Fandom5K Letter

[linndechir]

Dear Fandom5K writer,

Thank you for writing for me and having a look at this letter. I've got some general likes and dislikes listed - those are the important parts, really. They're followed by a list of kinks I like, should you feel inclined to write porn, and some fandom-specific prompts, but if those don't work for you - as long as you include a thing or two that I like and don't include my DNWs, I'm sure I will love whatever you write for me. :D

Please don't get hung up on the "genres" I requested. I just picked some that sounded closest to the kinds of fic I like, but I'd really rather you used my prompts and general likes to write a fic than worry about whether or not your fic really fits one of those genres. Since this is a 5k minimum exchange: I love plotty case/adventure fics, but I'm equally fond of long getting together fics that explore the characters' relationship in greater detail, without necessarily needing a big complicated plot, or fics that explore how that relationship develops over time. I'll also gladly take 5k of porn as long as that porn also tells me something about the characters' relationship. I'm not really into super fluffy curtainfic, though. 5k of my ship fucking is good, 5k of my ship cuddling on the couch or going on cute dates isn't really my thing. If you do write porn and you want more smut-related prompts, I've requested manof these ships for Smut Swap before.

The fandoms are listed alphabetically. The length of the fandom-specific sections doesn't indicate an order of preference; I just had more ideas and prompts for some of them.

I use the same name on AO3 and tumblr as here.



Do Not Wants:

• character death of characters I like (random side characters or antagonists dying is fine)
• serious illnesses, permanent injuries (blood and wounds that will heal again are fine)
• completely tragic/bleak endings
• animal death/cruelty
• genderbend of any kind, mpreg, A/B/O, characters being werewolves/vampires/anything than what they are in canon
• non-canon gender identities/sexual orientations (e.g. writing characters as trans or asexual), except for writing characters as gay or bi
• unrequested ships (including canon ships) *
• unrequested crossovers or fusions
• complete AUs (canon divergence is fine, but no high school AUs, coffee shop AUs, in space AUs, groundhog day AUs etc.)
• permanently unrequited love or permanent breakups for my ships
• unnecessary epithets, please use characters' names/pronouns unless their name isn't known to the POV character (or unless the characters think of each other by e.g. their title rather than their name)
• 1st and 2nd person fic
• for porn: detailed kink negotiation, safewords for scenes that don't involve consent play (and even then I'm not really into safewords); scat, watersports, coming in pants, crossdressing, feminisation, body modification, infantilisation (daddy kink and calling characters "boy" is fine)

* I'm fine with mentions of characters' past relationships with OCs. However, I don't want these ships to play a central role: a character thinking back of how they tried out this kink before with some guy they hooked up with five years ago, or briefly thinking that they used to date this guy who hated it when they did X? Totally fine. A character spending half the fic thinking about or interacting with their ex? Not something I'm interested in. Fandom-specifically, I'm totally fine with mentions of Jim/Neil and Adam/Megan for Deus Ex, but for Vampyr I'd prefer if we could just pretend Jonathan/Elisabeth never happened.

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Things I like to read about:

• first time/getting together: slow burn, pining, UST finally getting resolved, but also antagonistic hate sex or casual hookups that are only later followed by feelings (emotional pining while already having sex is great)
• friends with benefits who think the other one can't possibly be in love with them/want a serious relationship
• developing relationships: relationship conflicts after the characters got together, trying to figure out how to make things work, some things maybe not working at first, temporary breakups, basically anything that doesn't assume that first time sex -> perfect relationship
• porn, especially porn with feelings/porn that says something about their relationship (see list below for kinks I like)
• enemies to lovers, partners to lovers
• reluctant allies grudgingly starting to like each other
• non-verbal expressions of affection, unusual romantic gestures that fit the characters
• familiarity, intimacy, characters getting to know each other better (their habits, their hangups etc.)
• pre-canon/background stories, first meetings/first impressions (especially if we didn't see those in canon)
• post-canon fic
• canon divergence
• casefic
• moral dilemmas, characters having to question/go against their principles, situations in which there is no clear right or wrong
• loyalty, devotion, trust, but also trust/commitment issues
• obsessive, codependent, complicated relationships
• unhealthy relationships that should be a trainwreck, but work for the characters involved
• obsessive/intense family relationships
• us-against-the-world
• villains/sociopaths in love, bad guys who would literally burn down the rest of the world for each other
• jealousy, possessiveness
• age differences
• misunderstandings (as long as there's a good reason for them)
• competence, characters being smart and skilled and good at what they do; characters with different skill sets complementing each other
• hurt/comfort (after injuries/exhaustion, not so much with illness)
• angst: self-doubts, guilt, shame, internalised homophobia, nightmares, fears, self-destructive tendencies, alcohol abuse ...
• period-typical attitudes towards sex, sexuality, class, morality, religion etc. (I obviously don't expect 100% historical accuracy, but I like reading about characters from different societies having different values and principles from our own - this also applies to fictional societies)
• infidelity (not between my requested ships, but one half of my ship cheating on their previous partner with the other half of my ship)
• meaningful name uses (e.g. characters who always call each other by their last name or title switching to using first names)
• outside POVs, different POVs than in canon (more "usual" POVs are great, too)
• sleep-related themes: waking each other from nightmares, falling asleep on each other's shoulder etc.
• soulbonds (but no soulmates, please)
• undercover as enemies (undercover as a couple is fun, too, as long as it actually fits the setting/characters, like spies or cops)
• I like darker elements (violence, murder, noncon/dubcon, manipulation, depression, whatever fits your plot and isn't on my DNW list), but I'd prefer a happy or semi-happy ending. Feel free to make me bawl my eyes out, but please cheer me up again afterwards.

