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Best One-Shot Hunger Games Fanfics

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

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Top 25 One-Shot Hunger Games Fanfics

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

1

The Grandbaby Reveal

by EllanaSan

“Apparently they didn’t get they were becoming grandparents.” Katniss mocked. Peeta paused in the process of removing his coat, eyebrows rising up. “I thought the pregnant belly was a big clue.”

6,341 kudos 1,507 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
2

Rose-Tinted Glasses

by tamerofdarkstars

The world is shades of grey until the moment you lay eyes on your soul mate. Except Haymitch is convinced the whole color thing is bullshit, because he met his soul mate years ago and his world remained stubbornly grey.Then he meets the new District 12 Escort and suddenly he doesn't know what to thi

4,349 kudos 5,601 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
3

Bruised Skin

by EllanaSan

It was only natural to see pale blue flashes on your skin from time to time. Reassuring, even. It meant your soulmate was out there somewhere. It was much more worrying when no phantom lines ever marred your skin.

3,173 kudos 7,563 words 1/1 chapters Mature Complete
4

Qui vivra verra

by starlightmeissa

'Who lives, shall see.'Maria gets reborn in a young adult novel before the main character is a thought in her mom's mind. So, with no Mockingjay to save the country, she'll just have to wait things out until Katniss gets to the games.Unfortunately, that plan doesn't work when she volunteers in a twe

2,767 kudos 8,550 words 4/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
5

The Team Trap

by EllanaSan

“What’s the very good reason that’ll get her to come?” Katniss asked.Peeta was silent for a moment, his hand stilled on her back. “It involves a technical white lie.”In her experience, lies were hardly ever technical or white.

1,843 kudos 8,008 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
6

Second Choice

by EllanaSan

“Oh, I do know what it is to be the default choice.” Effie retorted, a bit bitterly. “Which is how I know you never were Katniss’.”The boy frowned. “What do you mean?”Yeah, Haymitch mused, what the fuck did she mean…

1,727 kudos 1,648 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
7

All The Scars You Cannot See

by EllanaSan

There was something you never ever did in polite society and that was kissing someone’s scars without their express permission. It would have been rude, after all, to accidentally impose yourself as a soulmate on an unsuspecting soul.

1,680 kudos 8,378 words 1/1 chapters Mature Complete
8

Under The Willow

by CarinoEresUnAmor

Red Robin, report."Bruce's voice filtered in through his comms as Tim tries to pry his eyes open, glancing around at his surroundings."I-"Tim started, wincing at the pain pounding against his skull. Wires, were the first thing he could recognize, they practically surrounded him, some stuck to his ar

43 kudos 7,839 words 2/? chapters Not Rated
9

All of Your Heart's Desires

by ciemai

He remembered that night during the Victory Tour when she had confessed her dreams to him in a voice so soft he almost missed it over the soft humming of the train. All she wanted was a full belly for Prim and a field of dandelions in the spring. She never wanted to be married or have children, all

36 kudos 4,719 words 1/1 chapters Mature Complete
10

Just This Once

by MarikaMonica

When Peeta won his games, he promised himself he was going to find a way to make life better for people around him. A few years later, he is hated, feared, and lonelier than he thought it was possible. With the revolution about to start, he is not looking for change, but then one night, one meeting

29 kudos 3,292 words 4/? chapters Mature
11

The ballad of the black wolf

by Diana911

Gale goes to the Arena. Katniss keeps alive eight people instead of two. Peeta burns down the Bakery. For Haymitch the Mockingjay is still Burdie's kid, with the hard eyes, and the slow smile. But this time, just for him. And the wind blows out the candle flame.

29 kudos 7,137 words 2/? chapters General Audiences
12

The Long Way Home

by crunchy_granola

Cashmere's victory tour through the eyes of her mentor, who, by the way, did not sign up for this.

