Dear Original Work Exchange Writer,

thank you for writing for me! Right from the start, I want to say you don’t have to do anything with my prompts, they’re just there in case you want some ideas. If it has my pairing and avoids my DNWs, I’m sure I’ll enjoy it! All ratings are fine, I’ll be just as happy about a gen story as I will be about an explicit story, as long as it’s still clear the characters are a couple, or at least might be one in the future. I included a list of my general likes and smut likes which apply to all my requests. When it comes to kinks, feel free to include anything not listed under my DNWs, I like a lot of stuff.

Fics where the couple is not yet together but clearly in love, or on the road to getting together, or having their first time kissing/in bed together are great. However, so are established relationship fics. Whatever suits your ideas!

I should also point out I generally have no problem with gore, blood, and graphic violence.

DNWs
Likes
Smut Likes
For All Pairings: Settings
Destined King/The Wise Male Interim Ruler He Is Dethroning By Turning Up
King In Possession Of Mpreg-Inducing Artifact/Man He Has Chosen To Bear His Heir
Male Elf Alpha/Male Dwarf Omega
Male Leader Of Secret Society/His New Male Recruit
Male Mercenary/Male Priest He Is Paid To Protect
Male Military Leader Who Won The War/His New Husband Male Military Leader Who Lost The War
Male Pirate Captain/Disillusioned Male Pirate Hunter
Male Poorhouse Worker In A Bad Part Of Town/Male Criminal Who Protects Him
Male Priest Being Forced To Give Up His Vows To Marry For Political Reasons/His Husband
Military Man/Military Man From Rival Nation Whom He Saves From Execution By Marrying Him
Male Human Who Just Moved Off Earth/His New Male Humanoid Alien Neighbour With Tentacles
Rich Noble Male Vampire/His Lowborn Male Renfield He Has Fallen In Love With
Male Navy General/Male Privateer Captain
Male Pirate Captain/His Male Quartermaster
Usurper King/His New Husband Former King
Male Captain Of The City Guard/Male Tavern Owner
Blind Crown Prince/Prince’s Guard Tasked with Taking Care of His Needs
Very Rich Male Merchant/His New Husband Poor Male Aristocrat

DNWs and Likes

DNWs

permanent death of requested characters (they can die and come back or “die” and turn into a vampire, though)

infidelity

unrequested open relationships/poly (for the requested pairings, that is, secondary characters can of course have them)

noncon

completely unhappy endings (vaguely hopeful or bittersweet is fine, just not full dark)

underage

cross-gen incest

ageplay, diaper play, daddy or mommy kink

scat

necrophilia, cannibalism, debilitating mutilation of requested characters for sexual pleasure

crackfic (humour is totally good, just not complete randomness)

high school/college AUs (other modern AUs are okay)

1st and 2nd POV for writing

Likes

UST (and also eventual resolving of UST)

friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, enemies to friends to lovers, friends with benefits to romance

complicated people in love with each other, even if it’s not always easy

battle couples fighting together

loyalty kink

admiring competence/skill

sparring

protectiveness

possessiveness

hurt/comfort

fluff

mpreg, kidfic

angst

arranged marriage turning into marriage of love, characters pretending to be in a relationship falling in love

tough characters being driven to their breaking point

character who is suffering trying to soldier through

one partner manhandling the other

focus on height differences if applicable

you can literally always write me PWP for my pairings or spice up my prompts with some smut, I’ll be glad for it

I also enjoy A/B/O AUs, so in case you’re inspired to write that, feel free to add that aspect to any of the requested pairings. I really enjoy the classic alpha/omega, but also things such as beta/omega or alpha/alpha. Mpreg is also always welcome, A/B/O or otherwise. For mpreg childbirth, feel free to give them new genitalia to manage it or just have an anal birth or a Caesarian, should it happen in the story.

Smut Likes

rough sex

slow, loving sex

marking with biting and love bites, scratch marks, bruises

overstimulation

focus on hands, fingering, handjobs

intercrural

oral

anal

rimming

body worship

first times (in general, or with that partner, or with a partner of that gender)

BDSM, D/s

general playing around with dominance, one character calling the shots very clearly, or both challenging each other during sex, fighting for control

however, I also love smut that is just really vanilla and fluffy and gentle

For All Pairings: Settings

Destined King/The Wise Male Interim Ruler He Is Dethroning By Turning Up

Did the King always know that he was destined and just had to fulfil some prophecy first, or is he discovered by accident? Is he noble-born, or the typical farmer-king who ends up in such stories, or perhaps even a mercenary or highwayman? Is he surprised, shocked, or frightened? Is he idealistic and happy for the opportunity? Does he look for guidance from the Interim Ruler? Or is he ambitious, shrewd, and very eager to get on the throne?

