#Hannigraham Meet-Cute Challenge
Breathing in the tantalizing sea breeze on this wonderful merMay, weâre certainly enjoying the slow arrival of summer. There has been a lot of rain, so we spent our time in front of a computer, writing about the improbable ways in which our favourite characters would be meeting to share an umbrella, to find shelter from the ugly weather in a nice cafĂŠ, or simply staring at the dark sky and finding someone with whom to share its beauty.
Hoping for the storm to actually provide some inspiration to you, let us present some very interesting prompts that could be combined with these menacing clouds and grey days đ§
#1: B works at a bookstore and offers assistance to an embarrassed A, a customer carrying a large stack of self-help books.
#3: A walks into the kitchen, half-asleep, and mistakes B for her roommate. B knows the roommate and stayed overnight; makes breakfast for A. Need more details? Click on the post.
#22: A is having a quiet night at home â that is, until Aâs apartment neighbour begins blasting music. Frustration levels rising, A goes to knock on the neighbourâs door to ask them to keep it down⌠at the same time B, the resident on the other side, is about to. Need more detail? Click on the post.
#32: A checks into a cozy inn while on a cross-country road trip, beyond tired and ready to collapse. When A gets to the assigned room, he or she is in for a surprise! Someone else, B, is already in the room. Uh-oh.
#50: A is at his/her cousinâs wedding. At the reception, A wanders over to B, a stranger, and in the spirit of the romance and happiness in the air, asks if theyâre here for the groom or the bride. Bâs answer is both simple and, ultimately, confusing: âNeither.â
#116: Although A normally goes to the cafe on Thursday evenings, Aâs sibling had called in tears, and s/he had been forced to miss it. So instead A goes the next evening, sitting down at a table with a fresh cup of tea, and then abruptly realized that Friday night was Speed Dating night as B slides into the chair opposite and says, âThey say you and I only have five minutes, but I can tell weâre going to need longer.â
#117: A is a professional assassin hired to take out a clientâs cheating husband. But the client also spoke to B, a close friend, who has made it his/herâs own mission to also kill the husband. Unfortunately, both A and B have chosen the same night to do so, and it just so happens that B is a bit clumsy⌠and keeps getting in Aâs way.
#143: Aâs blind date just left, mumbling some sort of excuse about leaving the stove on. Confused and feeling rejected, A sits orders another beer at the bar, wondering where s/he went wrong. B, who had witnessed the situation, goes over and says sympathetically, âI think I know what went wrong⌠thereâs something in your teeth.â
#162: A is interviewing potential roommates and is having very little luck. When it comes to B, A says, âIâm so sorry, I donât think this is going to work. I canât live with someone that Iâd like to ask out.â
#166: A is at a coffee shop and sits down at a table, only to find a book on the chair. Intrigued, A starts flipping through it, and realizes itâs actually someoneâs journal that had been left behind! And itâs fascinating. Unfortunately, B, the journalâs author, rushes back to retrieve it⌠and is horrified to see A reading it. But A, having gotten a feel for this person through his/her writing, asks if they want to go out sometime.
#176: A works at a pet store and is utterly surprised when B bursts through the door in a hurry and walks up to the cash without looking around. Out of breath, A says, âPlease donât ask why, but what do capybaras eat?â
#180: There has been a series of recent break-ins in Aâs neighbourhood. B, a cop, knocks on Aâs door to recommend safety measures and to ask if A has noticed anything peculiar â A hasnât really seen anything, but invites the cop and his/her charming smile inside for coffee and a bit of false information so s/he might stay a while.
#186: A is walking through the park at night and notices B following close behind. With every step A is getting more and more paranoid until finally, as B goes to pass A, A swivels on his/her heel and punches B in the face! Turns out, B really was just trying to quicken his/her pace to make it home in time for the hockey game.
#207: A meets B and falls immediately for them, but B clearly doesnât feel the same. After being rejected, A calls on Anteros, the avenger of unrequited love, to exact vengeance on B.
