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everysecondtuesday) wrote2019-03-05 06:30 pm
everysecondtuesday) wrote2019-03-05 06:30 pm
Dear Hurt/Comfort Exchange Writer
Hi! I love all of the fandoms and ships I'm requesting, so if something is longer or shorter than its counterparts, it's due to how much I had to say and the fact I asked for a ton of fandoms/ran out of time, not how much I love the request. I agonized over what to cut to get down to ten requests with forty or less tags each: trust me when I say that I really, really love every single thing I'm requesting deeply and would adore anything made for it.
Also, as ever and always, I would like to emphasize, please don't feel obligated to read this letter in its entirety (or at all!). If you already have an idea of what you want to do from just the AO3 requests, go for it! This is all to (I hope) make it easier on you, and I am a big believer in optional details being optional. There being fic for my fandoms will make me happy. Everything else is icing on delicious, delicious cake.
If I flub the letter writing and editing process and mention something in my letter that is not on AO3 and in my sign-ups or if I phrase something poorly, I'd also like to emphasize that that's on me and you're free to pretend you didn't see it (or to ask the mods if you're still concerned). My DNWs are all listed under DNWs in my optional details on AO3. If it's something not listed under DNWs, then that's a preference, but I'm still going to read/look at and comment on your fic/art and (if history is anything to judge) be really happy with it.
A note: I've received fic and art in the past for several of my requested fandoms (some even for some of these prompts), which I loved! I just want more. If you matched me on it, I am sure I will love whatever you make me, whether it's along the lines of the gifts I've already received or something entirely new.
Also, if you have authorial permission (blanket or otherwise), I do not mind recursive fic of past gifts or certain beloved fic you know I've read. (Specifically thinking of DoS thanks to a EAD conversation recently, but I'm sure there are others; you can always check through the mod, and I will do my best to get back to them quickly.)
For ease of stalking: tuesday on AO3, everysecondtuesday on tumblr
General Likes: worldbuilding, humor, horror, crack, canon-divergent AUs, other types of AUs (magic, cyberpunk, steampunk, regency, everyone lives, end of the world, sentinel and other fusions), IN SPACE, family and found family, friendship, machinations, intrigue, time travel, mysteries, time loops, magic, shenanigans, political negotiations, alliances of convenience, plot, developing relationships/friendships, character has the chance to re-do/relive events, reincarnation, mysteries, comedy of errors, competence, communication, codas, future fic.
Horror Likes: ghosts and ghost stories, monsters, isolation, trapped together, apocalypses and the post-apocalyptic life thereafter, murder mysteries, creeping horror, non-euclidean geometry and architecture, eldritch horrors, unethical experimentation, cannibalism (by choice or by necessity; knowing or unknowing), the undead, A.I. gone horribly wrong, A.I. gone horribly right, body horror, monkey's paws, artifacts of doom, mimics and people lures, plant monsters and killer horticulture, gallows humor.
Ship Likes: arranged marriage & marriage of convenience, soul bonds & soulmates, pining, friends to lovers, first times, woke up married, wooing, extended courtships, whirlwind romance, pregnancy/adoption/kid fic, matchmaking, didn't know they're dating.
About hurt/comfort: I keep trying and failing to come up with a list of likes, so instead I'm just going to talk in generalities. I am good with any levels/mix of hurt/comfort so long as there's a happy ending. I like fic with both emotional and physical hurt and I like a range of comfort, from physical to verbal to emotional to that moment of relief that, "This is over now." I also like when sometimes these things are mixed. For instance, when someone is providing another physical comfort, but that comfort comes with a bite of hurt, because the person being comforted is in love and believes it's unrequited. I also like when hurt is used to comfort, as with a character who needs to get out of their head, and the pain takes them there. Straightforward "character is hurt and then comforted" zero mixing is also good.
Smut Likes: all things vanilla, aftercare, anal (m/m, f->m, but not m->f or f/f), anal fingering (m/m, f->m, but not m->f or f/f), bathing together, biting, blood play and/or still bleeding (characters roughed up from other causes and everyone still being dtf, especially), bondage/restraint (especially handcuffs, silk rope, ties or other things being repurposed, honor bondage), breath play, bruising, clothing kink, come-eating, cuddling, desperation, dirty talk, edging, electrostimulation, emotional sex/emotions during sex, enthusiastic consent, f/m pegging, face-fucking, face-sitting, first times (together or ever), for science!, frottage, gentleness, handholding, hair-petting, hair-pulling, held down, hickeys, hurt/comfort, impact play (but not as punishment), "inappropriate" use of magic/the Force/superpowers/technology, kissing, kneeling, laughter/joking around/banter during sex, loyalty kink, making out, marking, masochism, massage, mating cycles/in heat (please consent obtained in some way before onset, in this case), mentor/protege, multiple orgasms, object insertion, omega-verse, oral sex, overstimulation, oviposition, pain play, pervertibles, praise kink, robot sex, rimming (clean only), rushed sex, scent-marking, service kink, sensation play, sounding, switching, sugar daddy kink (but not use of the word "daddy"/daddy kink), tenderness, toys, trust, voice kink, voyeurism (consensual only), vulnerability.
General DNWs:
Graphic eye trauma, infidelity or the pretense thereof, hopelessly unhappy endings, actually unrequited love, permanent requested character death, requested ships breaking up with each other. Unrequested dub- or non-con or rape play. Contract or 24/7 BDSM or use of the word "master." Unrequested kink. Underage romantic or sexual relationships. Focus on unrequested ships, focus on unrequested serious illness.
These specific AUs: anything to do with religion, the mob/organized crime, prisons, slavery, or sex work, or which would involve student/school teacher. (All other AUs are dearly beloved; I'm only mentioning these because I do tend to ask for various AUs, and I'm just not into these particular ones.)
DNW Clarifications and Explications:
Graphic eye trauma: Non-descriptive references are fine.
Infidelity or the pretense thereof: Poly outside of MCU is fine. (In my sign-up and the fandom section, though, it is a definite DNW in MCU.) I don't want anyone confused on the fact that it is poly, not cheating.
Hopelessly unhappy endings: I'd prefer either a happy ending or the sense that there's a roadmap to get there.
Actually unrequited love: Characters can think it is, and I actually have prompts that include that, but I would like them to be wrong. In the case of one prompt in one fandom (Mail Order Spouse whose First Marriage Ended Badly), I'm also okay with unrequited Peter/previous spouse.
Permanent requested character death: Impermanent requested character death is fine and baked into a few of the requests. I would like all requested characters to be alive at the end of the story.
Unrequested dub- or non-con or rape play: There are several dub-con requests which you are, obviously, good to include, as well as stuff from my likes. I'd prefer anything with consent affected (e.g. sex pollen, aphrodisiacs) for all characters involved in sex to already be into each other.
