Obsession
One character's fixation on another consumes the narrative — watching, collecting, orbiting — whether it resolves into requited intensity or curdles into something dangerous. Tagged clearly so readers can choose how dark they want the spiral to go.
What is Obsession in fanfiction?
One character's fixation on another consumes the narrative — watching, collecting, orbiting — whether it resolves into requited intensity or curdles into something dangerous. Tagged clearly so readers can choose how dark they want the spiral to go. With over 60,000 works on Archive of Our Own, Obsession is one of the most beloved tropes in fanfiction.
Why readers love Obsession
Obsession dramatizes the terrifying edge of wanting, and readers are drawn to fiction that admits desire is not always tidy or safe.
Examples of Obsession
A profiler realizing the elegant murders are love letters addressed to him, or a rival who has memorized every match, interview, and weakness of the person they claim to hate.
Best Obsession Fanfics
The highest-rated Obsession stories across all fandoms on AO3.
What He Grows To Be
Completeby Severus_divides_into_H
Tom Riddle is a frightening coil of darkness, cruelty, and greatness, and changing him is Harry’s only hope for saving people he loves. Going back in time, he takes Tom from the orphanage, but his optimism shatters with every year they spend together.Tom still longs for darkness. Tom stifles him in
No Glory
by ObsidianPen
The Dark Lord divines what Harry Potter is in the Forbidden Forest, and revelations lead to incomprehensible consequences. Lord Voldemort has won... and the dystopia is damning.A tale of a fallen hero, dark desires, and a Dark Lord's obsession with something he has lost and finds himself unwillingly
Soulmates (or Shane and Ilya winning the Love Game)
Completeby Justaromanticfool
He knew it stung Ilya, people not understanding. It stung him too. Because to Shane, loving Ilya was like breathing and also like standing on solid ground after years of drifting. It flooded him and steadied him at the same time. It hurt, knowing the world reduced them to a rivalry, a strange story,
Delivery Girl (DISCONTINUED)
Completeby NeonDemise (RedVelvetDemise)
You just want to make your final delivery to the ghost town and then go home. You're literally just trying to do your job. So why are you being attacked by this ninja? Why is the ninja kind of cute? And why does he want to take you?
Invictus
Completeby greyana
Voldemort intended the object to be used by his most loyal follower in the event that his horcruxes were destroyed, but it ended up in Hermione’s possession instead. It sent her back to a time when he was much less the monster that she’d always known him to be. Nothing could have prepared her for th
What Souls Are Made Of
Completeby Emeralds_and_Lilies
A mysterious object in Bellatrix's vault sends Harry, Ron and Hermione spinning into the past and to a Hogwarts like none they know.Posing as students, Harry catches the eye of the Head Boy, Tom Riddle, who is nothing like the Voldemort of the future. He's charming and sly and manipulative; both bri
House of Alphas
by SadisticKiss
Waking up in a world that was not your own was problematic enough. Being the villainess was another. However, the possessive alphas might take the cake.These are some toxic walking red-flag alphas so be warned.Disclaimer: Angsty but I ain’t Gege
Tactical Surrender
Completeby destinies
“It was foolish of you to come here,” he says. “You won’t escape this time.” Rey looks at him, at the Stormtroopers, at the combat walkers. She gives the illusion of thinking it over, and then says, “You’re right." She presents her wrists to him. “I surrender myself to the authority of the First Ord
One, two, three
Completeby Severus_divides_into_H
Will imagined his death in numerous ways, numerous times. Being chosen as a tribute opened a road of new possibilities, some more horrifying than the others. He doesn’t want to be torn to pieces like Randall Tier’s prey. He doesn’t want to be burned like Francis Dolarhyde prefers to kill. But most o
Dread and Hunger
Completeby LiaS0
AU in which Will receives a secret admirer with a penchant for writing him poetry and slaughtering the innocent in artistic fashions. No one ever told him that courtship was so bloody or appealing -rather, so bloody appealing? He's a part-time bartender that can't catch a break, but at least he has
All He'll See is Me
Completeby skyl_tales
When Vader dies, the Force gives him another chance. It doesn't go as Vader expected.
A Collection of Short Stories vol. 1: The Alphabet of Shameless Smut & Sexy Times
Completeby waywardwings
This is a collection of 26 stand-alone short stories - one for each letter of the alphabet - that explore the many sexy relationships of our favorite angel and his boyfriend. Each story is be between 3,000 - 8,000 words. Tags are added for each chapter. The title and notes of each chapter will give
Night Shift
Completeby PossessiveNoun
There are certain rules to follow when working for Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Under no circumstances are you to engage any of the inmates in personal conversation, put yourself in a position where they can cause you serious injury, or let them get inside your head.Despite Wi
The Moth and the Dark
Completeby emungere
One of them has to bend. Hannibal decides it should be him.
The Green Eyed Monster
Completeby Sif (Rosae)
Shouto never gave it much thought when Katsuki brushed Izuku off again and again only to have the other teenager come right back. It was just Izuku trying to be nice, right? What was the harm in it?Only, no means no, even with the best of intentions. And the more Shouto pays attention to it, the mor
What In Me Is Dark, Illumine
by telelli
“Abashed the Devil stood, and felt how awful goodness is, and saw virtue in her shape how lovely: saw, and pined his loss."-John Milton, 'Paradise Lost' In September of 1942, Tom Riddle is a brilliant, bitter schoolboy on the precipice of becoming a monster. Already wearing his first Horcrux around
Break my mind.
Completeby kaiasown
You're König's assigned therapist, and he likes you just a tad too much.He can't deny it. He likes losing himself, especially, when you're the cause. It's kind of thrilling.
Hellish Rebuke
Completeby bludaze
"It's not him anymore, Raphael.""You wish to undo the Ascension?"You stare at the devil. "I just want Astarion back."
Batten Down The Hatches
by AshGopal
Cordelia Jackson had been warned. Ever since she had been thrust into this infernal world behind the Mist, she had heard all the stories. The stories of lawless lands and tyrannical kings, of epic wars and legendary heroes, of ruthless monsters and merciless gods. The stories of how things used to b
the snake, the soul and the lovers
Completeby jjaegerbomb
In the middle of Harry’s fifth year at Hogwars, between Umbridge’s detentions and Snape’s remedial potions, and the stress and the nightmares and the weight of everything on his shoulders - Harry snaps. The only help he finds, comes in the form of a snake coiled inside his soul, guiding him and taki
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How many Obsession fics are on AO3?
There are over 60,000 works tagged with Obsession on Archive of Our Own.
What fandoms have the most Obsession stories?
Popular fandoms for Obsession include Hannibal, Tokyo Ghoul, Yu-Gi-Oh.
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