1 - 20 of 112 Works in Link Needs a Break (Legend of Zelda)
Navigation
Listing Works
-
Iridescent by Sokkas_First_Fangirl
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
08 Sep 2025
Tags
Summary
Zelda didn’t think, didn’t hesitate; she just leapt for Link, reaching desperately for his hand as her own began to glow. She’d protected herself and the Brigade from a cataclysmic fall like this once, she could do it again, weakened powers be damned. She needed to save Link. No matter what, she needed to save him. They were getting out of here together, damn it all.
There was a burst of gold in Link’s pocket (the teardrop!) and it spread outwards in waves of glitter. The gold encased his entire body, the Triforce of Courage blazed with all the power of the sun, their fingers brushed and then, in one last blast of light-
“Link!” Zelda screamed again, more desperately than ever as he vanished before her eyes.
*
Six years after the Big Bad Bazz Brigade destroyed Calamity Ganon, a new threat arises: Ganondorf the Demon King. With Link missing it's up to Zelda and the Brigade to find him and destroy the greatest threat the world has ever faced.
But where is Link? Where is the Master Sword? The answers lie in the Sky and the Depths.OR: It's another family road trip to save the world- Zelda edition.
Series
- Part 3 of Lovely As Jewels
-
Unexpected Hero by LemonCake64
Fandoms: Undertale (Video Game), The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
28 Aug 2025
Tags
Summary
“Not so fun being stuck in some loop right? Trying to fight to protect what ya got, not getting a choice in it. If I had the choice I wouldn't remember either.” The words oddly felt comforting. Link let out a slow breath, closing his eyes for a brief moment.
He didn't feel alone for the first time in a long time.
And that?
That was terrifying.
“To be honest, I kinda gave up a while ago. Just sat back and let the chaos go on, felt like nothing I did mattered anymore. Everything would just be reset anyways. Stopped caring what happened, that was until you showed up.” The skeleton’s eyes bore back into the Hylian.
-
Remnants of Courage by Tainted_Scholar
Fandoms: RWBY, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
28 Aug 2025
Tags
Summary
Remnant needed a hero, and fate decided that Link would be perfect for the task. He was the Hero of Time who saved both Hyrule and Termina, and he was also sick of being tugged around by fate and made to play the hero.
-
More Comfort by LoveableMink
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
11 Aug 2025
Tags
Summary
Link goes into involuntary littlespace, Tatl sighs, Deku Scrub becomes a gentle older brother, Darmani becomes a helicopter parent, and Mikau is a smart ass.
-
The Weight of Wings, The Warmth of Hearts by ShroudedScribeQuill
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Video Game)
04 Aug 2025
Tags
Summary
Link finds himself drawn to the quieter corners of this Hyrule, often finding himself in the company of those he trusts, or spending time with certain individuals, with these moments having quite the lasting impact on him. Link has done a lot for Hyrule, maybe it's time he understands that he means a lot to many individuals, and has a lot in common with more people than than he realizes.
This fic is a collection of short stories, with each story focusing on a meaningful interaction between Link and a particular inhabitant of Hyrule, with said interactions having a profound impact on his life, in some way shape or form, either through a hard lesson learned, a reminder that he matters, or he's worth more than just his title.
-
The Legend of Zelda: Golden Mercy by Skye_the_Lofty_Nutcase
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Warriors
04 Aug 2025
Tags
Summary
When Ganondorf returns during Hyrule Warriors, he’s on a mission to make things right, though what that means is beyond everyone around him. Kidnapping the Hero of Hyrule and telling him he’s protecting him from the Queen is not what anyone expected, and nobody can quite figure out what his ultimate goal is. Link sure is confused, though, and… starting to realize there’s more to Ganondorf than just being a monster. Zelda, on the other hand, is quickly spiraling with panic and fear over losing her friend and Hero, as well as trying to protect her kingdom from such a threat that was so dangerous the previous Hero split his soul into pieces to prevent him from ever returning.
Ganondorf gets a redemption arc, Zelda gets a villain (and redemption) arc, and Link gets to find out what it truly means to be the Hero of Hyrule.
-
Courage of the Fallen Diseases by horrorfan293
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
29 Jul 2025
Tags
Summary
The Hero’s Spirit has been passed down through every incarnation of Link, the Hero of Courage. The Spirit has protected them, and always will, but sometimes, it seems that it should have let them go.
