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red_b_rackhamDear beautiful, talented, brave author,
Above all, thank you, thank you for creating for me. I'm a huge messy rambler, hence this beastly letter outside of my prompts. Please note that optional details are optional, so please don't feel obligated or pressure or cramped. Take those prompts and run - combine, blend, flip them, twist them, ignore them and go sideways, whatever. Thank you for your work in advance! :D
General likes/dislikes under the first cut, and blurbs for alllllllllll the ships under the second cut.
General Likes/Dislikes
I absolutely do not want any noncon, abuse, suicide, extended torture, super relentlessly dark fic, bleak endings. I don't enjoy slash or implied slash, horror/gore, kinky sex, threesomes/moresomes, mpreg, cross generational ships, incest. I prefer not to receive smut/PWP as I'm very picky about the smut I read (though some vanilla het sexy times would not go amiss, if I'm being honest XD). Painting canon ships or certain characters in a really ugly light *in order* to make a different ship work.
I would rather not recieve high school/college AUs, rock band AUs, deaged fic, kid fic, fics focused on kids/pregnancy - just not interesting to me! No sticky/dramatic/angsty love traingles - I'm over it. (Light-hearted 'like' traingles are a-ok, tho.)
AND NOW, THE FUN THINGS!
Likes:
I adore unexpected/reluctant broships, sass & snark, gen fic, UST with a payoff, angst, fluff, witty banter, flirting. TIME TRAVEL ANYTHING - Groundhog Day AUs, time loop shenanigans, oops woke up in the wrong decade, and hand-wavey science/magic to do it, whatever. I'm in.
For shippy fic, I prefer flirting and falling in love over established relationship - especially really great "terrible first meeting" and/or fun AU style meets and falling in love scenarios. But I'm also totally happy getting good established relationship stuff too (ex. food fights, sleepy Sundays, slice of life). Ratings-wise I'd prefer to keep it PG-13, but I am totally down for a "light R" in terms of darkness as long it ends on a very hopeful note, or vanilla het sexy times if the muse so calls for it. Makeout sessions, sizzling looks, flirty banter, and general high chemistry between characters clearly encouraged. XD
I'll take any genre (except horror), including angst, hurt/comfort, action/spy/heist, adventure, apocafic, pranks & shenanigans, slow burn, 5+1, mutal pining with a payoff, light fluff. Making light fandoms dark or dark fandoms light. (I also love gen fic!)
I'm totally cool with tropes, especially: enemies to lovers, best friends to lovers, there's only one bed, fake dating/married, we both are here to kill the same person oops, accidentally in love (and everyone knows it but us), found family, protective characters, I hate you stop saving my life, I thought you were dead and I said/did something really embarassing and you're not so now what (ex. the classic confession of love as someone is unconcious except their not), stranded and realizing feelings.
And I'm super down for crossovers and AUs! Like, assassins/thieves/spies, fairytale, coffeeshop, 40s detective/noir, Supernatural (monster hunters) being some particular favs, but if you see anything in any of these lists that catches your fancy, go for it. I'm totally good with fusions.
With these rare pairs, the thing I am MOST interested in exploring is how they work together or how they could work together, in the case of the ultra rare/non-canon (at all) ones. I want to see what circumstances and what scenario could result in flirting/romance/kisses from them, whether it's only slighty AU or full on new universe AU or anything in between. :D
tl;dr: unexpected/reluctant broships, sass, time travel, angst + humor/banter, yes to tropes, yes to happy or hopeful endings.
Thank you, thank you!
Now: please feel free NOT to proceed - I'm going to include the prompts I added in the form, as well as blurbs for each ship (ideas for the ships, images, what I'd love to see, whatever). Feel free to ignore because this is a lot of text (since I don't know what you're getting matched on, I gotta include it all). Feel free to combine, blend, use prompts from other sections to whatever section you're after, go where the muse blows you. I am excited about all of these pairings, so pick whatever sparks your inspiration!! \o/
I repeat, optional details are optional and I am a big huge rambler. XD My "prompts" for your reference, and the blurbs are becausei talk too much can't help myself and didn't want to blow up the form. >_<
(also, it should be noted just in case, but every post contains spoilers for that respective fandom.)
Fandom Specific
(Note for all: non-canon scenarios just as welcome as canon scenarios, as long as nothing is OOC. :D)
CROSSOVER FANDOM
THE BOUNTY OF CHOICES IN THIS CATEGORY, DEAR LORD. I had such fun and such a hard time choosing. But here's the 10 I ended up with, plus the prompts I submitted, plus blurbs!
• Dean Winchester (Supernatural)/Rose Tyler (Doctor Who): I read a Dean/Rose fic once that stuck with me. The idea that Rose gets left behind and has to make it work in a world of monsters - I've always wanted more of that. Her dealing with monsters instead of aliens; hunting and the grittiness of a hunter's life. Her missing the Doctor, but falling for Dean when she never intended to. Alternatively, I wanna see a typical DW alien situation happening on earth - the boys track it, thinking it's monster related, and are in for a rude awakening. Ruder, when the Doctor and Rose show up (Nine or Ten - love 'em both!) to take Care Of Things, and the boys get to find out there's ALIENS out there. Lots of flirting between Dean and Rose (which incurs some adorable jealous bits from the Doctor, and plenty of eye rolls from Sam), and they probably kiss before she runs off with the Doctor again. ;D
Specific Prompts:
- "So. Aliens. What is this, X-Files?" "Just call me Mulder." "Oh, hell no - I'm not being Scully."
- Turns out that banshee blood is really hard to get out of fabric which is honestly something she never needed to know.
• Dean Winchester (Supernatural)/Peggy Carter (Agent Carter): there's been various time travel things on SPN, so I'd love to that come into play here. Dean falls back and has to run a monster-of-the-week case with Peggy (she initially thinks he's a dope but then she sees he's actually super capable and has a heart of gold beneath that dumb pick up line exterior!?). Alternatively, a full on Avengers AU (maybe Dean is Captain America) or a modern AU of some description where they just meet unexpectedly, no monsters or time travel or anything involved.
Specific Prompts:
- "All of this can be quite easily explained." "Okay, then explain it." "Well. I can't exactly."
- He knew he shouldn't have been staring at her lips, but they were just this brilliant, deep red that he couldn't help wishing he could taste. Just once, just to satisfy his curiosity.
• Dean Winchester (Supernatural)/Jenny Mills (Sleepy Hollow): oh gosh, these shows dovetail so nicely, how is this not more of a thing in fandom! I'm of course talking Sleepy Hollow season 1, maybe 2, only. I wanna see cases of weird supernatural going-ons collide - the Winchesters show up in Sleepy Hollow and end up teaming up with Ichabod, Abbie, and Jenny. There's of initial mistrust, followed by a monster encounter that buys some trust on all fronts. Sam and Ichabod bond over history and books, Dean flirts with Abbie and Jenny (Abbie who isn't having any of it, Jenny can't help flirting back, much to Abbie's plentiful eyerolling), and then Jenny and Dean compare weaponry and methods of breaking and entering, etc. ;D Maybe there's an another impending apocalypse, maybe the boys are there to stop Moloch with Abbie and the gang, maybe it's just something where only Dean and Jenny cross paths when Jenny is out theiving/conning and drinks/banter ensue. :D
Specific Prompts:
- "There's always an apocalypse to stop."
- Maybe if he wasn't flat on his back, wheezing and hearing a monster roar, he would have agreed.
• Diana Prince (Wonder Woman)/Steve Rogers (Captain America) - I want to see these two interacting on pretty much any level. Maybe during World War 2, maybe during the Avengers era, maybe a no-powers AU. Maybe Steve is actually the SSR agent (Peggy's role) and Diana becomes Cap. I don't know - I don't even have a real prompt for this one, I just want to see them in the same room! Maybe bonding over lost loves, lost soldiers, lost friends. Maybe bonding over how hard and fast they can throw a shield. ;D
Specific Prompts:
- She wouldn't change it. No, that was a lie. She'd grown used to the fact that she couldn't change it - there was a difference. And one look at his face told her he knew that feeling as intimately as she did.
- The best part, he decided, was she could hold his liquor even better than he could.
• Diana Prince (Wonder Woman)/Bucky Barnes (Captain America/Winter Soldier) - This pair presents so many interesting ideas to me. Does she know him because she knew Steve Rogers? Did she meet Bucky sometime before the war, or during? Did she find him and rescue him from Hydra? Does she meet him after he's the Winter Soldier, or when he's on the run between WS and Civil War? If it's pre-WS, I wanna see banter and charm from him, which Diana can totally see right through but she likes anyways. Maybe they have a night on the town before she has to move on, maybe they go to a carnival or a cinema, or they do something Diana has never done before. If post-WS, maybe she helps him recover from his trauma. Maybe she introduces him to things he's forgotten. Maybe, since Diana is ageless, it's BOTH pre and post war.
Specific Prompts:
- "Mac and cheese?" "Hold on, are you telling me you've never had mac and cheese?" "I don't even know what you're saying."
- Sleek, bold, fierce - deadly. A weapon with untold strength and power. A human - or, some semblance of one.
• Bucky Barnes (Captain America/Winter Soldier)/Juliet Burke (LOST) - The fact that there's a LOST character intrigues the heck out of me, so I had to request this. What if he was on flight 815? Is he the Sawyer-like role of the castaways? What if he searches for Juliet after she goes missing to the island? What if they're just two strangers in a coffeeshop? What if she's stuck being a HYDRA pawn but she helps him escape captivity? What if it's a Just Like Heaven AU and she's dead and he needs her apartment? GO NUTS. I want to see how this could work! ;D
Specific Prompts:
- He held his breath and shut his eyes and waited. Waited for the inevitable - the worst kind of waiting.
- "You have no idea what's going on here, do you?" "Do you?"
