Enemies to Friends to Lovers

The long road taken in full: open hostility softens into reluctant truce, truce grows into real friendship, and friendship finally tips into romance. The middle stage is the point — these fics insist the characters actually like each other before they love each other.

25,000 works

What is Enemies to Friends to Lovers in fanfiction?

The long road taken in full: open hostility softens into reluctant truce, truce grows into real friendship, and friendship finally tips into romance. The middle stage is the point — these fics insist the characters actually like each other before they love each other. With over 25,000 works on Archive of Our Own, Enemies to Friends to Lovers is one of the most beloved tropes in fanfiction.

Why readers love Enemies to Friends to Lovers

By refusing to skip from hatred straight to kissing, this trope earns its ending twice over, giving readers both a friendship worth rooting for and the ache of risking it.

Examples of Enemies to Friends to Lovers

War survivors from opposite sides becoming drinking companions years before either dares name what changed, or childhood enemies whose truce over a shared project outlasts the project.

Best Enemies to Friends to Lovers Fanfics

The highest-rated Enemies to Friends to Lovers stories across all fandoms on AO3.

1

The Way You Used To Do

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by edema_ruh

"We're really sorry," his father says, in a teary-eyed, wobbly way. "But your friend, Izuku, he's... He's gone, son."Katsuki can do nothing but blink up at them for moments that feel like an eternity, eyes darting between both his parents in obvious confusion, disbelief, and, more than anything, ind

72,220 kudos 670,180 words ~2681 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Soul Bond Enemies to Friends to Lovers Slow Burn
2

From The Sidelines

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by suffocatingspring

When long-time enemies, Bakugo Katsuki--the all-star athlete and rascal of Ise--and Izuku Midoriya, the town sweetheart, are paired together for a long-term project, the quiet beachside town of Ise suddenly gets a bit louder.In which, Katsuki is an asshole pole vaulter, Izuku is going to fail psycho

58,463 kudos 404,533 words ~1619 min read Explicit
Coming of Age Eventual Smut 80s Beachtown Aesthetic
3

The Darkening of Your Soul

by Maeglin_Yedi

Harry is betrayed. Harry gets a second chance to do it all over again.There is just one catch. If Harry gets to keep his memories from his previous life, so does Voldemort.

47,910 kudos 260,498 words ~1042 min read Mature
Enemies to Friends to Lovers Time Travel Time Travel Fix-It
4

Fall Asleep (Fall For You)

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by drannie

“They say when you fall in love you can’t fall asleep, but now that I’ve met you I feel like I finally can.” A University AU where Jungkook and Taehyung become roommates. But Jungkook has insomnia and can't fall asleep with other people and Taehyung can't fall asleep alone.

40,923 kudos 149,957 words ~600 min read Mature
taekook-centric side yoonmin Alternate Universe - College/University
5

Everything or Nothing

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by Wellthathappened (Cataclysmic_Calamity)

College AU where Chuuya finds out that the boy he drunkenly made out with the night of orientation is his new roommate.His arrogant, smug, very straight roommate.And the boys are each convinced the other is trying to ruin their life by making them go absolutely insane.Turkish Translation Here Vietn

30,325 kudos 264,937 words ~1060 min read Explicit
Alternate Universe - College/University Alternate Universe - No Powers oh my god they were roommates
6

With a Conquering Air

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by inexplicifics

From the kinkmeme: AU Warlord!Geralt receives Tribute!Jaskier as a sacrifice to appease him in every way possible. Jaskier has no choice on the matter and he’s fully aware of the awful rumours that have spread about Geralt and his ruthless conquests. (But we all know those aren’t legit.) A classic a

30,036 kudos 27,880 words ~112 min read Explicit
Alternate Universe Timeline What Timeline Enemies to Friends to Lovers
7

Such Sweet Revenge

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by ali_aliska

When the Rogues are back in the States after being pardoned, the New Avengers want nothing to do with them and as far as Tony is concerned, if he never speaks to them again, it'll be too soon. After all, he didn't spend the last year putting himself (and his family) back together only for his former

29,643 kudos 167,714 words ~671 min read Mature
Post-Captain America: Civil War (Movie) Team Iron Man not team Cap friendly
8

Way Down We Go

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by xiaq

The war was over.Or at least that’s what the papers said.They’d been saying it, for months, as if people needed reminding.Maybe they did.***In which Harry and Draco both run away from their pasts and conveniently choose to hide in the same tiny American town.It's super.

