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Best Short Fluff Fanfics

Fluff novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.

Fluff 20 short fics Avg 22,705 words 10,000–50,000 words

Top 20 Short Fluff Fanfics

Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with fluff and falls in the 10,000–50,000 words range.

1

In Another Life

by LittleLuxray

Sleeping didn't come as easy as it used to. Bokuto knew this, and now Akaashi did, too.The hospital AU that no body asked for, but that I took upon myself to write.

98,920 kudos 22,995 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
2

The Standard You Walk Past

by bafflinghaze

On returning to Hogwarts for their Eighth Year, Headmistress McGonagall decided to room Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter together. She may have hoped for a leading example of house unity; the other students fully expected insults and fights. But nothing happened.That was, until Harry sleepwalked into D

71,914 kudos 46,202 words 14/14 chapters Mature Complete
3

Hey, Potter

by SunseticMonster

Harry returns to Hogwarts for his 8th year, determined not to let Malfoy get to him. But when the snarky teasing starts up again, Harry finds that returning the jibes with compliments has a far more interesting outcome.

48,751 kudos 16,024 words 1/1 chapters Mature Complete
4

Three's Family

by darkbluedark

It’s May 1979 and the Order has just apprehended a pair of mysterious wizards who look remarkably like a Potter and a Malfoy. Naturally, James Potter and Sirius Black are called in to identify the strangely familiar strangers and determine their backgrounds and loyalties.(This would be a lot easier

48,040 kudos 19,328 words 5/5 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
5

Nightmares

by Trashness

Lance's nightmares are getting out of control. It's effecting his and the team's performance, but he's at a loss for how to fix this.Apparently sleeping next to a warm body helps.

35,933 kudos 14,864 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
6

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

32,316 kudos 17,470 words 4/4 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
7

still the best (still an asshole)

by pucksandpower

Four times Ilya Rozanov reminded everyone exactly who the fuck they were dealing with (spoiler: still an asshole, still elite, still not going anywhere), and one time he didn’t have to be anything except soft. Or being out didn’t make him nicer. Being married didn’t make him softer. Being older didn

31,205 kudos 18,287 words 5/5 chapters Explicit Complete
8

Under Lock and Key

by EdenDaphne (edelet)

Marinette is thrilled. She's spending her afternoon at the museum with Adrien, and even Manon's unexpectedly tagging along with them can't tarnish her happiness.After all, what can go wrong for two seventeen-year-olds watching over a seven-year-old? Turns out, a lot of things.(collab writer/artist f

27,140 kudos 34,972 words 10/10 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
9

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.)

26,951 kudos 21,184 words 6/6 chapters General Audiences Complete
10

He Was Actually Really Being Truthful (For Once)

by orphan_account

Natasha looked more closely. She first saw hints of a second person in the sock poking out of the blanket at a strange angle, and the pale hand with curled-up fingers resting on Tony’s chest. Then she found a head of what looked like brown curls, tucked snugly under Tony’s arm. And eventually, a sec

25,569 kudos 14,672 words 10/10 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
11

through the looking-glass

by unluckyolive

Kim Dokja slaps his hands over Yoo Joonghyuk’s mouth without really thinking.“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he says frantically.He feels Yoo Joonghyuk’s lips curve into a frown under his palm, ticklish and hot against that sensitive skin. He ekes out an odd sound and jerks back, yelping a

24,364 kudos 10,300 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
12

Damage

by dontcareajot

Peter Parker finds himself in a sticky situation and who should show up to rescue him but the infamous Deadpool? Now Peter feels indebted to the mercenary... And maybe weirdly charmed by him.

24,342 kudos 42,300 words 15/15 chapters Mature Complete
13

The Different Ways In Which I Can Call You Mine

by EquinoxSolstice

Apparently, Bakugou Katsuki is the kind of person that uses pet names when he's in a serious relationship. Who knew?Certainly not Izuku. But he would have sincerely appreciated the head's up.Because he's seriously dying right now.

23,119 kudos 11,018 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
14

How Kuroo Found Kenma

by SuggestiveScribe

"Oh my God," Kuroo said, eyes growing wide. He slowly turned to fully face Oikawa, "I'm in love with Kenma."Oikawa brought his tea to his mouth. "Yeah," he said, smiling through the steam rising in front of his face, "I know."

21,932 kudos 37,641 words 5/5 chapters Explicit Complete
15

A Terrific Soporific

by antietamfalls

Sherlock, a long-time sufferer of insomnia, is forced to share a bed with John at a hotel while on a case. To his astonishment, he finds that spending the night next to John helps him sleep and becomes determined to maneuver himself back into John's bed.

21,465 kudos 11,270 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
16

Baby Birds and Bat Caves

by IzzyMRDB

Gotham was built on a cave system. Batman has referenced a Bat Cave before. Tim is currently in the cave system. He is in the cave system that he entered from Drake Manor. Drake Manor is right next door to where Batman- The Bruce Wayne- lives. Holy Cavern, Batman! Tim had just accidentally wandered

20,841 kudos 30,113 words 20/20 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
17

the distance to the stars

by cloudydaisies

“Didn’t know you were seeing someone.”Buck just laughs. Like, honest to god giggles. Eddie is stuck fighting off doubly massive waves of butterflies and confusion, all while Buck just gazes down at him.“That’s cute,” he hears Buck mumble, just before climbing into the truck, calling Eddie after him.

20,657 kudos 27,258 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
18

the universe has moved for us

by jonghyunslisterine

jimin already has enough on his plate, juggling a pregnancy and his teaching job, without his hot Alpha neighbor thrown into the mix.

20,420 kudos 30,000 words 1/1 chapters Explicit Complete
19

The Wolf Pack

by dracogotgame

Nobody said achieving your animagus form was easy. Draco could handle being a wolf pup for a while, right? How bad could it be?

20,387 kudos 13,672 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
20

Who Did What Now?

by dancing_homestuck

“Hey, Zoro, I don’t think I’ve ever asked before – do your earrings mean anything?”Zoro rolled his eyes and turned back to his food, shrugging. “No real meaning to ‘em. Just exactly what you see: three swords. Thought it looked cool.”“What about the other one?”Zoro just grabbed a fork full of rice.

20,174 kudos 14,530 words 3/3 chapters General Audiences Complete

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About Fluff

Light, happy, feel-good stories focused on sweet moments and happiness.

Pure serotonin - sometimes you just want to see your favorites being happy and in love.

Common scenarios: Domestic moments, first dates, cuddling, established relationship sweetness.

About This List

19,328
median words
90%
complete
98,920
top kudos
~77 minutes
median read time

This list of 20short Fluff fanfics spans 454,100 total words. Kudos range from 20,174 on the newest entries to 98,920 on the most established. Nearly all (90%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (11 of 20 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Fluff · Angst · Fluff and Angst · Hogwarts Eighth Year · Romance.

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