Darkest Night 2018 Letter

[rosecake]

Hi, I'm rosecake on AO3 and rose-cake on Tumblr! Please feel free to ignore all of the prompts in this letter - really the tags do work as their own prompts, all of this is just here in case you want more direction to work with.


GENERAL NOTES:
Unless otherwise specified, I don't have set preferences on who in the pairing gives/receives/tops/bottoms or whatever for any of these pairings. Also, a lot of what I requested was pairing groupings, but I also like gen! Please feel free to write any of these as gen/platonic if you want. And as for the fic being dark - I like fic that's dark and then ends on a happy or comforting note, or a melancholy or bittersweet one, or just outright bad ends!


GENERAL LIKES:
- backstory
- five things fics
- hair washing/brushing/braiding/touching, etc. 
- physical grooming - washing each other, hair again, shaving, etc. 
- canon-divergence AUs
- holding people down
- mirrorverse AUs (aka all the evil/good characters get their morality flipped) 
- bodyswap 
- hurt/comfort (or all hurt, or all comfort) 
- huddling for warmth/sharing a bed/we have to be physically intimate because reasons - either platonically, or leading into sex
- fake/undercover dating & accidental/arranged/forced/fake marriages 
- sex pollen/force made them do it/aliens made them do it/pheromones
- empathic bonds
- loyalty & betrayal 
- sacrifice
- biting & bruises
- pining/fantasizing about having sex with somebody/having pornographic dreams about someone
- uniforms/costumes/clothing generally - gloves, boots, high heels, lingerie, ripping somebody's clothes off, dressing them up, clothed/naked sex, sharing clothing, etc. 
- choking/asphyxiation/breathplay
- mind control/possession/hypnotism/manipulation via drug use
- ghosts & hauntings
- bondage - including gags/blindfolds/cuffs/ropes, or opportunistic use of belts/ties/scarves/stockings/etc.
- captivity, kidnapping, prison sex, stockholm/lima syndrome
- black mail, coercion, threatening loved ones
- people who care about each other undergoing trauma together & trying to protect each other from it
- violence/torture
- pregnancy
- somnophilia/half-awake sex
- dominance/submission
- invading people's personal space
- bloodplay, crying, come, saliva, whatever weird alien slime you want in your tentacle porn
- vampirism & bloodrinking
- weapons - gunplay, knifeplay, lightsaber play, swords, staffs, etc.
- gangbangs/public use
- corruption/redemption
- aliens/xeno/tentacles/oviposition
- deathfic
- gore/guro
- scars/losing limbs/amputation/eye trauma
- noncon/dubcon 


DISLIKES/DNW:
- mundane AUs
- watersports/scat
- shota/loli/explicit porn involving children or underage characters



BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Buffy Summers, Kendra Young, & Rupert Giles
I picked my three favorite characters! I would love gen with any of them as individuals, or I would love any combination of them interacting. Or Buffy dealing with her family and friends, or Kendra and her original Watcher, or Giles with Jenny or Ethan or anyone else from the Watcher's Council. I also ship all three of them in any combination, too, if you're interested in writing something with romance or smut!

Vampirism/Forced to Become a Vampire/Turned into a Vampire: All of them have devoted so much of their lives to protecting people from vampires, so what is it like to become one of them? Or what if they have to watch one of the others become one? How do they deal with it, and what kind of vampire do they make?
Becoming a Monster: If you take it literally it's pretty similar to the above, but more open-ended. If you take it less literally - what if in the fight to defeat evil, they end up going further than they really should? Are they aware of it and hate that it's necessary? Or at some point are they just blinded, or even start to enjoy the lack of moral responsibility?
Character A Dies for Character B/Enduring Pain to Protect Another/Character Sacrifices Self to Protect Another Character/Sacrificing for the Greater Good: I love self-sacrifice! I love how this canon provides so many lovely opportunities for it! One of them takes on a curse to save everyone else? Or offers themselves up as a hostage to the big bad in exchange for someone else? Some kind of healing spell that shifts the damage to the caster? Going up against a monster they have no chance of beating because failure's just not an option?
Depression: I would love a story with one of them just dealing with everything they've been through. Buffy handling so many people she knows dying, or her depression after she died herself, or Kendra dealing with the dawning awareness of just how limiting her upbringing was, or Giles having to deal with his past coming back to haunt him, or with Jenny or Buffy's deaths.
Ghosts/Haunted by Dead Character: I would love this with either a) any of these characters being haunted or b) any of these characters being a ghost and being the one to do the haunting. They've all died in canon at some point! Or had loved ones die! Actual ghosts, or The First taking the form of their dead loved ones would be great too.
Nightmares/Non-Con Dream Invasion: Either normal nightmares just as a result of all the trauma they've been through, or some kind of demon messing with them in their dreams! Maybe a demon traps them in their nightmares? Or one of them ends up trapped in the nightmares of the others? Or, for the Slayers especially, do they ever have trouble distinguishing the normal nightmares from ones that may actually be prophecies? What kind of anxieties can that lead to? And does a fear that they might be warnings lead to them confessing nightmares they've had that they otherwise wouldn't want to talk about?
Dark Magic/Magical Corruption: Black magic! They're cursed by enemies, or they have to cast some kind of magic that takes something out of them when they cast it. Maybe they know about the cost and use the magic anyway, because they have no other options? Or maybe it's a surprise, or something that sneaks up on them? For corruption, I like both moral/mental corruption or some kind of physical corruption of the body.
Came Back Wrong: Resurrection gone wrong! Buffy comes back wrong, or Kendra or Giles at some point. Is it fixable, or does it result in the others having to kill them again? Or maybe pulling someone back from an alternate dimension, or not quite fully fixing a case of vampirism/monsterism?
Body Horror: This overlaps some with the vampire/monster/came back wrong prompts, but also - weird and unwanted side effects of being a Slayer or some kind of spell, or some kind of magic/demonic torture.
Aftermath of Torture/Recovery from Serious Injury: Either something internal, dealing with the psychological ramifications - especially with the Slayers, if they're worried about people being killed because they're in no shape to fight? Or some hurt/comfort with another person trying to patch them up or help them through the trauma!
Faking Recovery From Injury/Trauma So People Will Stop Worrying About You: ALL THREE OF THEM WOULD DO THIS. I would love it, either something where it eventually causes problems because they're really still completely messed up, or something where another person figures it out and tries to help them through it?



