linndechir | FIAB Letter 2021 - Cyberpunk edition

Dear FIAB creator,

I'm signing up for this exchange twice and this is the all Cyberpunk edition! Because I freaked out a bit in excitement when I saw that FIAB allows one-fandom-signups this year and I continue to be utterly obsessed with this game. Guaranteed Cyberpunk fic? Don't mind if I do. :D

So thank you for writing for me and having a look at this letter, dear creator. 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 ship-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. If you do write porn and you want more smut-related prompts, I've requested all of these ships for Smut Swap before.

I use the same name on AO3 and tumblr as here, but the Cyberpunk signup is under my shiny new sock.

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.)
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 (unless canon is in 1st person, then it's fine)
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, infantilisation (daddy kink and calling characters "boy/girl" is fine)

* I'm fine with mentions of characters' past relationships with OCs (and obviously with things like random OC couples in casefic or mentioning people's parents). 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: Brief mentions of Johnny's relationships with Alt or Rogue for Cyberpunk (or of Johnny and Kerry fucking various other people) are fine, but I don't want those relationships (or thinking about those relationships) to play a huge role in the fic.

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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)
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 (or undercover as a couple) - as long as the set-up fits the setting/characters
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; shirt with rolled up sleeves + waistcoat 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 (including the top spitting on the bottom's ass), blood as lube (preferably blood from battle wounds or knifeplay cuts or the like)
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 - calling each other father/brother/son etc. in bed, fucking in front of mirrors because they get off on their physical similarities ...)
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 ...)

Cyberpunk 2077

Oh God, this game. This game has eaten my brain. I love it so much. I adore the setting - the lore, the feeling of Night City, the politics, the absolute dystopian hellscape it is, the cars and the music and the ads and the media. I love that it manages to be simultaneously depressing and dark, utterly garish and hilarious, and genuinely emotionally touching in so many places. I love how real the characters feel, and I love how beautifully depressing and bittersweet the story is.

I went for Streetkid!V in my first playthrough because it works really well for the story in my opinion, and also for his relationship with Johnny. Ambitious, wanting to make something of himself, kinda trashy and obnoxious (I blame the horrible clothes I put him in for that), but not really a bad guy at heart. But don't feel like you have to write him that way if that doesn't work for you. I think Corpo!V could also be very interesting for Takemura/V (though less so when Johnny is involved). I'm just not particularly into the Nomad background. And in general, for player characters, I'd prefer the characterisation mostly focused on what's actually canon in the game rather than extensive headcanons about their background/past/history.

Other than that, I love Johnny so much - this narcissistic, charismatic, self-centred piece of shit who realised way too late that he actually cares about some people in his life. He's so angry and messed up about the world and just raging helplessly at it. I love that he's not even remotely a good or a nice person. Same with Kerry - he's not a bad guy, but he's kind of a self-centred douchebag, too, and I love him for it. These two just have so many issues and that's what makes them fun. With Takemura, I love that he's quite affable and likeable ... he's just Lawful as fuck and devoted to a horrible system - and I have such a soft spot for the lawful, dutiful types.

Note: Despite my usual "serious illness and character death" DNW, I'm mostly fine with it to a canonical extent here. So mentions (or even detailed explorations) of the fact that V is dying, and all the ways in which the relic is hurting him, are fine. Anything relating to that that I've specifically prompted is fine. The fact that Johnny is technically dead (and that Kerry mourned him for decades) is also fine. I'd just prefer a fic that isn't exclusively focused on death and dying and nothing else (and please no non-canonical deaths or extra illnesses).

Medium opt-ins (for Johnny/Kerry, Johnny/V and Johnny/Kerry/V)

Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Magazine Article
Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Magazine Spread
Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Tabloid Article
Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Magazine Article
Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Interview
Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Tabloid Article

I love all the articles, books etc. you can find in the game about Johnny and Kerry and Samurai, and all the speculation about whether they were lovers and why the band broke up, and endless arguments about which one of them is the better musician/greater visionary/One True Rockerboy - I would love more of that! Art & writing would of course be absolutely beautiful for this, but I'll be just as happy about writing alone. If you do art, some things I'd enjoy: ambiguously shippy photos of Johnny and Kerry that then get speculated about in the article (kissing or almost kissing on stage, always touching each other, Kerry making heart eyes at Johnny during an interview), Kerry's fancy photoshoots once he's famous, Kerry's various looks/haircuts/cyberware over the decades, paparazzi pics of Kerry (alone, with V or with Johnny), Samurai or Kerry album art, tour posters ...

