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Best One-Shot Trust Issues Fanfics

Trust Issues one-shots under 10k words — the trope distilled to a single complete read. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.

Trust Issues 9 one-shot fics Avg 5,968 words short stories under 10,000 words

Top 9 One-Shot Trust Issues Fanfics

Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with trust issues and falls in the short stories under 10,000 words range.

1

mouth shut (eyes down)

by 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.

29,587 kudos 5,823 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
2

Someone Else's Game

by 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

14,938 kudos 7,303 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
3

darken your door

by beeclaws

Aizawa tries to go get popcorn and instead gets an uncomfortable encounter with a student's estranged father.

14,575 kudos 7,670 words 3/3 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
4

World's Finest: Company Picnic

by 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

10,868 kudos 8,598 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
5

Trust Falls

by Niki

Doctor Strange has a plan to tie Bucky Barnes to someone who can be trusted to never misuse the command words, someone who will always do right by him. The spell has side effects. It also chooses a person no one – including Tony himself – expected.

5,122 kudos 4,885 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
6

trust and verify

by mardia

“I’m sorry, you’re what?” Rebecca’s staring at him as though he’s announced his plans of robbing a bank. “You’re going out to dinner with Trent Crimm? Trent Crimm, formerly of The Independent? That Trent Crimm?”In retrospect, sharing his dinner plans when Rebecca asked what he was doing tonight migh

3,191 kudos 5,969 words 1/1 chapters Explicit Complete
7

i did not always show that it can be hard for me to cry (until you said, “you're safe with me tonight”)

by lunarlokis

see, loki is not quite certain whether the whole thing is truly genuine, when it first begins;

2,806 kudos 5,547 words 1/1 chapters Explicit Complete
8

The secret royal family

by Shadow_8

A family that destroys the peace of Ponyville, unaware that the person who is supposed to protect them is the reason for their destruction.

6 kudos 3,708 words 2/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
9

【skyfall】Skyfall/天殞之時 00M00(互攻)、雙Alpha警告!

by ep4afwpr

外人眼中,加雷斯·馬洛里只是個溫文儒雅、毫無威脅的 Beta 官僚。沒人知道他曾是赫里福軍團最優秀的 Alpha,直到十三年前一場慘烈的被俘經歷,奪走了他的傲氣與生理能力,讓他成了一頭失去利爪的「閹割雄獅」。直到他遇見了詹姆士·邦德——那個傲慢、自大、野性難馴的 007。邦德成了他唯一、且可悲的生理奇蹟。兩個傷痕累累的 Alpha 試圖在公私界線與情慾中依偎,卻始終被「不信任」的陰影籠罩。為了測試這段關係,馬洛里親手設下了一個由發情期 Omega 織成的殘酷陷阱。面對本能與催情費洛蒙的極致誘惑,大雨滂沱中的 007,是否能帶著那隻醜陋的陶瓷鬥牛犬,準時敲開 M 的辦公室大門? To the o

0 kudos 4,208 words 1/? chapters Mature

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About 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.

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.

Common scenarios: 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.

About This List

5,823
median words
78%
complete
29,587
top kudos
~23 minutes
median read time

This list of 9one-shot Trust Issues fanfics spans 53,711 total words. Kudos range from 6 on the newest entries to 29,587 on the most established. 78% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (5 of 9 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Trust Issues · Emotional Hurt/Comfort.

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