Short stories I'd die for

The best short fics, 30k words or less, most of them finished and worth reading. The best fanfics I've read in Ao3.
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Ghost and Soap take their time moving too fast, and Ghost learns to accept what he already knows. Fifteen thousand words of domestic porn.
(Part Two of the Familiar series, which starts with Familiar as a Bottle and a Glass)
Ghost was helpless against his own smile. His hands itched to grab at Soap, itched to pull him in, he wanted to bury his face in the crook of Soap’s neck and breathe in all the deep, sleep-warm scents of him, wanted to throw him up against the wall, wanted to rip him apart from the inside out, find a place in his body and make a home there, break him into a million pieces and patch him back together using himself as the glue.
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- Part 2 of Familiar
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A Barber Shop AU.
Simon has retired from the military, and is now learning how to acclimate to civilian life. After a recommendation from his old Captain, and too many nights spent frustrated over his appearance and inability to find comfort from someone’s touch, he finds himself smitten with a barber named Soap at an ex-military run Barber Shop. Soap just so happens to know exactly how to soothe the stress from his body while simultaneously teaching him that he deserves to be handled with kindness and love, not just as a puppet of death.
aka Soap gives Ghost a bomb ass head massage and Ghost pretty much immediately falls in love.
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Remus Lupin and Sirius Black have a night of mind-blowing sex after meeting at a club. Remus thinks it's a one-night stand, so he doesn't tell Sirius about a really important part of his life, one that usually scares people away. But when his feelings blossom, Remus realizes he needs to come clean about the little girl at the heart of his secret.
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Colour(ing In) My Heart by SashaDistan
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
20 May 2021
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Katsuki is stressed.
Izuku has spent a lifetime learning all his childhood friend's tells, and he knows just what he can do which might help.
So he goes and buys a colouring book and a set of brand new pens.Series
- Part 1 of Kacchan Oral Fixation Brain-Rot
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It was past midnight when Wilson arrived, and House’s team had all left hours before. Cameron was the last to go, shooting House a pitying look as she pulled her coat on, but House had ignored her.
A Wilson who’s been dating House for years doesn’t work at Princeton-Plainsboro. It takes House’s team years to find out that their boss is dating someone, let alone who, but they see more of the relationship than they know.
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I'll give you my best side, tell you all my best lies by oneshinyapple
Fandoms: Spider-Man (Comicverse), Spider-Man - All Media Types, Fantastic Four (Comicverse), Marvel (Comics)
11 Aug 2018
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Peter Parker, who, despite his stupid serious face, had a pretty girl on his arm all the time. Peter Parker, hotshot photographer with his own published book of photos. Peter Parker, with the brain that had impressed even Reed.
Johnny was in that Peter Parker’s body and all he could think about was how massively unfair it was. How unfair that Johnny had to live in a universe where Peter Parker was already all that and it wasn’t even enough. Oh, no.
Peter Parker’s goddamn abs just had to be so much better than Johnny’s.
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Just another body swap fic. Johnny doesn't know Peter Parker is Spider-Man. Property damage (which is not quite the same as hilarity, oops) ensues.
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"Can I help you?" Barry asked politely. The man looked at Irwin pointedly. Irwin stared back, the overhead lighting glinting off the reflective edges of his service harness.
"Dogs aren't allowed," He sneered. Barry felt the familiar pull of an attack start to build on his already frayed nerves.
*Now with added fanart*
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- Part 1 of Dogs Allowed
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Sue is totally fine with the idea of missing her senior prom. That is, until Tommy comes to her with an idea: both of them should take Carrie White to the prom.
(A fix-it fic where Sue and Tommy take Carrie to the dance, the Black Prom never happens, and Carrie starts to get better.)
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Counting Stars by tricksterity
Fandoms: The Amazing Spider-Man (Movies - Webb), The Amazing Spider-Man 2
03 May 2014
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Peter Parker's been in love with Harry Osborn for as long as he could remember, and how could he ever say no to saving his life?
Basically an AU of how TASM 2 should've gone if Peter wasn't a complete idiot and if Gwen didn't, y'know, get an extreme case of whiplash.
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Geometry by chelicerata
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)
06 Feb 2022
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Tony doesn’t realize anything is wrong, at first.