Fandoms Vampire Diaries Short

Best Short Vampire Diaries Fanfics

Vampire Diaries novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.

TV Shows 25 short fics Avg 28,427 words 10,000–50,000 words

Top 25 Short Vampire Diaries Fanfics

Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Vampire Diaries fics — 10,000–50,000 words.

1

Back in your arms

by isy_correa

Caroline was in a terrible moment, her daughters were taken from her, and her “friends” acted as if everything was fine, on a night tired of everything, she receives a visit from a being who gives her the mission to go back in time to fix what went wrong. The blonde just did not count that she would

1,312 kudos 14,019 words 9/? chapters Explicit
2

Friends With Benefits

by MidnightStorm6593

"Don't tell me you said what I think you just said." "Oh, come on," he says, rolling his eyes. "Don't tell me you've never thought of it."Okay, so maybe she had. Once. Or twice. Or maybe a few times. But that had been back when he was just Older Sexy Danger Guy™ and not a crazy, sometimes homicidal

1,237 kudos 15,671 words 10/10 chapters Explicit Complete
3

Fifty-Five Years

by turningofflights

Elena wakes up from her coma fifty-five years later only to discover a future far from the one she expected. She devours Bonnie's diaries to piece together what happened while she was asleep, and reads the tales of her best friend's long life with Damon Salvatore. AU where Bonnie wasn't able to brea

1,196 kudos 45,458 words 7/7 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
4

to be the man who walked 1000 miles (to fall down at your door)

by sarcastic_fina

After Bonnie sacrifices her life for his, a grieving Damon is offered the chance to save his favorite witch. Time travel. Thrown back to 2009, he has a fresh start ahead of him and only one goal; keep Bonnie Bennett safe and happy. Falling in love with her wasn't on the to-do list, but he was alread

1,150 kudos 34,727 words 5/? chapters Mature
5

Game On

by LadyLoec

It's May 10th 1994 for the thousandth time. Damon is bored, and when Damon is bored, he's intolerable. Bonnie has had enough of him cheating whenever they play a game, so they agree to play something he can't cheat at: Truth or Dare. It's juvenile, but it passes the time, and what harm can it do?WEL

1,086 kudos 18,633 words 3/3 chapters Explicit Complete
6

love bites & recompense (i'll be with you until the end)

by sarcastic_fina

While stuck in the prison world, Bonnie and Damon strike up a physical relationship. It's not cheating if you're dead, right? Bonnie tells herself she can let him go in the end, but she's never been much of a liar. [3-Parts]

953 kudos 34,328 words 3/4 chapters Explicit
7

nine lives (and a tenth for good behavior)

by sarcastic_fina

Three years ago, Bonnie Bennett died. After waking up in an unmarked grave, she returns to the land of the living with a whole lot of questions. Like how did she die? Who brought her back? Where is Damon? And how long until the cruel grip of Death comes for her again?

900 kudos 44,755 words 4/4 chapters Mature Complete
8

Riddle Me Wicked

by AvisCorvo

”That is still my brother-““-Do you want me to prove it?”“No-““-I’ll kill him.” She already had her knife out. “I will erase him so thoroughly your mother will forget she ever gave birth.”“No, no wait-“ A finger chose that inopportune moment to fall out of her pocket. A finger. A finger fell out

371 kudos 23,454 words 5/? chapters Explicit
9

Condemned(oh what a price to pay for love)

by siriuslykiller

Klaus stood, offering him a hand. “Always and forever, little brother.”  Buck took it.   Disclaimer! SUPER IMPORTANT!I had a beta that I asked to help with grammer and punctuation someone I thought I could trust who turned out to be using Claude Ai to edit the small paragraphs and chapter I sent her

255 kudos 29,586 words 11/? chapters Explicit
10

when the train rolls by

by maddiexhatter

The Mikaelsons left town with Elena still human, and Mystic Falls enjoys a few months of peace.Until ...

233 kudos 38,762 words 9/? chapters Explicit
11

the fruits

by AmberTheFantasy

Mystic Falls was a town of bad memories and lost pasts. At least that was Charlotte Gilbert's assesment. But she could not deny her little sister when she begged her to return home. And so Charlotte returns to her hometown only to find that the world that used to hide below the surface has come into

222 kudos 29,417 words 17/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
12

Ghostly

by MakaydenCeltics_225

Caroline Forbes was supposed to be dead, but after waking up to an equally dead Kol Mikaelsons franticly urging Caroline to get her bloody ass up, she is thrown into a world like she had never expected the other side would be, fighting for her soul against a mad witch bent on tearing down the barrie

205 kudos 25,250 words 8/? chapters General Audiences
13

Stefan Salvatore: Certified Love Courier

by Princessark

Stefan didn’t survive 160 years of vampire drama just to become Mystic Falls’ most overqualified mailman. But when Bonnie and Damon start secretly dating, he somehow ends up stuck delivering their enchanted gifts, love notes, and bad decisions. He’s dodging Elena, lying to Caroline, and seriously co