Or is the King perhaps a seasoned knight, general, or guard who has been at court all along, who maybe even knows the Interim Ruler well, and is still kind of convinced he stumbled into this whole destiny business accidentally when it becomes clear he’s the destined?

Is magic involved in this destiny, or divinities, or is it just tradition? Is the King a powerful mage or even a god’s or goddesses’ child?

Where did the Interim Ruler come from? Was there also a traditional process related to some prophecy? Did he just work his way up from humble beginnings? Was he noble-born and primed for the job from childhood? Is he the first of his family on the throne, or has this bloodline perhaps ruled for centuries while waiting for the King? Does he approve of the King, or does he yield his throne unhappily?

Does anyone challenge the destined King? Does the Interim Ruler? Does he mean it, or is it just a test that he devised, since he is a wise man?

What political storms do these two weather together? Do these bring them closer together?

I love arranged marriages, so if the King decided the best way to thank the Interim Ruler for his service (or, if the king is cunning, to syphon the adoration by the public the Interim Ruler has) is marrying him, that could be fun. Is the Interim Ruler happy, or perhaps somewhat apprehensive at first?

Maybe the Interim Ruler can prove his wisdom by tempering the new King’s naivety, ruthless ambition, fear, or whatever other problems for ruling he comes with.

Is the destined King destined just to general kingship business, or is there perhaps something else attached, like a war against demons/monsters he’s supposed to win, or some heirloom he needs to reclaim? How does he take to all that and how does the Interim Ruler help him?

Is the King perhaps not even from the kingdom he’s supposed to rule? How does he take to the new culture? How do his subjects take to him? Can the Interim Ruler help him with these challenges?

King In Possession Of Mpreg-Inducing Artifact/Man He Has Chosen To Bear His Heir

As to not run into my noncon DNW, I’d want the Chosen Man to be at least vaguely interested in conceiving and bearing this heir.

Why does the king go this way to acquire his heir? Is it a normal thing done when the ruler prefers a same-sex partner, and does he want to marry his Chosen Man? Perhaps it’s even a magic technique that’s fairly wildly available? Or has he worked long and hard to find this artifact and will be the first to try it out? Is it perhaps a ceremony that’s divorced from marriage? Maybe the ruler traditionally never marries and only has ‘vessels’ for their heirs? In that case, is the King perhaps still secretly in love with the Chosen Man despite what tradition says?

If it’s not something that is often done and has to be tested, is the Chosen Man perhaps not a lover, but someone expendable, like a criminal from the dungeons looking for a second chance, or a mercenary with a grievous, perhaps permanent injury keeping him from doing his usual job who just wants to be paid? If that’s the case, I’d want the Chosen Man and the King to start getting along at least a little before they get to it, though, perhaps even have a crush.

If the Chosen Man is the King’s lover, will he also marry the King? Or is that not possible by tradition? Is he a nobleman at court or a valiant knight and wise choice for the King, or is he someone who going by status should probably not end up in the King’s bed, but won his heart, anyway?

Perhaps the King wishes to not command but court the Chosen Man into agreeing to his proposition? How does he go about it?

If you’re so inclined, I would also like to read about the night of the conception. Are there magic rituals or cultural traditions? Is it a different experience than one might expect, since it involves some sort of magic?

You could also jump to a bit later and write me some pregnancy fluff about the King and his Chosen Man! Or perhaps, in case you prefer action, there is an assassination attempt to get rid of the King or the heir and its carrier? How do they defend themselves?

Male Elf Alpha/Male Dwarf Omega

As I said, I love all sorts of fantasy worlds, although, of course, this prompt still leaves you with the rather traditional concepts of elves and dwarves, but if you want to adjust it a little, that’s totally fine. I wouldn’t say no to elves and dwarves in space, either! I’d just like for the usual stereotypes to still be there and for the Elf and the Dwarf to embody some of them: ephemeral beauty, grace, affinity for lore and song, etc. for the Elf; coarse, barrel-chested, bearded, and muscular, with mechanical or fighting talent etc. for the Dwarf.

There’s so many fun ways this could go. Have the Elf and the Dwarf perhaps always known each other? The Elf could be a noble and the dwarf the smith’s son/later smith himself who grew up in elven territory or always visited with his father/mother to show their wares. Or perhaps the Dwarf is a mercenary hired by the travelling Elf for protection? He could also only just have moved close to the Elf’s city/village/forest dwelling place and the local elves are all quite intrigued with the newcomer (though of course none would ever think about lying with a short, sturdy, hairy dwarf omega... well, none but one). Or is the Elf perhaps an ambassador to a dwarven court and the Dwarf owns a tavern where the nobles like to drink or is one of the royal guards? Or could they even both be princes?

