Best Mature Second Chances Fanfics
The 14 most-loved mature second chances fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. The hope of redemption, the maturity that comes with experience, and the satisfaction of love finally working out.
Top 14 Mature Second Chances Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with second chances and rated Mature.
His Empire of Dirt
by pearlandpine
Michael Afton falls in a ball pit while trying to put his father down for good.When the hell did he wake up in the the 1950s and become William Afton's imaginary friend?orMichael Afton accidentally travels back in time and tries to stop his father from becoming the man behind the slaughter._________
Second Chances
by TylerReed
Ilya Rozanov's life takes an unexpected turn when a deadly plane crash in 2021 takes his life, right after a fight with his long-time partner, Shane Hollander. Though instead of the afterlife, Ilya is sent back to December 2008, just before his NHL career began, on the very day that he first met Sh
The Greatest Harvest
by Wolven_Spirits
Shen Yuan found the perfect way to live a low-key, relaxing life in the post-canon world of PIDW: by becoming a farmer!Raise cool plants, and live a quiet life writing herbariums with his brother. So why in the world were all these troublesome figures suddenly appearing at his gate??This wasn’t why
Brother-In-Law's
by Loveable_Psychopath
Jiang Cheng and Lan WangJi...They do NOT get along.Even after Wei WuXian and Lan WangJi marry, even after Jiang Cheng and Wei WuXian talk with one another about everything and fix all the remaining misunderstanding, even after Wei WuXian begs his brother and husband to TRY and get along-They do not
Show Me Mercy
by drannie
"If I told you what I was, would you turn your back on me? And if I seem dangerous, would you be scared?" In a world that has become a cruel, merciless place where citizens live in constant terror of menacing beings called 'mutants; who possess unexplainable powers, Jungkook is a mutant who is too c
Returning To You
by ArdentCastle
It's a regular Friday for Colin Bridgerton. When a knock at his door changes everything. ‘My name is Agatha Featherington. I have reason to believe you are my father.’
nine lives (and a tenth for good behavior)
by sarcastic_fina
Three years ago, Bonnie Bennett died. After waking up in an unmarked grave, she returns to the land of the living with a whole lot of questions. Like how did she die? Who brought her back? Where is Damon? And how long until the cruel grip of Death comes for her again?
Never Getting Rid Of Me
by Katherine_Gilmore
It is the summer of 2017, five years post-Weirdmageddon, and eighteen year old Pacifica Northwest, the former Princess of Gravity Falls, just wants to have a normal day in her anything but normal town.No longer in contact with her toxic parents; Pacifica tries to leave her snobby-mean girl past behi
Zombie
by TonySnarky
Vesper Sitara was raised to be a legacy. Daughter of two infamous Tyrrish assassins, she arrives at Basgiath War College with one goal: to make her parents proud and ensure their name is never forgotten. While others fight to survive the Riders Quadrant, Vesper intends to conquer it-blade, bone, and
A Second Chance
by LuckyCasca
Guts has a run in with a strange fairy stuck in a rift. The fairy tries to rescue herself but ends up taking a broken Guts with her and they end up in a place all too familiar. Guts has been given another chance to change the course of fate for himself and his loved ones. However, is it possible to
Interlinked Destinies - Giyushino
by Watabug
Tomioka Giyuu once believed his fate was merely to survive and carry the pain of those who had fallen. However, standing before the divine, he was granted a chance to return to the past to save his loved ones and rewrite their cruel destinies.The condition was to accept the thread of fate of a stran
Atonement
by cecenca
"This is your last chance"Ben barked out a laugh. "I reckon I'm out of those." His gaze swept across the stars. "If you haven't noticed, I'm dead."Luke smiled faintly. "You think you're dead?"Ben narrowed his eyes. “ It seems like a logical conclusion.”"I'm afraid, Ben, the Force isn't done with yo
Lingering Ghosts (finnick odair)
by fawnsangel
"I am the echo of your shadow." In the industrial and bleak corner of Eight, Sophia Violet Grover lived as a Capitol darling, her punishment for surviving the games .She learned to survive by becoming something else: a million layers of not her to keep herself alive. Sophia Violet Grover another nai
parallax
by virshiral
Solas and Felassan were best friends in grad school - then Solas was asked to serve as an anonymous peer reviewer for Felassan's first grant application. The report didn't stay anonymous for long, and they haven't spoken since. Four years later, Solas is exhausted and overworked and has just written
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This list of 14mature Second Chances fanfics spans 1,575,341 total words. Kudos range from 1 on the newest entries to 10,995 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Mature (14 of 14 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Second Chances · Time Travel · Time Travel Fix-It · Alternate Universe - Time Travel · Star-crossed.
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