Best One-Shot Second Chance Romance Fanfics
Second Chance Romance one-shots under 10k words — the trope distilled to a single complete read. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 6 One-Shot Second Chance Romance Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with second chance romance and falls in the short stories under 10,000 words range.
Swipe Right
by dendrite_blues
hey we hooked up last night and it turns out you are my kid's teacher.
The Distance Between Hearts
by unchartedsea
A Nursey/Dex future fic. It's been a year since the breakup, but now Dex is coming to Boston for the weekend...
metamorphosis.
by AlwaysInSonder
Like the seasons on Earth that shifted every year, her visits became frequent and definite; and like a man who'd found oasis on a desert, he felt himself hope and heal.
playing with fire (we'll all get burned)
by ang3lba3
A non-chronological, nonsensical love story between two soldiers during and after the war. After the war: Roy and Havoc star in the hit indie film Captain Amestris. After the war: Major [redacted] Elric becomes Mr. Edward Elric, an eccentric research professor surrounded by constant scandal. After t
Draw Me Like You Do
by escritoireazul
Claudia Kishi does not expect to run into Ashley Wyeth at a yuppie artist retreat deep in the heart of the Ozarks, but Ashley's always known how to surprise her.
If I Can't Go Back
by CamiInWonderland
Ophelia Prince has struggled for years but has finally become the famous musician she always wanted to be.Oliver Wood is living his dream as the starting keeper of Puddlemere United.Everything went according to the plans they made during sixth year (also known as the year that Oliver Wood discovered
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About Second Chance Romance
Lovers who already failed once — a breakup, a divorce, a choice made young and regretted long — get another shot years later. The history is both the obstacle and the foundation: they know exactly how to hurt each other, and exactly why it was worth it.
First love asks whether they'll get together; second-chance romance asks the harder, more adult question of whether people can grow enough to deserve each other the second time.
Common scenarios: Exes reunited as colleagues a decade after the airport scene that ended them, or a widowed character and the one who got away meeting again at a mutual friend's wedding.
About This List
This list of 6one-shot Second Chance Romance fanfics spans 28,114 total words. Kudos range from 2 on the newest entries to 317 on the most established. 67% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (3 of 6 fics).
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