Top 12 Long Healing Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with healing and falls in the 50,000–100,000 words range.
Road to Nowhere
by Aerugonian
Hitoshi knows there's something wrong with himself before he's even old enough to have a sense of self. He looks at his reflection and knows that the infant looking back at him isn't what he should be seeing. His dreams are a maelstrom of grief and fear, his mind overwhelmed with a lifetime of emoti
Balance, Imperfect
by bixgirl1
When Harry sustains an injury in the line of work, he no longer knows how to navigate the life he loved, and finds help and solace from the most unexpected source.
Step Into the Sun
by Scouts_Rocketship
When Mark falls into his rut abruptly at the smell of the ocean and sunflowers, it quickly became news throughout the whole school that Mark Lee has found his soulmate. It was exactly his luck that the scent came from an "abandoned" gym shirt in the locker room. No one knew who the mystery person wa
Rose Returns
by EleanorDarkholme
Rose finds herself eight thousand years in the past, back when Homeworld and she were at their worst. She is desperate to get home and she will make things right. She has been given a second chance and she refuses to waste it.
A Light in the Dark
by Srdavidso
After a series of violent assaults leave Sam Carter struggling to survive the aftermath, Jack O’Neill refuses to let her face it alone. What follows is a years-long journey through trauma, recovery, setbacks, memory loss, heartbreak, forgiveness, and love. A hurt/comfort, slow-burn Sam/Jack story ab
if life goes on (there’s no way but forward)
by EagleGrass16
“Brother. You can’t blame yourself for this.” Ed knows this. He knows he can’t blame anyone. He won’t do anything rash. He’s not eleven and an idiot anymore. “It’s—I should’ve been here. I can’t believe I wasn’t here. I did the same fucking thing as Hohenheim—she had to”—Ed is choking on his words,
A new reign
by FireheartAndFrost
This story starts right where chapter 118 ends. We dive right into the castle of Orynth, after the battle against Maeve and Erawan ended.Over the course of a year, we follow the lives - and the healing - of our beloved characters we left in Erilea.
I Come With Knives
by sitabethel
Getting railed by five dudes in front of Zorc hadn't been the answer to healing Bakura. He had needed to cry with Ryou, to learn how to kiss, to learn how to apologize, to lay tipsy on Malik’s floor and play games with his new village. Bakura had needed a human life, and all the joys and sorrows tha
Where the Ice Still Blooms
by RubyVixen
Karin Kurosaki and Toshiro Hitsugaya have finally found themselves in a place they're truly happy. All their past stresses were realised and now they were looking forward to the future. That is until a brutal attack forces Karin to enter the Soul Society far earlier than planned. Now Toshiro and Kar
Lotus
by Notanotherweeaboo
Xiao Lang is a coldhearted delinquent who steals and scams to find his next meal. After an unexpected invasion from the neighboring kingdom, Xiao Lang discovers the payout of a lifetime. Sakura, the princess of Clow, whose head bears a bounty far beyond the thugs' wildest dreams, is lost. She reques
哈迪斯之息 Scents of Hades
by muon66
“地狱之王，那是布拉佛斯童谣里的陌客。布拉佛斯人会用干薄荷保存尸体，所以他们说，那冰凉的气味是地狱之王迎接往生者时留下的气息。但学士们会说，薄荷的清凉气息是用来驱散害虫，是植物适应环境的产物。你更相信哪一个？” “我不知道。或许，薄荷只是一株小草。他那么弱不禁风，朝生暮死，又怎样选择自己的气息？” 凯特： 好消息！我帮你找到了你的一个女儿！（坏消息是，这是你不太喜欢的那一个……但这样的事我们也没得挑，你说是吗？） 一个关于培提尔一拖五带着一群熊孩子公路旅行的故事。大部分章节适合阖家观赏，某章除外。全文约五万字，计划日更。本文除了治好了作者的BE综合征以外，还对权游里稀烂的小指头结局进行了大刀阔
Between the Lines
by La_wall
Hana's job as Styling Director at Starship Entertainment has always kept her on her toes, but after leaving an abusive relationship, the romantic attention from Kihyun and Shownu of Monsta X is certainly throwing her for a loop. Between navigating the hectic schedule of a comeback and healing from h
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About Healing
Stories centered on recovery — physical, emotional, or both — where the plot is less about what broke a character and more about the slow, nonlinear work of putting themselves back together. Often paired with a patient love interest or a supportive found family.
Readers come to healing fic for the gentleness canon rarely allows, and stay because watching someone learn to be okay again feels like permission to heal themselves.
Common scenarios: A traumatized soldier learning to sleep through the night in a quiet farmhouse, or a character relearning trust one shared meal at a time after years of abuse.
About This List
This list of 12long Healing fanfics spans 921,251 total words. Kudos range from 5 on the newest entries to 20,779 on the most established. 42% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Mature (5 of 12 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Healing · Angst · Hurt/Comfort · Fluff and Angst · Romance.
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