Best General Audience Alternate Universe (AU) Fanfics
The 25 most-loved general audience alternate universe (au) fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. Infinite creative possibilities - seeing beloved characters in entirely new contexts.
Top 25 General Audience Alternate Universe (AU) Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with alternate universe (au) and rated General Audiences.
The Internet Is Not Just For Porn
by cyerus
John is Sherlock's internet boyfriend - from CANADA.No one thinks he's real.
Stiles Stilinski, Boyfriend Extraordinaire
by MereLoup
“Beacon County Sheriff's Department, this is deputy Mahealani speaking.” “Oh thank god!”“Stiles?” “I, uh, I need some advice.” “Advice?” “Yeah. So, hypothetically, say you met your boyfriend’s mother and sister for the first time ever. Completely by accident. In the grocery store. And they convin
soft-hearted
by sarahyyy
Lan Zhan finds himself returning the smile. “Go home,” he urges gently, because it’s cold, and Wei Ying does not look like he’s dressed warmly enough to be out in the streets like this. Wei Ying’s smile dims. “A-Ying sleeps here when it’s cold,” he tells Lan Zhan. “When it’s summer, A-Ying likes to
scramble
by IHadHimOnTheRopes (CarterReid)
The words on his skin were his everything. After everything he'd seen, done and been through, they were a reminder that Bruce Wayne still existed. That somewhere there was a person who would love him despite the coldness in his chest and the scars that roped their way across his skin. A reminder tha
Running Start
by DecemberCamie
“Wanna try, Killua?” Gon asks, breathless and grinning despite being tossed to the dirt less than thirty seconds ago.Killua tears his gaze away from Gon’s bright face to the open field in front of him. A crowd of students are scattered around in an uneven circle, all cheering loudly as a boy and gir
Blue Petals, Silver Thorns
by Grassepi
When Yuuri Katsuki is eight years old, the worlds of dance and ice collide and call to him, ceaselessly echoing through his thoughts every second of the day. He can see the picture of his life so clearly in his mind- there’s the blue sky above, there’s black-winged gulls cawing in the mornings, ther
Oh, Here We Go (Feel it in My Soul)
by spatialsoloist
When Daichi moved into his new flat, he wasn't prepared to meet a wonderful new neighbour with a smile like an angel's and a personality so sweet it could give one cavities, but heck, he wasn't complaining.But then, he also wasn't prepared for the streak of bad luck that followed as well.Daichi wasn
i drew a heart (around your name)
by rozsonata
WELCOME TO THE NAYBORHOOD!!i am Shane i am 7 i live in the house with the blue doormom said give you a gift so here is drawing!!i draw every day almost every daydo you like drawing?Ilya and his family move from Moscow to Ottawa when he is seven years old. The boy next door draws him a welcome gift.
Sleepover x At x Wing's
by DecemberCamie
“Is someone trying to capture you? A Blacklist Hunter, maybe?”“No.” A pause. “Well. Technically, yes, but-”“But it’s nothing to worry about!” Alluka finished and waved her hands at Zushi, who had turned white. “It’s okay, really!”Wing said gently, “Killua. Alluka. If there’s anyone who’s out to seek
Green Shadows
by zarasu
Shen Yuan was finally old enough to play in the bamboo forests of his father's Qing Jing peak unsupervised. Who knew that he would stumble upon a little demon prince in the process? One thing led to another and, before he knew it, a marriage contract was made. Now they only had to take care not to g
Dragon Skin
by Feneris
Stoick has always feared that one day his son would find the black dragon-skin he kept in the oak chest at the foot of his bed. He feared that his son would know immediately what that dragon-skin was for.He feared that one day his son would don that skin, and discover he could turn himself into a dr
just a little time in gravity falls
by universetrash
Steven Universe stops along his cross-country road trip to stay briefly in a town called Gravity Falls. Though he doesn't initially intend to stay long, he gets a job offer from the local tourist trap known as the Mystery Shack. He expects it to be a quiet few months or so before he heads back on th
Hot Coffee, Pretty Hands
by gaylawyers
AU. Tweek Tweak remembers the usual order of every single one of his regulars, except for one regular who seems to be trying every single thing from the coffee shop’s menu for seemingly no reason. Meanwhile, Craig Tucker really hates hot beverages, but that isn’t stopping him.
