Best Mature Friends with Benefits Fanfics
The 19 most-loved mature friends with benefits fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. The trope runs on dramatic irony and denial; readers watch two people perform casualness while every gesture betrays them, waiting for the arrangement to collapse into the relationship it always was.
Top 19 Mature Friends with Benefits Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with friends with benefits and rated Mature.
Sharpen Your Teeth
by STARSdidathing
A betrayed Tony Stark leaves the Avengers. He's angry and bitter but he's not about to stop being a hero. The problem is that not everyone is happy with his decision.
stay the night
by lynnearlington
"The National City Lakehawks," Jack says. He flips the cover of the binder over. "Who is this?"“Kara Danvers,” Lena answers. It’s the only player she can name off the team at this point and that’s only because any sort of research into the Lakehawks seems to start and end with the same girl.ORThe fi
Relief Next To Me
by dolce_piccante
AU. What happens when a baker and a graphic designer meet via a very specific Craigslist post? Fate, friendship, food, and maybe more.
What Goes Around
by KouriArashi
“Well,” Stiles says, “if they’re going to hunt werewolves, I’m going to hunt them.”It’s a ridiculous statement from a ten-year-old, but he’s obviously one hundred percent sincere. For the first time since the fire, Peter feels life stir inside him, feels purpose. It’s kismet, clearly. He’ll never me
the moon lives in the lining of your skin
by sarahyyy
“Let go,” Lan Wangji says.“Huh?” Wei Wuxian tightens his hold on Lan Wangji. “Why?” “If you don’t let go,” Lan Wangji tells him, reaching up to cover one of Wei Wuxian’s hands with his own, squeezing lightly, “then I can’t get up.” “And what will you do once you get up?” Wei Wuxian asks. “Will er-ge
Wheatgrass and Froot Loops
by WhoNatural
"You’re falling for him," she says, and it’s not a question. Stiles looks up, blinks, and shakes his head."No," he lies. "We work out, have really intense sex, and then eat cereal marketed for children. We have a system, okay? Why upset the arrangement?"
wanna lift this curse
by softambrollins
It's not a secret, not really; they don't decide to not tell anyone. It's just — no one else needs to know. It's just theirs, whatever it is. He's not ashamed or afraid. He thinks it might disintegrate if exposed to sunlight, and he's not ready for that. Not yet. Or: The one where they hook up somet
Six Little Rules
by RubyCaspar
“There would have to be rules,” Amy said. Jake looked surprised for a moment, and then smirked. “Friends with benefits, Santiago-style,” he teased. “Okay, hit me.”(Or, Amy and Jake sleep together and completely fail at putting it behind them.)
i wonder if you'd take it slow
by fraudulentzodiacs
Leon expects a snarky, asshat response from Tkachuk. Instead, he listens to Tkachuk over footage of himself playing with his mouth open in shock.“I think he’s a great player.” Tkachuk tells the interviewer. “I think he’s, uh, having a great year. I think both of them together is a really great one-t
Weeds
by ThirdRateDuelist
“So these awards," Jounouchi indicated, "are for Duel Monsters, and these," he waved his hand again, "are for KaibaCorp shit, but what are these?" After a beat, Kaiba answered. "Recognition of philanthropic work, from the Domino Youth Organisation, HandsOn, and the Hanahaki Research Foundation." At
To Whom It May Concern, I Will Not Sleep With Satoru Gojo
by Kerfuffledome
“Nanamiiiiii, don’t just make me spell it out. Are you seriously not getting this?” Gojo groaned. He was now leaning as far back on the legs of his chair as was possible without tipping over, head completely upside down over the backrest. Nanami opened his mouth to ask what, exactly, Gojo was trying
【海城｜中文翻译】Weeds（杂草）
by amoebady
“所以这些奖项，”城之内说，“是颁发给决斗怪兽的，而这些——”他再次挥了挥手，“则是发给海马集团的那些乱七八糟的东西，但那又是什么？” 一阵沉默后，海马回答道：“来自童实野市青年组织、合众和花吐症研究基金会的慈善认可。” 谈到第三个，城之内强迫自己不要僵住。 “花吐症，嗯。” ————— 在一次偶遇干到床上去之后，城之内向海马提议让它成为一项常规日程——不多作纠缠，不大事声张，不动真感情。 海马同意了。 2026.5.30 更新前十二章修改+第十三章
(Shinobu x Giyu) Friendliness is difficult with Tomioka-san
by Boodeerie
Following Kanae’s death, Shinobu tries to find her way through her new title as the Insect Pillar, while also developing relationships with the current Hashiras. Should be pretty interesting to watch pan out. Especially after she takes a liking to a certain Water Pillar…
I'm still glad I met you
by avoidantattachmentfinalboss
architect phuwin designs houses people are meant to grow old in. pond builds miniature versions of them before disappearing to the next city. or one believes love survives by staying. the other survives by leaving before love has the chance to. or where phuwin becomes the one blueprint pond never wa
Between Sand, Waves, and Thunder [!Moodboard]
by DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie)
Waiting to be picked up after a mission, Thor convinces Steve to "unwind" with him on the beach.
Complicated
by lunaloomi
Relationships had always been hard for you. Maybe that’s what led you to this messy, hurtful, impossible situation.
Something Like Us (Say It Like You Mean It)
by soulbleedsoul
A college transfer student from Miami moves to New York and gets assigned to share a dorm with Sadie Sink. They immediately clash because their personalities don’t mix - constant arguments, passive-aggressive comments, and tension over shared space. Things escalate when they’re forced to work togeth
let’s be friends (so we can make out)
by duqngcharrs
"let's be friends." theo looked at him suspiciously "...why?" intak smiled at him, cocky "so we can make out." there was a beat of silence "...you're literally insane" "that's not a no." - hwang intak has a habit of flirting with strangers while choi taeyang, theo for everyone who knows him, has a h
Safe to Fall
by Oneshots_by_Reena (Reena_fanlife)
Years after One Direction, Niall and Harry have learned how to exist in each other’s orbit without actually touching. They still care — deeply — but life, distance, and the things they never named between them have kept them apart.When they cross paths again at the Late Late Show, Harry immediately
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This list of 19mature Friends with Benefits fanfics spans 1,406,570 total words. Kudos range from 1 on the newest entries to 20,552 on the most established. 63% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Mature (19 of 19 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Friends with Benefits · Slow Burn · Angst · Alternate Universe - College/University · Misunderstandings.
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