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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.

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Top Ari/Dante Coming Out Fic Recs

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first question: are you gay?

Coming Out

by abitchforlasagna

Gina and Susie see a hickey on Ari's neck. And now they're curious.

1,080 kudos 1,342 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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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.

2,850 kudos 5,276 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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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

1,955 kudos 32,665 words 29/29 chapters Explicit
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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.

1,709 kudos 2,425 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Through All of Youth

by ihateshoes

Dante attempts to discover Ari's secrets of his universe.

1,320 kudos 2,214 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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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."

1,237 kudos 3,266 words 2/? chapters Explicit
7

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?

974 kudos 1,812 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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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

914 kudos 1,255 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
9

Imperfect Skin

by justbekind

Ari has his own way of saying things like 'I love you'. Dante doesn't mind at all.

904 kudos 1,045 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
10

10 Times Dante Renounced his Tennis Shoes

by ihateshoes

Dante Quintana hates shoes, so he gets creative.

898 kudos 1,276 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
11

kiss me down my neck

by fiveameyes

"Remember when you said you didn't like it when I touched you?"

792 kudos 746 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
12

Palette

by Kisatsel

Longing is a whole-body experience.

710 kudos 2,572 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
13

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.

654 kudos 6,521 words 1/1 chapters Mature
14

The Discoveries You Make

by lachoy

Ari, Dante, and a discussion about Dante touching himself.

630 kudos 1,131 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
15

Wow, Ari

by queerkids (isaacfignewton)

Dante Quintana could not stop thinking about kissing Ari Mendoza.

601 kudos 850 words 1/1 chapters Mature
16

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

596 kudos 5,584 words 1/1 chapters Mature
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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

592 kudos 590 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
18

How to Flirt with Aristotle Mendoza

by orphan_account

It's hard to flirt with your boyfriend when he won't stop laughing.

572 kudos 501 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
19

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

571 kudos 17,889 words 8/8 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
20

Answers

by SnowSunStar

Dante is struggling to keep up this "friends" thing, and Ari is being weird. (Last chapter rewritten from Dante's perspective)

563 kudos 2,401 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences

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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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