Night on Fic Mountain Letter 2019

[greygerbil]

Dear Night on Fic Mountain 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 here, 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.

Table of Contents

DNWs
Likes
Smut Likes
Stanton & Barling – E. M. Powell
Vampyr
Father Brown – G. K. Chesterton
Coriolanus – Shakespeare

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 moresomes can start out with less clear lines, it should just eventually be a closed quad/triad 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)


• 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 person fic

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 subverted


• 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 some groups, 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 too much lasting damage to each other): bloodplay

Stanton & Barling – E. M. Powell

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 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 unnecessary guilt he suffered from for so long.


• Apparently Barling had such a great voice you could even 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.


• Relatedly, Barling has written a love song about Stanton, as he did for Richard once. Does he sing it too Stanton? Is he too shy or too afraid after what happens last time, but maybe Stanton finds the scroll, or overhears Barling trying some of it out?


• 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 their reaction 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.

Vampyr

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.
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• 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.

Father Brown – G. K. Chesterton

Father Brown/M. Hercule Flambeau
I love the whole trajectory of their relationship and I’d be happy with something set at any time, whether Flamebau is still a thief or not.

• I’m just extremely down for the two of them solving a case together, or like a scene after they have solved a case, or discussing something they are currently trying to unravel – while also wrestling with the fact that they are in love.


• Either one of them gets hurt protecting the other. Flambeau can certainly do it better, being an experienced criminal who knows how to fight, but Father Brown could still throw himself in the way of a bullet or something to protect him. The other one cares for the one who got hurt.


• The two of them have been flirting for a while, even if they of course would not call it that, but that’s certainly what it is. Pining and UST finally boil over.


• Father Brown is the one caring about others, being a priest, and Flambeau is a criminal who lives a mostly solitary life. Neither is quite used to having or even wanting long-lasting romantic relationships, but being with the other gives them a bit of that and they can’t let go.


• One of them gets a bad fever or pneumonia or is poisoned by a criminal and needs to be nursed back to health. To everyone’s surprise, Flambeau is gentle with Father Brown and honestly worried about him. Or Father Brown cares about Flambeau and Flambeau himself is quite charmed by all the tender care that he gets.


• During a time of sickness, the sick person isn’t always totally lucid and says some seductive or affectionate things to the other (or makes a full blow love confession). The other person really hopes this’ll still hold true when they wake up.


• One of them is kidnapped and the other needs to use all their wits (and strength in Flambeau’s case) to get them back. Of course, their quite competent lover/crush is already also working on getting free on the other side. This could be related to a case or to Flambeau’s criminal past, or perhaps it’s even a not-so-penitent soul that Father Brown used to know? Bonus for the captors mistreating their captive. Afterwards, they could throw the captors into jail together, or perhaps Flambeau could also punch them for good measure.

Coriolanus – Shakespeare

Tullus Aufidius/Caius Martius
The rivalry between these two is so multifacetted and interesting. I would love to see anything between them before the beginning of the play or after (in an AU where Coriolanus survives). Feel free to go as canon divergent as you like, including making an ancient world where gay marriage is allowed if you have fun with that. Both Aufidius and Coriolanus are married (Aufidius mentions his wife when he says that he’s more excited for Coriolanus to come to the Volscians than he was on his wedding night...), but as per my DNWs, I really don’t like infedility much. Perhaps their wives also have other lovers and they are essentially split up, perhaps they are widowed, perhaps they were both simply always unmarried. Whatever suits you best!
As an aside, one of the things I like about theatre is how changeable it is, and this is a play, so if you want to set their story in a different setting (in space?), or if you want to imagine them being “played” by, for example, black or Asian actors in your story, in so far as it even comes up, I have no problem with that at all. But you can also treat it as basically pseudo-ancient Roman history and write it close to the setting Shakespeare imagined, that would also be fun.

• Aufidius is the lion that Coriolanus is proud to hunt, as he says, and Aufidius has, among others, this little monologue: “I have nightly since / Dreamt of encounters 'twixt thyself and me; / We have been down together in my sleep, / Unbuckling helms, fisting each other's throat, / And waked half dead with nothing.” I mean, that’s UST right there, isn’t it? Perhaps one of these days it discharged as they both came blood-smeared from the battlefield, or as Coriolanus finally joined Aufidius.


• Coriolanus joins the Volscians and survives. Aufidius helps him settle in. They fall in love. Any scene of then two of them suddenly having to interact peacefully and through that perhaps realising the depth of their feelings would be great.


• For another “Coriolanus survives” take, sparring! For once without the goal of choking the life out of each other.


• The conflict between the Romans and the Volscians is settled via an arranged marriage between Aufidius and Coriolanus. Are they angry? Secretly intrigued? How long does it take for them to truly come together? Is the wedding night enough, or do they skip that and later wish they hadn’t because now it feels weird to put sex back on the table as they grow closer?


• One of them wins the battle and as their prize demands the hand of the other in marriage. The other is in secret very willing.


• AU in which Coriolanus won a decisive battle and maybe actually did take a post as a politician as his mother wanted – but also brought home Aufidius in chains. Perhaps Coriolanus saves Aufidius from execution by making him his slave? Where does it go from here? I’d like a not totally tragic ending for this, though, so even if Aufidius is scheming to escape, perhaps not by slittion Coriolanus’ throat. Or maybe he even accepts his defeat?


• The two team up and set about making the Volscians the ruling faction in the ancient world, in a world history canon divorgent AU.

Comments

[reconditarmonia]

It's a great ship! There are a handful of fics but there definitely should be more.