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The 25 most-loved general audience angst fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. Sometimes you want to feel deeply - angst delivers emotional catharsis and meaningful character exploration.

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Top 25 General Audience Angst Fanfics

Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with angst and rated General Audiences.

1

wrong number

by adelfie

There’s a few rings, then the phone picks up.“Wayne Residence.”That’s funny, Tim thinks, Mrs. Mac doesn’t sound like herself.--On a hot July evening while home alone, eight-year-old Tim gets a fever. He means to ask Mrs. Mac for help — but ends up accidentally calling Alfred Pennyworth. Somehow, eve

29,370 kudos 6,423 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
2

Sharing is Caring

by platonic_boner

Arthur hadn't really given his soulmate much thought, until he beat a peasant with a broomstick and every blow hurt like he was hitting himself.

26,907 kudos 6,080 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
3

Alone On the Water

by Mad_Lori

Sherlock Holmes never expected to live a long life, but he never imagined that it would end like this.

17,798 kudos 7,725 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
4

Ni'Var

by WerewolvesAreReal

Humans have daemons. Vulcans have katras. Spock, born of both, has neither. Which he's fine with. Really. Meanwhile, James Kirk is a little curious about this whole daemon business, because how the hell can he have two souls - ?

12,663 kudos 11,318 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
5

Oikawa's Last Wish/es

by DanaiaCake

“Just fucking choose.” Iwaizumi was trying to control his voice but it was getting harder every passing moment. Especially when his best friend was being extremely difficult.“Hmn… how about cuddling with hundreds of kittens?” Oikawa mused pursing his dry lips.

12,185 kudos 5,152 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
6

The Best Things

by Cdelphiki

Bruce was starting to understand the jokes about him and adopting strays. But it’s not like he ever went looking for kids to adopt. They just sort of… appeared.Besides, the neighbor boy clearly had no one, and Bruce could not in good conscience let that assassin girl go back to parents who had treat

9,556 kudos 141,660 words 43/? chapters General Audiences
7

In For a Penny

by Cdelphiki

25 is too young to be a Dad. That's what Bruce thought when Talia dropped off this baby she claimed was his. Add to that a jealous 11-year-old Dick, and Bruce has his hands full. What does one even do with a baby? Why does this baby scowl so much? And when on earth is Talia coming back?

8,660 kudos 60,130 words 16/16 chapters General Audiences Complete
8

Precedent

by Cdelphiki

Bruce thought his family was complete. Sure, Dick might be mad at him and ignoring all his calls, and Damian mad about Dick not returning calls, but that didn't change anything. His family was complete, even if they weren't talking to each other.Then a scrawny little kid jacked his tires, and Bruce

8,450 kudos 94,694 words 29/29 chapters General Audiences Complete
9

maybe this thing was a masterpiece ('till you tore it all up)

by machiavelLiterati

Over the course of a few years, Damian slowly learns a few things about Anya Forger. (5 times Damian kept Anya’s secrets + 1 time he wasn’t able to)

8,256 kudos 39,016 words 6/6 chapters General Audiences Complete
10

Don't run on wet wood

by boxofwonder

Karasuno takes a trip to the lake on a hot summer's day.What could possibly go wrong?

7,872 kudos 6,547 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
11

Little Rulebreaker

by DallRat (orphan_account)

"no!" Gregory yelled, throwing himself at the sun animatronic and wrapping his arms around him. "HUH?!" He yelled, trying to pry the kid off but to no avail."Please no!" yelled the child, tears rolling down his cheeks. "Don't kick me out! She's gonna kill me!""Ki- Kill? What are you talking about-"-

7,852 kudos 1,096 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
12

Goodbye Means Going Away (And Going Away Means Forgetting)

by vixleonard

Memory is unreliable. No one understands this better than Rickon Stark.

7,136 kudos 2,368 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
13

Of Cold Hands Reaching

by UncannyCookie

After six months in Mogami's mind world that weren't even real anyway, Mob returns to his old life.Everything is fine.

