Polyamory
Romantic relationships among three or more people, written with the negotiation, jealousy management, and abundant communication that real polyamory requires — or with the easy harmony fiction allows. Covers triads, vees, and whole-team arrangements.
What is Polyamory in fanfiction?
Romantic relationships among three or more people, written with the negotiation, jealousy management, and abundant communication that real polyamory requires — or with the easy harmony fiction allows. Covers triads, vees, and whole-team arrangements. With over 120,000 works on Archive of Our Own, Polyamory is one of the most beloved tropes in fanfiction.
Why readers love Polyamory
Poly fic refuses the assumption that love is a competition with one winner, and readers enjoy dynamics where the answer to a love triangle is simply 'both.'
Examples of Polyamory
A love triangle resolved when the two rivals realize they like each other too, or an established couple carefully courting a third who assumes they're joking.
Best Polyamory Fanfics
The highest-rated Polyamory stories across all fandoms on AO3.
Two's Company (But they want a crowd)
by TossLotsofsauce
Finally, Zoey blurted it out, voice soft but sharp: “Have you ever thought of… something besides monogamy?” Mira’s thumb stilled on the screen. She looked up, slow. “…What?” Zoey’s hands twisted in her lap. “Like—not open relationships. Just… not just one person. Have you ever thought about being wi
It Might Just Come Back To Bite You
Completeby Arobeebee
After Jungkook goes out of his way to help a sickly-looking stranger on a rainy night, the universe chooses to reward him in the most bizarre and unexpected way possible – with a nest of overprotective Vampire sugar-daddies.
Another Chance
by ProfessorMicroPenis
Harry leaves the white limbo of King's Cross to find himself in his childhood cupboard once again. Luckily for him, it seems he's brought Ron and Hermione back with him, and with his best friends at his side he can do anything.The Golden Trio take Hogwarts by storm, a bit more jaded and ruthless tha
Second Chance (at happiness)
Completeby SailorChibi
Tony knew better than to play with alien toys. He really did. But there was just something so tempting about other-worldly objects. It turned out that he wasn't the only Tony Stark that felt that way. One explosion later, there's a brand new Tony in town. But there's something not quite right about
Pulling My Weight
Completeby itsthechocopuff
During their mission to Wave, Sakura realises how behind she is in her training and decides to do something about it. She vows to become a shinobi her Village and her teammates can respect and depend on. But Sakura has always been a paper-ninja, so her first stop for inspiration is the library where
and you needed someone to show you the way
Completeby SailorChibi
Tony knows what the team really thinks of him. It's a delicate balance: they tolerate him because of his money and his toys, and he gets to stay on the team and fight with them. He's okay with that. So long as he hides the fact that Steve's and Bucky's names are written on his skin in the most embar
The Rise of the Drackens
by StarLight_Massacre
Harry comes into a very unexpected inheritance. He is a creature both rare and very dangerous, a creature that is black listed by the British Ministry. So now he must avoid detection at all costs, whilst choosing his life partners and dealing with impending pregnancy at just sixteen. With danger com
Through the Window
by PenRot
One summer day, he sees Voldemort on his neighbor's roof. And it all came crashing down.Armed with a stabbed diary that oddly brings him comfort and a ring that feels important, Harry is ill-equipped for the summer ahead. On his neighbour’s roof, staring directly at him, was Voldemort. It wou
Another Option
Completeby sandersonsister
When Touya stops his mother from hurting Shouto, he decides enough is enough. He needs to get out of this house and he's taking his baby brother with him.8/24/22 -undergoing revision
International playboy (don't answer)
Completeby blt_prf
oHI FUCHKED UPI FUUCKED UPYOUR'E NOT NAMJOON yeahwhat I've been trying to tell youorthe one in which Jimin accidentally texts the guy he has a crush on *available to read in multiple languages, check notes
Candles and Shadows
by Sunny_Bih
Jungkook is a Jeon—the only witching family alive that carries Shadow Magic blood. Feared for their ominous powers, Jungkook grew up isolated from the rest of the witching community, so much so that they don't even know the youngest Jeon exists. Jungkook’s always felt like an outsider—even at his hu
Logical Thinking
Completeby Only_A_Fangirl
“What’s the favor you wanted?” Namjoon asks.“Right,” Hoseok says. “So, I drank a little bit yesterday, and I got this really good idea. And then I sobered up and the idea was still good, so… here I am.”“What is it?” Yoongi asks.Hoseok takes a deep breath, looks at Yoongi pointedly for a few seconds,
I have swallowed my pride (To say goodbye)
Completeby IzzyMRDB
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep." ~Robert FrostAKARhea thought the fight was over when she handed Luke that blade. The war she fought for others was over. She was wrong.Now a thousand miles and a thousand years from home, all alone wi
make it taste like love
Completeby lookingatherhurts
Taehyung and Jungkook are two alphas who hate each other until one morning, Taehyung wakes up as an omega and Jungkook is the only one who can help him figure out what happened....too bad Taehyung is now desperate to bare his neck to Jungkook instead of fighting.
Don't Say It
Completeby bibliomaniac
Tony Stark is autistic and nonverbal. Which is fine, obviously, except for it means that Steve and Bucky don't have his words, and it only takes him a few minutes to decide they don't need to know he has theirs. That's also totally and definitely fine, until he goes and falls in love with them.
Twirl Three Notes and Make a Star
Completeby inexplicifics
The Warlord of the North receives an invitation to the elven summer festival, and Geralt sends Jaskier, Eskel, and Ciri (and more than a dozen overprotective Witchers) off to be diplomatic.Or: Eskel finally gets to take a vacation. If you can call riding herd on Jaskier and the little menace a vacat
Whatever Works
Completeby KouriArashi
The problem with having your soulmate's first words to you tattooed on your arm is knowing your whole life that you're fated to be with a jerk. It's enough to make Stiles want to date other people ... which is how he winds up dating his soulmate's nephew.
Magic Under The Moonlight
Completeby hyyh_13
Jungkook should never have agreed to accompany his best friend to a vampire exclusive masquerade ball. And Jungkook definitely should not have accepted the dances from the six powerful vampires who don’t seem fond of humans.
A Hero Rises
by Zabeck
Izuku's meeting with All Might goes slightly different, with All Might being a more perceptive hero and teacher he gives Izuku a chance to talk, he receives the help he needs along the way to becoming a hero. Izuku will struggle, and prove to everyone that a once quirkless child can be a hero. With
Nosy Friends and Seaweed Kisses
Completeby Potrix
Tony and Steve are happy. Bucky’s return doesn’t change that. Or, at least, that’s how Tony sees it. His friends don’t seem convinced.Alternatively; five times people think Tony should be jealous plus the one time everyone realises why he isn’t.
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How many Polyamory fics are on AO3?
There are over 120,000 works tagged with Polyamory on Archive of Our Own.
What fandoms have the most Polyamory stories?
Popular fandoms for Polyamory include MCU, DSMP, Voltron.
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