Best Epic BakuDeku Fanfics
BakuDeku fanfics over 100,000 words. All curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 8 Epic BakuDeku Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. These are reader-favorite long-form BakuDeku fics — save them for offline reading.
The Way You Used To Do
by edema_ruh
"We're really sorry," his father says, in a teary-eyed, wobbly way. "But your friend, Izuku, he's... He's gone, son."Katsuki can do nothing but blink up at them for moments that feel like an eternity, eyes darting between both his parents in obvious confusion, disbelief, and, more than anything, ind
From The Sidelines
by suffocatingspring
When long-time enemies, Bakugo Katsuki--the all-star athlete and rascal of Ise--and Izuku Midoriya, the town sweetheart, are paired together for a long-term project, the quiet beachside town of Ise suddenly gets a bit louder.In which, Katsuki is an asshole pole vaulter, Izuku is going to fail psycho
Quiet Rapture
by lalazee
That A/B/O fic where cocky Alpha Bakugou falls in mate-love at first scent, while Midoriya is just a poor bookstore-owning Omega who got his nose punched in is a kid and can't smell a damn thing. Also known as: That time an Alpha had to use his actual personality to woo his mate instead of relying o
Fire Lily
by EtherealBeing
There he was: sitting splay-legged on the altar, one muddy combat boot propped up on the edge, with a self-satisfied grin on his face and a relaxed aura, in spite of the war raging outside. Izuku wasn’t sure what he’d expected to see his first day evacuating humans from the Rapture zone, but it sure
drop dead, gorgeous
by thewunderkind
It's been eight years since Izuku last logged in. When he gets the chance to do so, he discovers that he's married to a user named Ground Zero. Apparently, the husband he's had eight years ago 「 King Explosion Murder 」 patiently waited and has somehow not divorced him. Also, for some reason said hus
In A Sky Of A Million Stars (Who Cares If One More Light Goes Out?)
by Stringlish
He could never forgive himself. It was his fault. He’d planted the idea like a seed he’d never known would grow. (Or: What if Izuku jumped?)(OR: The one where Izuku jumps and lives and Katsuki visits him every day and Class 1-A not-so-secretly finds it adorable that their designated angry pomerania
That Heather
by Anonymous
I see a lot of people out there falling head over heels for folks they’ve never even laid eyes on, let alone spoken a single word to. Me, at least, I’m lucky enough to like someone I not only see and talk to every day but also know really, really well. But there’s a problem. He’s my best friend. And
Hidden Messages
by hashbrownpotatoes
For years Katsuki Bakugou has been Izuku Midoriya's bully, and just about everyone knew it. Except that wasn't actually the case at all. Through a secret language they were able to fool the world into thinking that they weren't actually best friends. So when midway through their first year at UA whe
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Why Read Epic BakuDeku Fics?
Epic-length BakuDeku fanfics — over 100,000 words — are the format of choice for readers who want full novelistic immersion. These are the works people talk about for years, the ones with their own subreddits and tag clusters on AO3.
Many of the most beloved BakuDeku fics in the fandom land in this range, because the slow build of trust, conflict, and resolution that defines the pairing needs room to breathe. Set aside a weekend (or several) and dig in.
About This List
This list of 8epic BakuDeku fanfics spans 2,314,419 total words. Kudos range from 23,035 on the newest entries to 72,210 on the most established. 63% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (3 of 8 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Bakugou Katsuki Swears A Lot · Slow Burn · Eventual Smut.
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