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Best One-Shot Shadowhunters Fanfics

Shadowhunters one-shots under 10k words — complete reads in one sitting. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.

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Top 24 One-Shot Shadowhunters Fanfics

Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Shadowhunters fics — short stories under 10,000 words.

1

Signs and Soulmarks

by Someone_aka_Me

Most people get their Soulmarks any time between fifteen and twenty. A few words, sometimes a sentence or even two. The next words their soulmate will say to them. Usually, the first words they'll ever hear from their soulmate. Magnus never got a Soulmark. He's looked. Many times. At first he

13,696 kudos 2,680 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
2

Hath No Fury

by trellanyx

“Magnus—” Clary looked back up, and immediately wished she hadn’t. The cold, ancient fury that was rapidly settling into his skin made her flinch instinctively. She waited for a lightbulb to break, or the floor to start trembling, but nothing happened. Magnus had a tight rein on his magic, and that

13,460 kudos 4,837 words 2/2 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
3

pro bono

by sarcasticfluentry

After the Clave drops the charges against Isabelle and declares her free, Magnus decides he doesn't want Alec's bow and quiver after all. He gets something even better.

10,175 kudos 7,195 words 1/1 chapters Explicit Complete
4

wrong in the dark

by sarcasticfluentry

After Magnus crashes Alec's wedding and Lydia is attacked, the Institute goes on lockdown. Magnus stays the night in Alec's room.

7,677 kudos 6,773 words 1/1 chapters Explicit Complete
5

Magnus, How Long Have You Been Twenty?

by Master of Unlocking (Hikarinimichitasora)

Soulmate AU where you age to about 18/21, and then you stay that age until you find your soulmate.

6,719 kudos 4,429 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
6

Sleeping Beauty

by notcrypticbutcoy

Magnus' bed looked so nice and warm and comforting, and Raziel, it smelt like Magnus, all over, and Alec wanted to bury himself in it and never leave. Even his pillow smelt of Magnus' shampoo.***When Alec gets home from a mission absolutely exhausted, all he wants to do is get home and cuddle with h

6,516 kudos 2,243 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
7

Family Is Family

by hexicity

The ad is messily stapled against the public announcement board in the quad. It looks like someone wrote it with their non-dominant hand in the first pen they found. Its sloppy red ink reads in giant letters: “FOUR BEDROOMS. ONE BATH. PASSABLE KITCHEN. WILLING TO DELAY PAYMENT ON RENT. PLEASE DON’T

5,567 kudos 5,381 words 1/1 chapters Not Rated Complete
8

algunas cosas son del destino

by orphan_account

Simon is pretty sure Raphael is going to murder him one day, and it's all going to be Clary's fault, somehow."Listen, guys," he started. "I don't think you realize what kind of schedules vampires keep." Everyone present - Clary, Jace, Izzy and Alec - looked at him with confusion. "What do you mean?"

5,140 kudos 1,448 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
9

I know what you are (say it) bisexual

by thankyouforexisting

Simon tells himself,It’s not gay, it’s not gay, I’m totally not checking him out, he just had that stain on his right trouser leg….Raphael is, apparently, a rich as fuck vampire, because the suit shop they go in is fancy as hell. They park in the basement, because, uh, sunlight, and even though dusk

4,907 kudos 6,338 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
10

In Bloom

by Lovely_Lights

Soulmate au where when you write something on your skin with pen/marker/whatever the hell you want, it will show up on your soul mates skin as well. Raphael had given up on soulmates. Simon has been waiting twelve years for a response.

4,109 kudos 6,125 words 3/3 chapters Mature Complete
11

forever isn't too long, when i'm right where i belong

by orphan_account

Raphael sat on the living room chair, the cup of tea Magnus had practically forced on him balanced on his knee, while Magnus himself was slouched on the sofa, laughing. "You," he wheezed in between hysterical fits of giggles, "are going to propose? To Simon?" Raphael pursed his lips, praying for str

3,800 kudos 4,091 words 2/2 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
12

Caramel

by blackm00n5

Prompt: saphael - Simon really does taste like caramel, and Raphael saves his baby from everyone's sweet toothOrThree times Raphael saved Simon from being bitten, and one time Raphael did the biting.