JAMES BOND (MOVIES)
James Bond/Le Chiffre
All of Casino Royale was great, but that dynamic, man. I was incredibly into it and I would like more it! The timeline of the movie is pretty tight, so I'm open to pretty much any canon divergent AUs - instead of the card game, Bond has to infiltrate the organization. What if the plane bombing isn't stopped and Le Chiffre's at the top of his game? Or, what if he kidnaps Bond at some point before the final game? Or what if he makes it out alive at the end of the movie - either on the run from Spectre on his own, or as a prisoner of MI6?

Bondage/Predicament Bondage: Extended version of the canon scene with the chair! Or something while Bond is tied up in the car? Or Le Chiffre has him kidnapped and has time to come up with new and exciting torments? Or, alternatively, something where Bond has Le Chiffre caught and wants to give a dose of his own medicine.
Raped While Strapped to a Torture Device/Rape as Interrogation: Again with the chair! Or also any other torture devices - being drugged as part of an interrogation, or tied down as part of a longer torture session. Either with Le Chiffre still trying to get his money back out of Bond, maybe, or something where Bond is nominally trying to interrogate Le Chiffre but it really turns into something more about revenge?
Character Lets Self Be Raped to Maintain Cover: Maybe it's Bond letting Le Chiffre think it's consensual because he's trying to worm his way into the organization, or maybe it's blatantly non-consensual and brutal and he goes along with it anyway because he doesn't want to let Le Chiffre know that he actually has an out somehow. Or maybe it's Le Chiffre who could escape if he wanted to, but he's not ready yet?
Forced Deepthroat/Choking on a Dick: There's nothing really here to expand on, is there? I love it with either of them doing it to the other!
Torture/Aftermath of Torture: Well, more of the above, really. Or James trying to recover from being nearly castrated, for one! Or Le Chiffre getting taken alive by MI6 and convinced to turn on Spectre after they've done a number on him for losing all that money? Or Le Chiffre still unhinged from that near-miss with Obanna and Valenka in the hotel room.
Dependent on Enemy for Survival: Either way! Bond needs Le Chiffre to keep him alive, Le Chiffre needs Bond and MI6 to get Spectre off his back. Neither of them seems like the type to take well to being reliant on anyone, let alone the enemy.
Faustian Bargain: Sort of similar to the above - MI6 makes a deal with Le Chiffre to get information on Spectre? Or maybe it's not even that official. Maybe Bond makes a deal with Le Chiffre in order to get information on the people who killed Vesper? They each have their own reasons to want to lash out Spectre, so maybe they need each others help to actually pull it off?
Knifeplay/Whipping/Bloodplay: More of the whipping scene? Or something where Le Chiffre doesn't get shot before he gets to use the knife? Or something with him playing around with all the wounds he's made on Bond? Or, alternatively, Bond at some point taking the opportunity to deliver everything back on Le Chiffre in kind.
Eye Trauma: Le Chiffre and that fucked up eye of his really get to me, you can always have James decide to fuck it up even worse??? Or maybe he decides to make his good eye match his bad one. Or maybe Le Chiffre takes out his issues with his own eye by fucking up other people's eyes, too.
Hate Sex: Anything where it's technically consensual but they still absolutely hate each other the entire time (or at least they start out that way - if it devolves into some kind of Stockholm/Lima mindfuck territory, I also really love that).
Unwilling Arousal: Either in terms of one of them getting off during an assault, or something that really shouldn't be pleasurable at all, or something some more general where they just really, really resent finding the other one sexually attractive.
Victim Mouths Off to Rapist and Makes it Worse: Literally canon for Bond, honestly, and I can see Le Chiffre doing the same thing if the situations were reversed. Bringing up Vesper when he really shouldn't just to get under Bond's skin? Bond bringing up how hard Spectre is going to fuck Le Chiffre over even as he's the one getting tortured?
Stalking/Voyeurism: Le Chiffre knows Bond is coming, and has cameras installed in his rooms, tracking his every move in the hotel, watching him? Or maybe if Le Chiffre escapes he hunts him down later. Or maybe something with Bond stalking Le Chiffre afterwards, or following up on him while he's in prison? Pulling up security footage he really shouldn't have access to, tracing which warehouses MI6 has him in even though M has told him to leave it alone?
Cycles of Revenge: I'd really love to see them just spiraling downwards in it. Bond cost Le Chiffre all of his money, Le Chiffre tried to kill him and nearly castrated him, Bond fucked up his work with Spectre and probably cost him his life, Le Chiffre helped the people blackmailing Vesper, etc.



MARVEL CINEMATICE UNIVERSE - MOVIES
Kaecilius/Stephen Strange
The odds of Kaecilius coming back for another movie are so small, so I have to get my emotional needs met with fic! The action scenes in the movie were gorgeous but I really wish we'd gotten more of the emotional backstory for everyone involved, and I would always love to see more use of the magic of the world they live in. I'd also love something where Strange ended up meeting him earlier, before Kaecilius had gone full murderous cult leader.