puppy love
by chisomo
Minho is most definitely a cat person. But one stray puppy manages to change that. (alternatively, jisung fucks up a spell and gets a lot more than he bargained for. minho gets...a dog)
made it to the coastline
by lisettedelapin (rushes)
Their time together gets closer and closer to seeming an awful lot like the dates he hears the girls at school talking about.
No Galaxy for Good Jedi
by Annie_Walker
Obi-Wan Kenobi was only a young padawan when he ran away with three-year old Anakin. He had no choice after his Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, fell to the Dark Side by Master Dooku’s manipulations. To protect the Chosen One, Obi-Wan did what he had to do and now he and Anakin live as outlaws of the Jedi Orde
Now My Life Is Changing (It's Always Rearranging)
by cactusfinch
“Bonnie, did I just take a history exam for you?”“Yeah, I mean what’s the point of having this link thing if I can’t use you for cheating on history tests?”Pre-Canon!AU: Bonnie starts a summer by speaking to a vampire three states away, by accident. Grams is not amused. Also, Damon makes a friend.
Extra Insurance
by ghostlygoose
When Grian was informed that he would be given a bodyguard for his journey to the Rift he was… well let’s just say displeased would be putting it mildly.Unsurprisingly, nobody in his family would listen to his very reasonable objections.“Grian, mate,” Mumbo had said exasperatedly in response to his
and for every king that died
by MageOfCole
For the second time in an hour, Ahsoka Tano throws herself forward and crushes someone against her in a hug; despite being a grown woman, she feels like a child again as she curls into her grandmaster’s embrace.
Lab Rats
by Type1Mimi
The last thing any of the Housewardens of Night Raven Collage had planned on was having to babysit a bunch of ex-Tartarus inhabitants. And yet, here they were. (Also known as an AU where the freshmen crew are overblot experiments trying to attend Night Raven)(I do not consent to this work being used
Loved and Protected
by Slident
Vergil went back. As stupid as it was, he went back for her, as soon as he could. What he found, however, was not her. It was far more challenging…OrVergil raises Nero
Blue Moon
by Rikarin_Suzaku
Under the light of the blue moon, Gine gives birth to a weak child with blue hair and eyes, an outcast in the Saiyan world. Bardock decides to protect his family and raise her in secret. But the older she gets, the more she wants to break out of her cage. Until one day she meets other Saiyans... in
heartlines
by labasu
Based loosely on this picture. High school AU with Ryou as the mild-mannered but actually freaky class representative and Bakura as the terrifying klepto delinquent with a thing for freaky class representatives.
Rift
by Zakharie
"One of Starscream’s more sinister talents was to immediately assess weaknesses in his enemies; Even his fellow Decepticons found it difficult to hide their insecurities from his keen optics. Like a Sharkticon to a wounded Singlehorn, he sensed the emptiness within Knock Out. Something deep within t
Two is fine, but three is better
by Yukiuki
"Friends forever?" The boy raises his pinky up at their faces, who just stare back at him with confusion. "What's that?" "It's a pinky promise! Here!" He excitedly grabs their pinky fingers and intertwines them without the two actually approving it. "We're friends forever now!" And he smiles, radian
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This list of 25general audience Alternate Universe (AU) fanfics spans 1,147,584 total words. Kudos range from 290 on the newest entries to 60,722 on the most established. 56% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is General Audiences (25 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Alternate Universe · Fluff · Meet-Cute · Childhood Friends · Hurt/Comfort.
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