Top 20 Epic Romance Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with romance 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.
Viridian: The Green Guide
by Clouds (myheadinthecoudsnotcomingdown)
After his dream is finally crushed, Izuku isn’t quite sure there’s anything left for him to live for, but...he can’t exactly kill himself either, not without hurting the people he cares the most about. So, when he realizes that the quirkless can’t technically be vigilantes, it seems like the best of
From The Sidelines
by suffocatingspring
When long-time enemies, Bakugo Katsuki--the all-star athlete and rascal of Ise--and Izuku Midoriya, the town sweetheart, are paired together for a long-term project, the quiet beachside town of Ise suddenly gets a bit louder.In which, Katsuki is an asshole pole vaulter, Izuku is going to fail psycho
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
The Songbird and the Sea
by maia_archives
In a world where dominance of the sea is an endless battle between pirates and mariners, Park Jimin is content living in his little village on a small, uninteresting island by the eastern mainland. He wants nothing to do with the bloodshed of good and evil, the heartless killing of both innocents an
Your Long Shot of A Destiny
by firestarter09
Fate is a fickled thing; that's why we start from ZERO!
Entirely Out of Spite
by Bgtea
"Welcome to a new user experience! You have triggered this interface with the keywords, ‘Stupid game! Stupid devs! I want my f*****g money back!’ You are now bound to the character Tartaglia, the Eleventh Harbinger of the Fatui, codename: Childe! We hope you have an enjoyable user experience and we
Mental
by orphan_account
Harry has had quite enough of sharing his mind with someone else, thankyouverymuch. A miscast Legilimecy spell says otherwise.(Fic from 2010 FF archive being uploaded here.)AND FOR THE LAST FUCKING TIME, STOP REPOSTING THIS ON WATTPAD. I DO NOT WANT IT ON WATTPAD. YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO POST
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
Measure Of A Man
by inadaze22
To truly know someone is to differentiate between who they once were, who they are now, and who they're capable of being. Hermione realises the duality of one man as she rectifies what she knows of the past and begins to understand the pieces of who Draco Malfoy is now: a father, a son, and a man.
Remain Nameless
by HeyJude19
How did it feel? It felt like he was barely holding it together. She, of all people, should shun him. Or yell at him. Curse him. Spit at him. Take out her wand and blast him off the face of the earth. It was crushing guilt and relief and confusion all at once when he looked at Hermione Granger.The m
Temptation on the Warfront
by alizarincrims0n
Draco Malfoy is forced into hiding with the Golden Trio and dragged into their search for horcruxes. What ensues is a journey of redemption, unexpected friendships and an unwanted, turbulent romance with Harry Potter. Warnings for swearing, sexual content, and dark themes.
this heart, fossilized and silent (once was tender and once was violent)
by Chrmdpoet
Clarke is only three days into being a runaway when she realizes that she did not fully think this through. When she walked away from Camp Jaha, she took only herself, a handgun with limited ammunition, and the gnawing guilt inside her. Three days without food, water, fresh clothing, or bedding of a
What He Grows To Be
by Severus_divides_into_H
Tom Riddle is a frightening coil of darkness, cruelty, and greatness, and changing him is Harry’s only hope for saving people he loves. Going back in time, he takes Tom from the orphanage, but his optimism shatters with every year they spend together.Tom still longs for darkness. Tom stifles him in
My First One And Only
by BlackBarBooks
When Kirishima accidentally confesses to Bakugo, they are both faced with the fact that they have NO idea how to date. Illustrated by QueenofLiz4rds!
Through The Fire
by SongAngel
Minerva McGonagall checks up on little Harry Potter and finds that not all is as it should be. She makes a decision that will change everything for the Boy Who Lives.
The Espil Mirror
by JJCross
“The Espil Mirror,” Plasmius said in awe. “A divine item made billions of years ago, forged by magic, to show the user what he truly desires and how to obtain it." Vlad saw his smile grow in the mirror as the image morphed. "Now Espil Mirror…show me how to achieve what I desire!”
To Conquer an Emperor
by zarasu
Transmigrating into the stallion novel he hates most is bad enough, but why did it have to be into the body of one of the protagonist's wives? Shen Yuan spends exactly two months dealing with harem intrigues, sullen maids and his husband utterly ignoring him before he decides to go on an extended ho
Dealing with Our Demons
by ravenyenn19
Inej's first letter back to Kaz after she leaves on her journey to hunt slavers, reunion ensues! Will they continue to learn how to battle their demons in order to get close to one another?
Satisfaction Brought It Back
by siderealSandman
Most people rekindled friendships with people from high school over Facebook or Twitter. Most people met for coffee, shared pictures of their bratty children, and sent old friends Christmas letters once a year.Marinette was clearly not most people as she had somehow hooked up with her former high sc
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About Romance
The broadest banner in fanfiction: stories where a relationship is the plot. Every flavor lives under it — slow burns and instant sparks, first kisses and fiftieth anniversaries — across every rating and every fandom on the archive.
Fandom is substantially powered by the desire to see beloved characters loved well, and romance fic delivers that promise in every imaginable register.
Common scenarios: A full getting-together arc canon never provided, or an established couple's relationship explored with the depth the source material didn't have time for.
About This List
This list of 20epic Romance fanfics spans 5,593,177 total words. Kudos range from 15,444 on the newest entries to 101,792 on the most established. 75% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (10 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Romance · Angst · Slow Burn · Unresolved Sexual Tension · Slow Build.
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