Any time period you like works for me - early Samurai days, the band breakup, Kerry's early solo career, Kerry's later career, or even something set in the present/post-canon about Kerry's relationship with this mysterious mercenary guy or about Johnny's return to life (especially if it's an AU in which he has his own body). Maybe, if Johnny comes back, he and Kerry start making music again together and people have opinions on that. Whether you write trashy tabloid speculation about their private lives or interviews Kerry has given or more or less serious music journalism or reviews of a new album or song, I'd enjoy any and all of it!

One thing I'd really enjoy (but don't feel like you have to) would be a mix of this and regular fic - Johnny reading an article about himself or Kerry and then having Opinions on it, Johnny commenting on Kerry's looks over the decades or on his various albums, V reading an interview and asking Johnny or Kerry if any of that is true, Johnny and Kerry sniping at each other because some review went on about how amazing one of them is and how much the other one sucks ...

Johnny Silverhand/Kerry Eurodyne

Aaaaaah, they're so messed up about each other! I love that it's been fifty years and Kerry is still not over Johnny. Fifty years and he still wonders what Johnny would think of him, fifty years and his eyes still light up like that when he realises that Johnny is back. Fifty years and he immediately recognises Johnny playing the guitar, and he's so angry at him, but he also missed him so much. And I love that their relationship isn't really as one-sided as it appears at first - Johnny doesn't like admitting he cares about anyone, but he clearly does care about Kerry. In the present, but also in the past - considering he tried to stop him from leaving the band several times. He wanted Kerry around, for all his bitching about Kerry just being the "second fiddle" in his life and not as amazing as him and whatnot.

I love how completely messed up their relationship is - it's very "can't live with you, can't live without you". They're crazy about each other, but also awful to each other half the time. I'm mostly looking for a messy amour fou sort of thing, rather than for something fluffy (though I don't mind them being happy together, I just imagine it's Complicated a lot of the time). I love them being kind of obsessive about each other and horrible to anyone else the other one sleeps with and manipulative and half the time they argue and half the time they adore each other. Give me all the fucked up rockerboy love.

I would happily read fic set in the past as well as fic set during the game when Johnny is stuck in male V's body and V occasionally lets Johnny out to play. I'm also good with some kind of post-canon AU in which Johnny and V continue to share a body, just without dying (I love the endings being what they are, but continued bodysharing is great for fic). Or even a AU in which Johnny somehow gets a new body and he and V both get to live.

(Don't feel like you have to, but since canon never gives us their exact ages and Johnny looks a good deal older than Kerry in the flashbacks, I really love the idea of them meeting when Kerry is 16-18 and Johnny is in his late 20s (underage is totally fine), and Kerry crushes hard on this cool, slightly older guy and Johnny enjoys the hell out of the attention (while also falling for him) ... I think it really works well for their relationship. But if you prefer writing them as being the same age, that's fine, too.)

