Top 21 Explicit Modern AU Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with modern au and rated Explicit.
Paper Monsters
by Clocks
Fill for this prompt: Charles meets Erik Lehnsherr, his favorite novelist of all time at a coffee shop, but doesn't know it's him, and Erik just criticizes his own writing in front of his biggest fan.
Impossible Things
by accioromulus
Sirius’s thoughts are a slow-moving, impending disaster. How he wants to pin Remus up against the cupboards, to crowd him into a corner; how he wants to intertwine their fingers, to brush his lips against Remus’s forehead, his jaw. Instead, he settles for ducking his head and sliding a finger throug
Venti Sized Crush
by ZoeReed
Starts from the Tumblr prompt: I'm a barista and you're the obnoxious customer who comes through and orders a venti macchiato while talking on the phone the whole time so I misspell your name in increasingly creative ways every day AU.Bending gets reintroduced into this modern AU. Korra's new life a
Thunderstruck
by Dr_Supernova_Dragon_Cat
1980s AU. Hair Metal/Arena Rock SanSan.**COMPLETED**Straight-laced and a yuppie in the making, Sansa is dragged to a metal concert by Arya and Gendry where she captures the eye of the guitarist of the band Cannibal Star. Crude and lewd, Sandor is everything Sansa was certain she didn't want. Even w
a call to motion
by groundedsaucer (coasterchild)
Harrow and Gideon watch a porno.
Ask A Ginger
by Rohad
Of all her gigs, writing advice for a column in a skin magazine is probably Gideon's favorite, though walking Noodle for Cam and Pal is a close second. Even when it brings her within glaring distance of their across-the-hall neighbors. The Nonagesimus sisters. The younger, a little weird but fine. T
See the day
by Taromei
Okay. So. Felix is in a friends-with-benefits type arrangement with Dimitri. Except it’s not actually an “arrangement”, because nothing was ever actually “arranged”. It’s more that after two decades of being best friends, Felix suddenly can’t hear Dimitri laugh without going for his pants, and it’s
Captured
by Rohad
Gideon's had it bad for Harrow for a long time. There's just never been a good time and she's starting to think there never will be.Then she receives some unintentional help from an unlikely and unwilling source.
Feel the Pain, Kill it Twice
by AmbiguousWren
Life's not bad for Gideon. She's got a nice predictable job, good friends, a hot roommate. The worst thing is having to deal with her roommate's shitty sister and their terrible friend, but its worth the tradeoff.It was simple, and for Gideon that was good enough.But things hadn't always been so gre
Acts Of Contrition
by KalansPhantom
"But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness". 1 John 1:9 Edward Teach knows sin and guilt. He's got success and fame, a life that most would envy professionally, but his personal life is another matter entirely. He's sh
One in a Million
by Anonymous
Single, 25 year old Jace wasn't ready to find out that he was pregnant. He really wasn't ready to find out that he had an extra uterus. He DEFINITELY wasn't ready to find out that each uterus had a baby inside, which apparently meant that they could have come from two different hookups.But now he's
Double Blind
by Survivor418
"In my room, you don't need to make any decisions, Potter. The only thing you have to do is drop that pathetic pride of yours, and submit." At thirty-six, despicable office politics destroyed everything Severina had. To pay off exorbitant medical bills, she chose to become a cold, ruthless Domme on
Uccimidi, Amica
by Solgaletta
If there is one thing a person living in Coppirami Novu must know, it's that you must never get caught up in gangs or the mafia. And typically, that's an easy thing to do, even though their influence spreads thick and wide amongst the country. This other side of the coin, the country' very underbell
Pas de Deux
by rein_shadow
Everyone at Ketterdam International Ballet Academy knows that Wylan Van Eck and Jesper Fahey absolutely despise each other. So when they are cast to play love interests in this year's production, it's safe to say it will end in one or both of them murdering the other... Right?
Watching Him With Those Eyes
by ghastlyGimmick
Dave’s never had eyes for anyone other than his longtime romantic partner, John. Really, he hasn’t. Not until a freak accident forces him to spend way too much time with a mutual coworker. He’s happy with John. But it’s hard not to notice just how cute this new guy can be.
These Are Their Stories
by Lynyangell
In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In Central City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Taskforce. These are their stories...
Underground Idol
by Umrily
Furina has always looked up to the Idols of her time. She look up to them enough to start wanting to be one. It doesn't matter what she has to do to reach it. Even if she were to start at the very bottom as an underground Idol, she would make sure to get her way to be known as the one of the top Ido
No Love Like Your Love
by GT Anthony (TheElderVampire)
Worldly exposure was necessary for Eden Hollow’s compound, ensuring that followers both had a choice to stay but also had no reason to leave. It was time for Avery Miller’s six month sabbatical, and although he was more than sure of his devotion to his faith, he also knew that some people that left
Getaway Car
by shapsara
Arthur Morgan and a corrupt jeweller rob a diner and crash a wedding.
Speakeasy, Act Loudly
by shadow_ballad
When Colin and Penelope find themselves in the same city, he plans a perfect night of dinner, conversation, and a visit to a secret speakeasy where he might finally confess his feelings. But one missed detail leads them somewhere far more sinful than he intended. Surrounded by desire, writhing bodie
summertime (2026 remaster)
by funerarypyre
After San turned out to be a better random roommate than Yunho could have ever asked for, Yunho agrees to stay over at his house for the summer. The plan is to spend a week there, be introduced to San's video game collection, stay up too late, and generally hole themselves up in San's basement witho
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About This List
This list of 21explicit Modern AU fanfics spans 1,191,240 total words. Kudos range from 1 on the newest entries to 17,183 on the most established. 48% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (21 of 21 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Modern AU · Alternate Universe - Modern Setting · Friends to Lovers.
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