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Kinks I like to read about:

• anal, blowjobs, fingering, intercrural, frottage, rimming & felching are all great
• asphyxiation/choking/breathplay (this is my kink holy grail that makes everything else hotter to me; even just throat-touching without choking is great)
• switching
• biting, bruising, marking; possessive sex
• rough/angry sex, hate sex, fighting/sparring leading to sex, adrenaline-fuelled post-battle and "thank fuck we/you're alive" sex
• dressed sex, dressed/naked, clothes kink (suits, uniforms, gloves, boots etc.), neat characters being dishevelled for once, casual characters cleaning up nicely
• D/s (I prefer casually developing kink to minutely negotiated, formalised BDSM; if anything under-negotiated kink is a plus for me)
• kink discovery/exploration
• strength kink; body worship; men's body hair (on chest, arms, thighs, butt; not so much on back and shoulders)
• stubble/beard burn
• hand kink; fisting; finger sucking
• large/thick cocks (not absurdly huge, but bigger than average); size kink
• bondage: leather cuffs, ropes, restraints, chains, collars
• face slapping, spanking, flogging, riding crops
• gun play, knife play, blood play
• consent play
• dirty talk (both the praising and the humiliating/condescending kind), voice/accent kink
• praise kink
• banter, teasing
• hard, desperate kissing with lots of biting
• barebacking (including the ill-advised, unplanned, unnegotiated we-really-shouldn't-have-done-that-but-it-was-so-hot kind - I'm not into serious STD scares, though; if there is an "oh fuck, what did we just do?" aftermath, please have both characters be certain that they're clean)
• come play (licking come off fingers/skin, felching, feeding each other come, kissing after blowjobs/felching ...)
• come as lube, spit as lube (especially the top spitting on the bottom's ass)
• messiness (sweat, come play, dishevelled hair/clothes)
• overstimulation; characters being overwhelmed, begging for more, becoming speechless ...
• shaving (face or body), especially with straight razors/knives
• sex on tables, against walls, on the floor, on a chair, in the shower ... (sex in beds is great, too)
• masturbation/fantasising about the other before getting together
• incest kink (i.e. characters who are related kinking on it)
• competence kink, admiration
• kneeling, hand kissing, physical expressions of loyalty/fealty
• scars and their history
• oral fixation (while smoking, drinking, talking ...)
• sharing cigarettes, clothes, food ...
• shame in sexual desires (whether about being attracted to another man at all, being attracted to this specific person for whatever reason, wanting to bottom, wanting to suck dick, wanting to hurt their partner, wanting to be hurt by their partner ...)

Alex Verus Series - Benedict Jacka
Richard Drakh/Morden, Morden/Onyx, Richard Drakh/Onyx, Richard Drakh/Morden/Onyx

I read these books a couple of months ago and enjoyed the hell out of them, and as usual I fell hardest for the villains. I also really adore the worldbuilding in the series: how different kinds of magic work, wards and relics and artefacts, the politics (both inside the Council and between Light and Dark and independent mages, all the scheming and blackmail and bureaucracy and proxy wars), Dark mage society and customs and rules ... I'd love to read more about all these things, if they somehow fit into your fic.

I love Richard, Morden and Onyx and just want more of them interacting in every combination (shippy is great, but tbh even gen or pre-slash fic about any of them together would make me happy). I love Richard and Morden as old friends and partners who make a fantastically terrifying team, and I love the complicated, messed up master/apprentice relationship between Morden and Onyx. And I'd love to see Richard and Onyx interact as well and/or throw all three of them together. When it comes to other ships, I'm definitely on board with fucked up Richard/Verus and I'm also totally fine with any of them nonconning their male or female slaves, up to and including graphic noncon - don't worry about squicking me if you want to include something like that.

As for other characters, I also love Cinder, Garrick, Landis and Caldera. I like Verus himself as well and I'm fine with him appearing, but considering that the novels already focus on him and his point of view, I'd prefer to receive fic that focuses on other characters. Verus and Richard's relationship is very interesting to me (gen or shippy; creepy, unhealthy Richard/Verus is definitely my kind of thing), but if you want to include that, I'd prefer seeing it from another point of view than Verus'. The only character I'd rather not read about is Anne - I'm fine with mentions of her being around as Richard's convenient djinn host, but that's about it.

Richard Drakh/Morden

I'm so fascinated by their partnership. They're both incredibly powerful, and yet they seem perfectly happy to work together and share their power with each other in a way that shouldn't even be possible with everything we know about Dark mages - and since I love badass villains in love, I'm here for all of it. I'd also be up for a more ambivalent version of their relationship, though, with them working together but not entirely trusting each other, or things being otherwise more complicated between them.

