better late than never by bonnia ❤

• word count : 12.7k
• tags : #body swap au #third year tdbk #fluff #light angst #aggressive hand holding
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : the inherent homoeroticism of getting to know someone so intimately in a way that should be impossible but this is bnha so quite literally anything is possible and that includes being able to swap bodies with a rival-turned-crush. yeah.

recapture by kaleid369

• word count : 8.8k
• tags : #age regression/de-aging #toddler!shouto #fluff #soft bakugou katsuki
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : absolutely love bnha for the simple fact that its universe made it canonically possible for all types of quirks thus allowing for there to be an abundance of sil...

the indelicacies of nitroglycerin by yeetbz ❤

• word count : 50.1k
• tags : #canon compliant #fluff #humor #light angst #getting together #misunderstandings
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : ah, yes. the most popular tdbk fic in the ao3 tdbk tag (that isn't smut. i'm side-eyeing you lot real fucking hard). this fic definitely deserves its hype! it has all the elements: the silliness, the drama, the misunderstandings (okay this one's questionable), and the eventual oh moment. tdbk's development is written well and overall i just really love this one a lot

cruel to be kind by shaekspeares ❤

• word count : 35.8k
• tags : #canon compliant #enemies to friends to lovers #fluff #angst #introspection #developing relationship

(i go for the door the places where you ... by shaekspeares ❤

• word count : 88.1k
• tags : #pro-heroes au #established relationship #quirk shenanigans #fluff #humor #pining
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : wahh this one is so good like. so good. lots of crazy stuff happen, which is expected for an i-got-thrusted-into-the-future-and-have-no-idea-what-the-fuck-to-do fic. a lot of my favorite moments have to do with younger katsuki-older shouto (not romantically obvs) because their dynamic is just so funny. funnier than how tdbk usually already are. anyway definitely give this one a read

the lights are all out (it's a big city)... by shaekspeares ❤

• word count : 139.3k
• tags : #pro-heroes au #slow burn #angst #fluff

no, i'm not afraid of hard work by froggenbie ❤

• word count : 12.6k
• tags : #post-canon #ptsd #friends to lovers #fluff #angst #hurt/comfort #getting together
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : post-canon bkdk fics save... save me post-canon bkdk fics... okay but seriously. i really love these kinds of fics, especially now that bnha is officially over (what!!!). i will always adore katsuki's character development and reading about how he and izuku would be around each other post-war after they almost lost each other because well. i like there to be some happiness after all the pain and bkdk in this one is so soft

chasing the rabbit by mimiwrites

• word count : 8.1k
• tags : #temporary amnesia #fluff #getting tog...

in your dreams, nerd! by sapphicflower ❤

• word count : 37.6k
• tags : #canon compliant #hurt/comfort #slow burn #growing up #feelings realization #mutual pining #misunderstandings #fluff #humor #angst
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : this one is really cute!! when you finally figure out the reason why they're able to share dreams, you'll probably have an ohh moment like me. or maybe not idk i'm just easily impressed sometimes (lol)

sing one we know by froggenbie ❤

• word count : 33.5k
• tags : #post-canon #friends to lovers #slow burn #mutual pining #character study #hurt/comfort #getting together
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : another post-canon bkdk make some mf noise!!! okay but i love this one a lot an...

count to infinity by socksasgloves

• word count : 87.2k
• tags : #canon compliant #post-canon #post-timeskip #teacher!izuku #pro-hero!katsuki #slow burn #(emotional) hurt/comfort #angst #fluff #mutual pining
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : this one!! is so!! good!!! i really liked the pacing in this fic and thought the writing was good. very nice interpretation of how the time leading up to izuku receiving the suit was like (also the broke katsuki hc comes to life in this one)

caught in my own web by anxioussailorsoldier

• ship : shinkami
• word count : 1.9k
• tags : #spiderman kiss #fluff #first kiss
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : this one is soo fucking cute. like i couldn't stop smiling while reading it because of how adorable they are ough. i don't care too much about shinkami anymore like i did in like 2020-22 but this is the one fic of them that i never forgot about because it was that impactful to me (in all it's 1.9k words glory)

journey to the past by aloneintherain

• ship : n/a
• word count : 44.8k
• tags : #canon divergence #time travel #friendships
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : i feel like if you're a long-time bnha...

