Less Than Perfect

For all those new to the fanfiction scene, below is a list of stories that are considered to be of high quality and “must reads” to start you off on your journey through the wonderful land of fanfiction.

The list is broken up into the relevant categories, and then further broken up into groups depending on whether the story has been completed, in the process of being written (and the frequency of updates/last time updated), or just oneshots.

I would like to point out a few things about the following list of stories.

1. All stories below are there because we think they are of high quality and are ones you should definitely check out. Regardless of how old the story is or how frequently the story is updated; they’re all good stories, so don’t just skip over all the stories that aren’t frequently updated, because I promise that you will be missing out on an amazing story. We wouldn't have listed the story if it wasn't.
2. Several of the stories have a strike through them. This means that at the current time the story is unavailable to be read, but will be up again at some point.
3. Whilst the list below is quite extensive, that does not mean that it contains every single high quality, “must read” story out there. You might find that you favour different writing styles to the ones listed below, in which case I’d suggest that the best way to find other stories you might like is to check out the favourite authors and stories listed by the authors that you do like. There are other ways of finding good stories, so don’t think that just because the story isn’t listed below, that it isn’t a good story.
4. Some of the stories that were previously listed in the opening post (OP) have been deleted because they no longer existed on the server they had been posted on, or led to an inconclusive place (i.e. FanFiction.Net deleted the story, it led to a locked LiveJournal page, so on and so forth). No offense is made to be taken from the deletion. If you remember a story that was previously listed and have seen posted it elsewhere, share it with the thread, and further steps can be taken from there.

But enough with that, happy reading everyone! Hope to see you all dropping by with comments about your favourite stories soon!

Bandslam (Will/Sa5m):

Oneshots:

• Girl Problems
• An Unexpected Friendship

High School Musical (Troy Bolton/Gabriella Montez):

Completed:

• Once & Again - All The Right Moves - Slips & Tangles - All are rated M
• The Hottest Couple
• Out of Our Control
• The Wedding Planner
• Because I Loved Him
• Chemicals React
• Both Hands
• Police Tape
• Series of Steps
• Searching for What was Missing - Here's To Right Now - Even Now
• Sunsets & Swelling Hearts
• Convincing You To Fall
• The Girl Next Door by Jule (~Jewel~)
• Comprehend
• Insatiable - Rated M
• One Step At A Time
• All At Once
• Rocker Dude
• My Musical Girl
• If Only for a Moment by Jule (~Jewel~)
• Poster Child
• Eventually Luck Does Run Out by Dee (AJzSnowAngel)
• Halfway To Enough
• Only In Your Dreams
• Can't Just be Friends by Kelly (Time4Love)
• More Than One
• Never in my Wildest Dreams by Rach (rachrep) - Rated M
• Battle of the Sexes - Rated M
• Just One Night
• Masked Affection
• Don't Stop The Feeling by Kelly (Time4Love) - Rated M
• With Love
• Who Knew?
• Just a Click Away
• Amazing Grace by Kylie (TwinkletoeSuperstar)
• Best of Me
• Thursday, Prestige by Rach (rachrep) - Rated M
• Dancing Changes You
• Deep
• Distractions - Rated M
• Finding Love - Rated M
• Crash Into You by Kelli (MineyMouse14)
• Soulmates
• It Was More Than a Letter by Lo (L0velie)
• Never Let Go by Kelly (Time4Love) - Rated M
• A First For Everything
• Home Sweet Home
• Army Wives
• Ghost of a Good Thing by Michie (Michelle.) - Rated M
• It's Not Over - Rated M
• Engaged Desire by Rach (rachrep) - Rated M
• Collide by Michie (Michelle.) - Rated M
• All I'll Ever Ask - Rated M
• Unexpected - Rated M
• The Someday Triology: Once Upon a Time by Dani (pandora147) - Rated M
• A Pinkie Promise
• Life In a Glass House by Kelli (MineyMouse14)
• Forgetting to Love by Kelly (Time4Love) - Rated M
• Broken by Holly (hollybaggins)
• Homecoming - Rated M
• Think Twice - Rated M
• Everything
• Living the Dream by Lynn (didumissmeofcourseudid) - Rated M
• Time Changes Everything by Kelly (Time4Love) - Rated M
• Melting the Ice
• All I Want cowritten by Stace (Stace29), Corri (firefly24) and Rin (Rin.)
• Inevitable by Kate (kat1estone)
• The Moments That Count
• Cat and Mouse
• We Said Always by Rach (rachrep) - Rated M
• We Love Pretending
• Since Kindergarten by Andryya
• Follow Through
• I'll Email You
• All of the Above
• Your Anything
• Seven Wonders
• Oasis - Rated M
• Lightning Only Strikes Once by Kelly (Time4Love) - Rated M
• Down The Aisle, sequel to We Love Pretending
• What I Love About You
• Meant to Live - Rated M
• With My Life by Kelly (Time4Love) - Rated M
• Fate Works in Strange Ways
• The Distance Between Us by Diana (robo__rob)
• Parallel Currents by Van (~Van~)
• Love, Hate, Hope - Rated M
• Mrs Someone - Rated M
• You're Mine Forever - Rated M
• Broken Dream - Rated M
• HSM2 and a Half - Rated M
• Back in the Day
• G Force by Rach (rachrep) - Rated M
• Saving Gabriella
• Nights Like These
• Inadvertent Target by Kate (kat1estone) - Rated M
• A Different Affair – Rated M
• Dreams or Desire
• More Than Passion by Mich (veganation) - Rated M
• Raindrops on Roses, a series of related drabbles by Nel (Nelmichelle xo)
• Dangerous Fascination - Rated M
• The Definition of Us by Van (~Van~)
• Not As Planned by Liisa (RCarros)
• Living By My Pen
• Just Can't Walk Away - Rated M
• Love Never Ends
• Let The Best Man Win – Rated M
• Desired Kisses, a series of possible scenes from HSM3
• Before Happily Ever After
• The Last Shot
• You Can Crush by Dee (AJzSnowAngel)
• The Beginning of Forever, a series of oneshots that prequel All The Kings Horses by Marianne (sunnycouger)
• Mamihlapinatapei by Diana (robo__rob)
• Heart of the Matter
• Protecting Fate by Kelly (Time4Love) - Rated M
• All You Need is Love - Rated M
• I Know What It's Like - Rated M
• Snowing Heart Flakes – Rated M
• The World As We Know It, the sequel to Meant to Live
• You're Stuck With Us
• Gabriella's Rules
• Burning Summer Hearts – Rated M
• Stroke by Diana (robo__rob) - Rated M
• Beast
• All She Wrote by Kate (kat1estone)
• Inked - Rated M
• Loving Love
• Reality Love – Rated M
• Troy and Gabriella
• Feel This
• The Cherubs by Diana (robo__rob) - Rated M
• 10 Little Things by Kirsten (kirsalessi)
• California Dreams by Aly (Aly-J) – Rated M
• Double Trouble by Lynn (cuzimbored) - Rated M

Work In Progress/Incomplete:

Last updated over 12 months ago:

• Take Me, Baby, or Leave Me
• Burgers, Brats and Boomerangs
• Concocting Chemistry
• The Bolton's Must Die
• It’s In The Genes
• In True Wildcat Fashion
• Two Hearts, One Status Quo
• Just The Little Things by Clara (clara4ever)
• Shattered Perfection
• Out of My Element, the sequel to Chemicals React
• Falling Through Time
• Friday Night Lights
• Accepting the Inevitable
• Be Who We Are
• She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
• Burning
• Crash Reality Check
• It's Always the Quiet Ones
• Open Your Eyes by Sophia (*~Sophia~*)
• Back to You
• Stolen
• A Dream When I'm Not Sleeping by Holly (hollybaggins) - Rated M
• From Me To You
• ...Because I Want You by Anne (Anneris) - Rated M
• How Sweet It Is
• When The Stars Go Blue by Rachel (sapphires)
• Trust Your Opposite - Rated M
• Live and Let Spy cowritten by Holly (hollybaggins)
• The Mad Season - Rated M
• In Your Eyes - Rated M
• Just Like a Tonne of Bricks by Holly (hollybaggins)
• My Best Friend’s Hot! cowritten by Kylie (TwinkletoeSuperstar) - Rated M
• Only In My Dreams - Rated M

Last updated over 6 months ago:

