Top 9 Short JayDick Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length JayDick fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
like a rubber band until you pull too hard
by perissologist
“You don’t know pain, Nightwing,” Morgaine hisses. The portal howling into existence behind her is almost loud enough to drown her out, but not quite. “But you will. I swear, you will.”---Morgaine le Fey curses Dick Grayson to absorb the pain of everyone he loves.
As You Wish
by orphan_account
Of all the things Dick Grayson expected to find on the roof of his rarely-used Gotham apartment at two in the morning, a beaten and bloody Red Hood was not one of them.
Through the Wire
by pissvinegarandacrowbar
…to your door, to your door. When Jason finally works up the courage to get a tattoo he's wanted for years, he attempts to send a picture of it to Roy, who is out of Gotham on an emergency mission. Turns out, Harper and Grayson are awfully close together in his contact list.
All The Roads Lead Back To You
by Hedgebelle (H_Belle)
That right there, that was the reason Jason hated Dick Grayson. All he had to do was to smile or flash a bit of skin and puff!, just like that Jason’s chill was gone.OR: JayDick omega verse fanfic this fandom apparently needs and deserves (but I still think it deserves better!).
the art of failure
by MelodramaticMrTails
Jason returns to Gotham nearly a decade after his supposed death. He's a new man. As it turns out, so is his brother. Jason isn't happy about what he finds.
Retrograde
by agent37 (kaivevo)
Tim Drake starts his life from scratch.
love with urgency but not with haste
by dexdefyingstunts
Jason's come back from the dead and back to Gotham, and he's plotting his revenge against Bruce. There's just one problem. Jason really wasn't expecting Dick to have a kid.
Between The Bars
by Mikimoo
A number of suspicious deaths at South Haven Penitentiary are being ignored by the authorities, but have attracted the attention of various other parties. OR: That one time Dick and Jason accidentally ended up undercover on the same mission and started a riot.
Another Perfect Catastrophe
by Mikimoo
Dick goes undercover as himself in order to catch a gang of international thieves. Jason reluctantly tags along as his long suffering bodyguard. During the ensuing mayhem they get to know each other again and build a few bridges.
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Why Read Short JayDick Fics?
Novella-length JayDick 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 9short JayDick fanfics spans 314,078 total words. Kudos range from 4,512 on the newest entries to 10,105 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 (5 of 9 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Angst · Hurt/Comfort · Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics · Alpha Jason Todd.
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