linndechir | Rare Pairs Exchange Letter

Dear Rare Pairs Exchange 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

As a general rule, I enjoy all ratings; I like darker, angstier fic and more light-hearted stories, although neither completely conflictless fluff nor completely bleak darkfic without a ray of hope are quite my thing. I'm always happy about porn, but it's not a must. I like shorter fics and plotty longfic. The fandoms are listed alphabetically, and the length/number of prompts doesn't mean I want some fandoms more than others, just that I had more ideas for some.

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 (ignore this for my FNV requests)
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/girl" is fine); for het: femdom, pegging, focus on cunnilingus

* 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.

Canon-specific: I'm fine with mentions of past canon relationships that were over before canon started (Adam/Megan and Jim/Neil for Deus Ex, Nikolaos/Myrrine for Odyssey), and for The Witcher, brief mentions of Geralt's past relationships with Yennefer and Triss (or other people) are fine, as long as he's over them by the time the fic happens. Same with Dishonored, brief mentions of Corvo/Jessamine are fine, but I don't want him to spend the whole fic missing her/thinking about her. For TMA, please no requited Jon/Martin at all. If I've requested several ships in one fandom, I'm totally fine with those ships co-existing.

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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 in love, bad guys who would literally burn down the rest of the world for each other, horrible people being sweet to each other and awful to everyone else
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, PIV for het, 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

I the hell out of these books when I read them a while ago, 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. 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), 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 Brasidas being alive is always A+), 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

Alexios/Deimos!Alexios

I love this idea, specifically as a verse in which Alexios had a younger brother rather than a younger sister who was raised by the Cult (I'm fine with Kassandra existing as the third sibling - maybe she actually grew up with Myrrine or Nikolaos after her two brothers were thrown off Mount Taygetos?). Or, what I'd find even more fascinating, if they were twins and actually have some memories of growing up together - I feel like that would make their reunion even more interesting, and also make Deimos feel like it was even more unfair that Alexios got, compared to him, a halfway decent life.

Name-wise, feel free to do whatever - you can call Deimos!Alexios Kassandros if Kassandra doesn't exist, or give him another name, or just have him insist on going by Deimos even post-canon if you want to ignore the name issue. I love family feelings for this canon, too, so you can definitely include Nikolaos, Myrrine and Stentor (and Kassandra) as well, if you want to. Same for Brasidas - I'm all for complicated feelings about Deimos almost killing Alexios' friend (lover?), or Brasidas living and he and Deimos trying to get along somehow post-canon ... If you want to go in a threesome direction, I'm open to that!

post-canon fic: Deimos coming home to Sparta with the family, trying to adjust to a life away from the Cult, growing close (again) to his brother, or maybe Alexios and Deimos travelling together because Deimos doesn't like staying in Sparta all the time ...
related: Deimos post-canon trying his best to fit in somehow, and he's pretty sure wanting to fuck your brother is not considered normal, so he tries his best to repress it - cue lots of UST and pining and almost-kisses (meanwhile Alexios is pretty sure he's misinterpreting things because Deimos is kind of weird, that doesn't mean Deimos wants to fuck him, right?)
angry, resentful hate sex, whether during canon or after - especially once Deimos catches on that the Cult is just using him, he's just angry that he really got the short end of the stick compared to his brother
Deimos capturing Alexios at some point during canon ... but he doesn't want to kill him - does he creep on him a bit to freak him out, but it turns out Alexios is into it? do they talk a lot and there's UST? do Cult guards threaten Alexios and Deimos keeps him safe, while pretending that's not what he's doing?
identity porn - does either of them ever pretend to be the other? does the other one catch them at it? does it lead to sexy fighting and/or fighty sex?
kinking on their similarities, comparing their bodies, retracing each other's scars because those are the only thing different about them ... Deimos cutting new scars into himself and Alexios so they can look more alike? :DDD
like I said above, I'm 100% here for Alexios/Deimos/Brasidas - are Alexios/Brasidas a thing when Deimos comes back? does Brasidas think Alexios won't really need him around now that he has his brother/twin back? did Alexios and Brasidas just have UST and now Deimos is terribly jealous? does Alexios worry Brasidas won't forgive him for letting Deimos live? do Deimos and Brasidas' attempts at getting along lead to a steamy affair and Alexios is jealous because he wants them both and apparently they don't want him?? except they do

