Best Long Childhood Friends to Lovers Fanfics

Childhood Friends to Lovers fanfics from 50k to 100k words — full novel length with room for slow development. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.

Childhood Friends to Lovers 8 long fics Avg 71,592 words 50,000–100,000 words

Top 8 Long Childhood Friends to Lovers Fanfics

Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with childhood friends to lovers and falls in the 50,000–100,000 words range.

1

But is it wrong if I see him this weekend?

by ihave_a_boringlife

That thought settles into his brain dangerously. Ilya’s been with everyone. Girls. Guys. Others. What's another person on the list? If Shane wants experience… If he wants to stop feeling behind… Why not Ilya? Yes, he was a complete asshole that Shane wished he could choke to death sometimes and his

11,947 kudos 65,917 words 12/12 chapters Explicit Complete
2

Long Live (The Walls We Crashed Through)

by Fabby

“What are you doing?” Charles asked, his voice cracking.Max blinked at him once before he smirked and said, “Well... I was going to kiss you.”“Why?”“Because I want to.”“Why?” Charles repeated, feeling like his legs were going to give out.“Is that not a good enough reason?” Max asked.OR: The childhoo

8,988 kudos 76,861 words 13/13 chapters Explicit Complete
3

The Dreams of Youth

by sami

"Mother, I have to go, with or without you. Please come with me.""A-Zhan, you're five years old," she says."With or without you, Mother," he pleads. "Please come with me."Lan Wangji starts again from the beginning.

6,340 kudos 85,953 words 25/25 chapters Explicit Complete
4

Sail Away Sweet Sister

by sami

"Are you the same Jiang Yanli I have known since infancy?""Yes.""Have you ever been anyone else?""No.""So you've lived another life... but as yourself. You had a child. And you were dead.""Yes."Jiang Yanli starts again from the beginning.

5,251 kudos 73,833 words 23/23 chapters Mature Complete
5

open your eyes and see

by flying_dream

Ever since they were children, Jisung and Hyunjin have never particularly gotten along. It's a given fact of life: the sky is blue, the sun sets in the west, and Hwang Hyunjin and Han Jisung hate each other. But then their friends somehow get it into their heads that they're dating and instead of se

5,237 kudos 84,203 words 7/7 chapters Not Rated Complete
6

not really strangers

by porcelainfire

Sebastian and Emory were inseparable when they were young; doing everything attached at the hip, with nothing but love, fun, laughter, and fond memories shared between the two. When Emory was taken away from the valley, time and unfortunate circumstances separated the pair, until she was able to mov

120 kudos 61,482 words 24/? chapters Not Rated
7

Just 14 and Soaked to the Skin

by SnakeOfEden666

Before the Phantom haunted the Paris Opera House, he was a boy displayed behind iron bars like a freak.When young Raoul de Chagny discovers Erik imprisoned in a traveling circus outside Paris, an act of compassion becomes the beginning of a secret friendship—and a promise neither boy will ever truly

26 kudos 56,034 words 9/? chapters Not Rated
8

Always his, never mine

by Baekhyunielover_92

They always knew who it was meant to be—but the chance to walk away has long since passed. What should have been theirs was stolen, and the one who took it destroyed everything. Now, a bitter return brings only regret: some people should have never come back. The sky that once shone bright blue has

12 kudos 68,453 words 13/? chapters General Audiences

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About Childhood Friends to Lovers

Two people who grew up side by side — sandbox, sleepovers, shared scraped knees — realize somewhere along the way that what they feel stopped being friendship years ago. The history is the romance: every memory becomes evidence in hindsight.

Nobody knows you like the person who watched you become yourself, and readers melt at love built on a lifetime of already choosing each other.

Common scenarios: Best friends since age six sharing a bed like always until one night it suddenly isn't like always, or a character finding their old letters and realizing every single one was a love letter.

About This List

73,833
median words
63%
complete
11,947
top kudos
~4.9 hours
median read time

This list of 8long Childhood Friends to Lovers fanfics spans 572,736 total words. Kudos range from 12 on the newest entries to 11,947 on the most established. 63% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (3 of 8 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Childhood Friends to Lovers · Alternate Universe - College/University · Alternate Universe - Time Travel · Family · Childhood Friends.

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