Best Explicit Post-Canon Fanfics
The 25 most-loved explicit post-canon fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. Endings are where canon stops and fandom refuses to; readers want the wedding after the war, the rebuilding after the finale, and the proof that the characters' lives kept going.
Top 25 Explicit Post-Canon Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with post-canon and rated Explicit.
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
A New Knife
by surveycorpsjean
The rune chews them up and spits them out.Jayce takes Viktor and runs.
beneath six layers of silk
by darkredloveknot (enheduane)
While exorcising a haunting, Lan Wangji gets cursed with a brand of honesty, and is forced to speak his every thought out loud.
The Seventh Sense
by MissDisoriental
It’s been over a year after the Fall and most people know Will’s in a relationship. They just don’t know exactly with who…A sequel to ‘The Shape of Me Will Always Be You’, but can be read as a standalone.Translation in 中文, Русский and EspañolFan videos available here and hereFan art master post avai
the most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway is that it’s you
by greatunironic
Sixteen years after the world didn't end for the last time, Max Mayfield showed up on Steve’s doorstep and said, “You gonna walk me down the aisle in May or what?” Or, it’s 2002 and Steve Harrington attends a wedding, a funeral, and a birth.
cottonmouth
by lightsflicker
“Just saying, if you’re taking another hit, you should share it with me,” Mike says, and Will slowly tilts his head, drinking in every word. “It just makes sense. Like, mathematically.” Will’s reddened eyes narrow, bewildered. “Mathematically?” “If there’s two hits left, we’d each only get one,” Mik
Trust Fall (And Welcoming Arms)
by SpangleBangle
Life goes on after the Foxes win the championship, and for Andrew and Neil it's uncharted territory with only each other for guides. Maybe it's time to put away some of those hard edges, and learn how to touch more softly, and speak more honestly. And if they falter, they have their family to help t
a safe pair of hands
by occultings (microcomets)
Lan Wangji gets hit with a touch-starving curse. Wei Wuxian helps.
Break down, it's alright
by rowenablade
“Give me a reason not to carve your heart out,” Ed whispers.And Stede can’t think of one.He can think of plenty of reasons he doesn’t want his heart carved out, but how could he expect any of them to matter to Ed?“Stede.” Ed’s voice breaks, dragging Stede’s eyes back up from where they’ve been stari
learning curve
by Yuu_chi
“While sexual activity is not my default purpose, I do possess the capability,” Connor says without so much as batting an eye, unaware that he’s completely shattered Hank’s world view in one single sentence.
guardians of a rare thing
by ShowMeAHero
“You,” Ed starts to interrupt him, then stops, clearing his throat. His voice is almost— gritting, cracking in the middle. When he starts again, he’s stronger, but still— shaky. “You made me this? I mean— You made this? For me?”Stede’s not entirely sure what he means by that, but he has that little
Aftercare
by perkynurples
In the aftermath of some life-altering decisions on both sides, Edward and Stede navigate reuniting, learning what it is that they really want and how to ask for it, as well as surviving in a world that is nowhere near ready to just let them rest. Or, finding their way back to each other is only the
all that glitters (is not gold)
by indomitablelove
Alex Claremont-Diaz has it all. His mom won the election, he’s got the perfect boyfriend. He gets to love Henry out loud. Everything is great. Perfect.Except for the itch under his skin every time he goes outside, and the tightness in his chest when he goes online, and the fact that he can’t fucking
The Smallest Favor
by emanthony
A sequel to the Longest Job, another HisoIllu fanfiction.Hisoka and Illumi have been living together for six months now without much trouble. But when Illumi's youngest brother goes missing, Hisoka manages to make the situation just a bit too complicated and much more fun.
Body of Memory
by glorious_spoon
After a patrol gone very wrong, Alec Lightwood comes to in the infirmary with no memory of the past three years, and that turns out to be just the beginning of his problems. There's an ominous plot afoot, a possible traitor at the Institute, and he's pretty sure that he ought to remember the handsom
House Divided
by spaceliquid
It all started with the Jettwins.When their Decepticon coding begins to grow more active, Optimus Prime has to seek help from the last person he wants to see: the captive Decepticon leader. Megatron names the price for his cooperation, and it is nothing like Optimus expected. However, when an old en
save your tears
by starless_skies
“I want to open our relationship.” Izuku blinked. “What?” ”I want an open marriage,” Shindo repeated, dictating every syllable, enunciating slowly— as if Izuku somehow hadn't heard him the first time. -or- Izuku is withering in a one-sided, open marriage with his piece of shit husband, Shindo. K
homeland
by scarletaire
| Complete. |Cardan’s eyes flash open. “Why?” he repeats, and Jude feels the power shift between them. “Don’t you remember, wife?” he croons. “It was the Undersea that stole you away from me.” And Jude has only enough time to think, danger, before he lunges at her. or: Cardan and Jude work on remov
I'll hold in these hands all that remains
by corvidlesbian
“Do you want me to try?” Gideon said.“What?”“You got all hot and bothered without me trying. Do you want me to try?”Their newfound habit of cuddling gets interesting.
devil's finery
by scarletaire
| Complete. |Her husband, Jude swiftly realizes, has a thing for mortal clothes. Specifically: her in mortal clothes.
When Is a Monster Not a Monster?
by wincestation
“You can ask me, you know.” Tyler stated eventually.“Ask you what?”“Anything,” such a simple word, spoken with such compuser, and yet Wednesday could hear the underlying tremble in it. “That’s why you’re here, isn’t it?”Wednesday huffed. “How do you know? Maybe I just missed the Hyde.”As the words l
while they do dream things true
by iokanaan
Everything’s good, you see. It's absolutely fine. Laios dreams of kissing and stroking monsters all the time. Clearly this is a completely normal monsterfucking dream, and Laios just has to look down to find that Kabru has tentacles again, or double scorpion stingers for legs. Or perhaps he’s a faun
you're in my head (more often than i want)
by EnnTea
To devour, and be devoured, he thinks, as he slips the key into the lock. To devour and be devoured, he muses, as he helps unclasp Laios’ cloak with hands far steadier than his nerves; this close, he catches the vague scent of candle flame, the iron tang of wet ink - the fresh, crisp smell of a new
good fucking morning?
by wtfoctagon
But otherwise, nothing has changed. Falin’s voice is as delicate as ever, chiming in a lilting giggle behind a dainty gesture of her hand. Rustling like pages of well-loved books as she casts her protective wards, or ponders over how to cook a new monster, or murmurs right into Marcille’s ear while
Cravings
by LuckyLuoc
Laios begs Kabru to go dungeoning with him -- after all, this dungeon is completely harmless! Right?
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About This List
This list of 25explicit Post-Canon fanfics spans 1,784,761 total words. Kudos range from 2,530 on the newest entries to 42,423 on the most established. 72% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (25 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Post-Canon · Canon Compliant · Hurt/Comfort · Established Relationship · Angst.
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