• East High Story
• Use My Shoulder by Lo (L0velie)
• A Picture Tells a Thousand Words
• You, Me and the Stars
• Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking by Kelli (MineyMouse14)
• Brief Encounter by Lynn (didumissmeofcourseudid) - Rated M
• Body Flow by Stace (Stace29) – Rated M
• In the Air
• Currents
• Living the Dream - Rated M
• The Date Doctor
• White Oleander - Rated M
• Kismet by Kylie (TwinkletoeSuperstar) - Rated M
• Chosen - by Dani (pandora147) - Rated M
• Between The Lines, a series of HSM3 missing moments
• Dynamite Kid and the Green Butterfly
• Rushes
• Succumb by Jordyn (Jordyn1234567) - Rated M
• Flashover – Rated M
• Free for Life - Rated M
• New Beginnings by Andryya
• Inevitably Lovable by Corrie (ReachForThemStars)
• Oh, Kelsi by Diana (robo__rob)

Usually updated within 3-6 months:

• Intensity
• Emotions Unaccounted For
• Diary of a Nerd
• The Road Not Taken - Rated M
• Between the Lines by Jill (Fearlessღ) - Rated M
• My Guys
• Star Crossed by Holly (hollybaggins)
• Open for Business by Lynn (didumissmeofcourseudid) - Rated M
• Dapples with Daddy
• Like Brother and Sister
• At the Edge of a Petal
• White Horse
• Tis the Season
• A Moment of Madness by Lynn (didumissmeofcourseudid) - Rated M
• Lifetime Piling Up, the sequel to Life In a Glass House by Kelli (MineyMouse14)
• Murphy's Law
• In Pieces by Jordyn (Jordyn1234567) - Rated M
• Fall Like Shooting Stars by Heat (heat.)
• Time Warp – Rated M
• Absolute Perfection
• The Summer I Was 22 – Rated M
• Wakareru – Rated M

Usually updated within 3 months:

• Disguised Affection cowritten by Corri (firefly24) - Rated M
• Trading Letters for Desire cowritten by Corri (firefly24) and Dee (AJzSnowAngel)
• Can't Help Myself - Rated M
• When Love & Hate Collide - Rated M
• Like Catching Lightning by Nel (Nelmichelle xo)
• Like Lightning - Rated M
• Thank That Star, continuation of Broken by Holly (hollybaggins)
• Running to a Stand Still by Michie (Michelle.) - Rated M
• This Moment, part of The Someday Triology by Dani (pandora147) - Rated M
• Missing Pieces - continuation of Collide, by Michie (Michelle.) - Rated M
• Do You Remember? – Rated M
• Finding Your Way Back Home
• Every Man for Himself by Jordyn (Jordyn1234567) - Rated M
• Secret Service
• Just Friends by Nikki (LAchick) - Rated M
• An Apple A Day by Rach (rachrep) - Rated M
• Love that Scars the Heart
• It's Always Been You by Rach (rachrep) - Rated M
• Famously in Love by Dee (AJzSnowAngel)
• Missing Pieces by Dee (AJzSnowAngel)
• Royal Flush - Rated M
• Mirror for the Sun by Stace (Stace29) – Rated M
• Between You & Me by Van (~Van~) - Rated M
• Narrative Attraction
• I’ll Be There For You, sequel to Seven Wonders
• With Me Through Adversity
• Tumbling Etceteras, the sequel to Inevitable by Kate (kat1estone)
• Dirty Dancing
• Unexpected Love – Rated M
• NLT2: A New Beginning, a sequel to Nights Like These
• Bittersweet Love by Nel (Nelmichelle xo)
• Family Business by Corri (firefly24)
• From Blood & Ashes by Van (~Van~) - Rated M
• Sunburn by Kirsten (kirsalessi)
• Parental Consent by Anna (adcgordon)
• I am Free by Lynn (cuzimbored) - Rated M
• The Simple Need by Dani (pandora147) - Rated M
• Future Boltons by Anna (adcgordon)
• And Then There's You – Rated M
• My Trip to Florida by Lynn (cuzimbored) - Rated M
• The Soundtrack
• My Very Own Superhero by Liisa (RCarros) - Rated M
• Closer - Rated M
• Nest Building For Beginners by Marianne (sunnycougar)
• Whatever Will Be, the sequel to The World As We Know It
• Summertime Games – Rated M
• My Worst Enemy by Lynn (cuzimbored) - Rated M
• If Only – Rated M
• His Dream Girl
• As It Seems by Kirsten (kirsalessi) - Rated M
• Lay Him Down To Sleep by Van (~Van~)
• Across A Minefield
• The Sweet Mystery by Mich (veganation) - Rated M
• Love After All by Dee (AJzSnowAngel)
• If the Shoe Fits
• Thieves, Heroes and a Princess by Diana (robo__rob) - Rated M
• Fourteen Minutes by Kelly (Time4Love) - Rated M
• Ask a Bitch – Rated M
• Love Among the Ruins – Rated M
• Writing Love
• In My Life
• The Letters Never Read
• The Senses
• Now You're My Whole World
• Wilton Valley
• Never Felt This Way, a series of drabbles, by Nel (Nelmichelle xo)
• Escaping to Love
• Suddenly You by Mich (veganation) - Rated M
• Amazed
• America's Prince – Rated M
• Most Definitely, a series of drabbles, by Diana (robo__rob)
• 21 Days of Christmas by Stace (Stace29) – Rated M

