Top 25 Short FE3H Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length FE3H fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
how to remember your soulmate's name, a guide
by RK7200
“My name is Ferdinand von Aegir,” he wants to say. He wants to write to his soulmate those words. Tell them who he is and read their name in turn.Yet he can’t, knowing that the moment his name touches paper it’ll turn into nothing but scrambled lines and a wasted note.
A Well Respected Man
by Nox_Wicked
It was all Felix's fault. If not for him and his stupid, insatiable boyfriend, none of it would have happened.That's Ferdinand's story anyway, and he was sticking to it.--Ferdinand accidentally sends his boss a dick pic, and suffers. Based on the famous "Accidentally?" tweet.
Fake It til you Make It
by MooeyDooey
“Emperor Edelgard and I have already crafted the rumor, and how we wish to spread that information. All you need to do is exactly what I tell you. Nothing more.” “Hubert, you’re being strangely evasive. What is my role in all of this?” The topic could not be danced around for any longer, so Hubert b
bird's 2019 kinktober collection!
by casualbird
it was a really stupid, impulsive idea for me to do kinktober, but i'm committed to it now.pairings and kinks are in chapter titles.day 31: claude/lorenz, marking.
scarlet ears, sunlit days
by CutiePi
Ferdinand experiences several epiphanies regarding Hubert, but somehow misses the most important one.
all of my heroes die all alone
by eversall
“I told you,” Dedue says, “five years ago, that you fit in here. That you weren’t pretending. Did you think I was lying? You don’t have to presume anything, Ashe. You are still…” He trails off. What is Ashe to him that Dedue can say out loud, into the stillness of the night as Ashe gazes up at him w
Garreg Mach Gay Girls Discord
by Varewulf
Just a silly idea I came up with.Modern AU chat room shenanigans.I have no idea if I'll actually add any more chapters to this, I'm just leaving the option open.Some spoilers.Edit update: I got the colours working! Muahahahaha!
Kinktober 2019: FE3H Edition
by ThePhoenixWriter
A collection of Kinktober prompts with Fire Emblem 3 Houses characters!
downstream
by unsungillumination
perhaps such a great human mystery as love might be described in comparison to a river, because they've known it only to flow in one direction. or perhaps love is like a big heavy hammer because it smacked sylvain really hard in the head and now everything just kind of hurts.
you're gonna catch if I fall (down, down, down)
by isloremipsumafterall
Dorte is a horse, dear brother. A horse. She talks to him more than she talks to me! Hilda paused in her writing, looking over what she had written with a frown.“I’m competing with a horse.” She groaned to herself. “And losing!”orHilda is in love with Marianne. Dorothea is in love with Ingrid. It wa
eyes on me
by honeybakedtea
There is Dimitri, clad in sinful wine-red. He is walking alongside Annette, with his hair tied in a low ponytail at the nape of his neck. His riding gloves are starch-white and pristine, and he has a belt cinched around his waist. A belt. Tight around his waist. Accentuating how trim it is, how easy
Love Me in Spite
by yuuchre
[on indefinite hiatus] With the Garreg Mach Ball fast approaching and all the girls at the monastery giving him the cold shoulder, Sylvain realizes that he's going to have to get creative if he wants to maintain his dignity and snag a date for the occasion. Enter Felix: hostile, unamused, and utterl
until the miracle comes
by orphan_account
Having the Professor on their side was not enough to face the might of the Empire and a transformed Edelgard. Dimitri was one of the first to fall during the battle at Enbarr and Byleth, desperate to save their king, wrenches a hole in time and space and throws himself back to the beginning. He acci
Affairs of Love
by bizzybee
After a proposal gone awry, Dorothea convinces Ingrid to do something quite simple: pretend to be courting her so they may both capture their true desire’s attention. Thus follows a comedy of errors; namely, rule-making, rule-breaking, tea-taking, and maybe even. . . heart-aching?Things would have b
Women Love Pretty Rocks
by Laura5407
Alear is the Divine Dragon, and she's a little strange, but we all love her for it.A small fic that started as a one shot but now will be filled with random events of the various characters of Engage interacting and just generally living life in the Smoniel.Feel free to throw suggestions for things
Fire Emblem: House of Witches
by kallista_dragonsoul
Akemi Homura thought she'd finally found her happy ending. Walpurgisnacht is dead, Madoka is her girlfriend, and there seems to be a bright future ahead of the entire Quintet. But fate isn't defied so easily, and a single tragedy is enough to change everything. Now, stuck in a world she knows nothin
The Master Plan
by LewdDude
Fodland all serves the Grand Emperor, Lucian. However, he was not always the perfect Master that rules with a loving hand to those who submit and a fierce hand to those who resist; once, he was an average commoner. However, everything changed when Kronya decides he should be the one to wield a forgo
our definition of perfect was written when you were born
by softhan
the long awaited sequel to my epic nonbinary sylvain story, following two timelines: the harrowing lead up to the birth of Dimitri and Dedue's twins, and the significantly less harrowing journey Felix and his wife take to becoming parents a few years later.If there's one thing that can be said about
Fate Written in Sanguine Skies
by crystallineAcceptance
War is hell, desperate people make desperate decisions, and friendship keeps you human. Audrey Sedlow has too many secrets for her own good, but at Garreg Mach monastery? That's nothing strange.
The Injury of Finally Knowing You
by driftersheart
[FROM: Ingrid] Sylvain, just…don't. I don't know how to put this nicely. I think it's a bad idea. You're more likely to hurt him than make him happy.......A break-up, a wedding, and the seven years in between.Ex-lovers Felix and Sylvain reunite years after a messy break-up to plan for Dimitri's wedd
Man to Man, Southbound
by GlintOfDawn
Sylvain returns to a lonely Felix and is made to show his apology. Sylvain learns he kinda likes it.
The Great Divide
by SunshineOnACloudyDay
I used to joke that "Stick Season" by Noah Kahan was a Sylvix fic album, and now his new album "The Great Divide" has left me with an itch I have to scratch. This fic will have chapters inspired by each track of the album, all telling the story of this Modern AU. Flashbacks throughout with multiple
Sojourner
by oddash
Decades after the Unification War, the Crown Prince travels alongside a mercenary captain on a journey to learn about the Kingdom of Fódlan. What dangers await? What alliances will manifest? And can Captain Leonie protect the heir to Kingdom from her own men?
Sword Saint Artorias Vol VI: The Rise of Hexbearer (Part I Ending)
by Sledgehammer963
Life means nothing. War is everything. The siege rages on. Garreg Mach is falling. Fodlan is on the brink of collapse, and death comes in staggering numbers. Tens by the day. Hundreds by the week. As the only student of the Sword Saint himself, Charley must navigate a fallen world and escort a gentl
Perennial Eclipse
by Lalafell_Princess
Don’t ever takeBack your kind hand;Lest precious loveSlip away like time’s sand.Only we will knowAll that was lost;Scars that we can’t eraseShow us life’s true cost.(A story exploring a post-Crimson Flower world.)
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This list of 25short FE3H fanfics spans 598,924 total words. Kudos range from 5 on the newest entries to 2,358 on the most established. 44% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (11 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting · Angst · Fake/Pretend Relationship · Fluff and Angst · Fluff.
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