handsome blue-eyed researcher by the name of Arcade.... BTW, this is my first attempt at a fanic.
Your breath is what revives me
by burnedphoenix
Steve died on a mission, at least that’s what the team is told.
How I Met Your Father
by Gem_In_Eye
This is a seamlessly paralleled How I Met your Mother-Destiel fanfic. None of the last season dying mess! Starring *Castiel as Ted* *Dean as Robin* *Sam as Marshall* *Jessica as Lily* *Gabriel as Barney* Read on and hilariety will ensue!
Tales from the American Wasteland
by Retel
War. War never changes.Since the dawn of time, creation has waged war on itself, across the sea and land, across the cosmos and microverse. Stars consume themselves, even as black holes consume all else, all in an effort to survive. Man kind, since its grassroots days as primative, ape-like creature
Knew you'd come.
by jessicaannsavage
A one shot Six and Boone fic. Six is ferociously loyal, and Boone adores her for it.
101 Fallout Drabbles
by OfficerHotpants
A collection of one hundred and one Fallout 3 drabbles featuring Charon, Dogmeat, a Fem-Lone Wanderer, explosions, humor, and general angst that comes with living in a war-torn world. Also guns, because why not. More chapters coming, so stay tuned!
Faster Kill Pussycat
by Spocksandshoes
Benny is all sorts of ridiculous.And she still wants to kill him sometimes. But what the hell, she still ends up in his bed, so maybe it's okay.
Fallout Fanfics by Length
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Best Fallout Fanfic Rec Lists
Popular Fallout Ships
Hancock x Sole
John Hancock/Sole Survivor
Goodneighbor's ghoul mayor is a knife-wielding libertine with a drug habit and the firmest moral code in the Commonwealth. Fallout 4 lets the Sole Survivor romance him, and the fandom adores the contrast between his ruined face and his bottomless loyalty. Stories often dig into his insecurity that no smoothskin could really choose him.
2,500 works →
Danse x Sole
Paladin Danse/Sole Survivor
Danse is the Brotherhood of Steel's model soldier until Blind Betrayal reveals he is the very thing he was taught to exterminate: a synth. The Sole Survivor can stand between him and execution, and the romance grows out of that shattering of identity. Fic returns endlessly to Danse rebuilding a self outside the Brotherhood's creed.
2,000 works →
Ghoulcy
Cooper Howard | The Ghoul/Lucy MacLean
The Fallout show's 200-year-old bounty hunter drags its sunny vault dweller across the wasteland, selling her organs one scene and saving her the next. By the finale they ride off together, and the fandom's biggest new ship was sealed.
3,000 works →
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Fallout fanfics are on AO3?
There are over 40,000 Fallout fanfiction works on Archive of Our Own, making it one of the platform's largest fandoms.
What are the best Fallout ships?
Popular Fallout pairings include Hancock x Sole, Danse x Sole, Ghoulcy. Each ship has thousands of dedicated stories exploring their relationship.
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