Accidental Marriage

Characters find themselves legally married through misunderstandings, drunken mistakes, or unusual circumstances. They must decide whether to annul or make it work.

200,000 works

What is Accidental Marriage in fanfiction?

Characters find themselves legally married through misunderstandings, drunken mistakes, or unusual circumstances. They must decide whether to annul or make it work. With over 200,000 works on Archive of Our Own, Accidental Marriage is one of the most beloved tropes in fanfiction.

Why readers love Accidental Marriage

The comedy of the situation, the forced proximity and intimacy, and watching strangers navigate unexpected marriage.

Examples of Accidental Marriage

Vegas wedding chapel mistakes, magical binding ceremonies, legal mix-ups, drunken decisions with consequences.

Best Accidental Marriage Fanfics

The highest-rated Accidental Marriage stories across all fandoms on AO3.

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Marital Claims

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by yeolinski

Nobody seemed to believe that they’re married, so they just went with the flow. For years.

24,389 kudos 5,786 words ~24 min read Mature
Alternate Universe - Lawyers Established Relationship Marriage
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i thought it make believe

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by blinkiesays

Stiles scrolls up on his text message history and sure enough finds "I'm OK, don't worry, I'm going back to the hotel room" with a timestamp of 1:30AM and "I think I'm in love I think he's a werewolf" at 3:00AM.Stiles stares at his phone for a while in horror.Scott: HEY LYDIA WANTS TO KNOW WHY YOU C

16,923 kudos 2,631 words ~11 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Alternate Universe Woke Up Married
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Baby Animals, Weddings, And Other Things Not Normally Associated With Uchiha Sasuke

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by prettypriestess

In which Konoha needs to upgrade their plumbing to be more resistant. (Or, the one where Sasuke and Naruto get genin and maybe someone buys a house.)

15,831 kudos 13,271 words ~54 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Accidental Marriage Domestic Kid Fic
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anything, anything

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by drunktuesdays

set about 5 years in the future, for a prompt from kalpurna: Stiles wakes up in Derek’s bed in a world where they’re married now, and Derek keeps leaving the room every time he tries to have a conversation about how this happened, since they weren’t even dating. Betaed by giddygeek.

14,521 kudos 5,242 words ~21 min read Explicit
Woke Up Married
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Lifelong partners does not mean lifelong friends, Childe

by RK7200

Childe was chill with this lifelong friends business.Zhongli would like to know why his husband is calling them 'totally great buddies'.or: How one man accidentally got married to a god.

13,495 kudos 34,952 words ~140 min read Explicit
Accidental Marriage Fluff Misunderstandings
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With or Without You

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by a1phab3ts0up

“Is it your wedding day?”Shane sputters. “Sorry?”“The tuxedo,” she points out. “You look like you just got married.”“Oh,” Shane says dumbly, glancing down at his rumpled suit. “No,” he adds.-Or the one where that one night in Vegas gets a little out of hand for Ilya and Shane and a marriage by accid

12,802 kudos 109,668 words ~439 min read Mature
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Accidental Marriage Fake/Pretend Relationship
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Meet Me At Midnight

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by forawhile

AUTHOR NOTE: this fic will remain up online for the time being. My book (At the Mercy of Midnight), published 08 September 2025, is so far removed from this fic in many ways (it is not a rewrite etc), that I feel comfortable leaving this fic as is to stand on its own feet until a time where I no lon

12,378 kudos 114,353 words ~458 min read Explicit
dramione - Freeform Draco Malfoy & Harry Potter Friendship Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Smut
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Ineffable Husbands

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by ImprobableDreams900

Aziraphale finds an old marriage certificate in one of his books, and it has two very familiar signatures at the bottom...

12,006 kudos 3,962 words ~16 min read General Audiences
Accidental Marriage Fluff bit of angst
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Turn a Little Faster

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by skoosiepants

He shifts back and forth on his feet and tries to psych himself up. He can do this. He’s a badass werewolf, he can totally tell Stiles that they accidentally got werewolf married because—because Stiles was thinking about him, and happened to give him a token of his, uh, affection under the silvery l

11,518 kudos 3,207 words ~13 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Accidental Marriage Tumblr Prompt
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step out into the sun

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by plutos

“I gotta talk to you, buddy, real quick,” Poe says lowly, and grabs Finn’s hand to haul him back out of the mess hall. His pilot friends cheer loudly, Karé yelling something about keeping it decent, and Finn barely has a second to process it before Poe’s yanking him away and into a deserted side cor

10,691 kudos 71,365 words ~286 min read Mature
Fake/Pretend Relationship Accidental Marriage Oblivious Finn
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all that glitters is gold

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by MarionetteFtHJM

Jaskier marks his territory (Geralt) in subtle ways and Geralt, being an uncultured dumbass, doesn't realize it until Yennefer points it out to him.