Contract or 24/7 BDSM or use of the word "master": Mentioning this because I have a lot of BDSM-related or adjacent likes. It wouldn't ruin my night or fic, but I'm not super into the formalized contract thing or it being the focus of a relationship/what the relationship is primarily about, and I don't want to accidentally set any traps for my author. I'm fine with and enjoy non-formalized play, with people having fun with pain, bondage, some power dynamics (e.g. Peter calling Tony "Mr. Stark" in bed or Owen calling David "sir"), etc.
Unrequested kink: I have a long list of smut likes for guidance, but please don't tie yourself in knots over this/worry about, "Does this count as a kink? I don't think it's a kink/think it's pretty vannilla, but what if Tuesday disagrees?" I'm going to always assume good faith here.
Underage romantic or sexual relationships: Everyone in a relationship should be 18+, please. For something like Peter/Tony, you can go with a) setting a fic later, b) feelings that aren't currently going to be realized (the inappropriate soulmate one is kind of made for requited pining, though I would also love for unrealized -> realized when Peter is older), c) aging up within the setting/everything stays the same, but Peter is older, d) time travel shenanigans, e) something else I haven't thought of, but maybe you have.
The A-Team 2010 (BA Baracus/HM Murdock, either or both hurt) (fic):
The A-Team DNW: Murdock being unwillingly institutionalized, any of the A-Team or Sosa permanently dying.
Things I like about this canon:
This canon is a ridiculous and fun romp, and I love it. The ship is just. I am trying to articulate everything I love about it and, even though I have 14 fic for it, I have no words. They like each other so much! They tease each other sometimes! Sometimes they get mad, but they also forgive each other! They are friends and friendly and affectionate and sometimes a little contentious, and I just love it all.
Other notes:
If you want to bring in something adapted from the TV show, I'd be up for it. It's been a while, so I may miss your references, but I have seen the full thing.
Freeform tags, either or both hurt:
Crossover Fandom (Ultimates Tony/616 Tony, either or both hurt) (fic):
Marvel comics DNW: None.
Things I like about this canon:
I feel like there's a whole list of things I like and that drive me up a wall about comics, but one thing I do love about the specific comics and characters I'm requesting is: Tony Stark. You can probably tell by the fact that I am requesting two of him. These Tonys are rather different, but I love them both a lot. They both try their best and keep getting back up no matter what life throws at them. They're smart, driven, and (sometimes despite their best efforts) care deeply.
Now I would like them to kiss, please. /o\
Other notes:
I have not read every bit of canon (there is ... so much), but I'm okay with missing a reference if you're okay with including it. I have no strong preferences for who does a thing to whom, whether that's fucking, tying people up, or otherwise.
Freeform tags:
Dragon Age (Varric Tethras/Hawke, either or both hurt) (fic):
Dragon Age DNW: Permanent death of any of Hawke's companions or their household, including (especially) Dog. Actually, any death at all of Dog.
Things I like about this canon:
Not gonna lie, Varric is my fave. I am still disappointed I did not get to make Hawke/Varric be an in-game thing and will probably be torn between delight and indignation if we're ever allowed to romance him in future games. Hawke is an absolute disaster, and I can really appreciate that in a character. I love Hawke a lot is what I'm saying. Hawke/Varric is my OTP. DAII is probably still my favorite, but I love the 'verse and its many characters.
Other notes:
My favorite Hawke is purple mage Hawke, but I love all Hawkes, and you can choose whichever you please.
Freeform tags:
Fallout 4 (Deacon/Sole Survivor, Deacon hurt) (fic):
Fallout 4 DNW: Permanent death of any non-Institute companions, pet (or traditionally a pet, e.g. cats and dogs) death, Sole Survivor siding with the Institute or the Brotherhood.
Things I like about this canon:
Deacon is my absolute favorite companion, and it's a crying shame we cannot romance him. I love his humor, his disguises, his lies, and the way, despite everything, he really, truly genuinely cares. I loved running into him as a guard just outside Diamond City and as a trader elsewhere (his comment about "for trade things" made me laugh and wonder, "Are you even trying anymore?") and just--pretty much every time I turned around, and I love that he vouches for you even if you haul ass straight to the Railroad at level one as a complete nobody. He has no reason to have faith in the Sole Survivor, but he does. I love best a Sole Survivor who does their best to bear out that faith, as someone who gives him hope again, if not in their words, then their actions. Also, sarcasm buddies for life.
Other notes:
I love all types of Sole Survivors and am good with either/any gender, thus requesting both. My favorite is a sarcastic/curious Sole Survivor, but again: I love them all. Whatever name you want to use, whether it's the default or otherwise, I am fine with.
Freeform tags, Deacon hurt:
Gargoyles (Puck | Owen Burnett/David Xanatos, Owen hurt, Xanatos hurt, a few either or both hurt) (fic):
Gargoyles DNW:
Things I like about this ship/canon:
I am here for so much for this ship. The loyalty kink. The initial identity porn. Xanatos could have anything, and he asked for Owen, and Puck was more than happy to give him that.
Other notes:
I have several freeform tags I was only interested in seeing one way, but there were also a bunch that I only had room to attach to one character and also overlap, so if you're interested, I've arranged the freeforms into three categories and am giving you explicit permission to take the hurt character in the other direction if you want in the either/both tag section. If I mess up copy-pasting and something is listed under one character only that is paired to the other on AO3 or a tag is suddenly missing, the mistake was definitely made here in the letter. I'm trying to add more options and make it easier to skim through, not revoke any requests I've made.
Freeform tags, Puck | Owen only:
Freeform tags, David Xanatos only:
Freeform tags, either or both:
Marvel Cinematic Universe (Peter Parker/Tony Stark, Tony hurt, Peter hurt, some prompts for either or both hurt) (fic):
MCU DNWs: Poly in this specific fandom for the requested ship. Contentious break-up between Tony and Pepper. Death of anyone important to Peter or Tony (e.g. May, Pepper, Ned, Rhodey), except impermanent requested character death.
DNW Explications:
Usually, I'm happy to receive poly, but for this particular ship, I do not want poly. Current canon relationships can be dealt with via amicable break-up or never having happened. You can also just not mention them, and I will happily go with my preferred reading.
Regarding character death, Tony or Peter can die in time loops that are reset or die and be resurrected in other ways, but please don't kill their other loved ones at all. I want both my requested characters alive at the end of the fic.
Things I like about this ship/canon:
I adore both of these characters, but I did not ship it until recently, at which point I fell face-first into it after watching this vid.
