Top 20 Long Pining Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with pining and falls in the 50,000–100,000 words range.
you took my heart (i was sleeping)
by lameparties
It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement. Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold. or Seven nights in which Mike and Will
I Would Bring You the Stars and the Moon
by GutterWitch
“Houston, do you copy?”Caitlyn panicked, feeling extraordinarily unprepared having been thrust into her new position without so much as even a handbook to consult. What were the formalities? What was she supposed to respond with? Where was the damn push to talk button…“Hellooo? I said Houston, do yo
Heir Apparent
by MonsieurClavier
When a Voldemort in his thirties encounters a time-travelling, seventeen-year-old Harry Potter, he makes a dangerous—and hilarious—assumption. He assumes that Harry is his son. And his son, of course, deserves the very best.A confused Harry plays along for the sake of self-preservation, but living w
re: hi
by fleezerweezer
At eleven years old Ilya Rozanov's class is given an assignment:They will be randomly paired with a student at another school in Canada via email. In order to get full credit on the assignment, they must send at least five emails back and forth and gather enough information to write their project.Af
Azoth
by zeitgeistic
Now that Harry is back at Hogwarts with Hermione for eighth year, he realises that something’s missing from his life, and it either has to do with Ron, his boggart, Snape, or Malfoy. Furthermore, what, exactly, does it mean when one’s life is defined by the desire to simultaneously impress and annoy
campfire in your chest
by deanpendragon
Kei realizes in their second year of high school that he's probably been in love with Yamaguchi since they were ten. However hopeless he might be in handling that situation, Kei prays he's at least not as hopeless as Hinata and Kageyama. But he just might be.
The Jeon Pack
by NaHe
Jungkook's pack had survived centuries in the cold unforgiving forest. They followed strict traditions and laws to ensure their survival against nature and rival packs. Soon the responsibility of leading the pack would fall on his shoulders but before assuming the position of head alpha, he needed t
Love Bite(s)
by ArchetypeOfAdespota
In which Keith gets bitten by a Love Bug, and Lance is less okay with this than anyone honestly expected.
The Progress of Sherlock Holmes
by ivyblossom
“I had,” he said, “come to an entirely erroneous conclusion, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.”-- Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band
mouth to mouth
by keros
This was a joke. It was a joke, and Jisung was gonna wait out whatever clever punchline Minho had packed up his sleeve.Minho remains, cocking his head to the side in challenge. He murmurs around the piece of candied popcorn held between his teeth, leaning closer, inviting.“C’mon, Jisung,” Minho teas
step out into the sun
by plutos
“I gotta talk to you, buddy, real quick,” Poe says lowly, and grabs Finn’s hand to haul him back out of the mess hall. His pilot friends cheer loudly, Karé yelling something about keeping it decent, and Finn barely has a second to process it before Poe’s yanking him away and into a deserted side cor
Lungs full of Roses
by SecretlyACatLady
Childe had always assumed that he would die young. He had accepted that a long time ago, ever since he accepted the mantle of a Fatui Harbinger. However, he always thought that he would die in a glorious fight, his body broken but spirit relishing the strong opponent that had bested him. He was okay
the pretty (pining) setter squad
by bloodyhalefire
oikawa: I HAVE NO FEAR suga: straight iwaizumi oikawa: I HAVE ONE FEAR
Don't Hold Your Breath
by frozenpotions
“Hey, Bruce,” he said tentatively. “You have a lot of casual sex, right?”Bruce raised one delicate eyebrow. “Mr. Kent,” he said slowly, amusement curling around the words, “are you calling me easy?”(or: Not quite fresh out of a divorce, Clark attempts to have a hot girl summer. It goes well until it
The Biblical Sense
by sevenfists
“Sid, I’m so—I’m sorry,” Geno said. “My stupid—I’m ruin everything, I—” “Shut up, Geno,” Sidney said, already intensely weary of listening to Geno’s self-recrimination. “You’ve barely even done anything.”Geno’s voice dropped what sounded like an entire octave. “But I want to.”
cornerstone
by founders
"He’ll hold Laf’s hand, charm his family, sit through the vows and the speeches and the cake cutting and determinedly not think about how that could have been him, once, up there, declaring his love in front of everyone. He’s got Lafayette, he’s got a free bar, practically nothing can go wrong, sure
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
Ballad of the Golden Phantom
by Nebrasska
For years now, Sonic has been presumed dead. Shadow carries his grief heavily with him. Unspoken feelings and secret attractions all remain clutched close to his chest as he struggles to move on from a tragic love. The world is bleak without Sonic, and because of this, Shadow finds himself purposele
Body Language
by explosionshark
Buffy and Faith have always communicated best when they're not relying on words at all.
What We Can't Have
by nightshiftblues
James Madison is happily married and George Washington is, well, George Washington. Jefferson and Hamilton, having long since accepted they will never be satisfied, decide to take the edge off with some good old fashioned hate sex.It works well enough until it doesn’t.
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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 20long Pining fanfics spans 1,425,876 total words. Kudos range from 1,565 on the newest entries to 199,108 on the most established. 70% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (11 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Pining · Fluff · Slow Burn · Hurt/Comfort · Angst with a Happy Ending.
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