Blood and Violence/Bloodplay/Blood Magic: Either consensual or not! Kaecilius is doing it to him just because he wants to? Or to fuel some kind of magic ritual? Or it's important for reasons that only really exist in his own head?
Sex to Power Magic: They have to have sex because reasons! They're unified against some common enemy and need magic to defeat them, or they need to escape from some dimension they've gotten trapped in! Maybe they think they're just going to do the bare minimum but things get carried away? Maybe it's a part of being possessed by magic forces?
Bondage: That scene with Mads in the bondage cage get-up *___* Someone should take advantage of that! Or maybe after Kaecilius manages to slip out of it he catches Strange in it? Or something new - using magic to tie someone up, or having them wrapped up and pinned down in the cloak, or something to immobilize their hands so they can't use magic.
Choking: As a way to stop the other from using magic, maybe one that gets out of hand, maybe as side effect of a spell gone wrong, or just pure autoerotic asphyxiation!
Cosmic Horror: They both end up trapped by Dormammu! Or maybe Kaecilius comes back from Dormammu's dimension as some kind of eldritch horror? Maybe they're both caught in a spell that expands one or both of them further than they can comprehend? They get caught in some infinite time loop they can't escape from?
Descent into Madness: The result of one or both of them getting caught up in some kind of magic their brains can't handle? Or, what if Stephen had gotten caught up in darker measures to try and get the use of his hands back? Or I would love something that tracked Kaecilius's transformation from a man grieving his family into a crazed cult leader.
Dimension Travel: I would love something that messes around with all the dimensions we get in canon - they're stuck in the wrong dimension, maybe instead of being able to find their way home they just keep ending up in worse and worse nightmare worlds, maybe they keep shifting between them without meaning or wanting to.
Faustian Bargain: Either of them and their dealings with Dormammu! Maybe Stephen's deal in the movie had consequences he didn't anticipate? Or maybe at some point earlier he made a deal with Kaecilius, maybe to get the use of his hands back? Or something involving Kaecilius's own dealings with Dormammu! Or maybe some new villain, to escape? Or anything with Stephen making terrible deals with anyone else. Maybe Thanos! Maybe to get back the people snapped, he opens the way for a lot of other things to come in...?
Ghosts: Kaecilius haunting Strange after he's been killed! Or maybe Kaecilius manages to kill Strange, but Strange's ghost figures out a way to stick around and annoy him? Or maybe they have a confrontation where they're both spirits? Or, third party ghosts. Kaecilius being haunted by all the people he killed? Strange not being able to ignore ghosts clamoring for magic help?
Dark Magic/Magical Corruption: Something focusing on what Kaecilius actually did do to himself, or something where Strange ends up following in his footsteps - maybe he's lured or tricked into it, or maybe ends up knowing what the consequences are but he doesn't have any other choices.
Nightmares/Non-Con Dream Invasion: I'd really love something with them not being able to distinguish normal nightmares from magic warning or messages, or something with Kaecilius or Dormammu reaching out and fucking with Stephen's head while he's sleeping. Maybe when he's asleep he has no control over anything?
Recovery Process after Torture: Kaecilius after he's been trapped in Dormammu's realm for a while? Or Strange being fucked up some after coming out of the time loop, and having a chance to actually process everything that's happened? I can also see Dormammu winding Kaecilius up by torturing him while looking like Strange, and then letting Kaecilius loose back into the MCU universe to take revenge on him.
Eldritch/Dark Marriage Ritual: Oh, man, Kaecilius has to marry him for dark magic reasons! Does Strange even realize that's what's going on? How creepy/messed up is the actual ritual itself?
Ritual Sacrifice: Either one of them killing the other as part of a ritual, or something where the sacrifice is some important piece of themselves.
Villain's Spell/Ritual Backfires Soulbonding Them to the Hero: Kaecilius fucks something else and ends up soul-bonded to Strange! Given that neither of them really full understand the powers they're messing with, this isn't far-fetched at all.  Does some of his Dormammu related corruption end up leaking into Strange? Or does Strange end up dissuading him from the whole cult thing? Or something where it ends like it does in canon - what's it like to be soul-bonded to someone in a hell dimension?
Time Loop: The whole canon is so well-suited for time loops! All kinds of them! One of them gets stuck and needs the other's cooperation to get unstuck? One of them deliberately creates a time loop until they win, but they can't figure out a way to do it? Time loops within longer time loops?



ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
Galen Erso/Orson Krennic
Their relationship really is dark, on so many levels, and it's so good! Just a really beautiful tangled web of emotions, where it's hard to tell how much of them it is sincere and how much of it is manipulation, or how much of it is them lying to the other person versus how much of it is them lying to themselves.

