Best Short 5+1 Things Fanfics
5+1 Things novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 6 Short 5+1 Things Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with 5+1 things and falls in the 10,000–50,000 words range.
but daddy i love him
by rachelrae
“I told you. Hollander and I, we are in love. He is my hockey player.” Ilya wiggled his eyebrows at the joke, but couldn’t keep himself from watching Scott Hunter.“Sure, Roz. You and Hollander are in love, want to get married, spend the rest of your lives playing hockey together.” When Ilya didn’t i
5 Times Tim Spends the Night at Wayne Manor + 1 Time He Comes Home
by motleyfam
Tim is good at galas.No, scratch that—Tim is great at galas. He’s been attending them ever since the age of three, when his parents first stuffed him into his little Gymboree tuxedo and gave him a stern lecture about ‘sitting quietly’ and ‘speaking when spoken to.’ He knows all the rules: what to we
Surprises
by MikeWritesThings
Moving into the dorms, the students get to witness a side of their teacher they didn’t even know had existed--a side much softer, and, dare they say, human, than any of them had ever expected to see.(Or, 5 things class 1-A never expected from Aizawa, and 1 thing he never expected from them.)
i hate accidents (except when we went from friends to this).
by burgundyshirts
The first time it happens, Will classifies it as a little accident.When he wakes, the morning sun is burning through the window onto their faces, and Mike’s cursing as he stands to close the curtains, stumbling all the way.“Scoot over,” he grumbles, voice dry, and for a second Will can’t do anything
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
by prosodiical
or: five times Theseus set Newt and Percival up in some strange matchmaking scheme and one time Newt actually appreciated it.Newt immediately knows the Graves at MACUSA isn't the real one, because Theseus has been setting them up for years.
Something Smart to Do
by kianspo
In which Jim finds himself fake-married to his first officer every other month. It's not his fault. Mostly. Dowries and Klingons are involved. Starfleet is decidedly not amused.
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About 5+1 Things
A beloved fandom structure: five times something almost happens, didn't happen, or happened unnoticed — and one time it finally, fully does. The format turns repetition into rhythm, each vignette raising the stakes for the payoff.
The shape itself creates anticipation; by the fourth near-miss readers are vibrating, and a well-built plus-one lands with the force of five chapters of buildup.
Common scenarios: Five times the team almost noticed their leaders were dating and one time they walked in on the proposal, or five aborted confessions and the one that finally escapes.
About This List
This list of 6short 5+1 Things fanfics spans 136,024 total words. Kudos range from 22,067 on the newest entries to 32,316 on the most established. Nearly all (100%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (4 of 6 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: 5+1 Things · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Fluff.
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