• Sam Winchester (Supernatural)/Bobbi Morse (Agents of SHIELD) - Sam stumbles onto a SHIELD op and Bobbi's forced to play him, until he figures things out he's not supposed to, and damn he's smart so Bobbi lets him into the loop a little. Or, the one where Sam helps save the world from a super villain by kissing the (hot secret agent) girl. Alternatively, I'd love to see Bobbi getting mixed up with some monsters - she does some research to figure out what the hell, which leads her to the Ghostfacers, which leads her to Sam. Chemistry ensues and Bobbi has an adventure in monster-hunting. Or, as always, some sort of unexpected AU! (I realize Adrienne plays both Jess and Bobbi, so if there's something there - they're sisters/twins, Jess never died but became Bobbi, or Jess was one of Bobbi's aliases or something - go with it. :D)
Specific Prompts:
- She smacked down and blood filled her mouth. Oh, hell no.
- "You can punch." "You sound surprised."
• Therea Rubel (Grimm)/Stiles Silinski (Teen Wolf) - The one where Trubel goes undercover at Beacon Hills high school because something is UP in this town and somebody needs to investigate if it's Wessen or not. Stiles thinks she's cute but also totally intimidating and terrifying, and of course makes awkward small talk and probably makes a bit of a fool of himself, but she can't help thinking he's cute too. Then some wolf-related/supernatural/Wessen something goes down, which brings them together and she's like "you know about this stuff?!" and he's like "YOU know about this stuff?!" (and thinks he might be a little in love with her when she wields some axes/machetes and dispatches a gnarly supernatural beast). Bonus points if she kisses him after the big encounter: "That was for saving my ass back there." (because he did!)
Specific Prompts:
- "People call me Trubel." "Yeaaaah, okay." "What? What do people call you?" "Um. Stiles. Point taken."
- If he didn't know better - which he did, because he never had that kind of luck with girls, let alone edgy-looking girls with pink lips and dark eyes and a leather jacket and a swagger that was pretty much the best thing he'd seen - he'd say she was...smiling at him.
• Steve Trevor (Wonder Woman)/Peggy Carter (Captain America/Agent Carter) - Either Peggy's in WW1 instead and meets Steve, or he's in WW2 instead and meets her. Or maybe there's time travel involved for one of them, or maybe somehow after he dies, he wakes up in her apartment. I wanna see them navigating war together, punching out bad guys, and falling in love with how capable and strong the other one is. Maybe she ropes him into working for the SSR or SHIELD. Or he ropes her into going on some sort of undercover mission with Charlie, Chief, and Sammy. Alternatvely, unexpected modern AU! Bakery, modern-day spies, Inception AU, retail (she's the disgruntled clerk and he's the gorgeous blue-eyed customer who makes her day), bar/pub AU (he's the bartender and she gets stood up on a blind date), etc etc. Shoot for the stars, my friend (ASTRONAUT AU??) - and up to you if Steve Roger or Diana Prince ever existed in Peggy and Steve T's respective lives.
Specific Prompts:
-"That's not how it's supposed to go." "Oh, who's being the traditional one now?"
- The walls came crumbling down and there he stood, forgetting to breathe.
MCU
I'd love to see fic OR art for any of these!
• Gamora/Peter Quill (MCU) - I think these two knuckleheads have great chemistry, and I really love the dynamic we've seen in both movies, especially the second one ("Some unspoken thing"). I'd love to see a continuation of that - them dancing around their feelings, and showing they care without ever saying it aloud. Fighting battles and aliens and saving the galaxy, with a little bit of flirting and lots of friendship. I'd love to see one day Gamora droping a flirty comment or saying something really sweet about Peter without intending to, and then of course he gets all shocked and she tries to take it back, and then he's insufferably smug and teases her and yells about it to the others. XD
Specific Prompts:
- "I heard that! I heard exactly what you said!" "You heard wrong, as usual."
- She gripped his hand and she didn't have to say a word, because he could read it in her eyes, across her face. He smiled a little and her lips up curved up just slightly in return.
• James "Bucky" Barnes/Jane Foster (MCU) - Jane gets voluntold, by Darcy, to help the Avengers heal Bucky because she knows science. Despite Jane's fervent protests that she doesn't know anything about the kind of science Bucky needs, somehow they end up spending hours upon hours in Stark labs with others working on solutions to break the brainwashing. And somehow that turns into evenings in the common room talking and sharing books and food, and somehow that turns into Something More. Or, unexpected modern AU! Flowershop, book store, the "I just hit you with my car and this is so bad but oh God you're cute and somehow not mad and oh no", the "there's only one table in this crowded coffeeshop and I can see you're really busy but I won't bother you I just want to sit and oh hi we have the same book??", the "Darcy's dragging me to her ex's wedding but she's bringing a date now and I'm sure as hell not going as third wheel and I barely know you but you're the only one in the Tower so please please come with me", etc. XD
Specific Prompt:
-"You're sure you know what you're doing?" "Sure, yeah. -(someone snorts with laughter)- You shut up."
- The song "Say When" by the Fray: my own two arms will carry you, tonight / tonight / just say when
• James "Bucky" Barnes/Maria Hill (MCU) - competence!kink ftw. I wanna see them sparring and bonding and having drinks, maybe some casual sex that turns into Something More. I wanna see them shooting things and punching things and shooting smug smirks in each other's directions and having a bunch of inside jokes and everyone else is like "?!?!?". I wanna see these two black haired, blue-eyed beauties being pals who respect the heck out of each other and each other's skills, and become this unexepected but totally natural fit. Whether this is Avengers-time, Maria in the past (via time-travel or just an AU where she's alive then), or a total AU (no SHIELD, no Avengers), I'm game.
Specific Prompts:
-"I'm pretty good with my hands." "I'll say."
-So what if he knew her Starbucks order. And that her files were color-coded, alphabetical, and scarily organized, and that she led with her right fist when she wanted to smack you with a crushing uppercut, and that she did this little smirk when she was holding back an "I told you so".
• James "Bucky" Barnes/Gamora (MCU) - This is SUCH an interesting dynamic to consider!! We all assume when the Guardians and the Avengers meet, Rocket will make plenty of jokes about Bucky's arm, that Peter will probs bond with Steve (men out of time), Thor will be able to translate for Groot, Natasha and Gamora will have epic sparring sessions (and be eye-rolling at the boys lots), but Gamora and Bucky? I feel like she could totally get what he went through because of her (and Nebula's) experiences with Thanos. I feel like they'd be able to confide in each other about the horrors they've seen and DONE, being assassins/tools for evil people. I wanna see them spending quiet time together - not talking, just away from everyone else, thankful for the company but needing no words, no pressure, no need to share. I wanna see them star-gazing and whispering about the kills that haunt them most, and holding onto each other like a lifeline they didn't know they ever needed. I wanna see them teaming up to prank the heck out of Rocket and Peter, and some Avengers too.
Specific Prompts:
-She didn't look at him like a monster, like a killer. She looked at him like a fellow victim, where no words were enough to describe the level to which she understood the darkness and pain that would never be scrubbed from his soul.
-"Why does Rocket keep asking about my arm?"
• Maria Hill/T'Challa (MCU) - When I saw this pair, the first thought that came to my mind was them arguing in some sort of diploamtic space - a hearing, a courtroom, something lawyer-y or politcal - one-upping each other, being way too good at their jobs, and then leaving the room on fire, totally attracted to their opponent. Whether this is canon/semi-canon related (SHIELD rep and Wakanda rep at some Accords-esque meeting perhaps) or whether it's a lawyer AU, I'm so in. Give me these two being fierce and arguing their cases like a boss, and pretty much going from "you're the worst" to "oh wow you actually are incredibly smart and good at this" to "okay kiss me with that brilliant mouth". XD
Specific Prompts:
- "I will not relent."
- The worst part, she decided, was not how articulate he was or how intelligiently he argued her down. It was the soft-spoekn voice and the fire burning in his eyes, and the fact that the longer this went on, the more she wanted to hear that voice outside this room.
• Natasha Romanov/T'Challa (MCU) - I think these two had some nice chemistry in Civil War, as pals, but also the potential could be there for a romance down the road (I know Natasha kind of ends up being the fandom bicycle, but. I still wanna see this. XD). The respect between them is clear and awesome, and I'd love to see that furthered - them leaning on each other during crazy events, Avengers-related or not. Getting and giving advice, a really great friends to lover type thing; keeping track of winning debates (with each other or with others) or good-naturedly one-upping each other in other areas. Alternatively, any kind of AU! Monster-hunting (can you just imagine them splattered with monster-blood, wielding guns and machetes and giving each smug smiles as they try to one up the other in monster kills?!), thieves (they're both trying to steal the same priceless artefact the same night oops - cat and mouse game ensues), fantasy (prince falls in love with the kingdom's best knight), library (he's working the desk and getting worried about her when she keeps coming in open till close, with five coffees and looking like she hasn't slept in weeks), musical (competitive violinists!), etc.
Specific Prompts:
-If this was what he called a good date, she was concerned to know what he considered a bad one.
-"That makes five." "Are you keeping track?" "You aren't?" "Of course. And it's actually six."
• Nebula/Kraglin Obfonteri (MCU) - This is probably the oddest pairing I picked out on this entire thing, but I couldn't help it. When I read it, my first thought was of Kraglin being extra kind to her. He's nice to her in GOTG2, of course, but what if Nebula comes back to the gang and sort of sticks around - of course making constant comments about how she hates everyone and everything and she's going to leave right now or later or tomorrow but she never quite does, and everyone knows it's because she has no where else to go and that her and Gamora have a very, very complicated bond. So what if Nebula's lashing out and Kraglin brings her food, or random things she needs (parts for her body? Oil? Tech/microchips?), and maybe she snaps at him at first, despising his pity, but then she realizes he's not pitying her. He's not pressing her for her story or even judging her for all the horrors she's done, even recently. And then she kind of maybe even likes it, though she'd literally rather pull her tongue out of her own mouth then admit it. ;) (Bonus points if he's literally the first, possibly only, person she's ever managed to genuinely say 'thank you' to, for any reason).
Specific Prompts:
-"What makes you think I would want that?" "Well, yer human, ain't ya?" She wants to bite out a scathing 'no' - she's never been human. But he's not expecting an answer. He just sets it down and walks away and Nebula stares, struck and caught off guard for possibly the first time in her life.
