Top 25 Mature Romance Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with romance and rated Mature.
The Standard You Walk Past
by bafflinghaze
On returning to Hogwarts for their Eighth Year, Headmistress McGonagall decided to room Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter together. She may have hoped for a leading example of house unity; the other students fully expected insults and fights. But nothing happened.That was, until Harry sleepwalked into D
Storm in a Teacup
by Faith Wood (faithwood)
For reasons he'd rather not think about, Draco is obsessed with Potter's hair. This cannot end well.
Your Long Shot of A Destiny
by firestarter09
Fate is a fickled thing; that's why we start from ZERO!
something you can build
by some1_around
Six months ago, Shane’s intimate conversation and break-up with Rose Landry was recorded and leaked. In those six months, his life had completely upended and everything had changed, for better or for worse. Except for Ilya. He still has Ilya, and he’s beginning to understand that he always will. It’
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 Truth Is You
by bigmamag
Arthur lies to a sorceress and gets slapped with a truth spell. Awkwardness ensues.
Real Slow
by surveycorpsjean
“I see.” Zuko closes the scroll. “Is the Water Tribe sending a replacement?” “Uh yeah,” Sokka gestures to himself dramatically. “You’re looking at him.”
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
Lily and Jane Fall in Love
by some1_around
The five encounters with Shane that forced Ilya to lie (brag) to his teammates about his mysterious Montreal Girl, and the time they learned that the lies had never really mattered in the first place. Or, Shane and Ilya are Not That Subtle about the identities of Jane and Lily, but it doesn't matter
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.
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?
A Body of Water and Bones
by littlestcactus
"It was a good distinction to make. I wasn't Bella, but for the time being, I could be Isabella." Because time marches on and waking up as Bella Swan is unfortunate, but it's not the end of the world. Only the end of her's.Links for music playlists and story translations available in the series note
L’appel du vide
by Xov
Akechi Goro is alive – one of his biggest regrets is alive and standing in front of him looking like he’s ready for some highbrow sports photo shoot when what he really needs is five years intensive therapy and at least five more steps away from Akira.No, no, no – the universe is not allowed to shov
One, two, three
by Severus_divides_into_H
Will imagined his death in numerous ways, numerous times. Being chosen as a tribute opened a road of new possibilities, some more horrifying than the others. He doesn’t want to be torn to pieces like Randall Tier’s prey. He doesn’t want to be burned like Francis Dolarhyde prefers to kill. But most o
Cause and Effect
by Ragdoll (Keshka)
In the midst of Vulcan's destruction, Jim Kirk saves the life of a Human woman he only later learns the name of: Amanda Grayson. It isn’t long before Spock finds gratitude transforming into a crippling and terribly inconvenient attraction.
Catch the Stars
by ryerim (orphan_account)
When Mingyu’s doctor advices him to take a break from everything due to his insomnia, he defers the next semester at university and packs his things to visit his grandmother in a small village far away from the rush of the city.Once there, he meets Wonwoo, and quickly realizes that sleepless nights
Our Hearts (Have Minds Of Their Own)
by EffortlesslyOpulent
Clarke is NOT going back to another family reunion without a fake girlfriend to shut everyone up. Lexa, her neighbor and best friend, needs powerful clients like the Griffins for her up and coming business. How inconvenient that they accidentally fall head-over-heels for each other in the process.It
Kalon
by ryerim (orphan_account)
Wonwoo is pretty sure his entire family hates him and his commitment issues are starting to make his life (as well as Mingyu's) miserable.
Poetic Justice
by Limmet
When the time comes to pass sentence on Loki after the events in The Avengers, Odin decides to go for the poetic justice angle. For his attempt to enslave humanity, Loki has his magic and powers bound, and is sent back to Midgard and given over to Tony Stark to be his slave. This was not a turn of e
Billy Hargrove Sucks
by flippyspoon
Hopper puts Steve in charge of sobering up a wasted Billy Hargrove one afternoon and suddenly things start to make sense. Until they really don't.
Broken Silence
by WitchImage
After being expelled from an American school, you are relocated to Hogwarts for your seventh year. Two nights before commencement, you meet a tall, dark stranger in a local pub. Passions flair, and the two of you find yourselves entangled in a heated one night stand.Only afterwards, when you reach y
The Rose and the Serpent
by Atalan
AU, retelling of “Beauty and the Beast”. Quite honestly, sending Aziraphale off into the forest to be held hostage by a giant snake in a cursed castle isn’t even the worst thing Gabriel’s ever done to him, and at least it means a change of scene. But then neither the snake nor the castle turn out to
That One Time When Jim and Spock Met Their Daughter From the Future
by pristineungift
You know your day is going to be weird when some kid you’ve never seen before calls you ‘Papa.’
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About This List
This list of 25mature Romance fanfics spans 3,933,596 total words. Kudos range from 7,326 on the newest entries to 71,914 on the most established. Nearly all (80%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Mature (25 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Romance · Fluff · Drama · Humor · Angst.
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