Best Hancock x Sole Slow Burn Fanfics
The best slow burn Hancock x Sole (John Hancock/Sole Survivor) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance.
Top Hancock x Sole Slow Burn Fic Recs
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Following A Shadow
Slow Burnby SophusMao
After waking up in the Vault, the Sole Survivor discovers that he can finally see a Shadow.Can he keep them alive and whole?Can he keep himself sane in this new world?Can he find his son? Nora would've been able to handle this much better than he could... - Everything is so fucked. Holy shit. Jesus
Mama's good to you
Slow Burnby radiationRaisin
"Damn those eyes." Hancock thought to himself as he felt a magnetic pull towards the stranger. He saw her whole body tense before she gave him a short nod of acknowledgment, then hurried up the stairs towards the attic. Fuck... it really seemed that she couldn't stand him. Maybe she truly was a ghou
The Companions She Kept
Slow Burnby PerfectlyPreservedPie
A mostly canon Fallout 4 story told through the eyes of Nora’s companions. From her first allies in the Commonwealth to the friendships she forges along the road, each perspective reveals a different side of the woman who walked out of Vault 111. The journey settles on her travels with MacCready, wh
Its Own Solution
by CrackingLamb
Cooper knows he and Lucy are going to need help to take on Hank MacLean and everything Vault-Tec’s done. And he knows just where to find it. Trouble is, the journey will be long and the ‘help’ may not be interested. But he has to try. He owes her. And what better way to pay her back than to giv
Enough To Go Around
by Calendar
Nora ventures into the world of chem usage with the help of her very best friend, one Mayor John Hancock. Will their friendship withstand the Wasteland?
Patching up Scars
by RatCoven
A pre-war medic, badly injured having lost everyone he loved wanders the Commonwealth in the hopes of finding his son.Now traveling with an overly flirtatious and charming ghoul, compensating for his lack of self confidence, who's slowly realising he's falling in love for the ex-soldier.
Quiet
by SophusMao
Unfortunate circumstances lead to two survivors of Vault 111. Awakening in this new time with a missing baby to find and Marked with a name? Everything will be fine...right?-He was pulled up by the hand before he said back, “Plan for what?” At least his throat wasn’t clamping down around his voice b
1. Bag of Bullets
by HalfBakedMermaid
No summary provided.
Fallout New Vegas: East Coast Edition
by ickyvoracious
What happens when you take the courier from New Vegas and drop them in the middle of the plot of Fallout 4?You get this fic.Watch as Courier Six battles new and old enemies with new and old friends!Stay tuned!
"Like My Face?"
by BlackBird86
Just a very, very short fluff piece where Hancock and Nora discuss their first meeting while lying together in bed after making love. When Nora first meets Hancock in Goodneighbor, there's a possibility he's the first non-feral ghoul she's ever seen and there's an option to say, "You're a ghoul?" (P
The Shark and The Shroud
by AlesterVane
The wasteland changed everything and for two ghouls, it had changed them completely. Sharkfin has been a professional hitman for the last two centuries and he is exhausted. Finally willing to allow himself do good for once in his long life, he becomes fast friends with Mayor Hancock, gets a new care
ROUGH DRAFT: The Devoted and the Damned
by RedDuchess
The entire main story of Fallout 4 as well as the Nuka-World and Far Harbor DLCs told from the point of view of my character's playthrough. The story follows the decisions I made and the order in which I completed the game along with a few changes made by me to enhance the depth of the story. I play
Mellow Morning
by AstronautDog
John Hancock and Nora have been traveling together and avoiding admitting they have feelings for one another for ages now. They're best friends, but a quiet morning together finally allows them to tip over into something more.
Robotics and Wires
by ImaGooseSilly
“This is Radio Freedom. The time is currently 5:35pm on February 2nd.” “Everyone quiet” Hancock interrupted the group's idle conversation, reaching over and turning up the volume so they could hear the broadcast.“The representatives have reached a decision on the Nora Foster trial." the announcer pa
Beautiful Contrasts, part four - One Motley Crew
by Aloramiz
Part four of Beautiful Contrasts, hooray! ^^Time to rescue Sole to make our favorite triangle whole again.Hope you'll like it. I'll update as I go.❤️❤️❤️
carnival dogs consume the lines
by Mcvalley
"You're not who we've been waiting for," she cries, sinking her nails into her skin. Her eyes are bloodshot and unfocused. "You are not our rescuer. Not my hero." Emily's been crashing on her sister's couch for weeks: she's just lost her boyfriend, her job, and despite Nora standing up for her, Nat
Need
by RemindMeWhoIAm
An untimely concussion leads Nora down a path of memories, grief, and doubt.
Dreaming of You
by BlackBird86
Hancock and Nora have just made love when Hancock falls asleep and dreams of Nate. In the Jet-induced dream, Hancock and Nate discuss Nora and their shared love for her over drinks.
Please, Please, Please Don't Let Me Fall in Love
by zombieeee
Realising you're in love with your seemingly annoying and incredibly agitating wasteland companion isn't something you're exactly pining for, but hey, it can't be THAT bad? Can it?
A Dangerous Woman
by BlackBird86
Hancock has a crush on Nora as soon as he sees her enter the gate of Goodneighbor. He is surprised when Fahrenheit is jealous. After all, Hancock has had many lovers over the years, and Fahrenheit has never been jealous before. But Nora . . . something is different about her. Hancock can feel it and
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Why Slow Burn Hancock x Sole Fanfiction Works So Well
John Hancock/Sole Survivor — Goodneighbor's ghoul mayor is a knife-wielding libertine with a drug habit and the firmest moral code in the Commonwealth. Fallout 4 lets the Sole Survivor romance him, and the fandom adores the contrast between his ruined face and his bottomless loyalty. Stories often dig into his insecurity that no smoothskin could really choose him.
Slow Burn — A romance that develops gradually over time, with tension building across chapters or the entire story.
Of the people, for the people, and hopelessly devoted to the one person who never flinched at his face. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance. That's why slow burn Hancock x Sole fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.
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