Top 20 Epic Pining Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with pining and falls in the over 100,000 words range.
Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love
by isthisselfcare
Hermione straddles the Muggle and Magical worlds as a medical researcher and Healer about to make a big discovery. Draco is an Auror assigned to protect her from forces unknown – to both of their displeasure.Features hyper-competent, fiery Hermione and lazy, yet dangerous, Draco. Slow burn.
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
The Shape of Me Will Always be You
by MissDisoriental
A post-canon Hannigram fix-it fic.Fan videos here and hereAnimations hereFanart masterpost herePodfics here, here and hereFan playlist hereTranslations in Deutsch | 中文 | Ελληνικά | Magyar | ไทย | Русский | Polski | Cymraeg | Español | Українська
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)
The Right Thing To Do
by LovesBitca8
Hermione felt the pounding in her ears again. She would see him for the first time since the Great Hall, gaunt and stricken at the Slytherin table with his mother clutching his arm. She hadn't meant to look for him. Not in the corridors, not beneath the white sheets of the fallen, not on the way to
Written on the Heart
by who_la_hoop
Harry doesn’t mind that so many Slytherins from his year have returned to finish their NEWTs, really he doesn’t. It’s just – do they have to be so friendly? He’s not prejudiced, really he’s not. It’s just – they’ve got to be up to something, right? Unnerved by the attention he’s attracting from ever
The Sleeping Beauty Curse
by who_la_hoop
When Draco Malfoy falls into a cursed sleep and can only be woken – at least, according to the Daily Prophet, that impeccable source of truth – by ‘true love’s kiss’, Harry Potter knows there’s no way on earth he’s the answer to this particular riddle. Is he . . .?
your hand in mine (pt. ii)
by geralehane
Five months after breaking Lexa's heart, getting her back is Clarke's first priority. She doesn't care about destroying herself in the process. (TW: Toxic Relationship Dynamics in the first part of the sequel. It's unhealthy and might be triggering for those who've experienced toxic/emotionally abus
Imperial Retrograde
by mynameis152
Tired, feeling safer in his captor’s arms than he’d had in months outside them, Izuku drifted into a dreamless sleep.And Katsuki carried him home.---Raised on a continent at the brink of war, Katsuki and Izuku's sides were chosen the day they were born. But now, as Katsuki's birth right is stripped
Black and Blue
by MTrash (Makaria)
Daichi's new (temporary) neighbor is not only stunningly beautiful but also funny, friendly, with just a touch of mysterious. Naturally, Daichi freaks the fuck out.(AU where everyone lives in the same building and everyone is gay)
Sitting Behind You
by RedOrange99
AU where Ren is a third year at Shujin and sits behind Makoto in class. If you like ShuMako but you always kinda wished it was the main focus of the game, then this is the story for you! A retelling of Persona 5 Royal with a hard focus on Ren and Makoto, along with general team bonding moments and t
wasting beats of this heart of mine
by ArgetCross
“You sound like a mortal.” She said, with the faint glimmer of amusement in her eyes. Zagreus chortled too, but then fell silent. Nyx gave him a knowing look. “What is it, my child?”“You said the curse is tied into my godhood, right? What if…” The words tasted unnatural in his mouth, a blasphemy bef
Where the Snow Takes Us
by AsamiOnTop
Korra is a ski instructor. Asami is a student. They meet :)
A More Perfect Union
by holograms
Hamilton survives the duel. He gets more time, and Burr does too.
Hers
by OchiMochiMochi
Kakashi didn’t really think he was the best choice for this. He’d tried to explain this to the official who’d summoned him out of bed just before midnight, tried to explain that they ought to wake Umino, or the Sandaime, or literally anyone else, tried to explain that Naruto had only been his genin
The Autumn Flame
by The_Twisted_Kingdom
Months after the war, Lucien returns to Velaris to see Elain. He is unsure if he will be welcomed, but is pleasantly surprised when she appears open to spending time with him. He is even more surprised when Rhysand sees fit to send him and Elain across Prythian to visit a handful of the other courts
The heart behind the lie
by Nekohime19
Possession was the art to break the mind.When LBD left the mind of the Monkey King, she left it in shambles, wretched ruins incapable of standing alone. Leaving behind only a terrified monkey overwhelmed by his most irrepressive instinct.When Macaque agreed to help MK, he didn't sign up to be a baby
parched rivers run
by skadii
Zack laughs hysterically. “No, no, no. That’s not how this works. Didn’t you hear Jessie the other day? I die for you. Not the other way ‘round.”Zack lives. What next?
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About Pining
Unrequited or unspoken longing for someone, often with lots of internal anguish.
The exquisite torture of loving someone from afar, especially when it's mutual but unspoken.
Common scenarios: Secret crushes, assuming feelings aren't returned, watching from across the room.
About This List
This list of 20epic Pining fanfics spans 7,127,761 total words. Kudos range from 2,083 on the newest entries to 101,792 on the most established. 70% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (12 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Pining · Slow Burn · Mutual Pining · Angst · Fluff.
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