-The song "Breathing Underwater" by Metric - is this my life / oh, am i breathing under water
• Pepper Potts/James "Rhodey" Rhodes (MCU) - I'm big into Tony/Pepper, but I really like the idea of this. I feel like the only way it could happen is if Tony ever becomes honestly, truly, 100% over Pepper and suddenly decides that she and Rhodey should be together because he's the only person good enough for Pepper or vice versa in Tony's opinion (he arranges the first date, which is awkward at first when Pepper and Rhodey realize they've been tricked into going under false pretenses; the first few minutes is spent being mutally irritated with Tony and ranting about his eccentricities, followed by actually a pretty good date?!). OR, Tony dies (which is awful!!) and very, very slowly through grief and pain and comfort, Pepper and Rhodey come together. Basically no matter how this goes down, Tony has to be okay and okay with it or properly out fo the picture - no Tony bashing or love traingles or angst in that department (*unless it's grief). So whether it's a total AU - maybe Tony and Pepper never got together, and instead she goes out with Rhodey; maybe it's a no Avengers AU where they get set up on a blind date or she's a liason to the army who gets a crush on the cute officer - or something canon-related, Tony has to be okay and okay with them together. ;D
Specific Prompts:
-"I'm going to kill him." "Not if I kill him first."
-In some ways, it was natural, he thought. They'd both known Tony for years, worked together, gone to parties together, wrangled Tony together, held their breath and held hands and waited for Tony to come home when the world was ending. Together.
SUPERNATURAL
• Bela Talbot/Dean Winchester - OTP!! Somewhere along the way, these two became my bread and butter. I love their dynamic - the push-pull, the chemistry and banter, the snark and sass, and the equal potential for greatness or toxicity or both. My absolute fav episode of SPN is Red Sky At Morning - I looove the Dean/Bela banter, the heist-feel, the pirates/ghost ship, seeing a hint of Bela's heart and backstory, the humor with Sam and Gert, the way that ep ends with the exploding pirates in the rain, EVERYTHING. Literally anything with the same feel of that episode is my jam. Casefic, monster-of-the-week, tropes to the max (kiss to keep our cover, sharing a bed, fake relationship that oops develops real feelings, enemies to lovers), a pinch of hatesex, whatever! Hit me all the snark and sass and chemistry and hidden feelings that just barely peek out - being accidentally vulnerable, or vulnerable on purpose but denying it ever happened, etc. Bela theieving and conning, loving screwing Dean over in some situation; one-upping each other; Dean being a worthy adversary... the list goes on endlessly. XD I will take annnnnything featuring these two knuckleheads!!
Specific prompts:
-"Dean, darling - " "If you say it one more time, I'm going to deck you."
-The knife sliced into her gut and her first thought, which was even more infuriating than getting stabbed, was that Dean was right.
• Bela Talbot/Sam Winchester - The spark between these two was so, so brief and mostly contained to Sam having that random dream, but I'd love to see their dynamic explored like it never was on the show. What if he keeps having the dreams and Bela is too? What if they're connected, and monster-related, even though it certainly doesn't seem like it at first? Like maybe the dreams start getting longer and longer - Sam keeps needing more and more sleep - until he's not waking up, and Dean doesn't know what to do, and meanwhile inside the dream, Sam reazlizes the exact same thing is happening to Bela, that they're sharing the same dream and have to figure a way out. Alternatively, I'd love to see something where Bela basically gets captured by the boys and forced to work with them, then at the end, she sticks around (making excuses as to why, but it's really because she's grown to like/be close to Sam). Or what if long after Bela's died, she comes back as a demon (crossroads? Knight of Hell like Abaddon?), and Sam gets intent on saving her or something? Or she ends up helping them on a case or defeating a big bad?
Specific prompts:
-"It's very disturbing to me that it took you this long to figure that out."
-Her fingers slid over his chest, tracing idle patterns, and his skin prickled with goosebumps.
• Donna Hanscum/Dean Winchester - These two have such potential to be SO CUTE though. Donna is sunshine and smiles, willing to get her hands dirty, and relatively new to monster-hunting but she's totally taken it in stride. I wanna see Dean and Donna cooking for each other (maybe they need to go on a long stakeout, and Dean wants to buy fast food but Donna insists on cooking nice meals and Dean actually loves it), and Donna being a source of comfort for Dean. I think they're another pair that would make fabulous friends-to-lovers as they just find a soft place to be themselves together (emotionally). I wanna see Dean being protective of Donna (whether she needs it or not), and classic stitching-each-other-up and realizing feelings. And ya, maybe it's silly seeing as how one of the first times they met, they gave each other mutally approving looks while eating donuts, but I would love to see that be a thing - their thing. Going for donut runs after a rough monster hunt, going for coffee and donuts in the morning to get them through a day of research, going for donuts and a heavy talk when something is really bothering them and they won't talk about it otherwise. All the AUs welcome here!!
Specific prompts:
-"If you take that Boston Cream, we're done."
-His eyes were criminally green and it was just not fair, not a bit.
• Jo Harvelle/Sam Winchester - to be fair, I've always been more of a Jo/Dean girl, but I also think there was a lot of wasted potential with Jo and Sam. I think Sam's personality would have contrasted and gelled really well with Jo's much more fiery one. I wanna see them clashing a bit but getting along when it counts and being a really great team. Jo denying attraction but Sam noticing it anyways, and being the one to make the first move, and Jo gladly accepting. Powering through a hunt together (with or without Dean - preferably, if he's there or not, there's no Dean/Jo romance feelings involved), or getting stranded (car breaks down or elevator breaks down or hotel gets locked down, etc). Before she died or after. Bring on the AU's - they're both at a wedding where they know absolutely no one and after a mishap involving the other, they end up bonding and sitting on the sidelines making fun of the disaster the wedding devolves into; she's a mechanic and his car is having issues, and then he keeps coming back with new issues and excuses until she figures out that for at least the last three visits, he's been either making stuff up or damanging his car on purpose, so she grins and asks him out; food court/retail, 40s noir, both packbacking through Europe alone and wind up in the same horrible hostel twice. XD
Specific Prompts:
-"If I had a dime for every time I heard that particular sentence..."
-She decided it was his fault for being so tall. And toned. And smelling so damn good when he had no right to smell that damn good.
• Eileen Leahy/Sam Winchester - Okay, let's start with the fact that it was 100% criminal and not okay that they killed Eileen. Not only did they kill her so soon, but they gave us this GLORIOUS HOPE and CHEMISTRY with her and Sam and then they took it away. So, obviously, the number one thing I need here is that she isn't dead. Whether that means that she never really did die at the end of the season - they just thought she did, and she let people assume she was for cover purposes as she was nursed back to health - or she's brought back somehow (because Supernatural), she's gotta come back, and make it as hand-wavey as you need to, I'm in. XD I wanna see her come back and Sam give her a big bear hug because he liked her a lot and is so, so happy she's okay. I wanna see Sam learnign sign language to an obsessive degree, late at night long after Dean's goen to bed, and being a blushing adorable puppy as he signs to Eileen that he likes her, likes likes, and probably messing up some of the letters or words and Eileen giggles and corrects him. I wanna see them having long, philosophical conversations and going on book dates, and Dean teasing them all the time but actually super delighted that they're becoming a thing. I wanna see Sam and Eileen having a bunch of inside jokes that they sign to each other and make Dean crazy with. XD I wanna see Eileen trying to teach Dean and Cas and Mary sign language too, to varying degrees of success. Or AUs! Bookstore/library (the "i keep trying to borrow this one book and it's never in and A-HAH i found it's you and stop hoarding it oh wait you're cute and wanna read it together?!"), coffeeshop, dog shelter volunteers - give me two adorable, nerdy, sweethearts in love!
Specific Prompts:
-"You get that I can't lose you, right? I can't lose you."
-This was a bad idea. Going out at two a.m. was a bad idea, and driving three hours one way was a bad idea, and definitely buying the stupid pink drink was a very bad idea.
GRIMM
I have a lot less to say here (I know, shocking) than most of the other pairings because I just nee more Grimm fic in the world!
• Nick Burkhardt/Juliette Silverton - I loved these two to pieces. They had some great ups and downs, and I pretty much never stopped holding out hope that she'd come back to him somehow. So that's what I want to see more than anything here: Juliette coming back. Where this is set is up to you - mid-series, post-Eve, post-series, whatever. Eve was already starting to turn into a Juliette/Eve hybrid, so maybe that just continues until she's more Juliette than Eve (but retaining all of their collective memories). As much as think nick really did eventually love Adalind, I think his heart truly has never and will never stop loving Juliette. I don't want to see a complicated love triangle or Adalind dying necessarily, so there's gotta be a way to work that out (though of course Diana and Kelly complicate things further). Also, whatever happened to her? After she died and they changed her into Eve - how? How or why did she start to "change back"? Go AU - what if the coma stuff never happened, or the Sean stuff, or the kids or Adalind, etc. OR any kind of non-monster-related AU.
• Nick Burkhardt/Rosalee Calvert - I don't know how these two could work, since Monroe/Rosalee is literally the best thing ever, but I wanna see it. No affairs/infedelity, but either something where Nick and Rosalee fall for each other pre-her and Monroe, or where (gulp) Monroe dies, and Nick and Rosalee very slowly, eventually, come together through grief and much friendship and comfort.
• Rosalee Calvert/Monroe - THIS is the established relationship I am here for. In my likes and dislikes I said I preferred first meets/flirting, but with these two, give me all the adorable established reltionship things. I wanna see them doing random daily tasks, delighting in each other's quirks, sweet kisses, baths and books and holding hands, 5+1 - sunshine and fluff galore. Preferably nothing delaing with their kids/pregnanct/post-series, but if that's where the muse goes, go with it.
• Sean Renard/Juliette Silverton - them together was sticky and complex and magic-induced, but I wanna see more it. More of that messed up dynamic where they couldn't stay away no matter what. More heart-pounding makeout sessions (and more).
• Sean Renard/Adalind Schade - similar to the above, these two had a very rocky, roller coaster, complex dynamic from day one. I'm happy to see anything from any point in time - pre-series, when they were working together, when they were enemies, when they were forced together, or post-series. Give me complicated, give me somewhat toxic (playing each other? Forced relationship?). Give me AU's - conwoman and rich man she's stealing from, victorian-times arranged marraige (maintaining if they both have powers or not), super villain AU.
