Best Short Secret Identity Fanfics
Secret Identity novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 20 Short Secret Identity Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with secret identity and falls in the 10,000–50,000 words range.
A Sense of Identity
by DaaroMoltor
It was a Thursday afternoon at the end of March, and Bruce Wayne met Clark Kent in the way enterprising billionaires tended to meet investigative reporters: Through an interview.Kent had posture like cooked spaghetti and wore his plaid like the strangest camouflage in history.Bruce was less than imp
None So Blind
by prettybirdy979
They say when you assume you make an ass of you and me.Matt wishes that the Avenger's assumptions about his seeming inability to read the written word did something as benign as making an ass of him and them. Being called illiterate shouldn't hurt, not when he knows he's not, and it's not like he ca
Good publicity
by Bergen
“That was a disaster. The press is having a field day.”“It wasn’t my fault,” Tony defends. “That Spider-Guy never knows when to shut up. He distracted me.”“Your reputation took a blow,” Pepper tells him. “Which will be fixed, of course. I’ve already set it up.”“Set what up? What, am I going to make
rozanov's roster
by gurlsrool
Emmy: When did you first hook up with him?Jane: 2010Caro: WHATMegan: GIRLTia: SEVEN YEARS??Megan: My jaw is borderline unhinged rn Or: In 2017, Shane finds a place where he can talk about his sex life...a group chat for girls who have slept with Ilya Rozanov
The (Not So) Great Pretender
by RayShippouUchiha
“What,” Tony says softly but with a great depth of feeling, “the actual fuck just happened?” “I believe, Sir,” JARVIS pipes up from the phone in his pocket, an unnecessary amount of what sounds like glee in his voice, “that you’ve once again managed to maintain your closely guarded secret ide
All good things come in threes
by Bergen
“I know all about your secret identity.”A beat of silence. “Um,” Peter said, bunching his sweater in his hands. “Which… which one?”--Peter has three secret identities: Spider-Man, the superhero who swings around the city to save people. Parker Benjamin, who gives Tony Stark unsolicited advice on his
cloudy autumn heaps the sky
by anatheme
Wei Ying pouted. “How about this, if you end up getting taller than me, I’ll call you gege instead."“Mark your words,” Lan Wangji answered.(Or: Lan Wangji fell in love with a rogue cultivator who trespassed and drank on the wall of Cloud Recesses but in a desperate bid to win the Sunshot Campaign, t
You've Been Invited to Join a Server
by Erina
blackmask: @Joker do you accept constructive criticismJoker: Sure, go ahead.blackmask: you suck at this gameJoker: That’s not constructive criticism.in which Akira is a variety streamer and Akechi is a competitive gamer and both of them are determined to hide that at all costs
Thorough-bass and human nature
by MildredMost
Mary Bennet agrees to spend the London season with the newly married Darcys. She discovers that she would still infinitely prefer a book. But hiding in the library at balls and parties is not the solution, as an odd young man keeps turning up there. “'Miss Bennet', she says. I did not know my Consci
These Unfinished Creatures
by marywhale
Someone in Neverwinter is stealing souls from the astral plane. The Raven Queen’s favourite reaper is undercover and on the case.Relearning how to be human is entirely incidental.
Two Of A Kind
by Scarletred1990
Connor has been feeling out of place for a while now. Sure, he enjoys spending time with Megan and the other Young Justice Leaugers, but... He feels as if he's letting them and everyone else down. Superman still was avoiding him as much as possible and he only really has Batman and Canary to help hi
bunny followed back
by bloodlessbyers
“Are you going to share your art or should I just sit here and wait until you’re done reading my smut?” or An epistolary-style fic in which Mike is a fanfic writer and Will is a fan artist for Cleradin as Baldur’s Gate 3 OCs.
Together to the End
by Quartzlightz
"Don't make me take back my words," Grian grumbled. Hotguy beamed at him. "Well then! Why don't we get you home, beauty?" Hotguy questioned, holding his arm out for Grian to take. Grian rolled his eyes but indulged the hero. He slotted his hand through the man's arm and gave him a questioning smile,
Secret Desires and Stray Cats
by chat4lyfe
Marinette is caught by Chat Noir in a… vulnerable position, as they are both secretly crushing on each other. It is the time for angst and misunderstandings as we follow them through intimate moments and confusing revelations. Ah, the life of young adult superheroes! Here’s a sneak peek: Marinette h
You're a running car, I'm a closed garage.
by dylaesthetics
Dear Eddie,You probably have a lot of questions. I’ll get to answering them later. But first, let me paint you a picture.Imagine a little child, growing up in the depths of suburban Pennsylvania. They have no real friends, only their older sister. They have plenty of toys that were once said sister’
Nightshade
by DuchessOfDesire
When Caroline Forbes dies after being suffocated by Katherine Pierce with Damon’s blood still in her system, she doesn’t wake up as a vampire. She wakes up as something else entirely. As she struggles to understand her new abilities and uncover the truth about where she came from, Caroline begins ha
AITA for Replying to a Reddit Post
by yrwtrnlxbvxb
Started to have dreams about my childhood friend and I am spiralingThrowaway because my friend is super chronically online.Kotele and I have been friends since we were toddlers. I got super into volleyball as a kid. We were on the same high school team. Anyways it's been a long time since and though
The Art of Staying Dead
by genshingirl00
{Chilumi PALACE/COURT AU (basically)} Lumine doesn’t want to be a Harbinger. She wants the participation mora, an excuse to avoid her farm chores, and to leave the 10th Harbinger Trials unscathed. But after passing trials she was never supposed to survive, she draws the attention of the Eleventh Har
Double Blind
by Survivor418
"In my room, you don't need to make any decisions, Potter. The only thing you have to do is drop that pathetic pride of yours, and submit." At thirty-six, despicable office politics destroyed everything Severina had. To pay off exorbitant medical bills, she chose to become a cold, ruthless Domme on
How Not To Get Caught?
by MajesticallyYours
Orihime Inoue is desperate. Evicted from her dorm and down to her last few hundred yen, she responds to a highly suspicious listing on a student housing forum: a gorgeous, fully furnished room with zero rent. The only catch? Male applicants only. Wearing a black wig and an alias, Orihime moves in wi
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About Secret Identity
A character lives a double life — superhero, spy, undercover royal — and the story orbits the strain of the secret and the looming moment it breaks. Romance versions often have one partner unknowingly involved with both identities.
Dramatic irony is irresistible: readers know what the characters don't, and every near-miss and double meaning is a small delicious agony.
Common scenarios: A hero comforting their crush over the crush's feelings for the hero's own alter ego, or a spy's two lives colliding at the worst possible dinner party.
About This List
This list of 20short Secret Identity fanfics spans 557,880 total words. Kudos range from 64 on the newest entries to 32,373 on the most established. 40% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (6 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Secret Identity · Slow Burn · Identity Porn · Tony Stark Has a Heart · Epistolary.
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