I’m sure there’s some cultural differences between elves and dwarves, concerning, well, everything, but also the A/B/O matters. How do they navigate them? Are they very interested, do they tease each other, do they try it all out?

Differing court ship rituals! Either as a source of romance or as a source of (hopefully eventually resolved) confusion. Something like that the elf might recognise that a pretty brooch handed to him is a hopeful gift, but perhaps the dwarf does not quite grasp why he now constantly finds a single white flower placed on his anvil/machine room panel.

May these two are married to each other for diplomatic purposes. How do they get used to each other? How does the wedding night go?

Perhaps these two meet not at home, but in a war setting. The Elf could be an archer or a Bard (hey, D&D says they can go on the battlefield, too…) and the Dwarf is a warrior or a smith following the army. Are they quick to grow friendly with each other or are they competitive?

Maybe the Elf comes from a very reclusive group who has never seen much of dwarves and vice versa; or dwarves have just recently left their underground homes to explore topside for the first time. Is it perhaps not the way of elven omegas to fight and the Elf is quite shocked (and intrigued) to find out about the Dwarf’s nature?

Male Leader Of Secret Society/His New Male Recruit

What kind of society does Leader lead? Feel free to go as shady or adventurous as you’d like. Perhaps they are a shadow cabinet leading the country from behind the scenes? Or people who are praying to forbidden gods for world domination? Mages experimenting with forbidden spells? People in league with the enemy galactic federation for grand moral reasons? Or perhaps an underground organisation standing up against an oppressive government? Whatever it is, I’d love it if it weren’t just a college club, but something actually dangerous and powerful.

I could see there being a bit of an age difference with this pairing (though I’d want the Recruit to still be 20 or over). If the Leader is older, does the Recruit have hero worship for him? Maybe knows of some of his great deeds?

Alternatively, maybe they are the same age and Leader first thinks about recruiting the Recruit because he already has a strong set of experiences and skills helpful to the cause.

How did the Leader become the Leader? Did he work his way up the ranks by pure dedication to the cause and found himself standing on the top almost by surprise? Or did he strive for it, believing himself to be the best choice?

How did Leader meet the Recruit? Did the Recruit get wind of the secret society and push for an inclusion, or did the Leader meet him in other cicumstances and decided for himself that he needed this man’s talents... and the man himself?

How does the Recruit prove to the Leader that he is worthy?

Is the Leader the one who harbours secret affections, or is the Recruit head-over-heels for the Leader and tries to win him over by secret society-related feats of bravey?

Perhaps the Leader and the Recruit started dating long before the Recruit had any notion of the secret society, and the fic could be about the moment the Leader shows him the truth of what is actually going on in his life.

Were there initiation rituals? What are they?

... were there sexy initiation rituals (perhaps special ones only for this Recruit that the Leader likes)...

If this is one of the darker versions of the secret society, did the Leader seduce the Recruit on purpose? (No noncon, but sort of a moral corruption.)

If this is a more heroic secret society (or perhaps even if it is still one of the morally dubiuous ones), did the Leader perhaps save the Recruit’s life at some point and the Recruit was searching for him afterwards to thank him and become just as heroic (and also maybe have the dashing hero for his boyfriend)?

Male Mercenary/Male Priest He Is Paid To Protect

I see Priest as a stand-in for all sorts of religion-adjacent figures, so feel free to make him a druid or shaman or something along those lines if that suits you better. For fantasy and SF, all bets are off, anyway, of course.

Why does the Priest need protection? Is he travelling through dangerous territory, and if so, why – a quest for a relic, a pilgrimage, a search for a missing person in his flock? Is he perhaps a very important figure to the religion, a high-ranking member of his order or something like a living saint? Is he marked for assassination by some nefarious person who does not like his influence in the community? I’d prefer if the priest himself was a benevolent presence, though it doesn’t mean he has to be nice if you want to make his personality different, just generally someone who is helpful to the people.

Is the Mercenary religious? Was he ever? If he isn’t, does being with the priest make him reconsider his turning away from religion? Or does it just bring up old bitterness, and can the Priest soothe it?

Does the Mercenary seek the Priest’s help with something eventually? Perhaps a prayer, or, if this is fantasy and Priests can bestow tangible blessings, something along those lines? Perhaps the Mercenary carries his own burdens, like a sick child or an old wound. Or perhaps he just wants to confess some of the things he has done that weigh heavy on his heart.

If the Priest gets attacked, I would love for either him or the Mercenary be hurt in the attempt and the other caring for the hurt one as they recover.

