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!

High School Musical (Troy Bolton/Gabriella Montez):

Completed:

• Once & Again - All The Right Moves - Slips & Tangles - All are rated M
• Out of Our Control
• The Wedding Planner
• 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~)
• Halfway To Enough
• 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
• 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

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
• 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
• When The Stars Go Blue by Rachel (sapphires)
• Trust Your Opposite - Rated M

Last updated over 6 months ago:

• Crash Reality Check
• How Sweet It Is
• Somewhere A Clock Is Ticking by Kelli (MineyMouse14)
• 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
• Between The Lines, a series of HSM3 missing moments

Usually updated within 3-6 months:

• East High Story
• Intensity
• Use My Shoulder by Lo (L0velie)
• Emotions Unaccounted For
• Diary of a Nerd
• The Road Not Taken
• A Picture Tells a Thousand Words
• You, Me and the Stars
• In the Air
• Living the Dream - Rated M
• White Oleander - Rated M
• Dapples with Daddy
• Kismet by Kylie (TwinkletoeSuperstar) - Rated M
• Chosen - by Dani (pandora147) - Rated M
• Like Brother and Sister
• White Horse
• Tis the Season
• Rushes
• Succumb by Jordyn (Jordyn1234567) - Rated M
• A Moment of Madness by Lynn (didumissmeofcourseudid) - Rated M
• Lifetime Piling Up, the sequel to Life In a Glass House by Kelli (MineyMouse14)
• Free for Life - Rated M
• Inevitably Lovable by Corrie (ReachForThemStars)

Usually updated within 3 months:

• Between the Lines by Jill (Fearlessღ) - Rated M
• My Guys
• Brief Encounter by Lynn (didumissmeofcourseudid) - Rated M
• Star Crossed by Holly (hollybaggins)
• Body Flow by Stace (Stace29) – Rated M
• Disguised Affection cowritten by Corri (firefly24) - Rated M
• Currents
• Open for Business by Lynn (didumissmeofcourseudid) - Rated M
• The Date Doctor
• Feel This
• You're Stuck With Me - Rated M
• Trading Letters for Desire cowritten by Corri (firefly24)
• Can't Help Myself - Rated M
• When Love & Hate Collide - Rated M
• Like Catching Lightning by Nel (Nelmichelle xo)
• Like Lightning - Rated M
• At the Edge of a Petal
• Dynamite Kid and the Green Butterfly
• 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
• All You Need is Love - Rated M
• Sin Aliento
• This Is Your Life by Kait (kebarrera)
• Do You Remember? – Rated M
• Flashover – Rated M
• Can’t Be More Than This
• Finding Your Way Back Home
• Every Man for Himself by Jordyn (Jordyn1234567) - Rated M
• New Beginnings by Andryya
• Secret Service
• I Know What It's Like - Rated M
• Murphy's Law
• Just Friends by Nikki (LAchick) - Rated M
• An Apple A Day by Rach (rachrep) - Rated M
• It's Always Been You by Rach (rachrep) - Rated M
• Famously in Love
• Heart of the Matter
• In Pieces by Jordyn (Jordyn1234567) - Rated M
• The World As We Know It, the sequel to Meant to Live
• The Last Shot
• Missing Pieces
• Royal Flush - Rated M
• Fall Like Shooting Stars by Heat (heat.)
• Protecting Fate by Kelly (Time4Love) - Rated M
• The Gin Mill
• You Make Me Feel So Young, series of related oneshots
• Inked - Rated M
• Oh, Kelsi by Diana (robo__rob)
• Snowing Heart Flakes – Rated M
• Mirror for the Sun by Stace (Stace29) – Rated M
• Let The Best Man Win – 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
• NLT2: A New Beginning, a sequel to Nights Like These
• The Perfect Guy
• The Beginning of Forever, a series of oneshots that prequel All The Kings Horses by Marianne (sunnycouger)
• Bittersweet Love by Nel (Nelmichelle xo)
• Burning Summer Hearts – Rated M
• California Dreams by Aly (Aly-J) – Rated M
• Family Business by Corri (firefly24)
• Time Warp – Rated M
• Absolute Perfection
• Mamihlapinatapei by Diana (robo__rob)
• Desired Kisses, a series of possible scenes from HSM3
• The Summer I Was 22 – Rated M
• Loving Love
• From Blood & Ashes by Van (~Van~) - Rated M
• Parental Consent by Anna (adcgordon)
• Wakareru – Rated M
• The Simple Need by Dani (pandora147) - 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)
• 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
• Sunburn by Kirsten(kirsalessi)
• Surprise - Rated M
• Future Boltons: Papa Jack by Anna (adcgordon)
• Lost Without Your Love by Corri (firefly24)

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
• Going Back - Rated M

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)

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autumnfoliage24

Thanks for opening, Holds!

Less Than Perfect

Not a problem.

So I'm looking through that old thread and I noticed two things
1 - Kenz's story was linked on that page! I miss her.
2 - White Oleander! Man that fic still frustrates me. Though we haven't had an update from that author in foooorever!

autumnfoliage24

I know! I really miss Emery Paige. I sent her a PM like a month ago. No response. Yet.

Less Than Perfect

Oooh, looky what I found.

autumnfoliage24

OMG Holds.

**Tess**

new thread, thx for opening

TSN update??

Time4Love

YES!!!! New thread and new title! Thanks Holden!

autumnfoliage24

Great title, Kelly!

Less Than Perfect

Going from what I remember about both fics, WO!Troy is totally worse than NLG!Troy.

breathe you in

Thanks Holds

What was the name of the fanfic, with the Nickelback song? With Troy performing... i forgot

autumnfoliage24

Time4Love

You forgot

And it's The Simple Need by Dani

breathe you in

Oh right! I knew that...

Less Than Perfect

Kelly, you read this one right?

I think it was you that linked it a couple of times.

Just One Bite, a High School Musical fanfic - FanFiction.Net