Top 9 Long Survival Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with survival and falls in the 50,000–100,000 words range.
don't go wastin your emotions
by kissesforcas
"Steve 'the Hair' Harrington, a rage-filled barbarian, who knew?" Eddie says, like its a compliment, like Steve has ANY idea what that means."Uh, I knew. Obviously." Steve says, wisely, even though he clearly didn't. "Anyway, do you think we could eat a demobat? Or would we turn into some kind of mo
Run little Bunny! (Indefinite Hiatus)
by CaliMorningstar_UndeadSoldierShady
It is almost the end of the first year's of UA and Nedzu has made an annual Heroes vs Yakuza fight. This lasts 5 days and The yakuza leader is Izuku, with the Commanding officer Uraraka!But what happens if no one wants to be the villain leaving Midoriya alone in his one man yakuza?(Inspired by Cival
i thought he remembered me; he took me back so tenderly
by fatal (cumrich)
there’s a lot that can go wrong in space; it comes with the territory. but there’s a world of difference between fighting off some hostile aliens and finding yourself to be the only person a very feral jeongguk will respond positively to.
But Not Buried This Time
by Tierfal
Once Ed decides that he is categorically not going to rot on the Drachman tundra, dragging his ass out of the jaws of death is actually pretty easy. ...except when it's not. At all. Which is most of the time.(AU from end of Brotherhood.)
What if we get out of this hellhole town?
by HatsForBats
"With the media storm and the law on our tails, we've got this kinda Bonnie and Clyde thing going on."ORWhat if Wednesday hadn't run into Rowan on the night of the harvest festival?What if Tyler was able to help her leave town? What if he went with her? What if they navigated dealing with his Hyde t
Sole Survivors
by lindirs_gaze
After narrowly surviving a brutal raider attack that massacres his unit, soldier Hajime Hinata makes a desperate bid to find badly-needed medical supplies for the survivors of his community. Inside an abandoned hospital, he finds more than he bargained for: a mysterious stranger with a secret that m
Supernatural Fallout
by Zafona
Dean Winchester is set loose into the post apocalyptic world of the Capital Wasteland after he turns 18, his home of Little Lamplight doesn't allow adults to stay. Fortune never smiles on a Winchester and he finds himself in the hands of an angry blue-eyed raider. Instead of killing the young man on
Dark Witch
by SilentWolfSinger
It has been 1,300 years since the Pevensies vanished from Narnia. The Golden Age is long gone, and the land now suffers beneath the cruel rule of the Telmarines. For three centuries, Eirlys has led a hidden resistance from the shadows of the Shuddering Woods, becoming a legend feared by her enemies
Freefall
by lady_of_OCs
In the Chinese wilderness, the Karasuno boy's volleyball team and all those involved with it find themselves in a devastating plane crash. Unsure of when help will be coming, they must work together to survive. Read KingsHighway's "The Plane Dropped" for the full story and inspiration for this fic (
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About Survival
Stripped of comfort and backup, characters endure: wilderness, apocalypse, shipwreck, siege. Survival fic is about what people become when staying alive is the whole agenda — and who they choose to keep alive with them.
Crisis is a character X-ray; readers love seeing politeness burn away until only loyalty, ingenuity, and need remain.
Common scenarios: Two crash survivors rationing supplies and learning each other's worst habits in a shared shelter, or a found family crossing a ruined country one scavenged meal at a time.
About This List
This list of 9long Survival fanfics spans 573,179 total words. Kudos range from 6 on the newest entries to 11,253 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Mature (6 of 9 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Survival · Blood and Injury.
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