(the galaxy is endless i thought we were... by cosmogony ❤

• word count : 30.9k
• tags : #soulmates au #angst #hurt/comfort #mcd #growing up #hospitals
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : this being one of two fics in the hq!! hall of fame (the other being the bkak fic) but i'm still gonna rec it here because it deserves it. if you somehow have not read this one yet either because 1) you're new to the fandom and/or krkn and are trying to find fics to read; 2) don't like soulmate aus; or 3) hate mcd (understandably) and have been actively avoiding reading this to spare yourself from the grief it will inevitably bring, then i'm here to tell you to read it anyway (lol). it's been years since i last read this and genuinely all i remember from it is how i sobbed. a lot. so have fun!

the walk home by skiecas ❤

• word count : 42.2k
• tags : #slow burn #childhood friends to lovers #coming of age #pining #fluff
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : guys. this one left me feeling so empty afterwards but like not in a bad way. it was just so good that i didn't know what to do with myself once i finished it. the writing is so good and i think the author did a great job characterizing kenma, especially in the first chapter because it focuses on his anxiety. krkn just make me very ill and i love them a lot and i wish for them to be happy and in love in every universe god bless

can you stay by koyukis (E) ❤

• word count : 129.1k
• tags : #post-timeskip #fake dating #getting back together #exes to lovers #mutual pining #slow burn #angst #fluff #happy ending
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : phew. this one definitely put me on a rollercoaster of emotions. i don't normally read a lot of exes to lovers type fics (i actually think this is one of the only ones i've ever read), but this one is done really well and krkn's getting back together feels natural, which i like. there's angst, there's fluff, and by god is there enough yearning and pining for your (not so) ex-lover to plant an entire forest

don't have to wait on me by alkhale

• word count : 8.1k
• tags : #pining #developing relationship #friends to lovers #falling in love
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : sweet little story where we get to see how megumi's brain works out the strange feeling in his heart that makes itself known anytime he thinks about yuuji

(you got me) weak in the knees by futuremoon

• word count : 4.9k
• tags : #college au #physical therapist!yuuji #getting together #humor
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : useless gay boy goes to see cute pink-haired physical therapist in-training to heal small injury. it does not go as planned (read: useless gay boy develops a crush)

love me despite by inattention ❤

you know i take it all to heart by lostinthepost ❤

• word count : 38.1k
• tags : #canon compliant #fluff #angst #falling in love #hurt/comfort #mutual pining #getting together #love confessions
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : ahh yes... canon universe itfs hurt/comfort... it doesn't get better than this. but seriously i love this one so much (sorry i kinda say the same thing about a lot of the fics here but well) and think it's such an achingly sweet interpretation of how itfs would fall in love and get together with each other despite their less than favorable circumstances. just a super lovely story overall

the souls we've been given by popcap ❤

• word count : 52.5k
• tags : #canon compliant #character study #angst #hurt/comfort

first love, late spring by cityboys ❤

• word count : 113.5k
• tags : #college au #im keeping the tags as minimal and ambiguous as the author because i feel like that's what made going into this story that much better #:)
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : oh boy. where do i even start with this one. i think this is like the staple itfs fic... the writing is so fucking incredible and it seriously made me sit and contemplate life so many times. i personally ended up crying at a... certain part... and i'm saying this as a sort of warning. this story is very introspection-heavy imo and might get a bit overwhelming at times but i promise you if you push through you will not regret it (but again, like i said, the writing is phenomenal so you'll enjoy it either way). trust me. just read this if you haven't already

if these are my last words, i will die w... by missingnooo

• word count : 5.4k
• tags : #canon compliant #jjk 0 #angst #love confessions #getting together #happy ending
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : canonical inumaki-type angst in that being a cursed-speech user is not so forgiving on someone who wishes they could love freely. but it's okay because love always prevails (usually) ((at least in this case so rest-assured)). the ending kinda made me put a hand to my mouth but maybe it's just because i'm dramatic like that sometimes but! i really like this one a lot the writing is also so good. very poetic

find me in the future by saltwreath

• word count : 3.5k
• tags : #time travel #sign language #establish...

