Best Ari/Dante Coming Out Fanfics
The best coming out Ari/Dante (Aristotle Mendoza/Dante Quintana) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. For many readers this trope is personal, offering rehearsals of conversations they have had or hope to have, with beloved characters proving that the story continues afterward.
Top Ari/Dante Coming Out Fic Recs
1 coming out Ari/Dante fic matched, followed by other top-rated Ari/Dante stories.
first question: are you gay?
Coming Outby abitchforlasagna
Gina and Susie see a hickey on Ari's neck. And now they're curious.
A Riot in the Heart
by lonelywalker
The tale of two boys on a voyage of sexual discovery... with the help of their overly-supportive parents.
Kinktober 2019
by hiso_06
Day 1: Masks (Jesper/Wylan)Day 2: Mirror Sex (Baz/Simon)Day 3: Vibrator (Gideon/Will)Day 4: Rimming (Bram/Simon)Day 5: Creampie (Bilbo/Thorin)Day 6: Masturbation (Frodo/Sam)Day 7: Ice Play (Ronan/Adam)Day 8: Phone Sex (Bakugou/Kirishima)Day 9: Fingering (Richie/Eddie)Day 10: First Time (Bill/Mike)Da
A Map of the World Without Darkness
by yasaman
"The thing is, Ari had always been shitty at being a gay man." In which Ari gets a clue.
Through All of Youth
by ihateshoes
Dante attempts to discover Ari's secrets of his universe.
Touch
by orphan_account
"Do you remember the letter you sent me?" Dante looked down at Ari, "I wrote you a lot of letters."Ari couldn't help but roll his eyes."You know which one I'm talking about, Dante."
Wildest Dreams
by ArrowsandStars
Ari has a... good dream about Dante. And then Dante shows up. Will the two take this opportunity to further their relationship?
Kisses Tell
by wrote_and_writ
Prompt from a friend: Ohohoh ok ari and dante go to the ice rink for a Christmas date and afterwards they go into like a family owned toy shop or pizza place idk somewhere cozy and then some boy hits on ari while they’re in line and dante drops tons of hints like no mine
Imperfect Skin
by justbekind
Ari has his own way of saying things like 'I love you'. Dante doesn't mind at all.
10 Times Dante Renounced his Tennis Shoes
by ihateshoes
Dante Quintana hates shoes, so he gets creative.
kiss me down my neck
by fiveameyes
"Remember when you said you didn't like it when I touched you?"
Palette
by Kisatsel
Longing is a whole-body experience.
Stars
by queerpossum
The road to a sexual relationship isn't a highway, nor is it a smooth side-road. It’s a bumpy country road with many twists and turns.
The Discoveries You Make
by lachoy
Ari, Dante, and a discussion about Dante touching himself.
Wow, Ari
by queerkids (isaacfignewton)
Dante Quintana could not stop thinking about kissing Ari Mendoza.
We'll Figure It Out
by kikabennet
Takes place right after the first book (don't you just love that? FIRST book? So excited for the sequel!) Ari and Dante find that moving from friends to boyfriends isn't exactly as easy as they thought it would be. It's awkward at times and there's a lot to discuss and then their parents and their f
My Hero
by thesoundofnat
Dante suddenly turned toward him. “I hope you move this little when you’re sleeping as well.”And the spell was broken and Ari let Dante cuddle up to him, throwing one arm over his waist. “I certainly hope you don’t talk in your sleep. It takes everything in me not to shut you up with a kiss every ho
How to Flirt with Aristotle Mendoza
by orphan_account
It's hard to flirt with your boyfriend when he won't stop laughing.
once you discover the secrets of the universe, the universe looks different
by lostintheverse
Have you ever had someone you were obsessed with, a movie star or a music star or someone, and you just couldn’t believe how beautiful and perfect they were? How they exuded every attribute you found attractive, so that it seemed like they somehow had every single tiny detail that attracted you in a
Answers
by SnowSunStar
Dante is struggling to keep up this "friends" thing, and Ari is being weird. (Last chapter rewritten from Dante's perspective)
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Why Coming Out Ari/Dante Fanfiction Works So Well
Aristotle Mendoza/Dante Quintana — Two Mexican-American boys meet at an El Paso pool in 1987 and spend a novel discovering the secrets of the universe are mostly about each other. Ari's slow journey to naming what Dante always knew gave YA literature one of its most beloved quiet romances.
Coming Out — A character tells the people in their life who they are — their identity, their orientation, their relationship — and the story lives in the telling and its aftermath. These fics span the full range from joyful acceptance to painful rejection to quiet, anticlimactic relief.
First love at the speed of self-acceptance — readers return for the desert stars, the truck, and the rain. For many readers this trope is personal, offering rehearsals of conversations they have had or hope to have, with beloved characters proving that the story continues afterward. That's why coming out Ari/Dante fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.
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