Oneshots:

• Romance Challenge HSM Style
• Until Death Do Us Part
• Creating Space Between Us
• Old Tricks, New Intentions
• The Perfect Gift
• A Wink Satisfies Me
• A Christmas Story
• The Kissing Booth
• An Impromptu Midnight Meeting
• One Big Heart
• A Flower For Your Troubles
• All Things Come to an End
• Firsts - Series of oneshots
• Personal Space
• By Moonlight
• Kaleidoscope of Contradictions, a series of one-shots occurring between the stories Chemicals React and Out of My Element
• Let the Rain
• The Bet
• Caesar's Brutus
• Fingers Intertwined - Series of one-shots
• Uncomfortable
• There You'll Be
• Pros and Cons
• Gate C24
• What Happened to Us?
• Rush - Series of oneshots
• Three Little Words
• Unfortunate Sighting
• Talk is Anything but Cheap - Series of oneshots
• The Edification of Troy Bolton
• The Way It Should Be - Never Felt More Complete
• The Little Things
• Interludes - Series of M rated oneshots
• The Spice of Life - Rated M
• Library Love
• Bleeding Love
• The Anniversary Gift
• We Weren't Crazy by Kirsten (kirsalessi)
• Home
• Please Say
• Unexpected
• You Are the Pants in Me
• Shooting for the Stars cowritten by Holly (hollybaggins) - Rated M
• His Dream Girl by Liisa (RCarros)
• The Horizontal Movie Mambo - Rated M
• Can't Buy Me Love
• Blister - Rated M
• Blame it on the hormones - Rated M
• Challenge Accepted
• The Zipper - Rated M
• Confessions
• Sneak Out
• M&M’s
• Authentic Corporeal Real by Dani (pandora147)
• Little Details
• The Shirt Thief
• Reunion
• 2:47 AM by Diana (robo__rob)
• Of Diamond Rings and Three Letter Words, a series of one-shots
• Eighteen Days
• In Uniform by Stace (Stace29) - Rated M
• Greatest Gift of All by Kylie (TwinkletoeSuperstar)
• Equifinality by Dani (pandora147)
• Gift from an Angel by Lynn (didumissmeofcourseudid) - Rated M
• Should've Said - Rated M
• Beautiful
• Somebody
• Nightmares
• Definitely Him
• Taken Room
• All The Kings Horses by Marianne (sunnycouger)
• Laundry Day - Rated M
• Beyond My Control by Dani (pandora147) - Rated M
• Unforgettable
• Texting
• You and Me
• Asphyxiation by Marianne (sunnycouger)
• To Be Oh So Officially Official by Holly (hollybaggins)
• Young Love at Its Truest
• I'm Yours by Tamy (WhereverYouAre)
• T Shirt
• Always by Tamy (WhereverYouAre) - Rated M
• Surprise - Rated M
• Lost Without Your Love by Corri (firefly24)
• An Unbreakable Promise
• Head Rush by Van (~Van~) - Rated M
• Who We Are by Marianne (sunnycouger)
• Baseball by Kirsten (kirsalessi) - Rated M
• Garden of Love - Rated M
• The Symptoms of Love
• Tonsil Hockey by Lissia (sneakernight♥)
• At the Beginning With You
• Tree
• Abracadabra by Marianne (sunnycouger)
• Christmas with the Boltons
• Snow by Kirsten (kirsalessi)

