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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.

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Top Dorogrid Slow Burn Fic Recs

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1

I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Slow Burn

by 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"

513 kudos 117,119 words 40/40 chapters Explicit
2

Affairs of Love

Slow Burn

by 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

413 kudos 49,939 words 11/11 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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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

1,800 kudos 90,109 words 32/32 chapters Explicit
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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

1,398 kudos 23,615 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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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.

1,332 kudos 201,200 words 18/18 chapters Explicit
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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!

1,201 kudos 11,242 words 11/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
7

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

871 kudos 9,298 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
8

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

766 kudos 21,264 words 2/2 chapters General Audiences
9

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

571 kudos 217,198 words 30/? chapters Mature
10

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.

541 kudos 3,245 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
11

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

476 kudos 10,689 words 3/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
12

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

464 kudos 55,322 words 7/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
13

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

439 kudos 17,509 words 4/? chapters Explicit
14

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...

433 kudos 292,034 words 32/? chapters Mature
15

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

429 kudos 65,563 words 24/? chapters Mature
16

what my body wants me to be

by demonprodigy

My dashing knight. The words made Ingrid’s cheeks glow.

424 kudos 2,134 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
17

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

352 kudos 76,249 words 31/31 chapters Explicit
18

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

346 kudos 822,341 words 127/? chapters Explicit
19

A Long Time Coming

by Woofemus

Ingrid takes a few years to realize her feelings while her friends tell her to buy a sword.

333 kudos 8,308 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
20

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

327 kudos 6,235 words 1/1 chapters Explicit

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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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