Dear Fandom 5k 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 great. I included a list of my general likes and smut likes which apply to all my requests. When it comes to kinks, you can include anything not listed under my DNWs, I’m opting in, I like a lot of stuff.

Feel free to entirely erase the existence of canon relationships or break them up if they get in the way of the pairings I requested, whichever works best with what you’re trying to do.

Fic 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!

Considering the number of canons I have where you slaughter your way through untold heaps of NPCs, I should also point out I generally have no problem with gore, blood, and graphic violence. For vampires and assorted undead, blood drinking and cannibalism are fine, too.

DNWs
Likes
Smut Likes
Assassin’s Creed
Vampyr
Overwatch
A Song of Ice and Fire
The Lord of the Rings
Stanton & Barling
Sherlock
Deus Ex
Marvel Cinematic Universe

DNWs and Likes

DNWs

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

infidelity

unrequested open relationships/poly (the requested threesome can start out with less clear lines if it’s a couple joined by a third, it should just eventually be a closed relationship)

unrequested noncon; canonical instances of sexual abuse can be included/described/discussed, though

completely unhappy endings (vaguely hopeful or bittersweet is fine, just not full dark), hurt without comfort

underage

cross-gen incest

ageplay, diaper play, daddy or mommy kink

scat

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

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

hurt character trying to comfort distressed person who is helping them

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

Soulmate AUs, played straight or averted

I also enjoy A/B/O AUs, so in case you’re inspired to write that, I placed the character I most enjoy as an omega behind the / . I also like things such as beta/omega or alpha/alpha, though! Mpreg is also always welcome. Again, the person I’d like to see pregnant more will be behind the /. For mpreg childbirth, feel free to give them new genitalia to manage it or just have an anal birth or a Caesarian. (I also have one group of three, in that case, the last person listed is the one I’d want to see pregnant/as an omega.)

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 vampires (and humans who don’t do lasting damage to each other): bloodplay

Assassin’s Creed

Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, AU - Modern, Canon Style Plot, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fix-It Fic, Fluff, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, Smut

Haytham Kenway/Charles Lee
I love Haytham and Charles, despite the fact that they’re villains – but villains who really respect and like each other and stand behind their idea of a world of order being what is needed for humanity where they guide the rest of us stupid sheeple humans to a better future, lol. I immensely enjoy young Charles’ senpai-notice-me dynamic with Haytham and his adoration for him; but I also love that eventually it goes both way, when Charles becomes Haytham’s trusted second-in-command.

Action/Adventure and Canon Style Plot in this instance are probably one and the same thing. I would love to see them both on a mission for the Templars, perhaps looking for a Piece of Eden, rooting out rogue assassins (OC ones would be great, I like all the named ones from the game so much, heh), kicking ass and swinging swords and kissing in between.

I like Modern AUs, provided they are still Templars, or Abstergo Industries employees, one should say. This could be just them in modern times and how that might have changed things; for example, they could openly have a relationship and even marry. I would gladly read 5k of the Colonial Rite Templars preparing/celebrating a wedding, whether it’s just fluff or whether there’s an assassination attempt before they even get to the cake. But I also would love plottier stuff where they get involved in everything that’s going on with the current Abstergo search for Pieces of Eden.

For Canon Divergence, what if Haytham did turn his back on being a Templar, perhaps after killing Reginald Birch? I’m sure he would not want to leave his favourite subordinate on the other side of the divide. Would love if he can somehow convince Charles, as I’d really be sad to see them ending up enemies. Or perhaps his change of mind came even earlier and he poaches the eager young accolyte for his own purposes instead of making him a Templar (perhaps by seducing him, combining business with pleasure, and/or by filling his head with new ideas)?

Another idea I like is that Charles somehow knew who Haytham’s son is, or Haytham did, and, arriving just a few hours later than in game, either of them or both find little Connor in the burning wreckage of the village and take him home to raise him a Templar. Gimme all that found family fluff – Connor playing with Charles’ dogs! Haytham training little Connor by making him jump at Charles from every shadowy corner of the house! – with perhaps just that hint of a dark edge, knowing what Connor is being raised into. Relatedly, I’m also here for full-scale King Haytham AUs where he got the Piece of Eden and brought Connor to his side (or Connor never existed and thus didn’t become a problem for the Templars; I just don’t want dead Connor, basically) – or King Charles Lee, as he seemed to be the person they were setting up for the more public political leadership, but with Haytham pulling the strings.

Charles has quite a temper and it’d be interesting if Haytham noticed this and decided to train him out of it as much as he can to mold him into a better Templar. Whether this veers into a smutty direction (D/s for the sake of self-control? I’d love Haytham as Charles’ Dom) or involves some real soul-searching and deep discussions or tests from Haytham, all is good. Or, if you want to go down a heavy route, a couple of modern historians have speculated that Charles Lee, the actual historical figure, who was also known for temper issues, had some serious mental health problems, possibly bipolar disorder. That could also be really interesting to explore and try to manage, especially in a time when mental health care was still very fledgling.

Heap on the angst and hurt/comfort! One of them almost dying, getting gravely injured, deadly ill, almost frozen to death, tortured by rogue Templars or Assassins for fun or information... and then the other one bursting in to save them (if applicable) and drag them home and put them back together; or just holding bedside vigil and collecting all the physicians in the city.

Now, I don’t want them to have been officially together already, since, you know, infidelity DNW, but what if Haytham and Charles were already fooling around or flirting by the time Haytham had his tryst with Ziio? And they never managed to move beyond that stage, since Haytham goes back to the Old World for like a good couple of years pretty quickly after his part of the game is over to deal with Birch and his sister. Then, two years later Haytham is back and somehow he now has Connor, or knows of him and tells Charles, and Charles counts back, realising when Connor must have been conceived, and is crushed. Hell, maybe they weren’t even kissing at all and it’s just his infatuation that’s making Charles sad, now convinced Haytham will never want him, if he wasn’t already before. Perhaps he becomes reserved or cold with Haytham because it’s hard for him to be around him, or he just avoids him, and Haytham realises how much he misses Charles’ affection. Or perhaps Charles even explodes at him – we know how great his grasp on his temper his. Or, alternatively, Charles finds some other dude to sleep with to make himself feel better and then Haytham gets wind of that. These are just some ideas, I’m really here for all manner of idiot decisions and pining and jealousy and drama, as long as they get together in the end.

In general, getting together fic would be great. How do they go about it? In the 18th century, you couldn’t really walk up to someone of the same gender and just ask them out – although, Haytham has such big brass... ego, he really might. Is one of them more experienced with men than the other? Perhaps one has only had relationships/dalliances with women and is still somewhat grappling with this new aspect to their sexuality. Or the inexperienced one is very eager but not quite sure how to go about it.

For smut, I prefer Haytham on top. I already mentioned above that I think a D/s relationship between them could be great fun, but I would also be here for Charles working very, very hard to impress Haytham in every aspect of their acquaintance, worshipping his body, doing all the work for him. Does Haytham like to lean back and enjoy it, or does he eventually flip the tables, or perhaps decide from the start that Charles should learn that as a lover, Haytham doesn’t need to be won over? But just... you know, anything would be amazing here, really.

Alexios/Brasidas
Brasidas was amazing and the romance option of my heart and you can’t convince me he shouldn’t have been one. If you are in that part of the timeline with your fic, feel free to ignore the fact that he died because, uh, deathfic of requested characters is really not my thing, lol. But lasting, crippling injuries are fine! Or maybe Alexios can save him before any of that happens. I love these two as a battle couple (that tag team fight!), but I also like that Brasidas is one of the few Spartans who doesn’t jump to warfare and murder as the first and only solution to all problems.

Give me the hurt! Give me the comfort! Give me all the angst! Brasidas had two big battles to get critically injured in. Maybe after the second battle, Brasidas survives, but he’s not fit for army duty anymore. Perhaps he can still fight a bit and Alexios takes him on as a lieutenant on his ship; maybe he can’t and he has to deal with that and Alexios helps with that, too. Or simply Alexios sitting by Brasidas’ bedside unsure if he’ll wake up again, that’d be great, too. Also, if Alexios didn’t manage the best ending, he’ll have to deal with a lot of guilt, since its the result of his decisions (I mean, damn, just watch the bad ending with Alexios sitting alone at the dinner table, it’s heart-breaking...). Would love Brasidas helping him heal and maybe eventually think about making a new family.

I’m so easy for adventure stories. Brasidas and Alexios hunting cultists! Fighting Athenians! Fighting bandits! I really like them fighting together a lot!

I you are in the mood to just write 5k of smut, I have absolutely no problem with that, either. I somewhat prefer Alexios on top, but considering they probably spar for it and Brasidas has some tricks up his sleeve, I doubt he always ends up on bottom. However, as much as I think their sex life would be wild and athletic, I would also love a scene of a romantic sexual encounter between them, or Friends With Benefits slowly turning into more, where they don’t really need a lead-in of fighting every time.