I enjoy mentor/protege relationships in general, but I think what I like the most about this, besides the setting and characters all taken individually, is the genuine affection they have for each other. Tony maybe has some unrealistic and unreasonable expectations for a fifteen year old ("I wanted you to be better"), complete with the lack of awareness from someone who was attending MIT at that age, but it's clear that he has high hopes for Peter from the very beginning and sees him as someone who can grow into a real hero. On Peter's side, he admires Tony not just as some distant idol, but as an actual person, and he seemed devastated at disappointing him. I love that in IW, Tony is able to describe in a handful of words what the problem is, and immediately Peter is on the same page. You can really see where they've gotten comfortable with each other, and I loved watching them really mesh on the fight scenes.
Whether it's platonic or otherwise, they click really well and have a really fun dynamic.
Other notes:
I have seen all of the MCU films except the Ant Man movies. Feel free to pull in anything from any of them or to ignore them at will. If you want to mention something from something I haven't seen, that's fine. You could even pull in stuff from the comics or other Marvel properties if the fancy takes you, though I can't guarantee I'll get all your references.
I have several freeform tags I was only interested in seeing one way, but there were also a bunch that I only had room to attach to one character and also overlap, so if you're interested, I've arranged the freeforms into three categories and am giving you explicit permission to take the hurt character in the other direction if you want in the either/both tag section. If I mess up copy-pasting and something is listed under one character only that is paired to the other on AO3 or a tag is suddenly missing, the mistake was definitely made here in the letter. I'm trying to add more options and make it easier to skim through, not revoke any requests I've made.
Freeform tags, Peter only:
Freeform tags, Tony only:
Freeform tags, either or both:
Naruto (Hatake Kakashi/Maito Gai | Might Guy, either or both hurt) (fic):
Naruto DNW: Death of any summons animals or permanent death any of Kakashi's or Guy's teams, anything Boruto.
DNW explications:
Yes, I know where canon went wrt character death. Let's kick canon in the face or set things before that.
I have not read/seen Boruto and have no intention in doing so. No hate for it, just zero interest.
Things I like about this ship/canon:
This is seriously one of my permanent OTPs. I love how they play off each other, the way they'll troll each other a little, but still hold genuine and abiding respect and affection for each other. I love their long history and how well they know each other. The setting itself is fun (battle wizard ninja! serious moments and silly shenanigans both!), but my greatest love is for the characters.
Other notes:
I go with the Guy writing/reading, but I don't mind anyone spelling it Gai instead. I've only skimmed the end of the manga. You can feel free to ignore or include things from it at will so long as Neji doesn't die. If you just don't mention him, I will assume he is still alive and kicking around, so you don't need to directly contradict canon if you don't want to. I'm willing to do the heavy lifting in my head so long as you give me room to.
Freeform tags, either or both:
Psych (Shawn/Gus, both or either hurt) (fic):
Psych DNWs: Permanent death of any recurring Psych named character. Contentious break-up between Shawn and Jules. (For Gus/Shawn and my infidelity DNW, I would like to point to: poly, they never got together, or amicable break-up. I would be happy with any of those. Going to also underline that first DNW here. Essentially: I love Jules, so please be kind to her character.)
Things I like about this ship/canon:
This is one of my forever OTPs. I love how much they hold genuine affection for each other, their long history, and the way they just have fun together. Shawn could go off and do a billion different weird jobs in a billion places, then come home and sign them up for a lease, and Gus was still right there with him. It's canon that at least early on, Gus claims Shawn on his taxes. I'm just. *waves hands* I wrote a promo/ship manifesto for this way back in the day, and I stand by it. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER, OKAY.
(Sorry. Even years have not dampened my feelings.)
Other notes:
I haven't seen the last season of Psych. I was a little behind and then I didn't want it to be over. I'm open to any and all spoilers. If you want to go with a canon divergent AU or pretend things you didn't like in later canon didn't happen, I am open to that, too. (I am always open to AUs, canon divergent or otherwise, except those I specifically DNWed in my general DNWs.)
Point being, a heads up that I may miss references, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't include them.
Freeform tags, either hurt:
In closing and because this bears repeating no matter the exchange:
My number one hope for my gift is that my writer has a good time with it, so let me emphasize again that I'm just happy that there will be more stuff for one of these fandoms. Whatever you end up doing, I'm hoping it's something you enjoy about the fandom and have fun making.
Have a happy Hurt/Comfort Exchange! ♥
Also, as ever and always, I would like to emphasize, please don't feel obligated to read this letter in its entirety (or at all!). If you already have an idea of what you want to do from just the AO3 requests, go for it! This is all to (I hope) make it easier on you, and I am a big believer in optional details being optional. There being fic for my fandoms will make me happy. Everything else is icing on delicious, delicious cake.
If I flub the letter writing and editing process and mention something in my letter that is not on AO3 and in my sign-ups or if I phrase something poorly, I'd also like to emphasize that that's on me and you're free to pretend you didn't see it (or to ask the mods if you're still concerned). My DNWs are all listed under DNWs in my optional details on AO3. If it's something not listed under DNWs, then that's a preference, but I'm still going to read/look at and comment on your fic/art and (if history is anything to judge) be really happy with it.
A note: I've received fic and art in the past for several of my requested fandoms (some even for some of these prompts), which I loved! I just want more. If you matched me on it, I am sure I will love whatever you make me, whether it's along the lines of the gifts I've already received or something entirely new.
Also, if you have authorial permission (blanket or otherwise), I do not mind recursive fic of past gifts or certain beloved fic you know I've read. (Specifically thinking of DoS thanks to a EAD conversation recently, but I'm sure there are others; you can always check through the mod, and I will do my best to get back to them quickly.)
For ease of stalking: tuesday on AO3, everysecondtuesday on tumblr
General Likes: worldbuilding, humor, horror, crack, canon-divergent AUs, other types of AUs (magic, cyberpunk, steampunk, regency, everyone lives, end of the world, sentinel and other fusions), IN SPACE, family and found family, friendship, machinations, intrigue, time travel, mysteries, time loops, magic, shenanigans, political negotiations, alliances of convenience, plot, developing relationships/friendships, character has the chance to re-do/relive events, reincarnation, mysteries, comedy of errors, competence, communication, codas, future fic.
Horror Likes: ghosts and ghost stories, monsters, isolation, trapped together, apocalypses and the post-apocalyptic life thereafter, murder mysteries, creeping horror, non-euclidean geometry and architecture, eldritch horrors, unethical experimentation, cannibalism (by choice or by necessity; knowing or unknowing), the undead, A.I. gone horribly wrong, A.I. gone horribly right, body horror, monkey's paws, artifacts of doom, mimics and people lures, plant monsters and killer horticulture, gallows humor.
Ship Likes: arranged marriage & marriage of convenience, soul bonds & soulmates, pining, friends to lovers, first times, woke up married, wooing, extended courtships, whirlwind romance, pregnancy/adoption/kid fic, matchmaking, didn't know they're dating.
