Self-Discovery FanFiction

Pretty enough to bite

Pretty enough to bite

M/M
G
Updated
13.04.2025
Fandom
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Characters
Regulus Black/James Potter, Regulus Black, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, James Potter, Regulus Black & Sirius Black
Tags
Alternate Universe - Modern Setting Implied Sexual Content Implied/Referenced Homophobia Regulus Black is a Little Shit Self-Discovery Modern Marauders (Harry Potter) brief mention of Jily
James Potter goes to a club with his friends and stumbles upon a pretty stranger that makes him forget any and all coherent thought
Tutoring Trouble: A Lesson in Love

Tutoring Trouble: A Lesson in Love

F/M
G
Updated
13.04.2025
Fandom
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Characters
Harry Potter, Minerva McGonagall, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Molly Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Hermione Granger/Fred Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Lee Jordan (Harry Potter),
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Flirting Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Slow Burn Mutual Pining Other Additional Tags to Be Added Humor Enemies to Friends to Lovers First Crush Opposites Attract Character Development Coming of Age Confessions
When Professor McGonagall assigns Hermione Granger the daunting task of tutoring Fred and George Weasley to prevent them from failing out of Hogwarts, she expects nothing less than chaos. The twins’ antics and refusal to take their studies seriously...
Piercing the Veil

Piercing the Veil

F/F
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) League of Legends
Characters
Caitlyn/Vi (League of Legends), Caitlyn (League of Legends), Vi (League of Legends), Viktor (League of Legends), Jayce (League of Legends), Mel Medarda
Tags
Developing Relationship POV Female Character Queer Themes Strangers to Lovers Teen Romance Caitlyn and Vi are in Love (League of Legends) Lesbian Character Author Is Sleep Deprived Canon Lesbian Relationship Canon Lesbian Character Protective Vi (League of Legends) Queer Character
Caitlyn is transgender. In the first few chapters, Caitlyn is a boy, and her/his name is Kaelen. To make this less confusing, I will use he/him pronouns all the way up until Kaelen comes out (I really just don't know how to write this well). But hope...
When A Candle Dies

When A Candle Dies

F/F
F/M
M/M
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
Alien Stage (Web Series)
Characters
Mizi (Alien Stage), Sua (Alien Stage), Ivan (Alien Stage), Till (Alien Stage), Ivan/Till (Alien Stage), Luka (Alien Stage), Hyuna (Alien Stage), Hyun-Woo (Alien Stage)
Tags
Alternate Universe - Modern Setting Other Additional Tags to Be Added Angst with a Happy Ending Out of Character Alternate Universe - High School Minor Mizi/Sua (Alien Stage) Minor Hyuna/Luka (Alien Stage) probably Ivan and Sua are Siblings (Alien Stage) Till-centric (Alien Stage) Self-Discovery no beta we die like everyone in alien stage
The eager hands of others always lit the wick of the candle, never Tills own hands.Till receives a violin—an unexpected yet welcome gift. Encouraged by those around him, he devotes himself to the instrument, his talent burns bright. Though the flame...
The Notorious Spinster and The Half Pirate

The Notorious Spinster and The Half Pirate

F/F
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
ATEEZ (Band)
Characters
Kim Hongjoong, Jung Wooyoung (ATEEZ), Choi San (ATEEZ), Jeong Yunho (ATEEZ), Choi Jongho (ATEEZ), Kang Yeosang, Park Seonghwa, Song Mingi (ATEEZ), Choi Jongho/Kang Yeosang
Tags
Suicidal Thoughts Dysfunctional Family Other Additional Tags to Be Added Found Family Not Beta Read Self-Indulgent Self-Worth Issues Abusive Parents Self-Discovery Fem Jongsang pirate jongho noblewoman yeosang
Jongho has been living more than half her life as a man, and is a pirate/reclusive baron, who becomes a reluctant captor to Yeosang.While Yeosang is a victim of parental abuse, who is finding being Jongho’s captive is freeing in all the ways that mat...
Keeper Of The Lost

Keeper Of The Lost

F/F
F/M
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
Original Work
Characters
Original Characters
Tags
Angst Magic Original Character(s) Character Death Blood and Injury Hurt/Comfort Humor Found Family Friendship Secrets Strangers to Lovers Mystery
Violet is teenage girl with a gift that was thought to be lost for good. When she is captured by a group of power hungry people, her life will change forever. Can she live up to gift she was given, or will she doom the fate of the entire world?A stor...
A Pirate’s Life for Me

A Pirate’s Life for Me

F/F
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
Ghosts (US TV 2021)
Characters
Original Characters, Hetty Woodstone/Original Character(s), Hetty Woodstone/Original Female Character(s), Hetty Woodstone, Trevor Lefkowitz, Isaac Higgintoot, Alberta Haynes, Susan "Flower" Montero, Pete Martino, Thorfinn (Ghosts US TV 2021), Sasappis (Ghosts US TV 2021), Samantha Arondekar,
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Smut Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Internal Conflict Original Character(s) Eventual Smut Fluff and Smut Light Angst Not Beta Read Internalized Homophobia First Time Enemies to Lovers Secret Crush
A new ghost pops up on the property after over a hundred years of hiding, and Hetty has… feelings about it.
A knight's journey to butchood