#210: A is a writer struggling to find inspiration for their next book. The publishers are breathing down their neck and the pressure is almost more than A can take. When A comes across an old Greek book in a thrift store, A brings it home and flips through the pagesâŚ. only to come across an old chant that was supposed to bring inspiration to those who read it out loud. A gives it a shot and⌠oh dear. Oh, oh dear. Somehow that summoned B, one of the Muses, to Aâs living room.
#215: A is brought in to the police station for questioning about a crime they know nothing about and is put in an interrogation room⌠with B, who is another suspect in this particular case.
#239: A is sitting in a cafe trying to casually read their book, but is distracted by Bâs loud phone conversation at the table over. B tells a joke over the phone, which makes A crack up unexpectedly â B looks over at A, annoyed that they were eavesdropping, but also appreciative that at least someone liked their joke! B hangs up and offers to tell A another.
#246: A was fatally wounded in an accident and suddenly finds themself looking down at their own lifeless body in confusion. B is a reaper and offers A guidance⌠but A doesnât want to do the whole follow the light bullshit. A wants to flirt with the cute reaper.
#248: A is a barista and has come to recognize the regulars and their orders. One day, B walks in and A greets them, starting to prepare their order, when B stops A with a sigh: âIâm not who you think I am.â After receiving a blank stare from A who has no idea how to respond to that, B continues, âI have a twin. Iâm the other one.â
#252: A is in the public library and notices a strange book that looks like it doesnât belong in this section. A moves along to another genre, but it seems that this book is in every section⌠almost like itâs following A. How peculiar! When A finally picks it up to see what exactly it is, B appears out of thin air, and simply says, âIâve been waiting fifty years for you.â
One of these was not in @fhimechanâs last post, which @mowgliscode, @diemetzgermeisterin, @hannibalsimago, @a-beautiful-day-to-be-arrested, @tigsmulii, @zigzag-wanderer, @h4nnibalism, @hhannahdarling, @fragile-teacup and @jenacar thankfully reblogged. Weâre always so grateful for your help, you know we wouldnât go anywhere on own our :/ Thank you so much!
Someone we really have to thank this month is also @niceven-silace, who decided to accept our challenge and gift us an amazing work! The night shift customer, the fic weâre talking about, is also the first to break our Hannibal Extended Universe wall, introducing Nigel! While the main pairing is still Hannigraham, weâre slowly broading our palate, officially accepting whatever HEU version of our lovely murder husbands.
Speaking of Extended Universe, Space Dogs, Basic Chicken, DogDogs, Royal Instincs and whatever other pairing crosses your mind, thereâs an amazing HEU discord server if youâd like to deepen your knowledge ( ÍĄâ ÍĘ ÍĄâ) and speaking of Discord channels, Hannigram HQ has run a lovely initiative this week and some wonderful Different First Meetings has been mentioned, so sink your teeth in these beautiful stories â§ăťďž:*
@nera-solani reccâed @fhimechanâs The hair of the dog
@ishxallxgood reccâed @anomalousyââs Twisted Fates.
@ethicsbecomeaestheticsâ reccâed ache_for_himâs before you and after you
@annabelle-hopkinsâ reccâed @darkmoonsigelââs Hear My Soul Speak
@jainas-artâ reccâed @emungereââs Something Warmer
@cinnamaldeideâ reccâed @geneticallydeadââs Clothes Make The Man (serie)
I cannot but rec all of our amazing contributions as well, all the delicious stories we managed to collect so far in these last five months!
#29: Welcome to Widdershins Close by @zigzag-wanderer
#110: Fancy meeting you by @mazephoenix
#74: Going My Way by @fragile-teacup
#55: A Face Like Yours by @hannibalsimago
#13:Â Admirable Deceit by @cinnamaldeide
Weâre so proud of our Ao3 collection, where you can find them all, and weâd like to continue adding magic stories to it! While we wait for you to find a prompt that really really inspires you, take a look at all the others on @meetcuteprompts and our Pillowfort community. As you know, you get to choose the next prompt after you fill one of the list above, so we hope thereâs always something new to propose. Cute meetings might involve some more blood than other fandoms would comfortably allow, but weâre fannibals, whatâs a little bleeding between friends (ęá´ę)