Cameos and plot involvement by Hank, Wu, Trubel, and Bud (especially Bud and Hank) are very, very welcome. ;D
Specific Prompts:
-"Would it make you feel better if I said it was a Wessen thing?"
-anything based in that bonkers season 6 episode where they all got loved cursed. XD
-"If you could go back, change it all... would you?"
-She smiled. All you ever need is a little poison.
-What if the keys lead to something else entirely?
-A dream is a wish your heart makes... or is it?
WONDER WOMAN (2017)
• Diana Prince/Steve Trevor - Look, I know everyone and their dog is writing a "Steve lived" fix it, but dear lord, give me all the Steve lived fics. I don't care if it's magic or time travel or he jumped out early miraculously. I don't care if actual angels are involved or he falls through a rip in the space time continuum and doesn't see Diana for a 100 years, I just need them together. Alternatively, give me all the AUs - different roles in the war, victorian AU, pre-war AU, post-war/1920's AU, modern day AU of any kind, Avengers AU (he's Cap? SHE's Cap?), Thomas Crowne Affair AU, Bourne Identity AU (she's Bourne, he's Maria), Pacific Rim AU... Just give me more of thier dynamic and chemistry and him giving her heart eyes every time she does something awesome. (Also feel free to mix her greiving with "deleted scene" flashbacks or something. Angst and lotsa love, yes good.)
Specific Prompts:
-maybe we'll get it right this time / i was standing in your doorway wishing someday you'd be mine / I don't want to miss you all the time
-Star Wars AU - she's a Jedi, he's a sexy hot-shot smuggler/space pirate
-"Let me drive." "You don't even know how to drive, so, no."
-She lifted her face to the sky and laughed, letting the rain spatter against her cheeks and eyelashes. He watched her under the awning, like she might be a little crazy but he kind of adored it.
-He coaxed her onto the dock and then swept his arm through the water, sending a wave of water cascading over her legs. "You're dead, Steve Trevor!" she screeched.
-the song "Warrior" by Aurora
HAPPY ENDINGS
(All. Fic or art.)
Look, the world just needs more Happy Endings. Dave/Penny are my ultimate jam here, but I just want any and all fic or art here. Alex and Dave are cutie-pies, Brad and Jane are legit #relationshipgoals, and Dave/Penny are prime for the perfect friends-to-lovers scheme. Penny's guy-of-the-week stuff is endlessly funny, as is the roommate shenanigans that go on with Dave and Max (and Brad). I would to see any number of typical sitcom tropes/situational nonsense involving any/all, especially with shippy scenarios. Pranks & shenanigans, misunderstandings, sitcommy tropes, best friends to lovers, accidentally in love, etc. Also so very down with doing something unexpectedly dark, angsty, apocalyptic, uncommon/non-canon pair, whatever - as long as a slice of banter/show typical hilarity remains in some form, and the ending is hopeful at the very least.
Specific Prompts:
-"Oh, that's what you meant by...yeah. I didn't get that." "Clearly."
-"Are we really hypothetically discussing who we'd eat first if we suddenly woke up as cannibals in an apocalypse? And why don't I find that more weird?"
-In the end, it only took three jellybeans, six straws, two paper plates, the last of the purple silly string, and a roll of toilet paper artfuly arranged around every limb before [he/she] woke up.
-"If you were a good friend, you'd say yes right now." "I'm not a good friend. After this many years of friendship, you should know that."
-Explaining how the couch was mostly blue was actually a lot less strange than trying to explain why they were half-naked and making out.
STAR TREK (2009/Alternate Original Series Movies)
• Kirk/Uhura - I enjoy Spock/Uhura, but I've always loved Jim and Uhura's chemistry. Show me Academy days where she decides to actually go out with him (maybe on a dare or losing a bet) and it actually goes pretty great, when Kirk's not showing off or trying sooo hard to impress her. Kirk giving up on her and going out with someone else and Uhura gets fiery with jealousy, even if she denies for a really long time, and then she makes some comment to Kirk that lets on how she's really feeling, and he gets all smug. Show me early Enterprise days with all the banter and sass and insults that are just teasing, and the entire being like "ohmygosh just bang already". She kisses him to shut him up. Fake dating/relationship. Show me Kirk hurting and vulnerable and she wasn't supposed to see it, but now that she has, he opens up to her. She calls him names as terms of endearment (ie. idiot, moron, you ass, etc; Spock is like ??? and McCoy gets to try to explain it to him).
• McCoy/Uhura - I think this is another pair that could really work nicely if given the chance. In the Academy days, when they bond over Kirk being an idiot or Enterprise days when they bond over Kirk being an idiot. XD A mission goes wrong and leaves the pair of them stranded or maybe the mission goes wrong and they're the only ones able to rescue everybody else. Some mutual pining and denial of feelings. How about a coffeeshop AU (she's the barista and he's the grumpy permanent customer with an IV into his veins; or, he's like Luke from Gilmore Girls and she's one of his regulars)? How about a pirates AU with high seas adventures and swahbuckling and treasure maps? I wanna see her getting under his grumpy exterior like Kirk did, see them having lots of quiet moments together, mutual respect and understanding, in any universe.
Specific Prompts:
-AU: first day at a new job and oh no my boss is the person I drunkenly hooked up with last weekend/night
-"You're insufferable." "I know."
-you’ve liked me for ages and were really obvious about it and I didn’t like all the attention but now you’re over me I really miss it and crap I think I like you too??
-"Did you think I forgot?" "Well...yeah?"
-somehow the darkness wakes me up / i felt this emptiness before / but all the times that i've been broken / i just come right back for more
-"Don't tell me it's going to be okay, because it's not, and it won't." "I wasn't going to."
-okay I know that being in the woods at 2am is a weird thing to be doing but my friend called me and - wait, why are you in the woods at 2am, crap I’m going to die aren’t I?
-With the ship coming down around their heads, it was her he reached for.
-AU: Our mutual friend set us up on a blind date and I thought I’d hate it but you’re actually… kind of funny? But because I expected to hate it in no way am I going to let you change my mind just because you’re gorgeous and funny and intelligent oh no my friend is not winning this
CHUCK
I just want to see some fabulous art here!! Show me the spies on missions and missions gone wrong - in the middle of heists or compromising positions, in typical spy set-ups and get ups (Mission Impossible!). Show me Ellie/Devon being adorably domestic (cooking, snuggling, napping on the couch in front of netflix, on vacation, etc), Morgan/Alex being adorably nerdy (video games, cosplay, fangirling over the new whatever, etc).
(Bryce/Carina, Sarah/Bryce, Morgan/Alex, Ellie/Devon)
AGENTS OF SHIELD
• Bobbi/Mack - Honestly, it's a crime that Bobbi is gone and we never got to see more of her and Mack. Their broship was epic and beautiful, and I just want to see so, so much more it. These two are prime for an awesome slow burn fic. Sparring, being perfect wingmans for each other, and accidentally falling in love without noticing it happening. All the AUs, friend, all the AUs.
• Mack/Yoyo - this couple is everything to me and virtually one of the only reasons I'm sticking with AOS right now (I just don't feel otherwise hooked on it). These two have MAD chemistry and a developing epic love that I want to see explored in every crevice. How about him recovering from the Framework? How about more bantering and flirting before they became official? How about THEIR WEDDING!! Fluff - I need all the fluff - with a delicious slice of angst swirled in there. I wanna see them doing thoughtful litle things for each other, or doing things without thinking that show how well they know each other. As always, go for some sort of fun, no-powers, random AU. ;)
Specific Prompts:
-"Fever" by Peggy Lee
-"How did you know I like this?" "You kidding me? You drink the stuff five times a day. How could I not."
-He was just out of reach. With a cry, she surged forward, latching her fingers onto his wrist.
-A walk in the rain turns into laughing and kissing in the rain.
-AU: “you were trying to make a snow angel but the snow is too deep and you can’t get back up and i’m trying to decide whether to keep laughing at you or help you” au
-AU: Accidentally fell asleep on each other on the train
MAN FROM UNCLE (2015 MOVIE)
• Napoleon/Gaby - As much as aDORE me some Gaby/Illya, now I wanna see some Gaby/Napoleon. For starters, she is 100% done with saucy charms, so he can't use them. I'd love to see Illya trying to wingman for Napoleon with her, which would be hilariously awkward since Illya isn't *super* smooth. I'd like to see Gaby liking Napoleon way more in their downtime when he's just being chill rather than trying to impress her - she probably tells him so to his face. I wanna see typical spy shenanigans - missions gone slick and smooth, missions gone horribly awry, all the missions; honeypot and kissing to maintain cover and fake!married, etc. Pre-mission prep (gun cleaning? Wardrobe and disguise help? Recon and stakeouts?) and post-mission stuff (injury recovery? Stitching each other up? Hiding out somewhere until the bad guys are gone?). What if they get burned by their agencies and have to go on the run? Illya stays behind in his agency, not burned, and does everything he can to help them not get found or killed by bad guys. Or how about a sports AU (she's a champion tennis player, he's a rich playboy wanting to invest in her career and she's like go away but actually he's nice and knowledgeable and not the playboy she thought??) or a coffeeshop AU (Illya's the grumpy barista and she's his coworker and Napoleon's this dude who comes in way too often to be normal and finally Illya tells her that Napoleon has a crush on Gaby)? No messy love triangle scenarios (or jealousy/bitterness from Illya).
Specific Prompts:
-“Does anyone have a spare blowtorch?”
-AU: I sat down in the wrong class and I’m panicking but don’t want to get up and leave because the class has started and you think it’s hilarious and shut up you, you don’t know me aahhh
-AU: We live in a world where the greek gods are real and you went and got yourself cursed and now I have to go on a fucking quest to sort this shit out why do I love you again?
-"Well, that went horribly awry, didn't it?" She 'hmmed' with the kind of rolling tone that was chalk full of 'I told you so'.
-He looked different, out there on the balcony, watching the water and the way the moonlight painted the ripples.
-"Put your hands somewhere useful."
-On the run for weeks and finally out of plans and exits, they decide to go out with a bang.
If you read any(or all??????) of the blurbs, bless you, you kind patient soul and I am so sorry for my rambling. Regardless, I hope you have plenty of ideas and I am so excited to see what you come up with, no matter what. Thank you for participating in this challenge! You are the best!
