Best Explicit Angst with a Happy Ending Fanfics
The 25 most-loved explicit angst with a happy ending fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. 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.
Top 25 Explicit Angst with a Happy Ending Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with angst with a happy ending and rated Explicit.
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
Love was the Law
by ruinthatboy
“This is wrong,” Jayce rasped, his voice strained with torment, so unlike the Jayce that had left mere hours ago to dance and drink and make merry and maybe even make love to the beautiful Mel Medarda. “This is too far back, I shouldn’t be here—” This Jayce was like a wild animal, bearded and shag
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.
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
a sound is still a sound around no one
by dykeries
Shane lifts one eyelid again to look at Rozanov. His eyes are red-rimmed. Like he’s been crying. “Why…why aren’t you in Boston?” Rozanov’s brow furrows. “Why would I be in Boston?” “You, you’re captain. Raiders. Boston.” The room is silent except for the beeping of monitors.In 2023, Shane takes a ba
there's no pretending
by moonsock
The term, he’s told, is temporary retrograde amnesia. Ilya doesn’t need the direct translation to understand: he forgot things. Ten years of things.
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
Break down, it's alright
by rowenablade
“Give me a reason not to carve your heart out,” Ed whispers.And Stede can’t think of one.He can think of plenty of reasons he doesn’t want his heart carved out, but how could he expect any of them to matter to Ed?“Stede.” Ed’s voice breaks, dragging Stede’s eyes back up from where they’ve been stari
we were warnings
by mia_ugly
Stede comes back.Ed does too. It just takes a little longer.
think twice (and come back for a third time)
by lipsticktraces
Shane is heavier than he used to be; his weight bears down on Ilya in a new way. He’s put on pounds of muscle since Ilya last touched him like this. Ilya flattens his palms, skims them under Shane’s undershirt, feels the flat solidity of his abs, the bulk of his lats, the swell of his chest. It’s th
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.)
Yours from the start
by chamyl
Nobody would suspect that Aziraphale, reluctant Principality and fidgety Guardian of the Eastern Gate of Eden, would have a tryst with a demon.This is a good thing. It means they’re less likely to get caught.“You’re about to say yes, angel,” murmurs the serpent behind him, hot breath against the she
Often, Lately
by AngelWithoutAShotgun
“Shane had been used to being alone. He'd never thought of himself as lonely. He honestly often craved the solitude, found it grounding. But that was before he knew what it was like to have someone to call, someone to touch. He was never lonely before Rozanov, but he'd been lonely ever since.”April
Guilty Eyes
by SomewhereFlying
Despite everything, Akira Kurusu cannot keep himself from meeting with Goro Akechi, even if he has to do it behind the Thieves' backs. On paper, their fates are destined to oppose each other... but Akira has no intention of betraying his team OR of abandoning Akechi. When you come to love so many pe
Lavender Fields
by scienceisrealyo
31 year old Nick Nelson retired from professional rugby and is giving Sarah Nelson a well-deserved year off from running Lavender Fields Bed and Breakfast. And Nick’s doing fine, thank you very much. Until the guest name C. Spring changes everything.Note: 1-31 are the original story (Nick's point of
Graceless Heart
by shushu_yaoi_lj
Harry is lost and broken after the war. He has gone to countless funerals, broken up with Ginny, moved back into Grimmauld Place—which feels darker and dirtier than ever before despite how much he tries to fix it. He feels lonely and desperate, but he won’t ask for help, and he still can’t cry.When
love with urgency but not with haste
by dexdefyingstunts
Jason's come back from the dead and back to Gotham, and he's plotting his revenge against Bruce. There's just one problem. Jason really wasn't expecting Dick to have a kid.
always running (back to you)
by ineedmygirl
“Why are you looking at me like that?” He whispered.“I’m not looking at you like anything,” Kuroo replied, because Tsukishima was only fifteen, and he was already the most beautiful thing he’d ever seen in his entire life. But he was only fifteen, and there was still so much he didn’t know about lov
Second Chances
by Lorixjake
Ben Kenobi dies on board the Death Star. Instead of becoming one with the Force, he meets his old Master and is given the opportunity to go back in time to try and prevent Anakin's fall. Can he save his best friend or is he doomed to watch it all happen a second time?
In the End, it's a Love Story
by MeikoAtsushi
It’s one thing to have a mysophobic teammate.It’s another to have a mysophobic teammate with a terrible personality.And it’s something completely else to have a teammate who can read minds.Miya Atsumu experiences this first-hand.Alternatively:Atsumu knew something was strange when Sakusa agreed to s
Couples Counseling
by MsImpala67
What better way to investigate a marriage counselor (who may or may not be responsible for the death of six of her clients) than to go to marriage counseling? It's just pretend right? No different than putting on the FBI suits. Of course, nothing ever goes according to plan, and Sam and Dean quickly
Guiding Star
by LilweenGalatrass
Mission Strix failed. Donovan Desmond died eight years ago and war almost broke out between Ostania and Westalia. WISE, with the help of their best agent, Twilight, managed to find out the truth behind Donovan Demond's death and brought back peace.Twilight and Thorn Princess both retired to enjoy th
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This list of 25explicit Angst with a Happy Ending fanfics spans 4,006,670 total words. Kudos range from 4,065 on the newest entries to 45,806 on the most established. Nearly all (80%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Explicit (25 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Angst with a Happy Ending · Slow Burn · Angst · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Fluff and Angst.
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