Top 25 Mature Fix-It Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with fix-it and rated Mature.
I'm Reading Your Lips (You're Speaking My Language)
by some1_around
Rozanov cocked his head. “You speak Russian? Or just the curse words?” “Yes, I speak Russian,” he snapped, defensive and angry. He knew that it had been a mistake to even try to be friendly with Rozanov. “Why? Do I not look Russian to you?” He scoffed. “No, not really,” Rozanov said. Some of his tea
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.
Harry Potter and the Shadowed Light
by WritingbyAnnie
After the final battle Harry learns some unsettling truths about himself and those who he trusts the most. Forced to come to terms with the revelations, Harry decides to get even with those who've wronged him and embrace who he his by going back to when it all started.
And like the cycle of the year, we begin again
by katherynefromphilly
Set after the Merlin Series 5 Finale "Diamond of the Day".Canon Compliant. In Character. Arthur Pendragon Returns.Cover art by Lao-Pendragon------For many long years Merlin waited.For the other part of his soul, for the other half of his life. He was born to serve Arthur. So that meant he was al
why are you shaking (we are a dynasty)
by WhiteHeart
It's not Alicent who finds Aemond right after his failed attempt at bonding with Dreamfyre.The blood of the dragon runs thick, even in the face of adversity.A little kindness has massive ripples that literally change the world.Or: At the end of the day all that Aemond wanted was to be accepted, Rhae
the lathe
by palmviolet
"This time, do it right. This time Eddie won’t bleed out in his arms, in anyone’s arms. This time, Steve will do it right."— or, steve relives the day they try to kill vecna over and over, and eddie just can't seem to stop dying. steve finds this totally unacceptable.
A Life Without Regrets
by naqaashi
After his death at the first siege of the Burial Mounds, Wei Wuxian is thrown back in time to when he was nine years old, just before Jiang Fengmian took him to Lotus Pier with its wavering affection and unpayable mountain of debts. He decides to take the second chance he has been offered, to live f
Hellbent
by LuckySeven
Orochimaru makes an adjustment in his sales pitch to Sasuke in the Forest of Death and everything changes as a result.The Leaf is corrupt, Team Seven is disillusioned and Kakashi suddenly has to figure out how to keep three overpowered Genin safe on the run when the whole world wants to take a bite
The Last In Line
by xiaq
“Sorry,” Steve says. “I’m sorry, I know this doesn’t make any sense to you, but can I just–”Eddie lets him approach, this time. Lets him reach out to touch, to curl his fingers in the hem of Eddie’s shirt.“Sorry, I know I probably sound crazy, I just––” he pulls it up, stares at Eddie’s side, and th
Your Life As A Tokyo Jujutsu High Background Student
by sincerelyamee
You’re a 3rd-year student at Tokyo Jujutsu High.You’re Gojo’s most spoiled third year. Not that he has many options—your classmates have all been suspended.You’re Nanami’s most favorite sorcerer, united by your burning desire for early retirement.You’re Shoko’s most beloved unofficial assistant who
Afterburn
by BlueMaple
Katniss Everdeen-Mellark goes to the woods surrounding New Appalachia, a.k.a the former District Twelve, on the morning of the fiftieth anniversary of the final Reaping of the Hunger Games. There, she is literally waylaid by her own past, and wakes in the past, six weeks before Primrose was first R
what we might do (if we stop keeping a secret)
by indomitablelove
'This isn't how I wanted to tell people. I thought we'd get the chance to do it right.'- Red, White and Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston, p.327---or, in another world, Alex and Henry get to do it right.
The Nightmare in Her Dreams
by esm3rald
Before sailing for Westeros, Daenerys has a prophetic dream. That changes her plans completely.
I'll Be There For You
by SinkingLikeASunset
Just days after his fateful encounter with Anakin on Mustafar , Obi-Wan has resigned himself to a lonely existence on Tatooine. However, he has been granted a chance to go back and fix things. Obi-Wan must alter events and make changes as he struggles with memories of a dreadful future and deals wit
Heading Home
by porkmincenoodle
The wind changes and blows the smell of death right into Trevor’s face. He suppresses a gag.“Something has happened with Alucard,” Sypha deduces, her hand still clasped over her nose.Trevor chances another look at the scantily-clad corpses fluttering about in the wind like a pair of scarecrows on Al
metamemory
by zhengtaes
Takemichi opened the journal and set his pen upon the crisp, blank paper. Hey, Takemichi. I don’t exactly know how to put this in an easier way, so I guess I’ll get to the point. This letter is coming from you from the future. Or, at least, a future you that came to the past. Before you throw this a
With My Soul Clenched
by jessebee
Obi-Wan Kenobi wakes up, and nothing is anything like he could have imagined.
I Hope You Have Unlimited Text Messaging
by Misscar
Post Captain America Civil War fix-it: For the first time in their entire acquaintance, Tony and Steve start having really honest conversations with each other via text message, of course. Or Tony and Steve try to repair their relationship before the next apocalypse. This may take a while. Actually,
The Lion, the Ships, and the Swordthrone
by Talavin
What would you do in the villain’s place? An adult consciousness wakes in the body of three-year-old Joffrey Baratheon. He's armed with foreknowledge and a lifetime's worth of experience… and it is not enough. He is still Cersei's son, still Robert's "heir," and still sitting on a secret that could
Ripples (Part One)
by therealnarnia
After dying in her original world, a girl goes to the Fairy Tail universe, hoping to change things for the better. But does her appearance there make it better, or worse? Fix-it fic. OC/Laxus, Nalu, Gale, Gruvia, Jerza, Elfever, etc. Spoilers for everything. Warning for Violence and Swearing.
Summer comes in like Poppies
by KeanBlade
Tobirama was so fucking frustrated. At first his lingering after death hadn’t bothered him to much, after all it was basically his choice to linger; when he was given the chance to choose- he made the chance to choose- he wouldn’t let go of the people he loved. But Madara was being kept from him and
A Million More Deaths
by starforged
A knock at the door. Her knees slam shut, trapping his hand in the apex of her thighs. Her eyes go wide, and the dark, murderous look that crosses his face should not be the thing that turns her on even more. Another knock.
Sideways
by soliloqui
Witnessing the end of the world, being chosen as Champion and sent back in time to change the past – all these things Cloud could almost have expected. What he did not count on, however, is landing himself in a world where Sephiroth has stayed strangely sane, Shinra are supposedly the good guys, and
Till the End of the World
by someryn
Spike gets his soul back after Buffy sacrifices herself for Dawn. What ramifications does an ensouled Spike have on the Scoobies, and on his relationship with the Slayer? AU canon re-write of the Season Six storyline. Buffy/Spike, Willow/Tara and Xander/Anya. Contains both angst and fluff.
The Goldenrod Revisions
by aethylas
A rewrite of Supernatural’s final two episodes, expanded into a five episode arc - in which Chuck needs to be defeated, Castiel deserves to be saved, and the characters in this story get a very different ending.
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About This List
This list of 25mature Fix-It fanfics spans 3,397,988 total words. Kudos range from 1,901 on the newest entries to 52,890 on the most established. 72% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Mature (25 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Fix-It · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Time Travel · Time Travel Fix-It · Alternate Universe - Time Travel.
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