and every day, it's changed since then by botanicalbites

• word count : 56.7k
• tags : #college au #no curses #strangers to lovers #slow burn #fluff #humor
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : cute little college au where inuokko are awkward and in love. that's it. that's the story. jk there is some light angst that develops due to a misunderstanding (because yuuta is too kind for his own good) so like. it's not all fun and games but it mostly is!!

dost thou even steal hearts? by bukubuku (M) ❤

• series : bnha x p5
• ship : n/a
• word count : 841.5k
• tags : #found family #dimension travel #phantom thieves get thrusted into separate universes and do their best to try and find their way back to each other #yaldaboath can go (redacted) #angst #fluff #humor #reunions
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : you guys. idek where to start with this one like seriously. this is single-handedly probably one of the best pieces of fiction i've ever read and i'm not even exaggerating. before i started it i looked at the word count and scoffed because like no way in hell was i ever going to read something close to a million words. and then i proceeded to read something close to a million words and in 2 weeks no less (th..._please_ read this i'm so serious. you won't regr...

dirt trails by hereforwords

• word count : 7.4k
• tags : #canon divergence #mutual pining
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : i feel like not enough is said about how naruto can be just as emotionally constipated as sasuke is by default (but maybe that's because he's only ever really like that when it comes to sasuke)

gaps of sunlight by hereforwords

• word count : 11k
• tags : #canon divergence #time travel #mutual pining #hopeful ending
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : the existence of boruto really only serves to help fuel sns writers if i'm being honest. idk any (non-dudebro) naruto fan who's happy/satisfied with how the og series ended, and that shit ended almost a decade ago. this fic explores the possib...

syzygy by glassedplanets ❤

• word count : 31.4k
• tags : #post-canon #reunions #homecoming #fluff #mutual pining #getting together
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : easily one of my favorite sns fics ever. absolutely love the way the author wrote naruto and sasuke's relationship—it's just so incredibly sweet and exactly what the two of them deserve. typically, i do like my sns to have some angst prior to the eventual happy ending, but at the same time, fics like this one where it's purely wholesome and angst-free (read: fics that give sns a break) are also just so good . the canon series is (was?) depressing enough; a little happiness never hurt anybody

sunspots by almightyshadowchan (E)

• word count : 33.5k
• tags : #fake dating #humor #fluff #uzumaki "i...

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we shine like diamonds by whitemiists ❤

• word count : 26.7k
• tags : #coming of age #growing up #homophobia #angst #pining #slow burn
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : THEY HIT THE PENTAGON okay sorry. let me be serious. fics revolving around homophobia are always hard to consume because reading about something that very much happens in real life is not fun (who knew!). but this touch of realism makes this fic that much better and all i gotta say is i'm glad there's a happy ending because something bad would've happened otherwise (what do i mean by that? who knows)

make-believe by enisle ❤

• word count : 11.9k
• tags : #canon compliant #post-timeskip #fake dating #friends to lovers #mutual pining #character study #introspection #light an...

if it wasn't for you by halfbloom (diphylleias)

• word count : 13.1k
• tags : #post-timeskip #future fic #introspection #feelings realization #getting together
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : love love love when authors expand on hinata's character post-ts because even if we got to see a lot of him during brazil, it's always interesting to see how other people interpret his character development (in hypothetical scenarios)

a call to brazil costs several thousand ... by emleewrites

• word count : 10.8k
• tags : #canon divergence #strangers to lovers #different first meeting #long-distance relationship #getting together
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : the fic where hinata never went to karasuno and instead became a professional b...