Spartan marriage included a ritualistic kidnapping of the bride. This could be fun with Brasidas reintroducing Alexios to some customs of his old and new home by "kidnapping" him, or Alexios deciding to woo Brasidas in the traditional way by stealing him away. (Also, Deimos!Alexios doing the kidnapping could be interesting as well, though probably a good deal more frightening at first.)

Alright, so, I know I said no dead Brasidas, but this is an exception because you know what? There’s so much mythical stuff happening in this game, Alexios can definitely saddle up and pull his boyfriend/crush out of Hades. Maybe he meets some mythological figure who offers him a deal and Alexios and Brasidas have to do some feats of daring in return? Or he straight up beats up the hellhound and demands an audience with the king of the underworld.

For a crazy take on established relationship, perhaps Alexios doesn’t die as soon as he lets go off the staff in present times, but has to live out his life now from the age he was when he first grabbed it to his natural death. However, the Isu reward him by giving him a perfect copy of his lover Brasidas (or it’s something a Piece of Eden does inadvertently because Alexios wishes so much to have him here). Has Alexios already seen Brasidas die once on the battlefield (another exception to requested character death DNW, obviously) and is now kind of overwhelmed? How does Brasidas take to modern life?

I’d love an AU where Brasidas narrowly avoids death from the injuries Deimos!Alexios gave him in their second encounter, perhaps is even permanently disabled because of it in some way... and then Kassandra gets Deimos away from the Cult and now he’s living in a house in Sparta and Brasidas has to look him in the face every day. That can’t be too easy. How do they get closer? Perhaps Deimos feels like he has to make up for what he did; or Brasidas eventually, for Kassandra’s and Myrrin’s sake, makes an attempt to speak to him.

For a darker dubcon take, Brasidas is delivered by the Cult to Deimos!Alexios as a slave, or Deimos claims a captured Brasidas as such after talking to him and finding him intriguing. If the Cult delivers Brasidas, he could be for sparring with, sating Deimos’ bloodlust, or for sex. I doubt Deimos has had many chances to indulge (perhaps he’s still a virgin), so the Cult wants to keep him loyal and distracted from Kassandra by providing a toy. But maybe Deimos likes Brasidas and if they have sex, it’s a lot more consensual than is good for the Cult in the long run because Brasidas could tempt Deimos from them himself. I could also see Brasidas being cunning enough to try to seduce his way out of the situation and win Deimos’ trust to create an opportunity to flee, but then he finds out what Deimos has been through and gets to know him and it’s all not so simple anymore.

Alexios/Stentor
Alexios and Stentor have such a deliciously complicated relationship. Stentor is obviously threatened by Alexios’ presence, and Alexios is probably jealous that Stentor got to have Nikolaos as a father whereas Alexios got to be shoved off a cliff. However, considering how attached Stentor is to Nikolaos, I doubt he has any birth family that cares about him, either. He probably grew up alone before Nikolaos started paying him attention, so he and Alexios eventually might find themselves unexpectedly able to bond over some things. They also would make a great battle couple and their verbal and physical sparring is a lot of fun.
(Also, after trying to make sense of the respective ages of Stentor, Kassandra, and Alexios with the help (and hindrance) of the wiki, I... just don’t know anymore? Stentor should be like 39 at the end of the game despite the fact that Alexios should have known that Nikolaos was paying him special attention if that had happened while Alexios was still around, which would be the case if Stentor was older than him, yet Alexios seems to have never met him before (and to further muddle things, Alexios calls him “little brother” on the ship and Stentor doesn’t object). Also, Alexios is either 8 or 13 at the beginning of the game according to different information, Deimos!Kassandra is apparently 15 when you first meet her (??? even more ridiculous with Deimos!Alexios, since that character model looks roughly 35) and the game takes place over 9 years but feels like it happens in the span of at max. two. So please feel free to handwave all of this and just adjust the ages as you need them or keep them as they are, I am not picky (and I really don’t care about Spartan minimum ages for military positions, either, in case you find that in your way of whatever you want to do). This has been a PSA just in case you happen to stumble into the same land of confusion where I am currently, lol.)

I assume since Nikolaos was happy to have his family back and Stentor wants to please him in all things, he decides to grit his teeth and make nice with the new relatives. I really would like to see Stentor wondering where he still fits into this family dynamic now that Nikolaos has his ‘real’ children back, and they both happen to be unstoppable fighting machines that outclass Stentor dramatically (which to a Spartan must be quite important) and also one of them sort of saved Sparta from the Cult and won the Olympics. However, in his attempts to to tolerate his new brother – whether he be Alexios or Deimos!Alexios –, the two end up developing quite a different relationship. The focus I want is on romantic developments, but I also wouldn’t say no at all to Kassandra/Deimos!Kassandra and Myrrine developing a relationship with Stentor, too, and Nikolaos getting to know Alexios and Kassandra better. Family fluff is great, yo. Well, as fluffy as this family can get... does the five of them fighting through a bandit camp or something count?

Speaking of stories with a bit of a family focus, you can recruit your whole family as lieutenants after the good ending. Alexios sailing around with his family on board, calling them into battle to help him, and their developing relationships would be great. Oh, and him and Stentor accidentally falling in love, of course.

Alexios and Stentor have to work together to solve some new problem in Sparta – general politics or Cultist related. This forces them to come closer and look at the other one’s strengths and skills and they develop a grudging respect – and more. Bonus if they fight together at some point.

If Stentor loses against Alexios in the battle in Boeotia and Alexios doesn’t kill him, he is abandoned by his men and turns into the mercenary Stentor the Fallen. You can then recruit him after you’ve beaten him again. Alexios dragging Stentor onto his ship to serve him could be a really messed up way to start a relationship (though if you translate that into smut, please no outright noncon – dubcon is fine, though). However, it doesn’t have to be Alexios forcing Stentor to be under him. I would also like Stentor seeing the world outside of his narrow Spartan experience, since he seemed very entrenched in that perspective, and perhaps Alexios shows him his life doesn’t have to end just because he’s outside the walls of Sparta. By the way, if you kill Stentor the Mercenary, you can also see the Cult was trying to get him. Since he never turns on you when you recruit him, apparently he wasn’t going for it super hard, so Stentor going to Alexios with this info and them hunting down Cultists together as a bonding experience would also be great.

For a crazy take on established relationship, perhaps Alexios doesn’t die as soon as he lets go off the staff in present times, but has to live out his life now from the age he was when he first grabbed it to his natural death. However, the Isu reward him by giving him a perfect copy of his lover Stentor (or it’s something a Piece of Eden does inadvertently because Alexios wishes so much to have him here). Has Alexios already seen Stentor grow old and die once? Or has he broken up with Stentor to ensure he could have a normal life and always grieved that relationship (perhaps this copy of Stentor is from a point in the timeline when he’d already done that, though I’d love him to still be fiercely hung up on Alexios)? How does Stentor take to modern life?

If you wanna go the smut-heavy route, I have some preference for Alexios on top, but I would love Alexios and Stentor fighting for dominance and Stentor probably doesn’t lose every time. A scenario where Stentor is quite happy to often be the loser (and very, very ashamed about enjoying Alexios topping him) would be great, though. I could also see them using fighting, physical or otherwise, as an entrance into their little dalliances. Do they eventually get a point where they realise that they want to sleep with each other even without almost breaking their noses in a sparring match before? Where Stentor even admits to his preference for bottoming, if he has it in this fic? Enemies to People (hardly friends) With Benefits to Lovers certainly is a great trope for them.

For that matter, D/s with sub Stentor would also be fun. I could see Alexios as a gentle Dom who turns these situations to his favour so subtly and softly that Stentor barely realises what he’s agreeing to until it’s happening (and it’s really good), or the two of them going at it from a consensual but probably not very safe or sane angle, where they work out their frustrations with each other and Alexios adds to the humiliation Stentor feels for enjoying submission, mocking and belittling him. (All my bonus points if Stentor eventually mentions this in some fight or moment of weakness and Alexios is like wtf I don’t mean that stuff, I just say it cause we get off on it, you moron.)

I also like the idea of the two of them sleeping together but never admitting their feelings until something bad happens to the other. The rest of the family is mighty confused when the dude they thought would have been relieved to see the other go, at the very least hardly bothered by it, flies completely off the handle and runs to go save their lover or has basically been welded to the bedside of the sick man.

When they meet again in Boeotia, after the battle, perhaps Stentor gets almost assassinated or badly wounded by some Cultist (or other general traitor) in his ranks. Alexios stays around to help solve the problem and they grow closer over it and fall in love, perhaps even stay closer in the coming years?

For A/B/O, Stentor as the angriest omega in all of ancient Greece would be a lot of fun (however, him being somehow at peace with his nature would also be interesting, so whichever way you want to write it). I'd love anything about him with Alexios, seriously, so these really are just ideas. Perhaps a sudden unexpected heat can bring him and Alexios closer together? Literally and figuratively, ehm. Or maybe omegas get treated differently/better in warrior-ethos-focused Sparta than they do in the rest of Ancient Greece, so Stentor has quite a bit of independence there, but him and Alexios need to pretend to be bonded on some mission outside the city because Stentor would not be allowed to go certain places/do certain things otherwise (I love pretend relationship turns into real relationship)? Or the Spartan state decides that the alpha who obviously has shown himself worthy of getting a child on the very decorated omega Stentor is Alexios.