About hurt/comfort: I keep trying and failing to come up with a list of likes, so instead I'm just going to talk in generalities. I am good with any levels/mix of hurt/comfort so long as there's a happy ending. I like fic with both emotional and physical hurt and I like a range of comfort, from physical to verbal to emotional to that moment of relief that, "This is over now." I also like when sometimes these things are mixed. For instance, when someone is providing another physical comfort, but that comfort comes with a bite of hurt, because the person being comforted is in love and believes it's unrequited. I also like when hurt is used to comfort, as with a character who needs to get out of their head, and the pain takes them there. Straightforward "character is hurt and then comforted" zero mixing is also good.
Smut Likes: all things vanilla, aftercare, anal (m/m, f->m, but not m->f or f/f), anal fingering (m/m, f->m, but not m->f or f/f), bathing together, biting, blood play and/or still bleeding (characters roughed up from other causes and everyone still being dtf, especially), bondage/restraint (especially handcuffs, silk rope, ties or other things being repurposed, honor bondage), breath play, bruising, clothing kink, come-eating, cuddling, desperation, dirty talk, edging, electrostimulation, emotional sex/emotions during sex, enthusiastic consent, f/m pegging, face-fucking, face-sitting, first times (together or ever), for science!, frottage, gentleness, handholding, hair-petting, hair-pulling, held down, hickeys, hurt/comfort, impact play (but not as punishment), "inappropriate" use of magic/the Force/superpowers/technology, kissing, kneeling, laughter/joking around/banter during sex, loyalty kink, making out, marking, masochism, massage, mating cycles/in heat (please consent obtained in some way before onset, in this case), mentor/protege, multiple orgasms, object insertion, omega-verse, oral sex, overstimulation, oviposition, pain play, pervertibles, praise kink, robot sex, rimming (clean only), rushed sex, scent-marking, service kink, sensation play, sounding, switching, sugar daddy kink (but not use of the word "daddy"/daddy kink), tenderness, toys, trust, voice kink, voyeurism (consensual only), vulnerability.
General DNWs:
Graphic eye trauma, infidelity or the pretense thereof, hopelessly unhappy endings, actually unrequited love, permanent requested character death, requested ships breaking up with each other. Unrequested dub- or non-con or rape play. Contract or 24/7 BDSM or use of the word "master." Unrequested kink. Underage romantic or sexual relationships. Focus on unrequested ships, focus on unrequested serious illness.
These specific AUs: anything to do with religion, the mob/organized crime, prisons, slavery, or sex work, or which would involve student/school teacher. (All other AUs are dearly beloved; I'm only mentioning these because I do tend to ask for various AUs, and I'm just not into these particular ones.)
DNW Clarifications and Explications:
Graphic eye trauma: Non-descriptive references are fine.
Infidelity or the pretense thereof: Poly outside of MCU is fine. (In my sign-up and the fandom section, though, it is a definite DNW in MCU.) I don't want anyone confused on the fact that it is poly, not cheating.
Hopelessly unhappy endings: I'd prefer either a happy ending or the sense that there's a roadmap to get there.
Actually unrequited love: Characters can think it is, and I actually have prompts that include that, but I would like them to be wrong. In the case of one prompt in one fandom (Mail Order Spouse whose First Marriage Ended Badly), I'm also okay with unrequited Peter/previous spouse.
Permanent requested character death: Impermanent requested character death is fine and baked into a few of the requests. I would like all requested characters to be alive at the end of the story.
Unrequested dub- or non-con or rape play: There are several dub-con requests which you are, obviously, good to include, as well as stuff from my likes. I'd prefer anything with consent affected (e.g. sex pollen, aphrodisiacs) for all characters involved in sex to already be into each other.
Contract or 24/7 BDSM or use of the word "master": Mentioning this because I have a lot of BDSM-related or adjacent likes. It wouldn't ruin my night or fic, but I'm not super into the formalized contract thing or it being the focus of a relationship/what the relationship is primarily about, and I don't want to accidentally set any traps for my author. I'm fine with and enjoy non-formalized play, with people having fun with pain, bondage, some power dynamics (e.g. Peter calling Tony "Mr. Stark" in bed or Owen calling David "sir"), etc.
Unrequested kink: I have a long list of smut likes for guidance, but please don't tie yourself in knots over this/worry about, "Does this count as a kink? I don't think it's a kink/think it's pretty vannilla, but what if Tuesday disagrees?" I'm going to always assume good faith here.
Underage romantic or sexual relationships: Everyone in a relationship should be 18+, please. For something like Peter/Tony, you can go with a) setting a fic later, b) feelings that aren't currently going to be realized (the inappropriate soulmate one is kind of made for requited pining, though I would also love for unrealized -> realized when Peter is older), c) aging up within the setting/everything stays the same, but Peter is older, d) time travel shenanigans, e) something else I haven't thought of, but maybe you have.
The A-Team 2010 (BA Baracus/HM Murdock, either or both hurt) (fic):
The A-Team DNW: Murdock being unwillingly institutionalized, any of the A-Team or Sosa permanently dying.
Things I like about this canon:
This canon is a ridiculous and fun romp, and I love it. The ship is just. I am trying to articulate everything I love about it and, even though I have 14 fic for it, I have no words. They like each other so much! They tease each other sometimes! Sometimes they get mad, but they also forgive each other! They are friends and friendly and affectionate and sometimes a little contentious, and I just love it all.
Other notes:
If you want to bring in something adapted from the TV show, I'd be up for it. It's been a while, so I may miss your references, but I have seen the full thing.
Freeform tags, either or both hurt:
- Accidental Soul Bond
- Accidentally Burying Yourself Alive
- Being bathed while mutually pining
- beat up
- Bedside Vigils
- Careful Sex Because Partner Is Bruised
- Casual Sex while Secretly Pining
- Cleaning/treating wounds
- Comfort Sex - Love Is Requited But None Of The Participants Realize It
- Couple in arranged marriage both believe the other only feels obligation - mutual pining
- Fake Dating while Pining
- Long Overdue Admission Of Feelings
- Loyalty
- Mutual Pining
- One Person In Arranged Marriage Is In Love But Doesn't Know It's Reciprocated
- Rescued character thinks they're hallucinating rescue
- Sharing a bed while mutually pining
- Soulmark AU - All Life Events Leave Marks
- Soulmate AU - both/all soulmates believe the other could not want them
- Soulmate AU - Injuries inflicted are mirrored on Soulmate
Crossover Fandom (Ultimates Tony/616 Tony, either or both hurt) (fic):
Marvel comics DNW: None.
Things I like about this canon:
I feel like there's a whole list of things I like and that drive me up a wall about comics, but one thing I do love about the specific comics and characters I'm requesting is: Tony Stark. You can probably tell by the fact that I am requesting two of him. These Tonys are rather different, but I love them both a lot. They both try their best and keep getting back up no matter what life throws at them. They're smart, driven, and (sometimes despite their best efforts) care deeply.
