Best TsuStar Slow Burn Fanfics
The best slow burn TsuStar (Black Star/Nakatsukasa Tsubaki) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance.
Top TsuStar Slow Burn Fic Recs
1 slow burn TsuStar fic matched, followed by other top-rated TsuStar stories.
Death Walks Among Us
Slow Burnby Anickov
Death the Kid isn't human. When it comes to fighting mysterious witches and going up against powerful magical weapons, this is an advantage. In relationships however... not so much. With powerful enemies moving against the D.W.M.A. and madness threatening to rip them apart from within, Kid and the t
Angel with a Shotgun
by sillu
After years of Spirit wreaking havoc on her love life, Maka invents a pretend boyfriend just to give herself a break from his meddling. When Spirit offers her a large sum of money to go to couple's counseling, hoping it will break the two of them up, Maka suddenly finds herself in need of a real fak
Amplify
by Sleepmarshes
Between the two of them is a link. He wants to start a fight with her, though he can't tell if it's to attempt to dissolve their resonating side-effect or because he may or may not have PMS.
The Reaping
by ASongofSixpence
In which Death the Kid visits an old friend at the hospital, and understands what it truly means to be a reaper.
If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
by Sleepmarshes
His eyes turn to her, bright, gleaming blood, and she can't stop herself from gripping her knife a little more tightly."What is 'ma-ka'?" he asks warily."Me," she admits. "What are you?"He smiles, though it's more of a pained grimace. It's then she notices the dark, filthy tie-down straps wrapped ar
NOT LOVERS
by makapedia
Childhood friends Soul and Maka do just about everything together. Except sleep together. Probably.
Dumbasses Want More Action
by MicrosuedeMouse
Group chat and text logs from DWMA before, during, and immediately after Marie Mjolnir and Franken Stein's wedding.--Tsu ✿Black☆Star, please...I don't want Maka to kill you...Beretta Babeshe did already try to murder me today, soyabe carefulBLACK☆STARIm not worriedIm invinciblealso Maka couldnt hurt
Nothing to Like About a Wedding
by theroyalsavage
Maka Albarn really, really hates parties. Or, "we're the only single people at this wedding table so let's get drunk and bitch about everyone AU."
In Plain Sight
by sillu
In a world where everything is black-and-white until you find your soulmate, one learns to navigate in shades of gray. When Soul, an agent tasked with recruiting operatives for the FBI’s tech division, gets a tip about Maka, a sharp-witted hacker flying under the radar, their story is bound to be a
recipe for disaster
by jaded_envy
I'll do dishes if you do laundry. I'll clean the living room if you buy me a snack. I'll pretend you're not home when your father comes around if you let me copy your math homework. Maka and Soul are used to negotiating with each other when it comes to household chores. But when Soul ups the stakes
Blood Be Damned
by makapedia
Maka never asked for a brother. Soul never asked to crush on his best friend's little sister. Black Star was pretty sure they both needed hearty helpings of Jesus.
Second by Second (Soulmates AU)
by Nightmare_Noodles
To say Soul was nervous was an understatement. His timer had reached the 24-hour mark yesterday, and there it was, still counting down second by second.
hit the ground running
by jaded_envy
Soul's crush on the girl he sees jogging in the park is the one thing that makes his crappy barista job tolerable. Learning how to run in order to keep up with her might just kill him though. Also featuring Black*Star as a Total Bro.
Quantum Entanglement
by Sleepmarshes
These nerds. Also a figurative forest fire. World of Warcraft-ish/anime con trash/nerd AU.
Summer Nights
by chickycherrycola
On the heels of a messy breakup, Maka Albarn finds herself at the end of her junior year in college trying to pick up the pieces of her broken heart and fit them back together. When her roommate drags her to a frat party, an unexpected hookup with her handsome, tattooed, guitarist friend Soul leads
Lopsided
by Sierra_Sitruc
Partnerships have ended over less, but Maka doesn’t know how to go back in time and undo the moment Soul made it clear her feelings were unrequited. Manga divergence.
A Winter Solstice
by Waltzfor-Zizi (azro_zee)
Inheriting Mama’s way of life had always been about dedicating her life to alchemy, in the form of a silver pocket watch. It wasn’t supposed to include fighting immortal beings, and especially not in the form of an awkward Ishvalan boy.Following his savior’s guidance had led him to the remnants of a
One for the Road
by sillu
Soul and Maka arrive at their college reunion after five years of radio silence, with still-aching wounds and a once-unbreakable friendship in tatters. After Soul's motorcycle breaks down two thousand miles from home, he and Maka embark on a cross-country road trip from Nevada to the east coast. Wit
girls are not meant to fight dirty
by makapedia
The rumors of Maka Albarn's promiscuity have been greatly exaggerated. Easy A AU.
carry me home
by orphan_account
Just a little thing that takes place after the kishin escapes in episode 24. The weapons are always left to carry their meisters home.
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Why Slow Burn TsuStar Fanfiction Works So Well
Black Star/Nakatsukasa Tsubaki — The loudest assassin in history and the demon blade patient enough to wield him — Tsubaki chose Black Star when no one else would, and he avenged her brother's shadow in return. Her camellia symbolism, the flower without fragrance, blooms precisely because he notices her.
Slow Burn — A romance that develops gradually over time, with tension building across chapters or the entire story.
She's the only person who hears what his boasting hides, and he's the only one who ever made her feel seen. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance. That's why slow burn TsuStar fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.
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