Spartan marriage included a ritualistic kidnapping of the bride. This could be fun with Stentor reintroducing Alexios to some customs of his old and new home by "kidnapping" him, or Alexios deciding to woo Stentor in the traditional way by stealing him away. (Also, Deimos!Alexios doing the kidnapping could be interesting as well, though probably a good deal more frightening at first.)

To everyone’s great surprise, probably Stentor’s included, Deimos!Alexios and Stentor are the ones who have the easiest time finding to each other because the fight is the primary language they both speak. I would really like it if the two of them managed to take out their aggressions on each other, which at first might be nothing but some channeling of their energy so they don’t actually kill each other (and Deimos doesn’t kill anyone else), but slowly turns into friendlier sparring, sometimes accompanied by a few nicer words, then more as Stentor shows Deimos!Alexios around Sparta and they grow closer.

For a darker dubcon take, Stentor is delivered by the Cult to Deimos!Alexios as a slave, or he claims a captured Stentor as such after he realises their family connection and, despite himself, is interested and doesn’t want him killed. If the Cult delivers Stentor, he could be for sparring with, sating Deimos’ bloodlust, or for sex. I doubt Deimos has had many chances to indulge (perhaps he’s still a virgin), so the Cult wants to keep him loyal and distracted from Kassandra by providing a toy. But maybe Deimos likes Stentor’s martial nature and fight and if they have sex, it’s a lot more consensual than is good for the Cult in the long run because Stentor could tempt Deimos from them himself?

Barnabas/Herodotos
Okay, I can’t help it, these two are just really cute together and I would seriously be happy for anything involving them. They keep by your side throughout the whole story and loud, exuberant Barnabas makes such a great contrast to quiet, more subdued Herodotos. They spend a lot of time together on Alexios’ ship and seem to get along pretty well, even though they obviously banter a bit and have different views on many things.

Herodotos is a historian and Barnabas loves to tell stories. I would like it if Herodotos enjoyed listening to him, perhaps even writing some of it down (silently substracting what he’s pretty sure is exaggeration). Perhaps Barnabas even gets into telling of some of his conquests and that could be either sweet or steamy and give Herodotos quite a bit to chew on.

Herodotos pointed out Barnabas’ positivity very quickly, which I found cute. Herodotos is usually surrounded by politicians and philosophers, but I can see him getting very quickly infatuated with someone who is as genuinely nice as Barnabas despite being very different from him. Pining would be cute! But also from the other direction, where Barnabas isn’t sure someone with his head in scrolls as much as Herodotos would really go for an old sailor. And either of them might think they’re really a bit too far in years to start a romance now, and yet...

One time when Alexios suggests that they could go hunting, Herodotos says “do I look like the kind who can defend himself?” Well, he’s certainly more of a scholar than a fighter. But Barnabas can still swing a sword, right? I’d love Herodotos and Barnabas stumbling into some trouble together and Barnabas getting to be heroic for once instead of leaving it all to Alexios. Maybe Herodotos also manages to help out in some way? Either with his word or by unexpectedly clocking someone with a vase or something.

Barnabas was obviously super excited for the Olympics and Herodotos seemed pretty into it, too, fanboying over that fighter they had on board alongside Barnabas. I just want them having a good time there after all the poisoning and Cultist shenanigans that happen, enjoying the celebration, maybe being pulled into an adventure of their own, and then perhaps ending up together in bed, with or without the help of wine. Perhaps Alkibiades even tries his hand at matchmaking, noticing that these two have an unspoken attraction that they simply must act upon? But I’m sure they could figure it out themselves eventually, too.

Barnabas and Herodotos briefly knew each other before the start of the game, I’m pretty sure, at least the wiki backs me up on this not just being an accidental invention of mine. I’d love a Canon Divergence AU in which Barnabas and Herodotos did not just get somewhat acquainted. Perhaps they had a stormy romance or a never-acted-upon crush, but circumstances tore them away from each other and they hadn’t found each other again; or it really was just a few nights of passion. I’d want to read about that past event just as much as about them being either a bit mortified at first when they run into each other again, or quietly hopeful. Would love it if they got back together, too. (You could also make it so that their meeting is a really long while into the past, like thirty, forty years, and it takes them a moment even to realise who they are again.)

Because I am a weak person when it comes to family fluff, Barnabas and Herodotos raising a child together – on Alexios’ boat no less – would be really fun. Perhaps a young ship hand starts talking to both of them and eventually, at the latest over the first argument of how to educate the little boy/girl, they realise they have accidentally adopted a child.

Adventures on a boat would be fun, too. Herodotos is used to travelling on them, I’m sure, but maybe he has to start putting his hands to the oars or the sails in an unexpected storm and Barnabas directs him. Maybe they even get lost together in a smaller boat and have to find their way back.

As a friend of Perikles and Alexios both, Herodotos could definitely end up becoming a target for the Cult. Maybe Alexios is currently busy, so Herodotos and Barnabas have to make sure he doesn’t end up dead in a ditch somewhere together and plan/fight their own way out.

Well, these two are a bit older, but I’d still love to read smut! They may not go at it quite like the young ones anymore, but with age comes experience... although Barnabas does keep very fit, working on a ship, so it might be really fun if he surprised Herodotos with some feat of strength or endurance. Herodotos, for his part, has probably learned a lot of clever tricks from the Athenians. I somewhat prefer top Barnabas, but let’s be real, I would take everything for these two.

For A/B/O smut, maybe older omegas don’t usually have heats much anymore, but Herodotos is one of the ones who does still suffer them at times, much to his annoyance, because on a ship it’s just quite inconvenient. He talks to Barnabas about it to ask him if there’s a place on the ship where he could be locked away so he doesn’t distract the alpha sailors. Barnabas has a better idea of how he could help.

Ezio Auditore da Firenze/Leonardo da Vinci
Ezio and Leonardo are such an amazing pairing. Whether you go with the timeline of the first game, when Ezio is still wilder, or the second game, when they’re both older and and perhaps even a tad wiser, I love the trust they place in each other and their banter and friendship.

Ezio protecting Leonardo or Leonardo doing the same for him, physically (as much as he can, not being a fighter) or through a smart lie/invention and the fall-out of that would be great.

Leonardo could also be dragged away and tortured to extract information from him about Ezio – which Leonardo would never give, of course. I would love a severely beaten-up Leonardo showing up in Monteriggioni asking for protection and Ezio caring about him before going out to bring hell to the people who mistreated Leonardo.

Leonardo has a crush on Ezio, but considering what a lady’s man Ezio is, he has no hopes that anything will ever come of it and he’s quite sad about it. Perhaps Ezio finally realises what Leonardo meant in that scene in Brotherhood ("women provide little distraction") and does something about it (he can also get a clue earlier).

Leonardo and Ezio having an adventure together! Escaping Templars, searching for Assassin scrolls and artifacts, just being a great team together.

Ezio sets his mind to wooing Leonardo. He's probably never really had someone properly try to sweep him off his feet before, as most relationships with men would have been very clandestine and probably filled with shame.

Ezio being forced to test some more inventions of Leonardo’s would be great, but I would also like a vignette about Ezio being more seriously charmed by Leonardo’s genius and enthusiasm.

Ezio finds the sketches Leonardo made of him - or of them (could be dirty or could be romantic, or both).

A straight modern AU of these two could be fun! Leonardo was such a multi-talent. What would he be like in the modern world, what dazzling art and inventions would he have come up with? And what would Ezio's evolution be like - straight up party fuckboy/Instagram model to real hero?

Vampyr

Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, Canon Style Plot, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fluff, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, Smut

Jonathan Reid/Sean Hampton
Sean is the love interest I wanted! I enjoy how gentle and meek he is, but also how he obviously has a lot of courage and a stubborn head of his own. Meanwhile, Jonathan cares about people, but is a very good protagonist in that he seems always ready to push his own will through. Plus, they are both caretakers (who are also people-eating monsters) in their own right. I can see everything from tooth-rotting fluff to the two of them solving crimes and helping people together to even them getting into an argument over something they are at odds about and having to resolve that somehow. There’s so much to unpack here.

I would still love a version of the game where Sean is the love interest instead of Elisabeth. I don’t mean repeating the whole game, of course, but changing/adding some scenes. Sean’s already Princess Peaching it in Bishop’s den where you valiantly save him, it’s the perfect set-up for a charged conversation or three back in the hospital. Perhaps Jonathan can get some comfort and guidance from Sean by half-alluding to the terrible situation he’s in (or Sean, having known vampires for a decade, surprises Jonathan eventually with the revelation that he knows very well what Jonathan is and is not afraid of it). I’d also enjoy scenes of Jonathan returning to him between missions and/or an adjusted ending where Jonathan goes to Sean afterwards. Maybe they help Old Bridget clean up the sewer hide-out, which could be a sombre scene, since Sean also considered the Skals his flock. Or, for something happier, they could simply celebrate the end of the epidemic and Jonathan’s survival.