The Suite Life (Trevor/Corrie):

Completed:

• Back Where We Belong by Nikka (bokayjunkie)
• Coming Undone by Nikka (bokayjunkie)
• Feels Like Love by Jill (Fearlessღ)
• No Mercy by Jill (Fearlessღ)
• Accidentally in Like by Nikka (bokayjunkie)
• An Adventure by Nikka (bokayjunkie)

Work In Progress/Incomplete:

Last updated over 12 months ago:

• The Parent Trap

Usually updated within 3-6 months:

• Notice Me

Oneshots:

• Someday Soon - Someday is Today
• Only Option
• Math Just Got Exciting
• Addicted to You
• His Corrie
• So Sweet by Nikka (bokayjunkie)
• A Night to Remember by Nikka (bokayjunkie)

Zac/Vanessa:

Completed:

• 24
• A Lifetime of Love - Rated M
• More than Words by Kate (kat1estone) - Rated M

Work In Progress/Incomplete:

Last updated over 6 months ago:

• So Jessica Alba Fantastic by Jill (Fearlessღ)
• Puppy Love No More - Rated M
• Coping with the Unexpected by Anne (Anneris)
• I Feel Sparks by Holly (hollybaggins)

Usually updated within 3 months:

• Always Here by Nikki (LAchick) - Rated M
• To Be With You by Nikka (bokayjunkie)
• Falling Into You, a series of connected oneshots chronicling Zac and Vanessa's relationship by Kate (kat1estone) - Rated M
• Memory Loss - See site forum/fanfiction section
• Going Back - Rated M
• Scenarios: Canadian Chaos, with M Rated Chapters by Anna (adcgordon)

Oneshots:

• The Only Reason by Jill (Fearlessღ) - Rated M
• The Completely Dull and Uneventful Life Of by Holly (hollybaggins)
• Don't Forget My Slippers by Kirsten (kirsalessi)
• All Jazzed Up
• Shades of Success by Michie (Michelle.)
• The Real Deal - Scenes from a Marriage - Something about the Efron's by Michie (Michelle.)
• How Palm Springs Changed its Name by Cris (crisTM) - Rated M
• He Shoots, She Scores! by Cris (crisTM) - Rated M
• If That's Ok With You by Nikka (bokayjunkie)
• Another 3 + Forever by Taylor (Its_Tay37
• Forever With You
• Once upon a Dream by Kate (kat1estone)
• I Know Him! by Kirsten (kirsalessi)
• An Efron Christmas by Kirsten (kirsalessi)
• SnL by Anna (adcgordon)
• Appendectomy by Anna (adcgordon)
• Long Distance Support by Kirsten (kirsalessi)
• A Funny Thing Happened on my Way to the Top by Diana (robo__rob) - Must be on friends list to view
• From Fate to Forever by Kate (kat1estone)
• Until the Stars Stop Shining

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Time4Love

Thanks Holden!

Updates to fill it?

Less Than Perfect

No probs.

I should probably update the OP sometime today.

nyychick2

Thanks for the new thread Holds!

Updates please!

Time4Love

Yesterday was awesome. I think we all need to channel really hard so we can get stuff like yesterday

Less Than Perfect

I still have to catch up on a lot of yesterday's updates. I think I might actually have some from Saturday too. My Saturday.

Time4Love

Dang! I wish I was you

Less Than Perfect

I haven't had much time for fanfic lately. All this Christmas shopping makes me too tired to read.

Time4Love

I've been reading real books lately *gasp*, but I think I'm all caught up

I hope xmas that's not why we have a drought

Less Than Perfect

I don't even have time for my real book either.

I hope it's not! Everyone is on break now, we should be getting more updates, not less.

Stace29

Thanks for the thread, Holds.

My house is finally, finally quiet. I had 11 children (and 5 big male children) making Christmas cookies here today. I just want to crawl into a hole and bask in the silence.

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TFTNT Holden!

hopefully you can find some peace Stace

Time4Love

Boxing Day, a High School Musical fanfic - FanFiction.Net

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scabbyabby

Thanks for the new thread Holden!

for Boxing Day!