• I'm desperate for background fic: how long have they known each other? how did they meet? how long have they been working together? to what extent are they genuinely working together or are they just using each other?
• younger Richard and Morden working together back when they weren't yet the two most powerful Dark mages in England (are they even the same age?)
• related: how much does Morden know about what Richard was up to during his ten year absence and at what point did he find out about all that? how did their reunion after Richard's return go? were they already close before Richard left or only since his return?
• does Morden know Richard is a diviner? Richard is so secretive about it, but Morden would probably make damn sure he knows just what his partner-in-world-conquering can do - and if he knows, how did he find out? why did Richard accept Morden knowing his biggest secret instead of trying to kill him for it?
• people in canon keep assuming Morden is working FOR Richard when really nothing indicates that they aren't partners - how do they feel about that? does Morden find it insulting or amusing? do they ever use it for their advantage?
• what the hell was Richard up to during those ten years he was gone? other than getting himself a djinn
• but also, what the fuck Morden is up to: why did he even bother to get on the Council? why did he decide to sit around in a Council prison for a year? I kept waiting for him to do something that required him to be on the Council and in that prison shadow realm, but he never did, so feel free to do something canon-divergent with that
• getting together: it probably took them a long time to trust each other even a little bit, and I imagine that Richard wasn't comfortable sleeping with a death mage for a long time - I'd love some UST and insane mutual attraction while they kind of dance around each other and try to figure each other out, and what eventually leads them to do something about all that tension
• reunion sex! whether after Richard's return or after Morden's prison break
• do Morden and Richard ever commiserate about their apprentices (since Onyx has no mind for politics, Deleo is batshit crazy, Verus discovered pesky morals ...)?
• Elsewhere weirdness - communicating that way while Richard was away, or while Morden was in prison, or weird dream sex before they trusted each other enough for real world sex, or just freaky dream sex that wouldn't be possible in reality
• I'd love behind-the-scenes fic for any of the events in the books, things like Richard asking Morden to save Verus' life because he still needed him, or Richard telling Morden about his plans with the dreamstone and the djinn, or them scheming together about getting Morden on the Council ...

Morden/Onyx

I love both villainous loyalty and mentor/mentee relationships so much. :D I'm open to a lot of different takes on this, but I'd prefer if there was at least some mutual respect and appreciation. Onyx clearly cares a lot about Morden's opinion of him, and Morden had pretty high hopes for Onyx at least at some point, plus Onyx is pretty ridiculously powerful and still loyal to him, which must count for a lot. And the way things end between them in canon breaks my heart, even before Onyx dying the most useless death ever, so I'd love a fix-it fic for that.

I'm totally fine with underage and/or dubcon/grooming, but I'd rather not get straightforward noncon; I want Onyx to be into it.

• more about Onyx' background: how he became Morden's apprentice, if there were other apprentices, how he became his Chosen, how he feels about the fact that he and his master are such incredibly different people with very different approaches to problems ... I'd love to see something that gives him a bit more depth than Verus' understandably very negative view of him. I doubt he would have survived that long if he was a complete idiot.
• we know what Verus' apprenticeship was like - was Onyx' similar or did Morden approach teaching his apprentices differently than Richard did? If you want to take this as an excuse to tell me more about Dark mage society and customs, I'm here for it.
• for porn: D/s, expressions of fealty (kneeling, hand-kissing, shoe-kissing etc.) , Morden's occasional punishments giving Onyx a masochistic streak over the years, Morden topping him sometimes and sometimes topping from the bottom, sparring leading to sex, creative uses of magic in bed, MAGIC CHOKING :DDDD
• while we're talking about porn: first time fic would be great, whether it's Morden creeping on his ridiculously powerful young apprentice or Onyx being all creepily intense and obsessed with his master - or both (random porn idea: Onyx fucking Morden's slaves right after Morden fucked them, and Morden realising he finds that kind of hot)
• if you want to do something tropey with magical soulbonds or telepathic bonds (maybe it's another old Dark mage custom for masters and their favourite apprentices?), I would totally read that - feel free to make it fucked up and creepy, if you like (hell, maybe the reason Onyx isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer is because it turns out spending years with your master poking at your brain through a telepathic bond is not great for your intellectual development)
• Onyx returning to Morden either after the business with the Fateweaver or after the business with Vitus - both situations in which he technically failed to do what Morden ordered him to do. Presumably he got punished, and Onyx canonically felt like he failed him and Morden "never looked at him the same way", but Morden also clearly forgave him - how did that go? I'd also love to read anything about the fact that Morden trusted his powerful Dark Chosen to bring him something as powerful as the Fateweaver, apparently without even worrying for one second that Onyx would want to keep it for himself
• how does Onyx feel about Morden's alliance with Richard and about Richard in general, especially when Richard just showed up?
• fix-it fic because I really need Onyx and Morden to make up and have Onyx regain Morden's favour after his previous fuckups - bring Morden some powerful item or useful intel or kill somebody super powerful for him (Levistus? some other Council member? Vihaela if she ever turns on them?), I just need Onyx to earn back his place.
• related: if you want to write me a version of that fight in which Onyx kicks Verus+Fateweaver's ass and then delivers both plus Verus' dreamstone to Morden and Richard to regain his place ... yes please (it cracked me up that despite the Fateweaver, the author STILL had to go "and Onyx totally slowed down over the past year" because otherwise Onyx would have won that fight, so, please, let him win that fight :D I'm okay with killing Verus off, and equally okay with delivering him gift-wrapped to Richard to do with as he pleases)
• also for this ship: post-prison reunion sex!

Richard Drakh/Onyx

I was really looking forward to Richard and Onyx working together while Morden was in prison and felt a bit cheated by canon when that didn't happen, so I'd love fic about that instead of their mutual hissy fit and Onyx getting basically sidelined from the main plot. Maybe Morden orders Onyx to work for Richard while he's away, or maybe Onyx figures by himself that helping Morden's ally is the best way to regain his favour.

