Trust Issues
A character whose past taught them that depending on people is dangerous slowly learns to let someone in. The walls come down brick by brick, with setbacks treated as part of the process rather than failures of it.
What is Trust Issues in fanfiction?
A character whose past taught them that depending on people is dangerous slowly learns to let someone in. The walls come down brick by brick, with setbacks treated as part of the process rather than failures of it. With over 35,000 works on Archive of Our Own, Trust Issues is one of the most beloved tropes in fanfiction.
Why readers love Trust Issues
Earned trust is the most patient form of intimacy in fiction, and readers savor every small concession — a real name, an unguarded nap, a secret offered freely.
Examples of Trust Issues
A con artist instinctively planning exits from every room until they realize they've stopped doing it around one person, or a betrayed soldier testing a new ally with small truths first.
Best Trust Issues Fanfics
The highest-rated Trust Issues stories across all fandoms on AO3.
Hush Now (You Were Lost but Now You’re Found)
by CorpseArt
Red Chaos was the name the world had bestowed upon him, and Dream had laughed as he dragged Tommy down against his chest in a rough sprawl back against the couch, squeezing him tight after their first official mission together.Tommy had done good and Dream had been proud.-Siren shifts, a look Tommy
mouth shut (eyes down)
Completeby carolinaa
Teachers and Izuku don't mesh well. If Izuku speaks up, he gets in trouble. If Izuku gets picked on, he gets in trouble. If Izuku lets his guard down for one second, he gets in trouble.Izuku isn't stupid. He knows UA isn't going to be any different.
The War is Far From Over Now
Completeby Dont_call_me_Carrie
The world keeps pushing him, demanding, because what he did wasn't enough. Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, but that wasn't enough, wasn't ever enough. Tony Stark was tired. But he had a planet to protect, even if everyone laughed at him whenever the prospect of alien invasions was brou
Little Acts of Kindness
Completeby TheDeadGirlRisen
In which Izuku is traumatized, but pretending everything is fine. Aizawa immediately spots the red flags and starts looking into the kids past so he can figure out how to help his student. Along the way he makes several interesting discoveries. One) Midoriya Izuku was quirkless until the day of the
Long Night in the Valley
Completeby Marsalias
On paper, the Hero Commission's plan to investigate Midoriya Izuku under the guise of a training course for combating mental quirks is solid; foolproof, even. If Midoriya turns out to be innocent, they can pass everything off as part of the training exercise, assuming he remembered any of it. Othe
Make It Out Just to Fall
by derryhawkins
Peter didn’t know what he expected when Doctor Strange did the final spell above the Statue of Liberty (after all, it was hard to imagine a life where his girlfriend and best friend didn’t know him), but it certainly wasn’t to be sent to a whole different universe in a vastly different city with ent
Shadows of Yesterday
Completeby Barefoot_mouse
“Dick…”Right. He needed to focus.“Little Wing?” Dick’s tone lost the harshness to it, as if sensing that Jason was teetering on the edge. He could always tell when Jason needed the grounding. He always knew. Could feel it from a mile away.“Dick, I think…I think you have a son.” He closed his eyes, s
A Home in You
Completeby springrain21
In the near future where most of society has collapsed due to the sudden and unexplained drop in the omega population, Jimin has spent his life ever since he presented as an omega on the run. When he escapes from a lab that was holding him captive for experimentation, he is rescued by a group of reb
solidarity (was the movement that turned the direction of history)
Completeby daylightbreaks
He should have known better than to think U.A teachers would be any different. All Might really was the only one he could trust. They didn’t see it like he did because it was him. He’d always been the creepy, quirkless kid before anything else, All Might’s protege or not. ----------Or: Izuku is e
Someone Else's Game
Completeby RayShippouUchiha
“Bullshit.” Shōta seethes, biting the word out with a sharp, clean snap of his teeth. There’s been a potent mix of disbelief and sick cold rage building inside of him since the moment Nezu opened his mouth.“Now, now, Aizawa-kun,” Nezu chides almost absently from where he’s hopped up to sit on the
darken your door
Completeby beeclaws
Aizawa tries to go get popcorn and instead gets an uncomfortable encounter with a student's estranged father.
and I Looked Back on a Broken World
Completeby raziella
“This is the most stupid thing you’ve ever done!” Hermione yells after Harry. Then she blinks. They’re no longer at Grimmauld Place and, sitting huddled together on a familiar four-poster bed with red hangings, are four teenaged boys, staring avidly at them. Well, this is just brilliant, she thinks.
A (high pitch) cry for help
Completeby Problematic_Lara
Aizawa had some experience with traumatized children but when a mute small child appears every night on his patrol route he soon realizes that this kid is an unique case to be handle carefully. Untrusting and all he can recognize a cry for help when he sees one. Even if it is silent.Orkid Izuku mani
A World of Truth
Completeby luchia
The world is trapped in an illusion which removes anger, hate, and death. It's paradise, giving everyone everything they've ever wanted and reviving anyone they've ever lost. Nearly two years into the illusion, Sasuke snaps back to his senses and must decide whether to keep the world in false bliss,
Don't Look Down
Completeby NamelesslyNightlock
When forced to decide between the lives of Tony Stark and Iron Man, Steve Rogers chose wrong. Tony is left to deal with the consequences, but it’s not like he’s helpless, and he certainly isn’t alone.
Soul of fire
Completeby Willofhounds
With that the sorting began. Tom only listened with half an ear as his focus was on the Potter Heir. Like the others from Nightingale his magic was wound tightly around him.McGonagall called out suddenly, "Potter, Harrison!"With that the Potter Heir made his way up to the stool. The hat was dropped
From You I Cannot Hide
Completeby SailorChibi
Being a sub isn’t the worst thing in the world. Being a sub who doesn’t like pain, well. That’s just weird. A sub’s sole responsibility in life is to be anything and everything a dom wants, an open canvas for a dom’s brush, malleable and sweet. Obie taught him that, and that fear ultimately tears hi
survival instinct
Completeby carolinaa
Izuku's always had the vague feeling that trusting people is more trouble than it's worth. A villain's quirk makes him realize how painful trust can be, too.
no stability (without solidarity)
Completeby daylightbreaks
“Principal Nedzu called me in yesterday to talk about my notebooks containing ‘sensitive information’, and I asked if my mom or All Might was going to be there if he was going to question me… But he said it was just a few questions, but if I thought I should be interrogated…” “So he didn’t allow
World's Finest: Company Picnic
Completeby WingFeathers
Inspired by Dick's idea, Clark organizes an out-of-uniform relaxed get-together for the League, and he and Diana have to convince Bruce to come as himself and let the League in on his secret identity.But when Bruce gives in and comes in his street clothes, nothing goes as planned. No one is surpris
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How many Trust Issues fics are on AO3?
There are over 35,000 works tagged with Trust Issues on Archive of Our Own.
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Popular fandoms for Trust Issues include MCU, Banana Fish, Six of Crows.
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