Best One-Shot Coming Out Fanfics
Coming Out one-shots under 10k words — the trope distilled to a single complete read. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 20 One-Shot Coming Out Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with coming out and falls in the short stories under 10,000 words range.
hot mics and hotter rivalries (or how i learned to stop worrying and let my boyfriend out us on national television)
by pucksandpower
Shane Hollander is going to murder his agent. And he means that literally. Because his agent is the reason he’s currently wearing a hot mic during Hockey Night in Canada. Against the Ottawa Centaurs. Against Ilya. Ilya, who has no filter. Ilya, who thinks workplace professionalism is a hilarious sug
WAG Support Network
by stabthroughme
Shane went down hard, bleeding on the ice, and Ilya was hiding in a stairwell to avoid Shane's teammates when he caught up on the WAG chat and saw the missed call from Jackie. Inspired by the last bit of "please leave a message" by Ravenesta
Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov Break the Internet
by UglyGreenJacket
[An image of this year’s NHL East All-Star team, including Ilya Rozanov, Shane Hollander, Wyatt Hayes, Troy Barrett, Carter Vaughn, and Scott Hunter, all smiling after winning this year’s NHL All-Star Game in Las Vegas] @NHLInsider There’s rumor going around that Page Six has evidence from last we
want the world to know
by eyes_to_the_sky
“Yes!” Jon almost yelps. “Damian, your family is probably the size of my entire class! And all of them know how to kill me in like, twenty different ways!”“Maybe thirty.”
The One Where Nico Has 30 Boyfriends
by a_million_stars
“Seriously? Me and Lester?” Nico looked ready to kill him. “If you keep speaking to me I think I’m going to throw up.”Or, a new friend from college desperately tries to figure out who Nico's secret boyfriend is. He messes up. A lot. If only Nico didn't have so many weirdly close friends from hig
A Series of Unfortunately Timed Coming Out's
by Queerbutstillhere (orphan_account)
The batfamily had this gift. This wonderful skill.They are such talented, brilliant, capable individuals.But they are absolutely horrendous at wisely timing coming out to their family members.These are their stories .Aka: "I love you all but could we stop coming out to each other during the middle o
what we might do (if we stop keeping a secret)
by indomitablelove
'This isn't how I wanted to tell people. I thought we'd get the chance to do it right.'- Red, White and Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston, p.327---or, in another world, Alex and Henry get to do it right.
Colors Speak Louder than Words
by funhousefreak
Sonic's friends throw him a surprise party for his birthday. But when Amy's gift brings back bad memories, Sonic is left to confide in someone he never thought he would.
Closed Fracture
by lightgetsin
"You're on Puck Daddy," Taylor said, instead of a greeting.Sidney sank back into the pillows. "So? What's new?""The headline is 'Best Hockey Player in the World Sidney Crosby Taken Out by Eight Year Old, Breaks Arm in Mite Hockey Game.'"
see you somewhere, someplace, sometime
by shinealightonme
You can't plan for Ronan; Declan doesn't know why he keeps trying.
Boyfriends From College
by Impossibly_Izzy
Jake dated two guys in college, but doesn't realise until he introduces one of them to Amy.
War Bride
by Speranza
"Rodney's my desert island guy," he says finally, because it's the simplest, truest thing he can say: if there's one person he gets to keep with him, he chooses McKay. It's as simple as that.
the company's fine
by trinketbox
"Is it even statistically possible for all of us to be gay?" Dorothea wondered aloud.
Never Have I Ever
by lilaWoelkchen
“Well“ Daniel said with a grin “I wanted to hold a part two of my presentation, I left some couples out last time. But some people were not so convinced when I mentioned that it’d include Pierre and Este…““DON‘T MENTION IT AGAIN!““WHAT MY TEAMMATE SAID!““Aww, they’re bonding already“ cooed George wi
days, be long and light
by heydoeydoey
“Now, I know the deal was I’m supposed to call you with an on the record scoop, but it seems silly to hang up just to call you back.”“You’re willing to go on the record?” Trent reaches for a pen.“Not just me. Turns out this team gets spitting mad over things like invasions of privacy and Rebecca wou
Tongue-Tied
by bloodstonepentagram
Even in the midst of everything that's going on, Touya is afraid of his father finding out about his feelings toward his friend Yukito. He knows it's ridiculous, or at least, he thinks it is, but that doesn't make it any easier.
Kiss of Despair
by feelthesarcasm
When he and Togami get pulled into another one of Monokuma's little games, Naegi discovers that even the bossy and unapproachable Ultimate Progeny needs to let someone else to take the lead sometimes. Or maybe like his talent, he truly is just lucky.
where a laugh meets a cry
by eurydicees
It was just a joke; a simple, easy, pointless joke about the two of them kissing. But the hurt on Kyoya's face makes the laughter die in the thin air between them. In which Tamaki jokes about a kiss and a crush, Kyoya has never been more humiliated, and Tamaki has never been more confused.
Love is the Safety We Keep
by Speakingtothedead
It’s been 2 months since the whole shatterverse conundrum, and Tails still has little to no information about what happened.He’d probably have more if Sonic weren’t so dead set on disappearing all the time.OrPost Sonic Prime, Sonic and Shadow keep the changes to their relationship quiet. Tails and K
i like the way the story ends
by fraudulentzodiacs
“I can’t believe this is how you want to come out.” Leon grumbles, staring at Matty from across his hotel room. Matthew just smirks and holds his hand out, making grabby hands toward Leon.
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About Coming Out
A character tells the people in their life who they are — their identity, their orientation, their relationship — and the story lives in the telling and its aftermath. These fics span the full range from joyful acceptance to painful rejection to quiet, anticlimactic relief.
For many readers this trope is personal, offering rehearsals of conversations they have had or hope to have, with beloved characters proving that the story continues afterward.
Common scenarios: A teen practicing the words in the mirror for weeks before dinner, or a superhero coming out at a press conference because subtlety was never their strength.
About This List
This list of 20one-shot Coming Out fanfics spans 91,114 total words. Kudos range from 1,163 on the newest entries to 28,881 on the most established. Nearly all (100%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (11 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Coming Out · Established Relationship · Fluff · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Fluff and Crack.
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