If you need any help on what to do for me, talk to stars-inthe-sky who knows me v well. :D And last of all, here's my other stuff if you want it for any reason:
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~Red Bess
(P.S. To anyone not doing Rare Pair fest, or anyone reading this well after the fact and sees something potentially inspiring: do it. link me. write all the things!!)
Above all, thank you, thank you for creating for me. I'm a huge messy rambler, hence this beastly letter outside of my prompts. Please note that optional details are optional, so please don't feel obligated or pressure or cramped. Take those prompts and run - combine, blend, flip them, twist them, ignore them and go sideways, whatever. Thank you for your work in advance! :D
General likes/dislikes under the first cut, and blurbs for alllllllllll the ships under the second cut.
General Likes/Dislikes
I absolutely do not want any noncon, abuse, suicide, extended torture, super relentlessly dark fic, bleak endings. I don't enjoy slash or implied slash, horror/gore, kinky sex, threesomes/moresomes, mpreg, cross generational ships, incest. I prefer not to receive smut/PWP as I'm very picky about the smut I read (though some vanilla het sexy times would not go amiss, if I'm being honest XD). Painting canon ships or certain characters in a really ugly light *in order* to make a different ship work.
I would rather not recieve high school/college AUs, rock band AUs, deaged fic, kid fic, fics focused on kids/pregnancy - just not interesting to me! No sticky/dramatic/angsty love traingles - I'm over it. (Light-hearted 'like' traingles are a-ok, tho.)
AND NOW, THE FUN THINGS!
Likes:
I adore unexpected/reluctant broships, sass & snark, gen fic, UST with a payoff, angst, fluff, witty banter, flirting. TIME TRAVEL ANYTHING - Groundhog Day AUs, time loop shenanigans, oops woke up in the wrong decade, and hand-wavey science/magic to do it, whatever. I'm in.
For shippy fic, I prefer flirting and falling in love over established relationship - especially really great "terrible first meeting" and/or fun AU style meets and falling in love scenarios. But I'm also totally happy getting good established relationship stuff too (ex. food fights, sleepy Sundays, slice of life). Ratings-wise I'd prefer to keep it PG-13, but I am totally down for a "light R" in terms of darkness as long it ends on a very hopeful note, or vanilla het sexy times if the muse so calls for it. Makeout sessions, sizzling looks, flirty banter, and general high chemistry between characters clearly encouraged. XD
I'll take any genre (except horror), including angst, hurt/comfort, action/spy/heist, adventure, apocafic, pranks & shenanigans, slow burn, 5+1, mutal pining with a payoff, light fluff. Making light fandoms dark or dark fandoms light. (I also love gen fic!)
I'm totally cool with tropes, especially: enemies to lovers, best friends to lovers, there's only one bed, fake dating/married, we both are here to kill the same person oops, accidentally in love (and everyone knows it but us), found family, protective characters, I hate you stop saving my life, I thought you were dead and I said/did something really embarassing and you're not so now what (ex. the classic confession of love as someone is unconcious except their not), stranded and realizing feelings.
And I'm super down for crossovers and AUs! Like, assassins/thieves/spies, fairytale, coffeeshop, 40s detective/noir, Supernatural (monster hunters) being some particular favs, but if you see anything in any of these lists that catches your fancy, go for it. I'm totally good with fusions.
With these rare pairs, the thing I am MOST interested in exploring is how they work together or how they could work together, in the case of the ultra rare/non-canon (at all) ones. I want to see what circumstances and what scenario could result in flirting/romance/kisses from them, whether it's only slighty AU or full on new universe AU or anything in between. :D
tl;dr: unexpected/reluctant broships, sass, time travel, angst + humor/banter, yes to tropes, yes to happy or hopeful endings.
Thank you, thank you!
Now: please feel free NOT to proceed - I'm going to include the prompts I added in the form, as well as blurbs for each ship (ideas for the ships, images, what I'd love to see, whatever). Feel free to ignore because this is a lot of text (since I don't know what you're getting matched on, I gotta include it all). Feel free to combine, blend, use prompts from other sections to whatever section you're after, go where the muse blows you. I am excited about all of these pairings, so pick whatever sparks your inspiration!! \o/
I repeat, optional details are optional and I am a big huge rambler. XD My "prompts" for your reference, and the blurbs are because
(also, it should be noted just in case, but every post contains spoilers for that respective fandom.)
Fandom Specific
(Note for all: non-canon scenarios just as welcome as canon scenarios, as long as nothing is OOC. :D)
CROSSOVER FANDOM
THE BOUNTY OF CHOICES IN THIS CATEGORY, DEAR LORD. I had such fun and such a hard time choosing. But here's the 10 I ended up with, plus the prompts I submitted, plus blurbs!
• Dean Winchester (Supernatural)/Rose Tyler (Doctor Who): I read a Dean/Rose fic once that stuck with me. The idea that Rose gets left behind and has to make it work in a world of monsters - I've always wanted more of that. Her dealing with monsters instead of aliens; hunting and the grittiness of a hunter's life. Her missing the Doctor, but falling for Dean when she never intended to. Alternatively, I wanna see a typical DW alien situation happening on earth - the boys track it, thinking it's monster related, and are in for a rude awakening. Ruder, when the Doctor and Rose show up (Nine or Ten - love 'em both!) to take Care Of Things, and the boys get to find out there's ALIENS out there. Lots of flirting between Dean and Rose (which incurs some adorable jealous bits from the Doctor, and plenty of eye rolls from Sam), and they probably kiss before she runs off with the Doctor again. ;D
Specific Prompts:
- "So. Aliens. What is this, X-Files?" "Just call me Mulder." "Oh, hell no - I'm not being Scully."
- Turns out that banshee blood is really hard to get out of fabric which is honestly something she never needed to know.
• Dean Winchester (Supernatural)/Peggy Carter (Agent Carter): there's been various time travel things on SPN, so I'd love to that come into play here. Dean falls back and has to run a monster-of-the-week case with Peggy (she initially thinks he's a dope but then she sees he's actually super capable and has a heart of gold beneath that dumb pick up line exterior!?). Alternatively, a full on Avengers AU (maybe Dean is Captain America) or a modern AU of some description where they just meet unexpectedly, no monsters or time travel or anything involved.
Specific Prompts:
- "All of this can be quite easily explained." "Okay, then explain it." "Well. I can't exactly."
- He knew he shouldn't have been staring at her lips, but they were just this brilliant, deep red that he couldn't help wishing he could taste. Just once, just to satisfy his curiosity.
• Dean Winchester (Supernatural)/Jenny Mills (Sleepy Hollow): oh gosh, these shows dovetail so nicely, how is this not more of a thing in fandom! I'm of course talking Sleepy Hollow season 1, maybe 2, only. I wanna see cases of weird supernatural going-ons collide - the Winchesters show up in Sleepy Hollow and end up teaming up with Ichabod, Abbie, and Jenny. There's of initial mistrust, followed by a monster encounter that buys some trust on all fronts. Sam and Ichabod bond over history and books, Dean flirts with Abbie and Jenny (Abbie who isn't having any of it, Jenny can't help flirting back, much to Abbie's plentiful eyerolling), and then Jenny and Dean compare weaponry and methods of breaking and entering, etc. ;D Maybe there's an another impending apocalypse, maybe the boys are there to stop Moloch with Abbie and the gang, maybe it's just something where only Dean and Jenny cross paths when Jenny is out theiving/conning and drinks/banter ensue. :D
Specific Prompts:
- "There's always an apocalypse to stop."
- Maybe if he wasn't flat on his back, wheezing and hearing a monster roar, he would have agreed.
• Diana Prince (Wonder Woman)/Steve Rogers (Captain America) - I want to see these two interacting on pretty much any level. Maybe during World War 2, maybe during the Avengers era, maybe a no-powers AU. Maybe Steve is actually the SSR agent (Peggy's role) and Diana becomes Cap. I don't know - I don't even have a real prompt for this one, I just want to see them in the same room! Maybe bonding over lost loves, lost soldiers, lost friends. Maybe bonding over how hard and fast they can throw a shield. ;D
Specific Prompts:
- She wouldn't change it. No, that was a lie. She'd grown used to the fact that she couldn't change it - there was a difference. And one look at his face told her he knew that feeling as intimately as she did.
- The best part, he decided, was she could hold his liquor even better than he could.
• Diana Prince (Wonder Woman)/Bucky Barnes (Captain America/Winter Soldier) - This pair presents so many interesting ideas to me. Does she know him because she knew Steve Rogers? Did she meet Bucky sometime before the war, or during? Did she find him and rescue him from Hydra? Does she meet him after he's the Winter Soldier, or when he's on the run between WS and Civil War? If it's pre-WS, I wanna see banter and charm from him, which Diana can totally see right through but she likes anyways. Maybe they have a night on the town before she has to move on, maybe they go to a carnival or a cinema, or they do something Diana has never done before. If post-WS, maybe she helps him recover from his trauma. Maybe she introduces him to things he's forgotten. Maybe, since Diana is ageless, it's BOTH pre and post war.
Specific Prompts:
- "Mac and cheese?" "Hold on, are you telling me you've never had mac and cheese?" "I don't even know what you're saying."
- Sleek, bold, fierce - deadly. A weapon with untold strength and power. A human - or, some semblance of one.
• Bucky Barnes (Captain America/Winter Soldier)/Juliet Burke (LOST) - The fact that there's a LOST character intrigues the heck out of me, so I had to request this. What if he was on flight 815? Is he the Sawyer-like role of the castaways? What if he searches for Juliet after she goes missing to the island? What if they're just two strangers in a coffeeshop? What if she's stuck being a HYDRA pawn but she helps him escape captivity? What if it's a Just Like Heaven AU and she's dead and he needs her apartment? GO NUTS. I want to see how this could work! ;D
Specific Prompts:
- He held his breath and shut his eyes and waited. Waited for the inevitable - the worst kind of waiting.
- "You have no idea what's going on here, do you?" "Do you?"