3,763 kudos 1,626 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
13

coax the coals

by sarcasticfluentry

Raphael, in turn, looks at the ginger root Magnus is holding and says, “Díos, this again?”“What do you mean, again?” Jace asks, looking curious.“Have we just abandoned all social rules?” Simon asks, going mostly unheard as he follows Raphael into the loft. “Does no one say ‘hi’ anymore?”

3,478 kudos 7,416 words 1/1 chapters Explicit Complete
14

Customer Satisfaction

by kuro1neko2kun

'You’re the customer and you get back at me for all the times I’ve spelt your name wrong by mispronouncing my name in increasingly horrible ways’ AU

3,047 kudos 2,137 words 2/2 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
15

Going Down

by Lecrit

Of all the days in all the years Alec has worked here, and of all the people who work in this building that he could have found himself stuck with, the Universe chose to trap him in an elevator with Magnus Bane on the day his sister is giving birth.Well, fuck you too, Universe.

3,012 kudos 6,669 words 1/1 chapters Mature Complete
16

When You Say Nothing At All

by Hobbit69

In a world where the first thing your soulmate says to you is imprinted on the inside of your left wrist, Magnus Bane is different. His bare wrist indicates one of the loveless, one who'd been deemed unworthy of the gift of a soulmate. Assuming he'll spend his life alone, Magnus dances through life,

2,374 kudos 7,977 words 1/1 chapters Explicit Complete
17

Marked

by Thewholocked

The mark appears on the forearm of soul mates. Only a warlock shares Alec Lightwood's mark.

2,191 kudos 4,821 words 5/5 chapters Mature Complete
18

The Foreboding

by xBreeButterflyx

After a visit with one of Magnus' warlock friends, Alec finds himself turned into a woman. With no explanation, Alec is forced to carry on living this way. Then something unexpected happens.

68 kudos 8,017 words 6/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
19

Without You

by sugondese676767676767

Alec is a male omega. For years, he's been suppressing his true nature and hiding as an alpha. Nobody knows, Alec doesn't even try to admit it to himself. Upon meeting Magnus Bane, Alec is forced to face some tough decisions. Will he listen to his heart, or his head? I do not own the Shadowhunters U

54 kudos 4,040 words 3/? chapters Mature
20

Fast Beat

by favbuckley22

Nobody knows that Alec can hear heartbeats if the beat is fast he can tell when they're lying. Magnus eventually finds out when Alec was drunk accidentally slipping out.

11 kudos 1,284 words 1/? chapters Not Rated
21

Put These Broken Pieces Together

by TheReader18

Alexander Gideon Lightwood has a strict rules of 3's he must follow to achieve his plan successfully.The first three rules: Find out what the Clave is plotting , Form new alliances after he abruptly left New York one year back and Figure out what the Seelie are hiding and if it could jeopardize the

11 kudos 1,371 words 1/? chapters Not Rated
22

Only knows about pain

by favbuckley22

Jace and Alec are training when Alec finally snaps.

8 kudos 1,693 words 2/? chapters Not Rated
23

Happy Birthday Clary. -From Jace

by Little_mrs_teapot

Imagine if Simon hadn't been in Clarys room after her and Jace came down from the green house. Imagine if he had gotten to come to bed with her.

4 kudos 3,879 words 1/1 chapters Mature Complete
24

Descubiertos

by Jafer_Sanlatin

Alec lleva años preparándose para decirles a sus padres que es gay. Resulta que ellos ya lo saben. O: la vez en que Alec intentó salir del clóset y terminó en el hospital antes de poder hacerlo.

3 kudos 2,281 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete

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13,696
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This list of 24one-shot Shadowhunters fanfics spans 104,751 total words. Kudos range from 3 on the newest entries to 13,696 on the most established. 79% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (9 of 24 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Soulmate-Identifying Marks · Anal Fingering · Fluff · Muteness · Anal Sex.

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