• Onyx and Richard kicking ass together, because there's no bonding like bonding over killing a bunch of people together :)
• bonding over how much they both like and respect Morden, up to and including fucking each other while talking about Morden
• Onyx learning some things from Richard; Richard maybe being a good influence on him and teaching him how to use his brain a bit more
• Richard being somewhat jealous of how loyal to Morden Onyx is, because his favourite apprentice turned out to be a treacherous little weasel (I say that with a lot of fondness ;))
• Richard and Onyx breaking Morden out of prison together instead of Anne doing it - this would also be fun in a verse in which, like in canon, Richard and Onyx didn't get along and then still decide to work together to save Morden (maybe something didn't go to plan and Morden is actually in danger of getting executed if they don't get him out)
• rough sex? post-battle sex? lots of dirty talk because Richard canonically has the hottest voice ever? I can see Onyx not really having been interested in many people other than Morden (sure, he fucks slaves because it's convenient, but that's different), so maybe being with Richard is very different experience for him? or maybe Richard is usually too paranoid to fuck other mages?
• Onyx spent years obsessing over one diviner - I'd be very amused if he figures out that Richard is one as well after seeing him fight once

Richard Drakh/Morden/Onyx

Basically just throw all the above together. :D This would work for me in a canon divergent verse in which Morden and Onyx didn't have their falling out to begin with, or a verse in which he regained Morden's favour but by then Morden totally rekindled his thing with Richard and eventually they all end up in bed together, or hell, even Richard seducing Onyx while Morden was in prison, or Morden pimping Onyx out to Richard as a bit of a punishment and it turns out they both really enjoyed it, I'm open to a lot of scenarios here, including fucked up ones, but I would generally enjoy it if all three of them were more or less happy with the situation, at least eventually.

I don't have a lot of specific prompts for this. I'd love to see all three of them working together, fighting together, scheming together (well, Morden and Richard scheming and Onyx being their weapon of mass destruction), and I'm always here fo a good Villains Win AU.


Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Alexios/Brasidas

I mostly have protagonist!Alexios in mind for this (I see the appeal of Deimos!Alexios, but there's so little fic for this ship that I need to satisfy my protagonist!Alexios needs first ;)). I love his sense of humour, I love how cheerful and arrogant he is at times, I love that he likes to help people but will still tell them they're ridiculous dicks afterwards. I played him as fairly pro-Sparta and genuinely wanting to return home, which I think goes rather well with this ship anyway. I love his banter and his immediate connection with Brasidas (that warehouse fight! *heart eyes*), I love how much they just get each other and trust each other - even though Alexios really has reason enough to mistrust just about anyone he runs into. And since it's absolutely tragic the game didn't let us romance Brasidas, that's clearly what fic is for. :D As for Brasidas, I love how smart and cunning he is, how he thinks outside the box while still being a ruthless fighter when the situation calls for it, and how much he genuinely and openly cares about people who are important to him.

I'm up for setting this at any point during the game - around their first meetings in Korinth, when Alexios is in Sparta, or when they're working together later on - or post-game in a verse in which Brasidas didn't die. Because I'm in denial about that and damn historical accuracy. ;)

While I usually DNW unrequested ships, I'm fine with mentions of 1) Alexios's male canon hookups, 2) Brasidas being married (or widowed) because it's just unlikely that he wouldn't be, although I'd see that more as a practical arrangement than a marriage of love, 3) any erastes/eromenos-style relationships Brasidas might have been in, whether it's him currently having someone under his wing or still being good friends with the guy who, er, "mentored" him years ago. However, I wouldn't want any of those relationships to be more meaningful to them than each other, if that makes sense.

• any getting together scenario, set at any point in or after the game, whether it's casual hookups long before they get closer or years of pining before they finally make the first step, or anything in between, though I have a special place in my heart for any kind of friends-with-benefits slowly turning to lovers scenario
• post-fighting/sparring sex, lots of kinking on each other's strength and skill, manhandling each other (wall sex and the like), getting turned on during battles ...
• Alexios and Brasidas working together, whether to hunt down Cultists or serving Sparta in some way - fighting side by side, Brasidas scheming and thinking outside the box, saving each other's life, patching each other up ...
• fix-it fic for Brasidas's death: Alexios saving his life, Alexios thinking he's dead but Brasidas was captured and Alexios comes to save him, Brasidas being badly injured (I'm fine with longer recoveries, but please have him get well and be able to fight again at the end), or even something like Brasidas dying and Alexios saving him from the underworld (though I'd prefer if Brasidas wasn't dead and absent for 90% of the fic)
• post-canon fic about Alexios settling down in Sparta, getting used to having a home, Brasidas teaching him about what it means to be a Spartan, Brasidas interacting with Alexios's family (I just really need Brasidas and Stentor in one room, or Brasidas and Nikolaos); Brasidas and Alexios having a really hard time finding places to hook up in peace because neither of them lives alone ...
• Alexios seems pretty chill about being into men, but maybe Brasidas isn't? Or maybe they both are chill about it in general, but there were still so many cultural hangups in Ancient Greece about which men you're allowed to be into, and about penetrative sex, and and and, so feel free to write me some angst about any of those things
• jealousy! whether it's while they're pining, or while they're friends with benefits and then they slowly realise they're not really okay with the other one sleeping around anymore
• any AU in which Alexios grows up in Sparta, especially if you go with Brasidas becoming Alexios's erastes and Nikolaos approving very much - I'm totally on board with underage
• Super Specific Scenario I love (I somehow doubt anyone wants to write this for me, but it doesn't hurt to try ;)): post-canon, Alexios lives in Sparta, Brasidas has a son who's 12ish, Alexios - pining for Brasidas and certain he can never have him - starts wooing his son in the hopes of becoming his erastes because hey he's a respectable Spartan citizen now and a badass fighter and Brasidas' friend; instead of approving Brasidas seems absolutely furious about the idea - because he's jealous, but of course Alexios assumes it's because Brasidas doesn't think he's good enough for his son ... TLDR they figure things out and get together and Brasidas' son can get an erastes who isn't using him as a replacement goldfish for his dad
• I'm not super into the whole Isu/artefacts aspect of the game, tbh, so I'd love an AU in which Greek mythology is simply real and the gods like meddling and that's why there's lots of weird magic and creatures and items around (I will admit that a big part of this is because I want to hear the bizarre story of how Zeus got Myrrine pregnant - thunderstorms? a sexy possum? a tree fell on her head? because clearly Alexios is Zeus's son ;)) - this could work well for adventure fic, or for something like the gods or some monster creating a soulbond between them, or for any of the gods giving Alexios some big task and Brasidas trying to help, or for Hades demanding something from Alexios if he wants to get dead!Brasidas back ...

