Best Mature Friends to Lovers Fanfics
The 25 most-loved mature friends to lovers fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. The foundation of trust and intimacy is already there - it's about recognizing what was always true.
Top 25 Mature Friends to Lovers Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with friends to lovers and rated Mature.
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
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
All the Young Dudes - Sirius's Perspective
by Rollercoasterwords
this is an ATYD fanfic first!!! and a harry potter fanfic only by necessity. this is literally just me rewriting each chapter of atyd but from Sirius's perspective bc i love this story so much and can't get enough of it. all credit for the original work goes to MsKingBean89 and if for some reason yo
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.
Mental
by orphan_account
Harry has had quite enough of sharing his mind with someone else, thankyouverymuch. A miscast Legilimecy spell says otherwise.(Fic from 2010 FF archive being uploaded here.)AND FOR THE LAST FUCKING TIME, STOP REPOSTING THIS ON WATTPAD. I DO NOT WANT IT ON WATTPAD. YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO POST
Fall Asleep (Fall For You)
by drannie
“They say when you fall in love you can’t fall asleep, but now that I’ve met you I feel like I finally can.” A University AU where Jungkook and Taehyung become roommates. But Jungkook has insomnia and can't fall asleep with other people and Taehyung can't fall asleep alone.
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
Real Slow
by surveycorpsjean
“I see.” Zuko closes the scroll. “Is the Water Tribe sending a replacement?” “Uh yeah,” Sokka gestures to himself dramatically. “You’re looking at him.”
A Sign of The Morning
by ToEdenandBackAgain
Vecna is dead. The Upside Down is cut off from Hawkins yet again. Steve is trying to go back to normal, whatever that is. He's also trying to figure out exactly how Eddie Munson has managed to fit so easily into his life.
Atlas
by etymologyplayground
"Eh! 'Little brother,' what!" Wei WuXian says, mock-outraged. "I'm thirty-five!" (Sort of. He was born thirty-five years ago, anyway.) "You must be, what, twenty-five tops?""Nooo," Xie Lian says, smiling. "I'm eight hundred years old.""You don't look a day over four hundred," Wei WuXian says. "Serio
Hearts Don't Break Around Here
by klancekorner
Lance and Keith have been best friends since first grade. Lance’s brain is always on overdrive and Keith’s blunt, realistic ass can never keep up. They both come to realize that sometimes you can learn a lot about loving yourself by loving someone else.
Dissonance
by stuckybarnes
(FIC HAS BEEN FULLY REVISED AND EDITED TO THIRD-PERSON POV! REVISED AS OF 6/30/21! WOO!) Wherein Deadpool is reluctantly hired to protect Peter Parker from an organization out to hunt him, with varying success on both ends and quite a lot of feelings, revelations, and identity crises.
but then, my homework was never quite like this
by Jazzfordshire
“Wait, when you say ‘you’ll be teaching’, you mean…both of us?” Kara asks, sounding more than a little apprehensive. “Lena and I will be teaching it together?”Lena’s own apprehension is so high that she’s fairly sure she’s seconds away from hyperventilation, but she’s surprising even herself with ho
Where There's a Will There's a Way
by xiaq
Luke walks straight to Din and Din suddenly feels like he should be doing something with his hands.“Hi,” he says.“Hi,” Luke agrees, grinning. “So. I didn’t get your name, before. Grogu just calls you ‘Daddy’ in his head but I’m assuming I should call you something else.”Din chokes a little.*****This
Our Hearts (Have Minds Of Their Own)
by EffortlesslyOpulent
Clarke is NOT going back to another family reunion without a fake girlfriend to shut everyone up. Lexa, her neighbor and best friend, needs powerful clients like the Griffins for her up and coming business. How inconvenient that they accidentally fall head-over-heels for each other in the process.It
Cascade
by Avonne
Harry wants to touch, and Draco wants to be touched. If only they could figure it out.
love thy neighbor
by wincechesters
Lan Wangji’s new neighbor is obnoxiously loud, incredibly ridiculous, and a shameless flirt. He is also quite possibly the love of Lan Wangji’s life.
What happens in Vegas
by Ididloveyou_once
57 missed calls. Bart_ahhh tagged you and one other in a postThe Gazette (4 hours ago)Bruce Wayne’s youngest eligible bachelor is off the market: Timothy Drake-Wayne eloped in Vegas [EXCLUSIVE pictures] 63 unread messag-Tim jolted upright. His eyes scanned over the headline again. Timothy Drake-Way
my love's ugly bloom
by Anonymous
Shane sends him a text that says 'thinking about your cock' with a picture of his rippling abs, and even though Ilya really appreciates the abs, all he can think about is the faint bruise blooming on Shane's ribs, and whether it hurts him very badly, and whether there's anything Ilya could do to mak
let me in before the rainy season starts again
by tiltingheartand
“Oh shit,” he says, eyes wide. And then, “oh fuck,” as he’s scooting backwards as quick as he can, “sorry, sorry, I’m sorry,” because what else can you say when you realize, oh, that’s not just a version of your friend that your brain conjured up, that’s your actual friend, the anthropomorphic perso
To Build a Home
by intothesilentland
Twenty-three years of head-over-heels, devastating devotion and love, love, love for the man with bright eyes and dark hair. Fourteen years of friends, best friends, of always together. One moment of rejection.Nine years of apart. Nine years of heartbreak, nine years of continents away, of not speak
Unnamed Feelings
by SinisterSound
Seonghwa worked so hard to become closer to Hongjoong, even when it seemed the other wanted nothing to do with him.But then the air is cleared, which means they’re good now, right? Or: Seonghwa falls in love with Hongjoong slowly and doesn’t even notice.
fever got me aching
by knightswatch
But it doesn't solve Kyoutani's sudden problem-- he's not even sure really why he wants people to touch him. He doesn't have any fondness for strangers and, for the most part, he likes looking so scary that people won't sit next to him on the train.And he certainly doesn't want fucking Yahaba touchi
The Wall Thing
by rideahorse
Yahaba stumbles, but a hand on his arm catches him. Kyoutani helps tug him to his feet, and the hand lingers, thumb idly rubbing circles across his bicep. Words escape Yahaba in a breath, and they sound like, 'Thank you,' but they feel a whole lot like, 'Kiss me.'“Be careful,” Kyoutani says, voice
Strange Love
by arandomfan91
Alec is in love with Magnus. Magnus needs Alec to be his fake boyfriend. What could possibly go wrong?
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About This List
This list of 25mature Friends to Lovers fanfics spans 2,640,364 total words. Kudos range from 6,171 on the newest entries to 71,914 on the most established. Nearly all (96%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Mature (25 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Friends to Lovers · Getting Together · Romance · Fluff · Hurt/Comfort.
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