For fantasy, perhaps the Priest has to do some sort of dangerous ritual and the Mercenary helps him and gets changed somehow in the process (he now has magic powers? Or perhaps an outer change, like sudden onset demon horns?).
Does the Priest have vows of celibacy? Or does the Mercenary just think he has them and is surprised when the Priest tells him otherwise? And if he does, how does he feel about breaking them with the Mercenary? Does he count on the divine approval for love, or is there guilt? (Guilt is super fine, i I’d like if it wasn’t enough to totally keep him from doing it, though...)

Does the Mercenary consider settling down with the Priest after a time?

Male Military Leader Who Won The War/His New Husband Male Military Leader Who Lost The War

I would like something either pre-19th century, SF, or fantasy here, just because I would prefer not to have a relatively recent real-world army/conflict as the background to this story.

I would love it if they’re both older than 35 years, seasoned veterans with some scars or even a missing limb/eye or such, who have fought each other for long years and thus kind of already know each other pretty well in some sense.

I don’t want noncon for this, although considering it’s probably a fraught political marriage, dubcon might come into it, but both of them should have at least agreed to the necessity of this union, even if through clenched teeth.

Relatedly, it would be interesting if they expected to soldier through the wedding night as best they can, but find that they unexpectedly have a lot of fun together. Lots of passions to unload there after this war.

Or perhaps they are still so angry at each other that they decide to skip the wedding night and just pretend it happened to everyone, but then find each other drawn to one another over the next days and weeks, not sure how to say it now that they took sex off the table. This UST could unload itself in a fight, a drunken night together, or even a full-body contact sparring session.

There’s some magic or science existent that makes male pregnancy possible (alternatively, it's A/B/O). A child would be a nice symbol of peace to have. They should try for one, a lot of people say. It’s the logical thing to do…

The two of them learning to live together would be great. As said, in some ways, they probably already know each other, if they fought against each other for years. In others, they may feel themselves to be total strangers. What do they discover?

Perhaps the man who lost the war (or even the one who won the war) paid with an injury he is still struggling with. Could they get closer over the other male military leader helping him with it?

One of them certainly had to move. How do they adjust to the new culture?

A challenger appears! Perhaps the two of them are called on to fight a third, larger threat and bond over this as they put their heads together for shared strategies for once.

Male Pirate Captain/Disillusioned Male Pirate Hunter

Who is the Captain and what are his motivations for being a pirate? Is he just out for gold and glory? Is he an escaped criminal (or even someone wrongly convicted) who has no other choice but to take to crime to survive? Does he believe in ideals of freedom? Is he perhaps an escaped slave or indentured servant?

Why is the Hunter disillusioned? Has he lost faith in the empire or politicians he serves? Do they appear more corrupt, greedier, perhaps otherwise more immoral to him than the pirates (if this is the Golden Age of Pirates, the people he works for might at the same time be involved in the slave trade, for example)? Has he just seen too many people die at sea/in the void of space to care anymore?

I’d love it if they’d known each other for years in their cat-and-mouse game. But how does the disillusion of the Hunter then show? Perhaps he finally catches the Captain and then realises he has no desire at all to bring him to his masters or kill him, and simply lets him go? Or is it the Captain who captures him and then spares his life when he realises the Hunter all but seems to welcome it? Or perhaps the Hunter has already given up and they run into each other accidentally as they both drink at the same tavern/bar?

I’m sure they have a lot of old grudges, even if the Hunter doesn’t stand by his convictions anymore. Do they tackle them in a shouting match, a physical fight, or perhaps even in bed? Does the Hunter still fight back tooth and nail, or does he let the Captain wail on him, in whichever form?

A scene where the two of them find out about the things they have in common would be great. Maybe just a small adventure or a fight against a common enemy – or perhaps even against more men/women hired by the Hunter’s old masters, who come to end him and the captain both.

Does the Hunter join the Captain’s crew? Or does he separate himself from all this seafaring/spacefaring business, but becomes the one person the Captain always returns to?

Male Poorhouse Worker In A Bad Part Of Town/Male Criminal Who Protects Him

Why is the Poorhouse Worker where he is, tackling this difficult task? Is he just a good, sympathetic soul who decided for this part in life because he found it necessary? Is he from that bad part of town and thought he needed to help out his community? Is he from some sort of religious order, perhaps even a priest, or just a very pioud person?

Same question for the Criminal: how did he end up in this part of town? Is it just because business here is easier to conduct? Or is he a boy from those streets? Is he a small fry criminal who mostly protects the Poorhouse Worker by beating up people who want to collect protection money and stuff, or is he a very powerful man whose protection doesn’t need to be so physical?

