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Best Short Team as Family Fanfics

Team as Family novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.

Team as Family 18 short fics Avg 26,610 words 10,000–50,000 words

Top 18 Short Team as Family Fanfics

Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with team as family and falls in the 10,000–50,000 words range.

1

of crime lords and literature

by adelfie

Gloved fingers close over Tim’s throat and slowly begin to squeeze.“Jason!” he gasps, choking. “Have you ever read Macbeth?”The Red Hood stares at him like Tim just slapped him with a fish.--With his grades slipping, Tim worries Bruce will take Robin away. So when the Red Hood breaks into his room w

30,588 kudos 23,706 words 3/3 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
2

5 Times Tim Spends the Night at Wayne Manor + 1 Time He Comes Home

by motleyfam

Tim is good at galas.No, scratch that—Tim is great at galas. He’s been attending them ever since the age of three, when his parents first stuffed him into his little Gymboree tuxedo and gave him a stern lecture about ‘sitting quietly’ and ‘speaking when spoken to.’ He knows all the rules: what to we

30,459 kudos 48,700 words 6/6 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
3

through the looking-glass

by unluckyolive

Kim Dokja slaps his hands over Yoo Joonghyuk’s mouth without really thinking.“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he says frantically.He feels Yoo Joonghyuk’s lips curve into a frown under his palm, ticklish and hot against that sensitive skin. He ekes out an odd sound and jerks back, yelping a

24,364 kudos 10,300 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
4

don't talk to me or any of my fourteen children ever again

by meregalaxiesandgods

Ukai Keishin was not—and had no interest in becoming—a father. He’d somehow become responsible for fourteen children regardless.

8,613 kudos 39,963 words 14/14 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
5

home (is wherever I'm with you)

by actparci

On the drive back to the hotel Max had turned to him, blue eyes fierce and piercing. “Promise me you won’t stop being angry. You’re angry because you know what you can do. Use it, control it, let it fuel you. Other people won’t understand but that doesn’t matter, you know what you’re capable of.”You

6,508 kudos 17,957 words 5/5 chapters Not Rated Complete
6

what would you do (if i went to touch you now)?

by LaceyAmethyst

“Okay, so they both like each other. We need to get them together.” “How? Lando’s too freaked out to think straight and Oscar is the human embodiment of the standing man emoji.” Charles purses his lips for a moment before he snatches his boyfriend’s phone up from the other side of the table.

5,717 kudos 29,715 words 5/5 chapters Explicit Complete
7

Barn Raising

by altschmerzes

After the locker room disaster in Manchester, Roy drives Jamie home. The chaos they find when they arrive at the house swiftly proves it is not a safe place to spend the night, forcing a change of plans and a reroute to Roy’s own home. The following day Jamie experiences, in this order: The most bew

2,960 kudos 32,332 words 2/2 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
8

Better Angels

by altschmerzes

The second time that Jamie shows up, smirking and announcing that he can't participate in training because he's hurt is so much worse than the first time. He's changed a lot, grown up a lot, and no one knows why he's acting like this again when he's put so much time and effort into not being that pe

2,398 kudos 16,144 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
9

Acid Rain

by Bunningsbetterthanmitre10

Matt didn’t know when he realised the pounding heart, beating in panic and fear and terror was Peter’s.

2,277 kudos 10,130 words 3/3 chapters Not Rated Complete
10

The Incy Wincy Boo-Boo Protocol

by Ink_and_Spiderwebs

In typical Parker-luck fashion, Peter gets himself injured out on patrol while Tony is away from home. Hoping to avoid a fuss, he intends to sneak back into the tower and down to medical without anyone else finding out. Unfortunately for Peter, his Spidey-suit doesn't agree.   Or: how the Avengers c

777 kudos 20,789 words 3/3 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
11

Songs About Jane (Deluxe)

by strayphoenix

Faye wants to hate Julia. She REALLY does. She wants to hate how Julia helps Jet cook without being asked. Or how she and Spike slow-dance in the living room late at night when they think no one’s up. She wants to hate how these days, Spike only ever smells like cigarettes or sex. Or how every time

646 kudos 21,067 words 3/3 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
12

El futuro no planeado

by Karminange

Kisaki quiere culpar a medio mundo, pero sabe que por mucho que se queje, ya no hay vuelta atrás para esta situación extraña, en donde él era la parte responsable y tenía que soportar los dramas de su autonombrada familia“Quiero el divorcio, eres un mal padre” menciono el dios de la muerte haciendo

159 kudos 24,574 words 33/33 chapters General Audiences Complete
13

Harry Devereaux and the Very Distinctive Stone

by MimiHylea

With a motley found family of elite Muggle criminals looking out for him, Harry's introduction to the wizarding world goes a little differently.

101 kudos 49,707 words 11/14 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
14

Family ties

by AnimSoul

Takes place right after the end of The Red String of Fate. I suggest reading Part 1 first. Vox is back. Everything should be fine now that he is reunited with the other Vees in a timeline, where that fateful gala never happened. But the fact remains, that his time spent in the alternate Hell had cha

100 kudos 28,887 words 15/? chapters Mature
15

Diplopia

by BaiBitch

“Al…y’know, I don’t know for sure what’s gonna happen when we destroy it.” “I know.” “You can go back. It’s still open” “I know.” “...Winry and Granny’ll be sad.” “I know.” Edward looks at his little brother, and wonders when he grew up so much. He’d only missed a year, but it felt like a lifetime.

36 kudos 12,444 words 6/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
16

The Return Of The All-burning Fire

by Fern0

Batman and The Justice League arrive to where Batman obtained the crystal, it is worse than Batman thought it would be

31 kudos 34,440 words 21/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
17

trying to recognize myself when i feel i've been replaced

by petalswrites

Taako had never been alone, not since the moment he was born. He stumbles over the thought like a loose stone. Two weeks he's been with a sister, and she still won't stick in his memory.

4 kudos 21,890 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
18

Time to Wheel, Snipe, Celly!!!!

by YangLake94

With the team locked in a fierce battle for a playoff berth, Shane and Ilya will do anything to drive the Ottawa Centaurs to victory. Đội bóng đang trong giai đoạn chạy đua giành vé vào playpoff gay gắt nhất, Shane và Ilya sẽ làm bất cứ điều gì để giúp Ottawa Centaurs chiến thắng cuộc đua này.

3 kudos 36,228 words 11/? chapters General Audiences

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About Team as Family

A squad, crew, or workplace team that has quietly become each other's family, complete with bickering, traditions, and ferocious protectiveness. The mission matters less than the people running it together.

Found family with a job to do is doubly satisfying — readers get the warmth of belonging plus the proof of it every time the team closes ranks around one of their own.

Common scenarios: A heist crew spending holidays together because none of them has anywhere better to be, or paladins ten thousand light years from Earth realizing home is the castle ship.

About This List

24,574
median words
61%
complete
30,588
top kudos
~1.6 hours
median read time

This list of 18short Team as Family fanfics spans 478,973 total words. Kudos range from 3 on the newest entries to 30,588 on the most established. 61% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (11 of 18 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Team as Family · Hurt/Comfort · Hurt Tim Drake · Fluff · Past Abuse.

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