Tropes Enemies to Lovers Epic

Best Epic Enemies to Lovers Fanfics

Enemies to Lovers fanfics over 100,000 words — the long-form treatment of the trope. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.

Enemies to Lovers 20 epic fics Avg 259,205 words over 100,000 words

Top 20 Epic Enemies to Lovers Fanfics

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

1

The Way You Used To Do

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 30/30 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
2

From The Sidelines

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

58,464 kudos 404,533 words 14/14 chapters Explicit Complete
3

The Songbird and the Sea

by maia_archives

In a world where dominance of the sea is an endless battle between pirates and mariners, Park Jimin is content living in his little village on a small, uninteresting island by the eastern mainland. He wants nothing to do with the bloodshed of good and evil, the heartless killing of both innocents an

48,822 kudos 255,883 words 35/35 chapters Explicit Complete
4

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 56/? chapters Mature
5

Coming Home (But Not to You)

by queercatfan

When Viktor makes the reluctant decision to move back to Piltover after six years to be a professor at The Academy, he's forced to share an office with none other than his former lab partner Jayce Talis, the very man who caused him to leave Piltover in the first place.(modern professors AU)

43,077 kudos 118,854 words 14/14 chapters Explicit Complete
6

Fall Asleep (Fall For You)

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 22/22 chapters Mature Complete
7

Until My Feet Bleed and My Heart Aches

by Reiya

‘…Of all the rivalries in the world of sports over the years, perhaps none has become so legendary as that of Russian figure skater Viktor Nikiforov and his rival, Japanese Yuuri Katsuki…’ A single event changes the course of Yuuri’s life, throwing him into a bitter rivalry with Viktor Nikiforov tha

35,419 kudos 197,692 words 14/14 chapters Explicit Complete
8

Blood and Gold

by ObsidianPen

The true Time-Turner was slammed savagely into Hermione's throat. It shattered against her neck, bits of glass and gold piercing into her skin. The last thing she saw before blackness consumed her was a plume of metallic dust and vitreous fragments, tiny prisms dancing behind her eyelids.(In which H

32,629 kudos 516,319 words 80/80 chapters Explicit Complete
9

BLOODY, SLUTTY, AND PATHETIC

by WhatMurdah

“In my humble opinion there’s only three things that men should be and that is bloody, slutty, and pathetic.” And, on a good day, Draco Malfoy can be all three.When war heroine Hermione Granger and Azkaban-tattooed war criminal Draco Malfoy are forced to wed as part of Shacklebolt’s controversial Re

31,606 kudos 195,969 words 21/21 chapters Explicit Complete
10

Everything or Nothing

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 41/41 chapters Explicit Complete
11

Such Sweet Revenge

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 36/36 chapters Mature Complete
12

Way Down We Go

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 29/29 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
13

The Marks We Make

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 12/12 chapters Mature Complete
14

Will We Last the Night

by CSHfic

Chief Arnook never assigns Sokka to protect Princess Yue, so he goes to fight the Fire Nation with the other men. When the moon dies and the ocean spirit takes its revenge, Sokka is caught standing on the deck of a Fire Nation ship. Sokka should have drowned… and he would have drowned, if not for a

26,662 kudos 143,478 words 17/17 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
15

Unbelievers

by isthatyoularry

It’s Louis’ senior year, and he’s dead set on doing it right. However, along with his pair of cleats, a healthy dose of sarcasm and his ridiculous best friend, he’s also got a complicated family, a terrifyingly uncertain future, and a mortal enemy making his life just that much worse. Mortal enemies

26,642 kudos 136,814 words 10/10 chapters Explicit Complete
16

Hotshot

by SarcastCity

Vi looks at the big clock on the far wall. 7:46AM. She’s one minute late today. Every morning for the past six months - well, every morning Vi’s been on shift, so she’s just assuming about the other days - she’s passed by at exactly 7:45AM, always at a brisk walk, always in a perfectly-tailored suit

24,459 kudos 242,931 words 50/50 chapters Explicit Complete
17

pathological people pleaser

by rweoutofthewoods

No one, it turns out, really knows one another. (OR: all it takes is a summer-long holiday in Italy, James Potter's teetering mental stability, a secret relationship, friends with benefits, Marlene’s secret, and enough stupidity and insecurity to go around for everything to come crashing down around

21,448 kudos 114,435 words 19/19 chapters Explicit Complete
18

Of Bright Stars and Burning Hearts

by Reiya

Viktor doesn’t remember the first time he met Yuuri Katsuki.This however, is what Viktor does remember… Part 2 of the Rivals series and companion fic to ‘Until My Feet Bleed and My Heart Aches’. One small change alters the course of both Viktor and Yuuri’s entire lives, creating a rivalry that spans

19,631 kudos 208,408 words 9/9 chapters Explicit Complete
19

(Maybe I Love You) We're Too Young For That

by orphan_account

If there’s anything Taehyung dislikes more than writing pop songs, it’s writing songs for Jungkook: rising idol, CF magnet, and one of the biggest douchebags Taehyung’s ever met. But hey, it pays the bills.  russian

19,179 kudos 153,255 words 22/22 chapters Mature Complete
20

It Was All Just a Game (Rewrite)

by write_me227

If there's one thing that Draco Malfoy yearns for, it's seeing Harry Potter in pain. How that happens, he doesn't care. When Potter's name is pulled out of the Goblet of Fire, Draco sees it as the perfect opportunity to fulfill his greatest desire. Except Saint Potter has luck swimming in his veins.

18,435 kudos 617,182 words 83/83 chapters Mature Complete

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About Enemies to Lovers

Characters who start as adversaries and gradually develop romantic feelings for each other.

The tension, the banter, the moment everything shifts - enemies to lovers delivers maximum drama and emotional payoff.

Common scenarios: Rival students, opposing soldiers, hero and villain, competing professionals.

About This List

208,408
median words
95%
complete
72,220
top kudos
~13.9 hours
median read time

This list of 20epic Enemies to Lovers fanfics spans 5,184,108 total words. Kudos range from 18,435 on the newest entries to 72,220 on the most established. Nearly all (95%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Explicit (11 of 20 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Enemies to Lovers · Slow Burn · Alternate Universe - College/University · Alternate Universe - Modern Setting · Enemies to Friends to Lovers.

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