Now I would like them to kiss, please. /o\
Other notes:
I have not read every bit of canon (there is ... so much), but I'm okay with missing a reference if you're okay with including it. I have no strong preferences for who does a thing to whom, whether that's fucking, tying people up, or otherwise.
Freeform tags:
- Accidental arousal while cuddling for comfort
- Assuring character they are not broken
- Character Being Comforted Doesn't Believe They Deserve Comfort
- Cleaning/treating wounds
- Drunken Confessions
- Fundamentally Good Character Tortured By Personally Abhorrent Thing They Did For The Greater Good
- Hurt Character is Exhausted from Overwork
- Hurting A Loved One By Prioritizing Them Over Everything Else
- Live in Happy Alternate Reality or Give it Up to Save the World
- Magic Curses
- Post-Apocalypse
- Post-Battle care
- Provoking torturer into torturing them instead
- Realizing Your Universe is the Dystopia
- Rebound Relationship - Character mistakenly believes they're just a rebound
- Rescued character thinks they're hallucinating rescue
- Self-Loathing
- Self-Sacrifice
- Sex Pollen: I'd prefer everyone involved to already be into each other, though they don't need to already be together.
- Soulmark AU - All Life Events Leave Marks
- Taken Off Guard By Small Displays Of Affection
- Time Loop
- Time Loop - Character A Keeps Failing to Save Character B
- Time Loop - Character Becomes Increasingly Unmoored
- Time Loop - Escape by Revealing Feelings
- Time Loop - Looping Character Keeps Dying
- Too aroused to stop even though it hurts
- Touch-Starved
- Treatment Of Injury Leads To Inconvenient Arousal In Injured Party
- Using Humor To Deflect Attention From Emotional Turmoil
- Bonding Over Shared Trauma
- Bonding Over Similar Traumas
- Soulmate AU - Soulbond Forms During Moments of Extreme Empathy
Dragon Age (Varric Tethras/Hawke, either or both hurt) (fic):
Dragon Age DNW: Permanent death of any of Hawke's companions or their household, including (especially) Dog. Actually, any death at all of Dog.
Things I like about this canon:
Not gonna lie, Varric is my fave. I am still disappointed I did not get to make Hawke/Varric be an in-game thing and will probably be torn between delight and indignation if we're ever allowed to romance him in future games. Hawke is an absolute disaster, and I can really appreciate that in a character. I love Hawke a lot is what I'm saying. Hawke/Varric is my OTP. DAII is probably still my favorite, but I love the 'verse and its many characters.
Other notes:
My favorite Hawke is purple mage Hawke, but I love all Hawkes, and you can choose whichever you please.
Freeform tags:
- Aftermath Of One Character Finding Out Other Character Wouldn't Sacrifice Them For The Greater Good
- All Magic Comes With a Price
- Being bathed while mutually pining
- Careful Sex Because Partner Is Bruised
- Casual Sex while Secretly Pining
- Character Being Comforted Doesn't Believe They Deserve Comfort
- Character believes no one is coming to save them
- Character Lays Waste To Enemies Who Barely Scratch Their Loved One(s) In A Fight
- Cleaning/treating wounds
- Comfort Sex - Love Is Requited But None Of The Participants Realize It
- Comforter Rains Down Retribution On Hurt Character's Behalf
- Couple in arranged marriage both believe the other only feels obligation - mutual pining
- Everyone Thinks They're Together - They're Pining
- Faking Recovery From Injury/Trauma So People Will Stop Worrying About You
- Hurting A Loved One By Prioritizing Them Over Everything Else
- Live in Happy Alternate Reality or Give it Up to Save the World
- Long Overdue Admission Of Feelings
- Losing Control Over Powers Hurts Others/Loved Ones
- Loss of Powers
- Loyal Sacrifice
- Loyalty
- Mutual Pining
- One Person In Arranged Marriage Is In Love But Doesn't Know It's Reciprocated
- Rebound Relationship - Character mistakenly believes they're just a rebound
- Rescued character thinks they're hallucinating rescue
- Resurrecting cock power also soul-bonds the one who's back alive to the one with the power: I'd prefer everyone involved to already be into each other, though they don't need to already be together.
- Sex Pollen: I'd prefer everyone involved to already be into each other, though they don't need to already be together.
- Sharing a bed while mutually pining
- Soulmate AU - Injuries inflicted are mirrored on Soulmate
- Soulmate AU - soulmate believes the other does not want them
- Soulmate AU - soulmates both believe it's a one-way match
- Soulmate AU - Soulmates Share Pain
- Time Loop
- Time Loop - Character A Keeps Failing to Save Character B
- Time Loop - Character Becomes Increasingly Unmoored
- Time Loop - Escape by Revealing Feelings
- Time Loop - Looping Character Keeps Dying
- Time Travel - time traveler keeps making everything worse
- Too aroused to stop even though it hurts
- Using Humor To Deflect Attention From Emotional Turmoil
Fallout 4 (Deacon/Sole Survivor, Deacon hurt) (fic):
Fallout 4 DNW: Permanent death of any non-Institute companions, pet (or traditionally a pet, e.g. cats and dogs) death, Sole Survivor siding with the Institute or the Brotherhood.
Things I like about this canon:
Deacon is my absolute favorite companion, and it's a crying shame we cannot romance him. I love his humor, his disguises, his lies, and the way, despite everything, he really, truly genuinely cares. I loved running into him as a guard just outside Diamond City and as a trader elsewhere (his comment about "for trade things" made me laugh and wonder, "Are you even trying anymore?") and just--pretty much every time I turned around, and I love that he vouches for you even if you haul ass straight to the Railroad at level one as a complete nobody. He has no reason to have faith in the Sole Survivor, but he does. I love best a Sole Survivor who does their best to bear out that faith, as someone who gives him hope again, if not in their words, then their actions. Also, sarcasm buddies for life.
Other notes:
I love all types of Sole Survivors and am good with either/any gender, thus requesting both. My favorite is a sarcastic/curious Sole Survivor, but again: I love them all. Whatever name you want to use, whether it's the default or otherwise, I am fine with.
Freeform tags, Deacon hurt:
- A/B/O - Dubcon when secret omega goes into heat: I'd prefer everyone involved to already be into each other, though they don't need to already be together. My understanding of this tag is that Deacon would be the secret omega, but if that's not how you interpreted it, that's fine, too!