28,473 kudos 109,767 words ~440 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Not Epilogue Compliant Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE Fix-It
9

The Marks We Make

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by WittyyName

Lance McClain constantly dreams of the day he'll finally meet his mysterious soulmate. They don't say much, if anything at all, but they leave him with gorgeous paintings temporarily tattooing his skin. It's not exactly the situation he hoped for, but when he feels the connection between them, he ca

26,731 kudos 255,302 words ~1022 min read Mature
Alternate Universe - Soulmates Alternate Universe - Modern Setting Alternate Universe - College/University
10

The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy

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by speechwriter

The night that Harry and Dumbledore return from the cave, the Death Eaters are delayed from reaching the top of the Astronomy Tower for one more minute. Draco Malfoy lowers his wand.A Deathly Hallows rewrite in which Draco accepts Dumbledore's offer to fake his death and go into hiding with the Orde

25,967 kudos 289,780 words ~1160 min read Mature
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Not Canon Compliant - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Slow Burn
11

(do you take this jerk to be) your one and only

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by jatersade

Under the leadership of Fire Lord Iroh, the Fire Nation has made every attempt to restore peace and make amends for the harm they inflicted during the Seventy-Year War. Their newest proposal is a literal proposal: a marriage to unite the Fire Nation and the Water Tribes. The Fire Nation offers Princ

25,189 kudos 55,843 words ~224 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Enemies to Friends to Lovers Sort of? - Freeform Arranged Marriage
12

Lost Time Without You

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by rotasha

In a universe where your soulmate’s injuries show up on your skin, Bruce is convinced he doesn’t have a soulmate, and Clark is seriously concerned for his soulmate’s well-being.

23,924 kudos 68,792 words ~276 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Alternate Universe - Soulmates Enemies to Friends to Lovers Slow Burn
13

Tell Me When You're Drowning

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by ThyNameNotSpoken

Izuku is in the Support Course, perfectly happy having given up his dream of being a Hero long ago. It’s just not possible for him with the nature of his quirk. As long as he continues to manage his quirk, life should be easy sailing. . . right? The teachers of UA think otherwise and become particul

22,047 kudos 226,700 words ~907 min read Mature
Support Course Deku Family Fluff Support Course
14

Meet Your Match

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by morriganmercy

After the war, Draco Malfoy seeks refuge from infamy in the Muggle world. A friendly Muggle couple takes him under their wing, but there’s a problem: they are intent on setting him up with their best friend, Hermione Granger. Or, in which the Muggle friends Hermione Granger undoubtedly would have ha

22,002 kudos 121,611 words ~487 min read Explicit
POV Hermione Granger POV Draco Malfoy Explicit Sexual Content
15

Eight's Company

by darkbluedark

The first two nights, Harry sleeps like the dead— or, well, maybe that's not the best comparison, given the number of inferi attacks reported lately.He sleeps like a log. Like a dead log. An un-re-animated dead log. From an everyday, inanimate, non-whomping tree.After that, Harry wakes up screaming

21,893 kudos 15,909 words ~64 min read Teen And Up Audiences
Time Travel Time Travel Fix-It Time Travelling Harry Potter
16

Strange Bedfellows

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by orphan_account

When Harry encounters a frail and fidgety Draco Malfoy at the Ministry, he just knows something is wrong and he’s determined to get to the bottom of it.A story about Deadly Nightshade, crippling insomnia, excellent wine … and finding what you need in the strangest of circumstances.

20,862 kudos 30,692 words ~123 min read Explicit
Auror Harry Potter Ministry Worker Draco Malfoy Ministry of Magic
17

Sharpen Your Teeth

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by STARSdidathing

A betrayed Tony Stark leaves the Avengers. He's angry and bitter but he's not about to stop being a hero. The problem is that not everyone is happy with his decision.

20,552 kudos 369,451 words ~1478 min read Mature
Alliances Vengeful Tony Stark Tony Stark Has Issues
18

Don’t mind if I keep your tie (And your heart, babe)

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by Ingi

The Eighth year common room has a parrot in it, courtesy of McGonagall and her mad search for interhouse bonding.Most of the time, it's just there, until one day it repeats "Potter has a damn fine arse." And the Slytherins know exactly who the parrot's mimicking...Draco is not amused.

19,288 kudos 21,363 words ~86 min read General Audiences
Not Epilogue Compliant Humor Fluff
19

Soft Hands, Fast Feet, Can't Lose

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by dolce_piccante

American Uni AU. Harry Styles is a frat boy football star from the wealthy Styles Family athletic dynasty. A celebrity among football fans, he knows how to play, he knows how to party, and he knows how to fuck (all of which is well known among his legion of admirers). Louis Tomlinson is a student an

18,105 kudos 112,853 words ~452 min read Mature
Alternate Universe Alternate Universe - College/University American Football
20

good night, darling

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by purplemineralwater

"I can send you back. Not to your body, but to one many years ago. Harry, you must fix the natural order of Death, on my behalf."   Harry's breath faltered. It was all so confusing... Harry had died. He had died and spoken to Death and suddenly he was standing in Hogwarts, in 1942, and the Sorting H

17,950 kudos 161,886 words ~648 min read Explicit
Time Travel Time Travel Fix-It Master of Death Harry Potter

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There are over 25,000 works tagged with Enemies to Friends to Lovers on Archive of Our Own.

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Popular fandoms for Enemies to Friends to Lovers include Harry Potter, The 100, ATLA.

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