The Heroes of Hyrule have been poisoned, corrupted. While Hylia refuses to let them heal, the Hero’s Spirit refuses to let them pass. Now, they are trapped between life and death, sanity and insanity, and joy and pain.
Each Hyrule has had a terrible outbreak fall upon it, and the poor heroes have fallen ill. Unable to control themselves, they leave for fear of further hurting those they love in search for a cure.
Series
- Part 1 of Courage of the Fallen
-
Forever alone with eachother by Mations
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
27 Jul 2025
Tags
Summary
Link wakes up in an unfamiliar place with only his muscle memory of how to fight and a thought of how to cook to guide him through life. And the voice of...someone he loved, once at least. It's not like he remembers. Except he also has a new wolf friend who has to accompany on the journey, has to be a hero with him too.
OR
What if BoTW Link went through his journey BUT with TP Link but hes stuck as a wolf!
TP Link's from like, right when he gets transformed, when you're supposed to get the like, spirits back to the world or smth- right around there!
Teen and up for description of pain
-
Blood Moon by JacksFandomRandom239
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
25 Jul 2025
Tags
Summary
For many afab Hylians, the blood moon is a time of pain and suffering for 2-5 days. After a blood moon rises, Link has to go on a mission to find the Yiga Clan with his fellow Champions. Will he have to mask his pain, or finally accept help?
-
Apologies Seven Years Late by Somteul
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
19 Jul 2025
Tags
Summary
“There’s a man in the woods.” The children murmur. It was Mido who had discovered him first. Saria had been in the Sacred Meadows, her music echoing through the woods, when the sound of footsteps began to join them. The footsteps were not light, like those of the Kokiri, nor did they jingle, like those of the Skull Kids. Rather, they were deep, leaves crunched under their steps, cracking like bones, and Mido knew that he knew his way.
---
Link comes back to Kokiri Forest after the Forest Temple, and maybe it's time for Mido to finally give an apology he's been waiting to give, seven years late. -
The "Let Link Sleep" Club by RheaDanai
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
18 Jul 2025
Tags
Summary
Being pressed against his chest is as thrilling as it is worrisome. He’s put on a thin shirt (when she first woke up, he was bare-chested) through which his warmth seeps so wonderfully against the exposed skin of her back. What’s worrisome is that his chest is moving rapidly, heavily. He seems to be fighting for breath. At first she thought it was the adrenaline. Surely the fight with Ganondorf was fast-paced and arduous. It’s been long enough, though, that he ought to have caught his breath by now.
She turns her head slightly so he can see part of her face. At this angle, Zelda can only glimpse the very tip of his ear. He’s wearing amber earrings, not the blue hoops she’s used to seeing.
“Are you alright?” she murmurs.
-
river runs to thee by hesjustlikemefr
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
19 Jun 2025
Tags
Summary
After defeating Calamity, Link sets off to destroy monsters hanging around and to help people who may need it. In a stop at Zora's Domain, he reconnects with Sidon and pushes away his complicated feelings.
When he makes another quick stop in the Domain to refresh on arrows, everyone calls him Sidon's Fiancee. The only problem is, Link doesn't remember the proposal… -
A Quiet Kind Of Hope by InkFilledAria
Fandoms: Linked Universe - Fandom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
16 May 2025
Tags
Summary
After hundreds of loops, Link was tired.
He was so tired.
He’d lost whatever semblance of hope that had remained. Then… when he sat, crumbled on the floor, wishing for even a moment of relief- he had finally gotten an answer. After years, and years and years and years- he was set free.
And he was not only tossed into a group of eight strangers, but into a group filled with the heroes of old. He was surrounded by heroes with journeys so similar to his own--yet free of the failure his was drowned in.
Series
- Part 2 of Forgotten Past, Unknown Future
-
A blast from the past by Lauren (Wolfgirl2597)
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms
12 May 2025
Tags
Summary
After a brutal surprise attack by calamity Ganon on her home settlement, Faye's violet hued magic spiraled out of control. In the chaos she triggered an unstable "shadow-port," ripping herself out of her own era and re-materializing 100 years in the future-right in the age of calamity's final hours. Now stranded in a Hyrule she barely recognizes, Faye is giving three goals:
1. Reclaim the Divine Beasts back with link. (Restoring the pilots and turning the firepower against Ganon).
2. Master her Unstable shadow Magic.(Must anchor her "void-step" teleportation and rein her abilities to aid link in defeating Ganon).
