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Best ChanBaek Friends to Lovers Fanfics

The best friends to lovers ChanBaek (Byun Baekhyun/Park Chanyeol) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. The foundation of trust and intimacy is already there - it's about recognizing what was always true.

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without you to hold i'd be freezing

Friends to Lovers

by mychogiway

Everyone around Chanyeol talks about how love hides behind every corner, but they are all wrong.The only thing that hides behind a corner is a short asshole who bumps into Chanyeol on a particularly busy morning and spills Chanyeol's coffee when he needs it the most.

2,437 kudos 336,576 words 32/32 chapters Explicit
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On the Booze With Brahms

by baeconandeggs

Chanyeol has never heard someone say puppy like the asshole violinist next door does.

7,389 kudos 45,835 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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A Prize to be Claimed

by byunthebunny

Baekhyun didn’t think much of it when Chanyeol, his childhood nemesis, won a tournament held by their pack. That is, until said nemesis demanded him as a prize.

4,718 kudos 31,233 words 7/7 chapters Explicit
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If The Police Ask

by baeconandeggs

Falling in love through the lens of your telescope seemed impossible, stupid even. Especially when you are thirteen. But, if as time goes by your feelings for your seven years older next door neighbor only grow stronger, would it still be considered a childish crush?

4,050 kudos 43,338 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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Come In, Stay A While

by baeconandeggs

Baekhyun is a workaholic forced to go on vacation. There, he meets a little boy and his dad.

4,047 kudos 11,653 words 1/1 chapters Mature
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Surreptitious

by Bangtanbananas

Vampires and lycans have been at war for centuries. For Death Dealer Jimin, his orders had always been the same: hunt the lycans, kill them off. But when a young lycan named Jeongguk crosses paths with him, their worlds collide in a way like never before.

3,759 kudos 69,152 words 11/11 chapters Explicit
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Artful Sins

by Hyperionova

Sehun is forced into a marriage with the heir of the Pantherinaes' Pride. Kai, as rough and feral as he may seem to Sehun, is a kind, just, but nevertheless, an inexperienced leader, facing more than one threat at a time, including the threat posed by his own husband, who would kill him the first ch

3,748 kudos 162,104 words 54/54 chapters Explicit
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Shall We?

by yeolimerent

Baekhyun has always been fascinated by the basketball captain. Everyday he'd mention in his journal how his day would have been with him as his boyfriend. Who would have thought that one day, he'll be seeing him in front of his classroom— with a smirk and an awfully familiar notebook in his hand?

3,538 kudos 41,626 words 2/2 chapters Not Rated
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Even the Midnights Are Better

by baeconandeggs

Baekhyun, the son of the palace’s servants, has been waiting for the moment he discovers his soulmate. He just doesn’t expect his soulmate to be that particular crown prince who despises him ever since they were kids.

3,523 kudos 45,291 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
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you were always the one for me

by tintatalk

Baekhyun liked kissing Chanyeol. Chanyeol liked kissing Baekhyun. They were best friends, but that was okay, right?

3,438 kudos 20,096 words 1/1 chapters Mature
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Nothing but Summer

by GinForInk

While lifeguarding on the beach, Sehun has to deal with the obnoxious guys from his class who think they can skimboard. One is Kris, who he's had a crush on for years. Another is cute, flirty Jongin, who might be just what he needs to get over him.

3,300 kudos 32,169 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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Try This On For Size

by Wildjinx

"Baekhyun is the only person that has ever been able to take all of Chanyeol's cock."

3,176 kudos 5,492 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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Behind Cameras and Midnight City Lights

by baeconandeggs

For years, Byun Baekhyun had been hiding the existence of his son from the glamourous and merciless world of entertainment; away from the blinding flashes of unforgiving cameras that would always be pointed at him.But more than that, he had been hiding his son's existence from Park Chanyeol, his pas

2,990 kudos 112,328 words 3/3 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Can't fight these bad intentions

by baeconandeggs

Baekhyun is torn between wanting:a- to rip his neighbor's head off because he's so loud andb- into his pants.

2,970 kudos 40,920 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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Children of the Storm

by baeconandeggs

Most people his age had already given up their mermaid dreams, but Chanyeol had always been different. He had been claimed and branded by the ocean when he was barely a child, and had known since then that all the sailor tales were real. He survived the storm, and he grew stronger, and he knew the c

2,901 kudos 106,076 words 2/2 chapters Mature
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Lost In Your Orbit

by sunveined (slimequeen)

They couldn't be more different if they tried.Sehun is rich, snobby, and maybe just a little curious about the world. Jongin's pierced, tattooed, and more tempting than the devil. The union of a good boy and a fuck-up.

2,859 kudos 66,926 words 21/21 chapters Explicit
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Alter All This Time

by dokgyunsoo

The one where Baekhyun finds out kung sino ang katauhan sa likod ng paborito niyang Alter Account na si @spcymcdick. (Emphasis on the pun sa after all this time, this is just a bad excuse to write porn.)

2,851 kudos 122,786 words 11/11 chapters Explicit
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Strings

by internetpistol (orphan_account)

Oh Sehun and Kim Jongin had two philosophies in life. First, before you can suck Park Chanyeol off, you'd have to get rid of the dust bunnies first. Second, Byun Baekhyun must use his voice for the sake of world peace.

2,736 kudos 10,871 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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A Rhythm of Its Own

by baeconandeggs

Baekhyun is a music snob. An experimental venture into his city's underground hip hop scene leads him to Chanyeol, and he keeps coming back.

2,643 kudos 47,618 words 1/1 chapters Mature
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Close ain't close enough

by winter__child (Park_Noodle)

Borrowing a shirt shouldn’t start a pack war. Chanyeol being unlucky, though, it kind of does.

2,640 kudos 25,327 words 1/1 chapters Explicit

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Why Friends to Lovers ChanBaek Fanfiction Works So Well

Byun Baekhyun/Park Chanyeol — EXO's beagle-line duo — Baekhyun's mischievous brilliance and Chanyeol's overgrown-puppy enthusiasm — spent a decade feeding one of K-pop's largest ship fandoms with duets, matching antics, and relentless mutual orbit. At its mid-2010s peak, ChanBaek fic output rivaled entire fandoms. It remains one of the highest-volume RPF tags on AO3.

Friends to Lovers — Best friends who realize their feelings run deeper than friendship.

Two performers who light up brightest in each other's company, with ten years of stage chemistry as the archive. The foundation of trust and intimacy is already there - it's about recognizing what was always true. That's why friends to lovers ChanBaek fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.

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