If the Poorhouse Worker and the Criminal are both from this part of town, have they perhaps known each other for a very long time? How does this play into the relationship? Did Criminal protect Poorhouse Worker even when they were kids, or was he a bully or gang member trying to act tough back then and now feels bad for what he did?

Alternatively, maybe the Criminal is new in town and thinks he can have things his way, but finds himself faced with a very stubborn Poorhouse Worker who refuses to be intimidated.

How does the Poorhouse Worker feel about being in love with a Criminal and vice versa? Perhaps it’s such a crapsack world/town that the Criminal is still one of the better of many bad choices? I’d like it if the Criminal wasn’t a totally unredeemable person, anyway, even if of course they’re not going to be a shining beacon of morals.

How do other people think about their relationship? I doubt many know, but perhaps other criminals would. Do they try to get at the Criminal by roughing up Poorhouse Worker or kidnapping him?

Male Priest Being Forced To Give Up His Vows To Marry For Political Reasons/His Husband

I see Priest as a stand-in for all sorts of religion-adjacent figures, so feel free to make him a druid or shaman or something along those lines if that suits you better. For fantasy and SF, all bets are off, anyway, of course.

What are the political reasons that the priest has to give up his vows? Is he perhaps the last heir of some illustrious house and all his siblings are unexpectedly dead, and his hand is needed in marriage to pacify someone? Does he carry a powerful magical bloodline that someone is determined to mix with their own? Or is some new ruler trying to make a statement about how much they respect that religion by marrying one of their generals/lords to a former priest... conveniently leaving out the fact that the priest was forced out of his vows? Is he of no important family at all and was just a convenient sacrifice to prevent the Husband from making a different politically charged marriage someone wanted to prevent? Or any other thing you can think of! Politics is such an interesting minefield.

I’d like it if perhaps his husband wasn’t the main person who forced him out of his prieshood, though him being implicit is not a problem. Perhaps the Husband is religious, too, and almost considers this sacrilege? Or he thinks of it as a regrettable necessity? Is he worried that his priest husband will always be resentful and hopes to court him to prevent that? Or was he himself also strongarmed into the marriage for other reasons and is resentful himself?

Is the Priest worried that even if he were to try to make this marriage work, he is just some political plaything to his husband and won’t be loved? Can the husband prove him wrong?

The Priest is probably a virgin and, even if he has arranged himself with the fact he won’t be a priest anymore, might be nervous of his new duties as a husband. Does the Husband notice? Does he try to help him feel more comfortable?

In what way does the Priest keep up his religious duties even while not being a priest anymore?

Is the Husband religious, or at least supportive of the Priest? Is he a military man with not much of a head for mysticism? Or is he perhaps from far away and prays to totally different gods? How do they handle this?

Did the people who arranged the marriage perhaps not expect the Husband and Priest to grow to like each other and become a political power couple in their own right? Maybe Priest still has a lot of pull in the community and Husband is himself politically shrewd. Or, if this is fantasy, the Priest unexpectedly kept the mystical powers granted by gods usually only to their practicing priests, which makes him appear a bit saint-like.

Military Man/Military Man From Rival Nation Whom He Saves From Execution By Marrying Him

I would like something either pre-19th century, SF, or fantasy here, just because I would prefer not to have a relatively recent real-world army/conflict as the background to this story.

The big question is, of course, why does the Military Man decide to save the Military Man From Rival Nation? Did they know each other back when the nations were friendly, if that is in living memory? Does he respect him as an old battlefield opponent? Or perhaps he got to know him while the man was in captivity and was charmed by him?

Are the rival nations actively in a full-skale war, or was the Military Man From Rival Nation perhaps a spy of some sort or involved in a small border skirmish?

Since the Military Man has such power to stop an execution, he must be a rather important man. But what about the Military Man From Rival Nation? Is he an important man, too, or is he just a soldier who was at the wrong place at the wrong time?

I don’t really want any hard dubcon or noncon for this, but of course the situation is a bit fraught. Is the Military Man From Rival Nation thankful and perhaps even a bit too eager to please, leading the Military Man to temper him (or shamelessly use this fact)? Or is he perhaps apprehensive and worried and has to be won over first?

The Military Man From Rival Nation is now on the other side of the conflict, location-wise. Does he decide that he’s had enough of the nation he comes from, perhaps after they decided to leave him for dead and not even try to save him via fight or diplomacy? Or does he still hold faith in some way and refuses to give up any secrets, which perhaps the Military Man finds even kind of charming, since loyalty is a good value in a husband, right?

Or perhaps the Military Man From Rival Nation is a nobody and doesn’t even know anything interesting to betray if he wanted to. Are the friends and family of Military Man confused why he chose him, in that case? I would like to see an exploration of what is going on in Military Man that he decided for such a marriage.

