TF2 Fanfiction
Valve's cartoon class shooter about nine mercenaries locked in eternal gravel-war, given improbable depth by years of supplemental comics and shorts. The fanfic community long ago turned RED and BLU's killers into a dysfunctional family, with base-life domesticity, respawn-machine existentialism, and ships like Sniper/Spy and Heavy/Medic that are practically fandom institutions. The comics' canon — Miss Pauling, the Administrator's scheme, Medic selling his soul repeatedly — feeds a fandom that treats absurdity and sincerity as the same register.
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What is TF2 fanfiction?
TF2 fanfiction is fan-created stories set in the Team Fortress 2 universe. With over 30,000 works on Archive of Our Own, TF2 is one of the most popular fandoms in the fanfiction community.
These stories explore beloved characters like Scout, Soldier, Pyro, Demoman, 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 TF2 Fanfics
These are the highest-rated TF2 stories on AO3, ranked by kudos from readers.
Running Blind
by TheTriggeredHappy
Scout's eyes are badly damaged in battle and for some reason, Medic's gun can't fix him. Until they figure out how to heal Scout, he needs someone to look after him and keep him safe.Sniper is given the job.[3rd person limited, Scout's POV, some character development done on a whim]
Breed
by Propernicethat
An AU where the Red Medic captures a load of Scouts and surgically alters them into cunt boys. He pumps them full of female hormones and oestrogen, making them constantly horny and desperate for cock. At first they only have a cunt, but as time goes by their chest begins to develop, day by day expan
Reaping What You Sew
by TheTriggeredHappy
Or, “Five Times Spy Was Surprisingly Nice To The Team, And One Time The Team Surprised Him Back”
Warriors
by salainen
Our favourite mercenaries attempt to make friendship work, or, a story for every two-person pair a team can provide.
Of Sound Mind
by Camelot_taurus
Doktor promised to come with Heavy to Russia after the war. Not all promises can be kept.
How To Romance Your Medical Professional
by salainen
Heavy attempts to woo his doctor. Too bad Medic is the most oblivious man on the face of the Earth.
Foe Yay
by ILoveTeamFortressToo
Rumour has it that one of the RED team’s new members is going to be an Australian. The BLU Spy really isn't looking forward to having to try and murder someone like Saxton Hale every day. However, when the new man arrives, he’s not what the Spy’s expecting. Not at all. He’s going to be far more fun
that time i took requests on tumblr
by TheTriggeredHappy
(This is essentially just where I'm archiving various unrelated drabbles and requests that I get on tumblr for when that platform finally just straight up burns)
Spellbound: TF2 Headcanons x Reader
by mercenaryhue
Why choose one when you can have it all? Various scenarios, fluff, smut, and other shenanigans from your daily life with the mercs.
TF2 Tumblr Requests, Prompts and gifts - Will be Dubious check the tags
by Propernicethat
This will be where all the smutty requests from my Tumblr inbox go. Sometimes the request will get it's own individual story if it's something I feel I want to expand and write more about, but most of the shit that goes here will be porn without plot, fucked up little sex scenes and kinks I've been
NSFW artworks collection
by warrumbungle_0
I'll be reposting my NSFW artworks on here too because bluesky is making it harder for my fans in the UK to view such pieces. I'll also be adding tags as the artworks get added!If you have a particular ship you're looking for from the tags, you can find them in the chapter index! I put the name of e
Taking Shots
by TheTriggeredHappy
About half a year following the events of 'Running Blind', Scout makes good on his offer to bring Sniper to visit his family in Boston during the holidays. Sniper agrees, and family shenanigans ensue.Things end up going about as well as they usually do for Scout.[Will contain many references to conc
Soulbrand
by Camelot_taurus
Everyone knows how it goes. The night before your eighteenth birthday is the hardest sleep of your life, because when you wake up, those words will appear on your forearm and you’ll spend the rest of your life looking for the person they come from. The first words you’ll ever hear from your soulmate
The Devil on Your Back
by ILoveTeamFortressToo
BLU team has a new Spy.The RED Sniper really isn't looking forward to having to try and murder someone like the last Spy every day. However, when the new man arrives, he’s not what the Sniper’s expecting. Not at all. Things are about to get a lot more complicated.
Shipment
by TheTriggeredHappy
A new shipment of uniforms comes in and Scout gets a pleasant surprise.
It IS the Size That Matters
by Usedtobehmc
Spy has a proposition for Sniper. Sniper is skeptical.*Now with Chapter 2 featuring illustrations!!*
Late Is Better Than Never
by meow_wow
Scout and Sniper have technically known each other for more than five years, but only as distant colleagues. When a chance encounter causes them to see each other in a different light, they find they have more in common than either of them could've ever imagined. And maybe, just maybe, there are m
Team Fortress 2 Kinktober Time
by meiliariotz
It’s spooky month but it is also horny month. (Each chapter will have notes at the beginning with tags pertaining to that chapter)
New Confessions of an Old Kind
by shpeeper
Like most slurred confessions, this one came stumbling out the medic’s mouth after he’d had just a few too many drinks.
From a Hospital Bed
by SlightlyLessThanAnon
Jeremy wakes up in the hospital, his brain struggling the find coherent thoughts as the world churns around him, in and out of consciousness. He finds the team may care about him a little more than he thought they did.
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Popular TF2 Ships
Heavy/Medic
Heavy/Medic
Team Fortress 2's gameplay welds them together — the Medic's Übercharge makes the Heavy invincible, and the comics give them genuine devotion, from baboon-heart surgery to Medic rejoining the team for Heavy's sake. The mad doctor and the gentle giant became the fandom's classic old-married couple. Fifteen-plus years on, the ship is still the heart of TF2 fic.
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Sniper/Spy
Sniper/Spy
The professional who waits in a nest with piss jars and the immaculate Frenchman who exists to stab snipers in the back are natural enemies by class design. TF2 fandom turned that predator-prey loop into its favorite slow-burn antagonism, helped by the Meet the videos and decades of comics lore. The contrast of bushman bluntness and continental vanity fuels endless fic.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many TF2 fanfics are on AO3?
There are over 30,000 TF2 fanfiction works on Archive of Our Own, making it one of the platform's largest fandoms.
What are the best TF2 ships?
Popular TF2 pairings include Heavy/Medic, Sniper/Spy. Each ship has thousands of dedicated stories exploring their relationship.
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