A writing prompt request thing I did for Reddit that I think I'll get better results with over here
Tell me which of them you like and a story element/line of dialogue/any suggestion of your own to sprinkle in and I'll try to write about a paragraph about it!
To be clear- the character dynamic list is A: the victim, B: someone A is close to or considers a friend, C: a stranger to A, who either sees A and immediately decides to take them or has been a secret admirer for a while (either dynamic works)
1. Character A and character B, a pair of friends, are hanging out when they discover a weird artifact. B takes it before forgetting about it and just continuing to spend time with their friend. That is, until B tells A to come closer to check something out, and A's legs walk on their own. It doesn't take them too long to figure out what happened, and B is left with the knowledge that A will be compelled to follow through on anything they verbally say (really more of an RP concept I was trying to sell on another sub than a writing prompt, I don't know how the logistics of this one would work as a one-off writing thing)
2. A crosses paths with a person and exchanges introductions, only for them to turn out to be a fair folk who can now use the name to control A (actually working on writing something like this now, the build up to the fun bit has got me kind of written into a corner though)
3. A doesn't even stop to talk to A or even introduce themself- just works their magic from a distance to force A to approach and make the first move
4. A's body becoming hijacked on-and-off even outside of B or C's presence to accommodate B/C's wants- fingers responding to their texts, answering the door when they invite themself over, turning down other invitations on days B/C had already scheduled to visit, attempts for A to explain their situation instead become talking about how A recently started seeing B/C, etc.
5. Alternatively, C using the same indirect control to have A pursue their friend *B*. B, not realizing anything is wrong, is flattered and ends up feeling the same way, but A remains all too aware that their sweet words aren't their own.
6. Maybe A invites B over at C's whim so C can take them *both*
For scenario 4 specifically it got kinda popular the last time I posted my concept list here so I thought I'd expand it a bit- here's even more specifics that could be potentially gone into:
-The day after The Encounter you wake up to a good morning text from the other person and watch yourself respond, maybe they even think bedhead is cute and ask to see yours
-The other person calls you on the phone and makes plans with your voice to meet up later, and you can't get out of it
-Someone else wants to know if you want to join them on *their* thing that day, but your voice tells the other person they already have plans-When the time comes your body prepares against your will and leaves the house without your input
-They call you and ask where they can meet up with you/where they can pick you up. The information forces itself out of your mouth.
-You try to post about what's happening but as soon as you type their name in, your fingers instead type up a post about your recent relationship, tagging the other person in it. At this point you'd be satisfied just not posting but your thumb decides for you