Best Teen-Rated Coming of Age Fanfics
The 14 most-loved teen-rated coming of age fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. Growing up is the one story every reader has lived, and fanfic lets beloved characters do it with more honesty and time than canon ever allowed.
Top 14 Teen-Rated Coming of Age Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with coming of age and rated Teen And Up.
touch like velvet
by ciders
It was easy for Will Byers to fall in love with Mike Wheeler. The trouble came when he had to pretend it wasn't real.
under the sky in room 553 i discovered you and i
by spellfire
“Have you ever heard about the origami hearts tradition in the hospital?” Taking the heart, the child excitedly inspected it, nodding in glee. “Yes! My mama told me that when someone leaves the hospital to go to heaven, we all fold a paper heart for them! Like this, like this!” “That’s right,” chuck
Close to the Chest
by darkmagicalgirl
It takes Yahaba thirteen years to realize he's different from the other kids, one to figure out how to hide it, and two more to learn to be happy just the way he is. Yahaba's journey ft. an extremely annoyed Kyoutani, best friend in the world Watari, and loads and loads of good senpai Oikawa.
Switched
by GhostsOnSaturn
Soulmates AU where your consciousness occasionally swaps places with that of your soulmate for varying amounts of time.Katsuki Yuuri was just six years old when it first happened. He had been minding his own business, quite happily drawing an interesting rendition of a bird perched outside his windo
The Elvenqueen
by pristineungift
One person can make a difference: sometimes large, sometimes small. This is the story of a young witch who died under mysterious circumstances and woke up in a completely different world - a world she would change just by existing. Follow the journey of Hermione Granger as she walks the path to beco
the book of us: electricity
by orphan_account
HJ @hyunfortunately 5h;-; i was at the store and this song was playing over the speakers and i tried to remember some lyrics so i could search it up later but i can’t find it this is TRAGICHJ @hyunfortunately 5hit was in korean and it’s kind of got rock-pop-balladish vibes and the first line of it w
Learning Curves (and how it all leads me to you)
by TheWanderers
Sanji learns a lot of things as he grows up over the years, but it isn’t until he reaches high school and meets Monkey D. Luffy along with his ragtag band of friends that he truly learns to be happy.
声
by bloombang
声 [ko'e]: voice — in which the world relies solely on a dictionary of curses and onigiri ingredients. (spoiler-free; linked one shots with plot)
(my god) don't look at your phone
by breezilis
This is a rewrite. I wrote the original story in 2019ish, and then got massively burned out and self-conscious. I deleted everything—even my old AO3 account, magicalmayhems. And now, four years older and a little wiser, I decided to start this story again. To be clear: I do not intend to abandon it
In Every Moment
by Christensen
A collection of moments — glimpses of Jamie and Claire's life, from the first glance to forever. Growing up, falling in love, building a life together, one breathless, beautiful step at a time.
Daughter Of Discord: Rewritten
by Shustyrackle
screwball: a lively young girl having problems with Authority. It's not easy being the daughter of the lord of chaos and the element of kindness. Her life is about to take a sharp disastrous turn when she encounters a strangely charming and tragic boy named mothball, the next in line to the changeli
i'll watch as you go
by wheretheseaflows
Maki is afraid his first ever shift as a Werewolf will make him a monster. He’s only half-Were, after all. Harua gets Maki through it, hand in gentle hand. Even if Harua is bitter he can’t shift yet himself, unable to join Maki and the rest of the pack on their hunt. (Sometimes growing up isn’t so b
Sweetness
by Adei_Snowed
"Tell me, how would you feelwith no world of your ownAnd nobody to hold?I just can't see the way,I'm so glad it's todayAnd you're here, you're here." Survival doesn't leave room for sweetness. Surrounded by violence, desolation, and a class divide wide enough to swallow them both, Gendry knew better
Just a Man
by Your_Dream
A seaman's life, an old story, new coasts.
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About This List
This list of 14teen-rated Coming of Age fanfics spans 752,148 total words. Kudos range from 4 on the newest entries to 21,168 on the most established. 43% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (14 of 14 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Coming of Age · Slow Burn · Fluff · Angst · Alternate Universe - High School.
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