27 kudos 9,627 words 5/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
13

Butterfly with an Arrow

by starsfreckles

After the war, Katniss Everdeen is offered the chance to branch a new timeline into the past and correct everything she has lost. She awakens at the reaping of Johanna Mason’s Games, determined not to let history repeat itself, but every choice comes with a cost, and the universe must decide what, o

23 kudos 9,015 words 4/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
14

non licet nobis

by Ellenka

The door closes after him just like it closed after her mother, after Prim, after Madge, cutting her off from paths she could have explored, lives she could have lived. Katniss traces the edge of the gold pin, a thin band around the bird trapped in the middle. Hoping beyond hope there’s still a way

23 kudos 3,125 words 2/2 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
15

Happy Birthday, Haymitch!

by abertrinket

the first anniversary without a reaping...

20 kudos 2,596 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
16

In Memoriam

by TeaSleuth

When the Capitol decides there should be an annual event to memorialise victims and survivors of the Games, the surviving Victors are called back to the Capitol for the event. Including those from District 12. Short sequel to The Weight of Guilt.

18 kudos 2,050 words 1/? chapters Mature
17

You’re not in this alone anymore

by louell

My version of what happens after Katniss gets home to district 12. (OLD PEETA IS BACK!! GALE SLANDER FOR MY OTHER GALE HATERS!!)

12 kudos 3,196 words 5/? chapters General Audiences
18

last ones out

by Ellenka

When he stretches his hand, she doesn't hesitate to take it. Perhaps she should, after everything that happened. She can almost feel blood and ashes between their fingers, but she still takes it, suddenly deathly afraid of losing him, too. (A little missing scene after the wedding. Everthorne.)

10 kudos 934 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
19

A Tale of Owls and Vines

by jbwrites03

Luz Noceda is not from Panem. But when she is discovered camping just outside the border, along with other Ariali children, they are taken by peacekeepers to live with a kind couple in District 12. After making some new friends with people in her new classes, she learns about The Hunger Games. And t

9 kudos 3,252 words 2/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
20

The Arena Reprogrammed

by Lillan011L

Katniss’s fingers tightened around the Capitol-issued bow, pulling the arrow back with an unpierced concentration. She aimed, got ready to release it, and–“Hey! Twelve!” Katniss flinched, sending the arrow into the foam test floor to prevent damaging something. She was in enough trouble already. She

7 kudos 7,529 words 3/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
21

Family Ties

by thediamond_theincomparable

A look into Prim's thoughts the day of the Reaping, and the weeks that follow.

7 kudos 3,102 words 1/? chapters General Audiences
22

There's nothing like a mad woman

by tothem00n_andtosaturn

Coming from District 4, Annie Cresta had grown up to love the Hunger Games, to want to be in them herself. But when she and her younger brother are reaped together, and she learns all these secrets about the truth of the Games, Annie just likes them less and less. Which is why she happily accepted t

4 kudos 9,521 words 2/? chapters Mature
23

Kiss Cam

by EverlarkSupremacy

While on separate first dates at a baseball game edging on varying degrees of disaster, what will happen when the kiss cam finds a newly acquainted Katniss and Peeta instead? And what will come of it? - A Modern Everlark AU. *re-uploading after mandated deletion*

3 kudos 5,796 words 1/14 chapters Explicit
24

Serçe Şakıdığında

by steluna

No summary provided.

2 kudos 803 words 1/? chapters Not Rated
25

Remember me tomorrow

by VeryBerryBun

She doesn’t know why, but a bitter taste lingers on her tongue. Her name is in there only once. One single slip. She won’t be chosen. She has never been afraid of that. So why is her heart beating so fast now? Why are her instincts telling her to run, and run, and never come back? — or; A Hunger Gam

2 kudos 4,171 words 1/? chapters Explicit

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This list of 25one-shot Hunger Games fanfics spans 128,959 total words. Kudos range from 2 on the newest entries to 6,341 on the most established. 40% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (12 of 25 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Post-Canon · Hunger Games-Typical Death/Violence · Angst · Alternate Universe - Soulmates · Hurt/Comfort.

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