Prompts ยท Build your own blanket fort
Posting starts on May 15th 2026 and the event will end on August 31st 2026.
Pick a couple, then choose one prompt from each category.
1- What are we watching?
Red, White & Royal Blue, 9-1-1 or Heated Rivalry?
Choose which couple you want to create something for: Alex/Henry, Buck/Eddie or Ilya/Shane
2- Grab a blanket and start building
Pick either a quote prompt or a trope prompt (or both, up to you!) from a different fandom than your couple:
Red, White & Royal Blue:
quote prompts:
"Please be patient with me. And I promise I will try and be brave for us."
"Fuck you," Henry says, his voice breaking, and he gets a handful of Alex's shirt collar, and Alex knows he's going to love this stubborn shithead forever.
"Awesome, fuckin' love doing things out of spite," he says without a hint of sarcasm.
It's like how he only wears glasses when nobody's around: nobody's supposed to see how much he needs.
"We can figure out a way to love each other on our own terms, no one else's."
Alex thinks, dizzily, that it's been nearly five years of foreplay, and enough is enough.
"So if you want me to go, you have to tell me to leave."
"Do you think anyone noticed?"
Worst of all, Henry is good. Alex doesn't pretend to care about the rules of the game, but his primary turn-on has always been competence.
He's sure he used to know quite a lot of words, in more than one language, in fact, but he can't seem to recall any of them.
trope prompts:
Private correspondence being leaked
Fake friends to secret lovers
Royalty and/or politician
9-1-1:
quote prompts:
"You don't find it, son. You make it."
"So now am I allowed to ask how you are?"
"You act like you're expendable. But you're wrong."
"Love me anyway."
"What's your problem, man?" "Okay, you. You're my problem."
"You look like hell." "You should see the other guy." "I am the other guy." "Yeah, I know."
"I hope you know, you do matter to me."
"I don't think I've ever seen a man turn a woman off with such skill." "It's a gift."
"Women flee you?? Routinely?"
"It's like the universe is screaming at you and you refuse to listen." "The universe does not scream." [cue the universe screaming]
trope prompts:
Witnessing the other one getting injured
Best friends to lovers
Single dad
Heated Rivalry:
quote prompts:
"This is my actual fucking nightmare, Ilya!" "Okay, okay. Then maybe it's time to wake up, yes?"
"Hollander giving you trouble?" Evan Dykstra asked. Ilya's lips curved up. "Always."
Shane would have died too. Alone, and secretly, and for the rest of his life.
We didn't even kiss.
"You look pretty." "You're wearing makeup too." "Yeah but I don't look pretty."
"Do you want that problem to go away?" "I don't ever want that problem to ever go away"
"But you hate him." "No. I m-mean, I get that but no, I actually uhโฆ I love him."
"I think I'm gay." "Mmh, oh yeah? What makes you think that?"
"You will murder me." "Maybe. Get in!"
Shane's hands cradled Ilya's face as he kissed him with the force of everything they had almost said out loud.
trope prompts:
Last words (or so they thought)
Bedside confession
Rival athletes
Please note, the prompt you choose has to be from a different fandom than the couple you've chosen as this is a crossover event.
3- Pick a snack
Pick a pair of genres to set the mood:
Crack and Smut
Angst and Fluff
Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
Crack and Fluff
Angst and Smut
Crack and Hurt/Comfort
Fluff and Smut
Angst and Crack
Hurt/Comfort and Smut
Angst and Hurt/Comfort
Fluff can be Domestic Fluff of course :)
4- Choose a buddy
This event is about community and supporting fan creators who are the backbone of fandoms!
Go through the #BBFFevent tag and look for someone else's work you want to highlight.
Once you've picked something, link their work and account (tumblr, ao3 or other) in your own submission post.
Visit the Rules & FAQ post to find the submission rules.
Some clarification for the prompts
You do not have to use the quote prompts exactly as they are. We included the direct quotes but you can change some words or only use part of the quote as long as the spirit of the prompt is respected.
We are aware that the prompts are pretty fanfic oriented (the predictable consequence of three writers creating an event) but the prompts are just a starting point. The goal is for them to inspire you, not restrict your creation. For example, if you're an artist and want to use a quote prompt, you can use a still from that scene as a reference.
Let your creativity speak, we're not strict when it comes to how prompts are used, just have fun with them ๐
Bonus
While you can absolutely participate in this event without being in all three fandoms and/or creating for all three, if you do submit a work for each couple, your works will be highlighted in the end-of-event masterlist as a way to celebrate your very active participation in this event dedicated to our three favourite couples! ๐
That's it! You've got a blanket fort to settle in and watch something fun (or devastating depending on your mood) with a buddy who hopefully won't steal all of your snacks!
If you've got any questions that aren't answered in the FAQ, send us an ask!
Happy creating ๐๐