• Sam Winchester (Supernatural)/Bobbi Morse (Agents of SHIELD) - Sam stumbles onto a SHIELD op and Bobbi's forced to play him, until he figures things out he's not supposed to, and damn he's smart so Bobbi lets him into the loop a little. Or, the one where Sam helps save the world from a super villain by kissing the (hot secret agent) girl. Alternatively, I'd love to see Bobbi getting mixed up with some monsters - she does some research to figure out what the hell, which leads her to the Ghostfacers, which leads her to Sam. Chemistry ensues and Bobbi has an adventure in monster-hunting. Or, as always, some sort of unexpected AU! (I realize Adrienne plays both Jess and Bobbi, so if there's something there - they're sisters/twins, Jess never died but became Bobbi, or Jess was one of Bobbi's aliases or something - go with it. :D)
Specific Prompts:
- She smacked down and blood filled her mouth. Oh, hell no.
- "You can punch." "You sound surprised."
• Therea Rubel (Grimm)/Stiles Silinski (Teen Wolf) - The one where Trubel goes undercover at Beacon Hills high school because something is UP in this town and somebody needs to investigate if it's Wessen or not. Stiles thinks she's cute but also totally intimidating and terrifying, and of course makes awkward small talk and probably makes a bit of a fool of himself, but she can't help thinking he's cute too. Then some wolf-related/supernatural/Wessen something goes down, which brings them together and she's like "you know about this stuff?!" and he's like "YOU know about this stuff?!" (and thinks he might be a little in love with her when she wields some axes/machetes and dispatches a gnarly supernatural beast). Bonus points if she kisses him after the big encounter: "That was for saving my ass back there." (because he did!)
Specific Prompts:
- "People call me Trubel." "Yeaaaah, okay." "What? What do people call you?" "Um. Stiles. Point taken."
- If he didn't know better - which he did, because he never had that kind of luck with girls, let alone edgy-looking girls with pink lips and dark eyes and a leather jacket and a swagger that was pretty much the best thing he'd seen - he'd say she was...smiling at him.
• Steve Trevor (Wonder Woman)/Peggy Carter (Captain America/Agent Carter) - Either Peggy's in WW1 instead and meets Steve, or he's in WW2 instead and meets her. Or maybe there's time travel involved for one of them, or maybe somehow after he dies, he wakes up in her apartment. I wanna see them navigating war together, punching out bad guys, and falling in love with how capable and strong the other one is. Maybe she ropes him into working for the SSR or SHIELD. Or he ropes her into going on some sort of undercover mission with Charlie, Chief, and Sammy. Alternatvely, unexpected modern AU! Bakery, modern-day spies, Inception AU, retail (she's the disgruntled clerk and he's the gorgeous blue-eyed customer who makes her day), bar/pub AU (he's the bartender and she gets stood up on a blind date), etc etc. Shoot for the stars, my friend (ASTRONAUT AU??) - and up to you if Steve Roger or Diana Prince ever existed in Peggy and Steve T's respective lives.
Specific Prompts:
-"That's not how it's supposed to go." "Oh, who's being the traditional one now?"
- The walls came crumbling down and there he stood, forgetting to breathe.
MCU
I'd love to see fic OR art for any of these!
• Gamora/Peter Quill (MCU) - I think these two knuckleheads have great chemistry, and I really love the dynamic we've seen in both movies, especially the second one ("Some unspoken thing"). I'd love to see a continuation of that - them dancing around their feelings, and showing they care without ever saying it aloud. Fighting battles and aliens and saving the galaxy, with a little bit of flirting and lots of friendship. I'd love to see one day Gamora droping a flirty comment or saying something really sweet about Peter without intending to, and then of course he gets all shocked and she tries to take it back, and then he's insufferably smug and teases her and yells about it to the others. XD
Specific Prompts:
- "I heard that! I heard exactly what you said!" "You heard wrong, as usual."
- She gripped his hand and she didn't have to say a word, because he could read it in her eyes, across her face. He smiled a little and her lips up curved up just slightly in return.
• James "Bucky" Barnes/Jane Foster (MCU) - Jane gets voluntold, by Darcy, to help the Avengers heal Bucky because she knows science. Despite Jane's fervent protests that she doesn't know anything about the kind of science Bucky needs, somehow they end up spending hours upon hours in Stark labs with others working on solutions to break the brainwashing. And somehow that turns into evenings in the common room talking and sharing books and food, and somehow that turns into Something More. Or, unexpected modern AU! Flowershop, book store, the "I just hit you with my car and this is so bad but oh God you're cute and somehow not mad and oh no", the "there's only one table in this crowded coffeeshop and I can see you're really busy but I won't bother you I just want to sit and oh hi we have the same book??", the "Darcy's dragging me to her ex's wedding but she's bringing a date now and I'm sure as hell not going as third wheel and I barely know you but you're the only one in the Tower so please please come with me", etc. XD
Specific Prompt:
-"You're sure you know what you're doing?" "Sure, yeah. -(someone snorts with laughter)- You shut up."
- The song "Say When" by the Fray: my own two arms will carry you, tonight / tonight / just say when
• James "Bucky" Barnes/Maria Hill (MCU) - competence!kink ftw. I wanna see them sparring and bonding and having drinks, maybe some casual sex that turns into Something More. I wanna see them shooting things and punching things and shooting smug smirks in each other's directions and having a bunch of inside jokes and everyone else is like "?!?!?". I wanna see these two black haired, blue-eyed beauties being pals who respect the heck out of each other and each other's skills, and become this unexepected but totally natural fit. Whether this is Avengers-time, Maria in the past (via time-travel or just an AU where she's alive then), or a total AU (no SHIELD, no Avengers), I'm game.
Specific Prompts:
-"I'm pretty good with my hands." "I'll say."
-So what if he knew her Starbucks order. And that her files were color-coded, alphabetical, and scarily organized, and that she led with her right fist when she wanted to smack you with a crushing uppercut, and that she did this little smirk when she was holding back an "I told you so".
• James "Bucky" Barnes/Gamora (MCU) - This is SUCH an interesting dynamic to consider!! We all assume when the Guardians and the Avengers meet, Rocket will make plenty of jokes about Bucky's arm, that Peter will probs bond with Steve (men out of time), Thor will be able to translate for Groot, Natasha and Gamora will have epic sparring sessions (and be eye-rolling at the boys lots), but Gamora and Bucky? I feel like she could totally get what he went through because of her (and Nebula's) experiences with Thanos. I feel like they'd be able to confide in each other about the horrors they've seen and DONE, being assassins/tools for evil people. I wanna see them spending quiet time together - not talking, just away from everyone else, thankful for the company but needing no words, no pressure, no need to share. I wanna see them star-gazing and whispering about the kills that haunt them most, and holding onto each other like a lifeline they didn't know they ever needed. I wanna see them teaming up to prank the heck out of Rocket and Peter, and some Avengers too.
Specific Prompts:
-She didn't look at him like a monster, like a killer. She looked at him like a fellow victim, where no words were enough to describe the level to which she understood the darkness and pain that would never be scrubbed from his soul.
-"Why does Rocket keep asking about my arm?"
• Maria Hill/T'Challa (MCU) - When I saw this pair, the first thought that came to my mind was them arguing in some sort of diploamtic space - a hearing, a courtroom, something lawyer-y or politcal - one-upping each other, being way too good at their jobs, and then leaving the room on fire, totally attracted to their opponent. Whether this is canon/semi-canon related (SHIELD rep and Wakanda rep at some Accords-esque meeting perhaps) or whether it's a lawyer AU, I'm so in. Give me these two being fierce and arguing their cases like a boss, and pretty much going from "you're the worst" to "oh wow you actually are incredibly smart and good at this" to "okay kiss me with that brilliant mouth". XD
Specific Prompts:
- "I will not relent."
- The worst part, she decided, was not how articulate he was or how intelligiently he argued her down. It was the soft-spoekn voice and the fire burning in his eyes, and the fact that the longer this went on, the more she wanted to hear that voice outside this room.
• Natasha Romanov/T'Challa (MCU) - I think these two had some nice chemistry in Civil War, as pals, but also the potential could be there for a romance down the road (I know Natasha kind of ends up being the fandom bicycle, but. I still wanna see this. XD). The respect between them is clear and awesome, and I'd love to see that furthered - them leaning on each other during crazy events, Avengers-related or not. Getting and giving advice, a really great friends to lover type thing; keeping track of winning debates (with each other or with others) or good-naturedly one-upping each other in other areas. Alternatively, any kind of AU! Monster-hunting (can you just imagine them splattered with monster-blood, wielding guns and machetes and giving each smug smiles as they try to one up the other in monster kills?!), thieves (they're both trying to steal the same priceless artefact the same night oops - cat and mouse game ensues), fantasy (prince falls in love with the kingdom's best knight), library (he's working the desk and getting worried about her when she keeps coming in open till close, with five coffees and looking like she hasn't slept in weeks), musical (competitive violinists!), etc.
Specific Prompts:
-If this was what he called a good date, she was concerned to know what he considered a bad one.
-"That makes five." "Are you keeping track?" "You aren't?" "Of course. And it's actually six."
• Nebula/Kraglin Obfonteri (MCU) - This is probably the oddest pairing I picked out on this entire thing, but I couldn't help it. When I read it, my first thought was of Kraglin being extra kind to her. He's nice to her in GOTG2, of course, but what if Nebula comes back to the gang and sort of sticks around - of course making constant comments about how she hates everyone and everything and she's going to leave right now or later or tomorrow but she never quite does, and everyone knows it's because she has no where else to go and that her and Gamora have a very, very complicated bond. So what if Nebula's lashing out and Kraglin brings her food, or random things she needs (parts for her body? Oil? Tech/microchips?), and maybe she snaps at him at first, despising his pity, but then she realizes he's not pitying her. He's not pressing her for her story or even judging her for all the horrors she's done, even recently. And then she kind of maybe even likes it, though she'd literally rather pull her tongue out of her own mouth then admit it. ;) (Bonus points if he's literally the first, possibly only, person she's ever managed to genuinely say 'thank you' to, for any reason).
Specific Prompts:
-"What makes you think I would want that?" "Well, yer human, ain't ya?" She wants to bite out a scathing 'no' - she's never been human. But he's not expecting an answer. He just sets it down and walks away and Nebula stares, struck and caught off guard for possibly the first time in her life.
