Best Short Royalty AU Fanfics
Royalty AU novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 20 Short Royalty AU Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with royalty au and falls in the 10,000–50,000 words range.
The Well of Living Waters
by kalpurna
King Derek takes a consort.
Riddles in the Heart
by PitViperOfDoom
The law is clear: whoever correctly answers three riddles will marry the prince, while all who fail are to be executed. The people live in fear as more challengers try and fail, and the throne grows bloodier with every passing year. But a young prince, nameless and in exile from his home, believes t
A Little Closer Than That
by airinshaw
Wei Wuxian is going to be offered to the Emperor Lan Wangji as a marriage prospect at the end of the Jiang sect's visit to the palace. He's not worried - the Emperor always says no to every offer. But he is bored, sitting around and waiting until the day of the ceremony so they can get it over with
A Reader's Folly
by th_fangirl
“I will not trust you.” the boy solemnly declared. “I don’t expect you to, boy.” Kim Dokja smirked. “I only ask you to trust in yourself, and in your strength.” “Yoo Jonghyuk.” the boy suddenly muttered. “What?”“That’s my name. Not 'boy' , but ‘Yoo Jonghyuk’.” “Alright, Yoo Jonghyuk. Are you willin
Once Upon a Time (A Fairy-Tale Love Story)
by littlebirdtold
In a universe with no Federation, where First Contact never happened, Jim Kirk is your average popular guy. On Christmas Eve, thanks to a series of strange events, Jim finds himself in a parallel universe where the Milky Way is under the control of an alien race and ends up as a servant in the resid
burn, pine, perish
by kindaopps
Three things dawned on Izuku, as he stared at the slick flower petals scattered over the black words of his book: he has fallen in love with his husband, his husband did not love him back, and he is going to die.
Gravity
by Fahye
His Grace the Archduke Yuri Plisetsky wins the Ballistic Grand Tournament in his debut year, at the age of fifteen.Things go downhill from there.
This Lion is in the Garden
by Xyriath
Ed’s duties as a prince of Xerxes right now really aren’t that complicated. Establish favorable relations with the nation of Xing. Learn to get along with his betrothed. Don’t offend anyone. Especially don’t offend anyone. What he didn’t predict was getting along with his fiancé perhaps a littl
Even the Midnights Are Better
by baeconandeggs
Baekhyun, the son of the palace’s servants, has been waiting for the moment he discovers his soulmate. He just doesn’t expect his soulmate to be that particular crown prince who despises him ever since they were kids.
Once Upon a Time with Her Divine Highness…
by juurensha
While taking a break (not hiding out) from the ball to find Her Divine Highness a spouse, Harrow meets a red-haired guard wearing sunglasses and slacking off from her duties. On the other hand, Gideon meets the Reverend Daughter of Drearbruh and suddenly has a reason to dance at the ball.
Dream Within a Dream
by Sunberrydreamz
Donghyuck had been dreaming of the future for as long as he could remember. Some futures bend. Others break him no matter how he fights. And the newest one ends with a marriage he never chose and a fate he refuses to accept. To escape a life that’s closing in on him, he turns to Prince Mark Lee, the
Sweetest Devotion
by straygoddess12
Alpha emperor Seongje hates most omegas, finding them boring and predictable. Until, of course, he meets Omega Yeon Sieun.
The Duke of Hamilton
by anonima_cuatro
At five years old, Nico Rosberg is sent to Mercedes as part of a political alliance.Lewis Hamilton is supposed to be his future duke, perhaps even his future mate —if their secondary genders prove compatible.Instead, Lewis becomes his home. A prequel to The Heir of Hamilton, though it can be read
The Salt That Sweetened The Sea
by Tsuki_daisuke
365 days365 days until the prophecy was fulfilled. Then, the king of Fontaine would lose his sovereign authority, passing it to his son, Prince Neuvillette. With the prophecy came a challenge proposed by the king... a tradition among the sovereigns. Whoever could wield the ancient sovereign king Scy
Swipe Right For Royalty
by CharlotteKensington
Arthur Kirkland, 27, has many issues in his day to day life, including but not limited to his dead end job, his chronically empty bank account, and the punk band he's fronting. His long since dead and buried love life is just another item on his laundry list of problems. Alfred Jones, 23, technicall
Fine, One Chance
by Anonymous
Newly-designated Lord Eren Yeager of Shigansina is an Omega, and Omegas cannot lead their realms without marrying an Alpha. Unfortunately, his arranged marriage is with Jean Kirstein of Trost, who is decidedly arrogant, conceited, pompous, rich, spoiled, and irritating. Eren despises him, and with a
The Choices We Make
by Darquedeath4444
It was love at first sight, a feeling so strong that, even years later, Kaeya falls asleep to soft sounds of pleasure coming from a warm body pinned beneath him, and wakes up to visions of a beautiful face surrounded by flaming hair. So maybe he doesn't actually know what Diluc would sound like in b
love between rivers and poisons
by thidrea
Wherein, Kim Mingyu is Alpha Consort, bound in marriage to newly crowned Omega Emperor Xu Minghao. Minghao is young, freshly twenty, thrust onto the throne by the untimely deaths around around him, he hasn't established his influence but the court is unforgiving, always watching, waiting for him to
Shadow Beyond Dawn
by artemisia_HQ
In the shattered aftermath of the Tethering Ceremony, the divine soulbond joining Hinata Shouyou to Crown Prince Kageyama Tobio has been severed, leaving two halves of a shattered whole to wander separate deserts of grief. Returned to Dawnspire with an aura fading toward shadow, Hinata discovers th
Of Silk, Snow, and Sacrifice
by Mimi (thatanonwriter)
But the aurora burned on with magnificent indifference, rippling its curtains of green and violet and pale-white fire across the sky above the northernmost capital in the known world, illuminating the palace towers in colors no painter had ever perfectly captured and no poet had ever precisely named
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About Royalty AU
Characters are placed in a royal or aristocratic setting with kings, queens, princes, and nobles. Romance often crosses class boundaries or involves political intrigue.
The fantasy of royal romance, the drama of court politics, and the appeal of luxury and power dynamics.
Common scenarios: Prince and commoner, arranged royal marriages, court intrigue, disguised royalty, servant and noble.
About This List
This list of 20short Royalty AU fanfics spans 550,411 total words. Kudos range from 34 on the newest entries to 25,839 on the most established. 50% 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: Alternate Universe - Royalty · Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics · Arranged Marriage · Alternate Universe - Fantasy · Loss of Virginity.
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