Best Epic Childhood Friends Fanfics
Childhood Friends fanfics over 100,000 words — the long-form treatment of the trope. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 13 Epic Childhood Friends Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with childhood friends and falls in the over 100,000 words range.
Holly & Yew
by LovelyLotus
After a bout of accidental magic when Harry is six, Vernon goes too far. When Harry wakes up, he is gravely wounded and more than fifty years in the past in another world. After some shuffling, Harry ends up at Wool's. There, he meets Tom Riddle, his mysterious roommate, eventual best friend, and th
Hidden Messages
by hashbrownpotatoes
For years Katsuki Bakugou has been Izuku Midoriya's bully, and just about everyone knew it. Except that wasn't actually the case at all. Through a secret language they were able to fool the world into thinking that they weren't actually best friends. So when midway through their first year at UA whe
pathological people pleaser
by rweoutofthewoods
No one, it turns out, really knows one another. (OR: all it takes is a summer-long holiday in Italy, James Potter's teetering mental stability, a secret relationship, friends with benefits, Marlene’s secret, and enough stupidity and insecurity to go around for everything to come crashing down around
Hearts Don't Break Around Here
by klancekorner
Lance and Keith have been best friends since first grade. Lance’s brain is always on overdrive and Keith’s blunt, realistic ass can never keep up. They both come to realize that sometimes you can learn a lot about loving yourself by loving someone else.
Through The Fire
by SongAngel
Minerva McGonagall checks up on little Harry Potter and finds that not all is as it should be. She makes a decision that will change everything for the Boy Who Lives.
A Study in Geometric Shapes
by threecrossings
"Let's start over," he said suddenly. "I'm Kim Dokja. You are?""Yoo Joonghyuk.""Long time no see, Joonghyuk-ssi. How many years has it been? 17? It's good to see you didn't grow up ugly."
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
To Build a Home
by intothesilentland
Twenty-three years of head-over-heels, devastating devotion and love, love, love for the man with bright eyes and dark hair. Fourteen years of friends, best friends, of always together. One moment of rejection.Nine years of apart. Nine years of heartbreak, nine years of continents away, of not speak
Thursday
by Vixx2pointOh
There is something about the girl next door that Oliver Queen is only now noticing...Felicity is moving to college just down the road from where Oliver is a senior. He suddenly becomes very protective of the girl next door. Thursday night dinners might not ever be the same again.*COMPLETE*
Canvas Of Ice, Brushes Of Blades
by Aesdeath
Jungkook never smiles on the ice. Son of South Korea's national champion, the child is considered a prodigy of figure skating, icy eyes and cold demeanor, pure perfection and no emotion. Jungkook never smiles on the ice, until he meets Taehyung, who enters his life like a ray of sunshine, melting hi
So the world doesn't work like that?
by FreakofNatureMarvel
Max is the youngest driver to ever compete in F1. But also the first ever to be an Omega on the grid (At least, of the open ones. Some could've been taking blockers like him). He had it drilled into him by his father that he was a disgrace for his secondary gender, and he must hide it from everyone
–Warriors of Light– Kingdom Hearts
by SBLass
When Destiny Islands fall, Kairi is the one who summons a Keyblade and travels with Donald and Goofy to save the worlds from the Heartless. Sora is the one who hails from a different world and guards a pure light. And Riku… Well, he’s dealt with a lot even before the fall of the Islands, and it lead
The Owl House: A Witch Among Us
by Amano404
Credit to Disneydude94 for helping me with the name. Here is the story of Esper into the Owl House. Get ready for more lore, more witch duels and the evolution of a witch raised in the human realm to a powerful witch in her realm of origin. The story of our witchborn adopted human in the world of Th
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About Childhood Friends
Characters who knew each other as children and have a deep, long-standing bond. Romance may develop as they grow up or reunite later in life.
The deep emotional foundation, shared history, and the sweetness of love that grows from innocent beginnings.
Common scenarios: Next-door neighbors, summer camp friends, family friends who grew up together, playground promises kept.
About This List
This list of 13epic Childhood Friends fanfics spans 2,818,740 total words. Kudos range from 35 on the newest entries to 26,290 on the most established. 69% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Mature (6 of 13 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Childhood Friends · Friends to Lovers · Bakugou Katsuki Swears A Lot · Enemies to Lovers · Best Friends.
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