it's like you told me, go forward slowly... by elenoir ❤

• word count : 43.3k
• tags : #post-timeskip #future fic #mutual pining #character study #slow burn
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : the hc that hinata had flings in brazil is real and alive in this one. (also, there's temporary atshn before there's endgame kghn, so just fyi.) this is another one of those fics where the author expands on hinata's character post-ts, but this time there's 43k words of it!!! (i love hinata and kghn a very normal amount btw.)

in another life by littleluxray

• word count : 22.9k
• tags : #canon divergence #hospitals #mcd #hurt/comfort #angst
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : all i'm gonna say is that there's a reason why this fandom is so traumatized by katy perry's song

(daisy rings and frivolous things i am d... by gabstar

• word count : 15.8k
• tags : #high school #tooth-rotting fluff #love confessions #getting together #humor #mutual pining
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : this fic is so sickeningly sweet that it genuinely had me biting my fists trying to contain my reactions. like i am so serious the fluff will get to you that bad

the strange music of your heart by caniculeo

surfacing by meeksoo (E)

• word count : 45.5k
• tags : #post-timeskip #different first meeting #strangers to friends to lovers #slow burn #angst #fluff #pining
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : wanted to give akaashi a big fat hug throughout this entire fic but luckily bokuto was there to do it for me

meet me in the afterglow by interludewings

• word count : 3.5k
• tags : #canon compliant #afterlife #jjk 236 #(emotional) hurt/comfort #love confessions #angst #happy ending
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : ah yes... the infamous chapter 236. this author's take on stsg finally reuniting (albeit not in an ideal way. but well this is gege you can't expect much) in the afterlife is bittersweet but i love how they get to confess everything to each other and not just their romantic feelings. it's definitely some type of closure they both deserve

punishment for a monster by mimiquack

• word count : 8.1k
• tags : #canon compliant #hurt/comfort #amnesia #grief/mourning #angst #getou suguru is alive #bittersweet ending

carry me home by valleykey ❤

• word count : 58.5k
• tags : #canon divergence #time travel fix-it #world building #light angst #fluff
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : gets a bit deep and introspective at some parts... a little sad at others... but there are cute and silly moments!! it's interesting to see an interpretation of how stsg would have handled being thrusted into the future where a certain someone is not present and how adult gojo handles seeing baby getou (again)

cannibalization of the apex by charmpoint (M) ❤

• word count : 55.5k
• tags : #canon divergence #mcd #curse!gojo #hurt/comfort #angst #codependency #happy ending
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : this one is definitely my favorite cur...

caesura by cielelyse (M) ❤

• word count : 85.5k
• tags : #canon compliant #slow burn #enemies to friends (to lovers) #fluff # light angst
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : i consider this a staple stsg fic tbh... everyone needs to read it. the author's way of writing stsg's relationship is great and the build from enemies to friends to lovers (though it's more like friends who kiss each other and don't really know what to say about that funny feeling in their chest every time the other person is near) is natural and makes sense (considering the situation they were in). overall so good

miss you like tomorrow by hiraethia (series) ❤

• one more august day (part 1 of 2)

live together, die alone by hotcocoaaa (series)

• kites, strings, and hidden things (part 1 of 4)
  • ship : n/a
  • word count : 9.1k (out of 23.5k)
  • tags : #found family #(emotional) hurt/comfort #parental gojo satoru #introspection
  • rating : ★★★★☆
  • notes : just yuuji and his gojo-sensei. don't know if this one makes my tummy hurt in a good or bad way
• all the lonely people (part 2 of 4)
  • ship : n/a
  • word count : 2.9k (out of 23.5k)
  • tags : #character study #fluff #(emotional) hurt/comfort #protective kugisaki nobara #touch-starved gojo satoru
  • rating : ★★★★☆
  • notes : i'm so sad that we didn't get more nobara and gojo interactions in canon becaus...