Betraying Loved One for the Greater Good: Something where Galen really does love him, even after everything, even if he doesn't really want to, but the Death Star's still getting blown up anyway.
Dark Hanahaki Disease: I'm weirdly into Hanahaki generally but I'm EXTRA into it with this pairing, because it seems perfectly designed to amplify their existing drama! Is part of the reason Krennic is so desperate to find Galen again that he needs him back before Tarkin or the other higher ups figure out he's sick? How does Galen trying to convince Krennic that he's totally 100% back on board with their relationship and the project work when Krennic is still hacking up flowers? Or is the fact that he's stopped why he refuses to believe that Galen could have sabotaged the Death Star? Or, if he'd come down with it earlier, and that had forced him to be more honest about his feelings with Galen back when they were younger, how would that have changed things?
Deliberately Induced Stockholm Syndrome/Stockholm Syndrome: I like it as something that either happens naturally - really, the opening of Catalyst seems like it was written just to emphasize that Galen is kind of really susceptible to it - or as something that Krennic's deliberately trying to cultivate in him. I like Lima/the opposite of this too - Krennic really intends to stay furious at Galen for leaving, but it just doesn't work, either for his own reasons or because Galen's trying to manipulate him into overlooking things.
Dependent on Enemy for Survival: On Eadu, even after everything Krennic's done, Galen's still dependent on him for everything. Or, turning it around - if they end up in the Rebellion's hands, or something else happens, how does Krennic deal with being dependent on Galen? Or I would love a situation where the enemy's a third party that they're both dependent on.
Depression: Galen's feelings after Lah'mu - how does it affect his ability to work and lie, or how does it affect his relationships? How does he manage to keep pressing on in spite of it? Or, for Krennic, how does he handle those years when Galen is missing?
Drugged with Aphrodisiac and Made to Beg for Sex: Krennic gets tired of Galen being withholding and decides to force the issue? Or maybe Galen gets tired of being messed with, uses Krennic's stash of aphrodisiacs against him, and just watches him writhing on floor while refusing to do anything about it for a while?
Emotional Manipulation/Mind Games: This is basically a free space - Krennic manipulating Galen into doing what he wants, whether that's in terms of building a super laser or fucking him, or Galen manipulating Krennic into overlooking his plans.
Kidnapping: Anything involving the aftermath of kidnapping him on Lah'mu! Or, a canon-divergence AU where he kidnaps him earlier! On Coruscant, before he has a chance to flee with his family? Or even earlier - the second he figures out Galen is pretty serious about Lyra? Or maybe at some point he kidnaps him and tries to tell him it's to stop somebody even worse from getting to him.
Stalker with a Crush: This is a pretty literal description of Krennic, really. More of him stalking Galen and his family - keeping tabs on them on Coruscant, finally hunting them down on Lah'mu, or just basically keeping tabs on every single thing Galen does on Eadu.
Non-Consensual Voyeurism: It's straight up canon that Krennic was spying on their apartment in Coruscant, so anything involving that! Or just more of him watching Galen pretty much all the time on Eadu. Does Galen know for sure or not if he's being watched at any given time? How does that affect how he acts?
Somnophilia: Something vaguely consensual when they're younger, maybe, or something Krennic doesn't let Galen find out about after he's married and Krennic has Lyra sent away, or something where he doesn't care if Galen finds out about it afterward after when he has him captive on Eadu.
Teaming Up With Your Spouse's Murderer: This one honestly seems like someone prompted it with Galennic in mind! Anything about Galen's issues working and living with and probably sleeping with the person who killed Lyra.
Sub Demands Pain from Reluctant Dom: I would love this either way - Galen, despite all of his issues with Krennic, not really being okay with hurting the person he's sleeping with, especially because Krennic isn't really safe or sane about anything he does. Or, alternatively, Galen wanting the punishment - it makes him feel less guilty, maybe? - and Krennic being reluctant to play into it.
Choking: As part of the above prompt, maybe, or something Krennic's just really into after one to many run ins with Vader? Or as a side-effect of something else they're doing. Or as a form of actual punishment, or torture, or Galen honestly trying to get away from him, or just anything that involves choking.
Public Use as a Legal Punishment for a Crime: And they have to punish Galen, either for abandoning the project on Coruscant for for trying to sabotage it later on Lah'mu. Maybe Krennic orchestrates it, either for the opportunity to take part of just because he's still angry? Or he just wants to watch? Or something where Krennic thinks he wants to watch and five seconds into gets mad about other people touching his Galen. On the flip side, something where Krennic gets caught trying to undermine the higher ups and he's punished - Galen is forced to watch, or even take part?
Possessiveness: Really just anything having to do with Krennic seeing Galen as his.
Dubiously Consensual Sex as Proof of Loyalty: Galen, trying desperately to get into Krennic's good graces and distract him from the treason however he can!
Captivity: I really love anything that focuses on Galen as being a captive. Either on Eadu, or in the aftermath of Vallt, or if Krennic had gone ahead and abducted him sometime earlier. Or if he's caught trying to sabotage the Death Star and gets put in an actual cell instead of just being stuck on Eadu. Or, alternatively, something where Krennic has been captured by the Rebellion!



ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
Galen Erso/Bodhi Rook
Jyn Erso/Bodhi Rook
I really love Bodhi with both of them - they're both very different ships but they have the same core or feeling to me? They're all people who may be driven to violence or bad things by their situations, but it doesn't come naturally to any of them. I like either/or, or I would also be into something that deals with the incredible awkwardness of Bodhi getting together with Jyn after he's already slept with her dad.