-The song "Breathing Underwater" by Metric - is this my life / oh, am i breathing under water
• Pepper Potts/James "Rhodey" Rhodes (MCU) - I'm big into Tony/Pepper, but I really like the idea of this. I feel like the only way it could happen is if Tony ever becomes honestly, truly, 100% over Pepper and suddenly decides that she and Rhodey should be together because he's the only person good enough for Pepper or vice versa in Tony's opinion (he arranges the first date, which is awkward at first when Pepper and Rhodey realize they've been tricked into going under false pretenses; the first few minutes is spent being mutally irritated with Tony and ranting about his eccentricities, followed by actually a pretty good date?!). OR, Tony dies (which is awful!!) and very, very slowly through grief and pain and comfort, Pepper and Rhodey come together. Basically no matter how this goes down, Tony has to be okay and okay with it or properly out fo the picture - no Tony bashing or love traingles or angst in that department (*unless it's grief). So whether it's a total AU - maybe Tony and Pepper never got together, and instead she goes out with Rhodey; maybe it's a no Avengers AU where they get set up on a blind date or she's a liason to the army who gets a crush on the cute officer - or something canon-related, Tony has to be okay and okay with them together. ;D
Specific Prompts:
-"I'm going to kill him." "Not if I kill him first."
-In some ways, it was natural, he thought. They'd both known Tony for years, worked together, gone to parties together, wrangled Tony together, held their breath and held hands and waited for Tony to come home when the world was ending. Together.
SUPERNATURAL
• Bela Talbot/Dean Winchester - OTP!! Somewhere along the way, these two became my bread and butter. I love their dynamic - the push-pull, the chemistry and banter, the snark and sass, and the equal potential for greatness or toxicity or both. My absolute fav episode of SPN is Red Sky At Morning - I looove the Dean/Bela banter, the heist-feel, the pirates/ghost ship, seeing a hint of Bela's heart and backstory, the humor with Sam and Gert, the way that ep ends with the exploding pirates in the rain, EVERYTHING. Literally anything with the same feel of that episode is my jam. Casefic, monster-of-the-week, tropes to the max (kiss to keep our cover, sharing a bed, fake relationship that oops develops real feelings, enemies to lovers), a pinch of hatesex, whatever! Hit me all the snark and sass and chemistry and hidden feelings that just barely peek out - being accidentally vulnerable, or vulnerable on purpose but denying it ever happened, etc. Bela theieving and conning, loving screwing Dean over in some situation; one-upping each other; Dean being a worthy adversary... the list goes on endlessly. XD I will take annnnnything featuring these two knuckleheads!!
Specific prompts:
-"Dean, darling - " "If you say it one more time, I'm going to deck you."
-The knife sliced into her gut and her first thought, which was even more infuriating than getting stabbed, was that Dean was right.
• Bela Talbot/Sam Winchester - The spark between these two was so, so brief and mostly contained to Sam having that random dream, but I'd love to see their dynamic explored like it never was on the show. What if he keeps having the dreams and Bela is too? What if they're connected, and monster-related, even though it certainly doesn't seem like it at first? Like maybe the dreams start getting longer and longer - Sam keeps needing more and more sleep - until he's not waking up, and Dean doesn't know what to do, and meanwhile inside the dream, Sam reazlizes the exact same thing is happening to Bela, that they're sharing the same dream and have to figure a way out. Alternatively, I'd love to see something where Bela basically gets captured by the boys and forced to work with them, then at the end, she sticks around (making excuses as to why, but it's really because she's grown to like/be close to Sam). Or what if long after Bela's died, she comes back as a demon (crossroads? Knight of Hell like Abaddon?), and Sam gets intent on saving her or something? Or she ends up helping them on a case or defeating a big bad?
Specific prompts:
-"It's very disturbing to me that it took you this long to figure that out."
-Her fingers slid over his chest, tracing idle patterns, and his skin prickled with goosebumps.
• Donna Hanscum/Dean Winchester - These two have such potential to be SO CUTE though. Donna is sunshine and smiles, willing to get her hands dirty, and relatively new to monster-hunting but she's totally taken it in stride. I wanna see Dean and Donna cooking for each other (maybe they need to go on a long stakeout, and Dean wants to buy fast food but Donna insists on cooking nice meals and Dean actually loves it), and Donna being a source of comfort for Dean. I think they're another pair that would make fabulous friends-to-lovers as they just find a soft place to be themselves together (emotionally). I wanna see Dean being protective of Donna (whether she needs it or not), and classic stitching-each-other-up and realizing feelings. And ya, maybe it's silly seeing as how one of the first times they met, they gave each other mutally approving looks while eating donuts, but I would love to see that be a thing - their thing. Going for donut runs after a rough monster hunt, going for coffee and donuts in the morning to get them through a day of research, going for donuts and a heavy talk when something is really bothering them and they won't talk about it otherwise. All the AUs welcome here!!
Specific prompts:
-"If you take that Boston Cream, we're done."
-His eyes were criminally green and it was just not fair, not a bit.
• Jo Harvelle/Sam Winchester - to be fair, I've always been more of a Jo/Dean girl, but I also think there was a lot of wasted potential with Jo and Sam. I think Sam's personality would have contrasted and gelled really well with Jo's much more fiery one. I wanna see them clashing a bit but getting along when it counts and being a really great team. Jo denying attraction but Sam noticing it anyways, and being the one to make the first move, and Jo gladly accepting. Powering through a hunt together (with or without Dean - preferably, if he's there or not, there's no Dean/Jo romance feelings involved), or getting stranded (car breaks down or elevator breaks down or hotel gets locked down, etc). Before she died or after. Bring on the AU's - they're both at a wedding where they know absolutely no one and after a mishap involving the other, they end up bonding and sitting on the sidelines making fun of the disaster the wedding devolves into; she's a mechanic and his car is having issues, and then he keeps coming back with new issues and excuses until she figures out that for at least the last three visits, he's been either making stuff up or damanging his car on purpose, so she grins and asks him out; food court/retail, 40s noir, both packbacking through Europe alone and wind up in the same horrible hostel twice. XD
Specific Prompts:
-"If I had a dime for every time I heard that particular sentence..."
-She decided it was his fault for being so tall. And toned. And smelling so damn good when he had no right to smell that damn good.
• Eileen Leahy/Sam Winchester - Okay, let's start with the fact that it was 100% criminal and not okay that they killed Eileen. Not only did they kill her so soon, but they gave us this GLORIOUS HOPE and CHEMISTRY with her and Sam and then they took it away. So, obviously, the number one thing I need here is that she isn't dead. Whether that means that she never really did die at the end of the season - they just thought she did, and she let people assume she was for cover purposes as she was nursed back to health - or she's brought back somehow (because Supernatural), she's gotta come back, and make it as hand-wavey as you need to, I'm in. XD I wanna see her come back and Sam give her a big bear hug because he liked her a lot and is so, so happy she's okay. I wanna see Sam learnign sign language to an obsessive degree, late at night long after Dean's goen to bed, and being a blushing adorable puppy as he signs to Eileen that he likes her, likes likes, and probably messing up some of the letters or words and Eileen giggles and corrects him. I wanna see them having long, philosophical conversations and going on book dates, and Dean teasing them all the time but actually super delighted that they're becoming a thing. I wanna see Sam and Eileen having a bunch of inside jokes that they sign to each other and make Dean crazy with. XD I wanna see Eileen trying to teach Dean and Cas and Mary sign language too, to varying degrees of success. Or AUs! Bookstore/library (the "i keep trying to borrow this one book and it's never in and A-HAH i found it's you and stop hoarding it oh wait you're cute and wanna read it together?!"), coffeeshop, dog shelter volunteers - give me two adorable, nerdy, sweethearts in love!
Specific Prompts:
-"You get that I can't lose you, right? I can't lose you."
-This was a bad idea. Going out at two a.m. was a bad idea, and driving three hours one way was a bad idea, and definitely buying the stupid pink drink was a very bad idea.
GRIMM
I have a lot less to say here (I know, shocking) than most of the other pairings because I just nee more Grimm fic in the world!
• Nick Burkhardt/Juliette Silverton - I loved these two to pieces. They had some great ups and downs, and I pretty much never stopped holding out hope that she'd come back to him somehow. So that's what I want to see more than anything here: Juliette coming back. Where this is set is up to you - mid-series, post-Eve, post-series, whatever. Eve was already starting to turn into a Juliette/Eve hybrid, so maybe that just continues until she's more Juliette than Eve (but retaining all of their collective memories). As much as think nick really did eventually love Adalind, I think his heart truly has never and will never stop loving Juliette. I don't want to see a complicated love triangle or Adalind dying necessarily, so there's gotta be a way to work that out (though of course Diana and Kelly complicate things further). Also, whatever happened to her? After she died and they changed her into Eve - how? How or why did she start to "change back"? Go AU - what if the coma stuff never happened, or the Sean stuff, or the kids or Adalind, etc. OR any kind of non-monster-related AU.
• Nick Burkhardt/Rosalee Calvert - I don't know how these two could work, since Monroe/Rosalee is literally the best thing ever, but I wanna see it. No affairs/infedelity, but either something where Nick and Rosalee fall for each other pre-her and Monroe, or where (gulp) Monroe dies, and Nick and Rosalee very slowly, eventually, come together through grief and much friendship and comfort.
• Rosalee Calvert/Monroe - THIS is the established relationship I am here for. In my likes and dislikes I said I preferred first meets/flirting, but with these two, give me all the adorable established reltionship things. I wanna see them doing random daily tasks, delighting in each other's quirks, sweet kisses, baths and books and holding hands, 5+1 - sunshine and fluff galore. Preferably nothing delaing with their kids/pregnanct/post-series, but if that's where the muse goes, go with it.
• Sean Renard/Juliette Silverton - them together was sticky and complex and magic-induced, but I wanna see more it. More of that messed up dynamic where they couldn't stay away no matter what. More heart-pounding makeout sessions (and more).
• Sean Renard/Adalind Schade - similar to the above, these two had a very rocky, roller coaster, complex dynamic from day one. I'm happy to see anything from any point in time - pre-series, when they were working together, when they were enemies, when they were forced together, or post-series. Give me complicated, give me somewhat toxic (playing each other? Forced relationship?). Give me AU's - conwoman and rich man she's stealing from, victorian-times arranged marraige (maintaining if they both have powers or not), super villain AU.