how did they meet? heard each other strumming on the street somewhere? jammed a bit together in a guitar shop, stole a guitar, ran from the cops? got in a fight at a bar for some stupid reason (with each other, or fighting someone else together)? one of them heard the other play a gig with his previous band?
they're both such music geeks! jamming together, composing together, arguing about songs they're writing together - I love that for all of Johnny's dickishness towards Kerry, he clearly respects him much more as a musician than he wants to admit. him listening to Kerry play on the yacht for I don't know how long without saying a word? I don't think Johnny is that quiet and still in any other scene in the game - I'd love more of that
Kerry wrote a lot of songs that are (more or less obviously) about Johnny over the years - when Johnny comes back from the dead and finds out, he wants to be a dick about it, but he's also touched (also: Johnny playing one of Kerry's songs about him, or Johnny actually writing a song about Kerry)
related: Johnny has a thing for Kerry's hands/fingers
all the times Kerry shamelessly hit on Johnny and Johnny said no (and maybe the one time he finally said yes?)
all the UST-filled arguments they had over the years they played together in Samurai
Johnny can tell Rogue that the one thing he'd do differently if he had the chance was to fuck Kerry - through *handwave* plot reasons Johnny gets sent back into the past when he and V are separated and finally has a chance to do that, or maybe that conversation simply makes him realise that he now has a second chance to finally give Kerry what he always wanted.
Johnny (says/thinks he) doesn't want to fuck Kerry, but that won't stop him from watching Kerry sleep with other guys while they make very intense eye contact at each other (maybe Johnny even orders the other guy around and tells him how to fuck Kerry)
Johnny used to fuck Kerry (and was maybe even in love with him), but he edited that out of his memories in Mikoshi. cue lots of anger when Kerry realises this, and lots of angst on Johnny's part because how can he even be sure he's still himself if he can't trust his memories? (I'd be up for Johnny eventually regaining the memories.)
Johnny kept Kerry from leaving Samurai several times - maybe Kerry only stayed on the condition that ... Johnny kissed him, fucked him, blew him, anything fun like that (and Johnny pretended he was only doing it to make him stay, but he enjoyed it more than he wants to admit) - I kind of enjoy how much Johnny is like an abusive boyfriend who is a dick to Kerry when he has him, but doesn't let him leave either because he's possessive (really, don't worry about going too hard on just how unhealthy and fucked up their relationship is)
or conversely: when Kerry tries to leave ~~him~~ the band, Johnny decides the best way to make him stay is to finally give him what he wants and fuck him (can be very dubcon-y if Kerry was so furious he wasn't even in the mood, but he should end up enjoying himself)
something set during those years after Samurai broke up, but Johnny and Kerry were still touring together, still in each other's space and never really getting over each other
the reason they never fucked in the past is because Johnny, by himself, really is straight - but he gets stuck in the head of a gay male V and their whole mindmelding business makes him appreciate Kerry in ways he never has before ...
they always argue, sometimes their arguments end with fucking roughly against the nearest surface (maybe this only happens in the present, too, and they realise they get along so much better when they can fuck out their issues with each other)
I love how grabby and shameless and demanding Kerry is in his sex scene with V, even while bottoming - so give me Johnny finding out about this and being super into it
it turns out Johnny wasn't into cute twink!Kerry, but to his surprise he's really into slightly older-looking, more masculine 2077!Kerry with the beard and a bit more muscle ... related: Johnny wasn't into young Kerry trying to be cute at him, but he's really into pushy, grabby Kerry telling men exactly how he expects to get fucked
(past or present) Johnny usually tops when they fuck because that's clearly "less gay" or some nonsense - but over time, maybe once he finds out that Kerry actually likes both topping and bottoming, he can't stop thinking about what it'd be like to let Kerry fuck him, since he already likes Kerry bossing him around ... TLDR: Johnny discovering to his surprise he may have a bit of a subby side and also that there's nothing he doesn't want to try out with Kerry
Kerry has pretty much the most gorgeous cyberware in the entire game, and he didn't have that yet back when Johnny still lived (not even those very blue eyes) - Johny wants to find it ridiculous and stupid, but he's also very, very into it (especially Kerry's absolutely gorgeous throat, because throat kink :D)
speaking of throat kink: Johnny canonically likes getting choked - either Kerry already knew about this before they ever fucked, or Kerry had no idea and Johnny just asks him to do it when they finally fuck (Kerry riding Johnny's dick while choking him? :D)
related: Kerry putting his belt around Johnny's neck to choke him and drag him around a bit by it - Johnny is very surprised by how much he's into something that's basically a leash
soulmate AU (I'm very partial to shared scars) but Johnny despises the idea of soulmates and anybody telling him who he's meant to be with, so he refuses to get together with Kerry. He doesn't realise he actually wants to be with him until during/post-canon - maybe only after he sees that Kerry had the scars or whatever other soulmate mark there is removed and Johnny realises he hates that.
if Johnny lives (whether in V's body or otherwise) - what will he get up to now? how does that fit with his new thing with Kerry? or does he only go to Kerry again to fess up that he maybe changed his mind about them post-canon?
Temperance ending, but Johnny goes to see Kerry instead of leaving Night City ... and maybe Kerry's money or just Kerry kicking Johnny's ass help bring V back somehow (whether in the same or a new body), after giving Johnny and Kerry some time to get closer again. (V doesn't have to appear in person for this, but I'd like there to be at least the possibility of him returning)
Johnny gets control of V's body for one night before he canonically goes to see Rogue and Kerry - he runs into Kerry accidentally (assuming Kerry ever leaves the house, lol), maybe at a bar, and decides to see how he's doing, but without telling him (immediately) that it's him ... and then he can get worried because Kerry is clearly depressed and suicidal. (I'd also take the identity porn version of Johnny sleeping with Kerry without telling him who he is - Kerry will be furious, but that might just snap him out of his apathy)
just in case anyone else ships both Kerry/Johnny and Takemura/V, I'd love to see the hilarious mess of a situation if V and Johnny continue sharing a body while Johnny is sleeping with Kerry and V is sleeping with Takemura - it sounds like it'd be simultaneously funny, messed up and incredibly awkward, especially since Johnny and Takemura can't stand each other

Johnny Silverhand/Male V

This relationship was really the highlight of the game for me, from the antagonistic start to that very quick development towards "I would literally die for you", complete with nonstop banter and complaining about each other, and the forced intimacy of being stuck in one head and sharing all their emotions and memories and not being able to hide anything from each other. It's such an intense, amazingly developed relationship in canon, and I want more of that. I love how Johnny is objectively the worst thing that ever happened to V ... but after losing him, V feels completely lonely and empty and just misses him (and same if Johnny is the one to lose V). /o\ So clearly they belong together forever.

