Best Explicit Mates Fanfics
The 15 most-loved explicit mates fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. The fantasy of being biologically, cosmically certain that someone is yours appeals to readers, while the best fics complicate it by asking whether the characters would have chosen each other anyway.
Top 15 Explicit Mates Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with mates and rated Explicit.
Quiet Rapture
by lalazee
That A/B/O fic where cocky Alpha Bakugou falls in mate-love at first scent, while Midoriya is just a poor bookstore-owning Omega who got his nose punched in is a kid and can't smell a damn thing. Also known as: That time an Alpha had to use his actual personality to woo his mate instead of relying o
Electricity In the Contact
by ladyblahblah
In which Derek has been invited to the Greater Pacific Northwest Alpha Symposium (that's not what it's called, Stiles, stop saying that), and showing up unattached would mean an arranged marriage. When the rest of the pack objects, he agrees to let Stiles come along to pose as his mate. Derek is r
Don't Look Back
by Onyx_and_Elm
It’s the smell of it. Chemical. Bitter and sharp as a raw edge on metal. Just a hint of it as she passes him at breakfast — but enough to stop her dead, mid-step.There is Wolfsbane in his tea.
The Debt of Time
by ShayaLonnie
When Hermione finds a way to bring Sirius back from the veil, her actions change the rest of the war. Little does she know her spell restoring him to life provokes magic she doesn't understand and sets her on a path that ends with a Time-Turner.
Lap Magnet
by Prairie_Grass
Wherein an ill-advised floral arrangement leads to a whole new definition of obliviousness, accidental mate-bonds, and far more sex and tropes than one fic really needs.or Five times Derek and Stiles didn’t notice how close they were (literally) and then a whole bunch of times when they did...
if you run fast enough
by silvyri
Peter probably shouldn't be falling asleep on Deadpool, but after the Merc with a Mouth saves him from being abducted by two dick Alphas, he doesn't try as hard as he should to not.
So Shed Your Skin and Lets Get Started
by halfhardtorock
He's sixteen and in the woods on the wrong side of the town-line and he's so fucking fucked. He knows he's not supposed to run, they teach that to you in preschool (don't run from a Were, back away slowly and walk with care), but they never told you how it would feel, standing alone in the dark with
Knot if You Don't Knock
by jsea
Stiles never expects to present as an omega -- that's something that happens to people like Greenberg, not him. He is so wrong.His life only gets stranger when Derek Hale mistakenly bursts through the door of his exam room during a doctor’s appointment. What happens next is a complicated series of e
Saltation
by momora
Jimin had grown up watching his mother sort the point-oh-one percent beta defaults into the alpha-omega communities, but that doesn't make being a part of the statistic much easier. He'd be doing okay at this new omega thing if that watchful alpha Min Yoongi could stay out of the situation. He just
He's Not Mine
by Sunnee
Derek comes home to find an abandoned werebaby on his front porch and Stiles volunteers to help him out. Surprisingly, that is just the beginning of his problems.
Don't Feed the Wolves
by Amazonia_8
Stiles took the dare, because what else was he supposed to do when the whole lacrosse team was chanting his name? Even though the werewolf pack had left Beacon Hills years ago, nobody was stupid enough to set foot on the Hale property. Except, apparently, Stiles.Now he's got a feral werewolf followi
i like how desperate you seem (in the way you look at me)
by fatal (cumrich)
packs merge all the time. it's survival. jimin knows that, but what he's not prepared for is the attention he's getting from a certain jeon jeongguk, the alpha's son.
A Court of Fire and Starlight
by LadyTess
Born into the cut-throat Autumn Court, Eris Vanserra had been surrounded by monsters his entire life and spent most of his time scheming for the crown his cruel father still possessed. His world is thrown into chaos when an unexpected source gets to his father before he can. Astra was raised in the
Hell Reincarnate
by BookDragonsUnite
What if the roles were reversed? What if Jason was Greek instead of Roman? And Percy? What would have happened if he was Roman and fought on Mount Tamalpais during the Titan War? "There's a reason Perseus means Destroyer, Annabeth. In every war, driven by some instinct, the Big Three have each h
I Am Done With My Graceless Heart
by greenvelvet_couture
'Her name was Bryce Quinlan, and she was not of their world.'…Bryce Quinlan falls from a portal in the sky, revealing to Nesta and the rest of the Inner Circle that there are worlds beyond their own. She brings with her tales of Midgard, the dangers she left behind, the imminent war against planet-c
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This list of 15explicit Mates fanfics spans 2,942,909 total words. Kudos range from 1,537 on the newest entries to 36,222 on the most established. 73% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (15 of 15 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics · Mates · Slow Burn · Mating Cycles/In Heat · Scent Marking.
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