Top 14 One-Shot Cherik Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Cherik fics — short stories under 10,000 words.
Order Up
by ikeracity
Charles has a terrible habit of multitasking, and that is probably why he absentmindedly tells the pizza man that he loves him when hanging up. Then the pizza man says it back. And Charles is pretty much smitten from there.
Not So Much the Teacup
by thehoyden
“Charles is basically the bride whisperer. It’s like he can read their minds.” (wedding planner AU)
Rumor Mill
by ikeracity
Erik is the grumpiest, most foul tempered worker at Stark industries. His grumpiness is the stuff of legends.So it's obviously the talk of the office when Erik is being made to go to the company party and he's bringing his husband. There's rumors flying round about how much of a masochist or equally
What Not To Expect When You're Not Expecting It
by thehoyden
“I wasn’t hiding it from you. Honestly, I didn’t know for certain until yesterday, which I think we can agree was bad timing and not the sort of thing one springs before the heat of battle,” Charles says earnestly.
The Line in the Sand
by ikeracity
The CIA agents on the base are bullying the children, mocking them for their mutations. Charles will not tolerate it. Or: Charles has a line, and the agents cross it. Several times. And Erik discovers that perhaps Charles is not so much of a pacifistic pushover as he appears.
Veiled Truths
by ikeracity
Erik has dreams of a dark room, of being pushed down into the floor and violated in a way that makes him scream until his throat is raw. But Shaw never, ever touched him like that, so Erik wonders if he somehow repressed memories of Shaw's torture. Either way, he hides the dreams from Charles, inten
Is it Erik with a C or a K?
by ikeracity
When Charles sexts his boss instead of his latest squeeze during one late night of report writing, the first thing he expects is a sexual harassment law suit and the last thing is Mr. Lehnsherr actually fucking him hard into his desk.(Or the one where the moral of this story is don't check who you s
An Act Too Often Neglected
by thehoyden
Logan didn’t much like Erik Lehnsherr when he first met him in a bar about a year ago. Logan likes him a lot less after he dumps Logan’s tranquilized carcass on Charles Xavier’s doorstep like a dog presenting its owner with a stunned rabbit.
Took Me By Surprise and Then
by thehoyden
After the second surgery in New York, Charles doesn’t anticipate anyone keeping vigil by his bedside — and certainly not Tony Stark.
Accidentally Welcome to the Rest of Your Lives
by kianspo
Non-powered college AU. Erik and Charles have nothing in common until they end up having sex at someone's party. They don't have much in common after that, either, but find each other a hard habit to quit.
For The Record
by endingthemes
As prominent figures in the mutant rights movement, activists Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr are pretty much household names. When a romance scandal between them breaks, their celebrity reaches new heights, and though the increased exposure is great, there’s a big problem -- the two of them are j
hold your hope against the wall
by acetamide
Soulmate!AU in which the first words that your soulmate says to you are written on your skin.Erik's words appear two days after his powers manifest.
The Masked Man (Who Has Everything)
by Traincat
The one where Erik is Batman, and Charles is kidnapped roughly once a week.
Idiot Control Now
by cygnaut
Hank screws something up in the lab and everyone's powers increase tenfold. Not knowing how to control them like this, they all try to cope and not kill each other by mistake while Hank tries to find a way to reverse the effects. Charles has a particularly hard time of it.
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Why Read One-Shot Cherik Fics?
One-shot Cherik fanfics — anything under 10,000 words — are the format of choice for sharp emotional payoffs, single-scene character studies, smutty interludes, and tropes that don't need a full arc to land. You finish them in one sitting.
Ideal for a commute, a lunch break, or right before bed when you don't want to start a 200,000-word fic at 11pm.
About This List
This list of 14one-shot Cherik fanfics spans 85,201 total words. Kudos range from 9,539 on the newest entries to 26,824 on the most established. Nearly all (100%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Explicit (4 of 14 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting · Alternate Universe - Still Have Powers · Alternate Universe - Canon · Hurt/Comfort · Fluff.
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