Cameos and plot involvement by Hank, Wu, Trubel, and Bud (especially Bud and Hank) are very, very welcome. ;D
Specific Prompts:
-"Would it make you feel better if I said it was a Wessen thing?"
-anything based in that bonkers season 6 episode where they all got loved cursed. XD
-"If you could go back, change it all... would you?"
-She smiled. All you ever need is a little poison.
-What if the keys lead to something else entirely?
-A dream is a wish your heart makes... or is it?
WONDER WOMAN (2017)
• Diana Prince/Steve Trevor - Look, I know everyone and their dog is writing a "Steve lived" fix it, but dear lord, give me all the Steve lived fics. I don't care if it's magic or time travel or he jumped out early miraculously. I don't care if actual angels are involved or he falls through a rip in the space time continuum and doesn't see Diana for a 100 years, I just need them together. Alternatively, give me all the AUs - different roles in the war, victorian AU, pre-war AU, post-war/1920's AU, modern day AU of any kind, Avengers AU (he's Cap? SHE's Cap?), Thomas Crowne Affair AU, Bourne Identity AU (she's Bourne, he's Maria), Pacific Rim AU... Just give me more of thier dynamic and chemistry and him giving her heart eyes every time she does something awesome. (Also feel free to mix her greiving with "deleted scene" flashbacks or something. Angst and lotsa love, yes good.)
Specific Prompts:
-maybe we'll get it right this time / i was standing in your doorway wishing someday you'd be mine / I don't want to miss you all the time
-Star Wars AU - she's a Jedi, he's a sexy hot-shot smuggler/space pirate
-"Let me drive." "You don't even know how to drive, so, no."
-She lifted her face to the sky and laughed, letting the rain spatter against her cheeks and eyelashes. He watched her under the awning, like she might be a little crazy but he kind of adored it.
-He coaxed her onto the dock and then swept his arm through the water, sending a wave of water cascading over her legs. "You're dead, Steve Trevor!" she screeched.
-the song "Warrior" by Aurora
HAPPY ENDINGS
(All. Fic or art.)
Look, the world just needs more Happy Endings. Dave/Penny are my ultimate jam here, but I just want any and all fic or art here. Alex and Dave are cutie-pies, Brad and Jane are legit #relationshipgoals, and Dave/Penny are prime for the perfect friends-to-lovers scheme. Penny's guy-of-the-week stuff is endlessly funny, as is the roommate shenanigans that go on with Dave and Max (and Brad). I would to see any number of typical sitcom tropes/situational nonsense involving any/all, especially with shippy scenarios. Pranks & shenanigans, misunderstandings, sitcommy tropes, best friends to lovers, accidentally in love, etc. Also so very down with doing something unexpectedly dark, angsty, apocalyptic, uncommon/non-canon pair, whatever - as long as a slice of banter/show typical hilarity remains in some form, and the ending is hopeful at the very least.
Specific Prompts:
-"Oh, that's what you meant by...yeah. I didn't get that." "Clearly."
-"Are we really hypothetically discussing who we'd eat first if we suddenly woke up as cannibals in an apocalypse? And why don't I find that more weird?"
-In the end, it only took three jellybeans, six straws, two paper plates, the last of the purple silly string, and a roll of toilet paper artfuly arranged around every limb before [he/she] woke up.
-"If you were a good friend, you'd say yes right now." "I'm not a good friend. After this many years of friendship, you should know that."
-Explaining how the couch was mostly blue was actually a lot less strange than trying to explain why they were half-naked and making out.
STAR TREK (2009/Alternate Original Series Movies)
• Kirk/Uhura - I enjoy Spock/Uhura, but I've always loved Jim and Uhura's chemistry. Show me Academy days where she decides to actually go out with him (maybe on a dare or losing a bet) and it actually goes pretty great, when Kirk's not showing off or trying sooo hard to impress her. Kirk giving up on her and going out with someone else and Uhura gets fiery with jealousy, even if she denies for a really long time, and then she makes some comment to Kirk that lets on how she's really feeling, and he gets all smug. Show me early Enterprise days with all the banter and sass and insults that are just teasing, and the entire being like "ohmygosh just bang already". She kisses him to shut him up. Fake dating/relationship. Show me Kirk hurting and vulnerable and she wasn't supposed to see it, but now that she has, he opens up to her. She calls him names as terms of endearment (ie. idiot, moron, you ass, etc; Spock is like ??? and McCoy gets to try to explain it to him).
• McCoy/Uhura - I think this is another pair that could really work nicely if given the chance. In the Academy days, when they bond over Kirk being an idiot or Enterprise days when they bond over Kirk being an idiot. XD A mission goes wrong and leaves the pair of them stranded or maybe the mission goes wrong and they're the only ones able to rescue everybody else. Some mutual pining and denial of feelings. How about a coffeeshop AU (she's the barista and he's the grumpy permanent customer with an IV into his veins; or, he's like Luke from Gilmore Girls and she's one of his regulars)? How about a pirates AU with high seas adventures and swahbuckling and treasure maps? I wanna see her getting under his grumpy exterior like Kirk did, see them having lots of quiet moments together, mutual respect and understanding, in any universe.
Specific Prompts:
-AU: first day at a new job and oh no my boss is the person I drunkenly hooked up with last weekend/night
-"You're insufferable." "I know."
-you’ve liked me for ages and were really obvious about it and I didn’t like all the attention but now you’re over me I really miss it and crap I think I like you too??
-"Did you think I forgot?" "Well...yeah?"
-somehow the darkness wakes me up / i felt this emptiness before / but all the times that i've been broken / i just come right back for more
-"Don't tell me it's going to be okay, because it's not, and it won't." "I wasn't going to."
-okay I know that being in the woods at 2am is a weird thing to be doing but my friend called me and - wait, why are you in the woods at 2am, crap I’m going to die aren’t I?
-With the ship coming down around their heads, it was her he reached for.
-AU: Our mutual friend set us up on a blind date and I thought I’d hate it but you’re actually… kind of funny? But because I expected to hate it in no way am I going to let you change my mind just because you’re gorgeous and funny and intelligent oh no my friend is not winning this
CHUCK
I just want to see some fabulous art here!! Show me the spies on missions and missions gone wrong - in the middle of heists or compromising positions, in typical spy set-ups and get ups (Mission Impossible!). Show me Ellie/Devon being adorably domestic (cooking, snuggling, napping on the couch in front of netflix, on vacation, etc), Morgan/Alex being adorably nerdy (video games, cosplay, fangirling over the new whatever, etc).
(Bryce/Carina, Sarah/Bryce, Morgan/Alex, Ellie/Devon)
AGENTS OF SHIELD
• Bobbi/Mack - Honestly, it's a crime that Bobbi is gone and we never got to see more of her and Mack. Their broship was epic and beautiful, and I just want to see so, so much more it. These two are prime for an awesome slow burn fic. Sparring, being perfect wingmans for each other, and accidentally falling in love without noticing it happening. All the AUs, friend, all the AUs.
• Mack/Yoyo - this couple is everything to me and virtually one of the only reasons I'm sticking with AOS right now (I just don't feel otherwise hooked on it). These two have MAD chemistry and a developing epic love that I want to see explored in every crevice. How about him recovering from the Framework? How about more bantering and flirting before they became official? How about THEIR WEDDING!! Fluff - I need all the fluff - with a delicious slice of angst swirled in there. I wanna see them doing thoughtful litle things for each other, or doing things without thinking that show how well they know each other. As always, go for some sort of fun, no-powers, random AU. ;)
Specific Prompts:
-"Fever" by Peggy Lee
-"How did you know I like this?" "You kidding me? You drink the stuff five times a day. How could I not."
-He was just out of reach. With a cry, she surged forward, latching her fingers onto his wrist.
-A walk in the rain turns into laughing and kissing in the rain.
-AU: “you were trying to make a snow angel but the snow is too deep and you can’t get back up and i’m trying to decide whether to keep laughing at you or help you” au
-AU: Accidentally fell asleep on each other on the train
MAN FROM UNCLE (2015 MOVIE)
• Napoleon/Gaby - As much as aDORE me some Gaby/Illya, now I wanna see some Gaby/Napoleon. For starters, she is 100% done with saucy charms, so he can't use them. I'd love to see Illya trying to wingman for Napoleon with her, which would be hilariously awkward since Illya isn't *super* smooth. I'd like to see Gaby liking Napoleon way more in their downtime when he's just being chill rather than trying to impress her - she probably tells him so to his face. I wanna see typical spy shenanigans - missions gone slick and smooth, missions gone horribly awry, all the missions; honeypot and kissing to maintain cover and fake!married, etc. Pre-mission prep (gun cleaning? Wardrobe and disguise help? Recon and stakeouts?) and post-mission stuff (injury recovery? Stitching each other up? Hiding out somewhere until the bad guys are gone?). What if they get burned by their agencies and have to go on the run? Illya stays behind in his agency, not burned, and does everything he can to help them not get found or killed by bad guys. Or how about a sports AU (she's a champion tennis player, he's a rich playboy wanting to invest in her career and she's like go away but actually he's nice and knowledgeable and not the playboy she thought??) or a coffeeshop AU (Illya's the grumpy barista and she's his coworker and Napoleon's this dude who comes in way too often to be normal and finally Illya tells her that Napoleon has a crush on Gaby)? No messy love triangle scenarios (or jealousy/bitterness from Illya).
Specific Prompts:
-“Does anyone have a spare blowtorch?”
-AU: I sat down in the wrong class and I’m panicking but don’t want to get up and leave because the class has started and you think it’s hilarious and shut up you, you don’t know me aahhh
-AU: We live in a world where the greek gods are real and you went and got yourself cursed and now I have to go on a fucking quest to sort this shit out why do I love you again?
-"Well, that went horribly awry, didn't it?" She 'hmmed' with the kind of rolling tone that was chalk full of 'I told you so'.
-He looked different, out there on the balcony, watching the water and the way the moonlight painted the ripples.
-"Put your hands somewhere useful."
-On the run for weeks and finally out of plans and exits, they decide to go out with a bang.
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