Best One-Shot Redemption Arc Fanfics
Redemption Arc one-shots under 10k words — the trope distilled to a single complete read. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 10 One-Shot Redemption Arc Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with redemption arc and falls in the short stories under 10,000 words range.
We all defend the role we play
by holograms
The first time Hamilton appears, it's only a little over a month since he's died.au where Hamilton is a ghost and haunts Burr after the duel
The League of the Inter-Dimensionals: The Dark Lord’s Demise
by Lady Phantom (RJs_Fanfics)
Harry Potter had overheard Snape and Dumbledore talking late one night. Hearing how he was panned to be a lamb to the slaughter had made the young wizard take charge of his own fate. Harry teams up with the exchange students, Adrien Noir and Danny Nightingale, as well as the unlikely ali of Draco Ma
Only way is Up
by Ivrey_SHows
The downfall of the Korblox Administration had come and gone. Scientists and soldiers and the like who committed atrocities behind closed doors were trailed and put behind bars to rot for their crimes. Except Subspace.Through bribery and good behaviour and a god-sent of a lawyer, he managed to be
Era of Vision
by Zarvasace
Koume and Kotake lift the spell above their heads and anoint him Future King, the One to See All Things, Warrior of the Gerudo. Something flashes at the height of the spell. In a place beyond reckoning, the empty Triforce gleams. It Sees.---Original Legend: a Ganondorf and Link not connected to any
One friendgroup with ALOT of groupchats
by Might_DropDead
Groupchats with the akuma class / miracuclass, heroes and alot more!(timeline: around season 4) Im hoping this will become one long fic including:- Lila take down- Identity reveals- Hawkmoth/shadowmoth/monarch take down- And much more fun! WIP
神子は二度、姿を現す | The Divine Child Appears Twice
by Etano_ol
Summoned from another world as a Divine Child blessed with miraculous healing powers, he spent six months imprisoned inside the royal palace—revered as sacred, treated as property.Rather than surrender the rest of his life, he chose death.He expected oblivion.Instead, he was reborn in the very same
Historia się powtarza
by Nikita_Seniorita
Marrinete Agreste odeszła nagle. Jej niespodziewana i nagła śmierć pozostawiła rodzinę i przyjaciół pogrążonych w głębokiej żałobie. Domostwo rodziny Agreste znów zostało zamknięte na cały świat, a Adrien dzień po dniu coraz bardziej podążał w ślady swojego ojca. Coraz bardziej tonąć we własnym żalu
Tokyo Ghoul: Snow Blind
by LordoftheStories
Bi-Han, also known as Sub Zero, has long served the Lin Kuei as their most dangerous assassin. Ever since his childhood, he's served them without question nor contemplated his own morality. That was until his mission to recover Shinnok's amulet and his encounter with Sareena that caused him to look
The McKinley High Redemption
by JazminMoon
Hayden is a troubled recovering alcoholic. After moving, he intends to start over at McKinley High, in an attempt to put his life on the right tracks, after getting kicked out of his last school for being a bully who took things too far. What he didn't expect was meeting his former transgender victi
Multifandom Oneshots
by Fictionkin_of_Many
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About Redemption Arc
A character who has done genuine harm works to become someone better, earning forgiveness slowly or sometimes never receiving it at all. Redemption fics take a villain, an antagonist, or a fallen hero and ask what atonement would actually cost them.
There is something deeply hopeful about watching a person claw their way back from their worst self, especially when the narrative refuses to make it easy.
Common scenarios: A former villain doing community service alongside the heroes who defeated them, or a war criminal spending years quietly making amends to the families they hurt.
About This List
This list of 10one-shot Redemption Arc fanfics spans 43,488 total words. Kudos range from 2 on the newest entries to 4,101 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (5 of 10 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Redemption · Slow Burn.
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