Holding a Loved One While They're Being Tortured/Raped, Forced to Watch Love Interest Getting Tortured/Raped: Maybe in an AU where either Galen or Jyn ends up being there with Bodhi when Saw sticks the Bor Gullet on him? Or something where they're caught by the Imperials - Bodhi never makes it out with Galen's message and they're both revealed as traitors, or something where Bodhi and Jyn are caught after they've blown up the Death Star?
Tentacle Rape: I mean, I was really obviously thinking about the Bor Gullet when I prompted this, but I am open to tentacle monsters of any kind here.
Space Horror: See above, re: running into things with tentacles again, but any kind of horror about being in space - maybe they're stranded and set adrift, maybe they're stuck on a ship with a monster hunting them, maybe they run into weird force aberrations, etc.
Aftermath of Torture/Recovery Process After Torture: Either Jyn or Galen helping (or at least trying to help) Bodhi recover from the Bor Gullet? Or something where Jyn or Galen have been tortured by the Empire, and Bodhi's trying to help them. Or they've both been tortured, and it's something they have to help each other through, or least find some way to move forward. Or not - what if one or both of them just can't get past it?
Character A Dies for Character B: AKA, canon ;__; I would love a sole survivor (or only some people survive) fic where one of them lives long enough to properly be distraught about the other dying for them. Or, alternatively, more of the inner thought process on why they think the other is worth dying for.
Character Sacrifices Self to Protect Another/Enduring Pain to Protect Another/Sacrificing for the Greater Good: It's always my kryptonite, whether they're sacrificing themselves for the overall cause or just to save the one person they care about. Maybe if Jyn or Galen is there, trying to take the Bor Gullet instead of Bodhi? Or Bodhi trying to distract the Partisans away from whichever Erso you're writing about? Or one of them trying to distract the Empire from hurting one of the others? Or feeling bad about leaving the other alone or abandoning them for the greater cause?
Depression: They've all been through so much, I'd like to see something with them dealing with it. Or failing to deal with it, as the case may be.
Grief/Mourning: I would love this as either one member of the pairing mourning the other, or the two of them helping each other deal with their grief over losing somebody else, or even just learning about it in the first place - Galen over Lyra and Jyn, Bodhi with Galen and Jedha, Jyn with her parents and Saw and everything else.
Haunted by the Ghost of a Beloved: One half of the pairing being haunted by the other! Again, a sole survivor fic where only one of them left alive would be amazing. Or something where they're trying to start a relationship, but they're still being haunted by the ghost of someone else? Galen's still seeing Lyra after she's died, Bodhi still seeing Galen after he's died?
Loneliness/Touch-Starved: Bodhi being isolated by his empty route from Jedha to Eadu and back, especially since he's missing the camaraderie he had in flight school. Or Galen after years and years of not being able to trust or open up to anyone. Or Jyn after she's been on the run and on her own for years. When was the last time any of them ever got to just touch and be close with people they really loved and trusted?
Nightmares: They've all probably got them - Jyn and her abandonment issues, Bodhi after being molested by the Bor Gullet, Galen after watching Lyra die and losing Jyn. I'd love either something focusing on what their nightmares look like themselves, or something with the other half of the pairing finding out and comforting them through it.
Sex Pollen: Either an accidental run in with something, or its deliberately done by their enemies to mess with them! I also like it both when they're mutually compromised, or when one character still has some self-awareness/control and has to make conscious decisions about how they're going to deal with the other person jumping them or begging for it.
Altered Mental States: Fucked up by the Bor Gullet, or drugged by their enemies, or maybe feverish and delusional from some kind of illness? Maybe some kind of issue with the Force? Maybe as a result of them messing with the kyber crystals? I like the aspect of one half of the pairing having to deal with the other while they're completely out of their head, and I also like people letting slip things they wouldn't ever talk about in their right mind.
Hallucinations lead to dub con sex: Some side-effect of kyber messing with peoples heads, or some kind of drugging from their enemies? Or maybe just some kind of severe illness, or Bor Gullet side-effect? Maybe their head gets loose from the timeline or the right universe and they don't realize that their relationship isn't the same now as it is then. Or maybe they don't realize who it is that they're with in the first place.
Hurting a Character for the Effects on Another Character: Krennic or the Empire going after Bodhi because they don't actually want to risk damaging Galen, or Saw going after Bodhi because he's never actually going to Bor Gullet Jyn even if he does think she came to kill him. Or they caught by some group who doesn't really know who they are, and either Jyn or Galen get hurt to try and get Bodhi to open up? Maybe they need him to pilot their escape ship, or they need Imperial codes they think he has?



ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
Jyn Erso & Lyra Erso
AUs where Lyra survived ;___; Or, fic where she didn't, if there's some part of her that's still with Jyn or the focus is on what Jyn remembers of their relationship and how it still affects her. Or I'd also be happy to read something where Jyn hasn't even been born yet, if it's focusing on Lyra's hopes and aspirations for her.

Captivity/Imprisonment/Prisoner of War: I would love any kind of AU where they get caught and taken along with Galen! How do they handle being raised in captivity? Or what if they'd never made it off Coruscant to begin with? Or, I would love something where they're imprisoned for unrelated reasons, and either have to bust each other out.
Dependent on Enemy for Survival: I was mostly thinking of Krennic with this? Lyra having to rely on the good graces of somebody she hates and who hates her to keep her an her daughter alive, maybe because they've been captured by the Empire. Or maybe they have to make a deal with someone else Lyra despises to stay away from the Empire? One of the syndicates, maybe?
On the Run From a Powerful Personal Enemy: Again, I was mostly thinking about being on the run from Krennic - he wants to use them against Galen, or maybe Galen died and he's just on a personal vendetta to take his anger about it out on Lyra and Jyn. Or maybe it's after the Death Star has been destroyed, and it's Vader or someone else in the Empire hunting them down for revenge.
Character A Dies for Character B/Enduring Pain to Protect Another/Character Sacrifices Self to Protect Another: Anything with Lyra trying to protect or save Jyn, no matter the personal cost. Or something with Jyn trying to protect her mother - how would Lyra react to that?
Depression: Anything dealing with all of the emotional fallout of all the trauma they've gone through - their family being torn apart, being on the run, not really having any kind of future to look forward to except for more running?
Ghosts/Haunted by the Ghost of a Beloved: Maybe Lyra died on Lah'mu and Jyn ends up on her own just like in the movie, but Lyra's ghost is with her. Or, for an even sadder story, maybe Jyn's the one who died and is doing the haunting. Or something where they both live and it's Galen as the ghost? Or I just really love any kind of ghost story. Maybe it's just Lyra and Jyn running into a haunted place while they're on the run.
Nightmares: Either Lyra trying to comfort Jyn after nightmares, or trying to hide the after affects of her own so that Jyn doesn't get upset. Or maybe Jyn picking up on it anyway!
Killing a Loved One to Protect Another Loved One: Lyra has to kill Galen to protect Jyn ;____;
Recovery From Serious Injury: Lyra trying to still protect and take care of Jyn, even though she's been seriously injured! Or something where Jyn has to take care of her mother? Or Jyn gets injured, and Lyra is panicked trying to help her because they're on the run and don't really have access to good medical resources?
Space Horror: Running into things in space while they're on the run! Abandoned ghost ships, alien horrors, corruptions in the Force, etc. etc. I just really love all space horror.
Surviving and/or Resisting After Losing the War: If they find themselves in the Rebellion, how do they manage to survive after it gets crushed? Do they shift from cell to cell? Or do they find other ways to get back at the Empire? Or does Lyra just try to avoid all of it in an attempt to keep Jyn safe?
Wilderness Survival: They get stuck in the wilderness somewhere and Lyra has to keep them alive! An alien world would be great, or even something where they hide on Lah'mu and Saw never finds them, so they have to manage to make there way across the deserted half of the planet after Krennic has burned down everything had.
Grief/Mourning: So many options - both of them upset about Galen? Or a fic about Jyn mourning Lyra? Or something about Lyra having to deal with losing Jyn.
Forced to Fight: Lyra's a pretty committed pacifist, but at some point they have to fight - to protect themselves, to be accepted as a part of the Resistance/Rebellion, etc. How does that affect Lyra to have to change like that, and how does she feel about Jyn being raised as a part of it?
Time Loop: One or both of them is stuck in it - Lyra trying to find a way to save her whole family, or just Jyn, or Jyn trying to find a way to get her mother back, or one or both of them trying to find a way to stop the Death Star before it kills anyone, or trying to find a way to rescue Galen without it ending badly. I really love any and all time loops!



