Best Short Diego/Lila Fanfics
Diego/Lila novellas — 10k–50k words, perfect for a weekend. All curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 7 Short Diego/Lila Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Diego/Lila fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
The House That Built Them
by PetuniaViolet
“I’m pregnant, but nice leather jacket.” Diego dropped it and grabbed her shoulders to keep her steady, and Vanya flinched a little when he leaned down to face her closer. “You’re fucking what?!” he whispered harshly.-or: Vanya gets pregnant when she's 21 and it changes (almost) everything.[PRE-TRAN
Suffer a Similar Fate
by So_Runs_the_World_Away
After a month of silence, Diego's girlfriend showed up at 2:00 in the morning on Klaus' doorstep. "I need your help." Klaus blinked sleepily at her, still half-asleep and more confused than fearing for his life (considering she'd tried to kill his family). Then his bleary eyes took in the way she wa
'we watched our lives on the screen' | The Umbrella Academy reacts to the future
by Anxious_b1sexual_screaming
When Five jumps through the portal, he falls into a pocket dimension. He finds himself in a theater with his siblings and their younger selves. In order to get back home they must watch scenes from their futures and figure out what the hell happened.orThe siblings and their younger selves have to wa
remember when
by allucinoctis
whilst a lonely old man wanders through the aftermath of an apocalypse searching for his soulmate, you're left wondering why the hell yours is named after a fucking number. you regret holding that grudge because you soon find out he literally manipulated time to save the world, and find you. {au!fiv
Always the Traveler
by TheSageRaven
And truth be told, they were better off without him. They’d been getting on nicely in this new timeline. But Five wasn’t fit for a life of rest. When you spend your whole life running, crawling, grasping for an ultimate goal, how do you learn to stay still once you’ve achieved it? How do you learn t
my brain hurt like a warehouse (it had no room to spare)
by orphan_account
In a stroke of luck, Five managed to travel him and his siblings back to March 24, 2019 - exactly a week before the apocalypse. Allison decided that the best way for everyone to keep in contact was through a group chat that was well organized and used for emergencies only.Nobody else seemed to share
The Art of Memory
by redaurorarora
Five is missing when everyone exits the elevator into the reset universe. Not long after, Diego discovers why.Or Reginald takes to heart the saying to keep your friends close and your enemies closer. And so, in his brand-new reset universe, he builds in a son – an only child who is as intelligent as
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Why Read Short Diego/Lila Fics?
Novella-length Diego/Lila 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 7short Diego/Lila fanfics spans 219,074 total words. Kudos range from 775 on the newest entries to 1,746 on the most established. 43% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (4 of 7 fics).
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