137 kudos 42,041 words 39/? chapters General Audiences
14

Nightshade

by DuchessOfDesire

When Caroline Forbes dies after being suffocated by Katherine Pierce with Damon’s blood still in her system, she doesn’t wake up as a vampire. She wakes up as something else entirely. As she struggles to understand her new abilities and uncover the truth about where she came from, Caroline begins ha

131 kudos 30,346 words 6/? chapters Explicit
15

Young God, Young Blood

by Ai_Megurine

In which Caroline Forbes is born Charles "Charlie" Forbes, a gay teenager in the middle of Nowhere, Virginia. Things change a lot. Pairings: Charlie/Jeremy (briefly), Charlie/Kol Mikaelson (endgame), Bonnie/Tyler. Charlie's face claim is Joseph Zada

129 kudos 18,700 words 5/? chapters Mature
16

He is Mine and I am His

by Princessa420

She fell in love with the beast and her friends are not happy. She will do anything to protect the man she loves not matter the cost. Will he let that happen probably not but let's find out.

74 kudos 34,071 words 16/30 chapters Explicit
17

Tribrid of Runeterra

by IrinC (IrinC22)

Hope Mikaelson—witch, werewolf, vampire, and the only Tribrid in existence—is torn from her world and thrust into Runeterra against her will. There, she meets her soulmate: Jinx. Passion quickly consumes them… and perhaps danger will as well.

61 kudos 47,353 words 24/? chapters Mature
18

We’re Just Names in Stone

by xAwkward_Ariesx

Determined to stop Silas, Kol kidnaps Bonnie and Caroline in the hopes of distracting his siblings after refusing to heed his warnings. With one ingredient in his possession, he must find the others. Stuck with a temperamental and volatile Original, they must toe the line to avoid ending up as colla

48 kudos 12,133 words 2/? chapters Mature
19

Neon Magic and Velvet Teeth

by Lovely_lyonn

This is my first fic and probably the last lmao 🤣 I just wrote it just for shit and giggles please don't take it seriously yes I used Ai to do some work but this is my idea if you don't like please don't read and if you like the it and want to continue I don't mind I'm more of a reader than writerS

32 kudos 11,011 words 6/6 chapters Mature Complete
20

Kinship of the Damned

by SunArcobaleno

Darkness does not always mean evil, just as light does not always guarantee good. The line between the two is thin, blurred by pain, betrayal, and survival. Before you condemn them, hear their story—their truth .They have been called monsters, abominations, even evil incarnate. But behind every dagg

28 kudos 35,174 words 22/? chapters Not Rated
21

Witches of the South

by poshpunk96

Mystic Falls is celebrating a wedding. Bonnie Bennett thought the worst thing she’d face was heartbreak. Now something in the dark has started circling her door—and it already knows where she sleeps.

24 kudos 40,690 words 9/9 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
22

The Salvatore Saga, Part four:My New Life, Volume Seventeen.

by ippu81

After being in a bad accident, it takes time and effort for Pack to recover. Two feisty ladies, still pregnant and not happy with their state of being on bedrest, make men once again learn how to be patient and learn to tolerate those excellent sentences that both Mimi and Mariella were crafting. Ti

12 kudos 47,217 words 19/40 chapters Not Rated
23

The Last Melvraux

by Celiadiaries

Lily Parker was born from two powerful bloodlines-the Gemini Coven... and the last surviving heir of the Melvraux witches.A siphoner as a father and an elemental witch as a mother. Raised in the shadows by Katherine Pierce, Lily became her mirror: sharp-tongued, untrusting, dangerous, and taught to

6 kudos 12,814 words 5/? chapters General Audiences
24

Old Debt

by abcABC910

When Elena is suddenly kidnapped, Caroline rushes to the Salvatore Boarding House to warn Damon and Stefan. The group discovers Elena’s abandoned car and a chilling message meant specifically for Damon, revealing the kidnapping is revenge for a massacre he committed over a century ago against the Bl

2 kudos 14,981 words 8/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
25

Crimson Inheritance (TVD/TO)

by Ethereal40404

A man gets hit by a truck and wakes up in the world of The Vampire Diaries, sixteen years old and in the body of a Blood Witch. A new type of supernatural creature that he never saw in the show. Yet, It isn't the only thing the show got wrong. The Originals are much scarier and ruthless than what he

0 kudos 10,086 words 7/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences

Find More Short Vampire Diaries Fics on AO3

AO3's filter sidebar lets you set a custom word-count range. We've pre-filled 10,000–50,000 words for you. Then read offline with Fanfict Reader.

About This List

29,586
median words
24%
complete
1,312
top kudos
~2.0 hours
median read time

This list of 25short Vampire Diaries fanfics spans 710,677 total words. Kudos range from 2 on the newest entries to 1,312 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Explicit (9 of 25 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Enemies to Friends to Lovers · Friends to Lovers · Fluff and Angst · Dark Romance.

Read Vampire Diaries on the go

Fanfict Reader is the best way to browse, search, and read AO3 fanfiction on your iPhone. Download for free and start reading your favorite Vampire Diaries fics today.

Free to download
Offline reading
Custom themes