Best Mature Dark Fic Fanfics
The 22 most-loved mature dark fic fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. Fiction is a safe room for examining the worst possibilities, and many readers find catharsis in stories that take pain and cruelty seriously instead of looking away.
Top 22 Mature Dark Fic Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with dark fic and rated Mature.
Like Glass
by entanglednow
Sam wakes up on the bathroom floor.
Frump Family Curse
by 7_L_7
Wednesday is a bit more dark and Tyler is a bit more needy.
Let Us Be Your Poison
by GodSaveTheKings
When Ruby was four, she saw her mother executed by the Kingdom of Atlas. In a world without Grimm, Huntsmen are mere soldiers, and Ruby is trained in secret to redeem her mom's destructive legacy. But to succeed, she'll have to survive her own teammates: an heiress born with a terrible curse, a revo
Cat's Cradle
by Darthamster12
In the days after the end of Season Four, Paris finds itself under the thumb of Monarch, who now controls all of the Miraculouses from the Miracle Box. Ladybug is MIA, leaving only the unpopular and the butt of all jokes Cat Noir able to fight off the new terror. But with the memories of his mothe
And I'll cry until I die
by WingedSeraphim
After living a long and fulfilling life with his family and friends, Kurosaki Ichigo died at the age of 70 with no regrets. He had expected to wake up in the afterlife. However, the world he had woken up to was a terrible one. A world where Aizen had won, killed the Soul King and become the new So
Un/Broken
by skargasm
Void is gone but Stiles is left with the guilt of everything that he did whilst possessed. Unable to pull himself out of it, and unwilling to inflict how he feels on his friends, he begins to pull away from the Pack. Making a list of things he needs to accomplish before he’s allowed to relieve every
The Awkwardly Inelegant Misadventures of Amaya Kedves
by MehrunesDagonbro
When the decrepit Emperor of fairyland started to have weird dreams about you being the Hero destined to “close shut the jaws of Oblivion” (whatever that means) and finding his long-lost bastard son, you know things are going downhill fast. Especially when you've been thrown into a world where liter
Daughter of The Castle
by Asphodelic_Witch
In the hollow silence following the Battle of Hogwarts, Hermione Granger finds herself shattered. Haunted by the loss of her friends and the weight of physical and emotional trauma, she struggles to find a reason to endure in a world that feels irrevocably broken. As she questions the true cost of t
Trust
by Hamimifk (BatchSan)
Pre-series. When Spike first befriended Vicious, there were things he never thought the other man would make him do.
This Ain't God's Land
by Yarha_Pink
After killing Edgar Ross, Jack Marston heads north, leaving behind his mother’s dream and the life that almost held. The land he rides into is no longer wild — it’s being dismantled and sold, and there’s little room for men who don’t fit its new order. Among bandits, runaways, and people living on t
Ghost
by itsjeswilliams
Louis Tomlinson is careful. He lives by rules, distance and no attachments, because anything softer gets people hurt. Harry Styles is none of those things. A chance meeting turns into something Louis can’t erase, and when his violent world starts circling too close to the one good thing he’s ever wa
The Prophet Tankhun Stole
by Himewolf87
Jeff only means to warn Tankhun Theerapanyakun about a death he sees coming. It should end there: one vision, one saved life, one awkward thank-you, then Jeff can go home to Alan and pretend his hands are not still shaking.Tankhun has other plans.By midnight, Jeff has three bodyguards, a plate of ma
Ever Slightly Out of Reach
by Holdt
Three years after Superman died in neural drift, the UN Pan-Pacific Defense Committee has finally found language cowardly enough to say what they've always meant: loving Clark Kent makes Bruce Wayne unfit for duty. They think they can regulate grief away through proper documentation. They think love
Though Hope is Frail, It's Hard to Kill
by Anonymous
Tira wakes up in a world very different from the one she came from. Alive, in the body of her tender five year old self, scarred, blind, and confused.The Madrigals of this new world welcome her with open arms. She awaits the inevitable betrayal, her trust shattered from her old life. But little does
Pictures
by Philosopherscribe
Joker loved his Batsy. He loved him so much he couldn’t stand it.
Inanis
by Annily7
Revenu d’entre les morts, affaibli par la morsure de Nagini, Rogue tombe entre les mains de Harry, qui ignore encore tout des souvenirs cachés dans ses larmes.Aveuglé par sa haine et son désir de vengeance, Harry va lui faire subir les pires atrocités... avant de se demander : qui est vraiment Sever
Contract Arc
by ArchangelNik
A small series of short stories in english:You're a new employee at a special agency, trying to learn the ranks. Caution:This contains manipulative and toxic dynamics, consume with awareness.
Til Death do us Part
by Asgardian_coroner
Хэвлок Ветинари не понаслышке знает, что значит совершить убийство.
Those darkened thoughts
by Nelja-in-English (Nelja)
Just after Chuuya's forcible recruitment into the mafia, Dazai keeps him unwanted company in the ambulance.
Operation: OnlyHeroes
by spectrajimmykey
What would do if you were offered a job at the Hall of Justice or the Avengers Tower, only to find out it's an OnlyFans content house? Well, that's the protagonist's life right now, Toby Williams. He's a bit of a mild-mannered everyman and cliched college student, dreaming to be a hero when he grew
my fav is my reason for living
by maverickmelodee
The Roaring Twenties are in full swing, and Ichika Hoshino is a secretary for a railroad baron in Sandusky, Ohio. It's not her favorite job, but the one thing she looks forward to is her favorite radio play every Monday night. One day at a party, Ichika meets Minori Hanasato, a voice actress for sai
Trickster's Lament - Loki in Valheim
by DragonOpal
Odin has been keeping a major secret and now Loki gets to find out, but at the cost of his freedom and under the guise of a 'chance at redemption'.Please... Odin NEVER intends for Loki to escape this nightmare world.----(Set in an alternate MCU timeline where Loki didn't fake his death on Svartalfhe
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This list of 22mature Dark Fic fanfics spans 2,334,423 total words. Kudos range from 3 on the newest entries to 5,066 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Mature (22 of 22 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Dark · Alternate Universe · Angst · Alternate Universe - Dark · Blood and Violence.
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