Blitz (2011)
Tom Brant/Porter Nash

I adore the relationship between Nash and Brant, the banter and dickishness, but there's also a lot of respect and trust, and it's there pretty much from the start (I love how Brant just shows up at Nash's door to tell him about all his problems basically a day after they met). I'd love to see anything that explores how their relationship develops further after the movie or something exploring what was going on between them during the movie.

casefic, especially if they use somewhat unconventional methods again
slow burn getting together fic in which they work together for ages and neither of them wants to make the first step (Nash because he knows better than to hit on his apparently straight macho coworker, Brant because he's very uncomfortable and in denial about his feelings/attraction)
or conversely: rough hookups they never talk about and pretend didn't happen, because they just work together, it's not like there are any feelings involved, right?
internalised homophobia and masculinity issues on Brant's part, especially contrasted with how comfortable Nash is with his sexuality (I'm fine both with Brant being so completely in denial he's never slept with a man before, or just deeply closeted and hooking up with men in secret and horrified by the very idea of anyone who knows him ever finding out he's gay)
jealousy: maybe Nash starts seeing someone and that's the kick in the ass Brant needs (either to finally make the first step, or to admit that their hookups meant more than he liked to admit); I'd also love to see the other side of this - Nash maybe wondering why he'd much rather have his alcoholic repressed asshole coworker than a perfectly nice, respectable, out boyfriend
anything dealing with how fucked up they both are: Brant's alcoholism, his blackouts, both their violent streaks ...
more about their past: are they still in touch with their families? any nice, friendly exes of Nash's who might show up on his doorstep and wonder what the hell he's doing with this macho asshole? any unsolved old cases being re-opened? old enemies wanting revenge?
for porn: I'm open to anything, but one idea I'd love to see would be Nash as a dominant bottom who loves telling Brant exactly how to fuck him. If you want to go kinkier with this - Brant getting off on Nash ordering him around, humiliating dirty talk about how Brant is just a dumb brute who's not good for anything but fucking Nash, Nash putting a collar on him ... But, again, totally optional, if you want to write fluffier, gentler sex, I have no objections to that. :)

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) ...

Dishonored
Corvo Attano/Emily Kaldwin

Note:

I'm up for either low chaos or high chaos, or anything in between - though I really like that even the low chaos decisions are often pretty ruthless and awful, so I'm not really looking for either of them being completely saintly and sweet. I do like them as a badass power couple that'll do what's necessary without being over the top evil about it, but I'm happy to read different interpretations. :) Equally happy with either of them as the DH2 protagonist, if you write fic set after that. Or with an AU in which they somehow get up to everything in DH2 together, mostly because the idea of Corvo losing his powers makes me sad.

Het-specific DNW: please no femdom or pegging. I also don't particularly enjoy reading about cunnilingus - brief mentions of it happening are fine, but I'd rather not have it be the main event in porn or described in lengthy detail. And I hate the word "folds". Underage is perfectly fine down to about 15.

