Best Epic Angst with a Happy Ending Fanfics
Angst with a Happy Ending fanfics over 100,000 words — the long-form treatment of the trope. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 20 Epic Angst with a Happy Ending Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with angst with a happy ending and falls in the over 100,000 words range.
The Way You Used To Do
by edema_ruh
"We're really sorry," his father says, in a teary-eyed, wobbly way. "But your friend, Izuku, he's... He's gone, son."Katsuki can do nothing but blink up at them for moments that feel like an eternity, eyes darting between both his parents in obvious confusion, disbelief, and, more than anything, ind
tommyinnit's clinic for supervillains
by bonesandthebees (bonesandcacti)
“W-What do you- I mean can I- are you here to rob us?” The person managed to stammer out. Siren snorted. “No. I’m just here to order some food.” “Wh-What about him?” The cashier asked, glancing at Tommy. “Did you- did you kidnap him?” “I mean… yeah, let’s go with that in case this ends up on
The Cadence of Part-time Poets
by motswolo
“They’re… chaos,” Remus said firmly. “And chaos is—”“Rock and roll.”He looked at Sirius sharply, and for once, matched his grin. “Yeah.”“Maybe that’s my excuse then,” Sirius said. “I cause a bit of chaos now, and maybe one day, it’ll turn into rock and roll.”After losing his mother at age eleven, Re
Wolfbird
by OpalApparition
Shane Hollander is hockey’s closeted golden boy with everything to hide. Ilya Rozanov is a professional Dom with everything to lose and an expired visa. Through their arrangement at a discreet Montreal kink bar, where NDAs protect secrets and sessions are charged per hour, they discover the most dan
frequently, secretly fond of each other.
by milominderbinder
Shrugging one shoulder far more casually than he possibly feels, Ilya says, “I like both. Is secret, okay?” “Okay,” Hollander says, voice cracking. He doesn’t say anything else. The air’s so heavy around them that it feels like being in the middle of a scrum, the weight and heat of all those bodies
(the first time) he kissed a boy
by buzzcut__season
Reki is insecure about his lack of kissing experience. Langa just wants to help him feel like he's good enough, even if teaching Reki to kiss means breaking his own heart. (yet another practice kissing au)
Measure Of A Man
by inadaze22
To truly know someone is to differentiate between who they once were, who they are now, and who they're capable of being. Hermione realises the duality of one man as she rectifies what she knows of the past and begins to understand the pieces of who Draco Malfoy is now: a father, a son, and a man.
Butterfly Reign
by SilentTeyz
The royal family of Antarctic empire isn’t exactly close. Emperor Philza is always occupied; Tommy hasn’t seen Techno in months, and even if Wilbur is here, their relationship can be described to be strained at best. The royal family doesn’t need to be close, however, it only needs to be balanced, l
Remain Nameless
by HeyJude19
How did it feel? It felt like he was barely holding it together. She, of all people, should shun him. Or yell at him. Curse him. Spit at him. Take out her wand and blast him off the face of the earth. It was crushing guilt and relief and confusion all at once when he looked at Hermione Granger.The m
Quiet Rapture
by lalazee
That A/B/O fic where cocky Alpha Bakugou falls in mate-love at first scent, while Midoriya is just a poor bookstore-owning Omega who got his nose punched in is a kid and can't smell a damn thing. Also known as: That time an Alpha had to use his actual personality to woo his mate instead of relying o
close enough to be whole again
by hailsatanacab
“If you ever find yourself in danger, go to Bruce Wayne. He will help you.”His mother had loved him, in her own way. If she hadn’t, she wouldn’t have helped him escape. If she hadn’t, she would have dragged him back to the League of Assassins, to Grandfather. If she hadn’t, he’d be dead.She loved hi
Fall Without Wings
by notcrypticbutcoy
The door opens. Alec tenses, and his body throbs. A man steps through, and Alec curls his fingers into his palms, terror pulsing through him. Because the man isn't a man. He's a warlock. A demon. The same person he felt crouching over him when he fell. Why is he here? What has the warlock done to
Die Free or Die a Failure
by Mickey_99
“He’s joining us earlier than we anticipated.”“He’s a flight risk. This way there should be no more risk of him getting away from you. I’ve killed his mother. He belongs to you.”“Six years old and already training in the Raven’s nest. He will be a player that won’t be rivaled.”Nathaniel lives a hard
Things We're All Too Young to Know
by eevans
Hermione Granger had been asked—and agreed—to do many absurd things since learning she was a witch, usually involving Harry Potter. This long list included, in no particular order, smuggling baby dragons, being placed unconscious at the bottom of a lake surrounded by merpeople, and traveling back i
In the Dark
by Jane_Harl0w
It's their senior year. Izuku, Katsuki and Shoto are allowed on what was supposed to be a short, easy mission—all by themselves. But when things take a turn, Izuku is kidnapped and there's nothing the others can do but wait to save him. When he finally returns, his relationship with Katsuki starts t
your hand in mine (pt. ii)
by geralehane
Five months after breaking Lexa's heart, getting her back is Clarke's first priority. She doesn't care about destroying herself in the process. (TW: Toxic Relationship Dynamics in the first part of the sequel. It's unhealthy and might be triggering for those who've experienced toxic/emotionally abus
Someone You Knew In Another Life
by Spreta_Invidia
When Unwin Peake killed his queen, Aegon knew it was time to die. After the death of Jaehaera, Aegon decides to end his life. But instead, he's offered a chance to go back to a point in time where he may be able to change fate: the fate of his parents, his family, and his kingdom.And of the dragons
here by me
by skzinger (thelittlestbug)
“I’m calling from the Seoul National Medical Centre. We have you listed here as the emergency contact for a Han Jisung. Do I have the right person?”(Three years ago, Minho broke Jisung's heart with a single phone call. It's ironic then, that the universe decides to return the favour.)
Orchid
by inexperiencedandconfused8
Park Seonghwa is a paramedic in the less privileged part of the city. He takes his job very seriously, and he spends most of his time alone. When an ambulance call leads him to a wounded gang leader, he treats the man with kindness and gentle hands despite his reputation. Against his better judgment
oh the things we left behind
by furiosophie
After he commits every single weapon in the hold to memory, Din finds himself cataloging more and more things about Skywalker instead, small observations that carve out a space in his mind unbidden. ---As much as Din likes to tell himself that he’s just been taking a well-deserved break, the truth i
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About Angst with a Happy Ending
One of AO3's most trusted tags: the story will hurt — sometimes brutally — but it promises in advance that the characters come out the other side. The contract lets writers go dark and readers follow without bracing for devastation.
It is the emotional rollercoaster with a guaranteed safe landing; readers can surrender completely to the pain because the tag has already promised the dawn.
Common scenarios: A breakup, a war, and a five-years-later reunion in the last chapter, or a presumed-dead character walking through the door on the final page.
About This List
This list of 20epic Angst with a Happy Ending fanfics spans 6,236,136 total words. Kudos range from 6,687 on the newest entries to 72,220 on the most established. 70% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (8 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Angst with a Happy Ending · Slow Burn · Angst · Mutual Pining · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence.
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