Top 20 Short Soulmates Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with soulmates and falls in the 10,000–50,000 words range.
you've got the antidote for me
by Kandakicksass
When Harry Potter unintentionally severs their soulbond before it can fully form, Draco Malfoy resigns himself to a slow death and decides not to burden Harry with a soulmate he's made it very clear he doesn't want.He's never been selfless before, but for Harry, he can try.
The Family You Choose
by TunaFishChris
Some people are born with soulmarks. Zuko has them, but his grandfather burned them off because they "make you weak." Team Avatar has a few things to say about that.
Burn and Breathe
by PitViperOfDoom
Soulmates are connected through pain, and some bonds have more to share than others. Todoroki Shouto wishes he could reject his soulmate. Midoriya wants nothing more than to protect his own.
Hide A Heart Of War
by RayShippouUchiha
“You’ve got war in your heart boy,” Howard sneers, “don’t ever try and pretend to be anything but what you are.” Tony feels the familiar burn of a flower mark being etched into his skin but he doesn’t look, doesn’t try and check to see what it is. Instead he keeps his eyes on Howard and his
slipfast
by ummrys
"You're supposed to smoke over there." Someone said from behind Ilya. Ilya almost dropped his cigarette. His English was shitty, but he had studied that sentence enough times over the years to understand it immediately. He didn't even think about his words much anymore, but it was impossible to avoi
Treasures
by yeaka
Sometimes the other Vulcans wonder how Spock managed to obtain such an exotic bondmate, and sometimes Spock wonders himself.
and you needed someone to show you the way
by SailorChibi
Tony knows what the team really thinks of him. It's a delicate balance: they tolerate him because of his money and his toys, and he gets to stay on the team and fight with them. He's okay with that. So long as he hides the fact that Steve's and Bucky's names are written on his skin in the most embar
Don't Say It
by bibliomaniac
Tony Stark is autistic and nonverbal. Which is fine, obviously, except for it means that Steve and Bucky don't have his words, and it only takes him a few minutes to decide they don't need to know he has theirs. That's also totally and definitely fine, until he goes and falls in love with them.
Learning to Listen
by three_days_late
For as long as Zoro's felt his soulmate echoes he's hated them. He doesn't know why Sanji, or the rest of his crew mates, care so damn much.
Turquoise
by SailorChibi
No sooner has Tony Stark resigned himself to dying in space than Loki shows up on the ship. Loki, who looks about as close to death as Tony feels, has a way to stop Thanos - but it requires a bond. A permanent bond. A bond that will change everything in Tony's life - and the universe.
scramble
by IHadHimOnTheRopes (CarterReid)
The words on his skin were his everything. After everything he'd seen, done and been through, they were a reminder that Bruce Wayne still existed. That somewhere there was a person who would love him despite the coldness in his chest and the scars that roped their way across his skin. A reminder tha
Switched
by GhostsOnSaturn
Soulmates AU where your consciousness occasionally swaps places with that of your soulmate for varying amounts of time.Katsuki Yuuri was just six years old when it first happened. He had been minding his own business, quite happily drawing an interesting rendition of a bird perched outside his windo
Bite Down Hard
by orphan_account
For a moment, Derek can’t breathe.Because moles aren’t the only thing marring the pale skin of Stiles’ neck. Oh no, that’s –– that’s a bond bite. A bond bite which Stiles definitely did not have yesterday, and which appears to have roughly the same dimensions as Derek’s own mouth.Shit.(Or: In which
The Key to Survival
by jesso
Cloud is sent back to his own humble beginnings with his badassery fully intact, but one thing is very different about the world, and that one thing changes EVERYTHING. Featuring: Soulmates, The Implication of Time-travel, Mama!Strife, Smol BAMF Cloud, Emotionally-Stunted Sephiroth, One Very Distres
Thought and Feeling Interwound
by tucuxi
Tsunade walked around the desk and sat directly next to Iruka, turning both of their chairs with a casually powerful grasp. In the end they were facing each other, not the desk. He tried and failed to hold her gaze. She reached out and tipped his chin up, forcing him to look at her again. Another hi
future in the name
by charlie_mou
Soulmates AU where everyone is born with a name of their soulmate on their body but the name isn't always a birth name of the person - it's one of their names, the one name that will make the biggest impact on the world. Strawhats had it weird and Law didn't know what was going on until he did and r
The Space Between
by KouriArashi
Every warlock has a soulmate. 98% of the time it’s another warlock, but sometimes it’s a mundane, a seelie, or even a Shadowhunter. Until their name appears on the warlock’s chest (and their corresponding soulmate’s), there’s no way to know.Enter Alec Lightwood, who wakes up at fourteen with a warlo
Running Start
by DecemberCamie
“Wanna try, Killua?” Gon asks, breathless and grinning despite being tossed to the dirt less than thirty seconds ago.Killua tears his gaze away from Gon’s bright face to the open field in front of him. A crowd of students are scattered around in an uneven circle, all cheering loudly as a boy and gir
Influence of Souls
by lecturience
He stared at his journal, a creation into which he had poured his memories and dreams, his heart and … soul. Now, to send it to where it needed to be.
you're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece
by Klavier
It wasn't that Adam listened to the comments from other Aglionby boys about "the brain and the brawn" or took any of their gold-plated opinions into account.It was the fearless, almost insubordinate, nature of Ronan's rolled up sleeves. Two handprints encircled his wrists, a deep violet, darker than
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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 20short Soulmates fanfics spans 506,751 total words. Kudos range from 5,937 on the newest entries to 71,261 on the most established. Nearly all (85%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (10 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Alternate Universe - Soulmates · Soulmates · Soulmate-Identifying Marks · Soul Bond · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence.
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