getting together fic: I figure Emily would have to initiate it and Corvo would resist for a long time before he gives in. But when exactly does all that happen and under what circumstances? Does she kiss him when she's a teenager and just figuring out what she wants? Does she repress or try to ignore it for years? Do they maybe only get together post-DH2 after whichever one of them almost lost the other and suddenly all that "we shouldn't because we're related" stuff doesn't seem as important anymore?
UST and build-up: they want each other, they know they want each other, but they can't/won't do anything about it yet and the tension is killing them ... I love lots of almosts - almost-kisses, staying too close for too long, watching each other bathe or dress for a few moments too long instead of walking away, lingering touches past what's entirely appropriate ...
no cross-gen incest ship without lots of delicious angst. :D especially on his part (even more so if you have him falling for her while she's still fairly young), but just as much on hers. I'm also up for some what-would-Jessamine-say angst, but I absolutely don't want Corvo being into Emily because she reminds him of her mother, or thinking about how similar they look while they have sex. Replacement goldfish vibes squick me hard.
when exactly did she find out (for sure) that he's her father? I'd love to see some conversation(s) about that. For the extra angsty route ... maybe she only finds out for sure after she's started having every dirty thought imaginable about him, and she kept telling herself it's okay because he's "only" her father figure and not actually her father ...
related: I'd love an AU in which him being her father isn't common knowledge, just for the possible court gossip about them - is he her father? her lover? *gasp* both? just her faithful advisor, nothing weird going on here?
any conversations about the Outsider mark - I'd love to see just how much Emily knows when about her father's abilities (and where he got them from), if she suspects anything, or post-DH2 they could commiserate about the Outsider's, er, eccentricities. Or maybe Emily can confront him about the fact that he kept something so big and important secret from her.
if you want to write something plotty: I love political scheming - court intrigues, the two of them working to get rid of political enemies (whether by scheming or murder), rebuilding Dunwall after DH2 ...
vaguely related: I love loyalty kink and both of them being willing to do anything for each other (and maybe sometimes crossing lines and doing things they never thought they'd do for each other)
fights and sparring and hurt/comfort are great, whether it's Corvo saving a younger Emily or them sparring together or fighting back-to-back when she's a bit older - adrenaline rushes, too much physical contact that bleeds over into something else, patching each other up ...
for porn: with an age difference like this (especially if he's her first), I'm really into Emily being enthusiastic and excited and impatient, and having some diffuse ideas of what she wants, while also being inexperienced and not knowing all the things two people could get up to in bed. And Corvo being just as much into her and wanting to make it good for her but also being hesitant until she makes it clear that she expects him to show her what he likes, too.
also: size kink, wall sex, manhandling - I have simple needs when it comes to het porn, and that's a big guy absolutely wrecking a much smaller woman against whatever surface is available and her loving every minute of it
anal so he can't get her pregnant? vaginal even though they feel like they really shouldn't, but they want it too much to be sensible (and maybe they both even get off a little on the danger - I'm not into actual pregnancy or pregnancy scares, though)? Lots of everything else while they try to resist fucking each other's brains out - telling themselves it doesn't count as long as there's no actual penetration? sex in inappropriate places like her very royal office or her throne when there's nobody around? wall sex wall sex wall sex! inappropriate use of Outsider powers? choking? wrestling and the winner gets to be on top? CHOKING? :D always on board with some casual M/f, btw
actual (guilty) kinking on the incest and on their physical resemblance - sex in front of mirrors, Emily calling him "father" in bed ...
Corvo rejects her because he feels like he has to, so she starts sleeping with men who look like him until he snaps (because he's jealous, or because they don't know how to treat her right ...). Or maybe there was no rejection and she just sleeps with men who look like him until he can take a hint. [I realise this may seem contradictory since I said above that I don't like replacement goldfish vibes, so to be clearer: if I ship A/B, I'm okay with A sleeping with other people because those people remind them of B; I'm not okay with A and B having sex while one of them thinks about C.]

Fallout: New Vegas

I've had such a craving for Legion fic for such a long time - because the game leaves so many questions open about them and so many gaps to be filled. That and I find characters who are horrible people entertaining. Feel free to go dark and fucked up with these assholes, that's what they're there for, although I'd enjoy it if there was a bit more to them than just doing everything for the evulz. We do get a good look at what goes on in Caesar's head in the game, but the same can hardly be said for Lucius or Vulpes, so I'd enjoy fic that gives them a bit more depth. (I really don't like secretly-not-so-bad Vulpes, though. I know that seems to be a thing in fandom, but it's not my kind of thing. Let him be horrid and evil. I do like not-necessarily-a-horrible-person-at-heart-just-devoted-to-a-horrible-system!Lucius, but not going-to-desert-the-Legion-first-chance-he-gets!Lucius.)

I'd also enjoy the hell out of some Legion worldbuilding. I'd love to see more about growing up in the Legion, what life is like back in the Eastern territories, what everyday life is like, what the Mojave would look like if the Legion wins at the end of the game (Caesar wants his Rome - let him have it and show me what he does with it), expanding on worldviews, political/military discussions among the Legion higher-ups, to what extent people like Lucius or Vulpes believe all that Son of Mars stuff, things like education and language use (I'm always here for language geekery like which things they use Latin for and if maybe Latin becomes increasingly a lingua franca when you assimilate a bunch of tribes that speak different English dialects ...)