Nikolaos/Stentor

Daddy Issues The Ship. :D I'm so here for how not chill and angry and repressed Stentor is about everything, and how loyal and devoted he is to Nikolaos while clearly craving his approval. I also love that they both must have kind of messed up, complicated feelings about each other: Stentor clearly has a chip on his shoulder and he cares so much about being Nikolaos' son that he must angst a lot about also being into him; and Nikolaos lost both his biological kids (and his wife), so adopting someone else must not have been easy for him either. Feel free to play up the incestuous aspect as much or as little as you like - I mean, they do clearly refer to each other as father and son, but I figure that's still a different relationship when Stentor was adopted as a teenager (or maybe even as an adult) than if he spent his whole life as Nikolaos' kid.

I'm 100% here for Stentor having been Nikolaos' eromenos, and Nikolaos eventually adopting him (I don't really care if Stentor basically grew up without parents, or if he was orphaned as a teenager and Nikolaos adopted him then). Underage down to 12ish is totally fine for this ship. Feel free to do whatever with Stentor's age, as long as he isn't quite as absurdly old as he looks in game. ;)

Should it come up, I prefer Alexios as the elder sibling and protagonist. Totally fine with mentions of background Alexios/Brasidas, and of Nikolaos/Myrrine and Stentor/the wife he definitely has because he's a Good Spartan (TM), although I doubt that's a particularly loving, passionate relationship rather than just him being dutiful and doing what's expected of him.

• I'm totally up for pre-canon fic: what's Stentor's background? does he have any living family left? what did he do as a teenager to get Nikolaos' attention and become his eromenos (Nikolaos is kind of a big deal, he wouldn't have taken any random kid under his wing)? did Stentor actively try to get his attention and pursue him while Nikolaos was a bit reluctant, or was Stentor surprised that someone as important as Nikolaos was interested in him? at what age did Nikolaos actually adopt him? how long was this after Nikolaos lost his own kids?
• both of them trying to pretend the sex is all about Bonding and Teaching when Stentor is a teenager, and both guiltily enjoying it far more than they think they should
• they think they should stop sleeping with each other when Stentor gets "too old" for it (and maybe he's officially Nikolaos' son by then), but they don't want to ...
• or conversely: they do stop sleeping with each other and only start again years later - maybe after Stentor finds out Nikolaos isn't dead and jumps even though he really really shouldn't? bonus if they end up a lot more passionate about it than they ever allowed themselves to be when Stentor was younger
• both of them angsting to hell and back about how Nikolaos must be disappointed in Stentor for still wanting this, or how Nikolaos must clearly disrespect Stentor if he still treats him like a boy in bed ... feel free to heap as much shame and guilt as possible on them ;D
• they're both very repressed and proper and serious and probably suck at talking about their feelings, so give me all the misunderstandings - Stentor desperately trying to make Nikolaos proud and not knowing that Nikolaos is proud of him, neither of them being entirely aware just how much the other one loves him because they'd never ever talk about it ... maybe physical affection is the only thing they manage?
• Stentor's angst about whether Nikolaos will ever love him as much as the children he lost - especially once Alexios is back in Nikolaos' life and he's a stronger fighter than anyone else and he's charming and handsome and everybody loves him and how the hell is Stentor supposed to compare to that?
• related: Stentor worrying that Nikolaos doesn't really want/need him around anymore once he has his "real" family back and trying to stay away - maybe that can lead to Nikolaos actually telling him he cares about him, even if he has Alexios (and Kassandra) back
• sparring, fighting together, more sparring, hunting together, patching each other up after fights, steamy rough sex after fighting together, saving each other's life on the battlefield ...
• Stentor being far less of a dick to Nikolaos than to everyone else (including, like, his friends and comrades and his wife)
• as repressed and serious as they are, they probably have a really hard time relaxing and having fun, so I just really want some porn for them to see how that goes :D

Deus Ex
Adam Jensen/Jim Miller, Adam Jensen/Jim Miller/Francis Pritchard

Note: I've played Human Revolution and Mankind Divided and I've read Black Light. I don't mind spoilers for any of the other games or comics or whatever else there is, but I'd prefer not to get a fic that requires me to be familiar with those parts of canon.