of crickets and flowers and fraud by ghostgirl19

• word count : 10.8k
• tags : #pre-botw #humor #fluff #jealousy
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : love a good pre-calamity/pre-botw zelink fic because god knows that game needs to be a little happy. link is so funny in this one—a true silly guy

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let me carry your scars by arkhamsjason

• word count : 1.7k
• tags : #hurt/comfort
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : really short 'n sweet fic about zolu being vulnerable with each other. they're soulmates your honor

inseparable on the face of impossibility... by the11thhour

• word count : 25.9k
• tags : #established relationship #angst #fluff #hurt/comfort #protective roronoa zoro #luffy gets kidnapped
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : one of my favorite things about reading op fics is when the author takes the liberty to do some world-building on their own and create mini adventures for the straw hats (kinda like a filler). this fic does that really well! i don't usually read fics where the pairing is already in a...

gave up my tricks (i'll be your dog) by meteorablues (E)

• word count : 32.8k
• tags : #canon compliant #slow burn #mutual pining #character study #pov alternating
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : it's really interesting to read about how people may interpret luffy encountering and coming to terms with romantic affection, especially when it's a popular hc that he's aroace (not that there's anything wrong with it). he's undoubtedly a very simple character, but at the same time, he has a lot of layers to peel back if you want to understand him more beyond what he shows in canon. a large part of that is his thoughts and feelings about romance. i really like how the author approached this topic; it felt really natural and well-done

ocean theology by swordsmans (M) ❤

the sea is lovely, dark and deep. by novks (thychesters) (M)

• word count : 78.3k
• tags : #post-timeskip #time loop #death loop #established relationship #(emotional) hurt/comfort #angst #temporary character death #protective roronoa zoro #nakamaship #this gets heavyyyy
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : this one is so. wow. i won't lie and say i didn't get confused at some parts, especially at the end, but the author clarified the story within the comments and it made everything make sense. make sure to heed the tags and everything—this is definitely not a super happy fic, but the writing is super intriguing and the fic itself checks off a lot of boxes for what makes a zolu (and zoro) fic

keeping secrets by three_days_late

• word count : 5.3k
• tags : #pov outsider #secret relationship #fluff
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : outsider pov fics are so entertaining because sometimes it feels like you could be inserting yourself into the fic and it would still make perfect sense (usually). but this one is just zosan being stupid as always and the straw hats being like *gay flag emoji*?

fine dining and other assorted rules of ... by hazel_athena

• word count : 12.2k
• tags : #post-timeskip #humor #fluff #shenanigans
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : y'all are about to see so much of hazel_athena on here because they're like. one of several popular zosan writers on ao3...

facade by hazel_athena ❤

• word count : 32.1k
• tags : #canon divergence #fake marriage #angst #fluff #humor #(emotional) hurt/comfort
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : fake dating aus will always be good idgaf. definitely a lot more hurt and angst in this fic considering it deals with sanji's past so... yeah. but zoro loves him a lot and makes sure he knows that :)

a complete guide to falling in love by thousandsunny

• word count : 44.8k
• tags : #post-timeskip #slow burn #feelings realization #idiots in love #misunderstandings
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : every single problem that arose in this fic could have been solved if only zoro and sanji kissed in the beginning

burning man by neonglaceon (M) ❤

• word count : 72.5k
• tags : #pre-time skip #post-timeskip #trans!zoro #(emotional) hurt/comfort #slow burn #angst #pining #getting together #internalized transphobia #coming out #nakamaship
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : holy fuck. holy shit. guys. this fic is actually a masterpiece. the author did an amazing job intertwining a hc with canon; everything felt so natural and well-done. they wrote about his experience as a trans man really well, and though i'm not trans myself, i am still queer and could still relate to some of the turmoil zoro felt throughout the story. (at one point i was seriously about to cry because of how much i could relate to everything. lol.) also, this definitely is a slow burn, but the zosan is so so worth the wait. ...