Jonathan is the fighter of the two, but I can see Sean throwing himself into an altercation to help a wounded Jonathan, too. Dude turns into a pretty high-level feral Skal with shadow clones when you leave him to the blood of hate, so he could probably at least hold his own for a bit, long enough for Jonathan to recover; but he’s also not someone used to fighting and might get pretty banged up. I just like them working together or saving each other and any situation where that happens would be great, plus them taking care of the problem for good once they have licked their wounds.

Sean is worried about one of his flock who has been behaving very strangely, or something else that is fishy at the docks, and him and Jonathan solve the mystery and get closer again in the process.

Or the other way around, Jonathan has a mysterious case at his clinic who also asks for spiritual guidance and so Jonathan goes to find Sean, who gets some strange half-confessions and pleas for help. Who is responsible? What is going on in Londontown this night? I don’t know, but Sean and Jonathan may end up kissing while they find out.

They also generally have a lot of enemies: the Ascalon Club could be going after Jonathan for not heeding their wishes or become too interested in what a weird Skal type Sean is, other elder vampires might come back from the continent and bring their own entourage, there’s the Guard of Priwen and certainly other hunter factions, too, some less respectful upstart gang or union member with his cronies around Sean’s territory could be trying to teach him a lesson... these two have their hands full.

I’d also love a quieter fic about their relationship which just kind of tracks its development. Does Jonathan ever introduce Sean to... well, what’s left of his family, his mum and his butler? Probably not as his boyfriend, but maybe he wants to see Sean make a connection with them. What about sex? Sean is probably a virgin, apart from what happened to him. Does he ever say more about that to Jonathan when they get closer? Does Jonathan try to let it start slowly to get him used to it, or does something happen unplanned that perhaps surprises them both? I somewhat prefer bottom Sean, but both works.

I’d also love them dealing with the actual fallout of the Spanish Flu epidemic (that still happened, after all) and/or the returning soldiers. There’ll be a lot of work for a spiritual caretaker and a doctor to do.

Also, Jonathan returning to London after the second-worst ending, when he failed to save Elisabeth and might just generally feel terrible about himself and Sean meeting him and the two of them attempting to put their lives back together while getting closer, that would be nice.

I’m also a sucker for vampires feeding and hurt/comfort, so if Jonathan or Sean got hurt and the other offered them some blood, that would also be a great fic. Skals don’t seem to heal as well or quickly as Ekons, either, so maybe Jonathan can put some proper bandages on Sean, too, or Sean could allow him to do that examination he rejected at first (that part could probably veer into a smut prompt, heh).
Jump forward in time! I’d love to see their established relationship thirty, fifty, a hundred years down the road. How do they live? Or, perhaps they haven’t always been together, but they meet again like eighty years later or something and fall in love.

Finally, Jonathan went through seven kinds of hell in the span of like two weeks in the game (and for that matter, Sean wasn’t exactly having a great time, either). If at some point he runs out of energy, or just has a break-down as it all catches up with him, I would love for Sean to be around to pick him up and comfort him and commiserate (even if Jonathan might feel that the rather rough manner in which he saved Sean should preclude him from such sympathy.

Geoffrey McCullum/Sean Hampton
These two don’t meet in-game, but I feel like it’d be really interesting if they did. Geoffrey has probably never met a Skal like Sean before and his new perspective (either because he is a vampire or because Jonathan spared him) might keep him from killing him outright, and Sean could be really good for him, since surely Geoffrey must be affected by what has happened to him recently one way or the other and could use someone kind who is generally ready to listen and help. Besides, someone’s gotta keep the city standing if Jonathan left to America/the castle, and Sean and Geoffrey are both involved in doing just that, in their own ways. That would give them many opportunities to interact.

What I would also find fascinating is that if Jonathan didn’t turn Geoffrey, Arthur’s blood might still have done it eventually, and perhaps Sean just happens upon Geoffrey when that occurs and helps him through it. That would also create an interesting connection for them.

Hell, for all we know, Geoffrey and Sean could have met before the game. There’s a note from Geoffrey saying he knows they don’t have enough recruits at the East End docks, so it’s not impossible he would walk the perimeter there himself sometimes and eventually meet Sean and even befriend him, since Sean is just a human at that point. I would love a calm-before-the-storm kind of mutual crush or cute romance between them pre-game (which might already be tinged by Sean probably lying to Geoffrey about the undead part of his flock). Alternatively, how would poor Geoffrey react to his crush or even boyfriend turning into a Skal? Would he find it his responsibility to kill him but can’t bring himself to? And then he (potentially) changes himself...

Jonathan could introduce Sean to Geoffrey before he leaves London with a footnote to Geoffrey to keep his hands off of Sean if he doesn’t want to get in trouble, but I’m sure Geoffrey would still want to keep an eye on this Skal positioned just at the right place where he could make people few would miss vanish. Sean working to get his trust and actually getting it and more would be fun.

Geoffrey and Sean are both from Dublin and have both left terrible memories behind there. How interesting would it be if something necessitated that they have to go back, some case they both try to solve or some vampire/hunter threatening them? I would love to read them navigate the city and their own pasts together. Alternatively, I also like them speaking Irish together, talking about a street or something they both might have known; or perhaps Geoffrey used to be a proper Irish Catholic boy once upon a time, too? Just things like that which provide innitial connection points.

They also generally have a lot of enemies: the Ascalon Club could be going after Geoffrey for being a hunter or become too interested in what a weird Skal type Sean is, other elder vampires might come back from the continent and bring their own entourage, there’s other hunter factions, too, some less respectful upstart gang or union member with his cronies around Sean’s territory could be trying to teach him a lesson... these two have their hands full.

Perhaps Jonathan didn’t want to draw Geoffrey’s attention to Sean, so he didn’t tell him about Sean at all and they just run into each other. How does Sean manage to talk his way out of being immediately murdered (or has Geoffrey perhaps mellowed a little bit and now does give vampires who look reasonable a chance – but then again, Skals can’t be reasonable, right...)? How does Geoffrey come to tolerate and like this weird uncommon Skal? Does Sean think he’s a thug at first and later comes around, or does he see something else in him straight from the beginning?

I’d also love a quieter fic about their relationship which just kind of tracks its development. Does Geoffrey tell him about his family or his adopted father, perhaps takes him to the graveyard? What about sex? Sean is probably a virgin, apart from what happened to him. Does he ever say something about that to Geoffrey when they get closer, does he tell him at all, or does Geoffrey learn it through gossip like Jonathan did? Does Geoffrey try to let it start slowly to get him used to things, or does something happen unplanned that perhaps surprises them both? I somewhat prefer bottom Sean, but both works.

Sean is worried about one of his flock who has been behaving very strangely, or something else that is fishy at the docks, and him and Geoffrey solve the mystery and get closer in the process.

Combatant or not, Geoffrey thinks Sean needs some self-defence lessons if he wants to stay alive and protect his immortal flock. They train vampire powers together and get closer over it.

Jump forward in time! I’d love to see their established relationship thirty, fifty, a hundred years down the road. How do they live? Or, perhaps they haven’t always been together, but they meet again like eighty years later or something and fall in love.

Both Sean and Geoffrey seemed to take this whole changing into monster thing kind of eerily well, but maybe they also just didn’t want to talk to Jonathan about it, especially in that very hectic situation with the epidemic. Sure, Sean knew Skals before, but you can’t tell me he has no reaction to wanting to eat corpses now (or that very weird slight personality shift he had when he was still controlled by the blood of hate, that’d scare him in retrospect, I imagine). Perhaps he does allow himself a minor breakdown and Geoffrey finds him, or they are already close and Sean talks to him. Or, on the other hand, Geoffrey reaches his breaking point and Sean comforts him and convinces him that he doesn’t need to stake himself.

Jonathan Reid/Geoffrey McCullum/Sean Hampton
This mess of a threesome is another favourite idea of mine. There’s just so much charge there: the anger Geoffrey must feel for Jonathan, particularly if he has made him an Ekon, his aggression towards vampires turning against Skal Sean, but his newfound knowledge also perhaps halting him and showing him that both Jonathan and Sean might be the kind of vampires who don’t deserve death and thus confusing him a lot in the process. Sean is likely still a bit resentful towards Jonathan, if his curt answer concerning an examination is anything to go by, and Geoffrey would probably scare or at least worry him, but I think Sean would also try to help Jonathan and Geoffrey both if he knew the extent of their tragedies. Finally, Jonathan sees the good in both these men, but also has to live with the things he’s done to them, and, considering how Geoffrey hunted him, is probably as angry at him as Geoffrey is at Jonathan.

Jonathan is of course the logical connection point between them, so it might start out with him in a relationship/flirting with one of them first before the other joins. But perhaps Jonathan also takes a bit of a break from London after the game and finds his progeny have gotten to know each other in his absence.