If the two Military Men are both important figures in their own right, perhaps this marriage can help lead to peace if they play the political cards right.

Male Human Who Just Moved Off Earth/His New Male Humanoid Alien Neighbour With Tentacles

I could imagine this being a kind of funny rom-com situation where there’s already a sleepy little offworld colony somewhere that the Male Human moves into as just another human on that planet. On the other hand, this story could go totally different directions, too. It could be just after humans have been introduced to the galactic community and most aliens have never seen one before. Or the Male Human could be fleeing debts or criminal charges on Earth, or is a mercenary looking for work, and moved into an apartment hole on some seedy gang-ruled planet and his Neighbour isn’t exactly a saint, either.

Does the Neighbour help the Male Human to find his legs on the new world? Or is he a somewhat more reclusive person who gets pulled into the Male Human’s deals more on accident and against his will?

Depending on what scenario you pick, the sort of stuff these two could get up to could be anywhere between an all-out gang war that they get involved with to working in the same office building to helping each other rear adorable space sheep. I’d just be happy to see the Male Human get used to life on a different planet, and the Neighbour get used to his new friend.

If Humans haven’t been around the galactic community for so long, I’m sure the two of them might be interested in each other. What do humans or tentacle aliens live like? Are you really going to eat that? What do you mean, you can’t breathe under water, oh heavens, I’m sorry! Perhaps they even decide to so some, ehm, hands-on biological studies on each other.

I’m sure the prompt kind of implies this by specifying that the Neighbour has tentacles, but... put these tentacles to good use. By which I mean the tightest of hugs for the Male Human! For the G to T rated fics, anyway. If you do choose to go with a higher rating, well... we all know enough about hentai to realise where this is going.

Rich Noble Male Vampire/His Lowborn Male Renfield He Has Fallen In Love With

How did the Vampire and the Renfield meet? What is it about this particular human that attracted him? If he’s an older vampire, surely he’s met many people, but this is the one he chose. Why?

Perhaps in the beginning the Vampire had just seduced the Renfield for his own practical purposes, but now that pesky feeling of being in love won’t go away...

I am here for all the sexy blood drinking, since we’re in stereotypical vampire romance territory. Give me the Vampire feeding on the Renfield, mixed with sex if you’re so inclined.

I would also like to just have a scene with them talking. If the Vampire is quite old, the Renfield may be fascinated with the expanded, inhuman perspective he has, while the Renfield reminds the Vampire of what it means to be human.

I’m sure the Vampire would not want to give his beloved Renfield to age and death and eventually decides to offer him immortality. Does the Renfield go for it immediately, being into the romantic idea of being with his lover forever? Or does he hesitate, thinking of the friends and family he’s going to have to watch die? I would love if eventually he decides to become a vampire, though.

Or perhaps the Vampire struggles long to make the offer because he is generally careful or suspicious, or has already lost one immortal mate years/centuries ago and is hesitant to feel that pain again. If the Renfield got into an accident that almost killed him (or perhaps even got hurt to protect the Vampire), that would surely spur him on not to tarry any longer. Perhaps the Vampire has to turn him to save his life, or he does it after the Renfield is somewhat recovered and can agree to it.

Or perhaps the turning itself is also a risk in that not all humans survive the process and the Vampire is terribly afraid of losing his Renfield, but the Renfield is ready to risk it for immortality with his lover. I want the Renfield to pull through, but there can totally be angst about it and like, a while where it looks like he might not make it after all...

For a slightly macabre twist, perhaps the Renfield has already been turned, but continues to be his rich lover’s Renfield, by finding people to drink from so he can later feed the other Vampire, too, or by drinking animals, which doesn’t taste good, but will taste better once “filtered” through the Renfield’s body, so that his lover can have the better meal.

Male Navy General/Male Privateer Captain

I love the idea of this pairing! Technically, the Navy General and the Privateer Captain would probably be on the same side of the conflict, but the Navy General is following the official command structure, whereas Privateers a pretty much chaotic neutral and were often just a few short steps off from becoming pirates, as well as going beyond what their letter of marque allowed them, so whether we’re in the Age of Sail or flying around in space ships or any other setting you can think of, the conflict is pre-made.

I would love to see some tension between an upstanding Navy General – who maybe worked his way up from the lowest ranks and is very proud of it, or instead comes from a whole family of inveterate navy people – and a Privateer who, while good at his job, often acts more in the spirit than the letter of the law.

The government decides that for support, the Navy General is going to be issued the Privateer’s help. Does it end in explosive, angry making out over a map in the Captain’s cabin? Or do they actually find some common ground and learn that the other one is probably not as stuffy/unreliable as they always thought?