STAR TREK: DISCOVERY
Michael Burnham & or / Saru
Michael Burnham/Mirror Saru
I love them so much! The evolution of the relationship/friendship between Michael and Saru over the course of the show was one of my favorite things about it, and I loved Mirror Saru so much, and how much just his presence there in that situation shook Michael, and how badly it seemed like they wanted to reach out to each other? Going forward I really hope their relationship keeps being a central part of the show.

Mirror Universe: I mean, canon, but I want more of it! Also please feel free to include Mirror Michael - we got Lorca's views on her, and Philippa's, but what about Mirror Saru's? How different/similar is normal Michael in his eyes? Or what if the characters from our Enterprise had been stuck trying to blend into the Mirror universe for a lot longer?
Holding a Loved One While They're Being Tortured/Raped, Forced to Watch Love Interest Getting Tortured/Raped: Maybe they're trying to keep their cover in the Mirror universe, and that involves having to watch horrible things happen? Or maybe they've been discovered and this is their punishment for trying to betray the Emperor. Maybe things that horrify Michael are things that Mirror Saru has gotten used to as a matter of daily life. Or, it doesn't have to be Mirror universe! Maybe the Klingons or some other enemy has captured them in the Prime universe?
Aftermath of Torture/Recovery Process After Torture: Adjusting to back to normal life after terrible things happen in the Mirrorverse! Or maybe some other enemy captured one of them and fucked them up? And the other wants to help? If she brings Mirror Saru back to the Prime universe, maybe Michael and Saru can help him adjust to not being a slave anymore?
Coming Together After Trauma: Michael and Saru eventually finding a way to bond over Philippa dying! Or Lorca turning out to be evil! Or Michael and Mirror Saru trying to help each other get over how deeply creepy the Mirror universe is?
Sacrificing for the Greater Good/Character Sacrifices Self to Protect Another/Enduring Pain to Protect Another: Typical Star Trek officer behavior! Anything with Michael trying to save them from the Klingons, or Saru trying to save the ship - in the Mirrorverse, Mirror Saru risking his life to help Michael escape? Michael blowing her cover to try and stop Mirror Saru from getting punished for something? Anything with one of them acting self-sacrificing!
Forced to Hurt Someone in Order to Protect Them From Something Worse: Maybe they have to lash out at each other in order too keep from blowing their cover? Or maybe one person is out of their mind for some reason and the other has to hurt them to stop them from hurting themselves? Either focusing on the act itself or the emotional fallout would be great.
Space Horror: Running into weird eldritch space horrors! Ghost ships! Michael doesn't believe in ghosts but Saru/Mirror Saru's threat ganglia are going wild anyway? Or anything having to do with the vastness of space. Or anything about how deeply dysfunctional and horrifying life in the Mirror universe is, and all the kinds of things people do to each other there.
Xeno: Whatever alien biology you want Klepiens to have, please feel free to have it be weird or even downright incompatible.
Nightmares: Do Klepiens have them more than humans do, because of how fear-based their evolution has been? Or what kind of nightmares does Michael have - do Vulcans have them, and if not how does she feel about her own? I'd like anything with them dealing with things. Or something with Mirror Saru trying to calm Michael down, and Michael just being really fucking nervous about the fact that he's been watching her sleep?
Forced to Wear a Collar: Mirror Saru has to because he's a slave ;__; Maybe Saru has to because he's going undercover as Mirror Saru at some point? Maybe Philippa makes Michael wear one too after she figures out that she's not Mirror Michael? Or maybe she still thinks she's Mirror Michael and that's just part of the punishment for leaving.
Captivity: Imprisoned together! Captured by either the Mirror Empire or the Klingons, or some other Federation enemy? Or Saru visiting Michael while she's in jail for some reason?
Surviving and/or Resisting After Losing the War: Either in a situation where the Discovery is trapped in the Mirror universe, helping a doomed resistance movement, or something where they come home to the Prime universe only to find that the Klingon empire really has decisively cut down the Federation.
Guilt/Mental Anguish: SO MUCH GUILT IN THIS SHOW. Both of them being distraught over Philippa dying! Michael feeling so personally responsible she doesn't even bother defending herself against the mutiny charges! Michael feeling guilty about still having feelings about Mirror Philippa and saving her even though she enslaves and eats people! Michael feeling guilty about pretty much everything having to do with Mirror Saru's existence! Saru feeling guilty over decisions he has to make as captain, or about being upset with Michael about things she's already guilty about! Mirror Saru not really knowing how to deal with Prime Michael, or having issues adjusting if he gets taken back with them to the Prime universe!
Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms: I imagine literally everything people to in the Mirror universe is unhealthy, including attempts to cope and comfort other people, and I would really like to see that! Or just something with Saru and Michael both trying to repress the hell out of all of their issues.
Power Imbalances: Michael's the first officer! Then Saru's the first officer and Michaels a glorified prisoner! Then Saru's the Captain! Then Michael sort of straight up owns poor Mirror Saru! The dynamics of the relationship are constantly shifting as things keep happening, often at a pretty break-neck pace, and I would really love something that explores that.