3. Unravel the timeline Riff. (Knowledge is vital to restoring Hyrule).-Legend of Zelda: Breath of the wild. And A bit of Hyrule warriors: Age of Calamity.
-disclaimer: I do not own rights to Legend of Zelda.Series
- Part 1 of The Sorceress of power series
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,634
- Chapters:
- 2/?
- Hits:
- 50
-
Tags
Summary
When half the chain is taken out by a spell, the others have to do their best to protect them (and stop panicking. Maybe that should be their first task-wait. Wild was caught up in the spell? Who's going to cook?!).
Warriors is doing his best as surrogate leader, but wrangling the other Links takes more effort than it should (please return quickly, Time).
Legend just wants this adventure to end already. And for Hylia to stop existing, please and thank you.
Four wants to release his inner demons (literally. Please, let them get somewhere he can split before he goes mad).
Wind is just enjoying the chaos.
Sky is...is he actually sleeping through this?!
Time, Twilight, Hyrule, and Wild are...indisposed. -
I imagine death so much it feels more like a Memory by SovTheCrow
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
26 Apr 2025
Tags
Summary
Link had known, for a very long time now, that he could not die.
Series
- Part 3 of Zelda Oneshots (I write sad things)
-
Marigold and Honeysuckle by bluehighlighter
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
26 Apr 2025
Tags
Summary
"I would love to see how far you'll go for your Goddesses."
He still tried to will his mind to push himself up, to get away from the Gerudo man towering over him, but his mind and body refused to cooperate.
Link's body was battered, hand crushed and the Master Sword was hidden in the long grass of Hyrule Field. There were cuts where his chain mail didn't protect the skin, red oozing from them and staining his undershirt. The battle persisted for nearly twelve long hours. Link was slashed, stabbed, and beaten during this time. He's hurt, and he's tired, and he just wants to go home. Can he let this one go? Can he let it be someone else's problem?
But Princess Zelda was long gone, she rode off on Epona a long while ago. He had watched her figure disappear through the yellow walls, headed back to the castle.
Despite all this, he grit his teeth, meeting Ganondorf's piercing gaze once again with defiance in his eyes. He managed a hoarse, defiant reply.
"I'd do... anything."
"... Let us see how far 'anything' goes."
-
Just For Now, Please? by bluehighlighter
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
24 Apr 2025
Tags
Summary
“Say… how about I offer you a deal?” And Link looks at him in sudden interest at the topic change. "You need a safe place to stay. And I need a little help around here."
The dark man paused, taking a deep breath before continuing. He looks at Link now.
"What if you stay here? In exchange you would help me out with things at the inn and keep me company. What do you think?"
And Link felt instant relief. But also worry. It seemed too good to be true, honestly. But he couldn’t help but trust the man in front of him who had opened up to him as easily as he did for him. He considered his options, and realized he really did not want to live a life sleeping behind rocks and in abandoned buildings.
“Yes, just for now, please?” Link speaks, hoping he doesn’t sound too desperate or pleading, but he’s sure he sounds as akin as a beggar.
-
The Side We Never Show Anyone Else (because we wear our own masks to get through each day) by NotScot
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom
21 Apr 2025
Tags
Summary
Because without our masks, how can we face each other? How can we help each other?
How can we understand each other?
[For PickyNipples]
-
Hyrule Warriors: Age of the Wild by This_is_my_Burial_Shroud
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Video Game)
20 Apr 2025
Tags
Summary
Look, Link has had his adventure, and he's glad it's all over. He saved the kingdom and is finally able to relax and just live peacefully in Hateno.
But since he's a Hero of Courage, Hylia said, 'fuck that' and flung him into a new universe.
So now Link just wakes up in a chamber with nothing on but some underwear. The only things in the room are a crate with goddesses know what, the Sheikah Slate, and a skeleton. Of course there's a skeleton.
Turns out it's another Link. Welp guess Link is changing his name.
OR:
Age of Calamity Link is finally done with his journey, (he can finally sleep!) but something happened Breath of the Wild Link died and Hylia had no other choice but to send him to that timeline...
Turns out it worked a bit worse than she could've thought, now there were twelve Links(thirteen if you count the Skeleton) running about and ruining her well organized timeline.
(Also First is Hylia's first hero and Wish is EoW Link)