Top 8 One-Shot Survival Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with survival and falls in the short stories under 10,000 words range.
Memorable
by JessicaMDawn
Six times Buck got recognized by people he saved during the tsunami, and how his team realized he was a hero.
without a flashlight in the dark
by jurassicqueer (kukurosaki)
The lights go out. Steve keeps his eyes fixed just left of the thing, can just barely make out a shoulder and sort-of head in the light of the moon, and tries to swallow back the sickening feeling of being hunted. He wants to run for his house but he can’t. He can’t, because if he takes his eyes off
Seeking Shelter
by sphagnum
The leader stepped forward, and the betas flanking him moved further out to the side to keep a clear line of fire on Max without impeding the alpha’s progress. The alpha’s nostrils flared and his advancing steps stuttered, pausing and then resuming twice as fast. Max felt a sick little swoop in his
Something Hollow in the Walls
by clr_sbtxt
An abandoned Imperial research station, swallowed by a planet that lets nothing off it easily — least of all a signal. Ren and Hux weren't sent here to find each other, but the ruins have their own sense of proximity. What they're looking for is buried somewhere below; what they find first is how li
Some kind of animal-cannibal made impressions on me.. (we wont see him anymore)
by FriendlyVampir33
(BAD AT SUMMARIES!!!)(ALSO VERY LONG CHAPTERS AFTER CHAPTER 1)WEEKLY CHAPTER UPLOADS!!! The axis are currently stuck on a desert island with seemingly no way out. An careless italian, an german who thought he had it all in control and a japanese man, who never complained, started acting rather weird
Will you be my shelter?
by StormyWillow157
During an alien invasion, Yugi and the gang fight to survive. Along the way, feelings start to blossom between him and his best friend, Yami. Will they be able to find shelter in each other in these trying times?
Guardia Nocturna
by Latifa90
El SARS-CoV-2 ataca el sistema respiratorio, no era conocido por tomar el control del sistema nervioso de la gente, pero mutó de una forma aterradora. Ni siquiera los mejores científicos pudieron explicar cómo la proteína Spike del virus inflamó las conexiones neuronales humanas, destruyéndolas y d
Trickster's Lament - Loki in Valheim
by DragonOpal
Odin has been keeping a major secret and now Loki gets to find out, but at the cost of his freedom and under the guise of a 'chance at redemption'.Please... Odin NEVER intends for Loki to escape this nightmare world.----(Set in an alternate MCU timeline where Loki didn't fake his death on Svartalfhe
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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 8one-shot Survival fanfics spans 45,148 total words. Kudos range from 3 on the newest entries to 17,201 on the most established. 50% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Mature (4 of 8 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Survival · Hurt/Comfort · Post-Apocalypse.
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