(i could carry you if you'd let me pleas... by arkhamsjason ❤

• ship : n/a
• word count : 7.7k
• tags : hurt/comfort #angst #relationship study
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : i love the relationship that luffy and sanji have, especially post-wci. sanji in general is one of the most interesting and well-written characters to me in op (sans his stupid fucking gag god i hate you oda), and i think the author really did a wonderful job exploring his character in this fic and what luffy means to him considering everything that happened. damn i love these guys...

aether above by kurgaya ❤

• ship : n/a
• word count : 8.8k
• tags : #canon divergence #angst #hurt/comfort...

(i'll do anything you say if you say it ... by liliapocalypse

• word count : 7.6k
• tags : #love confessions #post-timeskip #canon compliant #pining #the touch-averse to touch-starved pipeline goes crazy
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : atsumu: *touches kiyoomi once*; kiyoomi: huh

love letter to summer by solyn ❤

• word count : 18.3k
• tags : #canon compliant #pining #not actually unrequited love #getting together #first kiss
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : this. this one. i love this one so much (i say the same thing about so many different fics here but who can blame me). it's really just 18.3k of kiyoomi yearning for atsumu in the most poetic way and the writing is just *chef's kiss* beautiful...

the posterior probability by izayas ❤

• word count : 58k
• tags : #modern setting #professor!kiyoomi #pediatrician!atsumu #fluff #humor #getting together #strangers to lovers
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : man. i love this one. it's even funnier because i had to take a lot of stats classes so i could understand the jokes in here, so heads up for anyone planning to read this who've taken any kinda stats classes at all (or maybe you're a stats major): you'll have a good laugh. i mean also skts are cute in this but that's a given

finders keepers by solyn

• word count : 44.4k
• tags : #different first meeting #strangers to lovers #humor #fluff
• rating : ★★★★☆

atsu101: how to fall in love with your f... by solyn (M) ❤

• word count : 110.6k
• tags : #fake dating #college au #fluff #slow burn #feelings realization
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : slow burn goes crazy in this one ngl but! skts are so soft in this... the whole "practice touching" tag the author has is not so sexual as it is non-sexual. like it's just kiyoomi practicing being intimate to really sell the whole fake dating act (*wink wink*) because of his touch aversion so it's like... y'know

frankenstein's monster by starbeyy

• word count : 83.6k
• tags : #post-timeskip #enemies to lovers #slow burn #angst #fluff #ocd #pining
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : the author gives a decent number of warnings at the beginning of the fic and th...

snow white by intothefrisson

• word count : 14.1k
• tags : #true love's kiss #humor #phantom thieves are little shits #especially futaba #but they were really just worried and wanted their leader back
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : akiren gets hit with a status ailment and nothing the phantom thieves try seem to wake him up. then futaba (being the fujoshi she is) ((she's real for that)) suggests for akechi to give him a kiss like they're in some kinda disney fairytale. akechi does his best to avoid the inevitable but unfortunately cannot win against a 1v7

under the covers by enlacinglines

• word count : 13.8k
• tags : #summer vacation #aka p5s ft. akechi #still mad at atlus for acting like he nev...

gravitational reset by chashmish ❤

• word count : 49.4k
• tags : #canon divergence #forced proximity #developing relationship #slow burn #sumire: god i hate gay people
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : this fic is basically maruki being the biggest shuake shipper and inadvertently making them quite literally inseparable in the process of creating his alternate reality. shuake are not pleased by it (until they are *wink wink*)

the next time around by chashmish ❤

• word count : 118.2k
• tags : #no powers #exes to lovers #aged-up characters #humor #angst #fluff #tfw you have a chance meeting with your ex from college at your best friend's wedding in italy and are forced to reckon with feelings you swore you abandoned after your breakup with him
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : absolutely no wlw and mlm solidarity in this ann and makoto are tired of shuake's bullshit (/j) ((or am i...)). okay but to be a bit more serious, one of the main things that i like about this fic is how it's formatted? i guess you could say. like the author switches back and forth between past-shuake and present-shuake so that we get a better understanding of what exactly transpired between them back then and how and why it led to where they a...