These prompts obviously stray darker than what I usually prefer and I'm totally fine with that, no happy ending required (and I certainly don't expect anyone to be in love for these ships). However, I'd still prefer if there was more to the fic than just unrelenting misery, and most of my DNWs like no character death and no mutilation etc. still apply - I don't want to read about Arcade's canon death, for example. Am totally okay with killing off Caesar, though, as long as you somehow get Lanius out of the way first so someone slightly less batshit like Lucius takes over.

I didn't request it this time, but I'm definitely up for mentions of Caesar/Lucius or Caesar/Vulpes as well, and I generally love Vulpes and am always happy for him to show up. Delightful creepy asshole that he is. :D

Caesar/Arcade Gannon

intellectual discussions slave!Arcade lets himself get drawn into because he can't resist an argument (and he does seem to have a kind of grudging, horrified respect for Caesar while also disapproving of him in every possible way) - Arcade occasionally enjoying their discussions and hating himself for it
I find it fascinating that Caesar likes Arcade despite the fact that he seems to despise it whenever anyone disagrees with him, so I'd love to see how that happened
moral dilemmas: some kind of character study about how Arcade feels about his choice to survive (instead of letting Caesar die even if it means his own death), to technically help the Legion etc.
I have a thing for enemies forced to work together, so what if there was some kind of bigger threat that's even worse than the Legion, just to put Arcade in the awful situation of wanting to help them?
anything explicit would have to be noncon, I think, because no way would Arcade agree to sleeping with Caesar - whether it's Caesar just taking what he wants, or raping Arcade to punish him, or convincing himself that Arcade totally wants him back and just doesn't admit it ...

Lucius/Arcade Gannon

stuck in the Mojave together: maybe Lucius has to escort Caesar's favourite slave somewhere and *handwave* things go wrong and it ends up being just them, having to work together to survive; even funnier if Lucius finds Arcade irritating as fuck (but also surprisingly useful)
Lucius seems like a semi-decent guy for a Legionary, so I'd like to see moments of him being nice in some way to Arcade and Arcade not having it because he's not accepting shit from these bastards (or maybe eventually accepting it because he's miserable and lonely and it's been so long since he's had anything nice)
rape by proxy :D Caesar doesn't want to fuck Arcade himself, but he has Lucius do it - either as a "reward" for his favourite pet slave (because, hey, Arcade is gay, surely he'll like getting banged by a hot guy! /s) or as a punishment because Arcade pissed him off. I'd find it especially interesting if Lucius didn't really want to do it, but it doesn't even occur to him to disobey - and maybe he gets into it over time
grudging, confused attraction! grudging on Arcade's part, maybe confused on Lucius's if he's never/rarely ever been into a guy. I'd be totally okay with just lots of UST neither of them wants to do anything about, but a resolution would also be awesome
so here for Lucius-becomes-Caesar future fic - what would that mean for Arcade, if he's still around by then? what would it mean for the Legion? would Lucius listen to Arcade's advice in some regards, while still generally holding on to Legion principles and frustrating Arcade horribly?

Fast and the Furious series
Deckard Shaw/Owen Shaw

This ship combines my love for incest and my love for ruthless, horrible villains who would do anything for each other. I love how much of a scheming bastard Owen is, who probably enjoys manipulating even Deckard (who knows it and just doesn't care). I love Deckard being an overprotective raging One Man Army who will burn the world down for his little brother. I love that they care about absolutely nothing in the world but each other.

I was not happy with what canon did with them in the more recent movies, so I'd prefer if we could just ignore F&F 8 and the Hobbs and Shaw movie. I'm not interested in the watered down version of them where Owen was just manipulated by Cypher and Deckard is secretly not all that bad and also likes babies and they suddenly have a sister? Yeah, no, thanks. I want to read about them being the unrepenting, murderous fucks we got in F&F 6 and 7, and I like the "us against the world" aspect of the ship far too much to want them to have a bunch of other relatives.