6,019 kudos 17,323 words 6/6 chapters General Audiences Complete
14

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

5,190 kudos 20,526 words 3/3 chapters General Audiences Complete
15

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

5,059 kudos 6,546 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
16

Re:Zero — The World That Watched Him Die

by Jelly4515

I spent the last year and a half reading every Re:Zero reaction fic I could find, and now, here’s my own attempt at a worldwide reaction. The world watches Re:zero, arcs 1-9. Credit to the writers who came before me, especially Feopyr and “The 4 Nations Witness the Strongest Existence". I used their

4,974 kudos 475,917 words 21/? chapters General Audiences
17

A New Addition

by Ralkana

The time of Mrs. Darcy's lying-in has arrived.

4,967 kudos 9,073 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
18

5 times lando came into oscar’s room and told him he was bad at hugging plus one time oscar went into lando’s room and gave him the best hug of his life (by fall out boy)

by Anonymous

Before Oscar had a chance to say you’re welcome Lando was pulling him into a hug. A real hug. With arms. And squeezing. And intention.Oscar tensed before half heartedly patting Lando on the shoulder, not sure what else to do.“Oscar, is this what you call a hug?”“...yes?”“God mate,” Lando pulled away

4,147 kudos 34,499 words 7/7 chapters General Audiences Complete
19

Damian: How do I get my girlfriend's parents' approval when I can't even get my dad's?

by qnn

In which Damian wants to make Anya's parents believe he is The One.

3,675 kudos 5,869 words 2/2 chapters General Audiences Complete
20

Kimetsu no Yaiba One Shots

by brinthie

Various one-shots from my tumblr account, @ink-hashira and @brinthie. Hope you enjoy! ❣️❣️

3,645 kudos 162,335 words 148/148 chapters General Audiences Complete
21

Where It All Begins

by lassify

A new school year begins and everyone is in high school (age 17): Anya is back on Plan B, and tries to get closer to Damian, although he pushes her away at every opportunity. As a last-resort plan, Anya tries ignoring Damian for a bit to see what he would do.PART 1of "The Seven Secrets of Starlight"

3,185 kudos 14,664 words 8/8 chapters General Audiences Complete
22

Itadakimasu

by Anonymous

Five times Haise didn't eat in front of the Quinx Squad and one time he did.(Five times Haise acted as the Quinx Squad's wise mentor and one time he did not.)De-Anon from Kink Meme.

3,178 kudos 12,034 words 6/6 chapters General Audiences
23

And in the end I will seek you out amongst the stars

by mandzilkos

It was already pretty late, so the streets were quiet. Max enjoyed the peacefulness, but on the last stretch that led to the hotel, he suddenly had the overwhelming urge to turn back. Charles was a few meters behind him, in a mid-brisk walk. Max stopped and waited for him to catch up. He fell into s

2,868 kudos 21,762 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
24

Just A Little Bit More

by illyriantremors

A short mini fic in which Feyre has been in the Night Court for a month when she falls asleep on Rhys's shoulder at dinner in front of everyone and Rhys does not know what to do with himself.

2,858 kudos 1,072 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
25

Hard to Read

by JinxyTwinxyDoo

Loki doesn't trust people. Not enough to let his guard down around, anyways. That is until a certain TVA intrudes on his plans to ascend to king of the Nine Realms. So while his ascension to king is briefly stopped, he finds himself hunting variants. Which, mind you, is exhuasting. But Loki wouldn't

2,797 kudos 17,382 words 7/7 chapters General Audiences Complete

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12,034
median words
72%
complete
29,370
top kudos
~48 minutes
median read time

This list of 25general audience Angst fanfics spans 1,181,211 total words. Kudos range from 2,797 on the newest entries to 29,370 on the most established. 72% 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: Angst · Fluff and Angst · Fluff · Hurt/Comfort · Aged-Up Character(s).

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