Best General Audience Mutual Pining Fanfics
The 25 most-loved general audience mutual pining fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. The delicious frustration of obvious mutual attraction, the anticipation of them finally realizing the truth, and the emotional payoff.
Top 25 General Audience Mutual Pining Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with mutual pining and rated General Audiences.
A Dandelion By Any Other Name
by TabbyCat33098
Jaskier is throwing up flowers and refuses to tell Geralt who has afflicted him so. As Geralt grapples with Jaskier's impending death, he comes to terms with a few things himself. //“Who’s the unlucky woman?” Geralt asks, stepping into the firelight. Jaskier starts, dandelions spilling from his ha
Mr. and Mr. Diaz
by jukoist
“Eddie? What’s wrong? There’s no way I missed something, look, we went over everything thrice—” Oh, god, Buck has retrieved his clipboard from wherever in Eddie’s house he’d stashed it last time. He’s waving it around as he speaks. “Information about my spouse,” Eddie says blankly. Buck looks
messages in broken bottles are all I can do (standin' here, hopin' it gets to you)
by machiavelLiterati
Anya sometimes forgets about Damian’s popularity. Specifically, his popularity with their fellow sixteen-year-old classmates (Alternatively: Anya Forger, fifteen years old, imperial scholar extraordinaire, experiences…jealousy? For the first time in her life when a girl from another class hands her
A Timely Intervention
by Rusakko
When an attempt to evade Mr Collins’s proposal puts Elizabeth in an uncomfortable predicament, Mr Darcy’s appearance on the scene obliges her to re-evaluate his character.
you are a clan of three
by paramoura
Din stands quite still, polite-like, with his hands crossed at his waist. So does Luke. After a moment, the baby crosses his hands too.At last Din appears to relax completely and Luke turns away. ‘I’ll be back for him,’ he tells Din, his voice warm, ‘but first I must attend to my other Padawans.’‘Oh
cops and robbers
by andreabandrea (orphan_account)
“Darling?” Kokichi snorted. “You love me that much, Shuichi?” “Well… yeah,” Shuichi said, giving a light laugh. “That’s why I married you.” And he froze. [Kokichi wins the Key of Love at the casino. He wakes up in Shuichi’s ideal fantasy. ]
10/10
by ironicallyinternational
Stiles rethinks his rating systems and stumbles upon discoveries he wish he'd left unknown. Being in love with your best friend is never easy.--"Who's a twenty?" Lydia asks, with half a smile."Scott." Stiles answers, unthinkingly.Lydia swerves so sharply they almost go off the road.
heartbeats and whatnot
by mikharlow
Rui is absolutely head over heels for Tsukasa, and has no idea how to express it. Tsukasa is completely oblivious and still figuring things out. But they'll figure it out together, probably.
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
Hot Coffee, Pretty Hands
by gaylawyers
AU. Tweek Tweak remembers the usual order of every single one of his regulars, except for one regular who seems to be trying every single thing from the coffee shop’s menu for seemingly no reason. Meanwhile, Craig Tucker really hates hot beverages, but that isn’t stopping him.
Andromeda
by aruallz
After lying to his family about his love life, Percy needs someone to fill in as his fake boyfriend for Christmas break. Jason is prepared to spend yet another holiday alone with his cat, watching depressing movies and counting the days until he can go back to university. When Percy offers him a dea
slip of the tongue
by mikharlow
Tsukasa thinks Rui is cute. Apparently, that's not a common opinion.
sick day
by mikharlow
Rui's fallen sick, and Tsukasa's instincts kick in.
a moment in the sun
by Aryn
“Isn’t a bit of pining, like, a required step in every relationship?” Nick asked.There was a beat of silence. Then, Darcy snorted.“No offense, Nick,” Tara said. “But are you really the best person to be making that argument?” or: Charlie realizes he might not have been pining alone all that the time
Something To Talk About
by mara_cas
When Eiji Okumura, star athlete of the pole vaulting team and well-known sweetheart, begins to hang out with Ash Lynx, lonely high school student with a bad reputation; it makes people talk. As the two of them navigate between silly teenagers’ shenanigans and deeper hardships, will they find in each
My Ruined Heart (Belongs To You)
by diddlydang
“I have to say, I never expected you and Ferdie, Hubie.” “We’re not together,” Hubert says to Dorothea.“Oh.” She’s surprised, eyes wide and mouth open. “That’s surprising. The way you two act around each other is very… couple-ly.”“I am aware.” “I thought the two of you were soulmates.” “Of course we
teenager in love
by orphan_account
Camilo Madrigal has been distracted recently—and Pepa enlists Dolores' help in figuring out why.
Almost Home
by goldengoddess
What’s the matter with you? Ling asked.“What d’you mean?” Greed muttered, not loud enough for the others to hear.My heart is racing. Am I getting sick?“Shut up, idiot, you’re fine.”
From Faerûn (With Love)
by Weevilo707
When Kravitz was in 6th grade his school set up a pen pal program, matching them with students who spoke Elvish. It was a simple program, they would write their pen pals letters in elvish as practice, and their pen pals would write them back in common. None of the pairings had lasted until the next
saving all my love for you
by hirosuki
A fool keeping his heart at arm’s length. Perhaps she can reach out to it more.A run-in with abyss mages manages to get Diluc sick to the Winery's surprise. You take care of him, and dear Barbatos, how can he keep his feelings in place?
Oh dear, are you coughing flowers for me?
by endona606
“Is that so… If I may be bold to ask, what flower…?” Kisuke carefully inquires, his curiosity a never-ending pit of shattered porcelain goods. Unexpectedly, Ichigo snorts. His breath comes through clearer for a moment like he’s holding the phone nearer. “Grows, apparently, in my lungs? Sure you can
We Slide Like Buck
by MoonlitRescue
The call is supposed to be simple: find the missing child, get out before the gas exposure gets dangerous, and don't get lost in the oversized children's play maze. Buck manages one of those things. Eddie heroically goes in after him and things would definetly be easier if Buck stopped talking, "You
Fireworks
by michiqos
Ganyu and Keqing go on a date to a Liyue festival!
The Stage Belongs To You
by cyradriluthz_radreading
Catra is an upcoming rockstar/ student at NYU balancing school life and her celebrity life Adora is a college dropout and has financial struggles Adora gets a job to be Catras bodyguard and Adora realizes she might care more about Catra than she thinks
A Pokédex of Flirting
by nightflower_panda
A series of standalone, yet related, non-chronological ficlets of Leon and Raihan being cute and oblivious together. 💜🧡----------“...How long?” Raihan asks. “Since you decided to confess? You liked me for a whole year?” “I don't really know,” Leon murmurs, “but when I thought about it properly, I
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This list of 25general audience Mutual Pining fanfics spans 399,488 total words. Kudos range from 45 on the newest entries to 15,932 on the most established. Nearly all (80%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is General Audiences (25 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Mutual Pining · Fluff · Pining · Friends to Lovers · Character Study.
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