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Best Mature Terminal Illness Fanfics

The 7 most-loved mature terminal illness fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. A deadline makes every ordinary moment luminous, and these fics distill love to its essentials: presence, honesty, and the courage to stay.

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Top 7 Mature Terminal Illness Fanfics

Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with terminal illness and rated Mature.

1

A Sky Full Of Stars

by wild_iwaslivid

It's March, and Viktor knows he doesn't have long left to live. His friends only know that his health isn't great, but not that he's dying. How could he tell them? What could he possibly say to Jayce? No, better to just keep quiet. Then the unthinkable happens: Ambessa Medarda, for reasons of her ow

266 kudos 164,362 words 24/? chapters Mature
2

When You Are Old

by starscannan

“Top up?” A voice asked. Remus, although nodding vaguely, was barely paying attention. He only snapped back into reality, when the glass reappeared on the counter with a gentle thump. He unfolded a crumpled note from his pocket, sliding it across the bar as his fingers gripped around the cool glass.

81 kudos 30,584 words 6/? chapters Mature
3

Stranger's Heart

by Tharja

Brando wasn’t supposed to go looking.He only wanted to know who the heart belonged to.A name turns into a street.A street turns into a house.And a house turns into a boy he can’t seem to walk away from.Wilson Evans died months ago.That’s what everyone says.Brando isn’t so sure anymore.He definitely

64 kudos 29,992 words 5/? chapters Mature
4

heaving through corrupted lungs

by myotheraccount

муковисцидоз, Ilya learns this word when he is two years old and his Mama is very sad.  She has it too. Alexei is spared, but she has given it to him and he thinks, if something can be from his Mama, surely it must be good. Да, because she is good.  (Or, Ilya has cystic fibrosis).

24 kudos 1,055 words 1/? chapters Mature
5

з чого б не були створені наші душі

by ua translations (StarlessRebel)

Уві сні ця рука ковзає вгору по Реґулусовій шиї та обхоплює його обличчя. Він тулиться до неї, заплющивши очі, насолоджуючись цим відчуттям. Без маски, без холоду. Більше не занімілий перед відчуття тепла мозолистих пальців на його щоці. І ось це якраз той самий тягар, котрий стає дедалі важчим, кот

23 kudos 79,849 words 14/25 chapters Mature
6

All Tomorrow's Parties (Part Three)

by fairlightscales

There's only three things that's for sure,Taxes, death and trouble.

20 kudos 29,589 words 10/? chapters Mature
7

Uncle Cedric

by WolfsbaneKnight

His mother stood over the grave and the show she’d been putting on for others crumbled. Tears ran freely from her eyes as she stood not caring for the rain that spat down upon her. With only her family as witness she wept openly for their loss. Looking past his mother’s form, Cameron’s eyes found th

5 kudos 8,663 words 4/4 chapters Mature Complete

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29,992
median words
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complete
266
top kudos
~2.0 hours
median read time

This list of 7mature Terminal Illness fanfics spans 344,094 total words. Kudos range from 5 on the newest entries to 266 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Mature (7 of 7 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Chronic Illness · Alternate Universe - Modern Setting · Terminal Illnesses.

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