Deckard is 8 years older than Owen, so Owen was still a kid when Deckard joined the military: how did that go? Was there any resentment on Owen's side? Did he just have a big case of hero worship, since he followed his brother's example as soon as he could?
at what point did they go from big brother/little brother to equals?
how did they both manage to get kicked out of the SAS? Did they fuck up? Did one of them fuck up and the other followed him into exile, so to speak? Did they get blamed for someone else's mistake? Did they get greedy and start making money on the side? Or anything about that time the military sent a ton of Special Forces guys to kill Deckard and they failed?
post-F7 fic: either Deckard breaking out of prison and being there while Owen recovers, or Owen waking up from his coma and getting back to his feet and breaking his brother out of prison (I'd prefer if Owen didn't have any permanent health issues from his coma; it's an action movie, people can survive horrific injuries with not much more than a few scars, right?). How does almost dying/getting locked up change their relationship? Roaring rampage of revenge y/y? (While I like the protagonists of the F&F movies, I'm not so emotionally attached to them that I wouldn't happily read about the Shaw brothers getting their revenge against them.)
any kind of first time fic would be great. When did the incestuous obsession with each other start? When they were still pretty young? Did teenage Owen somehow manipulate his big brother into giving him what he wants? I'm fine with underage as long as Owen is at least 15ish by the time they actually sleep with each other, and I'm cool with Owen fantasising about his brother/being all around inappropriate towards him even when he's younger. Or did it only start when they were in the military together and Deckard saw Owen more as an equal than as his little brother? Did it only start after they got kicked out of the military?
for this pairing I love obsessive pining, voyeurism before they get together (i.e. watching each other screw other people), possessiveness/jealousy ("I will kill you if you ever let anyone else fuck you" and the like), rough sex, completely obsessive incestuous codependency, being horrible people to everyone but each other, delighting in each other's horribleness, delighting in each other's badassery, sweaty rough sparring, gun/knife play, kinking on being brothers - basically go kinky if you like.
while I didn't like what F&F8 did with them otherwise, Cypher was a really cool villain, so if you wanted to write a plotty, action-y fic in which the Shaw brothers go after Cypher together (not for ~corrupting~ Owen, but maybe simply because she fucked them over at some point), that would be awesome.
I'm always here for F&F/Expendables crossovers, whether it's just the Shaws and the Expendables working together, or the Shaws and Lee having history from their time in the SAS, or Owen banging Lee because he looks like Deckard ...

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 all 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
if you're familiar with both canons, I would love a Kraken/TMA fusion - Dane as an avatar of the Vast? Dane and Simon interacting? Billy giving a statement at the Institute (or Dane stopping him from it because he knows what statements do to you)? Billy working at the Institute? Dane & Billy and Jon & co working together to stop another ritual/apocalypse before they know they don't need to anyway?

The Magnus Archives

My most recent obsession. :D I really love so many of the villains in this canon, and I love them being cheerfully villainous and having fun being evil and getting away with all the horrible things they get up to. Peter, Elias, Jonah and Mordechai all just make me so happy with how happily evil they are. I also like terrible people who only care about each other. As for Jon, I am a big fan of him going darker and more monstrous over time, but I also love his angst and guilt, and I love prickly, grumpy early season Jon who just wants to do his job and be left alone, too.

As for other characters and ships: I'm fond of Jon/Tim, even if I didn't request it - I'd definitely enjoy mentions of past attraction or even hookups or a relationship, if that's something you'd want to include. I'm fine with mentions of Martin's crush on Jon, but please no requited Jon/Martin. I'm on board with Jonah sleeping with basically all his friends (Fanshawe, Smirke, Barnabas Bennett, everyone else) and Mordechai fucking other people as well, just as long as they don't love anyone else. Peter and Elias can also fuck other people, I don't need Peter/Elias to be exclusive. With Jon/Elias, I'd prefer if they didn't sleep with other people once they get together, unless it's in threesomes.

I'd prefer if Jon wasn't written as asexual - repressed is fine, low libido is fine, inexperienced is fine, even virginal is fine, but I'd like him to be at least somewhat into sex and attracted to other people (mostly Elias, I want him to be into Elias). I'm good with both Jonah!Elias and Elias just being himself (or anything in between like him being a mix of Jonah and OG!Elias).

For all of these requests, feel free to bring as much creepy supernatural stuff into it as you like - Jonah's/Elias' telepathic abilities, Jon Knowing things, Jon growing however many extra eyes as you like, Peter or Mordechai throwing people into the Lonely ...

