Best Epic Forbidden Love Fanfics
Forbidden Love fanfics over 100,000 words — the long-form treatment of the trope. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 20 Epic Forbidden Love Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with forbidden love and falls in the over 100,000 words range.
Force of Gravity
by oceanfruit
Will loved ordinary things, an uneventful existence was something he craved. Sadly, when Mike Wheeler walks into his life, Will’s easy going path snaps right in half. A passion he could never imagine overtaking his whole being. It was too bad their friend groups hated each other and his sister had a
Whispers and Sunlight
by annie_vi
Growing up as an orphan in the poorest town of Dayangsong, alpha Jeon Jeongguk learned to steal from the wealthy to survive. A chance to work at the palace gives Jeongguk an easy in, but life takes a wild detour when he crosses paths with stubborn omega crown prince Park Jimin, who is determined to
Nearly
by gonattsaga
Sirius doesn't go after Peter Pettigrew on the night that Voldemort kills the Potters, but stays to look after Harry... This means that he is never wrongly accused and incarcerated for the murder of Lily and James, and instead he and Remus Lupin raise Harry as their own. When it finally becomes time
All Your Glory
by eumorious
Jeongguk and Jimin's families have been rivals for decades, immersed into a life of extreme fortune and success. They've been groomed, since birth, to feel nothing but resentment and hatred for each other. Despite knowing that they're not allowed to interact, that they're meant to be competitors and
Love On The Brain
by ashleyfanfic
Amidst war, dissension in the ranks, people still manage to find happiness in so much despair.Read the relationships tags FIRST.NOT SEASON 8 COMPLIANT
The Syntax of Things
by Arrisha
A short-lived series of private lessons took place after Christmas in Harry Potter's fifth school year, during which Severus Snape attempted to teach Harry the skill of Occlumency. The lessons were ultimately cancelled when Harry was caught prying into Snape's memories, discovering the strangest thi
Without Guilt
by venus43
It’s a honeyed tone, almost husky when the words drop—something that George doesn’t think he’s heard before, and he watches ivory teeth drag over black snake bites, fixated on the way a pink bottom lip moves hard with the metal piercing. It’s hard not to stare, gaze lifting to dirty blond hair and a
green lies, black hearts
by xxpeppermintxx109
“if i knew it all then, would i do it again?” — a story in which the bastard daughter of the heir to the Iron Throne with no ambition or lust for power won the heart of a man who could never stop wanting, even when the price was far too high |crossposted on wp|
HAIKYUU PROMPTS (REUPLOADED/CLOSED)
by Virus138
YAAAAAAA 100 CHAPTERS DONE WHOOP WHOOP!!!! Keep a look out for Haikyuu Prompt part 2 my loves ;)And check out my original work!! <3
Broken Silence
by WitchImage
After being expelled from an American school, you are relocated to Hogwarts for your seventh year. Two nights before commencement, you meet a tall, dark stranger in a local pub. Passions flair, and the two of you find yourselves entangled in a heated one night stand.Only afterwards, when you reach y
After Hours
by OhCaptainMyCaptain
Steve wishes Bucky wouldn’t look at him the way he does – a deliberate gaze, subtly digging his top teeth into that pouty bottom lip; following his every move like a lion watches a gazelle. It’s been going on for months, perhaps longer... Steve talks, and Bucky listens. Well, that’s the point – Buck
A Crown of Laurels (I Lay on Your Head)
by Dawn_Rises
It goes like this: Criston has lived for twenty-two years until he remembers a life before this one. He is kneeling before King Viserys Targaryen, the First of His Name, and his wife and daughter, the blood roaring in his ears as his limbs shake with pain and exhaustion. A distance away, Prince Daem
The Knight & The Queen
by PhantomFlowers
A silent ache of longing pervades the relationship between the Queen and her Knight for years to come.Or snapshots of the Queen with her Sworn Protector.
Show Me Mercy
by drannie
"If I told you what I was, would you turn your back on me? And if I seem dangerous, would you be scared?" In a world that has become a cruel, merciless place where citizens live in constant terror of menacing beings called 'mutants; who possess unexplainable powers, Jungkook is a mutant who is too c
Devil Dog
by Charmander
He hasn’t counted his kills since passing the sixth one years ago. Back then, it was the guilt that made him keep track. After the sixth time watching a body fall and knowing he caused it, Jimin accepted this as his new reality.As for Jungkook, he's never known anything but the harsh call of war.
Between the Sheets
by Tanagariel
Clarke Griffin is a high school student whose life takes a 360º turn the day she meets the substitute teacher of her English class, Miss Lexa Woods.Clarke falls in love with this smart and passionate woman who seems to care for her as well, and yet the young girl knows that she's forbidden. Clarke u
A Court of Tangled Flames
by Theladyofbloodshed
A Neris story!This story will diverge from canon ACOSF. It begins when Cassian takes Nesta on the hike.
The Secret
by PhoenixStar73
Seventeen years old Shadowhunter Maryse Trueblood ends up in the Seelie Realm after a botched mission -- wounded and in need of help. A handsome Seelie saves her and they fall in love.Maryse eventually returns to her own world, sick and acting unlike herself. Robert Lightwood inadvertently becomes
Rising Tides
by Sunnyfall
Three kits have been born, daughter and sons to Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw. As far as any cat knows, they are average cats and will live normal, happy lives, but they, and perhaps Starclan as well, have greater plans. Jaykit, Hollykit, and Lionkit are all strong-willed cats, but with wills and t
The thread between us
by 1412Black
They were supposed to die that night.Jon with his kissed by fire love in his arm. Arya with her eyes on the Night King.And then—nothing.Until Jon wakes in his childhood bed, heart racing.They remember everything.But the world doesn’t.The game has already started again—And this time, the wolves know
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About Forbidden Love
Romance between characters whose relationship is prohibited by society, law, family, or circumstances. Love persists despite impossible odds.
The intensity of love that defies everything, the angst of wanting what you can't have, and the triumph of love over obstacles.
Common scenarios: Star-crossed lovers, different species, rival families, teacher-student, different social classes, warring factions.
About This List
This list of 20epic Forbidden Love fanfics spans 4,856,345 total words. Kudos range from 1,433 on the newest entries to 26,837 on the most established. 40% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (9 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Forbidden Love · Slow Burn · Alternate Universe - High School · Teacher-Student Relationship · Slow Build.
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