A knight's journey to butchood

F/F
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
Limbus Company (Video Game)
Characters
Don Quixote/Rodion (Limbus Company), Don Quixote (Limbus Company), Rodion (Limbus Company)
Tags
Fluff Established Relationship Domestic Fluff Not Beta Read Lesbian Character Butch/Femme Suggestive Themes Self-Discovery Butch Don Quixote Femme Rodion mentions of canto 7 Lets go lesbians lets go!!!
Don Quixote learns to love calling herself a butch. She loves calling Rodion her femme.
Barty Crouch Jr.'s Guide to Being Loved

Barty Crouch Jr.'s Guide to Being Loved

F/F
F/M
M/M
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Characters
Regulus Black, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Mary Macdonald (Harry Potter), Marlene McKinnon, Severus Snape, Dorcas Meadowes, Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes, Evan Rosier, Bartemius "Barty" Crouch Sr.,
Tags
Depression Unrequited Love Love Confessions Blood and Injury Blood and Gore Implied/Referenced Suicide Self-Harm Implied/Referenced Child Abuse References to Drugs Violence Aftermath of Violence Internalized Homophobia
It wasn't always easy being Barty Crouch Jr. The scarecrow son of the magnificent and envied Bartemius Crouch Sr.Yes, they carried the same name, had the same eyes, and similar-looking straw-coloured hair, but that really was where the similarities s...
The Science of Love

The Science of Love

F/F
G
Updated
14.04.2025
Fandom
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Characters
Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Harry Potter, Fleur Delacour, Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, Bill Weasley, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Fleur Delacour/Hermione Granger, Hermione Granger & Ginny Weasley,
Tags
Fluff Slow Burn Friends to Lovers Mutual Pining Found Family Self-Discovery Supportive Ginny Weasley Hermione Granger-centric Sarcastic Nikolai (OC) Post-War Wizarding Britain
Hermione Granger is all about control—her demanding career in magical law and the high expectations she sets for herself leave little room for unpredictability. That is, until one night out with her best friends, an enigmatic Belarusian witch, and Fl...
Adore

Adore

F/F
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
Squid Game (TV 2021)
Characters
Jiyeong/Kang Saebyeok, Seong Gihun, Jiyeong (Squid Game), Kang Saebyeok, Ali Abdul
Tags
Idiots in Love Internalized Homophobia Self-Discovery
Sae-byeok and Ji-yeong both like each other. They don’t want to tell anyone, though. They’re too afraid of what they might say.Will they be able to confess to each other?
To Be Young

To Be Young

F/F
F/M
M/M
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Characters
Original Characters, Todd Anderson/Neil Perry, Charlie Dalton/Knox Overstreet, Neil Perry (Dead Poets Society), Todd Anderson, Ginny Danburry, Chris Noel, Knox Overstreet, Charlie Dalton, Steven Meeks, Gerard Pitts, Richard Cameron,
Tags
Past Child Abuse Past Rape/Non-con Alternate Universe - College/University Past Relationship(s) Internalized Homophobia Gay Neil Perry (Dead Poets Society) slowburn Self-Discovery Anxious Todd Anderson Writer Todd Anderson Actor Neil Perry (Dead Poets Society) Neil Perry (Dead Poets Society) Centric
“Neil could say he was beginning to fulfill the promise he had made with his favorite high school English teacher when he’d left for the Big Apple…He’d checked all the boxes within his first year at NYU.Except for one.Except for falling in love.”Or,A...
Like Her

Like Her

F/F
F/M
M/M
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Characters
Will Byers, Mike Wheeler, Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Lucas Sinclair, Dustin Henderson, Nancy Wheeler, Steve Harrington, Jonathan Byers, Robin Buckley, Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington, Steve Harrington & The Party, Argyle (Stranger Things),
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Angst with a Happy Ending Established Relationship Minor Original Character(s) Queer Themes Other Ships Not Mentioned in Tags Original Character Death(s) Relationship(s) Hawkins (Stranger Things) Self-Discovery Will Byers Has Powers Eleven | Jane Hopper Has Powers Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
What if Will Byers had similar powers to Eleven?An alternative story for season 5 of Stranger Things.
Rewound and Unraveled

Rewound and Unraveled

F/F
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
Winx Club
Characters
Faragonda (Winx Club), Bloom (Winx Club), Stella (Winx Club), Flora (Winx Club), Musa (Winx Club), Tecna (Winx Club), Other(s), Aisha | Layla/Bloom/Flora/Musa/Stella/Tecna (Winx Club), Winx Club Member(s) & Other(s), Aisha | Layla (Winx Club), Griselda (Winx Club), Palladium (Winx Club),
Tags
Fluff Angst Betrayal Magic Power Imbalance Recovery Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD Emotional Hurt/Comfort Fluff and Angst Drama Isolation Time Travel
Aisha clenched her fists as she felt her magic flare out of control. “We have our Enchantix back. But our powers — our transformations and magic. . .it’s like we’re too much for these bodies.”Stella felt it too — the thrum of overwhelming power insid...
Vignettes of Adolescence

