Top 20 Short Humor Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with humor and falls in the 10,000–50,000 words range.
Then Comes a Mist and a Weeping Rain
by Faith Wood (faithwood)
It always rains for Draco Malfoy. Metaphorically. And literally. Ever since he had accidentally Conjured a cloud. A cloud that's ever so cross.
Fanning the Flames
by cjr2
The Voyageurs ask Shane to join FanMail in order to foster a better connection with fans. Internet sleuths start to notice some interesting details in the background of Shane’s videos, and then the internet does...what the internet does. Or Shane and Ilya are granted an opportunity to come out on th
An Issue of Consequence
by Faith Wood (faithwood)
Draco has woken up in an alternate universe. Or he has woken up utterly insane. Nothing else can possibly explain why Harry Potter suddenly seems to think he's Draco's boyfriend.
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.
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
Pick-Up and Chase
by SKayLanphear
After she accidentally trips into Adrien and apologizes about "falling for him," Marinette learns that he's no match for cheesy pick-up lines--whether they were unintended or not. And while she finds it flattering that he turns into a flustered mess with only a few words, Marinette comes to regret m
ten out of ten
by gurlsrool
Ilya: He should buy lottery tickets because he is the luckiest man on earth Ilya: He should get on his knees and thank god everyday that he got to fuck youShane: Oh my God stopIlya: What? I do that Or: The man who topped Shane in Mexico posts about his experience, Ilya contemplates murder, and the o
The (Not So) Great Pretender
by RayShippouUchiha
“What,” Tony says softly but with a great depth of feeling, “the actual fuck just happened?” “I believe, Sir,” JARVIS pipes up from the phone in his pocket, an unnecessary amount of what sounds like glee in his voice, “that you’ve once again managed to maintain your closely guarded secret ide
All good things come in threes
by Bergen
“I know all about your secret identity.”A beat of silence. “Um,” Peter said, bunching his sweater in his hands. “Which… which one?”--Peter has three secret identities: Spider-Man, the superhero who swings around the city to save people. Parker Benjamin, who gives Tony Stark unsolicited advice on his
#janegate
by deadmemewalking
zuko nation @yaoionice tell me why the rozanov leaks have me sobbing into my pillow … god i see what you have done for othersoh captain my captain @jimothykirk Replying to @yaoionice RIGHT like i think love might be real dani @danisqueerbar Replying to @jimothykirk we found love in a hopeless place
If I'm Being Honest....
by I_dont_know_man
Midoriya scrunched up his nose in confusion. “Uh, Shouto, why are you glaring at me like that?”“I-” Todoroki began to lie, until nausea slammed him like a door to any room that Bakugou entered. “I--” Todoroki grit his teeth, and glared daggers into the wall behind Midoriya. Goodbye, friendship.
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
Fool Me Once
by CaffeinatedFlumadiddle
Arthur could see his father glaring down - face red and eyes narrowed as he looked at Merlin with clear distaste."Once this over, sorcerer...I’ll burn you.""You’ve already tried that," Merlin’s voice answered and Arthur had to bite his fist to keep from making any noise. “You need to accept you can’
The Real Meaning of Idioms
by feverishsea
After two weeks away, John finally texts Sherlock. He doesn't expect Sherlock to respond. He doesn't expect Sherlock to keep texting him. And he really doesn't expect things to spiral out of control so rapidly.
Batting in the Wings
by PlotsOfCoffee
Love is an amazing thing, so when the Justice League believes that their resident paranoid isolationist has found it, they’re happy for him, even if Wally was hardcore crushing on the lover boy. Or another Justice League thinks Batman and Nightwing are dating.
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?
home is nowhere, therefore you
by Ark
"Right, well," Jaskier says, when he halts before Geralt. Up close, he looks much more nervous. There is sweat on his brow and his collar is damp with it, and his teeth keep catching on his lower lip. "True love's kiss. There's—ah—there's nothing to it." And he bends, the utter imbecile, and kisses
Don’t mind if I keep your tie (And your heart, babe)
by Ingi
The Eighth year common room has a parrot in it, courtesy of McGonagall and her mad search for interhouse bonding.Most of the time, it's just there, until one day it repeats "Potter has a damn fine arse." And the Slytherins know exactly who the parrot's mimicking...Draco is not amused.
Pinned and Needled
by surveycorpsjean
Sanji struggles with an injury that prevents him from cooking. Around the same time, Zoro starts to act strange.
Some Things Shouldn't Be a Chore
by scifigrl47
Steve takes things like personal responsibility and respect seriously. Tony's got people he pays to take care of that kind of thing, and anyway, he's pretty sure that he's going to die of some exotic disease in his workshop, because Dummy's still a little spotty about what is 'clean' enough to put
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About Humor
Fic written to make you laugh: crack premises played straight, group-chat chaos, banter-driven romcoms, and comedies of errors starring characters canon treats with deadly seriousness. One of AO3's biggest tags for good reason.
Comedy is fandom's love language — affectionate mockery of a canon's absurdities — and a fic that makes readers actually laugh out loud earns permanent bookmark status.
Common scenarios: The villain accidentally added to the heroes' group chat, or a deadly serious cast attempting a mundane task — taxes, IKEA, a group vacation — with catastrophic results.
About This List
This list of 20short Humor fanfics spans 403,012 total words. Kudos range from 19,057 on the newest entries to 80,548 on the most established. Nearly all (95%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (9 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Humor · Romance · Fluff · Hogwarts Eighth Year · Social Media.
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