Best Long Slice of Life Fanfics
Slice of Life fanfics from 50k to 100k words — full novel length with room for slow development. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 20 Long Slice of Life Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with slice of life and falls in the 50,000–100,000 words range.
A Long Way From Home (And No Way Back)
by Vivia_wants_boba
“Oh,” the kid says, head turning to look back at the bathroom. “It’s fine. I’ve got it figured out.”Dick’s face pulls to a pinched expression, shaking his head slowly. “As much as I’d love to believe you, I can’t. That stuff can’t just be emptied down the drain.”The kid’s own face scrunches this tim
Gatorade Galas & Moscow Mules
by toraten
Shane Hollander is worried about everyone and everything. Ilya is mostly just sick of air travel. Or:Shane and Ilya are having trouble balancing their very private relationship and their very public lives. A slice of life.
Wrong Number
by Dangit
Tumblr Prompt:I sent a selfie of myself in the tub to the wrong person and you responded back with another selfie. Holy shit, you're hot.
From Almaty, With Love
by BoxWineConfessions
It’s quiet here. Even if the car alarm on the neighbor’s goddamn BMW has been going off for the past twenty minutes. Quiet, even though the alarm’s got the neighbor’s dog howling like crazy, and the neighbor works second shift and isn’t there to comfort the dumb dog. It’s quiet…They haven’t spoken t
Had we but world enough, and time
by anditwasstinky (thewicked)
It all starts when Makoto drowns.
The Advantages of Foresight
by Stell_Bells
Newly Genin Kakashi wakes up with the spirit of War-hero Rokudaime Hakate Kakashi in his head, and armed with advice from a far flung future young Kakashi will do anything to save his father... and somehow the world. short chapters lead to faster updates- hopefully
Welter
by Budinca
One day, Shinji inadvertently finds himself in a coffee shop. Then the next day too. Then the next. Then the next. He's probably doing some work along the way, but that hardly makes a difference.Featuring: sweater enthusiasts, big cats, 367 date ideas, macaroni & cheese, Christmas Spirit, 3 days of
Battle Academia: Rules and Roses
by Dezmodious
Caitlyn is an incoming freshman in Labrys God-Weapon Academy. Before, she was solely focused on academics. She's was her high school class president, straight A's with a great reputation. But now, she's finding that she isn't focusing on the things she once did. She finds herself craving things she
The Class 1-A Crackshot Chat
by Sharpman
I moved my Chatfic Slice of Life chapters and moved 'em here! So, now all Chatfic updates will move here! You wanna see a wacky extended Midoriya family? Shenanigans? Miruko being Miruko? Here's your shot.
The Meaning in a Stagnant Life
by Vinophidian
Caine finds happiness while living with his favourite humans as they are finally starting to forgive him but he still feels guilty for everything he’s done to them and wants to reverse the abstractions. However, this has unforeseen consequences.
Snapshot Tales
by KivaEmber
Collection of drabbles, oneshots or AU ideas or fic ideas that never get fully written out. Prompts are open!
My Hero Leveling
by YagamiFanfiction
We all know how the story started. Izuku Midoriya was born Quirkless, but became the inheritor of One for All after All Might saw in him the potential to become the greatest hero the world had ever known. But in this version of My Hero Academia, the world was not only plagued by the rise of supervil
heal me
by charamelwrites
You were kidnapped by the Bad Sanses gang because you apparently "stole" Horror's axe. All hell breaks loose. arc 1 (1-15): encounter arc 2 (16-?): after
Chainsaw Man: Days of Chains and Roses
by BSH37
Taking place in an alternate timeline after the end of Part 1, Denji is now older and Nayuta just turned sixteen. Denji must come to terms with his past and figure out what a future in which Nayuta no longer needs him might look like. But the past is not a foreign land and even after all these years
爱像海 (love is like the sea)
by manofbeskar
"What Mihawk and I have is real, and we love our family." Mihawk and Shanks must face challenges in their family as an engaged couple. As Uta becomes more ambitious and Seraphim grows ever distant, they must fight the tide and keep the kids' heads above water.
Don't Want To Be Friends
by Kiwimoogle
Kaiba allowed Jonouchi to stay the night in his hotel suite after a tournament so Jonouchi could avoid having to return to an ex. He even gave Jonouchi his number for some reason. And for some reason, Jonouchi chose to attempt a friendship he never thought possible, not realizing when it turned into
Can't Smile Like You Mean It When You're Tongue Tied
by Sockhead_42
"Accept loss forever, you say?" Hiccup mumbled to himself. Jim heard him anyway."It's the only way, I fear." He nodded sagely.Between smoking in parking lots, late night gas station runs, and long car drives, grief shows its true form time and time again because what is it if not love persevering?
Iwatodai Moonlight
by Hawkfire
Amamiya Ren was six years old when he lost his family to metal and fire, a tragedy birthed under a sickly green moon. Nearly a decade later, an unexpected scholarship to Gekkoukan High brings him back to the city where he lost everything but his life. Things in the Port Island aren't what they seem,
The Dragonrider
by StrayBreeze
Two years have passed since Seto Kaiba returned from the Afterlife, where he faced Atem one last time. Now an entirely different challenge stands before him: a white-haired, blue-eyed girl steps into his life, claiming to be a white dragon in a human body from a parallel world. Nyra has spent the pa
Future Husband: [Revised: beta needed]
by Edgelordess
A shy woman thinks she is applying for a unique dating show with LARPing but later finds out they aren't acting.Those contestants consist of wizards, vampires, a pirate, a Pokemon trainer and so much more.This can't be real. Can it?
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About Slice of Life
No villains, no stakes, no countdown — just characters living: groceries, lazy mornings, inside jokes, the small rituals of days together. Slice-of-life fic finds its drama in the texture of the ordinary.
After canons full of apocalypse, readers crave proof their favorites get to simply exist; these fics are rest stops, and for many people comfort reading at its purest.
Common scenarios: A chapter that is entirely one rainy Sunday in a shared apartment, or a year of a couple's life told through twelve trips to the same market.
About This List
This list of 20long Slice of Life fanfics spans 1,462,109 total words. Kudos range from 9 on the newest entries to 15,392 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Mature (10 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Slice of Life · Tumblr Prompt · Fluff · Slow Build · Romance.
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