Getting Together — Tag Meaning
The tag for fics whose story is the getting-together — the realization, the confession, the first kiss, the agreement that this is real. It is the bread and butter of shipfic: however the fic is dressed, its destination is two characters finally becoming a couple.
What to Expect From "Getting Together" Fics
A complete arc from not-together to together, with the confession or first kiss as the climax. Reliable, beloved, endlessly rewritable.
How to find Getting Together fics on AO3
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Browse "Getting Together" works on AO3Popular Fics Tagged "Getting Together"
Real examples from AO3's most-kudosed works:
In Transit
by Mysecretfanmoments
Mental
by orphan_account
We Wear Chains on the Weekend
by surveycorpsjean
decorate my heart
by beetlesandstars
Real Slow
by surveycorpsjean
sub-culture
by palmviolet
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Love Confessions
Promises the scene shipfic exists for: someone says it out loud. Confessions in fanfic come in every register — rehearsed speeches, accidental blurtations, deathbed admissions, shouted mid-argument — and the tag guarantees the fic delivers at least one, with the relationship changed by it.
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First Kiss
One of the most-used tags on the archive, marking the fic that contains a pairing's first kiss. For many readers it's the single most important scene in any ship's story, and authors craft endless variations: impulsive, interrupted, desperate, accidental, long-awaited, or mid-battle.
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Feelings Realization
The canonical tag for the oh-no moment: the instant a character understands that what they feel is love. Fandom treasures the realization scene — triggered by jealousy, a near-loss, or something as small as watching someone laugh — and entire fics are built around delivering it perfectly.
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Mutual Pining
The agonizing, delicious situation where both characters are in love and each is convinced the other isn't. The reader sees both sides of the longing, which transforms every obtuse misread and near-confession into sweet torture. It is one of AO3's most popular tags for good reason.
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