Best Long Trauma Recovery Fanfics
Trauma Recovery fanfics from 50k to 100k words — full novel length with room for slow development. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 13 Long Trauma Recovery Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with trauma recovery and falls in the 50,000–100,000 words range.
2am Knows All Secrets [original]
by Unbreakable_Red_Riot
… It wasn’t that he was annoyed.Okay, maybe he was a little annoyed, but that was just the lack of sleep talking. Because a certain explosive punk thought it was a good idea to test the flammability of his sheets at 2 in the morning. Every single morning.(In which Bakugou's quirk wakes Kirishima up,
doesn’t mean that i was never afraid
by yhronez
Rose volunteers for a nonprofit that rescues sex-trafficked omegas, and Shane thinks it's a great cause. He even attends their fundraising galas. Then, one night, Rose calls to ask for a favor: She wants Shane to let a recently-rescued male omega live with him. In his apartment. His name is Ilya, Ro
a locket of self desire
by lightning_anon
Tommy has fucked up. Look he knows he has. He pushed people away, took his brother's meds, and caused his other brother to have a meltdown. He's done some bad things. But that's in the past and he's doing better. He's made his amends and worked on his self worth. Just because he's fucked up in the p
The Sensible Thing To Do
by lovelysandlonelys
Midoriya Izuku realized that he could never become a hero.Alternatively: if Izuku took Bakugou’s advice but didn't succeed.
Go back
by Nyala47563746
Love and pain are two sides of the same coin, but opposite nonetheless.When Bakugou Katsuki was nine, his mother was diagnosed with mental illnesses.Before she got sick she was his mom. She would cook breakfast and dinner and she would do all the chores with a small smile on her face and a tired loo
Guitar Strings and Keyrings are What it Takes to Build a Home
by Anonymous
Techno was adopted by Phil when he was 12 years old. He'd been enjoying his morning before Phil came to him asking if he would mind them taking in another kid. Against his better judgement, Techno agrees and ends up with two new foster brothers who he was determined to not get attached to, no matter
2am Knows All Secrets [[REVISION]]
by Unbreakable_Red_Riot
... It wasn't that he was annoyed.Okay, maybe he was a bit annoyed, but that was just the lack of sleep talking. Because a certain explosive punk thought it was a good idea to test the flammability of his sheets at two in the morning. Every single morning.In which Bakugou's quirk wakes Kirishima up,
3:16
by partingxshot
The knife pushes thin along Dick’s carotid artery, cupping the indent between neck and jawline—forcing him to angle his chin. The metal is warm, pulled with execution speed from under Damian’s pillow.“Okay,” Dick says quietly, tracking the intricacies of his own heartbeat—counting the space between
The Wire Mother
by nopaintjustpain
I lived with this hunger long before the Hail Mary. This is nothing new. I’m fine. Right up until Rocky asks another question. “When last time you touch other human person skin, question?” Oh. Oh no. “When I… a few days after I first woke up here.” Rocky starts to relax for a split second, but then
A Light in the Dark
by Srdavidso
After a series of violent assaults leave Sam Carter struggling to survive the aftermath, Jack O’Neill refuses to let her face it alone. What follows is a years-long journey through trauma, recovery, setbacks, memory loss, heartbreak, forgiveness, and love. A hurt/comfort, slow-burn Sam/Jack story ab
To Repair with Gold
by kuki
After everything they went through, no one was really sure they could recover. Some days it seems completely impossible, but for it's easier when they're together. With no small amount of effort, everyone affected by what the Galra had done learns how to live their lives.The aftermath of and healing
Closed doors
by PrythianPenguin
When Nesta is brought to the House of Wind she believed deep down she must have deserved it. Wretched and an embarrasment to her youngest sister she must now obey the male she once thought loved her.Will Nesta become the warrior they want her to be, does she bend or does she break?An exploration of
At The Beach
by NattyFight
Eddie cannot tell you why, except that sometimes his body makes a choice before his brain has caught up. He is at the third teller window before he has even examined the move, and then he looks up and sees her. He gets a handful of seconds where she does not know she is being watched. Something in h
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About Trauma Recovery
A serious, sustained look at a character processing trauma canon inflicted and then ignored — nightmares, triggers, therapy, relapse, and the slow reconstruction of a sense of safety. Often written with notable care and research.
Canon breaks characters and cuts to the next season; these fics stay in the aftermath, and many readers find their own experiences honored in that patience.
Common scenarios: A former child soldier learning that flinching is not a character flaw, or weekly therapy chapters charting two steps forward and one back across a full year.
About This List
This list of 13long Trauma Recovery fanfics spans 945,926 total words. Kudos range from 73 on the newest entries to 33,941 on the most established. 46% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (8 of 13 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Trauma Recovery · Hurt/Comfort · Slow Burn · Fluff · Alternate Universe - Foster Family.
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