Top 20 One-Shot Soulmates Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with soulmates and falls in the short stories under 10,000 words range.
hello goodbye ('twas nice to know you)
by tamerofdarkstars
Draco Malfoy thinks he might know whose thoughts are scrawling themselves on his skin, but that's crazy. Impossible, even. It has to be a mistake.-Self-indulgent soulmate AU where the thoughts of your soulmate inscribe themselves on your skin in a shifting magic tattoo
True Love
by platonic_boner
AU where soulmates can’t lie to each other.(That’s okay, Merlin wasn’t planning to lie to Arthur anyways! Haha.. ha.. ha…)
punch-drunk fingerprints
by tamerofdarkstars
In a world where every touch of a soulmate leaves a temporary heat mark on bare skin, Draco Malfoy suddenly finds his life devolving into a massive cliche because the Boy Who Lived Twice has no idea how to respect the personal space bubble.
Quackery
by CAPSING
In a world where the first words your soulmate will say to you appear on your left wrist at your tenth birthday, Peter gets the short end of the stick.
The Electric Fizzing Prick Pistols, or Whatever
by whitmans_kiss
Everyone is born with Words on their arm that connect them to their Soulmate. James finds his, Sirius had everything figured out back in First Year, Peter doesn’t talk to girls anyway, and Remus thinks he’d very much just like to put his earmuffs back on and disappear.
Pickup Lines for the Soul
by MustardSoup
Denki is twelve when he is flicking through the TV channels and lands on an old RomCom movie about soulmate marks – specifically the same type that he has. “I can’t believe I’ve had to walk around with a cheap pickup line written on my ankle my entire life because of you!” The leading lady yells at
Strike of Lightning
by helloearthlings
Uther's commandment was very simple: If there should come a day when Arthur met his soulmate, he would drive a sword through their chest and kill them on sight.
absence of heat, excess of destiny
by theycallmesuperboy
Sokka is born in the dead of winter with a red dragon curling down the left side of his back.Zuko is born in the sweltering heat of summer with a sword down his spine.—He doesn’t want to talk about it when their gazes turn on him. They make assumptions— is it someone he left behind in the Fire Natio
It Was Always You
by TheResurrectionist
Trying to keep your obvious, embarrassing crush from the World's Greatest Detective is harder than it looks. Actually, as Clark finds out, it's practically impossible. Especially when you're genetically inclined to jump his bones.AKA, the superbat soulmate fic nobody asked for.
The Crown and the Crow
by Yuu_chi
Somewhere out there is your forever one wearing your Mark on their skin; it's just a matter of finding them.
finger tap pulses
by twentytwosevens
"The first time Peter’s timer stops he is eleven years old. It times out in the middle of the night and wakes him up like an electric shock. The blank timer stares at him from his wrist as he yells and screams for his aunt and uncle."Spideypool AU with timers where Wade keeps getting killed and maki
I Choose You
by TripsH
There's a tiny clock on his wrist, bright red numbers. It's supposed to tick, supposed to move, supposed to tell him when he'll meet his soulmate. The time will run to zero when they've met, moving numbers will become stationary—the ticking that signified uncertainty transforming to the silent stabi
Hiding Scrawl, Licking Freckles, and Other Average Wizard Things
by tamerofdarkstars
Someone out there is obsessed with his freckles, and damn it, Seamus Finnigan wants to know who. -Uselessly fluffy Soulmate AU where the thoughts of your soulmate inscribe themselves on your skin in an shifting magic tattoo
Triplet
by limesicle
Midoriya Izuku grows up thoroughly believing that, just like a quirk, he doesn’t have a soulmate either. He’s right. He doesn't have one soulmate; he has two.
Smaller Without You
by 27dragons
The doctor pulled out the teacher's chair and sat across from Steve, his hands folded and his face solemn and kindly. "It happens once in a while," he said. His voice was soft and gentle, and irrationally, it made Steve angry. Such ugly news ought to be delivered in a more fitting tone. "The most li
chalk this one up as a win
by tamerofdarkstars
Oliver Wood wakes up in the Hospital Wing a week after his first Quidditch game ever with a head injury and his soulmate's thoughts wound around his left wrist. Frankly, he's more concerned about missing the Quidditch game.
Follow in Your Footsteps
by Sineala
When Tony is twelve, his soulmate's name appears on his wrist. Unfortunately, it's hard to find out anything at all about Steve Rogers.It turns out there's a reason for that.
How 'Potter' became 'Harry' because of a Seeker's game
by mfingenius
Post-War, Hogwarts Eighth Year Soulmate AU where an animal that identifies your soulmate appears somewhere on your body. Draco's is a stag, and he's been lying to everyone and saying it's a snake because he knows no one would approve of a former death eater being Harry Potter's soulmate. Harry inevi
Signs and Soulmarks
by Someone_aka_Me
Most people get their Soulmarks any time between fifteen and twenty. A few words, sometimes a sentence or even two. The next words their soulmate will say to them. Usually, the first words they'll ever hear from their soulmate. Magnus never got a Soulmark. He's looked. Many times. At first he
Translating Ennoia
by WerewolvesAreReal
Spock intends to resign his commission with Starfleet six months into the Enterprise's mission. Then he meets Captain Kirk – his t'hy'la – and everything becomes infinitely more complex.
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About Soulmates
Stories featuring soulmate mechanics - marks, strings of fate, first words, etc.
The romance of destiny - the idea that two people are cosmically meant for each other.
Common scenarios: Soulmate marks that match, seeing color when you meet your soulmate, feeling your soulmate's emotions.
About This List
This list of 20one-shot Soulmates fanfics spans 104,140 total words. Kudos range from 12,207 on the newest entries to 60,080 on the most established. Nearly all (100%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (14 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Alternate Universe - Soulmates · Soulmate-Identifying Marks · Soulmates · Fluff · Fluff and Angst.
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