A story idea for established relationship could be the three of them getting locked in somewhere and fighting their way out – though Sean is not much of a fighter, but perhaps he can make a good blood bag for the other two to replenish after or during the battle? (Then again, we know he turns into a tough mini boss if you let him deteriorate, so perhaps there’s more to him in a fight than anyone expects.)

Considering how long an examination of how they got together could go, I’d also be perfectly fine if you skipped to an established three-way relationship kind of deal, just showing how they deal with the world as a triad. How do they approach new threats in the city, how does Geoffrey keep his fellow guards from killing his boyfriends (and potentially himself), do Geoffrey and Sean help Jonathan at the hospital or with searching for a way to quell vampire hunger, and do Geoffrey and Jonathan make sure the shelter stays safe?

I would also just like to see them hanging out, bickering, doing naughty things. These boys are busy, I’m sure they could all stand to relax together sometimes. Just one or all of them reflecting on the relationship would be really interesting, too.
If Geoffrey was not turned by Jonathan but by Arthur’s blood, Arthur might get over to London to take a look at his newest progeny and in the process also meeting his younger brother Jonathan and Sean the weird Skal. Whether that is a good or bad thing remains to be seen, but it might bring the three closer together.

Jump forward in time! I’d love to see their established relationship thirty, fifty, a hundred years down the road. How do they live? Or, perhaps they haven’t always been together, or maybe only two of them have been, but they meet again like eighty years later or something and all fall in love.

Combatant or not, Geoffrey and Jonathan think Sean needs some self-defence lessons if he wants to stay alive and protect his immortal flock. They train vampire powers together and get closer over it. Also, Sean might be watching (perhaps with some trepidation – or even with some arousal, to his own surprise) how Geoffrey and Jonathan tear into each other training their powers together and provides them with blood to heal their wounds after.

For smut, I would love to see them doing it in all sorts of constellations: in a pile all three on each other (all my brownie points of Sean being spitroasted), or with two of them performing for the third, or one of them performing for the two others while they touch each other. Perhaps Sean isn’t quite comfortable jumping right in with two men at first, so they ease him into it. Or Sean is a lot more ready to experiment than they exptected and they have fun with that. Perhaps a little later into their relationship, the two of them are so busy bickering that Sean somehow ends up taking control at some point and makes them do what he wants to get this show on the road. I somewhat prefer bottom Sean, but all is good. No preferences between the other two.

They also generally have a lot of enemies: the Ascalon Club could be going after Geoffrey for being a hunter or for Jonathan for not heeding or become too interested in what a weird Skal type Sean is, other elder vampires might come back from the continent and bring their own entourage, there’s other hunter factions, too, some less respectful upstart gang or union member with his cronies around Sean’s territory could be trying to teach him a lesson... these three have their hands full.

Overwatch

Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, Canon Style Plot, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fluff, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, Smut

Jean-Baptiste Augustin/Soldier: 76 | Jack Morrison
I’m all for pairings with two battle-hardened warriors who feel like they have made mistakes in the past and now try to do better, so when I first heard Baptiste’s origin, I thought that he and Jack would go splendidly together (in fact, the designers even said that gameplay-wise Baptiste was designed so players could use him like Soldier: 76 if they wanted to, so hey, matching!). It’s a pretty new pairing since Baptiste is a pretty new hero, but maybe someone thought the same or my prompts can inspire you!

Both Baptiste and Jack are currently working undercover, basically hiding from the organisations they used to belong to. Maybe they run into each other in the field, Jack trying to solve a conflict while Baptiste is there for humanitarian reasons – or also to fight, since he can do both, and it’s not a place where medics without considerable combat experience should be.

They both feel like they have made mistakes in their pasts which they now have to atone for in some ways. I would love them slowly opening up to each other. It could be that at first they are both vague about their past, perhaps for a long time, until one of them gets exposed; or they admit gradually to their identies over the course of working together.

Perhaps in his search for Gabriel, Jack stumbles over Baptiste as a possible source of information. Does Baptiste trust him or does he demand Jack first show him that he’s serious about wanting to help people by assisting Baptiste on a mission, if Jack isn’t even willing to show his face? Or maybe he asks his friend Sombra to give him some intel about Jack? And of course, their reactions to the respective reveals would also be great.

I am here for the two of them fighting together. I like that Baptiste is a support with a combat focus and Jack a DPS with a support ability. Together, they would be great at sweeping a battlefield for wounded while keeping them safe as they make their escape.

For smut, I somewhat prefer Baptiste on top, but all is good, I just want the two of them fooling around! Has it been a while since Jack got any? I doubt he would usually risk giving away his identity with his vigilante ways. Or maybe even Baptiste – he seems less bitter and more positive, but he’s also in a situation where he spends time ducking away from Talon goons and maybe he’s not really the kind for hook-ups and didn’t want to have a relationship under these circumstances (same could be true for Jack, of course)? But then the two of them feel drawn enough to each other to let it happen.

Perhaps Baptiste and Jack are together when Winston sends out the signal and Jack invites Baptiste to come along, having started to trust him. It could be a step in their relationship even if on the outside it doesn’t immediately seem like something to do with feelings.

Both Baptiste and Jack seem too driven to really kick back and relax, but maybe one of them is injured and the other one waits around to keep them safe, so they have a bit of downtime and remember some of their hobbies (or realise they don’t even have hobbies anymore at this point). Just getting a chance to wind down for these two would be fun.

Maybe you want to go for something more out there, so I should say, I always love AUs that somehow incorporate the alternate skins the characters have. Jack is obviously at an advantage here since he’s been in the game longer (Jack was actually killed but rebuilt as a cyborg? He’s now an vampire?), but Baptiste also has some nice skins (Pirate AU!).

Genji Shimada/Zenyatta Thekharta
This pairing is one of my constant favourites. Genji and Zenyatta just seem so familiar and comfortable with each other in the game, but there’s also this whole host of history that is only hinted at there with how Genji came to Zenyatta torn up about his past and not at peace with himself. I would love to read everything, from AUs, to their first canon meeting and early tentative crushes, to established relationship fic of them travelling the world.

From what we’ve seen of Blackwatch Genji in the archive missions, I don’t see him bending his knee to monks too quickly. Perhaps he was streaking about the Shambali temple conflicted and Zenyatta was the only one reckless enough to approach him; or perhaps Zenyatta and him met when Zenyatta was travelling with some of his brothers and sisters. I would also love an AU where maybe they didn’t really start out as master and student at all. Perhaps Zenyatta was just curiously investigating a place he was visiting with his fellow monks and met Genji and befriended him without the thought of teaching him – or they even had a brief affair that then turned into something deeper. Or maybe Genji saved Zenyatta from some anti-omnic terrorists. Or whatever else you can come up with, I’m ready for all.

As I said, I also would love to read something about their adventures travelling together, how they help people, fight together, live together, and perhaps even go to the Overwatch call together.

There is a lot of focus on Genji’s inner conflict in Genyatta fic and I love that angst, but I’d like to read something that touches on Zenyatta, too, if you’re so inclined. I suppose Genji was still around when Zenyatta decided to turn his back on the Shambali, though he probably didn’t do it before he figured Genji didn’t need him anymore. What was it like for Zenyatta to make that decision? It couldn’t have been easy. If you track his history, he was never not either a service bot or with the Shambali, so he’s never been alone out there in the world. Is he scared, excited, conflicted? All of them, none of them? And what does Genji think of it? Does he feel abandoned? Is he worried that he won’t see Zenyatta again, or that he will be hurt out there in a world often hostile to omnics? Or does he support the decision, having seen Zenyatta was unhappy perhaps even before Zenyatta admitted it to himself (maybe he was even the one who, in conversation, steered Zenyatta to think of new paths)? A lot of ways this could go.

Zenyatta is pretty young, all things considered; 20 by the time the game’s story starts, so maybe about 15 or 16 when he first met Genji? Omnics start as adults, of course, but experience must be gained by all living creatures. Perhaps there has just never been an opportunity for him to really fall in love before and Genji is the first person he crushes on. Is he excited and curious, or is he worried that his role as guide and master forbids this? Does Genji catch on? (I do hope he reciprocates, of course.) Similarly, Genji was kind of a playboy back in the day, so I doubt he had many meaningful romantic relationships, and he certainly wasn’t up for serious relationships in Blackwatch days. So despite the fact that he has a good few years on Zenyatta, he may also not be used to trying to build a real romantic connection – and that while being in this new robot body that he has a complicated relationship to.

Genji and Zenyatta seem to have split for the time being, but a story of Genji racing back to Zenyatta after the attack on Mondatta and him comforting Zenyatta (and Zenyatta comforting Genji, who certainly also knew him) would be great. Perhaps this plus their separation is what finally pushes them to admit their feelings.

