Best Mature Tragic Romance Fanfics
The 15 most-loved mature 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 15 Mature Tragic Romance Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with tragic romance and rated Mature.
Below the Surface | SPY AU
by KiiraDraws
If there’s one thing Izuku never imagined happening to him after losing One For All, was to be forgotten. Now a professor at U.A. High, he spends his days teaching and his nights haunted by the life he left behind. He tells himself the quiet is enough, but the ache of his past—of failed dreams, lost
The Syntax of Things
by Arrisha
A short-lived series of private lessons took place after Christmas in Harry Potter's fifth school year, during which Severus Snape attempted to teach Harry the skill of Occlumency. The lessons were ultimately cancelled when Harry was caught prying into Snape's memories, discovering the strangest thi
Sleeping With Ghosts
by lalazee
“I guess even heroes have to do their grocery shopping.”“Villains, too,” Katsuki said tightly.“Villains?” Deku blinked, gasping softly as he went to his tip toes and looked over the aisle divider. “Where? Shit, Kacchan, you’d better get on that!”Written for KatsuDeku Week 2017, Day 2: Heroes/Villain
Primus' Rising Prophet
by IsekaiGirl
= =Optimus' POV “Kneel.” In an instant, every mech standing in the room was forced to their knees under an immense, invisible pressure, as though gravity itself had turned against them. Cries and shouts filled the chamber as they struggled to rise, only to fail. The mechs who had remained seated sta
Be Careful What You Wish For
by Thunderbirdswolvesandlilacs
Annabeth Chase always got what she wanted. Even at the age of seven, armed with only her own single-minded determination and half-thought-out plans, she was convinced that there was more to her destiny then rotting away at Camp Half-Blood summer after summer. She wanted to leave Camp. Go on quests.
Impossible Remains
by Jengabears
Jiang Cheng wakes slowly to the feeling of spiritual energy swimming through his veins. Not just swimming. Singing. Flooding. He was filled with it. He didn't know if it was because he had been without any for so long or if Baoshan Sanren had chosen to make him stronger, but he had never felt so pow
The Secret
by PhoenixStar73
Seventeen years old Shadowhunter Maryse Trueblood ends up in the Seelie Realm after a botched mission -- wounded and in need of help. A handsome Seelie saves her and they fall in love.Maryse eventually returns to her own world, sick and acting unlike herself. Robert Lightwood inadvertently becomes
Farewell Blitzo
by TalosLives
After leaving the "Fuck Blitzo Party" and seeing just how much he hurt so many people, including Stolas who really loved him, the broken Imp realizes that he cannot keep doing this. He realizes that he's toxic and poison to everyone he touches from family to friends to lovers. He cannot take it anym
Sergeant, Soldier, Soulmate
by ChrissiHR
Darcy shares two sets of soulmarks with the same soulmate. It takes an accidental trip back in time in an unfortunate costume choice to hear her soulmate say her words, one from Sergeant and one from Soldier.
I Miss My William
by Y4ndereGirl
William never imagined his worst nightmare would wear the face of his best friend. Caught in a war he doesn’t fully understand, he’s forced to hide in a compound filled with heroes who are supposed to protect him. But what if fate has other plans? What if the building is attacked by the very variant
Joutava
by Bonami27
Joutava (Dispensable/Superfluous) | Genre ➼ Fourth Wing/Iron Flame Rider's Quadrant Romance/Tragedy (Hunger Games Inspired). Pairing ➼ Violet Sorrengail / Xaden Riorson | Words ➼ ?. Unwanted from birth, cast aside as a frail shadow of expectations; The Sorrengail's forsaken child. The son of the Gre
The Prince of Flowers
by Queen___Alba13
“There is no such thing as good or evil, Miss Evans, only cruelty and beauty… and those who choose to seek them.” Meet Reine, Lily’s twin sister, and the youngest flower of the Evans family.Main love interest is Severus, though Sirius may complicate things for a while. And if I don’t manage to make
May Chaos be chaotic
by MessyLetters
The beginning and the end dance their eternal circle and at its core lies Chaos, god of all. Oh Muses, sing to me and let me know this tale. The story of a demon turned mortal, the gods who guide, and two twins of pines. Oh great Muses with your hymns, show us how the great Axolotl and parent of exi
We Will Not Be Lovers
by Lie02
Kaeya had never liked the idea of fate.If the events that made up one's life were truly set in stone from the very beginning, he felt that whatever grand being authored his must have not had their heart in it. As much as his father had stressed the excellence of his blood, the nobility of his lineag
Ostatnia Schadzka
by oskar666
Między dowódcą Niebieskich Pasów a przywódcą Scoia'tael nigdy nie powinno być niczego poza nienawiścią. A jednak pewnej nocy granica między wrogością a pożądaniem została przekroczona. Ukrywanie prawdy staje się coraz trudniejsze, aż w końcu sekret wychodzi na jaw. Miłość, za którą płaci się życiem.
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About This List
This list of 15mature Tragic Romance fanfics spans 1,763,921 total words. Kudos range from 5 on the newest entries to 9,442 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Mature (15 of 15 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Tragic Romance · Angst · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Enemies to Lovers · Alternate Universe.
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