- Accidental Soul Bond
- Accidentally Burying Yourself Alive
- Accidentally revealing trauma
- Being bathed while mutually pining
- Bedside Vigils
- Careful Sex Because Partner Is Bruised
- Casual Sex while Secretly Pining
- Cleaning/treating wounds
- Comfort Sex - Love Is Requited But None Of The Participants Realize It
- Comforter Rains Down Retribution On Hurt Character's Behalf
- Comforter Turns Down Reward/Fee And Helps For Free
- Couple in arranged marriage both believe the other only feels obligation - mutual pining
- Fake Dating while Pining
- Faking Recovery From Injury/Trauma So People Will Stop Worrying About You
- Long Overdue Admission Of Feelings
- Mutual Pining
- One Person In Arranged Marriage Is In Love But Doesn't Know It's Reciprocated
- Post-Apocalypse
- Post-Battle care
- Rebound Relationship - Character mistakenly believes they're just a rebound
- Rescued character thinks they're hallucinating rescue
- Self-Sacrifice
- Sex Pollen: I'd prefer everyone involved to already be into each other, though they don't need to already be together.
- Sharing a bed while mutually pining
- Soulmark AU - All Life Events Leave Marks,
- Soulmate AU - both/all soulmates believe the other could not want them
- Soulmate AU - Injuries inflicted are mirrored on Soulmate
- Soulmate AU - soulmate believes the other does not want them
- Soulmate AU - soulmates both believe it's a one-way match
- Soulmate AU - Soulmates Share Pain
- Taken Off Guard By Small Displays Of Affection
- Time Loop
- Time Loop - Character A Keeps Failing to Save Character B
- Time Loop - Character Becomes Increasingly Unmoored
- Time Loop - Escape by Revealing Feelings
- Time Loop - Looping Character Keeps Dying
- Time Travel - time traveler keeps making everything worse
- Using Humor To Deflect Attention From Emotional Turmoil
- Soulmate AU - Soulbond Forms During Moments of Extreme Empathy
Gargoyles (Puck | Owen Burnett/David Xanatos, Owen hurt, Xanatos hurt, a few either or both hurt) (fic):
Gargoyles DNW:
Things I like about this ship/canon:
I am here for so much for this ship. The loyalty kink. The initial identity porn. Xanatos could have anything, and he asked for Owen, and Puck was more than happy to give him that.
Other notes:
I have several freeform tags I was only interested in seeing one way, but there were also a bunch that I only had room to attach to one character and also overlap, so if you're interested, I've arranged the freeforms into three categories and am giving you explicit permission to take the hurt character in the other direction if you want in the either/both tag section. If I mess up copy-pasting and something is listed under one character only that is paired to the other on AO3 or a tag is suddenly missing, the mistake was definitely made here in the letter. I'm trying to add more options and make it easier to skim through, not revoke any requests I've made.
Freeform tags, Puck | Owen only:
- Eldritch Creature Falls in Love with Human But Can't Express Its Love in a Way Humans Understand
- Loyal Sacrifice
- Loss of Powers
- Protector becomes protectee
- Provoking torturer into torturing them instead
- Mating Cycles/In Heat: I'd prefer everyone involved to already be into each other, though they don't need to already be together. Also, putting this in Owen only, because I thought this would be a fun one to lean into the "not actually human" thing, but you can also go with both due to AU/other reason, if you want.
- Suddenly Mortal Character Now Vulnerable to Allergies
- Suddenly Mortal Character Now Vulnerable To Illness
- Usually Powerful Character is Helpless Due to Drugs
- Rebound Relationship - Character mistakenly believes they're just a rebound
Freeform tags, David Xanatos only:
- Accidental time travel into apocalyptic future
- Accidental time travel into combat zone
- Hurt Character is Exhausted from Overwork
- Live in Happy Alternate Reality or Give it Up to Save the World
- Soulmark AU - All Life Events Leave Marks
Freeform tags, either or both:
- Accidental Soul Bond
- Arranged Marriage To The Enemy To Cement Ceasefire/Peace Treaty
- Being bathed while mutually pining
- beat up
- Bedside Vigils
- Blaming Themself for the Other Character Being Injured
- Careful Sex Because Partner Is Bruised
- Casual Sex while Secretly Pining
- Character Lays Waste To Enemies Who Barely Scratch Their Loved One(s) In A Fight
- Cleaning/treating wounds
- Comfort Sex - Love Is Requited But None Of The Participants Realize It
- Comforter Rains Down Retribution On Hurt Character's Behalf
- Couple in arranged marriage both believe the other only feels obligation - mutual pining
- Fake Dating while Pining
- Long Overdue Admission Of Feelings
- Loyalty
- Magic Curses
- Mutual Pining
- One Person In Arranged Marriage Is In Love But Doesn't Know It's Reciprocated
- Reincarnation - Enemies in the Next Life: I would especially like to see something where David is the one reincarnated while Puck remains functionally immortal, but I'm seriously here for anything.
- Rescued character thinks they're hallucinating rescue
- Resurrecting cock power also soul-bonds the one who's back alive to the one with the power: I'd prefer everyone involved to already be into each other, though they don't need to already be together.
- Self-Sacrifice
- Sex Pollen: I'd prefer everyone involved to already be into each other, though they don't need to already be together.
- Sharing a bed while mutually pining
- Soulmate AU - both/all soulmates believe the other could not want them
- Soulmate AU - soulmate believes the other does not want them
- Soulmate AU - soulmates both believe it's a one-way match
- Soulmate AU - Soulmates Share Pain
- Taken Off Guard By Small Displays Of Affection
- Time Loop
- Time Loop - Character A Keeps Failing to Save Character B
- Time Loop - Character Becomes Increasingly Unmoored
- Time Loop - Escape by Revealing Feelings
- Time Loop - Looping Character Keeps Dying
- Time Travel - time traveler keeps making everything worse
- Treatment Of Injury Leads To Inconvenient Arousal In Injured Party
Marvel Cinematic Universe (Peter Parker/Tony Stark, Tony hurt, Peter hurt, some prompts for either or both hurt) (fic):
MCU DNWs: Poly in this specific fandom for the requested ship. Contentious break-up between Tony and Pepper. Death of anyone important to Peter or Tony (e.g. May, Pepper, Ned, Rhodey), except impermanent requested character death.
DNW Explications:
Usually, I'm happy to receive poly, but for this particular ship, I do not want poly. Current canon relationships can be dealt with via amicable break-up or never having happened. You can also just not mention them, and I will happily go with my preferred reading.
Regarding character death, Tony or Peter can die in time loops that are reset or die and be resurrected in other ways, but please don't kill their other loved ones at all. I want both my requested characters alive at the end of the fic.
Things I like about this ship/canon:
I adore both of these characters, but I did not ship it until recently, at which point I fell face-first into it after watching this vid.
