Best One-Shot Enemies to Friends to Lovers Fanfics

Enemies to Friends to Lovers one-shots under 10k words — the trope distilled to a single complete read. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.

Enemies to Friends to Lovers 20 one-shot fics Avg 4,616 words short stories under 10,000 words

Top 20 One-Shot Enemies to Friends to Lovers Fanfics

Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with enemies to friends to lovers and falls in the short stories under 10,000 words range.

1

self-fulfilling prophecy

by palant1r

Sokka thinks fortune-telling is bullshit, until Aunt Wu tells him he's going to marry the Firelord. Then he knows fortune-telling is bullshit.

16,162 kudos 1,911 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
2

took no time with the fall

by cherryvanilla

When the Avengers had briefed him on Deadpool, they played up the Kills People for Money and Has No Real Morals angle and left out the Is Pretty Damn Funny and Charming in a Weird, Terrifying Sort of Way part. Or, five times they meet on rooftops plus one time they take it to the streets*(*with apol

12,489 kudos 8,648 words 1/1 chapters Mature Complete
3

Adapt and Endure (WebComic)

by Aydaptic

After the CyberLife store raid, Chris was left traumatized by the event of having a gun pointed at his head and was ordered to take some time off. Gavin -- currently without a partner -- temporarily received a new one... a surprisingly snarky RK900 that was to go for a test drive. "Take your time,

2,832 kudos 2,026 words 21/21 chapters Mature Complete
4

what's new pussycat?

by haroldslouis

"You couldn't have gotten Gary's cat pregnant?" Matt asks Teddy, who is lying in the windowsill. "You just had to get with the cat of the guy who hates my guts?"or: Matt and Leon are neighbors.

1,027 kudos 8,247 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
5

a fist amidst the hands

by i_shot_the_story

That's the heart of your beef with Kris Dreemurr, really:You stopped trying to make nice with other kids after the twenty billionth time you got treated like shit for it. They never felt the need to try in the first place.

970 kudos 3,804 words 1/3 chapters Explicit
6

Skate Lines

by Estian

Adrien's (21) figure skating career was at an all-time high. Two Olympic medals, six-time Grand Prix champion, great social life and even a romantic life. But his career came to a screeching halt during his Grand Prix final in Vancouver, Canada. He failed the landing of his axel jump, causing him to

23 kudos 6,309 words 5/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
7

Leave On The Light For Me

by ellezeewrites71

Robin Buckley is a world famous musician. Nancy Wheeler is an award-winning journalist. They haven't seen each other in almost twenty years, until one day Nancy decides to write a profile on Robin for her magazine. There's just one little problem...Robin despises Nancy. An enemies to FWB to lovers A

17 kudos 7,388 words 1/17 chapters Explicit
8

Podfic of "Man for Sale" by That_Squirrel_Is_Drunk

by Kninjaknitter

Stede Bonnet is a famous romance author, recovering from the breakup of his marriage and suffering from writer's block. Through an incredible twist of fate, he changes his life and meets the man of his dreams, village librarian Ed Teach.

14 kudos 202 words 28/28 chapters Mature Complete
9

The Borrowed Eye

by stellamora

Kaeya had seen the future countless times. He knew exactly where he was supposed to meet Diluc Ragnvindr and it wasn't in a tavern in Snezhnaya. As one prophecy begins to unravel, a Fatui Harbinger and a grieving son find themselves chasing the same man through the frozen north. The deeper they sear

14 kudos 9,399 words 2/? chapters Mature
10

custody battle

by RuanChunXian

Prompt: Peter and Caspian are arguing over Rhindon’s custody (modern day, Rhindon is a dog, enemies to friends to lovers)

14 kudos 146 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
11

A Chef For The Kitsune

by Celeste_Kyanite

Kojiro is a single dad that is in need of some cash to raise his son Miya since his restaurant had to be temporarily closed due to a dust roach infestation. In need of cash, Kojiro, given his cooking skills, applies to help be a chef for nobleman Ainosuke. However, after being accepted, Kojiro is sh

11 kudos 3,237 words 2/? chapters General Audiences
12

The Joy And The Chaos [Slow Updates]

by Books_With_Promise

In S4 E5 of OUAT, Emma Swan hopped onto a bus, went to Hopkins, Minnesota, met Lily, the daughter of Maleficent. This is not that story. While Emma still hopped on a bus, she ended up in Albany, New York instead. Where one Billy Russo live in a group home by the name of Ray of Hope. How will things

10 kudos 8,703 words 6/? chapters Mature
13

When Spirits Collide in Ba Sing Se

by JadeMoonLily

This is a retelling of the Netflix Live Action adaptation where The Painted Lady and Blue Spirit meet. My goal was to keep as much of the lore from the comics, books, and animated series as much as possible while incorporating the changes made from the live action. And what could have been if these

9 kudos 5,007 words 2/? chapters General Audiences
14

Scars on your skin

by Fisch_Fisch

When Link though It couldn't get worse it gets worse in form of a very displeased acquaintance. He has to safe Hyrule and pay back the debt he owed along the way. Between self doubt and a duty that seemed far to heavy for him to carry, Link slowly finds comfort in his unlikely ally. Maybe... not bei

9 kudos 7,542 words 3/? chapters Not Rated
15

Book one: Dragon Benders

by Rosalee_Books

When the shirshus start to attack the southern water tribe no one dares to come help them. All the riders are stationed at the capital leaving her people defenseless, Katara, daughter of the chief steps out from the shadows she’s buried herself in after the death of both her mother and brother to jo

8 kudos 8,349 words 7/30 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
16

I hate her.

by LadyRomanova

High school AU where Natalia Romanova hates Wanda Maximoff for many reasons, none being good reasons. Wanda also hates Natalia, but for unknown reasons. Hopefully they will make up, eventually.   I’m horrible at summary’s

8 kudos 2,777 words 2/? chapters Not Rated
17

Their spark in the dark

by LogaNyan

After struggling to find a date for the upcoming winter formal, Veronica begins to struggle with her sexuality and begins to miss her old friends. All it takes is a sleepover and a snowstorm to break the camel's back.

6 kudos 3,085 words 1/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
18

The Weight of Peace

by ChemNut94

After the war, Harry returns to Hogwarts expecting his final year to be simple. Instead, he finds himself struggling to adjust to a life without purpose. As his relationship with Ginny begins to unravel, Professor McGonagall offers him an unexpected apprenticeship under Severus Snape. Between lesson

5 kudos 1,571 words 1/? chapters Mature
19

Miraculous Ladybug Insomniac AU

by Ginevra_Writes27

Miracle Queen takes place. Chloe is akumatized and betrays the team of the heroes. But instead of being caught she manages to get away with the bee miraculous in hand. What follows is a long antagonizing night for the young girl. And then the sunrises and the sun shines light on now shaken up and ne

5 kudos 1,417 words 2/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
20

Still in you

by Cantorsonglover

El amor es un huracán o un viento en calma, cualquiera puede interpretar a su gusto el romance.. pero, para dos ciertas personas el amor fue a solo verlo. Al hermano más alegre el amor le llegó como si fuera un flechazo lento, porque sintió ese calor antes pero, no tanto con el pasar del tiempo. Y,

5 kudos 2,543 words 3/3 chapters General Audiences Complete

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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

3,804
median words
35%
complete
16,162
top kudos
~15 minutes
median read time

This list of 20one-shot Enemies to Friends to Lovers fanfics spans 92,311 total words. Kudos range from 5 on the newest entries to 16,162 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Mature (6 of 20 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Enemies to Friends to Lovers · Slow Burn · Alternate Universe - Modern Setting · Eventual Smut · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence.

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