Adam's injuries prior to getting his augs are obviously exempt from my "no permanent injuries" DNW. However, I don't want anyone else to get their limbs ripped off or the like, and I don't want Adam's augs to get permanently disabled or destroyed.

I love Adam so much: that he's a genuinely good guy who wants to help people, that he's snarky and cheeky and irreverent, that (at least post-augs) he's pretty withdrawn and emotionally unavailable and has all these walls built around himself (and I really want someone to get past them). I like angst and suffering and Adam is a well of suffering, and I enjoy it while simultaneously wanting nice things to happen to him (after lots of beautiful suffering). As for Miller, I love that he has a temper and is impatient and often isn't particularly nice, but underneath that gruffness he cares about doing the right thing and he cares about his men. Similar with Pritchard: he's such a prickly jerk, but at the same time he's always ready to drop anything to help Adam. I'd also be happy to see any other TF29 or SI characters appear in the story. I'd especially love to see Sarif and Miller meet.

Adam Jensen/Jim Miller

• the direct aftermath of London: I was disappointed that there wasn't another conversation between them at the end of the game, but that's what fic is for. Miller wanting to know how Adam got the antidote, demanding a justification for disobeying his orders, maybe some desperate you're-not-dead sex or just a sharp increase in UST they're both trying to ignore ...
• generally a lot of things happen in game that aren't talked about that I'd love for them to have a conversation about some day: like the time Adam broke into Miller's place, or how Adam got his augs (to what extent does Miller know what happened and just how involuntary that was?)
• I love there being some tension and arguments and disagreements between them even once they do trust each other, simply because they're not the easiest people to get along with and horribly stubborn
• the aftermath of however and whenever they hook up for the first time (and of course the first time itself!): does Miller try to put a stop to it because he's Adam's boss? does Adam because he thinks he's not good (enough) for Miller? do they hook up regularly after missions and never talk about it? do they slowly fall in love while thinking all they can have is this friends with benefits arrangement?
• casefic, working together either for TF29 or Adam's saving-the-world schemes: making plans, Miller as sniper support while Adam sneaks in somewhere, rescuing each other, patching each other up, stuck in difficult situations together ...
• fun with CASIE! Maybe Miller wants Adam to use it on him so he knows what it feels like (and can stop being paranoid about it, or worrying that another Aug could use it on him without him noticing), and it has some ... side effects. Maybe Miller enjoys getting pheromone-dosed until his brain short-circuits while they have sex.
• touch-starved Adam who thinks nobody could ever want him the way he is (except maybe someone with an Aug fetish, and he doesn't want to be someone's shiny Aug sex toy); Adam just melting when someone touches him; Adam who doesn't enjoy jerking off anymore with his new hands and is very blue-balled
• *handwave* there's totally something about that Sentinel health aug that does away with that pesky refractory period, right?
• give me all the angst, the nightmares, the PTSD, the trust issues - for both of them. All the issues Adam still has with his body and with what was done to him, all the conflicted feelings he has about that and refuses to deal with. The fact that pretty much his entire life from before (friends, job, dog :((, girlfriend etc.) is gone for good. But I'm also here for some angst for Jim: he almost died, he found out there's a big evil conspiracy, he went through a nasty divorce after a decade of marriage, his daughter is very sick ... I like them hurting, and I like them trying in their own, possibly awkward, ways to be there for each other.
• porn! Whether it's an ill-advised hookup early on, or finally fucking after ages of UST and denial, or even trying out something new in an established relationship ... I am incredibly into subby Adam and Miller taking charge. Adam being eager to please, Adam desperately wanting someone to touch his actual skin (and much preferring to blow people than to jerk them off). Maybe Miller expected him to be repressed about guys and is surprised when Adam isn't? Or maybe Adam actually has fairly little experience with men, that works for me too.
• tropey tropes I like for them: undercover as a couple (whether they're infiltrating some skeevy place for sugar daddies with Aug hookers/sex slaves or a pro-Aug organisation and are posing as a happily married couple) or marriage of convenience (maybe some new anti-Aug law is passed and a non-Aug spouse is one of the only ways to avoid the new rules and harassment, so Miller offers just to keep Adam safe and then they have to live together and it's terribly awkward because they're both in denial about how into each other they are)
• stealing this verbatim from someone else's letter (I really hope that person doesn't mind), but it's perfect and I want it, too: someone being dehumanizing to Adam in front of Miller, either in a situation where Miller can actually do something about it or one where they both just have to take it. People talking about and treating Adam like an object, being objectifying, stuff like that.
• anything involving Miller's family: they talk about his daughter, or Adam somehow meets the kids and/or the ex, or there's a threat to Miller's family and he sends Adam to save/protect them ... I'm very here for Miller trusting Adam with his family and for Adam interacting with Neil and the kids.
• infidelity! what if Jim's marriage wasn't in complete shambles yet (but slowly getting there) by the time MD happens, but he still ends up falling in love with Adam? Guilty pining and Adam being sure he and Jim are never happening (and anyway he shouldn't want Jim to leave his family, that's selfish) and UST eventually leading to spectacular bad idea sex they both feel awful about afterwards. :D
• I'd be very interested in an AU in which the Incident didn't happen and the political situation in MD is more similar to what we saw in HR, simply because I find that far more interesting in terms of worldbuilding: maybe Adam still works for TF29 because he quit his job at SI once he'd found Megan (and in this verse stopped the Incident from happening?), but in this AU his augs pretty much make him the golden boy, which would make for very different conflicts with e.g. Mac, or maybe people like Mac and Miller are getting pressured into getting augs to become better at their jobs etc. Or maybe this Adam doesn't work for TF29 and meets Miller under different circumstances (but still doesn't know for the longest time if he can trust him).

