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Best JeanMarco Grief & Mourning Fanfics

The best grief & mourning JeanMarco (Jean Kirstein/Marco Bott) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. Canon kills characters and moves on; fandom holds funerals. Readers return to grief fic because it treats mourning as a story worth telling rather than a scene to survive.

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Top JeanMarco Grief & Mourning Fic Recs

2 grief & mourning JeanMarco fics matched, followed by other top-rated JeanMarco stories.

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Linger

Grief & Mourning

by squidinkspaghetti

If you ask Jean, he’ll say he loved Marco.The kind of love he can explain, the kind that doesn’t make him squirm. If you asked Marco when you could, it wouldn't be the same. Marco Bott is dead. For a subject of Ymir, some things work differently. The only thing to keep him company in the afterlife i

45 kudos 12,119 words 7/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Hiraeth

Grief & Mourning

by spookyeomgoose

Falling in love, one of the greatest things about life, right?

6 kudos 33,106 words 5/11 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Bond for each other, in good and bad

by Rikzy

In this world, humans are compartment in three group: Alphas, Betas and Omegas. In Paradis Isle, not only do the soldiers have to fight against Titans, but also work with their second genders.One day, Eren turned into a Titan in the middle of the town, killing the King and cutting the royal bloodlin

452 kudos 705,199 words 101/? chapters Explicit
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Unfriend You

by HappyEverAmber

Marco Bodt got into a car accident at the age of 16, which resulted in him losing his right arm. Convinced that none of his friends care about him, he moved to another town and learned to adjust to his new reality.Jean Kirschtein spent the past 3 years in conviction that his best friend wanted nothi

222 kudos 30,189 words 13/23 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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Benched Hearts

by spoonscycle

An enemies-to-lovers slow burn, Reiner is a new transfer to Sina High School in his senior year, the golden boy who lands a spot on the football team within a week and already has the school orbiting around him. Though unlike Reiner, Bertholdt wanted to stay invisible, if only Reiner didn't seem so

175 kudos 164,042 words 13/? chapters Explicit
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take it slow, take it easy on me

by fairladyofloki

Kirstein took another drink, his movements slow and languid, his eyes never leaving Marco’s over the rim of the bottle. Marco tried to convince himself that the only reason he was staring longingly at Kirstein’s mouth was because he had forgotten to bring a bottle of his own. He had the distinct tho

49 kudos 29,892 words 4/? chapters Explicit
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To be found, and not let go of

by RikyMarky

Ymir breathed heavily, mortified as if she had just committed quite the grave sin: she was already regretting it, in fact, and would have taken back those words, a joke and nothing more, the words of a child with no real meaning, but then Eleonore surprised her, slipping one arm under her body and a

48 kudos 110,020 words 12/? chapters Mature
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₊˚✧⊱ Desperation Of Devotion (Reiner x OC/Reader)

by Clueless_Pigi0n

(A multi-generational eons long slow burn)“I’ll do anything, just please don’t leave me…”“You’re so pathetic,”Since the beginning, Reiner Braun seemed to have a quiet interest in you. And even after you warriors leave for Paradis in search of the Founding Titan, he still lingers just as close. Throu

32 kudos 137,717 words 53/60 chapters Explicit
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Your razor my skin

by RoadKillz

Sitting on sand on a beach as the sun slowly sets, the sky and clouds are distorted but oddly beautiful Someone is next to him, hand resting on top of his When turning to see who it is he can’t make out their face, it’s unfamiliar and blurry “…Why are we here?” Their mouth opens to respond but befor

21 kudos 16,010 words 7/? chapters Mature
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Too Close to Professional

by irusumoki

Existen límites diseñados para no cruzarse. Reglas que mantienen la distancia, el control y la seguridad. Marco las conoce todas; Jean, en cambio, vive desafiándolas. Uno protege desde las sombras, el otro brilla bajo las luces. Ser profesional debería ser suficiente… hasta que deja de serlo. Esta e

20 kudos 9,959 words 2/5 chapters Mature
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Smith's Anatomy

by Supportsmallcreators

This is inspired by Grey's Anatomy 20 years after having an important patient, Erwin adopts an infant boy despite being a second year resident.

16 kudos 49,661 words 12/13 chapters Explicit
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Hot Summer, Warm Blood

by jar_of_mayonnaise

Small town, hot summer. Jean’s life is boring and predictable: he works the same odd jobs, he has the same two friends he’s always had, and he’s never left his hometown. Until one night at the bar, he runs into a mysterious local that he’s never met before and his day-to-day, or rather night-to-nigh

13 kudos 10,276 words 4/16 chapters Mature
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A Discord Dream

by lithium_x

Levi is forced into using Discord for work. What could possibly go wrong? Well, apparently, everything.

13 kudos 8,985 words 3/? chapters Explicit
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You all know it happened

by backwardchickenlegs

Jean and Marco hook up during the training corps arch in season 1. “Just hold still and let me release the cord.” Jean said, they had been taught how to cut them, and it seemed like the best way. So Jean felt roughly around with one hand, trying to figure out who’s cord they were tangled in, but in

11 kudos 10,057 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
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And the Outside Crept In

by Lerff

Jean can’t keep his head straight. To think that his whole life came out to be like this wasn’t planned. First, Marco was gone. Then, Jean had to leave behind his future because of a fuck-up. -------Please check the tags, they may be updated as I write.

10 kudos 13,685 words 6/? chapters Explicit
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He’s Sick and I’m Sick of Him… (But Not Really)

by TwicksterJackles

Bertolt becomes sick after a long training day in the rain. Reiner has to take care of him, which should be a breeze. All he has to do is make sure Bertolt rests. Well unfortunately for Reiner, Bertolt has decided that's the last thing he wants to do. Who would have thought someone so tall could be

9 kudos 2,037 words 1/3 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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The Exodus Project

by Jamiming

They call it humanity’s salvation. It is prophecy, they exclaim. Project Exodus promised a future beyond Earth: a new home orbiting a distant red star, waiting silently in the dark for mankind to arrive. Wars ended for it. Nations united for it. Billions suffered for it. Because GXNXSIS-VI could sav

8 kudos 34,411 words 5/? chapters General Audiences
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让右杂文集【7.5更新】

by Kastife

口嗨/杂文/cp短打/杂谈,搬运自wb,仅作存档用。阅览前可点击“chapter index”查看每章具体内容。

7 kudos 18,837 words 21/? chapters Mature
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any time i hear your voice, i fall in love with the sound

by 13_wishes

yeah boy and freckleface revamp. marco's pov this plot had potential but it flopped so im back

6 kudos 2,378 words 2/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
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【马让】Room no.9 第一棒

by Kastife

2026马让日联文活动,九号房间AU,这里是第一棒,后续请戳collection。

0 kudos 3,191 words 1/1 chapters Not Rated

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Why Grief & Mourning JeanMarco Fanfiction Works So Well

Jean Kirstein/Marco Bott — Best friends and fellow cadets Jean and Marco, whose bond was tragically cut short but left a lasting impact on Jean's character development.

Grief & Mourning — Stories that sit with loss: characters mourning a death canon rushed past, or grieving losses that aren't deaths at all — homes, futures, versions of themselves. Grief fic ranges from raw immediate aftermath to the strange long tail of missing someone for years.

The tragic loss of Marco and Jean's subsequent growth creates powerful hurt/comfort narratives and 'what if' scenarios. Canon kills characters and moves on; fandom holds funerals. Readers return to grief fic because it treats mourning as a story worth telling rather than a scene to survive. That's why grief & mourning JeanMarco fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.

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