Severance Fanfiction
Apple TV's eerie thriller about Lumon employees whose work and home memories are surgically split, creating innies who exist only on the severed floor. The fandom's fic wrestles with the show's central wound — what innies are owed, whether Mark's two selves can both love, what Helly R. is to Helena Eagan — and ships Mark/Helly alongside the gentle Irving/Burt romance of melon bars and Kier paintings. Reintegration scenarios and innie-liberation AUs are the archive's favorite thought experiments.
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What is Severance fanfiction?
Severance fanfiction is fan-created stories set in the Severance universe. With over 5,000 works on Archive of Our Own, Severance is one of the most popular fandoms in the fanfiction community.
These stories explore beloved characters like Mark Scout, Helly R., Irving Bailiff, Dylan George, 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 Severance Fanfics
These are the highest-rated Severance stories on AO3, ranked by kudos from readers.
Motivation
by BoyOneder
"Now, I'm not asking for the world. I'm not being unreasonable. But I can see why you might be a tad... on edge. That's why I'm willing to give you something in return... An incentive, if you will."
Sanctuary III
by Wolfcreations21
After it's over, after the world loses meaning; the remnants of Team RWBY are left scrambling for balance. For Weiss, there is no point in trying. Suffering her failures and inactions that caused such a horrendous defeat, she is left numb and cold without her partner there. And she will never be war
Severance
by RoseDeVents
In a scandal that rocks the Ministry, Unspeakable Hermione Granger-Weasley gives birth to fellow Unspeakable Draco Malfoy’s baby – instead of her husband’s. In their search of answers, Hermione and Draco find out they work together in the Department of Mysteries after undergoing Severance, a spell t
Slytherance
by Euna_bae_nue
Draco and Zabini unwind in the back of Blaise's members only club. Trying to save the night from Blaise's overall general bad mood, they begin have a discussion about something Draco had no intentions of talking about. His fucking sex life. What was it to Blaise, why was he in such a shit mood, and
The You You Were
by purpleandgreen
A little musing about Mark Scout and the events that led him to choose severance, also, Mark S's first meeting with Ms Casey.Something a little bit different from me. With season two of Severance upon us, praise Keir, I thought I'd try to write something with my fave macrodata refinement department
forgetting is not forgiving
by tayloryorkyall
taylor lives in a world where he forgets hayleybased on severance (tv show)
not feeling quite myself
by possibilityleft
An AU in which Ms. Cobel decides to accept Helena's offer and return to Lumon in 2x03 Who Is Alive?. But of course, any offer from an Eagan comes with strings. "I know exactly what to do with you," Helena said, pressing a sharp fingernail into Harmony's skin, and the ghost of her touch lingered
The Choices We Make
by Red_Princess_22
After the rebellion, freedom came at a cost.Mark Scout is back with Gemma, trying to rebuild what they once had—until Helena Eagan shows up at his door, pregnant with a child conceived inside Lumon’s walls. A child neither of them were supposed to remember.Now, Mark is torn between two lives: the qu
The Dinner Club
by madeupwriter
The 118 get detention.
guilty as sin?
by lenaisasleep
After a charged scene, an actor might need to blow off some steam.
McFlurry For Your Thoughts?
by LUMON Vending Machine (holocronhiatus)
What happens when a worn-out single dad who looks surprisingly similar to Adam Scott meets an exhausted single mom who looks a lot like Britt Lower? This story begins In a McDonald's Playplace, where their respective children are running wild. In this alternative reality, Mark S. and Helly R. meet f
Don't Get Attached.
by shiftereris
The Severance just ended. Akane isn't bound to the Clock Keepers anymore. There's no Clock Keepers to be bound to.He just lost the love of his life and two people he's (reluctantly) grown close to over the years.Let him hope those two are okay.
We’ll have to muddle through somehow
by Bittersweet_in_Boston
Fuck off, Andy Williams, thinks Bucky savagely as he weaves his way through the crowd of tourists at 30 Rock to get to the subway. People are taking selfies with the Christmas tree, smiling and chattering with their friends. Even the kids falling on the ice on the rink below laugh as they struggle t
In Perpetuity
by Khanwald
Sometimes, it’s easy to forget how time moves here. For them, being an innie means that they’re perpetually trapped on the severed floor. The only hint that they ever left or even exist outside of this floor is changes in their wardrobe, or if their outies decide the best thing to do before a shift
Motivation
by BoyOneder
"Now, I'm not asking for the world. I'm not being unreasonable. But I can see why you might be a tad... on edge. That's why I'm willing to give you something in return... An incentive, if you will."
Sanctuary III
by Wolfcreations21
After it's over, after the world loses meaning; the remnants of Team RWBY are left scrambling for balance. For Weiss, there is no point in trying. Suffering her failures and inactions that caused such a horrendous defeat, she is left numb and cold without her partner there. And she will never be war
Severance
by RoseDeVents
In a scandal that rocks the Ministry, Unspeakable Hermione Granger-Weasley gives birth to fellow Unspeakable Draco Malfoy’s baby – instead of her husband’s. In their search of answers, Hermione and Draco find out they work together in the Department of Mysteries after undergoing Severance, a spell t
Slytherance
by Euna_bae_nue
Draco and Zabini unwind in the back of Blaise's members only club. Trying to save the night from Blaise's overall general bad mood, they begin have a discussion about something Draco had no intentions of talking about. His fucking sex life. What was it to Blaise, why was he in such a shit mood, and
The You You Were
by purpleandgreen
A little musing about Mark Scout and the events that led him to choose severance, also, Mark S's first meeting with Ms Casey.Something a little bit different from me. With season two of Severance upon us, praise Keir, I thought I'd try to write something with my fave macrodata refinement department
forgetting is not forgiving
by tayloryorkyall
taylor lives in a world where he forgets hayleybased on severance (tv show)
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Popular Severance Ships
Mark/Helly
Mark Scout/Helly R.
On Lumon's severed floor, two people who don't exist outside the office fall for each other in stolen moments between wellness sessions. Severance complicates it brutally: Helly's outie is an Eagan, and Mark's innie love collides with his outie's dead wife.
1,500 works →
Burving
Irving Bailiff/Burt Goodman
Severance's most devastating romance blooms between two severed innies in Optics and Design, all trembling hands over Kier paintings — until Burt's retirement effectively kills the only self that loves Irving. Season two twists the knife with their outies.
1,200 works →
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Severance fanfics are on AO3?
There are over 5,000 Severance fanfiction works on Archive of Our Own, making it one of the platform's largest fandoms.
What are the best Severance ships?
Popular Severance pairings include Mark/Helly, Burving. Each ship has thousands of dedicated stories exploring their relationship.
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