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Best One-Shot Sick Fic Fanfics

Sick Fic one-shots under 10k words — the trope distilled to a single complete read. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.

Sick Fic 16 one-shot fics Avg 3,277 words short stories under 10,000 words

Top 16 One-Shot Sick Fic Fanfics

Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with sick fic and falls in the short stories under 10,000 words range.

1

a fortress deep and mighty

by allthemidnightmemories

Six more hours. Six more hours and then ten perfect, peaceful days. OR John's not feeling well, but he just needs a little rest. A little time to recuperate by himself, and he'll feel better. (He's wrong.) Set in Season 5. Written for Bad Things Happen Bingo prompt "Hiding an Illness"

101 kudos 9,153 words 3/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
2

with you, everything will be alright

by slanzja

Seonghyeon was used to seeing his boyfriend full of energy, so when he noticed how quiet he was, he knew something was wrong. Or: Keonho is sick, and Seonghyeon is doing everything he can to help him get better as soon as possible.

31 kudos 2,375 words 1/1 chapters Not Rated Complete
3

I’m all for a challenge!

by cherryyy_berryyy

It started with a little cough at first. Then a small stumble here and there, but he thought nothing of it. His body had always been more frail than other cookies, the vessel dark entrantress cookie made him just amplified the effects. But really the information just made pure vanilla worry a whole

30 kudos 3,165 words 2/? chapters Not Rated
4

A Chymical Wedding

by pvsm

A “chemical wedding.” It is the union of two opposite forces—the sun and moon, heat and cold, loneliness and companionship. The marriage of these divided elements is what alchemists believed to be key in manufacturing the philosophers’ stone. Mere weeks after the thief fled from his domain, Shadow M

19 kudos 6,696 words 3/? chapters General Audiences
5

Suddenly I'm holding the world in my arms

by gradevus

Lucanis Dellamorte did not show weakness.Lucanis Dellamorte did not know pain.Lucanis Dellamorte did not get sick. "Bed rest," Rook told him with all the authority of one who had commanded armies not so long ago. "I will take care of everything." --- Or, Lucanis has the flu, and is well taken care o

10 kudos 3,863 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
6

Here I'll Stay

by GoldenEmpyrean

Cassie shouldn't have been working that day, when she inevitably collapses, Dana's there at her side.

9 kudos 1,023 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
7

tell me, what ails you?

by cosmicbluecat

“You always know exactly what I mean. Sometimes even before I do.” “You’re completely right.” He said, smiling. His eyes lit up as he turned back to Will. “And that’s precisely why you should let me take care of you.” “I can’t.” Will whined in response. “I’ll just get you sick, too.” “I haven’t had

7 kudos 5,291 words 1/5 chapters Explicit
8

there ain't no way that i'm sorry for what i did

by thunder1408

Mikey's bedwetting never stopped, his codependency never healed, and Gerard learns that guilt is a throat you can't clear.

3 kudos 2,022 words 1/1 chapters Explicit Complete
9

bone dry, bitter and hollow

by TheLastTheosaurus

“Please don’t,” I say. That at least is not a lie. It’s easier if he’s alive. Easier for the both of us. And I do not want to think about what he would look like, skin cold and lifeless, eyes staring up at the sun. I am familiar with death, but it still chokes me at times. My father and Rue and all

2 kudos 1,067 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
10

Crash

by Ashes_Embers237

Roman and Remus just wanted to hang out with their family. Life has other plans

2 kudos 2,016 words 2/2 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
11

What’s the protocol on this?

by ArturusClown

This isn’t some shit kink story despite what my other fics may look like, I just have IBS and my favorite characters need to SUFFER. I deadass write half of these withering in pain. If you do have a shit kink then kudo 😻. Anyways I thought this would be funny to write to #match with my friends crac

2 kudos 2,315 words 4/4 chapters Mature Complete
12

Is my cooking that bad??? (No Katara it isn't, Zuko's mind and body are just always at war with each other I guess)

by GETMEOUTOFHEREE

Zuko's brain recognizes that he's not longer in immediate danger with the Gaang (except Katara, shiver me timbers), so now he gets to actually process everything that had happened since Ba Sing Se, YAY. Which also means, that now he's obviously going to have a bodily reaction to such processing.  

1 kudos 1,469 words 1/? chapters Not Rated
13

Oranges for Kyle

by spring_noise

Kyle misses long planned basketball hang out. Turnes out he got sick. Cartman, as a brilliant, kind-hearted, worlds most wanted friend, wants to help.

0 kudos 3,211 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
14

Swallowing Pride

by Proddle

Satan's hands won't hold still. The chalk shakes between his fingers and leaves crooked, double-thick lines instead of the smooth circle he saw in his head. This circle is better than the last six, because six is weak and seven is a story number, and there have already been so many stories where he

0 kudos 1,572 words 2/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
15

Les paradigmes s'effacent, les masques tombent (Paradigm Shift)

by Anonymous

The knifing twist in Max's abdomen was blindingly, swelteringly hot, focused down into a sharp point that throbbed in his lower abdomen, around the hipbone. He cringed down, the room swimming, his guts clenching in on themselves and only making it worse in the process. He threw up.The world came bac

0 kudos 3,334 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
16

taking care of you

by Anonymous

Katsuki's parents never bothered to stick around. It worked out for him; Katsuki had no trouble taking care of himself. After the kidnapping, the police aren't pleased that no one shows up to take him home, and he ends up staying with his teachers. He insists that he's fine and can take care of hims

0 kudos 3,858 words 1/? chapters Not Rated

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About Sick Fic

A character comes down with something — flu, fever, a cold they insist is nothing — and someone else takes care of them. The illness is usually minor; the caretaking is the entire point, complete with soup, blanket forts, and walls lowered by a temperature of 102.

Sickness grants characters permission to be needy and caretakers permission to hover, letting buried tenderness surface under the alibi of a fever.

Common scenarios: A stubborn captain collapsing at practice and waking up to find their rival made congee, or a flu passing through a shared apartment one roommate at a time.

About This List

3,165
median words
56%
complete
101
top kudos
~13 minutes
median read time

This list of 16one-shot Sick Fic fanfics spans 52,430 total words. Kudos range from 1 on the newest entries to 101 on the most established. 56% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (7 of 16 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Sickfic · Hurt/Comfort · Sick Character.

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