Perhaps one of them, despite himself, is already in love with the other – or both are! But they could never tell because all of (their home country of your choice) pretty much know they do nothing but fight and what could ever come of it? Besides, the other person clearly doesn’t like them. And yet...

If the Navy General is a very stiff person, I would love for the Privateer to try to get a rise out of him. Sometimes, pulling pig-tails is still what people resort to...

I would also be here for action-adventure with these two. Hunting pirates! Fighting enemy ships! Maybe they keep getting sent out in tandem because despite their differences (and to their great chagrin), they actually make a really good team.

Male Pirate Captain/His Male Quartermaster

Who are the Captain and the Quartermaster and what are their motivations for being pirates? Are they just out for gold and glory? Are they escaped criminals (rightly or wrongly convicted) who have no other choice but to take to crime to survive? Do they believe in ideals of freedom? Are they perhaps escaped slaves or indentured servants? You can mix and match here, of course.

I’d also find it interesting if one of them came from a “typical” pirate background while the other is perhaps someone you wouldn’t expect there – a former navy official, or a lord’s son or even prince who was captured for the reward money and then betrayed by his family/friends/kingdom. Is one of their goals to reinstate the noble son into his proper place, or has he turned his back to that whole idea and is happy to be sailing the high seas/the deep universe alongside his Captain/Quartermaster?

How did the Quartermaster become the Quartermaster? Did he and the Captain steal or otherwise acquire a ship together, so that they’ve always been alongside each other? Or did the Quartermaster join the Captain later?

How do they first admit their attraction to each other? Are they already thick as thieves and as one of them starts to flirt with someone else, the jealousy boils over? Was that deliberate or an accident on the flirter’s part? Or do they actually even talk it out! Or did they have more of a pure work relationship and aren’t quite sure how to approach the other about it, thinking they aren’t interested in anything like that?

Adventure stories! Just pirates being pirates, plundering and vanishing into the night/the depths of space while celebrating their loot would be fun, or them finding an uninhabited island/planet and exploring.

I love pairings with interesting personality contrasts, so the two of them being a great team on the ship while having very different personalities that totally shouldn’t allow them to work together so well and yet they do would be fun.

Usurper King/His New Husband Former King

I know the prompt kinda lends itself to it, but I’d prefer no outright noncon, though with how difficult the relationship would likely be, I imagine there can be dubcon. I’d also be very much up for a fully consensual interpretation, though.

How did the Usurper kick the Former King off the throne? And which one of them is the one with the more legitimate claim (I know usurper usually implies an illegal takeover, but maybe that’s simply how the Former King’s faction sees it and there’s actual claims the Usurper can make)? Or doesn’t it matter because the Usurper is a warlord who expanded into territory he well knew wasn’t his?

Why did the Usurper decide to marry the Former King? Do the people like him too much to risk killing him? Did their interaction during the war give him respect for the Former King? Does he simply hope to legitimise his claim by uniting their families?

I would find it super interesting if despite the situation, the Former King can’t quite bring himself to hate the Usurper. If the Usurper is a warlord, maybe he finds him unexpectedly merciful on the population of the kingdom he took over, not subjecting them to unnecessary violence. If they have fought for a long while, maybe he has come to grow to respect the Usurper as an opponent. Maybe the Usurper, as happened so often in history, is even some cousin or distant relative of his or another noble lord he grew up with – perhaps they were friends, or even lovers before this.

Or maybe the Former King is quite a bit of a schemer himself and hopes that through the marriage, he can influence the Usurper and keep some control over his former kingdom. If the Usurper realises this, it could be an interesting back and forth of wits.

You could also turn this prompt on its head and have a very mild Usurper King who merely wanted to claim back what the family of the Former King took from his family years ago and who wanted to ensure a final peace between their families with marriage, and now has to deal with the warlike and angry Former King.

Male Captain Of The City Guard/Male Tavern Owner

Though tavern sounds quite archaic and I am here for every historical/fantasy interpretation of this, I also have no problem at all if this is about a bar in a teeming city full of aliens on the moon or something.

I’m assuming being the Captain of the city guard is pretty hard work, especially if it’s a big and bustling city. I’m here for a perpetually tired Captain telling the Tavern Owner all his woes while being fed drink and decent food. Perhaps the Tavern Owner can complain right back about all his more exhausting customers.

Or perhaps the Captain is a very quiet person who doesn’t speak about his worries, but the Tavern Owner has learned to read his mood by his face and/or which food and drinks he orders and always tries to cheer him up some way.

The tavern could just be conveniently close to the guard’s house, but eventually the Captain finds himself going exclusively there because his life could use the little bit of sunshine that his crush on the Tavern Owner allows him. Of course, he doesn’t think the Tavern Owner has any special feelings towards yet another customer drinking his worries away.

