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Strangers To Lovers - Character A and Character B meet for the first time when Character A is at their lowest point. B, a stranger, is the kindest person A has ever met, and from that point on, B has Aâs eternal loyalty.Â
Case Fic - Character A and Character B are working on the same case from different perspectives. There is absolutely no flirting going on under the antagonistic banter about the case (or is there?)
Sickfic - Character A has a deadline / big commitment coming up and theyâve been running themselves ragged to make it in time. They can totally power through this little bout of allergies. Stop laughing, Character B!
Customer Service AU - Where Character A works Customer Service at a restaurant/business and Character B and their child are customers. Character A first notices a really cute kid only to notice that, hey, the parent is actually very beautiful too. What the hell?
Reality TV AU - Cooking contest where the participants are randomly paired up with someone who canât cook at all - both of them have to collaborate on every dish. Character A thought this would be an easy win but Character Bâs inability to even boil water is going to make this a challenge.
80âs Teen Movie AU - Two very different teens come to understand each other better during a very long after-school detention. (Breakfast Club style)
Futuristic AU - In a futuristic steampunk setting, a mysterious stranger collapses on the doorstep of a lonely scientist.
Time Travel - Character A meets their future self and theyâre surprised by one very glaring difference between them.
Five Times + One Time - Five times Character A cooks for Character B when theyâre at a low point in their life, and one time Character B returns the favour.
Accidental Confession - Character A thinks they are dying, and writes/records a message confessing their feelings for Character B, to be received by them posthumously. It turns out that A survives, but B has already read/seen the message.
Coworkers to Friends to Lovers - Character A and Character B work under Character C. C is friends with both of them, but A and B canât stand each other. Despite, that they have to support each other through the disasters C keeps getting all of them into.
Touch Starvation - Original Hanahaki interpretation where Character A is touch starved (but canât bring themselves to ask for comfort) and thatâs whatâs making flowers grow in their lungs.
Found Family - Character Aâs biological family is better not spoken about. So how will Aâs found family react when they show up out of the blue, disturbing any peace A has made for themselves?
Human/Monster Romance - Character A is a pirate in a shipwreck during a storm. Character B is a daydreamer mermaid who thinks A is actually royalty and saves them because of it.
Arranged Marriage - Character Aâs family wants/needs an alliance with Character Bâs tribe/kingdom, and the easiest way to do this is to form a marriage between their families, with A & B being the chosen sacrifices.
Friendship Centric - A character study of the friendships with the most important people in the main characterâs life, and how each friendship manifests differently (ships can be included, but not the main focus).
Love Confessions - Character A is in love with Character B but has never summoned up the courage to say anything about it. Sadly, B is moving at the end of the week, but A has the perfect, most dramatic plan to make their feelings known.Â
Soulmates - Character A and Character B have known each other since childhood. When B dies, A inherits their soulmate, together with Bâs dream/life goal, and promises to treat them the way B would have.
Apocalypse - In a horrifying apocalypse, a wanderer stumbles across an oasis - and the person who created it.
Fantasy - Magic is corrupted, the world is ending, and small resistance groups are the only ones fighting against the dark. Characters A and B are part of the resistance, and they start to realise their relationship might be the key to saving everything they know and love.
Genderswap AU - Canon Divergence where everything is the same but A & B have always been the opposite gender. Some things change, but some things stay the same.
Canon Rewrite - The setting is canon, with one key difference: everything happens fifty years earlier (interpret as you wish).
Fairytale - Base a work around the theme of Little Red Riding Hood, where the main character is the metaphorical Big Bad Wolf.
Babysitting - Character A and Character B are old friends that havenât spoken in a long time. A calls B out of the blue, asking for a favour - they really need someone to babysit their kid for the day. Character B is REALLY bad with children.
Misunderstandings - Character A wants to ask Character B to take their relationship to the next level, but B keeps avoiding the conversation. Character B has been broken up with multiple times before and is trying to delay the inevitable heartbreak.
Fake Relationship - Character A kind of (but not really) hates Character B, but both of them are dealing with unwanted suitors and the easiest solution is to help each other out by fabricating a relationship between the two of them to make them both appear off limits.
Repression - Character A knows that Character B loves them - probably. So why does it seem so hard for B to show it?
Proposal - Character A proposes to Character B but cultural/upbringing differences make B not understand what A means (Examples: Japanese Traditional Proposals Other Traditional Proposals From Around The World)
Pacific Rim AU - Character A and Character B discover that they are Drift Compatible.
Songfic - âI know we will live again / like the greatest lovers of all time / I know we will laugh again / as we did flying kites into the skyâ Estels al Vent - Els Catarres
âThe Borrowersâ AU - Some or all of the characters are Borrowers, tiny people who live in the walls and floors of human houses and âborrowâ items from the humans who live there in order to survive.
Wild Card! - Look around at the items in armâs reach from where you are sitting. Now write at least one of them into a story with your favourite characters!
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