STAR TREK: TOS
Leonard McCoy/Spock
The timeless classic! I love how even in a very episodic series there's still such a clear growth to their relationship - they start with some genuine animosity, and then it turns into this thing where they just don't ever want to admit how much they admire each other to each others faces, even though they both clearly know, and then by the time you get to the later movies they're basically just continuing to tease each other out of habit. And I really enjoy them together at any point in their relationship.

Enduring Pain to Protect Another/Character Sacrifices Self to Protect Another/Sacrificing for the Greater Good: These kind of prompts are always PEAK Star Trek to me, because really wasn't TOS just a rotating version of which character or combination of characters was going to recklessly risk life and limb for everyone else? I love it! I love Spock trying to pretend he's being logical in volunteering because he's stronger, I love McCoy ignoring that Spock actually is way more likely to survive whatever it is they're doing, I love it when one of them is dead set on risking their lives and then the other one knocks them out so they can take their place. It's always so good!
Holding a Loved One While They're Being Tortured/Raped, Forced to Watch Love Interest Getting Tortured/Raped: I also like it when one of them has risked life and limb, and the other one can't do anything but watch and feel angry or guilty or distraught as the other one is hurt right in front of them, especially if they're doing their best to make it easier or comfort the other but there really is nothing they can do.
Forced to Harm a Loved One: Either because it's some situation where it's for their own good - one of them is too out of their mind to realize that they need it, or there are costs they don't want to pay. Or one of them is caught up in some kind of Pon Farr/sex pollen situation, or just because they're being mind-controlled by an enemy!
Mirror Universe: Either fic with them dealing with the fallout of McCoy's trip, or something that focuses on what Spock was doing with the Mirror versions while they were gone, or something set where they both get stuck over there! I also really love any combination of the regular/mirror versions of themselves, so if you want to include Mirror Spock or Mirror McCoy please feel free!
Sex Pollen/Guilt After Succumbing to Sex Pollen That Other Character Resisted: I like it when it's mutually sex pollened sex, or I also like it when one character is able to keep control of themselves even when the other one can't! Maybe it's due to some difference in their biology, really, but the one who lost control can't help but feel guilty anyway?
Aliens Made Them Do it: Forced to have sex as entertainment! Or as a form or torture! Or maybe as some kind of experiment by aliens curious about human/vulcan biology? Or maybe it's expected of them for bizarre cultural reasons?
Space Horror: Ghost ships, tentacle monsters, places that look idyllic but turn out to be haunted or full of monsters, body horror, someone gets untethered in the void, etc. I really enjoy everything space horror related!
Xeno: Including Pon Farr or any other Vulcan sex practices or rituals! Or, alternatively, if they get caught by alien tentacle monsters, or some other kind of enemies torturing them? Or maybe one of them gets shapeshifted into some kind of aliens form?
Telepathy: I would really love any use of Spock's telepathy! Either something accidental telepathic bond, or an accident that amplifies his natural abilities and he can't really block other people out anymore, or McCoy's unconscious and he needs something from him and has to reach in. Or something where McCoy ends up the one with telepathic powers for once?
Permanently Trapped In Another's Mind: So what if they'd never helpfully found Spock's reanimated body in the movies? What if he'd just been stuck in McCoy's head forever? Is there anything else the other Vulcans could have done? Would McCoy have even let them to do anything if it meant Spock was really dead?
Nonconsensual Soul Bonding: Vulcan mental hijinks!!! Either something where Spock's hand is forced by a third party, or something where aliens can sort of force soul bonds on others? Or, I would also like something less straight up non-con and more, say, accidental, or rushed, or not fully thought out or there aren't really any better options.
Aftermath of Torture/Recovery Process After Torture/Recovery From Serious Injury, Faking Recovery From Injury/Trauma So People Will Stop Worrying About You: They are both the sort to pretend everything is fine - or, in McCoy's case, the type to complain extensively about something else that doesn't actually matter to distract from the real problem. I'd love anything with any of them just reaching the point where they can't hide it anymore, or the other was there for the torture and they really can't hide it, or just straight up forcing the other to accept some healing/comfort.
Captivity: They're both caged together by some kind of enemy! Or one of them is caged, and its up to the other to find a way to rescue them?



STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS
Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader/Wilhuff Tarkin
I went with The Clone Wars but please feel free to write about them in any point in canon! Really, the EU is so good to this pairing - I loved that first arc where they meet in The Clone Wars so much. Tarkin is one of the few people he knew as Anakin that he still has a relationship with as Vader, and I would love anything that plays with that!

