Best Short Bamon Fanfics
Bamon novellas — 10k–50k words, perfect for a weekend. All curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 6 Short Bamon Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Bamon fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
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?
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Why Read Short Bamon Fics?
Novella-length Bamon fics — roughly 10,000 to 50,000 words — let writers fully develop a single AU, trope, or relationship beat without sprawling. Plenty of time for setup, payoff, and a satisfying ending; not so much time that you're juggling fifty bookmarks.
Great for trying a new author or testing whether you'll enjoy a sub-genre before diving into something longer.
About This List
This list of 6short Bamon fanfics spans 193,572 total words. Kudos range from 900 on the newest entries to 1,237 on the most established. 67% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (3 of 6 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Enemies to Friends to Lovers · Friends to Lovers.
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