Best Short Enemies to Friends to Lovers Fanfics
Enemies to Friends to Lovers novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 20 Short Enemies to Friends to Lovers Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with enemies to friends to lovers and falls in the 10,000–50,000 words range.
With a Conquering Air
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
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
Strange Bedfellows
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.
Don’t mind if I keep your tie (And your heart, babe)
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.
this time it's a tweet cute
by Owlwinter
Sapnap: Damn, even I think that is one dry-ass trending descriptionSapnap: How much do you get paid to write those again?George: none. this is an unpaid internship and I hate it here.--Or: in which George is the Twitter Description Man, and Dream is the perpetually-trending Minecraft youtuber he has
typing…
by shaneverse
+1 (617) 555-9214 [image blurred] thinking about u +1 (857) 555-4473 i’m guessing this wasn’t meant for me +1 (617) 555-9214 fuck.or: Shane Hollander receives a thirst trap from an unknown number - and absolutely should not reply, especially considering how much he and Ilya Rozanov can’t stand each
Where There's a Will There's a Way
by xiaq
Luke walks straight to Din and Din suddenly feels like he should be doing something with his hands.“Hi,” he says.“Hi,” Luke agrees, grinning. “So. I didn’t get your name, before. Grogu just calls you ‘Daddy’ in his head but I’m assuming I should call you something else.”Din chokes a little.*****This
Build It Better
by Anonymous
“Congratulations, Steve. You’re having a baby.”
If I Were Easy To Kill, You Would Have Done It Already
by TrenchcoatGecko
Sonic Movie 3 Spoilers! Sonic is struck with grief in the wake of Shadow's sacrifice. Shadow, in his truest form—his pain, his honor, the good in his heart—is Sonic's little secret. The world isn't ready. Nobody would understand, not even his own family. Sonic is more than ready to shoulder the bu
go ahead and try to see through me
by rubyillusions
Shadow hissed in pain. The laser had just grazed him, but it still stung, and he instinctively gripped the wound it left on his arm. “You dare-”He stopped. The laser hadn’t hit him. In fact, it had struck Sonic, right on his lower left arm.So why did his forearm feel like it just got shot?He whipped
Closing Time
by surveycorpsjean
The same customer buys coffee every day right before closing, and Cloud absolutely hates his guts.
And in the end I will seek you out amongst the stars
by mandzilkos
It was already pretty late, so the streets were quiet. Max enjoyed the peacefulness, but on the last stretch that led to the hotel, he suddenly had the overwhelming urge to turn back. Charles was a few meters behind him, in a mid-brisk walk. Max stopped and waited for him to catch up. He fell into s
who ya gonna call?
by igneousbitch
“Fret not, honeybun.” Gideon shook her red hair out of her eyes, belligerent. “I’m not totally sold on your whole skepticism thing.”“Well,” Harrow said, ignoring the nickname. She turned to the rest of the room, clearing her throat politely before addressing the empty air. “Ghosts, if you’re real, g
You're Going Places I Can't Follow
by VaultEscapeArtist
Nordic Dovahkiin Rakel wakes up not only with the worst hangover she's ever had, but also in the worst situation she could ever imagine; marriage. And if that wasn't bad enough, Rakel discovers who she's hitched to for life.
i wonder if you'd take it slow
by fraudulentzodiacs
Leon expects a snarky, asshat response from Tkachuk. Instead, he listens to Tkachuk over footage of himself playing with his mouth open in shock.“I think he’s a great player.” Tkachuk tells the interviewer. “I think he’s, uh, having a great year. I think both of them together is a really great one-t
An Early Intervention
by 3tuxedocats
Twenty-year-old Georgiana Darcy accompanies her brother and their friends to Netherfield, where she witnesses her brother's growing infatuation with Elizabeth Bennet along with Elizabeth's marked dislike of him in return. Concerned by her observations, she has conversations with both parties where t
Game On
by OpeningMyEyes
“You’re a player, so let’s play a game. Let’s sweet talk. Let’s play fight. Let’s talk 24/7. Let’s tell each other good morning and goodnight every day. Let’s take walks together. Let’s give each other nicknames. Let’s hang out with each other’s friends. Let’s go on dates. Let’s talk on the phone al
Friends With Benefits
by MidnightStorm6593
"Don't tell me you said what I think you just said." "Oh, come on," he says, rolling his eyes. "Don't tell me you've never thought of it."Okay, so maybe she had. Once. Or twice. Or maybe a few times. But that had been back when he was just Older Sexy Danger Guy™ and not a crazy, sometimes homicidal
Pavlov's Spell
by ret_wat
Canon divergent after Something Blue, where Spike and Buffy somehow become friends and everyone's really weirded out by it.And sometimes they do the graveyard smash.
love bites & recompense (i'll be with you until the end)
by sarcastic_fina
While stuck in the prison world, Bonnie and Damon strike up a physical relationship. It's not cheating if you're dead, right? Bonnie tells herself she can let him go in the end, but she's never been much of a liar. [3-Parts]
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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
This list of 20short Enemies to Friends to Lovers fanfics spans 530,680 total words. Kudos range from 953 on the newest entries to 30,036 on the most established. Nearly all (85%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Explicit (7 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Enemies to Friends to Lovers · Fluff · Hurt/Comfort · Enemies to Lovers · Fake/Pretend Relationship.
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