Cream of the Crop - Best AUs
Cross Fandom, best Alternate Universe works. With or without world-building, cross-orientation, variable setting(s) and ratings.
(Open, Unmoderated)
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「 waiting to exhale 」 by LadyNameless for WintermoonQueen
Fandoms: Frozen (Disney Movies), Tangled (2010), Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (Cartoon)
07 Jul 2026
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“Success makes so many people hate you.”
―Marilyn Monroe.
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Elsa Skavlan is a movement, a poem, a universe, a dream, a quality of light, a harlot. The 21st century's most iconic star bears the weight of living in a culture that reveres and dehumanizes her in equal measure. Groomed for fame by the goliaths of the entertainment industry, she learned the meaning of suffocation before she learned how to sing for millions. When she reaches her breaking point, the media exploits her mental health and allows misogynistic men to shape the narrative around it.
While other journalists sink their fangs into her, one headline-chaser cannot bring himself to draw more blood. His resistance costs him his job, but he goes on to write Substack pieces that question the industry and defend Elsa's privacy. He rebuilds himself with an indie podcast and ethical celebrity memoirs that catch her attention.
A collaboration between them results in something Elsa has been waiting to do since childhood: exhale.
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Marco is a psychology student working the evening shifts at his parents café. After one romantic setback too many, Tom, impulsive lead guitarist of an obscure band, decides to stop by for his caffeine fix. A certain safe kid thinks he can help.
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RISING STAR by JanaeVisions
Fandoms: Hollywood U: Rising Star, Red Carpet Diaries (Visual Novel), Pixelberry fandom - Fandom, Choices Fandom, Thomas Hunt Fandom
09 Jul 2025
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🎬✨ HOLLYWOOD U: RISING STARS - NEON ERA
In the glittering chaos of Los Angeles, one girl arrives at Hollywood U with a single goal: rewrite her story.
She's sharp. Talented. Hungry.
And running from a past she refuses to name.
Hollywood U isn't a fairy tale.
It's a battlefield of image, ambition, and secrets sharpened into weapons.
From neon-lit rooftop gatherings to auditions and underground dance contests, she builds friendships, expands her professional circle, and forms social ties—entering a realm where recognition vanishes quickly, partnerships dissolve rapidly, and possibly every expression conceals deception.
With unexpected allies-rising icons fighting for their own spotlight-she learns the truth:
talent gets you noticed. Survival gets you remembered.Beneath the velvet glamour lies scandal, sabotage, and a legacy of secrets that could crown her the next icon-
or destroy her before she ever rises.
🌟 Glitz. Betrayal. Drama. Romance. Mystery. You name it.
A neon-drenched reimagining of the world you remember.Welcome to the Neon Era.
Not everyone makes it to the top.
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Tendō Satori wasn't expecting any costumers late at night one evening, much less to meet the love of his life.
Follow along in a slow updated story, following the lives of Tendō satori and Ushijima wakatoshi, set in a small coffee shop outside of Tokyo, written each time that Ushijima walks into the small coffee shop Cafè dè-es nouts.
Thank you so much for reading this! I started this late at night and haven’t had much time to edit or fix it up! Expect spelling errors!!
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Just a few words.
All it took was a few words for the course of the world to change on its axis. Just a few words from one brother to another.
In which Monkey D. Luffy lives up to his promise to his brother, and fulfills Portgas D. Ace's final words to him back in Marineford.
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- Part 1 of In Another World
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like my men like i like my tea by nomsy
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
01 May 2026
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“Your order?” Ilya asks.
“Oh, um.” The stranger has gone very pink underneath his freckles. Ilya watches him study the menu. He chews on his bottom lip. It’s distracting. “Could I have a green tea, please? To take away?”
Ilya blinks at him. “Okay.”
“My name is Shane. If you need it. For the order.”
“Is not Starbucks. You are only customer right now. I know is your order.”
“Right, of course.” The blush intensifies. Ilya gives himself a second to stare, then makes the tea.
What a waste, when he just got a batch of fresh beans this morning, and is incredible at making coffee.
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Ilya doesn’t usually care what his customers at the coffee shop order. But when the same guy with those fucking freckles starts showing up ordering nothing but tea, when Ilya is making world-class coffee right there, he can’t help but be a little intrigued.
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Glassy Sky by Just_Low
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, Tokyo Ghoul
11 Aug 2022
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Criminals and villains alike lurk in the dark of rainy nights in Japan. They soon learn so does a ghoulish vigilante. Detective Naomasa Tsukauchi and Underground Hero Eraserhead attempt to hunt down the ghoul before its hunt lets it discover its place in the food chain of crime. Will they bite off more than they can chew when the ghoul crosses paths with a blood loving Himiko Toga?
Cross-Posted to FanFiction.
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Brenda drags David into the new cafe, Cup-O-Cat. Despite David hating coffee, Exer, the waiter, convinces him to buy his special, Chocolate Milk Coffee.
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Dexer coffee shop au because someone had to do it.
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- Part 6 of Daxer
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I Share Your Pain by Ships_Keel
Fandoms: 憂国のモリアーティ | Yuukoku no Moriarty | Moriarty the Patriot (Manga)
16 Jul 2021
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Ever since he was little, Sherlock wanted to meet his soulmate. If only to make them stop constantly getting hurt.
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Learning to Fly by starofjems
Fandom Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
24 Jun 2026
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Zuko is banished and starts at the Western Air Temple, as we all know. But a single discovery alters the course of his journey, because how can it not change when he has a secret dragon egg to take care of? Follow Zuko through the years of his banishment before Aang wakes up as he makes friends, important discoveries, and waves.
(And then how that changes the way things play out after Aang wakes up.)
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Bookmarked by FaiSmile
07 Feb 2022
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Zuko meets some responsible adults who see him as the child he is. Bumi tries with various levels of success call out Iroh on his bullshit. Zuko makes friends. Zhao is as always his own warning, Fantastic worldbuilding is awesome. Professor Zei and Zuko are lovable nerds but Zuko still has a lot of colonialist views to review (but his scholar persona is from colonies so it is sort of alright?). Zuko is Avatar Yanchen fan because she was awesome.