Best Explicit Tragic Romance Fanfics
The 10 most-loved explicit tragic romance fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. Some readers want to be wrecked; tragic romance delivers love at its most intense precisely because it cannot last, leaving an ache that happy endings never quite match.
Top 10 Explicit Tragic Romance Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with tragic romance and rated Explicit.
The Death of the Phoenix
by 00_ICantFigureOutAName
Following the demise of Lu Ten, Ozai's attempt to leap over his brother Iroh as heir to the Throne infuriates Fire Lord Azulon, who seeks to punish his youngest son accordingly. Only this time, Azulon demands Azula's death, not Zuko's. The two young siblings are there to witness it, and their lives
Zanka
by rinsled05
Aoyagi's lips parted in a sigh, and for a brief second, Viktor saw a wistful expression beneath the fine-edged veneer – fleeting and transient as a cherry blossom in bloom. There was so much unspoken that Viktor wanted, now more than ever, to take the man with him. Bring him home and far away from t
A Bond's Sanctity
by IchiroIsCoolGuy
Mondstadt was known as the City of Freedom - especially in regards to Alphas, Betas, and Omegas.The hardship their Archon had to suffer to ensure that their freedom would not be taken away remains veiled in mystery, only known to a happily singing Omega bard, whose eyes still hold the millennia's wo
Remorse
by Thoronris
Time travel fanfiction, in which Hermione finds herself in the year 1944, the last year of Voldemort's time at Hogwarts. Not knowing how she got there and for what purpose, she joins force with Dumbledore to find a way back to the future, back to the battle of Hogwarts. During her stay she gets clos
A Chance to Live
by littlechinesedoll
⚠ ⚠ HEED THE TAGS. ⚠ ⚠ anon asked: what if after regime!superman and insurgency!batman had sex. Bruce ends up pregnant (if it's also a universe w/ a/b/o in it) i feel like that adds salt to my wounds bc that was painful.An A/B/O AU of this prompt about Regime!Superman and Insurgency!Batman.Edit 8/
these hearts adore (too cold for you here and now)
by arthur_pendragon
Red, golden, brown leaves begin drifting from wizen trees when Merlin has his first kiss.He’d thought — hoped that it would happen the way it does in the flicks, even though he’s the best friend of the biggest cynic in school and probably the town. He’d wanted it to be romantic, with him holding han
The Rebel Path
by elf_trash
V was just a dirtgirl merc from Heywood with big dreams and a sad sack tragic backstory like the rest of them. After losing her best friend and her left arm in a heist gone awry, she's left with nothing but the digital ghost of a long-dead rockerboy trapped on a chip in her head that's slowly killin
Endless Road
by sakabelle
Eighteen year old Harry Styles planned to spend six months backpacking across Europe with his older sister Gemma. What he didn't plan was to meet an irresistible blonde boy called Niall on their very first stop. As Harry starts to fall in love with Niall, there's only one thing he's certain about. G
Cheater but Jealous
by GonKilluLuciel
He wrote poems about the boy who ruined him. When Gon Freecss’s private notebook falls into the hands of the school’s untouchable heartbreaker, becomes obsessed with uncovering the meaning behind the poem written about him. What starts as teasing quickly spirals into rumors, humiliation, jealousy, a
I guess tomorrow never came
by Its_sunny_outside
Where did all of it begin? Was it there? No. It doesn't matter where. Everything happened as he willed it. Everything, even you. As he breathed his last breath, just as Mikasa's blade grazed the skin of his titan's skeletal neck, Eren reminisces about the little time he got to spend with you, what i
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This list of 10explicit Tragic Romance fanfics spans 1,814,170 total words. Kudos range from 22 on the newest entries to 4,822 on the most established. 50% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (10 of 10 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Tragic Romance · Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics.
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