Adam Jensen/Jim Miller/Francis Pritchard

I mostly see this happening post-MD, maybe because Adam calls Pritchard for help with something. A lot of set-ups for the eventual OT3/threesome could be interesting: maybe Adam has slept with them both once or twice and it's awkward because he wants them both and can't decide and feels greedy. Maybe Adam and Jim got together post-MD and Adam feels bad that he wants someone else even though he's happy with Jim (whether or not he's slept with Pritchard before). Maybe Adam and Jim were on the verge of getting together, but then Pritchard shows up and there's clearly some History there and suddenly Jim isn't so sure anymore if Adam really wants to be with him or not. Maybe Adam has always had UST with both of them, but nothing ever happened, and it eventually explodes in a steaming hot threesome.

• I see this starting out as a V constellation - Jim and Frank are both into Adam, Adam is into both of them, and they're willing to put up with each other for his sake. But long term I'd like them to actually start caring about each other, too - I'd love to see how that happens.
• any getting together scenario (see my rambling above - TLDR: I'd love any possible version of events)
• first impressions - I can see Jim and Frank being a bit wary of each other at first and wondering why Adam trusts this guy so much, but I also think they could grow to respect each other.
• all the angst! Adam having feelings for them both and thinking it'd be dishonest to get with either of them while also pining for the other, Jim and/or Frank thinking that Adam clearly wants/loves the other guy more/is more serious about him and they're just the third wheel, any of them thinking that their threeway arrangement can't possibly last and sooner or later someone is getting dumped ... (note: I'm not into ~healthy poly discussions~; all three of them are fairly emotionally unavailable guys who aren't great at talking about their feelings, and I prefer small gestures, quiet moments of realisation, half-spoken sentences that carry a lot of meaning, slowly figuring things out etc. over them sitting down and having a long conversation to negotiate their relationship, because I don't enjoy reading that)
• Jim and Frank getting closer: bonding over video games or some other shared interest or over Adam being a reckless pain in the ass; stuck in a dangerous situation together without Adam around; working together to save Adam from a dangerous situation; something domestic while Adam is busy elsewhere and they realise that they've grown used to having each other around and enjoy it; the first time they have sex without Adam there (or even just the first time all three of them have sex and Jim and Frank actually do something with each other beyond briefly touching while they're both more focused on Adam) - I'd love to see this growing from a V arrangement mostly for Adam's sake to an actual OT3 where they all actually enjoy being together and wouldn't want it any different
• porn would be excellent, whether first time or established relationship. I like Jim and Frank topping Adam together (mostly because I really enjoy subby Adam) and taking care of him - whether they're working together or are trying to one-up each other. I see Frank as pretty switchy, so if you want to write something like Jim-fucking-Adam-fucking-Frank, I'd be so on board with that. I'd love to see any kinds of firsts, especially firsts between Jim and Frank (that could be fun from Adam's POV, if he's worried they don't actually like each other, and sees them slowly growing closer - first time he sees them kiss, or one blow the other, or shower together ...). Spitroasting, DP, one of them holding Adam down/holding his mouth open while the other fucks him, one of them fucking him after the other did and commenting on how wet and messy he is ... knock yourself out with all the beautiful things threesome porn can include. :D
• anything I've mentioned in the Jim/Adam section above is also welcome to show up here, btw. Including fun with CASIE, touch-starved Adam, tropey undercover adventures, meeting Jim's family (Frank would probably the biggest dick ever to Neil, but maybe surprisingly good with the kids) ...

Kraken - China Miéville
Dane Parnell/Billy Harrow

I love Dane and Billy's relationship: how quickly they start trusting each other, how well they work together despite being such different people, Dane teaching Billy about the world of magic and weird shit, saving each other's life, and of course the size kink is a bonus. I find the worldbuilding and the general weirdness of this book fascinating and would love more of that, and I'm also really interested in Dane's whole kraken faith. (I'm much less into body horror than Miéville is, though, so I'd appreciate fic that goes less hard on that. Feel free to break out the tentacles for porn, but I don't need detailed descriptions of people being turned into radios or having their teeth slammed into their throats.)

Unfortunately I wasn't a big fan of how the book ended, so my main request is really just "please to change the ending". Specifically, I'd like for 1) Dane to live, 2) Billy not to be Billy 2.0 after beaming, but just Billy, 3) people not to forget half the plot of the book because that's one of my least favourite tropes. How you make these things happen, or if you just handwave most of it, is totally up to you.