For smut, I prefer Zenyatta on bottom, if they even do anything that requires top or bottom because I imagine robot/cyborg bodies may have entirely inhuman ways to connect (literally via USB port? In the Iris?). While I do like human-ish genitalia for Zenyatta (intersex, female or male, or something that has similar functions but looks a bit different, maybe like simple sex toys, considering his built is so basic), I also really enjoy that Zenyatta is such a standard model with wires showing and made of probably (or not?) unfeeling, scratched-up metal in many parts. So wire play and all that could be really fun! Or maybe he doesn’t even have any sexual organs or software capability to experience sexual pleasure and gets them installed for Genji? Or he has them and hasn’t used them much? But Genji used to be a player, I bet he has a few tricks up his sleeve... Also, using sex to make Genji feel good about his body is always great, too.

Maybe you want to go for something more out there, so I should say, I always love AUs that somehow incorporate the alternate skins the characters have. Both Genji and Zenyatta have a number of skins that tell matching stories. The nomad Genji skins, for example, which seem to be decked out for desert exploration, pair well with the Egypt-themed divine bird skins. And wasn’t there even a little story about a wandering Genji finding the Eldritch Zenyatta? The Lunar skins pair off nicely, and demon Genji also works really well with the Sanzang one, since Sanzang actually was hunted by demons quite a bit in Journey To The West. Nvidia Zenyatta (which is what the black-green recolour is called in my mind) looks like he could have been part of Blackwatch, with such an edgy design. And so on. The mix and match potential for AUs is pretty much endless here.

A Song of Ice and Fire

Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, AU – Modern, AU - SciFi / Fantasy Elements, Canon Style Plot, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fix-It Fic, Fluff, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, Smut

Stannis Baratheon/Davos Seaworth
The stern, duty-bound lord, the knight with the undying loyalty who despite that does not fear to tell him the truth and is valued for this quality... what is there not to love about these two? I’ll never get tired of the fanfic and I’m always happy to have more. Feel free to tweak Westeros so that homosexuality is accepted and gay marriage allowed and/or mpreg possible if you want. But you can also stick much closer to canon. I know it’s pretty difficult to avoid my cheating DNW while staying in the canon timeline here, so feel free to handwave their marriages away (annulled? they were widowed? divorce is allowed in Westeros? the wives have their own lovers and/or they are separated, if still married in law?) or have them never happen.

I generally like canon divergence AUs, like King Stannis AU. Maybe Renly decided to throw in with him and he got the throne after beating away the Lannisters (with Dany deciding to rule in Essos instead); maybe Stannis defeated the Others and also all the others who wanted the Iron Throne. Or the opposite – perhaps the rebellion failed and Stannis is now the captain of a mercenary band in Essos, where he meets smuggler Davos on the job, or he got sent to the Wall (Lord Commander Stannis AU would certainly also be interesting), where he gets close to Davos, who either smuggles close-by or is also convicted.

For a Modern AU, I’d be interested in seeing how one could tell a story with them in the modern world (whether it’s our world or Westeros with equivalent modern levels of progress and industrialisation). Would Stannis and Selyse have split up if they could? (Would Robert and Cersei, thereby preventing the whole murder thing?) Would Stannis be a lonely single parent overworked trying to pick up his brother’s slack at the giant family business, and Davos co-parenting his boys with his divorced wife? That would open the door to a lot of family fluff I like. For example, Stannis comes too late from work to find that his daughter Shireen had to go home from kindergarten with her new friend Devon, since they couldn’t wait around. But what kind of ramshackle neighbourhood does this Devon kid live in, anyway, and isn’t his dad kind of shady, if nice? But that’s just one idea – run wild!

For Modern AU, I’d also like to see if there was a way to make them as loyal to each other in the modern world as they are in canon. How did Davos gain Stannis’ trust here? Was there somehow another siege situation, young general Stannis and his troops locked down somewhere by enemy bombers and snipers with Davos sneaking in with a little motor boat? Or was it a totally different kind of situation where Davos’ criminal activities managed to help Stannis out of a serious, life-destroying bind? Or was it something completely different – maybe Davos saved Renly’s life or something? Also, is there any way Stannis could have still taken his fingers off without it turning into a major lawsuit (hell, maybe Davos would still have agreed to it; maybe it’s a honourable criminals AU and Stannis is high up in a sort of mafia-esque organisation)? Or has Davos maybe lost them doing something for Stannis? But it doesn’t have to be that complicated; I’d also love stuff like Stannis maybe learning about the fact that his new employee/long-time employee and confidant can’t actually read, which in modern times may be something Davos is ashamed to mention, and Stannis maybe helping him with that. Or some family time with Stannis’ brothers. Just how annoying can Renly be, trying to hook Stannis up with Davos, Stannis’ personal assistant at Stannis’ branch of the family business? (Or whatever other set-up you prefer, heh.)

As for SciFi/Fantasy AU, Westeros in space? Seriously, Davos as a little space freighter smuggler would make me unreasonably happy, as well as Stannis heading a huge galley space ship, oh my god, or being besieged on a tightly defended space station. A lot of the Modern AU stuff would also apply here (divorce allowed, etc.). As for Fantasy, well, it’s already a fantasy series, and I wouldn’t even necessarily call it low fantasy because the higher up North you go, the crazier it gets with magic, and there’s after all dragons and witches and such. However, it’s not a world where everyone is using magic everyday, either, so that could be cranked up. For example, if Davos happened to be a merman shapeshifter, or if the great houses of Westeros were all mages defined by their powerful magic bloodlines and traditions (perhaps specialisation in types of magic?) or by being able to shapeshift into their coat of arms house animal, that could certainly be an interesting change. But really, anything is great.

Now that I got all the AUs out of my system, obviously I’m totally here for canon compliant or canon adjacent stories, too. I’d love to get a glimpse into life at court while Stannis was master of ships under Robert, or a reunion up in the North between these two. Shireen and Davos’ sons making appearances is also great.

Whether AU or not, I’m always here for these two being badass together. We don’t really ever see them fight together in canon and Davos is not one for all-out combat on the battlefield, as he said. But whether they get attacked by pirates, win a sea battle for Robert, fight off assassins, or get captured and then free themselves/each other or something, I want it.

Smut is always fun for these two. I somewhat prefer bottom Davos, but both works. I could see Stannis having a lot of hang-ups around sex, and if he hasn’t been married before, he might even still be a virgin. Perhaps Davos can help him with that. I would also love to see Davos introduce Stannis to some kinks that he may not even have been aware existed. Or perhaps Stannis is into some more out-there things and ashamed of it (or perhaps he just thinks they are out there because of his lacking experience and it’s actually super vanilla like… he wants to have sex but his partner wears a blindfold!!!!, and when he confesses, Davos is trying not to laugh while being reassuring)?

The Lord of the Rings

Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, Canon Style Plot, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fix-It Fic, Fluff, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, Smut

Boromir (Son of Denethor II)/Aragorn | Estel
I love everything about this pairing. The tension that their positions and personalities create is just great. They are both warriors of much talent and good leaders, but in the end, Boromir is the one who has to live with his guilt of failing, since I guess Boromir Lives AUs really give the best opportunity for them to have longer plots together. But Aragorn’s return to Gondor and the ring quest didn’t exactly go without a hitch, either, and he still has to prove that old Strider can actually be a good king. Lots still to unpack there. Aragorn’s relationship with Arwen obviously stumbles into my infidelity DNW, so if they are broken up or never got together in the first place, that’d be great.

Arranged marriage AUs are just so tempting to prompt for this couple. Either Denethor arranges for it, or Aragorn does so himself, asking Boromir if he would like to reunite their lines to honour the service the Stewards have done for so many years. Is there an unexpectedly hot wedding night, or does it take them a while to warm up to each other? Boromir might still feel angry/guilty about that ring business, but I could also see Aragorn worrying that Boromir might not exactly want to fall in bed with the dude who took what would have been Boromir’s throne, realistically (perhaps he’s even right about that). And while they are dealing with their feelings, there’s still a kingdom to run, so a lot going on. I would love it if they eventually came together, though.

I would also love something that happens while they travel. Perhaps they start out with some antagonistic UST, or even resolve it by sneaking away from camp at night every once in a while. This could easily blossom into something bigger, especially with the shock of Boromir’s near-death.

Fighting orcs and other assorted bad guys, saving other people and each other, I would just love to see them in action.

Sparring would also be great for these two. Perhaps it’s a way of working out their differences, or just how they keep fit. Or it’s even a ritual part of the work of the Stewards of Gondor, since they can help the king practice without the danger of assassination.

Aragorn’s healing ability distinguishes him as the king. Perhaps he is the one who woke Boromir back up from the dead and it’s a longer process where he has to keep healing him until he’s back to full strength? That’d be an interesting way for them to get closer while on the journey.

If you’d like to go for a complete canon divergence, well, all my alive Boromir prompts are probably that. Still, perhaps the war of the ring doesn’t happen and there’s a different way Aragorn has to reveal himself as the king while coincidentally being in Gondor (perhaps by using his healing powers or something to save someone’s life)? That might be very interesting, too.

So many opportunities here for smut. I somewhat prefer bottom Aragorn, but both is good. Aragorn may be a fancy king now, but that dude was slumming it as Strider for a good long while. He might be up for some things that Boromir is not used to from the nobles of Gondor. On the other hand, when has high nobility not had some out-there tastes? Perhaps Boromir is also not without his kinks.

