Best Epic Unrequited Love Fanfics
Unrequited Love fanfics over 100,000 words — the long-form treatment of the trope. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 17 Epic Unrequited Love Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with unrequited love and falls in the over 100,000 words range.
talk to me dirty; talk to me sweet
by thesweetestdream
Will and Mike accidentally overhear a couple talking dirty over the walkie, and start repeating some of the filthy phrases to each other for shits and giggles. What starts as a joke, soon turns into something they can't stop doing – and can’t tell anyone about. Or: Mike and Will start talking dirty
(the first time) he kissed a boy
by buzzcut__season
Reki is insecure about his lack of kissing experience. Langa just wants to help him feel like he's good enough, even if teaching Reki to kiss means breaking his own heart. (yet another practice kissing au)
symbiosis
by taecheeks
symbiosis- n. interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.“So that means you’re okay with it?” Jungkook asks, his tone an odd mix of surprise and sarcasm.Taehyung hums his affirmation, making Jungkook finally look at him. His e
In the Heat of the Moment
by PumpkinsBelow
“Then…” Enid steels herself. “Then can I touch myself, or not?” Wednesday exhales, uncrossing her arms. “You may.” This fucking girl. “Fine,” Enid says in a small voice, scooting back on the bed. She feels cowed and decidedly not turned on, shoved as far away from her as possible against the unforgi
Meet Your Match
by morriganmercy
After the war, Draco Malfoy seeks refuge from infamy in the Muggle world. A friendly Muggle couple takes him under their wing, but there’s a problem: they are intent on setting him up with their best friend, Hermione Granger. Or, in which the Muggle friends Hermione Granger undoubtedly would have ha
Yan Genshin Impact x Reader
by ddarkerdreams
Genshin Impact yandere stories, that will continue to be expanded over time!(Originally posted on my tumblr, ddarker-dreams).Please do not reupload/translate onto other websites without my permission!
Blue Lock Prison Blues
by kaspbro
Isagi Yoichi is an innocent man. This is a fact he will stand by.But, as an innocent man locked away in the world's most high tech prison facility, where the quality of one's life is strictly dictated by a mysterious ranking system, Yoichi finds himself in a dire situation with no plausible way out.
A Gentleman’s Guide to Planning the Perfect Romantic Getaway
by KatofKanals
Colin Bridgerton is a rather popular travel influencer on Instagram and contributor to GQ magazine. He goes home for the holidays to visit his family after a particularly long stretch abroad. Somehow, he ends up going on an all-expenses paid trip to a little slice of heaven in the Caribbean with his
Trying to Tread Water
by Taradactyls
The marriage of convenience fic no one asked for. The morning after the Netherfield Ball, while Mr Collins is proposing to Elizabeth, Mr Bennet collapses. With her father unconscious and apparently near death, her mother pressuring her to marry Mr Collins, and the gentleman himself ignoring her prot
Painted Skies
by RainforestAkiie
After Armin Alert's death, he found himself flooded with memories from his various past lives, including moments where both Eren and Mikasa had abandoned him. These memories were etched deeply in his mind, particularly the pain of being broken by them and Eren's decision to destroy the world.Upon wa
Love Song for a Vampire
by AbsinthexMind
It couldn't be possible. There just had to be some mistake. A werewolf couldn't possibly imprint on a vampire. . . right?
I Won't Say (I'm in Love)
by FancifulFollies
Love was a foreign concept to Sylvain - it didn't matter if it was being given, or being received, he didn't recognize it. So it's laughable, really, that this would be his downfall. Sylvain hadn't even thought that he could love. But apparently he could.And it was going to kill him.
Alone Together
by AgentGrey
Season 3 rewrite. The only major change is that Buffy and Faith meet in LA at the start of the season. Some other tweaks along the way to fix things that irk me, but otherwise sticking to canon except for where the altered relationship between Buffy and Faith changes things. This will be part of
Catch and Release
by fackentd
The famed Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro, Demon of the East Blue and future World's Greatest Swordsman is cleaning the East Blue of pirates one at a time. There is just one new bounty, Monkey D. Luffy, that seems to keep eluding him, but that won't stop him from saving the waiter from the Straw Hat Pira
bite the hand
by morningbliss
Stiles had always known there was something off about Carson’s family. It wasn’t subtle. The sudden move to Beacon Hills. The way her dad disappeared in the middle of the night without explanation. The job he never talked about. Her mom’s “illness,” always described in vague, unfinished sentences, l
A Song You Can’t Unhear
by blossomquill
A Stardew Valley modern-ish fic Living on a farm is a nightmare. For Serin, a life of extravagance is everything. As long as she's getting her allowance with a fancy roof above her head, she will kneel before her father's wishes. Stardew Valley was her final straw before she decided to finally resen
Death Is Only A Horizon
by HALFBRIDE
James Norrington, disgraced commodore of the British Royal Navy, has saved the crew of the Black Pearl by staying behind. When he keeps the heart of Davy Jones for the promise of redemption, the last thing he expects is Elizabeth Swann to turn her back on Will and Jack and return to him on Isla Cruc
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About Unrequited Love
One character loves and the other doesn't — or can't, or won't, or never finds out. Some fics resolve the imbalance; the bravest ones don't, and let the loving character carry it, survive it, or finally set it down.
Almost everyone has wanted someone they couldn't have, and this trope turns that universal bruise into art — exquisite when it resolves, devastating when it doesn't.
Common scenarios: A best friend giving the toast at the wedding of the person they've loved for a decade, or a confession made safely to someone asleep.
About This List
This list of 17epic Unrequited Love fanfics spans 3,233,156 total words. Kudos range from 19 on the newest entries to 91,351 on the most established. 47% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (8 of 17 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Unrequited Love · Friends to Lovers · Slow Burn · Smut · Mutual Pining.
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