Best Epic Mutual Pining Fanfics
Mutual Pining fanfics over 100,000 words — the long-form treatment of the trope. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 20 Epic Mutual Pining Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with mutual pining and falls in the over 100,000 words range.
The Way You Used To Do
by edema_ruh
"We're really sorry," his father says, in a teary-eyed, wobbly way. "But your friend, Izuku, he's... He's gone, son."Katsuki can do nothing but blink up at them for moments that feel like an eternity, eyes darting between both his parents in obvious confusion, disbelief, and, more than anything, ind
All the Young Dudes - Sirius's Perspective
by Rollercoasterwords
this is an ATYD fanfic first!!! and a harry potter fanfic only by necessity. this is literally just me rewriting each chapter of atyd but from Sirius's perspective bc i love this story so much and can't get enough of it. all credit for the original work goes to MsKingBean89 and if for some reason yo
frequently, secretly fond of each other.
by milominderbinder
Shrugging one shoulder far more casually than he possibly feels, Ilya says, “I like both. Is secret, okay?” “Okay,” Hollander says, voice cracking. He doesn’t say anything else. The air’s so heavy around them that it feels like being in the middle of a scrum, the weight and heat of all those bodies
(the first time) he kissed a boy
by buzzcut__season
Reki is insecure about his lack of kissing experience. Langa just wants to help him feel like he's good enough, even if teaching Reki to kiss means breaking his own heart. (yet another practice kissing au)
And like the cycle of the year, we begin again
by katherynefromphilly
Set after the Merlin Series 5 Finale "Diamond of the Day".Canon Compliant. In Character. Arthur Pendragon Returns.Cover art by Lao-Pendragon------For many long years Merlin waited.For the other part of his soul, for the other half of his life. He was born to serve Arthur. So that meant he was al
Remain Nameless
by HeyJude19
How did it feel? It felt like he was barely holding it together. She, of all people, should shun him. Or yell at him. Curse him. Spit at him. Take out her wand and blast him off the face of the earth. It was crushing guilt and relief and confusion all at once when he looked at Hermione Granger.The m
I Was Screaming Your Name Through The Radio
by ElectricSplatter
“Four months from now will be the seven year anniversary of when you and Osamu Dazai released your hugely successful first and only album Double Black and its diamond single Corruption. After performing with Dazai earlier this year, are you planning anything special to celebrate?”“Corruption is insa
Meet Your Match
by morriganmercy
After the war, Draco Malfoy seeks refuge from infamy in the Muggle world. A friendly Muggle couple takes him under their wing, but there’s a problem: they are intent on setting him up with their best friend, Hermione Granger. Or, in which the Muggle friends Hermione Granger undoubtedly would have ha
Through The Fire
by SongAngel
Minerva McGonagall checks up on little Harry Potter and finds that not all is as it should be. She makes a decision that will change everything for the Boy Who Lives.
just say you do
by biblionerd07
Steve just wanted a job. He wasn't expecting a marriage proposal. And he certainly wasn't expecting to accept.
Spite
by wellitcouldbeworse3
You wake up in a hospital bed with plenty of injuries and no memories, and the only person that seem more upset about it than you are is a short, angry man named Levi. Takes place directly after A Choice With No Regrets.
White Lies
by cassisluna
Draco drinks a potion that makes him know if a person is lying, and Harry, apparently at fault that Draco is this way, is forced to 'help' him with the effects of the potion. For the first time, they deal with each other with no lies to hide behind. HPDM RWHG BZNL SSRL
Sha Ka Ree
by ThereBeWhalesHere
The year is 2258. Jim Kirk is a Lieutenant on the U.S.S. Farragut, Spock the science officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise. When the ships come together for a priority landing party, these two strangers find themselves fighting against the odds for a chance at life in an alien world, and the only way the
Painted Green, Covered in Red
by BSChocolatte
“I hate to say this, but it has to be you, Noceda. They would have never seen this coming."Amity Blight is tired of all the dinner dates her mother kept setting her up with. So she thought of a brilliant plan, something so flawless she was sure would work-fake date a person her parents would not app
Fidelity
by hrwinter
Presumed dead after her family is brutally murdered by Lionel Luthor, Kara Danvers begins her first year at Hogwarts with a new family and a new name. She encounters enigmatic and intelligent Lena on the train and immediately feels a fondness and fascination, but does the apple fall far from the tre
you think you're the ocean
by turbulentmoods
"Ah here!" she sings, turning the phone towards Giyuu, presenting what she had been working on. The color drains from his face, and he wonders why God continues to find more and more trivial ways to smite him. The phone screen shows a dating profile, and it takes Giyuu a moment to register that it's
You, Me, and the Midterm Curve
by touyascoffin
Step 1: Risk your spot on the basketball team by failing a class.Step 2: Flirt with your tutor to try to fix it.Step 3: Flunk the flirting and the quiz.Step 4: Accidentally fall for said tutor, who looks like he hasn't smiled since dinosaurs went extinct. Cheng Xiaoshi didn't plan on catching feelin
Right Now, You're Smitten
by idratherhaveyou
Laurent's uncle insists he starts bringing a date (a serious one) to company events. In an effort to irritate his uncle, Laurent decides to ask Damen, Nicaise's babysitter, to be his date. Damen grudgingly agrees and goes to the company's annual Christmas party. And many parties after.There's fak
Something New for Me and You
by sockablock
What do you get when you take an excitable blue tiefling, her dodgy human roommate, her quiet aasimar friend, her half-orc boyfriend, his weird tiefling roommate, and mix them together with a nervous wizard and a lovably scruffy goblin? They aren't sure either, but they're willing to find out.(or: a
With Him?
by qnon
Despite some of Usopp's more out-there crack theories, Zoro and Sanji are not, in fact, secretly in love. They really do just happen not to get along- which leads to what may appear as the bickering of an old couple and the close contact of two men trying to rip each other's heads off.That is, until
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About Mutual Pining
Both characters are in love with each other but believe their feelings are unrequited. Readers can see the truth while characters remain oblivious.
The delicious frustration of obvious mutual attraction, the anticipation of them finally realizing the truth, and the emotional payoff.
Common scenarios: Best friends both hiding feelings, colleagues thinking the other is out of their league, misreading signals.
About This List
This list of 20epic Mutual Pining fanfics spans 4,677,135 total words. Kudos range from 3,237 on the newest entries to 72,220 on the most established. Nearly all (85%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (7 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Mutual Pining · Slow Burn · Fluff · Alternate Universe - Modern Setting · Enemies to Friends to Lovers.
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