Best Long Enemies to Friends to Lovers Fanfics

Enemies to Friends to Lovers fanfics from 50k to 100k words — full novel length with room for slow development. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.

Enemies to Friends to Lovers 20 long fics Avg 74,613 words 50,000–100,000 words

Top 20 Long Enemies to Friends to Lovers Fanfics

Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with enemies to friends to lovers and falls in the 50,000–100,000 words range.

1

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

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 10/10 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
2

Lost Time Without You

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 21/21 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
3

Stick With You

by lettersinpetals

The MSBY Black Jackals were vacationing on an island when lockdown measures were put in place due to a pandemic. While the rest of their teammates managed to get on the last flight back to Japan, Kiyoomi and Atsumu didn't make it.To be stuck in close quarters with your enemy-slash-teammate in a fore

16,614 kudos 99,365 words 44/44 chapters Explicit Complete
4

Homesick at Space Camp

by K0bot

Lance realizes he's been an asshole to Keith, and on a diplomatic mission to a key planet for the Voltron alliance he... overcompensates.

16,375 kudos 74,280 words 15/15 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
5

Finger Lickin'

by minisungverse

Jisung truly didn’t mean to steal Minho’s jersey. He didn’t even know whose it was - let alone who the hell Lee Minho was - he just grabbed it, not a thought in his mind as he tugged it over his head as he rushed to get ready for the game. He still barely knew his way around the locker rooms and the

10,675 kudos 66,804 words 10/10 chapters Explicit
6

i can't take you anywhere

by dimolto

“One more word and I’m going to drive us both off a cliff,” Hinata deadpanned.“Well, I would probably survive it. Ultimate Lucky Student and all.” Komaeda tilted his head. “But if you really do want to kill me, I’m sure we can find a way to make it happen!”On the way back from the third-year class t

8,208 kudos 68,923 words 11/11 chapters Mature Complete
7

Who's Gonna Drive You Home?

by LaVeraceVia

“Steve,” she says again, with more urgency, and now he’s sure it’s Max. “I need your help.” Steve’s pulse goes into overdrive. “Max, what’s wrong? I can get Hopper- ”“No!” she cuts him off, talking fast. “No cops. There’s no time and, and…it’s so cold out there and—and there’s just no time okay? You

6,854 kudos 81,262 words 12/12 chapters Explicit Complete
8

the poem you make of me

by cmere

"Just, you know," Henry says. "If your mum weren't the president and you were just a normal bloke living a normal life, what things might be like? What you'd be doing instead?" After being discovered on Instagram as a teenager, Alex Diaz is thriving as a social media influencer and model who just la

6,399 kudos 91,517 words 16/16 chapters Explicit Complete
9

open your eyes and see

by flying_dream

Ever since they were children, Jisung and Hyunjin have never particularly gotten along. It's a given fact of life: the sky is blue, the sun sets in the west, and Hwang Hyunjin and Han Jisung hate each other. But then their friends somehow get it into their heads that they're dating and instead of se

5,237 kudos 84,203 words 7/7 chapters Not Rated Complete
10

On Stranger Tides

by theroyalsavage

When Hinata Shouyou is 13 years old, his village is raided by pirates.Most everything Hinata knows is destroyed in the attack, lost to the flames, but he and his sister are pulled from the wreckage by a boy with eyes the color of a storm. Their lives are saved, but irrevocably altered - their home i

4,182 kudos 74,081 words 16/16 chapters Mature Complete
11

When We're Both Thirty

by Helena_Hathaway

Frank and Gerard were childhood friends. And then they were enemies. Finally, they became strangers. They’d been friends though, and maybe they’d been a little too affectionate, because everyone thought the two of them would get married someday. Before they became enemies, they had even agreed to us

4,156 kudos 84,566 words 30/30 chapters Explicit Complete
12

Bloodlust

by libbywednesday

After a strange encounter, Kyle ends up a vampire and, through a twist of fate, he finds himself in an unusual symbiotic relationship with Cartman. It's unsustainable, though, and Kyle is forced to accept the fact that he'll need to regularly kill to survive. Cartman has a plan, however, and the two

3,477 kudos 99,898 words 32/32 chapters Explicit
13

The Black Lily Community Center

by Ebibily

One day, almost ten years after the war is over, Harry is picking up Teddy from his wizarding primary school, and he discovers Scorpius is getting bullied. Harry can't just sit idly by.Or, Harry runs a community center, Teddy and Scorpius become friends, and Draco has accepted the fact that his past

3,432 kudos 70,670 words 15/15 chapters Explicit Complete
14

wouldn't it be nice? (in the kind of world where we belonged)

by SummerFrost

Spike is still beneath her, so hard he's vibrating, and a second ago she was living in this amazing, perfect, fresh piece of Dubble Bubble bubblegum world. A second ago, she loved him. Or: The thing about Willow's will-be-done spell is that, yeah, obviously it sucks that it happened with Spike. But

2,757 kudos 50,628 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
15

Feedback Loop

by Cantique

He exhales, shifting, visibly as on edge as V feels right now. Fuck, she’s getting a little worked up by so much as the proposition, which is… confusing. “You’re still going, which gets me going, which puts us both in a fuckin’--”“Feedback loop,” V concludes. Fuck. He’s got a point. An actual, legit

2,322 kudos 61,844 words 19/19 chapters Explicit Complete
16

Tangerine [RTHCM]

by PrincelyPeasant

And then both of your fathers spoke, Camilo only ever hearing his Papá’s voice over the other’s.“Doing great, Hijo!” His father complimented, giving him a thumbs up that made him smile.Though that smile never lasted, as his ears caught the muttered syllables under your breath as you pulled away and

2,103 kudos 67,655 words 14/? chapters General Audiences
17

the divergence of divine law

by darkmillennium

“You pathetic little worm,” Michael snarls, and Adam hopes he looks defiant, jaw tightly clenched as he stares back at the being who was the entire reason he was in this mess. “You presume to know me? Me? You don’t. You’re nothing." And the archangel is smug, for all of a moment, before Adam lean

2,093 kudos 73,120 words 14/14 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
18

(looking for) shapes in the silence

by brightbolt

“There’s something you need to know,” Harrow said to John and Mercymorn. She locked eyes with Gideon, holding her gaze firm.White-ringed eyes flicked between them, and a frown flickered on John’s face. “Alright.”“Well, it’s interesting that you’ve chosen to tell me about the visa application now,” H

1,781 kudos 95,152 words 6/8 chapters Explicit
19

The Machinery of Night

by stickypearls

It’s definitely stupid to sleep across from an undead cannibal, but Lucy is too tired for safety regulations. If he wants to make jerky out of her ass cheeks, he will.But he probably won’t. Lucy has noticed that something has been decidedly less callous about his behavior, ever since she saved him.

1,500 kudos 63,085 words 29/29 chapters Explicit Complete
20

Knowing You, Knowing Me

by Jenovahh

Waking in an Elezen body, Zenos decides that his empire is going nowhere anytime soon and tracks down the Warrior of Light instead. Once found, he demands their battle continue, only able to growl as the Warrior of Light laughs him off and promises him their battle in due time. With no other options

1,301 kudos 60,581 words 50/50 chapters Mature

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About 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.

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.

Common scenarios: 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.

About This List

73,120
median words
75%
complete
25,189
top kudos
~4.9 hours
median read time

This list of 20long Enemies to Friends to Lovers fanfics spans 1,492,269 total words. Kudos range from 1,301 on the newest entries to 25,189 on the most established. 75% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (10 of 20 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Enemies to Friends to Lovers · Slow Burn · Enemies to Lovers · Mutual Pining · Enemies to Friends.

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