10,642 kudos 11,094 words ~45 min read Explicit
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Alternate Universe Getting Together
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An Idiot's Guide to Wooing Your Husband

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by toxik_angel

As far as Affairs of the Heart go, Harry has always floundered.When he's sent to Malfoy Manor to examine various Dark Artifacts Draco Malfoy has uncovered in his home, he finds that the eight years of house arrest plus another two of hermitage have softened his old rival into a pleasant, though conf

10,221 kudos 45,419 words ~182 min read Explicit
Auror Harry Potter Author Draco Malfoy Gay Draco Malfoy
13

Mr. and Mr. Diaz

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by jukoist

“Eddie? What’s wrong? There’s no way I missed something, look, we went over everything thrice—” Oh, god, Buck has retrieved his clipboard from wherever in Eddie’s house he’d stashed it last time. He’s waving it around as he speaks. “Information about my spouse,” Eddie says blankly. Buck looks

10,162 kudos 12,474 words ~50 min read General Audiences
Accidental Marriage Secret Marriage Gay Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV)
14

Hey, Romeo. I want a divorce.

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by impravidus

“So you’re telling me,” Jason says slowly, “that you just happened to forget to tell me that you’re married and to my brother?”Roy gulps. “In my defense, we were really, really drunk.”

10,154 kudos 1,921 words ~8 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Drunken Shenanigans Accidental Marriage Crack
15

from admiration to love, from love to matrimony

by moongallery

"Forgive me, Lord Phainon, I can't help but be curious. How could you possibly not know that Lord Mydei has been your spouse for... four months?" "To be honest, Miss Castorice, I haven't the slightest idea."Through a series of events that may or may not have involved a Kremnoan courting ritual, Phai

9,532 kudos 141,332 words ~566 min read Explicit
Pre-Canon Accidental Marriage Courting Rituals
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Oh

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by sunday_morning

“I hope you don’t mind, it's simply elven way to be proud of your marriage” then he continued as if he hadn’t just dropped a bomb shell “however I endeavor to respect your cultural and personal preferences as best as possible”The moment between them sizzled, Gimli felt himself as a kettle, quickly r

9,398 kudos 14,835 words ~60 min read Not Rated
Hurt/Comfort Emotional Hurt/Comfort Misunderstandings
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What happens in Vegas

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by Ididloveyou_once

57 missed calls. Bart_ahhh tagged you and one other in a postThe Gazette (4 hours ago)Bruce Wayne’s youngest eligible bachelor is off the market: Timothy Drake-Wayne eloped in Vegas [EXCLUSIVE pictures] 63 unread messag-Tim jolted upright. His eyes scanned over the headline again. Timothy Drake-Way

9,225 kudos 92,234 words ~369 min read Mature
Emotional Hurt/Comfort Light Angst Fluff
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Tied to the Wait and Sees

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by Mizzy

Johnny Storm's in love. With Spider-man. Except no one seems to even believe Johnny when he tells them. Everyone thinks he's totally joking. What a buzzkill. Even his bff doesn't react supportively, which is rude, disrespectful, and completely awkward when Johnny walks into a time anomaly and wakes

8,679 kudos 14,283 words ~58 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Crack Inanimate Objects Time Travel
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Don't Blame Me (It Was All a Blur Last Night)

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by nerakrose_hparchive

"Stop moving, Potter," Malfoy mumbled from where his head was buried under a pillow. "You're disturbing my hangover. Also, why are you still here?" "This is my hotel room," Harry told him.

8,470 kudos 18,976 words ~76 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Accidental Marriage Raising Teddy Lupin H/D Smoochfest
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Wandering Star

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by Lomonaaeren

Orion Black and Abraxas Malfoy decide to perform a ritual that will bind Tom Riddle to them without his knowledge, so that they will always be his most important and valued servants. Except something goes wrong, and Harry Potter, a time traveler from the future, arrives in the circle—as the third pa

8,338 kudos 15,255 words ~62 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE Time Travel Knights of Walpurgis (Harry Potter)

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Popular fandoms for Accidental Marriage include Harry Potter, MCU, Supernatural.

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