• getting together fic is always A+, no matter what or when or how
• Dane Not Dying: being krakenbit gave Dane some more serious juice in the fight against Grisamentum, being krakenbit makes him survive what Grisamentum did to him/makes him come back from the dead a few hours/days later, Billy manages to do something to save his life (again), Dane does die but somehow comes back to life (thanks, God Kraken!), Dane comes back but maybe a little wrong ...
• I like the idea of Dane incorporating all that ink from the Kraken library, mostly because I was so sure that's where that scene was going: Dane rebuilding his church, Dane being overwhelmed/changed in some ways by all that knowledge that was suddenly crammed into his brain (but still mostly being himself), Dane getting some snazzy new powers from all that knowledge, Billy being kind of in awe of this new Dane, Billy helping Dane adjust ...
• Dane's faith and upbringing in general fascinate me, so more about that would be great
• ritual sex/sex magic to save the world: tentacles optional but totally okay. Pining afterwards and stupidly assuming the other wouldn't actually want to have sex with them except to save the world is excellent.
• for this fandom, I'm super happy to read various tropey stuff: sex pollen/something made them do it, pretending to be a couple while on the run, accidental/forced soulbond caused by magic or whatever - everything with a heavy dose of pining :D
• I have no good prompts for it, I'm totally up for freaky magic stuff happening - another end of the world, supernatural bad guys coming after them, some magical problem they have to deal with ...
• Billy getting Dane back from the Kraken-y underworld because he doesn't want to lose him just yet

Vampyr
Jonathan Reid/Geoffrey McCullum

This ship has so many things I love! Antagonism and profound distrust and grudging respect and so much potential to work together reluctantly and grow closer ... I'm easy. :D I did a Not Even Once playthrough and ended up being incredibly frustrated by the game's morality system, where letting awful people go free or saving their life is apparently always the best choice, and I realised that I much prefer a version of Jonathan who's generally a good person and wants to help others, but who can also be rather ruthless and is very willing to get his hands dirty when he thinks someone deserves it. I love that he and Geoffrey are both stubborn people who tend to think they're always right, and I love how much they'll probably always butt heads even once they're closer.

I didn't enjoy the forced romance, so I'd prefer if we could pretend that Jonathan and Elisabeth were simply friends (and tbh thematically I prefer the ending in which she chooses to die to the one where he saves her with the power of love or somesuch). I'd prefer if Swansea didn't show up (unless it's before his possible in-game death, of course) because I have a hard time justifying turning him in-game. I also prefer Jonathan not turning Geoffrey in-game, simply because I find it more interesting if they have some time to get to know each other better while Geoffrey is still human, but I'm totally up for him turning Geoffrey later on.

• getting to know each other better post-game: maybe they keep running into each other on their nightly rounds, maybe they have to work together to defeat some big bad evil vampire, maybe one of them saves the other's life ...
• Geoffrey stalking Jonathan post-game because he wants to make sure that he's really the good guy he claims to be, watching him night after night - maybe Jonathan starts growing on him, or maybe he saves his ass one night when Jonathan picks a fight he can't win, or maybe Jonathan does something very suspicious-looking and Geoffrey has to investigate further ...
• antagonistic hate sex! maybe after they worked together on something and argued half the time and were still a decent team and they drive each other crazy ... maybe they make a habit of post-hunting antagonistic hate sex, and over time it turns less and less antagonistic ...
• Jonathan is pretty lonely, and it's hard to meet new people or reconnect with old friends when you have a secret that big and ugly, and Geoffrey is one of the few people he can actually just be himself around - I generally like the idea that, even early on when they don't like each other, they can both offer the other something they can't have with any other people in their lives
• I'd love to know more about Geoffrey's, er, coworkers in the Guard, since they're probably basically his family - we only see him interacting with people he dislikes and distrusts in-game, I'd love to see what he's like with people he cares about; I'd also love to see him explaining his fellow vampire hunters why this one vampire is actually kind of okay
• Geoffrey knows more about vampires than Jonathan does, so when Jonathan needs help with something vampire-related (some new problem with feral skals? some new powers he has trouble controlling? some confusing old artefact he dug up somewhere?), he asks Geoffrey for help
• Jonathan turning Geoffrey eventually, whether it's many years later and Geoffrey actually agreed to it, or spontaneously after Geoffrey gets badly injured and Jonathan refuses to let him die; or alternately Geoffrey getting turned by Arthur's blood - in any case I'd love to see his extremely conflicted feelings about becoming what he hated most his entire life (and if Jonathan is the one to turn him? fun with telepathic bonds yay :D)
• Geoffrey letting Jonathan drink his blood: maybe Jonathan got so badly injured in a fight that he doesn't even heal and the sun will be rising soon and Geoffrey does it to save his life ...
• Catholic guilt and shame! Considering that faith has demonstrable power in this setting, I could definitely see Geoffrey as fairly devout. Between that and it being the 1910s, he might well have a few hangups about being attracted to men - is he trying to be in complete denial? or not in denial, but doing his damnedest not to act on it until that damn leech comes along? does he occasionally fuck rentboys and then hate himself for it afterwards, but he's never actually been with someone he didn't pay?
• class differences: feel free to sprinkle these heavily over whatever you're writing, because I'm sure a posh successful West End boy and an orphaned not-exactly-rich Irish guy have lived very different lives
• if you're familiar with Rivers of London and so inclined, I'd love to see a crossover: whether it's Jonathan and Geoffrey meeting young Nightingale and his Folly friends in the 20s/30s, maybe working together on a vampire-related case, or there's some ~arrangement~ between the Folly and the Guard of Priwen ... or present-day fic in which Peter meets Jonathan and vampire!Geoffrey and is very surprised that actualfax movie-style vampires DO exist after all (maybe the reason there are so few of them in the RoL verse is because Geoffrey killed most of them over the past decades) ... I feel like Jonathan would get along fairly well with both Nightingale and Peter (nerding out over scientific explanations for supernatural stuff together!); Geoffrey probably less so ...

And that's it! I hope that something in this letter works for you, dear writer. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with, no matter which fandom we matched on! :D

Thanks!
linndechir