Elias Bouchard/Jonathan Sims

Oh God, these two. :D Elias' obsession with his Archivist, the manipulation and the mindgames! Jon being drawn to him and wanting answers from him and being frustrated by him (and slowly becoming a bit more like him). Those hints of pre-canon!Jon's crush on Elias. Jon's whole descent into monstrous darkness that I really want to go way further than it does in canon (so far), because they'd make such a delightful Beholding power couple. I'm good with anything from fully consensual to messed up, manipulative dubcon, though for this exchange I'd prefer no noncon. I'd also like it if, no matter how fraught things are, Jon is at least somewhat drawn and attracted to Elias, even if his feelings are very complicated.

pre-canon/early season: Jon having a bit of a crush on his handsome, serious boss and wanting to impress him, Elias maybe taking a bit advantage of that to get to know his new Archivist better
spanking! or other disciplinary action for s1/2 Jon - for being rude to statement givers, for stalking and otherwise bothering his assistants ... spanking escalating to ill-advised office sex that Jon can feel very bad about
compulsion training/exercises/kink - never enough of that, set whenever :D
any season 4 canon divergence in which they interact more: phone calls, telepathic conversations, dream conversations (dream sex?), visits in prison, Elias mentoring and manipulating Jon a bit more directly just like he did in season 3
twisted and fluffy feelings! Elias worshipping his perfect Archivist who gave him everything he ever wanted, Jon being drawn to the only man who truly understands him the way he is now (and accepts him that way), being tender with each other while drinking up everyone else's fear, feedback loops between their respective Knowing/telepathic powers ... I love Jon finding some kind of (guilty) happiness with Elias at the end of it all
Elias feeding him statements, especially if Jon is all weak and starved (I love some hurt/comfort there)
Elias and monster!Jon nonconning an OMC, maybe a statement giver they want to fuck before or after Jon yanked a statement out of him. or Elias and monster!Jon nonconning Tim (who didn't die in s3 for the purpose of this) - if you're interested in this stuff, I have some more detailed prompts for those scenarios in my Nonconathon letter
so far I'm not really sold on the way the apocalypse is going in season 5, so I'm open to all kinds of canon divergences on what exactly happens after the season 4 finale - does the apocalypse happen more slowly, gradually? does the world largely remain the way it is, just with more fear? I'd just like it if Jon kept compelling statements out of people and giving them creepy nightmares and working at the institute and all that. or just handwave how exactly the apocalypse goes and write me Elias finding Jon after the season 4 finale and taking him in and taking care of him while they enjoy this new fear world together.
outsider POV! Martin or Tim would be especially interesting - Martin for his jealousy, early season Tim being amused and maybe turned on by his boring boss sleeping with his other boring boss, later season Tim being disgusted that Jon would sleep with Elias after everything Elias has done (but maybe still incapable of looking away)
porn porn porn - compulsion, desk sex, spanking or flogging, Elias petting little extra eyes on Jon's body, suit kink, Elias blowing Jon's mind if Jon's sex life up until then has been somewhat mediocre, lots of fingering, fisting (I'd love Jon fisting Elias, but either way would be great) ...
Jon reading a naughty statement and getting all worked up, and Elias helping him with that :) bonus if the statement was from/to Jonah Magnus
very specific little headcanon, but if you want to explore it: I love the idea that Jon is physically blind post-Dark Sun and sees through his powers - maybe he doesn't realise right away because he compensates so well through Knowing things, until the next time he starves himself? would work well with Elias feeding a starved, weak Jon some statements.

Elias Bouchard/Peter Lukas

I really love them as friends-with-benefits who've known each other for decades and like working together, scheming together, occasionally scheming against each other but generally more or less on the same side. I love how utterly hilarious Peter is, I love how well they clearly get along (most of the time), and I just generally love them being cheerfully terrible together. :D (Since it's such a thing in fandom, I should probably mention that I'm not into them being literally married. Or divorced.)

