Best Teen-Rated Time Loop Fanfics
The 21 most-loved teen-rated 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 21 Teen-Rated Time Loop Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with time loop and rated Teen And Up.
The One in Which a Time Loop is Fucking Exhausting.
by badpancake
It’s the first time in a while that he doesn’t know what comes next. He’s dove into the water hundreds of times. Screamed as his flesh was torn apart, heard Master of Puppets in the distance and held back tears. Felt Max’s cold, small hand in his as she laid in the hospital bed. There are things tha
Game On, Your Move
by Ailora
Be on guard, my Lord, writes Abraxas Malfoy, the new transfer student intends to kill you.Except Abraxas has terrible penmanship, and kill and kiss look awfully similar in shoddy cursive.Naturally, things escalate. A lot.
on temporizing
by LuckyMagicBelle
Tommy and Dream are trapped in a time loop.What do they do? Mess with everyone else, of course. русский translation by kuwwizz here!
fruit loops in time (circle around me)
by justprompts
"This is Crabbe, and Goyle," the blonde boy says, pointing at the two boys next to him. "And I'm Malfoy, Draco Ma - "Ron laughs, and Malfoy immediately bristles."Think my name's funny, do you?" Malfoy says, angrily. "No need to ask yours - ""You're honestly so cute," Ron interrupts, yet again, shaki
turn back the clock (and I'll try again in the morning)
by madasthesea
Peter gets stuck in a time loop. In it, he lives through some of his worst nightmares, only to wake up that morning and have no one remember. He needs Tony to help him get through. And if that isn't bad enough, his identity is revealed over and over, every day.
hit me baby one more time
by theappleppielifestyle
Richie reaches up a shaking hand and puts it on Eddie’s stomach.“Uhhh,” Eddie says. “Is this a bit? Is this a really inopportune bit? ‘Cause I don’t know if you’ve noticed, Richie, but this is kind of an important moment-”“What the fuck,” Richie says, not for the first or last time, and lurches forw
at least you'll learn (to be okay)
by Chill_with_Penguins
"Help," Loki says, his voice completely flat, "I've fallen and I can't get up.""Did you just," Stark begins, staring over at him with some sort of horror. He's standing in the kitchen, cradling what appears to be a gallon of coffee close to his chest as if to protect it from Loki's villainy. "No! No
Reaching
by kokichiouma
Even if that hand reaches out to him, Ouma won't pull it, or let himself be pulled. A helping hand is useless if the person being helped spurns it. The loop continues again.
never a wish better than this
by shouldbeworking
“Akechi,” Ren says.“Shut up.” Akechi snaps again, as dismissively as the first time. He stands with his gun resting against his hip, pinches the bridge of his nose and shuts his eyes tight. “Shut up, I need to think.”“Akechi, have you been, uh,” Ren taps his foot nervously against the floor. Can’t b
Ghost Loop
by Nebulablu
Kokichi gets crushed under the press, and is suddenly a ghost. He witnesses the last two trials, but right as the remaining three step forward, he finds himself plunged into darkness.He opens his eyes to find that he's back in the locker that he first woke up in, with the robot he just watched explo
Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa
by reedroad
Kaneki Ken dies at the hand of Arima Kishou. Everything should have ended. Instead, Kaneki wakes up in a hospital bed fresh out of the surgery that made him a ghoul.
And The Next
by ienablu
Jyn looks to the disappearing horizon and thinks, The Force is with me, I am one with the Force. The Force is with me, I am one with the Force. The Force is strong with me, I am – Jyn wakes up in her Wobani prison cell, panting and a scream dying in her throat.~chapter 12: A course corrected.
asura's penance.
by asteriacrows
incessantly, on and on, without pause. waking, disintegrating, over and over, endlessly. he was weary, now. the cycle of karma had branded itself into his skin, blazing cold, frigid fire. he was like a spider caught in its own web, like a snake biting its own tail, helpless to be devoured by himself
too much history
by orphan_account
He dreams the war in every detail, in hard brittle dawns and the sound of cannons he can feel in the roots of his teeth. His men die, their blood splatter-pattern legacies on his hands and chest. What Aaron Burr learns his second time through the American Revolutionary War: he is not dreaming.
Stargate:Spartan Siege
by Johnnieboy11
After the battle on Mantle's Approach, the Chief finds himself, alongside a non-rampant Cortana, helping the Humans of a galaxy similar, yet different to his own, battle their enemies, while exploring the countless worlds tied together by a network of ancient portals and uncovering the mysteries sur
Resonant Echoes
by Lise
A problem shaped like seven unexpected mercenaries carrying one of the priceless artifacts he stole arrives on Essek's doorstep, but he can handle it. Is handling it. Will be able to handle it, at some point, if he can figure out how to avoid them killing him first.(Or: time looping your way into a
Backwash Immortal
by LostVacuum
Wriothesley's life is always nipped at the bud, never living past thirty. Cursed by the late Archon Egeria, Wriothesley's soul is immortal, his body is not. In order to grant Wriothesley's greatest wish to become immortal, Egeria split her heart in two, binding Wriothesley to her for the rest of ti
[PODFIC] Meridian
by 221BasketCase
Podfic: Original Summary:Octavia wakes up in a time loop, and whatever bizarre shit is going on seems to have something to do with her estranged father and his weird, red dickhead of a boyfriend.
Groundhog Day
by Fairy Tale (PlumoseRod)
Cloud Strife becomes trapped in a mysterious time loop that forces him to relive the same day in the Sector 5 slums over and over again. Every morning begins the same way: he wakes in Aerith’s church, sunlight streaming through the broken roof, flowers blooming beneath him, and Aerith greeting him w
There’s (Not) Always Tomorrow
by OddVoyager
A random day in 2005 refuses to end. Mikey thinks he’s going insane until he finds someone else who’s going through the same thing. Now Pete and Mikey have to work out what’s going on.
My Eyes Look But Can't Glance Away
by VintKnight
It's a sad song that cannot be rebuked by the poor man, it will be sung again and again and he knows it…
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About This List
This list of 21teen-rated Time Loop fanfics spans 1,534,554 total words. Kudos range from 3 on the newest entries to 26,625 on the most established. 43% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (21 of 21 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Time Loop · Time Travel · Time Travel Fix-It · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Angst with a Happy Ending.
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