I enjoy mentor/protege relationships in general, but I think what I like the most about this, besides the setting and characters all taken individually, is the genuine affection they have for each other. Tony maybe has some unrealistic and unreasonable expectations for a fifteen year old ("I wanted you to be better"), complete with the lack of awareness from someone who was attending MIT at that age, but it's clear that he has high hopes for Peter from the very beginning and sees him as someone who can grow into a real hero. On Peter's side, he admires Tony not just as some distant idol, but as an actual person, and he seemed devastated at disappointing him. I love that in IW, Tony is able to describe in a handful of words what the problem is, and immediately Peter is on the same page. You can really see where they've gotten comfortable with each other, and I loved watching them really mesh on the fight scenes.
Whether it's platonic or otherwise, they click really well and have a really fun dynamic.
Other notes:
I have seen all of the MCU films except the Ant Man movies. Feel free to pull in anything from any of them or to ignore them at will. If you want to mention something from something I haven't seen, that's fine. You could even pull in stuff from the comics or other Marvel properties if the fancy takes you, though I can't guarantee I'll get all your references.
I have several freeform tags I was only interested in seeing one way, but there were also a bunch that I only had room to attach to one character and also overlap, so if you're interested, I've arranged the freeforms into three categories and am giving you explicit permission to take the hurt character in the other direction if you want in the either/both tag section. If I mess up copy-pasting and something is listed under one character only that is paired to the other on AO3 or a tag is suddenly missing, the mistake was definitely made here in the letter. I'm trying to add more options and make it easier to skim through, not revoke any requests I've made.
Freeform tags, Peter only:
- Accidentally Burying Yourself Alive
- Distressed by Premature Ejaculation: A note that this would go really well with Peter and his senses being dialed up to eleven. My thought (which you do not have to follow) is that this would also play really well with having a fast refractory period due to his healing factor, so you've got Peter coming multiple times in a very short period of time and very self-conscious about it. Enter Tony, who is actually really, really into it and determined to make sure Peter sees how this can be a good thing.
- Kidnapped and used as leverage against the other character: My understanding of this tag is that Peter would be the kidnapped character used against Tony, but if you interpreted the tag a different way, that's fine!
- Losing Control Over Powers Hurts Self
- Mail Order Spouse whose First Marriage Ended Badly: I just want to re-emphasize my DNW for non-con here. I don't want Peter's first marriage to have been a bad time because of marital rape. Maybe his last spouse didn't want him. Maybe Peter fell in love his first marriage, and the feelings weren't returned (so, uh, in this case I am opting in to past unrequited love if you want to write that? but still def. not unrequited P/T). Maybe his last spouse was a neglectful asshole. Maybe something else entirely. You can also just skip over entirely how/why it ended badly, because my focus here is going to be on the Peter/Tony relationship.
- Time Travel - Falling in love with someone in the past and reuniting in the present: I have started a fic with this very premise (P/T) and have read a million more (though not, sadly, P/T yet), and I am just. Yes, please. Even if I get mine finished and posted before you start writing, don't take it as, "But Tuesday already wrote it, so I guess they don't want it anymore." Trust me: I do.
Freeform tags, Tony only:
- A/B/O - Dubcon when secret omega goes into heat: My ideal for this scenario is Peter and Tony are already into each other, but are not together because of Reasons (Tony thinks Peter is too young or too good for him or Peter doesn't think Tony would ever be interested or insert reason here). Preference is definitely for Peter as an alpha. If you interpreted it the other way/did not want to or mean to sign up for what I thought I was requesting, I'm fine with the opposite, too.
- A/B/O - Unpredicted heat exposes character's secret omega status: Same thoughts as above, please, but without them necessarily having sex. I requested both because I'm open to either dub-con or no dub-con here.
- Breaking Down Upon Finding an Imperiled Loved One is Safe: My understanding of this tag is that Tony is the one having the breakdown, but if you interpreted the tag a different way, that's also fine!
- Character Being Comforted Doesn't Believe They Deserve Comfort
- Hurt Character is Exhausted from Overwork
- Protector becomes protectee
Freeform tags, either or both:
- Accidental arousal while cuddling for comfort
- Accidental Soul Bond
- Accidental time travel into apocalyptic future
- Accidentally hurting partner more than intended during consensual rough sex
- Aftermath Of One Character Finding Out Other Character Wouldn't Sacrifice Them For The Greater Good
- Being bathed while mutually pining
- Both hands/arms injured or out of commission
- Careful Sex Because Partner Is Bruised
- Character believes no one is coming to save them
- Character Lays Waste To Enemies Who Barely Scratch Their Loved One(s) In A Fight
- Character won't stop getting up no matter how many times they get hit
- Comfort Sex - Love Is Requited But None Of The Participants Realize It
- Comforter Rains Down Retribution On Hurt Character's Behalf
- Couple in arranged marriage both believe the other only feels obligation - mutual pining
- Fake Dating while Pining
- Faking Recovery From Injury/Trauma So People Will Stop Worrying About You
- Hurting A Loved One By Prioritizing Them Over Everything Else
- Injured by Mind Controlled Friend or Loved One
- Live in Happy Alternate Reality or Give it Up to Save the World
- Mating Cycles/In Heat: I'd prefer everyone involved to already be into each other and 18+, though they don't need to already be together.
- Mutual Pining
- One Person In Arranged Marriage Is In Love But Doesn't Know It's Reciprocated
- Provoking torturer into torturing them instead
- Rebound Relationship - Character mistakenly believes they're just a rebound
- Rescued character thinks they're hallucinating rescue
- Resurrecting cock power also soul-bonds the one who's back alive to the one with the power: I'd prefer everyone involved to already be into each other and 18+ (so if you want this to be an IW fix-it, please let's just both go with an AU where Peter is already 18), though they don't need to already be together.
- Self-Sacrifice
- Sex Pollen: I'd prefer everyone involved to already be into each other and 18+, though they don't need to already be together.
- Sharing a bed while mutually pining
- Sleep Deprivation
- Soulmark AU - All Life Events Leave Marks
- Soulmate AU - both/all soulmates believe the other could not want them
- Soulmate AU - culturally inappropriate soulmate
- Soulmate AU - Injuries inflicted are mirrored on Soulmate
- Soulmate AU - Soulbond Forms During Moments of Extreme Empathy
- Soulmate AU - soulmate believes the other does not want them
- Soulmate AU - soulmates both believe it's a one-way match
- Soulmate AU - Soulmates Share Pain
- Taken Off Guard By Small Displays Of Affection
- Time Loop
- Time Loop - Character A Keeps Failing to Save Character B
- Time Loop - Character Becomes Increasingly Unmoored
- Time Loop - Escape by Revealing Feelings
- Time Loop - Looping Character Keeps Dying
- Time Travel - Deliberate Time Travel To Comfort Someone Who Suffered Alone In Original Timeline
- Time Travel - Future Version Of Loved One Comforts Traveler
- Time Travel - time traveler keeps making everything worse
- Too aroused to stop even though it hurts
- Treatment Of Injury Leads To Inconvenient Arousal In Injured Party
- Usually Powerful Character is Helpless Due to Drugs
concussion causes uncontrollable crying
Naruto (Hatake Kakashi/Maito Gai | Might Guy, either or both hurt) (fic):
Naruto DNW: Death of any summons animals or permanent death any of Kakashi's or Guy's teams, anything Boruto.