I usually don't have particular top/bottom preferences, but I'm not all that much into Peter getting fucked. Elias domming him is fine, though.

background fic:I really, really want to know how they got to know each other and got closer - young Peter not liking James Wright but eventually changing his mind, their first bets, how they first ended up in bed together (did Elias seduce him or how did that happen?) ...
bets, specifically sex-related bets or bets with sex forfeits: maybe that's how they start fucking, or maybe they just use bets to try out various new kinks they're interested in
I'd love to get a good look at Peter's feelings about Elias - since he clearly doesn't do very intense feelings, at least not comfortably so, but he seems attached enough to Elias
never over the fact that Elias must have told Peter about all his Super Secret Worldending Plans - how did that conversation go? wasn't Elias worried about telling him?
siiiiiize kink - I do so love fanon!Peter being huge and beefy and bearded, and I like to think that Elias is very much into that
I'm in denial about Peter's death, he's clearly just chilling in the Lonely to recover from all that Being Known - I'd love for him to come back eventually, post-apocalypse, and find Elias (who had no idea Peter was alive because he can't see into the Lonely)
if you want to write not-Jonah!Elias: Peter seducing the guy James Wright selected as his next host would be fun; more plotty, I'd love to see an AU in which Elias figures out what Wright is planning and tries to find a way to survive it/steal his place (and maybe Peter helps him just out of pettiness because he thinks Jonah|Wright is a dick?)

Elias Bouchard/Peter Lukas/Jonathan Sims

Throwing the above two ships together because I think it'd be fun! :D I'd mostly imagine this happening if Elias is already sleeping with both of them and things go from there. Like with Elias/Jon, I'm open to fully consensual or manipulative, messed up dubcon, but I'd prefer no outright noncon for this exchange. I want Jon to agree to it, however much they pressured him into it or however much Jon knows it's a terrible idea.

Elias loses a bet and Peter wants to have some fun with Elias' cherished Archivist, but Elias insists on being there (and convinces Jon to agree)
I love how lost and lonely Jon is in season 4, so maybe Peter takes advantage of that to seduce or tease him ... cue threesome once Elias is back somehow (I'm fine with some Peter/Jon by themselves leading up to that)
Elias or Jon liking to watch the other get fucked by Peter, Peter loving how wrapped up in each other Jon and Elias are so they're pretty much ignoring him while he fucks them, Elias showing Jon off to Peter and showing him all the things he taught him ...
see above, Peter-is-not-dead fix-it AU: Peter showing up post-apocalypse as Elias and Jon are doing their monster couple thing, Elias is delighted to have him back, Jon ... less so

Mordechai Lukas/Jonah Magnus

Victorian Eldritch Bastards in love! :D They're my OTP for each other and I love the idea of them genuinely caring about each other while being utterly dreadful to everybody else. I'd love to read literally anything about them, from first meetings to when they've been together for decades, from porn to evil scheming to sweet tender fluffy moments (possibly while scheming somebody else's horrible death and suffering). For this request, I'm fine with mentions of Mordechai dying eventually and Jonah mourning and missing him, but I'd prefer not to get a fic that's only focused on that. I'd like them both to be alive for most of the fic.

first meetings/impressions, and how things went from there - they probably met at Smirke's or someone's ~occult soirées~. how did that go? was Jonah initially interested in Mordechai's money and hoping to manipulate him? when did they realise they actually liked/respected each other?
Mordechai funding Jonah's research etc., but also spoiling him with lavish gifts - paying for his clothes, his house, his furniture, having Jonah painted, bringing him expensive imported flowers or fruit ... maybe even before they ever start sleeping together, as some long elaborate courting process while they flirt a lot. bonus if it's mixed with possessiveness: making sure Jonah's clothes match his own as a way of staking a claim, that sort of thing
flirting, UST, Jonah being increasingly shameless and Mordechai making him work and wait for it until they eventually fuck (possibly in somebody's library)
shared curiosity, collecting statements together, sharing research ...
mutual adoration and admiration as they both get in deeper with their respective patrons and develop their own powers; being massively turned on by the other's powers (e.g. Jonah by watching Mordechai throw someone into the Lonely); sex uses of powers (Mordechai making them invisible so they can fuck in public?)
the contrast between their genuine love for each other and how ruthlessly they use and fuck with everyone else
Jonah's Very Scientific Sex Orgies (they're for research! that's why he needs all his eldritch friends to gangbang him) - and Mordechai watching, or being the last person to fuck Jonah, or taking him to bed afterwards and being the only one who stays with him for the night
I don't see Mordechai as very jealous, but I'd definitely enjoy playful/fake jealousy and possessiveness for the sake of wild, passionate "you're mine" sex
I love them nonconning some poor unsuspecting (male) bastard - a rentboy (underage is fine), someone from their social circle they're displeased with (Fanshawe would be a good option), potential candidates for Jonah's new body ... (see also my Nonconathon letter)
speaking of: I'd love them trying out new hosts together and taking a while to settle on one - Mordechai didn't enjoy fucking this one, Jonah didn't think that other body was sensitive enough for his taste ... but also: the first time they fuck when Jonah is in his new, young, gorgeous body he picked specifically for Mordechai's (and his own) pleasure
like I said above, I'd enjoy some bittersweet stuff about Mordechai's eventual death, or Jonah worrying about losing him eventually - maybe he stays in the Lonely for longer and longer, maybe he refuses to pursue a similar life-prolonging method as Jonah ... just not 100% deathfic from start to finish please