Éomer Éadig/Faramir (Son of Denethor II)
I feel like these two have the potential to be quite an interesting pairing. They seem fairly different in temper, but not so much so that they would not get along at all, for they also share a lot of values. Whether they get together through an arranged marriage or because they just fell in love after the war, it would be fun to see more of them together.

Éomer and Faramir navigating the other’s culture and learning more about each other in the process is something I’d find a lot of fun. Perhaps they do it because they want their people to grow closer again, or it’s the result of the two of them ending up married.

If this is an arranged marriage, I guess Faramir may have moved to Rohan, since Éomer will follow in his adopted father’s footsteps? How does he take to the life of the riders? How do the two of them take to each other in general? Did they want this or are they wary of each other at first?

Since Faramir love scrolls and learning and the Rohirrim seem to be more leaning towards oral history and storytelling, I would find it nice if perhaps Éomer told him some of their legends and songs and Faramir did the same for him in turn.

Faramir is a lot less warlike than many others, but he is still a skilled fighter. Éomer, of course, is a great warrior, too. The two of them fighting to protect their people, each other, or their loved ones would be great.

Perhaps one of their cultures is fairly open to homosexuality, but the other is not, and that is something they have to navigate during their courtship. The person who is from the more restrictive society might feel ashamed while the other isn’t even quite clear on why they are acting so stand-offish when their attraction is obvious.

Either the Rohirrim or the people of Gondor have the sort of magic that allows to make babies between two men. The person who is not from the culture this applies to is not really sure what they think of this and if they find this safe for themselves/their partner, but in the end they do want to have legitimate heirs with them. Would prefer pregnant Faramir, but both works.

Feel free to also go completely AU and let them meet before the whole ring business. How do they run in to each other? Maybe one of them needs help and the other gives it. Do they even recognise each other at first – by name they would, I’m sure, but just looking at one another, maybe not? Perhaps they even have a quick, clandestine affair without really learning who the other is until they meet again during the events of the book?

Give me all the smut for these two! I prefer bottom Faramir somewhat, but both is good. Now, how many riding jokes can I make about the Rohirrim in just one prompt? Okay, I will spare you. But seriously, anything about these two. Faramir seems like he may be less likely to go for hook-ups, so maybe he’s not that experienced? Or, if this is a situation where one is not used to relationships with men being looked well upon, they might not have had any chance yet to try that out and the other can teach them a bit.

Stanton & Barling

Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, Canon Style Plot, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fluff, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, Mystery/Procedural, Smut

Hugo Stanton/Aelred Barling
This (so-far) two-book series is in great parts so entertaining to me because of Stanton’s and Barling’s relationship. Even though Stanton rolls his eyes at Barling a lot and Barling likes to criticise Stanton’s behaviour, you can feel how comfortable they are with each other by the end of book two, how much they actually and obviously care for each other and aren’t afraid to show it. It’s such a nice development and I would like to see it taken further.

I’d seriously be happy for any sort of story with these two. Them solving a case (a gruesome murder like in the books, or perhaps even something that turns out to be a less serious issue in the end) would be super, and if they managed to pine and kiss somewhere in there I’d be ecstatic. But I would also like to see more of their lives in London!

Maybe they have a fling before Stanton even learns that Barling is gay. Barling hasn’t had alcohol in more than a decade, I assume he’s probably a lightweight, so if somehow he was convinced to drink, another squabble between him and Stanton might accidentally turn more physical in a good way; or perhaps they get to drunkenly discussing sexual things and one of them decides they have to do a hands-on demonstration. The morning after would of course also be priceless, especially if both of them really enjoyed it and/or even had a crush before.

Poor Barling thinks he’s going to the deepest pits of hell for being into men, but once upon a time he used to think that the love he felt for Richard exempted him from this being a sin. Perhaps, if there was a kiss or something between him and Stanton, he might even worry he’s predatory and seduced Stanton to sin. I would love it if Stanton could give him that security again, or at least a little bit of it, that what he feels is not actually sinful and that being in love is not something the devil caused, nor even are his sexual desires. It doesn’t have to be a total turnaround, but I’d love to see Barling start to heal from this actually really unnecessary guilt he suffered from for so long.

Apparently Barling had such a great voice you could really make money off of it, even before he’d really practiced. I’d love it if Barling perhaps felt comfortable enough again to sing for Stanton, or Stanton eventually managed to beg long enough that Barling relents, lol. They could even have some bet running between them that Stanton wins, claiming a song as a price! Or Stanton overheard him while lying in bed one morning while Barling is already up and singing quietly to himself.

Stanton opening up about his own trauma with Rosamund would be great. I’d also love some possessiveness/protectiveness from his side because of that. After all, he’s come dangerously close to losing Barling, too, I’m sure that left some marks on him.

The two of them falling into each other’s arms after the monastery murder stuff is over with and then having to deal with that after the high of emotions is over would also be great.

Barling isn’t used to romance, I assume, and Stanton hasn’t had a long-term lover since Rosamund; but both of them seem like they really do wish for someone they can love with all their heart and not just have in bed. The two of them just enjoying their time as like a committed couple or the beginnings of their relationship would be great, realising that this is something that they can hold on to.

I prefer bottom Barling for smut. Stanton obviously has a lot of experience with women, but he hadn’t thought about sleeping with men before, and Barling had that one time with the prostitute that barely worked out and the, what, couple dozen times that Richard deigned to show him a good time? He did say it wasn’t as often as he’d wanted. They both have a lot left to learn, it seems, and I’d love for them to get to experimenting. Also, Richard doesn’t seem like the most selfless guy, so I doubt Barling knows what it is like when someone really sets their mind to making him feel good. Perhaps Stanton could show him! I’d also be here for Barling being quite desperate to impress Stanton, thinking he can’t measure up to his former conquests in looks or experience, and Stanton reassuring him (once he realises) that he doesn’t need to try so hard because Stanton already likes him.

Sherlock

Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, AU - Genre Shift, AU - SciFi / Fantasy Elements, Canon Style Plot, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fluff, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, Mystery/Procedural, Smut

Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade
These two are a long-time favourite pairing of mine. They seem like very different men, but in the end they both dedicated their lives to protecting people – and they both care about Sherlock, which is an excellent way to keep them talking in the early days of their relationship. Greg is not intimidated by geniuses and Mycroft seems a little more in touch with the idea of sex then Sherlock, so there seems to be a good opportunity here…
Note: Since the fourth season of Sherlock is pretty controversial, feel free to entirely ignore everything that happened there. Or don’t! I don’t have a preference either way, but I wanted to say it’s an option in case you weren’t happy with the developments. Also, if you want to go pre-Season 3, you could just set Greg’s divorce to be earlier or have him never be married in the first place.

I’d love a Canon Divergence AU where Greg and Mycroft get together sometime after they first met, perhaps after Greg pulled Sherlock out of some drug den? At first, Mycroft may see Greg as little more than a tool who is useful for keeping Sherlock under control, but then it turns into more.

The two of them solving a case together while pining (insofar as Mycroft needs help… but perhaps Greg surprises him with a good idea/observation?) would be a lot of fun.

I also always love the idea of Greg getting hurt protecting Mycroft from some assassination attempt, and Mycroft then seeing to his recovery (and to vengeance).

I’m here for every urban fantasy AU concerning these two. Werewolves? Vampires? Magic exists? It’s all good. Or set Sherlock in a high fantasy version of London, or in space! Setting shifts of all kinds are great.

Victorian AU is of course also a staple for this fandom. You could go with Sherlock’s fever dream variation of Victorian London (if you can work around Mycroft probably finding it difficult to get out of his chair, but hey, Greg can do the legwork!), or just a normal genre shift where they are still themselves but, like, in fancy top hats and such.

Speaking of (not quite that) overweight Mycroft, I found the issues he had regarding that interesting, since he seems very much able to keep everything else in his life under control. Perhaps he puts on a few pounds while in a relationship with Greg and finds this very worrying? Or Greg even makes a comment about it, jokingly so. Would love if Greg didn’t actually mind, though, since Mycroft is hardly dangerously overweight. He thinks it’s totally normal and doesn’t really understand why Mycroft seems so perturbed. This could even happen before they are together for some reason and it still doesn’t keep Greg from flirting with Mycroft at all, to Mycroft’s surprise.

Generally, I could see Mycroft being relatively mercenary in picking his conquests. He knows what he wants, but obviously he’s never going to have feelings that extend beyond the carnal for one of these goldfish people, it’s just to satisfy an instinct. Except, well. He somehow keeps ending up in Greg’s bed. And they may have gone to dinner. And…

I would love to know what it’s like for Mycroft experiencing falling in love with Greg. Is it the first time this has happened to him to this extent? Or did he have a relationship(s) before that crashed and burned? Does he worry that he’s leaving him alone too much or that Greg will tire of someone who can’t even watch one football game with him without complaining? And what about Greg? Does he wonder why Mycroft is dating him, considering how above human interaction Mycroft seems? Is he wondering how to adjust what he usually does to keep a partner to properly draw Mycroft in? Or does he just give up and try to be a good boyfriend the best way he knows how to, and inadvertently charms him?

