Best Short Fake Marriage Fanfics
Fake Marriage novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 20 Short Fake Marriage Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with fake marriage and falls in the 10,000–50,000 words range.
Facade
by Hazel_Athena
Left with only three other crew mates, it’s a ready expectation that Sanji will start fawning all over Robin in his usual obnoxious way. However, that’s not what happens. Instead, looking wild around the eyes in a way only someone who knows him well would recognize, the cook doesn’t break stride unt
time out of mind
by aknightley
Keith and Lance wake up married. In the future. He lays there a moment, processing the faint throbbing in his head, a strange bitter taste like lemons in his mouth. When he opens his eyes, the room spins wildly into a kaleidoscope of colors, so he closes them again, breathing in and out until he
Thirty-Eight Days and Counting
by thecommodore_squid (orphan_account)
It didn’t escape him that Steve shared his assumed last name. “Are you gonna be my cousin?” Bucky asked dully.Steve frowned. “Husband, actually,” he said easily, holding up his left hand to show a typical golden band.Bucky scowled and closed the door.AKAAn AU in which Bucky is put in the witness pro
Write It on My Neck
by diamondbruise
Sure, he could ad-lib this. Wei Wuxian nodded. “The agreement. Yes, the agreement! Where I…don’t call you handsome?” The man stared again. “You do not need to call me ‘husband’, either."Wei Wuxian nodded seriously, though inwardly, he was kind of shocked. What kind of a marriage was this? or, wwx
Limited Partnership
by Pookaseraph
Mike isn't entirely certain how he let Donna and Jessica talk him into marrying Harvey while his boss was in a coma, even if they swore he wouldn't mind. He thought the hardest part would be going to the hospital and confronting the sight of his boss and friend lying there, but instead it turned out
My World Is Filled With Cheer And You
by bleep0bleep
“It was a last minute decision. Single parents with children draw attention to themselves in this type of neighborhood, and this department didn’t have a big budget to relocate all the werewolf and werewolf sympathizers that were targeted on this list. We’ve combined a lot of our relocation assignme
Love a Lie
by ambpersand
Malfoy’s hand is unforgiving against her own, squeezing hard enough that it aches. Hermione digs her nails in, knowing the sensitive expanse of his pale skin will be marked for hours. A fair trade, considering the heavy diamond ring on her finger that feels like a shackle. Her hand and arm still tin
but, baby, watching you blush
by calvingseason
Eddie opens his mouth. Closes it. Finally, he settles on, “You told your parents you’re married? To a man?” Chimney and Hen both glance at him with twin looks that clearly mean he’s on his own with telling the rest of the story. Which—they had no problem teasing and joking about it three seconds a
smile more
by drunkonwriting
Aaron wakes up to a throbbing headache and Alexander Hamilton sprawled over his stomach. He blinks at the ceiling as his brain tries, under the weight of its massive hangover, to reconcile what exactly is happening right now. Hamilton is heavy for such a small person. He doesn't snore, but on every
His Royal Highness
by Wixiany
After several attempts at Prince Giyuu's life are made, something needs to change. And what else would ensure the prince's safety quite like a new identity, new town and a personal body guard posing as his husband?
Bring You Down (to Just One Knee)
by notevenyou
In which Aaron Burr, tempted by cheap housing, embarks on a marriage of convenience with fellow political science graduate student, Alexander Hamilton. What could go wrong?
evacuation strategies for a yacht on fire
by devourthemoon
They get married on a Monday morning, and Roman knows nobody will buy it, but he’s still gonna swear on his life it was Gerri’s idea.
Better Natures
by Ataraxiom
“Work with me here, Frank,” Karen snapped. “Make some sense here. Talk to me. We can’t figure out what our next move is until you explain why you’re so disgusted at the thought of my being attracted to you — an attraction which, by the way, I’ve never let interfere with our work or our friendship —“
Constellations Reveal Themselves One Star at a Time
by Meggory
Quinlan Vos ropes Obi-Wan Kenobi into a long-term undercover assignment and conveniently neglects to send any pertinent information--like that Qui-Gon Jinn is his mission partner, or that they'll spend the next six months pretending to be married. Or, the Fake Married AU you need.
Pack Up Your Bags, It's Never Too Late!
by Annakovsky
Goes a/u sometime after "Booze Cruise". There's really no excuse for this.
Dream Within a Dream
by Sunberrydreamz
Donghyuck had been dreaming of the future for as long as he could remember. Some futures bend. Others break him no matter how he fights. And the newest one ends with a marriage he never chose and a fate he refuses to accept. To escape a life that’s closing in on him, he turns to Prince Mark Lee, the
Play It By Ear
by mx_sinisters
A year after the fall of the Red Dragon Syndicate, life on the Bebop has gone back to normal for everyone. Everyone except for Faye. Memories from her past are constantly making unwelcome appearances and things have been awkward between her and Spike since his recovery. Just as she's about to accept
The Blueprint to Us
by hato96
One sick kid, a sudden storm, and the one lobby Jimin never should have stepped into. He was just trying to stay dry; he didn't expect to save a CEO’s son or be noticed by Jeon Jungkook.
It's just an excuse to love you, Birdie.
by cherryblossomx3
Kon’s gaze lingering on him was the last thing Tim wanted right now, but avoiding it had never really been an option.“What are you going to do now?” he asked.Tim beat him to it. “I’ll sell my time as a wife.”Kon froze. "What?""Cleaning. Cooking. Caretaking." Tim counted each one off on his fingers.“
Common Courtesy
by W4TER_LILY
When Giyuu barges into Shinobu's office one evening, drenched from the rain and asking - or rather, demanding - her hand in marriage, Shinobu is inclined to laugh. (Un)fortunately for her, Giyuu is, as always, dead serious.
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About Fake Marriage
Fake dating's higher-stakes sibling: characters marry for visas, inheritances, insurance, or undercover assignments, and must perform an entire domestic life convincingly. Rings, shared addresses, and in-laws make this lie far harder to compartmentalize than a few staged dates.
The performance demands real intimacy — shared beds, learned habits, convincing tenderness — until neither party can locate the line where pretending stops.
Common scenarios: A green-card marriage between coworkers that survives the immigration interview but not the feelings, or undercover agents whose suburban cover marriage outperforms their real relationships.
About This List
This list of 20short Fake Marriage fanfics spans 530,653 total words. Kudos range from 96 on the newest entries to 32,339 on the most established. Nearly all (80%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (7 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Fake Marriage · Fake/Pretend Relationship · Marriage of Convenience · Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD · Slow Burn.
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