The Witcher (game verse)
Geralt/Ciri

I'll never be over how much I love these two. Moving heaven and hell to save each other! The fact that Ciri seems completely incapable of talking to Geralt without touching him. The way they LOOK at each other. Mutual protectiveness, lying and killing for each other, fighting together, witcher!Ciri hitting the road with Geralt (I'm not really into Empress!Ciri).

For the record, I'm familiar with the show, but haven't read the books; but I'm fine with working in elements from either canon if you want to - I'd just prefer game canon when there are contradictions. As for canon ships, I'd prefer if we could treat all of Geralt's past canon ships as "I guess they happened, but they're over now and he's over them" (especially for Geralt/Yennefer, I really like the Last Wish side quest ending with him realising that, without the djinn, he just isn't that crazy about her). They can get mentioned, but I'd prefer if they didn't play a huge role.

Het-specific DNW: please no femdom or pegging. I also don't particularly enjoy reading about cunnilingus - brief mentions of it happening are fine, but I'd rather not have it be the main event or described in lengthy detail. And I hate the word "folds". Most of my prompts are for post (or during) canon fic, but should you have a great idea for something set earlier, go ahead - underage is perfectly fine down to about 15.

post-canon fic, when they're witchering together or maybe settled down in Toussaint and just working when they feel like it
sparring, fighting together, Geralt teaching her, mutual life-saving, patching each other up after battles ...
lots of guilty pining and UST and trying to be in denial about it because they shouldn't be into each other, and anyway there's no way the other one feels the same, except it becomes harder and harder to be in denial and eventually all that UST explodes in their faces and they fuck and angst some more but eventually live happily ever after ...
they're so touchy-feely in canon, so more of that please - less and less plausible deniability, touching that feels less and less platonic ...
"Oh No They're Hot" moments: mostly Geralt having a moment of "oh no, she grew up and is hot now", but I'd also be up for grown-up Ciri only realising now that her father figure is hot as fuck when they meet again
Ciri pursuing what she wants because Geralt would just pine stoically and never do anything, so Ciri has to get him to break somehow (can be something sweeter and fluffier, can be her shamelessly teasing him until he breaks)
maybe on top of everything else, Geralt assumes Ciri isn't into men because she's only ever expressed interest in women (I'd be very much here for Ciri never having slept with a guy until Geralt)
what if Ciri doesn't come back immediately after the finale and Geralt assumes she died? he tries to move on, maybe goes to Toussaint and tries to start anew there, but he's absolutely devastated ... and then it turns out there was just some portal wonkiness and Ciri is back
for porn: size kink, wall sex, manhandling - I have simple needs when it comes to het porn, and that's a big guy absolutely wrecking a much smaller woman against whatever surface is available and her loving every minute of it (probably after Ciri teased him so badly he's going a bit crazy)
also: scar kink, sparring leading to sex, hurt/comfort wound tending leading to sex, bathing leading to sex, Geralt with his decades of experience blowing Ciri's mind ...
I'm not usually into marriage fic, buuuut ... since they're pretending Ciri is dead ... what if people in Toussaint simply assume the young woman who moved in with Geralt is his new wife? and Geralt wants to correct them, but Ciri thinks it's a great cover! so now they're fake-married and Ciri will absolutely milk that for what it's worth to touch him in public while the UST gets worse ... (I love the whole Toussaint side cast, btw, especially Damien, so feel free to have them show up)

And that's it! I hope that something in this letter works for you, a prompt you find interesting or a trope you enjoy writing. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with, no matter which fandom we matched on! :D

Thank you!

linndechir