The Tavern Owner makes sure that the food and drinks he gives the Captain are always the best and eventually someone, maybe another guard, notices this and the Captain realises by this that maybe there is something there.

The Tavern Owner gets in trouble with people who want protection money or just gang members looking to cause trouble and the Captain steps in to deal with it. A thousand bonus points for one of them patching the other one up afterwards in the back room of the tavern.

Just a cute, quiet scene way into the night, when the Captain is almost the last one there, and the Tavern Owner is already busying himself with cleaning the tankards and dishes, and they both enjoy being together. Maybe one of them finally dares to say something?

Blind Crown Prince/Prince’s Guard Tasked with Taking Care of His Needs

Who is the Guard? How did he come by his task of caring for the prince? Have they been together for years, have maybe even grown up together, or has he been newly appointed (perhaps after the last Guard died or betrayed the Prince and tried to kill him)? Is he a nobleman or a knight? A decorated and highly regarded one, or one who is considered unfit for full-scale battle anymore because of an injury of his own? Or is he perhaps someone trained in other ways, like an assassin in the king’s service specially chosen for the task?

Was the Prince always blind or has he lost his sense of sight later in life? (Perhaps even through the attack of his last personal guard?) How does it affect him? Is he worried that the people who think a blind king won’t be of much use are right? Is he daunted or determined to prove them wrong?

Do the Prince and the Guard train fighting together? Maybe the Guard decided that one of the things the Prince needs to learn is to defend himself, since he can’t be there every second of every day (although he tries). Perhaps the Prince is actually quite a proficient fighter; or whatever former guard he had never thought he would be good at it and this Guard now teaches him that’s not necessarily true.

The Prince likely does not live in a time frame where he has access to recordings or braille, so perhaps the Guard reads to him.

The Guard likely sleeps in the same room as the Prince. Does this cause a lot of pining?

Does the Guard do some more intimate duties for the Prince, like a valet would? Help him pick out clothes and get dressed if it’s some more elaborate formal costume, help him shave? Do they both find it nice how this brings them close, or perhaps even think it’s a bit exciting/arousing?

So this isn’t something a blind man would necessarily need special assistance with, but perhaps it has been told to the Guard that he’s to take care of all the Prince’s needs. Perhaps the Prince is shocked to learn of it, but also kind of intrigued, and sort of wants to ask but can’t bring himself to because he doesn’t want to put the Guard in such a position, and the Guard actually finds it charming that the Prince is so hesitant but also he’d really like to be asked one of these nights, and... I love those kinds of situations where they both really want to but feel that they can’t. Hopefully it can be resolved somehow.

Perhaps the Guard and the Prince have been together for a while and the Prince surprises the Guard by telling him that he’s going to insist on marrying him, which would probably not be a match that is super appropriate for a Prince.

For something adventurous, I’d love an attack on the Prince where he and the Guard have to make sure they both survive. A thousand bonus points for some patching each other up and comforting each other after. Perhaps this is what finally brings out a love confession?

Very Rich Male Merchant/His New Husband Poor Male Aristocrat

This is an arranged marriage set-up if I've seen one. The Merchant (and/or his family) wants a title, the Aristocrat (and/or his family) want money. What better way to help both of them than to marry? But now they actually have to live together.

Does the Aristocrat help the Merchant to be accepted into higher society? Does the Merchant enjoy it, or does he find that it's not all it was made out to be? Do they bond over that opinion or does the Aristocrat tease him about it?

Does the Merchant teach the Aristocrat some of his trade and does the Aristocrat start to like it? Or is he hopeless with numbers and logistics and the Merchant mocks him for his inability and lovingly calls him his trophy husband?

Perhaps they have never even met before the marriage. A scene of the two of them desperately trying to find out anything about their husband before the wedding night starts would be a lot of fun.

One of them may have been very eager for the marriage while the other was forced into it by his family. How do they deal with that? How does the other win them over?

Or neither of them wanted this and they both would have preferred to make their own ways. Now they're stuck with this marriage, though. Perhaps they take it out on each other for a while, but then one realises he does start to like the other and that starts a whole angst procress (which hopefully ends in them both realising they could make this marriage work).

Perhaps, against all odds, this was not an arranged marriage. The Aristocrat is determined to work his own way up to respectable wealth again or doesn't care about material things that much, anyway, and just wants to keep working in a somewhat respectable occuption. The Merchant has no interest in a noble title. And yet, these two run into each other and are instantly attracted while always having to fight the doubt that the other just wants them for the money/the title, and knowing the other might also doubt them for such reasons.