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.

Enemies to Friends to Lovers 20 short fics Avg 26,534 words 10,000–50,000 words

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.

1

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

30,036 kudos 27,880 words 7/7 chapters Explicit Complete
2

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 3/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
3

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.

20,862 kudos 30,692 words 1/1 chapters Explicit Complete
4

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.

19,288 kudos 21,363 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
5

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

15,384 kudos 12,122 words 6/6 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
6

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

12,300 kudos 21,353 words 10/10 chapters Not Rated Complete
7

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

10,762 kudos 20,985 words 9/9 chapters Mature Complete
8

Build It Better

by Anonymous

“Congratulations, Steve. You’re having a baby.”

7,487 kudos 29,884 words 7/7 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
9

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

4,998 kudos 28,456 words 10/10 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
10

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

4,881 kudos 31,234 words 12/12 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
11

Closing Time

by surveycorpsjean

The same customer buys coffee every day right before closing, and Cloud absolutely hates his guts.

4,395 kudos 49,672 words 9/9 chapters Explicit Complete
12

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

2,868 kudos 21,762 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
13

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

2,657 kudos 24,563 words 1/1 chapters Explicit Complete
14

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.

1,992 kudos 17,765 words 9/9 chapters Mature
15

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

1,936 kudos 25,325 words 1/1 chapters Mature Complete
16

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

1,912 kudos 35,300 words 5/5 chapters General Audiences Complete
17

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

1,330 kudos 31,186 words 11/11 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
18

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

1,237 kudos 15,671 words 10/10 chapters Explicit Complete
19

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.

1,061 kudos 35,230 words 6/6 chapters Explicit Complete
20

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]

953 kudos 34,328 words 3/4 chapters Explicit

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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

27,880
median words
85%
complete
30,036
top kudos
~1.9 hours
median read time

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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