Best One-Shot Fake Dating Fanfics
Fake Dating one-shots under 10k words — the trope distilled to a single complete read. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 20 One-Shot Fake Dating Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with fake dating and falls in the short stories under 10,000 words range.
Rumour, Rumour
by Driverpicksthemooseic
If there's one thing that Gotham as a whole can agree on, it's that Nightwing and the Red Hood are obviously hopelessly in love.
Oblivious
by Esselle
' "Okay, I know it was basically not really a secret, but… you know you could've told me, right? But doing it this way is great, like an extra Christmas gift!" "Y-yeah," Hinata said. "W-wait, Bokuto-san, what do you mean it wasn't really a secret?" "Uh, well, we just kind of assumed?" Bokuto asked,
the warp and weft of your being
by tardigradeschool
When getting legally married to Spock is the only way to keep him on the ship, Jim is more than willing to do so. (In fact, upon reflection, it turns out that there are very few things he wouldn't do for Spock.)
not even work husbands, just regular husbands
by TheElevenOfSpades
If Viktor had kissed Jayce to avoid being caught by MelAnd then it gets worse
sunday kind of love
by lunarorbits
Ryuji asks Akira for dating advice.Practice makes perfect.
Still (Always)
by mousapelli
Five times Craig saw Tweek hold absolutely still, and once they actually talked about what the heck they're doing together.
Success Probability
by Driverpicksthemooseic
"Hank," Connor starts. Not Lieutenant, just Hank. Hank gives him a baffled stare. "This is the only method with a high probability of success, so please go along with it." (OR, Hank and Connor go undercover at the Eden Club.)
Lovefool
by Kittendiamore
It starts, embarrassingly enough, with an ad from Craigslist:"I’m a 21 y.o art student (male), writing a thesis on the relationship between performance and the awareness of the audience. You don’t care about that. I’m an actor offering to give you the most dramatic night of your life. I’ll be your d
Pączki are Always a Solution
by KuriKuri
“Someday,” Scott mumbles around the mouthful. “Someday I’m gonna get this recipe from you.”“Not unless you marry into the family,” Stiles replies, licking the powdered sugar off his lower lip. “When I say it’s a top secret Stilinski family recipe, I mean it’s top secret.”(Or: In which Stiles' babcia
love is a battlefield (and there are always casualties in war)
by skittidyne
Tanaka and Noya had crossed a line. It had involved copious amounts of Red Bull, water balloons, food dye, one of Ennoshita’s film plots, and bad ideas. Daichi, Asahi, and Yachi had been the unfortunate victims. He didn’t want to think about it. It was a miracle Yachi hadn’t run home, crying, and qu
Only Fools Rush In
by daunt
“Pros to taking Stiles to the Werewolf Wedding: One, I’m non-supernatural, but I know about supernatural things. Two, I own a suit. Three, I look good in said suit."Scott and Stiles attend a werewolf gathering and think they can totally play at being boyfriends, no problem. But Scott already has a b
The Game
by maebethistime
"I'm winning the game." When Erza first overheard Natsu whisper this to Lucy, she didn't think anything of it...but she really should have. Could it be that Natsu and Lucy are hiding something from everyone? What happens when everyone's back is turned?
midas touch
by staynight
Everything has been going well so far. Wonderlands x Showtime has taken off decently, and Rui and Tsukasa have still been meeting up in between college lectures, still passionate about their show discussions. Rui couldn’t ask for anything more, for sure…“Tsukasa-kun, what did you just say?”“I said,
hyphen
by buckgaybarnes
After a minor misunderstanding leads people to believe Newt and Hermann are married, Newt and Hermann decide to play along. It all goes swimmingly—that is, until Hermann realizes he enjoys the charade a bit more than he should.
Crossing The Line
by Leesvos
When Keith's brother Shiro returns from studying abroad with a girlfriend, Keith mentions also having met someone without thinking. So when Shiro announces a double date, who else can Keith ask but his friend from biology class, Lance?
[Podfic] Roll To Charm Person
by ChekhovsVibrator
Will needs a date to his mom's wedding. Mike volunteers. “I have an idea,” says Mike. Ice cubes form in Will’s stomach. “How dangerous is it? Like, should I call Dustin to talk you down, or should I call Nancy to be ready to drive us to the hospital?” “No,” says Mike, “you can’t tell anyone or it
and all at once, you are the one
by darcys
“So why do you need my help, Gary?"“I need you to pretend to be my boyfriend."Ash laughs. He can’t help himself. This must be one of Gary’s bad jokes. But then Gary shoots him a flat look. There's no hint of a smug smirk or teasing smile on Gary's face.He isn't joking.Gary needs a date. Ash agrees t
the first few hundred times
by mostlyunstablefangirl
"But anyway, Beth and Shelby think we're dating. Each other." "Did you tell them we aren't?" "I—tried," Quinn flounders. "Beth kept interrupting me. And now we're invited to brunch."
COUPLES POTTERY NIGHT - NO REFUNDS
by firstlovebegins
Jeongguk asks a stranger on the street to do pottery with him
There’s A Rumor Going ‘Round (About Me & You)
by ghostlynimbus
Chrissy’s made some bad decisions and big mistakes in the past, but this… this takes the (forbidden) cake. A teen pregnancy AU featuring found family, misunderstandings, and shenanigans. Set in a timeline where some of the stuff from the show still happened, but the monsters and magic are replaced
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About Fake Dating
Characters pretending to be in a relationship, usually developing real feelings along the way.
The dramatic irony, the proximity, the moment fake becomes real.
Common scenarios: Fake engagement for family events, pretending to date to make someone jealous, undercover as a couple.
About This List
This list of 20one-shot Fake Dating fanfics spans 98,630 total words. Kudos range from 38 on the newest entries to 14,181 on the most established. 75% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (13 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Fake/Pretend Relationship · Mutual Pining · Fake Dating · Fake Marriage · Sharing a Bed.
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