Best One-Shot Orpheus/Eurydice Fanfics
Orpheus/Eurydice one-shots under 10k words — a complete read in one sitting. All curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 19 One-Shot Orpheus/Eurydice Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Orpheus/Eurydice fics — short stories under 10,000 words.
I Know a Lack You've Got (Or, Shane Hollander Looks Back. He Was Always Going To.)
by babyurahauntedhaus
Shane wants to say, Hey, so, I looked up how to say ‘I love you’ in Russian on Google Translate and I’m pretty sure I recognized the sound. Ilya, he wants to say, you fucking idiot. You really thought you could just tell me you love me in a different language and get away with it? Like I wouldn’t
After a thousand years, My Love.
by Alexander_The_greek_twink
“It is said that the souls of the dead diminish in Hades. The dead become shades in the Underworld: dim, weakened versions of themselves. But not me, Eurydice. I will look for you in death, and after. As long as my soul remains, it will seek yours wherever you may be.” After his death, Orpheus now i
Nooooo don't turn backkkkkkkkkkkkk oh noooooooo.........
by Stinkytoecore_idkX3
I LOVE DOOMED CHARACTERS!!!!!! I saw Hadestown in London maybe two years ago but I think about it often. It was the closest thing to magic I've ever seen. I think that there is no world in which Eurydice gets out of the underworld and there is no world in which Orpheus doesn't turn around. Lalal
Excerpts From the Underworld
by W4RMBL00D
My English Assessment demands attention.
Eurydice and Orpheus
by SuspiciouslyLicensedTomato
What if we heard Eurydice’s side of the story? And what if she did something to save them both?
Backspace
by drpeppercreamsoda
Orpheus is an indie musician who loses Eurydice, his girlfriend and creative partner, in a late-night accident. Broken by grief, he vanishes from the scene—only to reemerge a year later with an album titled with her name. It's haunting, brilliant, and viral. Every song is a memory. Then one night, a
Eurydice, wife of Orpheus.
by YesIAmAnIntellectualBeing
Is that truly all she should be known for? And why is it always Orpheus and Eurydice, never Eurydice and Orpheus? AKA Orphia enters the Underworld for true love. (a retelling of the classic myth)
Orpheus
by captainnoodles
No summary provided.
duppy bat (ascalapha odorata)
by aesilie
It's only natural that a moth be attracted to the light.
Hades Didn't Say No To Backstreet Boys
by kaytlynn_hermesdaughter_11
orpheus has the vague appearance of a braincelleurydice is tired™and i am sleep deprived
Bramy Hadesu
by kasztanek_86
Orfeusz i Eurydyka gdyby yuri
Cursed Persephone
by virtuousjeff
just another orpheus and eurydice retelling becuase im a chud and i wrote a multigenre paper on them for ap lang
Echoes in the Underworld
by Maz08_MB
In the cold gray expanse of the Underworld, Orpheus and Euridice are reunited. But eternity is not the blissful reward he imagined; it is a different kind of cage. Their once-vibrant love curdles in the stagnant air, poisoned by the memory of his fatal glance and the reality of their ghostly existen
Orfeo y su tristeza
by Taffytaffy_09
(Esto es una reinvención del mito,medio remake)
Listen to my voice (it’s my disguise)
by R3b3L12
Orpheus and Eurydice (not Hadestown no hate to Hadestown though) except Orpheus is a genderbent lesbian and it’s Eurydice’s perspective.
O Véu Entre Nós
by Vampx_naira
Orfeu Athenaios é o mais novo rei de Atenas, assumiu o trono logo após a morte de seu pai. Eurídice Doryphoros é um soldado de Esparta, um militar de se invejar, um guerreiro nato, que nasceu para estar em missões. Tudo parecia distanciá-los, as pólis, os sobrenomes, os títulos, os deveres, a vida.
Muses
by Oknuuikbg
Retelling Greek mythology while we live with its narrators not only hearing the story from them
Love with strings*
by Macyexist
Orpheus' and eurydice's classic love story reimagined in modern times! Orpheus and eurydice have been reincarnating time and time again.... just to fall apart. Thr fates themselves wanted to. Will they fall in love, just to end apart again?
Pomegranate Protocol: Modern retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice
by cracked_marble
A modern retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice.
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One-shot Orpheus/Eurydice fanfics — anything under 10,000 words — are the format of choice for sharp emotional payoffs, single-scene character studies, smutty interludes, and tropes that don't need a full arc to land. You finish them in one sitting.
Ideal for a commute, a lunch break, or right before bed when you don't want to start a 200,000-word fic at 11pm.
About This List
This list of 19one-shot Orpheus/Eurydice fanfics spans 37,596 total words. Kudos range from 1 on the newest entries to 103 on the most established. Nearly all (89%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is General Audiences (9 of 19 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Inspired by Orpheus and Eurydice (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore) · Angst · Inspired by Hades and Persephone (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore) · Alternate Universe - Modern Setting · Alternate Universe - Gender Changes.
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