Plot-Driven

Tag · 76 works

37 works open to everyone here carry this tag; 43% are complete. The average one runs about 35,800 words. Read any of them in your browser, save it as an EPUB, or listen to it.

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Naruto

Building Traps for Gods

by HazelBeka

Iruka’s life has fallen apart in the year since the kyuubi attack. He spends his days pulling pranks, arguing with his least favourite ANBU, Hound, and becoming more obsessed with teenage jounin Hatake Kakashi for reasons he doesn’t entirely understand. Then he starts hearing the stories.Several orphans have gone missing – branded as runaways by a village still licking its wounds, no one is searching for them. But there are rumours whispered by the village children: rumours of the bogeyman, a shadowy figure who emerges from the underworld, perhaps a man or a monster, with messages from dead parents to lure the orphans back to the Land of the Dead.Iruka doesn’t know what to believe. But the danger is real, the adults aren’t listening, and somebody needs to stop the bogeyman. It might as well be him.

Teen 42k words 4 ch Complete 1.7k kudos

Anbu Hatake Kakashi · Bad Things happening to children · Enemies to Friends · Grief and Trauma· +13 more

Genshin Impact (Video Game)

dear you

by crowdotink

"To the you who has become so dear to me..."When the finally time comes for Childe to depart Liyue Harbor, Zhongli seeks reconciliation.A slow-burn fic based on the premise of Childe and Zhongli becoming pen pals after the latter returns to Snezhnaya. Tags subject to additions and rating likely to increase as the work continues.

Teen 20k words 2 / ? ch In progress 468 kudos

Angst with a Happy Ending · Canon Compliant · Pen Pals · Pining· +8 more

Genshin Impact (Video Game)

the withering

by Silver (insolidarity_withyou)

In an inescapable dream, Cyno watches in detached horror as Collei plunges into a Withering Zone and dies in front of his very own eyes. When he wakes up, he immediately heads to Avidya Forest to check in on her—but not before someone else stops him. Tighnari has spent the better part of his life worrying about Collei. She’s still young, still naive, despite her attempts to dissuade him of these thoughts. Collei is the sprout in a thicket of poisonous vines, and it's all he can do to keep her safe while running the Forest Watch at the same time. So when Cyno shows up out of nowhere, claiming that Collei is in grave, grave danger, he listens eventually, despite their animosity with each other.It’s a race against time to hunt down a cure for the Withering—or die trying.

Teen 19k words 13 ch Complete 358 kudos

Tags May Change · Alhaitham ooc sometimes · they’re a podlet! · They’re a family!· +14 more

Gravity Falls+1

A World of Beasts

by Whiggity

The world has changed all of a sudden, and no one fully knows why. The moon has been sitting half-full in the sky for three nights in a row now; people who once were seem no longer to be; and the shadows around every corner are coming to life. From across time and space, six souls journey through an eternal autumn wood in pursuit of one goal: To undo the apocalypse which brought them together. These are kids who have stared down evil before, but that sort of encounter leaves scars – and in such a strange place as this, old wounds are prone to reopen at the worst of times... Alternate summary: "Beloved children's cartoon characters team up, suffer nobly, kick evil's ass."

Teen 165k words 20 ch Complete 287 kudos

Moderate Violence · Possession · Body Horror · protective brothers awww· +17 more

Sherlock (TV)+1

The Poisoned Pawn

by RubraSaetaFictor

At the precise moment Sherlock’s plane had lifted off of England’s soil, a video of James Moriarty appeared on every screen in the country. Sherlock has been recalled from exile to face off against the man who once threatened to burn the heart out of him and made him jump off a roof. But Sherlock saw Moriarty die. So who is behind the video and what do they want? For once Sherlock doesn't know, and he can only play his pieces in what may be a deadly game of mental chess against an unknown opponent. "I saw Moriarty die. I can’t believe it’s him, but whoever this is, clearly they share his penchant for playing games. The video interruption was merely his opening salvo, his pawn to e4. He took first move advantage and claimed dominance of the board, but the game is not won or lost in the opening move."

Teen 15k words 12 ch Complete 188 kudos

Post-His Last Vow · Plot-Driven · Case Fic · Suspense· +2 more

My Hero Academia

here there be monsters

by VeryImportantDemon

Bakugo Katsuki is settling into his new phase of life at UA when another attack shakes him far deeper than he cares to admit. Strange things keep happening following the ordeal, foggy memories and a shadowy figure from his childhood throwing pieces to a puzzle at him that he desperately tries to put together before his past swallows him whole.

Teen 7.8k words 2 / ? ch In progress 147 kudos

Bakugo and Midoriya friendship · Bakugou Katsuki Has PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder · Bakugou Katsuki Swears A Lot · Bakugou Katsuki has anxiety· +15 more

LoliRock (Cartoon)

Crystal Cardia

by DetectiveRoboRyan

Set shortly after season 1. The team didn't defeat Gramorr, but levels of evil activity have dropped like a stone, giving Iris time to focus on her schoolwork and the band with the rest of the gang. It's a little strange adjusting to the ups, downs, and in-betweens of teenaged life after growing so used to dealing with monsters and mayhem on a daily basis, but Iris will manage. Now if only the weirdness that started when she caught her two best friends kissing were a monster she could fight. As tensions within the band and Iris's own relationship starts to weaken, Izira calls on the band to help against a new, powerful threat from Gramorr, and during the operation, they recruit a few new, unexpected allies that stay on after the band returns to Earth. Although it makes gathering Oracle Gems a lot easier, a secret is harder to keep among eight people than it is among five, and with more people comes more complexity. What happens then when the secret comes out, and what happens when it's time for the final showdown?

Teen 35k words 13 / ? ch In progress 127 kudos

I had to write my gay bffs eventually · Sorry Not Sorry · Fluff · Kissing· +28 more

Farseer Trilogy - Robin Hobb+2

Blue

by Tiz

When the Blue Rose blooms, Past and Future'll dance again They'll sing their ancient song As the World hangs on a chain When the Blue Rose blooms, and the impossible had been Can we all be one as whole When the tie again binds? (Fragment of "When the Roses Bloom" by FitzChivalry Farseer) [The world of the Realms of the Elderlings belongs to Robin Hobb and to the rightful owners of the rights. No money for me here. :)]

Teen 98k words 24 ch Complete 120 kudos

Angst · Plot-Driven · Plotty · Post canon· +7 more