Scars/Marking & Scarring: Either something with them focusing on the scars the other already has - Tarkin has a ton, Anakin has plenty even before he becomes Vader, and then afterwards he's pretty much all scar. Or something with them getting new ones! Or deliberately inflicting new ones on each other!
Knifeplay: Either using a knife on each other, because it's ~sexy~, or both of them cutting some poor third party up into pieces. Or just one of them being really impressed with what the other can do with a bladed weapon.
Choking/Autoerotic Asphyxiation: I mean, the choking thing didn't just come out of nowhere, right? That's clearly been Anakin's go-to move for a long time! I would love fic that really lovingly dwells on it! Either doing it out of anger or out of sexual interest or something that starts out in anger and then kind of goes sideways from there. Or maybe he gets tired of always being the one doing the choking? Maybe he wants Tarkin to do it to him?
Blood and Violence: I would love this in either the context of really violent sex or, just gen fic with them carving their way through their enemies together.
Angry Sex:Maybe something with Anakin being incredibly pissed off about the trial with Ahsoka? Or, it's Anakin, maybe he's just angry generally? Or as Vader he's pretty much pure rage at all times! Or give Tarkin a reason to be the angry one.
Sex to Power Dark Magic: You can literally make up any kind of Sith nonsense to explain why they have to fuck for ~ultimate power~ and I'll be really into it!
Torture, Aftermath of Torture, Burning/Torture by Fire: The Citadel!!! I would love more out of the Citadel, or Tarkin getting captured by the Confederacy again because reasons. Or, something dealing with Anakin's transformation into Vader! Maybe somehow Tarkin gets pulled into all that? Maybe Anakin's nerves are so damaged he really can't feel anything but fire anymore?
Recovery From Serious Injury: This could be Tarkin recovery from the Citadel or some other attack, or it could be Anakin recovering from getting burned alive at the end of ROTS? Maybe at some point Tarkin sees him with his mask/suit off and it's a big deal.
Amputation: I would love something dealing with the aftermath of Anakin's many, many amputations. Or, the pairing is sort of imbalanced, so you could always hack of a part of Tarkin to even things out some? Maybe one of them loses a body part in a fight, or it's the result of torture from the enemy, or maybe it's a punishment from Palpatine for something.
United by Sociopathy/Killing Together/Arousal From Killing/Sex in the Blood of Their Enemies: They both just really enjoy killing people they don't like! And sometimes even people who haven't actually done anything to them! Maybe pre-ROTS Anakin is just happy to be around somebody who doesn't get really judgmental about solving all their problems with murder and/or torture? Or Tarkin helps seduce him to the Dark Side with murder? Or later, Tarkin and Vader bonding over fucking people up? Or both getting off on it?
Emotional Manipulation/Seduced into Horror: Either something with Tarkin helping lure Anakin deeper into the dark side and encouraging his worst instincts and impulses; or maybe trying to teach him how to curb the initial heat of his anger so he can really properly torture his enemies in an extended horror? Or, later, Vader pulling Tarkin from normal evil into Sith-level exotic horror.
Space Horror: I'm both up for them encountering something genuinely unsettling in space - something even worse than them? Something they have to team up and fight against? Or I'm also down for a fic where they ARE the space horror.



STAR WARS EXTENDED UNIVERSE - ALL MEDIA
Eli Vanto/Thrawn
I'm only partially into Thrawn: Alliances, because life is suffering and I can't just stay at home and read books about my favorite blue person instead of going to work ;__;, but I will be done with it by the time reveals role around so feel free to incorporate anything you want from it.

Character Sacrifices Self to Protect Another/Enduring Pain to Protect Another: Eli comes around so hard he's willing to sacrifice himself for Thrawn! Maybe that's part of him disappearing from the Empire and ending up with the Chiss? Or maybe part of what eventually gets Thrawn killed is trying to protect Eli and the Chiss from discovery or annihilation.
Aftermath of Torture: Thrawn gets tortured, either by enemies of the Chiss, or his own enemies in the Empire, or because he's caught by the Rebels? Or Eli's the one who gets caught and tortured! Possibly as a way of getting at Thrawn? How do they handle it afterwards?
Holding a Loved One While They're Being Tortured/Raped: Or something where they're caught at the same time! And trying to help each other through it, maybe? Or maybe it's their captors way of messing with them? Or they have to be involved for some reason so they don't break cover?
Aliens Made Them Do It: They get caught by Hutts and end up forced to entertain them? Some enemy sex pollens them for reasons? Caught by tentacle monsters? Some kind of Chiss initiation thing Thrawn probably should have told Eli about earlier...?
Sex Pollened Character/Non-Sex Pollened Character: They run into some kind of sex pollen situation that only affects Chiss, or only affects humans. I would love fic for this that either focuses on the sex itself, or something that's all about the emotional fallout.
Forced to Fake Their Death: Because Thrawn's not really dead, right????? You can have Eli be mad about it but also really happy he's not dead at the same time! Or Thrawn feeling guilty about it. Or maybe Eli has to fake his death at some point and Thrawn is like "It's okay I knew you were faking it" but he's still really relieved anyway.
Grief/Mourning: Because Thrawn really is dead and Eli's probably extremely upset about it ;___; Or, feel free to murder Eli and have Thrawn be upset about it instead!
Tentacles: Thrawn can have tentacles, maybe? Or feel free to have them run into some kind of monster or alien plant life in space, or maybe the syndicate leader who catches them has a mechanical tentacle torture machine, or some kind of force tentacles, or just any kind of tentacles.
Xeno: I am up for the Chiss having whatever kind of weird junk and/or sexual practices you want! Or whatever the aliens who have them captured them have going on! I'm here for all of it!
Loss of Limb/Recovery from Serious Injury:: It's not really Star Wars until somebody loses a limb! Or, with any kind of serious injury, I love all the trauma, hurt/comfort, readjustment, etc. that can come from it.
Forced to Harm a Loved One/Forced to Hurt Someone in Order to Protect Them From Something Worse: I think there's two main ways to do this - either something where they're in a situation where they have to hurt the other to prevent a third party from doing worse, which is always fun! Or something like Eli gets space gangrene in an arm and he's delusional with fever and Thrawn has to hack the arm off to save him?
Space Horror: I do like this in basically any space-based setting. They run into ghost ships, or hear rumors about alien monsters that can't possibly exists, except they totally do! Or one of them is set adrift, separated from the ship in battle or as an assassination attempt? Or they run into strange reality warps?
Wilderness Survival: They're stranded on an alien planet and have to survive until they can reach help! Either being hunted down by enemies or hostile wildlife the entire time?
Power Imbalances: Thrawn is pretty clearly in charge! Eli doesn't even want to be there at first! I'd really love any kind of fic that plays with the power imbalances there, or the eventual sense of loyalty.
Deliberately Induced Stockholm Syndrome: So Eli clearly doesn't want his life completely derailed at first! Thrawn's not willing to let him go, but he doesn't want him to be upset about it either? So deliberate Stockholm it is! Maybe it works, maybe Eli can see right through it and it still works, maybe Thrawn eventually just lets the relationship develop naturally.
Possessive Behavior: Both ways - Thrawn doesn't want anyone messing with his human! Eli doesn't want anyone messing with his Chiss!