Vignettes of Adolescence

F/F
F/M
Gen
M/M
Multi
G
Updated
14.04.2025
Fandom
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Characters
Original Characters, Harry Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Luna Lovegood
Tags
Betrayal Dysfunctional Family Past Child Abuse Self-Esteem Issues Self-Harm Emotional/Psychological Abuse Dead Dove: Do Not Eat Manipulation Dissociative Identity Disorder Minor Character Death Anxiety Disorder Secrets
The magical world was at war yet students still roamed the halls of hogwarts. There was nothing they could do, and the fear gripped at their every thought. They were just kids; youngest was 11, oldest was 17. Like every teenager, they had the undenia...
slow like honey, heavy with mood

slow like honey, heavy with mood

F/F
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
SIGNALIS (Video Game)
Characters
Elster | LSTR-512/Ariane Yeong, Elster | LSTR-512 & Ariane Yeong, Elster | LSTR-512, Ariane Yeong
Tags
Developing Relationship Internal Conflict Character Study Useless Lesbians Introspection Vignette Self-Discovery Cognitive Dissonance Vulnerability No beta we die like Falke
Elster rises without intention to follow. Later that night, she would dream of self-dissection, an incision made across her chest. She’d reach into the part and find no frayed wires, no short circuits — only a strange, little globule of warmth.or: A...
Good luck, Babe! (wicked version)

Good luck, Babe! (wicked version)

F/F
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
Wicked (Movie 2024) Wicked - All Media Types
Characters
Elphaba Thropp/Galinda Upland, Elphaba Thropp, Galinda Upland, Elphaba Thropp & Galinda Upland, Shenshen (The Wicked Years), Pfannee (The Wicked Years), Fiyero Tigelaar, Fiyero Tigelaar/Galinda Upland, Glinda the Good
Tags
Friends to Lovers Hurt/Comfort Emotional Hurt/Comfort Angst and Hurt/Comfort Implied/Referenced Self-Harm Fluff and Angst Enemies to Friends to Lovers First Kiss I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping First Time I'm Sorry Drunken Confessions
Good luck, babe! But it's Glinda and Elphaba (Glinda is experiencing comphet)Tw: self harm
Marlene McKinnon's guide to being half a pureblood

Marlene McKinnon's guide to being half a pureblood

F/F
F/M
M/M
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Characters
Regulus Black, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, James Potter, Peter Pettigrew, Lily Evans Potter, Mary Macdonald (Harry Potter), Marlene McKinnon, Dorcas Meadowes, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes,
Tags
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Hogwarts Coming Out Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies Self-Discovery Pandora Lovegood is a Rosier
A fic detailing Marlene McKinnon's years at Hogwarts and all that includes
as rain poured down (a guide to healing your soul)

as rain poured down (a guide to healing your soul)

F/F
Gen
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) League of Legends
Characters
Caitlyn/Vi (League of Legends), Caitlyn (League of Legends), Vi (League of Legends), Jinx (League of Legends), Sevika (Arcane: League of Legends), Luxanna "Lux" Crownguard/Jinx, Luxanna "Lux" Crownguard, Diana/Leona (League of Legends), Diana (League of Legends), Leona (League of Legends), Jinx & Vi (League of Legends), Milio (League of Legends),
Tags
Fluff Angst Found Family Grief/Mourning Worldbuilding Post-Canon Adventure & Romance Sibling Love Self-Discovery Soft Jinx (League of Legends) Lesbian Luxanna "Lux" Crownguard slowish burn
After the battle with the Noxians, Jinx embarks on a journey across Runeterra in search of answers, herself, and maybe even some romance along the way.This is her story.
Yu Yu 1/2usho

Yu Yu 1/2usho

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F/M
Other
G
Updated
11.04.2025
Fandom
Ranma 1/2 幽☆遊☆白書 | YuYu Hakusho: Ghost Files (Anime & Manga)
Characters
Saotome Ranma, Hiei (YuYu Hakusho), Botan (YuYu Hakusho), Koenma (YuYu Hakusho), Urameshi Yusuke, Kuwabara Kazuma, Kurama | Minamino Shuuichi
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Canon-Typical Violence Trans Male Character Trans Female Character Internalized Transphobia Gender Confusion Self-Discovery Trauma Bonding Trans Female Saotome Ranma Saotome Genma's A+ Parenting Trans Male Kuwabara Kazuma well canon-typical for YuYu Hakusho it’ll probably get more violent than Ranma 1/2 normally is
Yusuke Urameshi, Spirit Detective, ends up finding himself working with Ranma Saotome alongside his various cases, and Ranma finds Yusuke helping her navigate her insane life (and her gender)