I would love something where, as they are already in a relationship, they run into one of Mycroft’s exes and the person is still interested in Mycroft (or, someone Mycroft has never dated, but who is working hard to seduce him). The better looking, better educated, richer and higher class he (or she) is, the better. How does Greg handle it? His wife cheated on him, after all, and he might be worried he’ll be left behind again.

I prefer bottom Greg for smut. I feel like these two would get up to interesting things. Perhaps Greg expects Mycroft to be rather stiff in bed. Is he right? Does he have to draw him out of his shell first? Or does Mycroft use his superhuman reading of clues on Greg’s reactions to find out exactly how to drive him crazy?

Deus Ex

Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, Canon Style Plot, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fluff, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, Mystery/Procedural, Smut

Adam Jensen/Jim Miller
I loved the relationship between these two in the game! If you want to save Jim at the end, you basically stop listening to orders entirely pretty much right after the tutorial mission (since your actual job would be to go on the mission that means you can’t save him in the end). And yet, you can see Jim really likes Adam regardless, even when he grows frustrated with him. I usually play Adam non-lethal and stealthy, so that’s the version of him I know best, but really, go with whatever you prefer. I don’t think it changes the reactions of other characters to you in this game much, anyway.

Jim used to be a sharpshooter, apparently, and while he has moved up into a more senior position now, he doesn’t seem afraid of going into the field, either. Give me Jim and Adam on a mission together (one they planned or one they accidentally ran into)!

The Illuminati are maybe not super pleased with Jim at this point. I could see them sending someone to take Jim out. Can Adam protect him? One of them getting hurt and the other caring about them would be sweet.

What do Jim and Adam do after the game? Do they continue to work for Task Force 29, perhaps trying to spy on Manderley and the Illuminati and trying to do as much good as they can under the circumstances? Or do they quit and try to find a different way to approach this mess?

I would love some family fluff with Adam and Jim and his kids, once they’re deeper in a relationship – or maybe Adam just comes over when the kids are there and they’re not even together yet. Apparently Jim’s daughter is sick and from the e-mails taken together (about the surgery and about Jim looking for an augmentation-focused lawyer) seems to need augmentations to recover? Maybe Adam can help Jim make a decision about the surgery and show the girl what major augmentations mean and how they can help, but also how invasive they are and that they can make you a target. And so on, haha. You can probably guess that I really enjoy how especially DE:HR discussed these topics from a lot of angles and brought up lots of interesting points, so more musings on augmentations are always great. But so is general kidfic, so if the surgery decision is already made and it’s more about Adam having to interact with two lively children, I am also here for it.

Adam telling Jim about like… everything that happened to him because I assume the files don’t really tell the whole story. Perhaps Adam even allows himself to have like, A (1) Emotional Reaction to it for once. It’s been a lot.

Speaking of that, since a sequel doesn’t seem to be anywhere on the horizon for now, I’d love them following up on what actually happened to Adam in the time he is missing there in those two years when he got his new augmentations.

For smut, I prefer top Adam. Jim seems to have a nasty divorce behind himself and probably hasn’t had sex in a while, if he’s even been in the mood for it. Adam does not have the greatest relationship to his new body still. I would love to see them navigate their way around sex. Is it awkward at first, if perhaps in a loving way? Or is it a situation where they pretty much jump on each other? Does Adam use any of his augmentations during sex, like for example his heavy object lifting?

Francis Pritchard/Adam Jensen
These two are such an old married couple. I really missed Pritchard’s bickering in DE:MD. It’s just not a mission unless you’ve had a squabble with your tech guy somewhere along the line. I usually play Adam non-lethal and stealthy, so that’s the version of him I know best, but really, go with whatever you prefer. I don’t think it changes the reactions of other characters to you in this game much, anyway.

Just show me how they go through their enemies-friends-lovers route. Do they ever arrive at the middle step at all or do they just skip it? When do they admit to themselves that they kinda maybe like each other and that is why they’re still pulling pigtails? Or is that something that only occurs to them when it seems like Adam has died in a mission or something? Or after the end of DE:HR?

For established relationship fic, Nucl3arsnake might have some success looking for his boyfriend if he really put his mind to it. Perhaps he finds Adam earlier than he does in actual canon and decides to try and save him? If he succeeds, does Adam even remember who he is after the Illuminati played with his head and were interrupted by Francis butting in? That could be really interesting. (Though I’d like it if Adam eventually regained his memory.)

Another established relationship AU could be just their reunion after Adam’s disappearance. I know there’s a book that goes into that, but I haven’t read it and don’t really bother much with supplemental material, anyway, so feel free to use whatever’s in there or go in a totally different direction.

So through the magic of “crap we have to write a sequel, also we’re a prequel game with a set outcome, whoops”, your choices in the end of DE:HR predictably didn’t matter at all. However, what if they actually did? Would love to see Adam’s and Francis’ relationship reflected in the outcome of one of the choices in a scenario where the message you send out actually does do something.

I want Francis dropped into one of Adam’s missions – perhaps a place they stay is attacked – and having to physically follow him around. Would love banter and Francis making himself useful (hacking and stuff), but perhaps also some acknowledgement from Adam that (even if Francis might not admit it) it might be pretty terrifying for a non-combatant to get shot at and Adam being actually quite good at talking Francis through it.

I have no top/bottom preferences for this pairing, so go where your heart takes you. I could see these two trying to outdo each other in bed, probably still bantering even while they are getting down, and that would be great. However, I would also find it interesting if perhaps there was a smut scene in which that didn’t happen and it’s actually quite romantic/heart-felt; perhaps it’s to both of their surprise, or it’s an actually emotionally charged moment, like when they meet again for the first time after Jensen’s escape from Alaska.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, Canon Style Plot, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fluff, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, Mystery/Procedural, Smut

T'Challa/M'Baku
I love this pairing so much. It already had so many of my favourite tropes, what with T’Challa sparing M’Baku knowing that he is needed by his tribe, M’Baku wanting T’Challa out of the way but then actually saving him, and of course that scene in the end where he shows up with reinforcements. Just a lot of good stuff.
Endgame is gonna be out during the exchange period, but don’t worry about spoilers, they don’t bother me! But also, feel free to start writing and go from the information we have at the moment, just total AU. Or really, break off into AU at any point of the MCU franchise you wish. It’s at heart a superhero comic canon, and superhero comic canons are changeable, fickle beasts that can be ignored at will in my book.

I’m not going to surprise anyone by saying this, but like, arranged marriage AU, anyone? Maybe it’s a tradition that the heirs of tribes have to marry into the royal family at certain intervals or something. Or it’s to show that M’Baku and his tribe are ready to be integrated. Are they both on board for it, perhaps already silently crushing? Or are they not quite convinced this is a good idea at all and only slowly start to grow closer?

Since we’re on marriage and heirs, I’m sure if they have magic herbs and super technology, they could somehow even make an heir by blood, be they grown in a tube or in someone’s belly (if it was mpreg, I’d prefer if M’Baku was pregnant).

Speaking of kids, M’Baku said he had kids in the movie. That could totally just have been for the joke, but what if he actually does? Maybe he’s divorced or widowed. How does T’Challa deal with them? Can he get their approval? Do they want to train with him? (And do they like playing little morbid pranks as much as their father?)

I admit I’ve never been super interested in Marvel’s big team-up stuff, neither here nor in the comics. Consequently, I wouldn’t really want a whole plot focused solely around Thanos; but if you wanna have an unsnappening-focused hurt/comfort story or something like that, or use it as a jumping-off point for a plot you have planned, that’d be totally great.

I would love to see T’Challa and M’Baku working together, helping the people in the surrounding countries or around the world, joining up with other heroes, all that stuff. The Jabari seem reclusive even for the standards of Wakanda, so M’Baku’s likely going to be even more unused to interacting with the outside world. However, it doesn’t mean he can’t still kick ass, so. You know. These two would make a great super-hero team.

So, like, it would be good to have some more Heart-Shaped Herb, right? For whoever follows after T’Challa. Maybe there’s a series of rituals or trials that can be completed to maybe gain another one. Perhaps it literally involves travelling to the Ancestral Plane or some other spiritual realm? This could be interesting also for T’Challa and M’Baku to learn more about each other. Feel free to make this as symbolic or actually magic as you like (I don’t think the movie ever made it particularly clear, other than that the power of the Herb seems to be connected to Vibranium). Or perhaps it’s more of an action piece where they have to go to, idk, into a cave in a volcano to find the extra secret reserves some wise king once planted. Basically, I would love some straight-up adventure with them, too!

Smut would of course be awesome. I prefer bottom M’Baku, but I’m sure they wrestle for it sometimes and he doesn’t always lose – he may just enjoy losing more than that first time they fought, haha. But I would also love a sex scene that’s not led in by a squabble or sparring match, but is slow and loving or desperate and passionate. It would also be great to see them experiment with kinks and such, just something light-hearted and fun for both.

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