Best Dorogrid Slow Burn Fanfics
The best slow burn Dorogrid (Dorothea Arnault/Ingrid Brandl Galatea) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance.
Top Dorogrid Slow Burn Fic Recs
2 slow burn Dorogrid fics matched, followed by other top-rated Dorogrid stories.
I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Slow Burnby vulpixel
The roller coaster ride that is Ingrid's life while working at a roller skating rink with a few gay bumps in the road along the way.Rated #10 on Forbes Magazine's "Top Ten Sitcoms Better than FRIENDS"
Affairs of Love
Slow Burnby bizzybee
After a proposal gone awry, Dorothea convinces Ingrid to do something quite simple: pretend to be courting her so they may both capture their true desire’s attention. Thus follows a comedy of errors; namely, rule-making, rule-breaking, tea-taking, and maybe even. . . heart-aching?Things would have b
Kinktober 2020 FE3H
by OhNoHello
OhNoHello's FE3H Kinktober ChallengeSylvain/Felix - stuck in a wallAnnette/Ingrid - shibariIgnatz/Raphael - publicHubert/Ferdinand - gropingCatherine/Shamir - scissoringHilda/Marianne - chokingSylvain/Bernadetta - praiseFelix/Ashe - somnophiliaDorothea/Ingrid - distensionLorenz/Ignatz - frottageHann
all of my heroes die all alone
by eversall
“I told you,” Dedue says, “five years ago, that you fit in here. That you weren’t pretending. Did you think I was lying? You don’t have to presume anything, Ashe. You are still…” He trails off. What is Ashe to him that Dedue can say out loud, into the stillness of the night as Ashe gazes up at him w
I Won't Say (I'm in Love)
by FancifulFollies
Love was a foreign concept to Sylvain - it didn't matter if it was being given, or being received, he didn't recognize it. So it's laughable, really, that this would be his downfall. Sylvain hadn't even thought that he could love. But apparently he could.And it was going to kill him.
Garreg Mach Gay Girls Discord
by Varewulf
Just a silly idea I came up with.Modern AU chat room shenanigans.I have no idea if I'll actually add any more chapters to this, I'm just leaving the option open.Some spoilers.Edit update: I got the colours working! Muahahahaha!
Steel and Song
by rosemeister
“They look happy.” Ingrid says, watching the dancers. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen the professor smile like that.” “I don’t think she ever has smiled like that before.” Dorothea says. And her charm is still easy to summon, and she turns to flash Ingrid with a smile she hopes is convincing. “Are
you're gonna catch if I fall (down, down, down)
by isloremipsumafterall
Dorte is a horse, dear brother. A horse. She talks to him more than she talks to me! Hilda paused in her writing, looking over what she had written with a frown.“I’m competing with a horse.” She groaned to herself. “And losing!”orHilda is in love with Marianne. Dorothea is in love with Ingrid. It wa
Contrapunctus
by doomperfect
Sitri Eisner is gifted beyond her architect’s expectations, but even she cannot stop the river of fate. She burns bright in life and tumbles early into an unmarked grave, leaving in her wake a grieving husband and a peculiarly quiet child.But Sitri was born smart, so on her deathbed she does not try
A Fine Meal
by Woofemus
Dorothea had only been teasing her about being hungry, but she starts to think maybe Ingrid’s near insatiable appetite really has made an appearance here.
Love Me in Spite
by yuuchre
[on indefinite hiatus] With the Garreg Mach Ball fast approaching and all the girls at the monastery giving him the cold shoulder, Sylvain realizes that he's going to have to get creative if he wants to maintain his dignity and snag a date for the occasion. Enter Felix: hostile, unamused, and utterl
Ars Goetia
by FoxOnPie
Byleth Eisner knew she was born a mercenary, she decided to live as a mercenary, and she assumed she would die a mercenary. The cards, however, told her that a different fate was in store for her, and meeting it would require the two skills she lacked in life: understanding people and understanding
until the miracle comes
by orphan_account
Having the Professor on their side was not enough to face the might of the Empire and a transformed Edelgard. Dimitri was one of the first to fall during the battle at Enbarr and Byleth, desperate to save their king, wrenches a hole in time and space and throws himself back to the beginning. He acci
Golden Chimera
by Telsiree
What if Byleth had a mom, growing up?What if Sothis didn't have amnesia?What if Jeralt became the Professor of the Golden Deer?What if the Agarthans were a real threat, one that even Edelgard and Hubert could see?Read on, and find out...
Fire Emblem: Heirs of Scarlet Flowers
by CaptainValenoftheFleetingDream
Fate was never supposed to bring them together.In one timeline, the Mysterious Mercenary was never born, leaving the Ashen Demon to face their choices alone. And in another, the Mysterious Mercenary and the Ashen Demon were destined to fight to the death.However, in this timeline, Jeralt Eisner, in
what my body wants me to be
by demonprodigy
My dashing knight. The words made Ingrid’s cheeks glow.
Resurrection
by nlans
Byleth wakes to a broken world. To put it back together, she'll have to find a way to help Dimitri--and uncover the truth about herself.****************A retelling of Chapter 13 and beyond, blending Azure Moon and Verdant Wind. If you loved the Blue Lions route but wished it had more answers about B
Beauty From Ashe[n]s
by Dynames
An alternate take on canon to give Edelgard the story she deserved and the house leaders the friendship they should've had with a heavy, HEAVY emphasis on Yurileth. It starts with Azure Moon, but adds in Verdant Wind's and Silver Snow's unique chapters while also yoinking lore from Crimson Flower an
A Long Time Coming
by Woofemus
Ingrid takes a few years to realize her feelings while her friends tell her to buy a sword.
marry me a little
by nebulia
[“Dorothea,” Sylvain says seriously, taking her hands. “We have to start planning your wedding to Ingrid so her geezer of a father will finally leave her alone.”]or: Six times Dorothea and Ingrid joked about getting married and one time they were serious
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Why Slow Burn Dorogrid Fanfiction Works So Well
Dorothea Arnault/Ingrid Brandl Galatea — The opera songstress who hunts security and the impoverished knight-in-training who spurns romance share one of Three Houses' rare canon F/F endings. Dorothea spends their supports teaching Ingrid she deserves to be admired; the paired ending finishes the thought.
Slow Burn — A romance that develops gradually over time, with tension building across chapters or the entire story.
A flirt who fears poverty and a noble who fears wanting things rescue each other from very different cages. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance. That's why slow burn Dorogrid fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.
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