Best Short Vampire Diaries Fanfics
Vampire Diaries novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 25 Short Vampire Diaries Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Vampire Diaries fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
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
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
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
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
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
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]
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?
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
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
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 ...
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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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.
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