Best Explicit Time Loop Fanfics
The 12 most-loved explicit time loop fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. The loop is a pressure cooker for character study: infinite retries strip away pretense, and readers love tracking what changes and what the looper finally understands.
Top 12 Explicit Time Loop Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with time loop and rated Explicit.
Tea and No Sympathy
by who_la_hoop
It's Potter's fault, of course, that Draco finds himself trapped in the same twenty-four-hour period, repeating itself over and over again. It's been nearly a year since the unpleasant business at Hogwarts, and Draco's getting on with his life quite nicely, thank you, until Harry sodding Potter step
Love was the Law
by ruinthatboy
“This is wrong,” Jayce rasped, his voice strained with torment, so unlike the Jayce that had left mere hours ago to dance and drink and make merry and maybe even make love to the beautiful Mel Medarda. “This is too far back, I shouldn’t be here—” This Jayce was like a wild animal, bearded and shag
better luck next time
by nauticalwarrior
As he falls, he lets himself think about it. He lets himself think that if he wakes up, if things go back again, it means that he does have a quirk. It means he really can take a swan dive off a roof and hope for better luck in his next life. It means that all along, he’s been useless and worthless
Do it Again
by thisgirlsays22
By the twentieth time Geralt has gone through the loop, he decides to just throw himself off the cliff’s edge after Borch. He wakes up to his twenty-first attempt. “Fuck.”
to memory now I can't recall
by Etharei
While on a mission storming a HYDRA facility, James Buchanan Barnes touches one of the many strange alien devices collected by the Red Skull. He does this, in fact, twice— in the past, and in the future. Next thing he knows, Bucky Barnes is opening his eyes in the 21st century, which is full of grea
Shadow Plays
by dreamlittleyo
In which Thor lives a single day more times than he can count, and Loki doesn't know how to fix it.
All Mimsy Were the Borogroves
by MoonWitch96
Melara Hetherspoon, or well, Melara Lannister, is Mad. But well, you would be too if you had the power of time-loops and memories of another life kicking it in your head.
Maelstrom
by feelslikefire
Victor Nikiforov is poised to win gold in his fifth consecutive Grand Prix Final. He has the world at his feet, is unparalleled in the sport--right up until a snowstorm blows into Sochi, and he finds himself repeating the same day over and over and over. He stumbles over Yuuri Katsuki, and everythin
Say Goodbye to Yesterday
by melonbutterfly
The day after the invasion Tony wakes up and his tower is intact again; everything is exactly the way it was before this whole mess went down. It doesn’t take him long to catch up but he can’t figure out why he’s in a time loop – so he does what anyone would: fuck things up while trying to find a wa
When The Morning Comes
by bitsori
“You're new,” Jisung proclaims. Minho snorts. “Am I?” “Well, I've never seen you here before.” “Because you know all of their wedding guests?” Jisung has to laugh. “I know most of Hyunjin’s side,” he says. “Well obviously I’m a friend of Seungmin’s.” Jisung pauses to stare, eyes narrowing with curio
(SI)^3
by Rosewater_Lemongrass
You are Shinji Ikari... (A quest-like narrative where you control the actions of a horny, egotistical, narcissistic, misogynistic Shinji, mysteriously sent back in time and inserted into the anime continuity)
put me back in it
by Kitchenwench
When Hermione was sent back in time to a young Death Eater Severus Snape, she never expected to fall the way she did. Meanwhile, Severus never expected to find the reason he would cling to at the height of the war crash landing in the middle of his living room. ﹒⭒﹒⭒﹒⭒﹒ or, 31 days of 31 prompts tha
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About This List
This list of 12explicit Time Loop fanfics spans 1,279,734 total words. Kudos range from 135 on the newest entries to 57,587 on the most established. 58% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (12 of 12 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Time Loop · Time Travel.
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