DNW explications:
Yes, I know where canon went wrt character death. Let's kick canon in the face or set things before that.
I have not read/seen Boruto and have no intention in doing so. No hate for it, just zero interest.
Things I like about this ship/canon:
This is seriously one of my permanent OTPs. I love how they play off each other, the way they'll troll each other a little, but still hold genuine and abiding respect and affection for each other. I love their long history and how well they know each other. The setting itself is fun (battle wizard ninja! serious moments and silly shenanigans both!), but my greatest love is for the characters.
Other notes:
I go with the Guy writing/reading, but I don't mind anyone spelling it Gai instead. I've only skimmed the end of the manga. You can feel free to ignore or include things from it at will so long as Neji doesn't die. If you just don't mention him, I will assume he is still alive and kicking around, so you don't need to directly contradict canon if you don't want to. I'm willing to do the heavy lifting in my head so long as you give me room to.
Freeform tags, either or both:
- A/B/O - Dubcon when secret omega goes into heat: I'd prefer everyone involved to already be into each other, but I have no preferences on who the secret omega is or when this is set besides after everyone is 18+.
- A/B/O - Unpredicted heat exposes character's secret omega status: I'd prefer everyone involved to already be into each other, but I have no preferences on who the secret omega is or when this is set besides after everyone is 18+.
- Accidental arousal while cuddling for comfort
- Accidental Soul Bond
- Being bathed while mutually pining
- Bedside Vigils
- Blaming Themself for the Other Character Being Injured
- Bodyswap
- Careful Sex Because Partner Is Bruised
- Casual Sex while Secretly Pining
- Character Being Comforted Doesn't Believe They Deserve Comfort
- Character won't stop getting up no matter how many times they get hit
- Cleaning/treating wounds
- Comfort Sex - Love Is Requited But None Of The Participants Realize It
- Couple in arranged marriage both believe the other only feels obligation - mutual pining
- Everyone Thinks They're Together - They're Pining
- Fake Dating while Pining
- Hurting A Loved One By Prioritizing Them Over Everything Else
- Injured by Mind Controlled Friend or Loved One
- Live in Happy Alternate Reality or Give it Up to Save the World
- Long Overdue Admission Of Feelings
- Losing Control Over Powers Hurts Others/Loved Ones
- Losing Control Over Powers Hurts Self
- Mutual Pining
- One Person In Arranged Marriage Is In Love But Doesn't Know It's Reciprocated
- Post-Battle care
- Pushing through injury
- Reincarnation - Enemies in the Next Life
- Rescued character thinks they're hallucinating rescue
- Sex Pollen: I'd prefer everyone involved to already be into each other, though they don't need to already be together.
- Sharing a bed while mutually pining
- Soulmate AU - Soulmates Share Pain
- Time Loop
- Time Loop - Character A Keeps Failing to Save Character B
- Time Loop - Escape by Revealing Feelings
- Time Loop - Looping Character Keeps Dying
- Time Travel - time traveler keeps making everything worse
- Too aroused to stop even though it hurts
- Treatment Of Injury Leads To Inconvenient Arousal In Injured Party
Psych (Shawn/Gus, both or either hurt) (fic):
Psych DNWs: Permanent death of any recurring Psych named character. Contentious break-up between Shawn and Jules. (For Gus/Shawn and my infidelity DNW, I would like to point to: poly, they never got together, or amicable break-up. I would be happy with any of those. Going to also underline that first DNW here. Essentially: I love Jules, so please be kind to her character.)
Things I like about this ship/canon:
This is one of my forever OTPs. I love how much they hold genuine affection for each other, their long history, and the way they just have fun together. Shawn could go off and do a billion different weird jobs in a billion places, then come home and sign them up for a lease, and Gus was still right there with him. It's canon that at least early on, Gus claims Shawn on his taxes. I'm just. *waves hands* I wrote a promo/ship manifesto for this way back in the day, and I stand by it. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER, OKAY.
(Sorry. Even years have not dampened my feelings.)
Other notes:
I haven't seen the last season of Psych. I was a little behind and then I didn't want it to be over. I'm open to any and all spoilers. If you want to go with a canon divergent AU or pretend things you didn't like in later canon didn't happen, I am open to that, too. (I am always open to AUs, canon divergent or otherwise, except those I specifically DNWed in my general DNWs.)
Point being, a heads up that I may miss references, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't include them.
Freeform tags, either hurt:
- Accidental Soul Bond
- Accidentally Burying Yourself Alive
- Careful Sex Because Partner Is Bruised
- Casual Sex while Secretly Pining
- Cleaning/treating wounds
- Comfort Sex - Love Is Requited But None Of The Participants Realize It
- Couple in arranged marriage both believe the other only feels obligation - mutual pining: If you want to go with an arranged marriage AU, I'd like best for them to have still been childhood friends, but feel free to go with your heart here.
- Everyone Thinks They're Together - They're Pining
- Fake Dating while Pining
- Long Overdue Admission Of Feelings
- Loyalty
- Mutual Pining
- One Person In Arranged Marriage Is In Love But Doesn't Know It's Reciprocated: If you want to go with an arranged marriage AU, I'd like best for them to have still been childhood friends, but feel free to go with your heart here.
- Post-Apocalypse
- Rebound Relationship - Character mistakenly believes they're just a rebound
- Rescued character thinks they're hallucinating rescue
- Sharing a bed while mutually pining
- Soulmark AU - All Life Events Leave Marks
- Soulmate AU - both/all soulmates believe the other could not want them
- Soulmate AU - culturally inappropriate soulmate
- Soulmate AU - Injuries inflicted are mirrored on Soulmate
- Soulmate AU - soulmate believes the other does not want them
- Soulmate AU - soulmates both believe it's a one-way match
- Soulmate AU - Soulmates Share Pain
- Time Loop
- Time Loop - Character A Keeps Failing to Save Character B
- Time Loop - Character Becomes Increasingly Unmoored
- Time Loop - Escape by Revealing Feelings
- Time Loop - Looping Character Keeps Dying
- Using Humor To Deflect Attention From Emotional Turmoil
In closing and because this bears repeating no matter the exchange:
My number one hope for my gift is that my writer has a good time with it, so let me emphasize again that I'm just happy that there will be more stuff for one of these fandoms. Whatever you end up doing, I'm hoping it's something you enjoy about the fandom and have fun making.
Have a happy Hurt/Comfort Exchange! ♥