I'd love fic set during canon, whether early on or towards the end, but I'd also be up for any kind of post-canon AU in which they both survive - whether as continued bodysharing or with Johnny in a new body (though I'd prefer him looking/sounding like himself). If you want to involve Kerry in this, I have Johnny/Kerry/V prompts below. I'd also be up for V sleeping with both Takemura and Johnny (who continue to hate each other). I'm less into V hooking up with any other canon characters, though V sleeping with random OMCs before he and Johnny get together is of course fine.

weird bodysharing sex! They seem to be able to touch each other to some extent, so how does that work? Or does Johnny just talk dirty to V while V jerks off and make suggestions? Does Johnny enjoy the shared sensations? Do their preferences become more similar? Does Johnny tell V to choke himself a little because obviously he's going to be into that now?
I'm always up for Johnny having a lot of issues with being into a guy (whether he was genuinely straight and it's only mindmelding with V that makes him be into guys, or he was always bi but has a looooot of hangups and internalised homophobia about it) - maybe he tells himself bodysharing sex doesn't count, it's just jerking off! (and what happens in a post-canon verse in which they have separate bodies and Johnny still wants to have sex with V? how is fucking in normal physical bodies different from their mind sex?)
V trying to piss Johnny off by fucking as many guys as possible early on (if you want to combine this with V/Takemura, I'm here for that - Johnny would be so mad) - complete with some voyeurism and Johnny maybe commenting on what's happening
Johnny sabotaging V's attempts at dating any of those guys because he actually wants to keep him to himself, but he's too emotionally constipated to just say that - V eventually snaps at him that he doesn't get to tell V what to do unless they're together, and maybe that's when Johnny confesses that that's what he'd like
V can wear a lot of Johnny's clothes in the game - turns out Johnny is very much into that (also, V in a separate body still dressing like Johnny because it makes him feel closer to him - Johnny is still into that)
if V and Johnny somehow survive in the same body and have to bodyshare for good, how does that work? do they share their time equally? (I'd prefer if V was conscious when Johnny is in charge, too) does Johnny convince him to grow out his hair, while V possibly still keeps it dyed in ridiculous colours? do they just randomly switch who's in control when they feel like it?
if they survive in separate bodies: maybe they're both relieved at first and want to get away from each other ... only to realise that they got so used to being around each other that they can barely stand to be apart. maybe they keep living together in merc legend V's fancy flat, maybe that's when they start touching each other and going from more or less platonic touching to fucking, because that's somehow the most intimacy they can still achieve after sharing a brain. (are they unbearable to be around? do they voice every damn thought they have and finish each other's sentences? do they still bicker nonstop? outside POVs would be fun)
people assume V and Johnny in separate bodies are a couple because they go everywhere together (maybe work together as mercs sometimes?) - V is very okay with that, Johnny seems to hate the idea ... until he realises that there might be some truth to it
maybe they miss sharing a brain so much they find some way to link their minds again - something related to braindance tech or to the tech Panam and V used for the tank - so now they can have ridiculous telepathic conversations again, probably while confusing everyone else around them
all the identity porn: one of them having to pretend to be the other; all the clothes changes when they switch who's in charge; people recognising who's in charge because they're so different ...
I love all those little comfortable moments in canon, just the two of them doing stuff together like the rollercoaster date or finding who's behind Swedenborg-Riviera just because Johnny is excited about the whole thing and wants to know
V smoking for Johnny's sake is great. more of that please. (maybe post-separation, V keeps smoking)
anything dealing with the forced emotional intimacy when Johnny is absolute shit at admitting he cares about people - probably the first time in his life he can't pretend not to care about someone
anything dealing with the age difference! Johnny must have been a good 20 years older than V when he died (I prefer V being 22 to 27)
Johnny and V in separate bodies working together - doing merc work that Johnny doesn't disapprove of, but also doing the occasional bit of anarchist terrorism for Johnny's sake. helping each other, saving each other's life, taking bullets for each other, angsting when the other one gets badly injured, patching each other up, dramatically carrying each other to Vik's clinic ...
but also: Johnny getting back into music (maybe with Kerry?) because he's trying to be less self-destructive while V continues his merc legend life
anything dealing with all the ways in which they become more similar - sudden shared tastes in food, new kinks they acquire from each other, opinions they start sharing, things they're suddenly both angry about ...
Johnny and Takemura have to work together to save V, who got kidnapped/captured. They continue to hate each other, but have to set that aside for V's sake. Could involve Johnny in a suit or Takemura dressing down. Will probably involve V having wild threesome fantasies that Johnny and Takemura are both not up for.
any variation on the canon endings in which one of them is actually dead for a while - Temperance ending and Johnny has to find a way to bring V back to life, of merc legend ending and V's space heist is not just about finding a way to save his own life, but also about procuring a new body for Johnny's engram. feel free to handwave as much plot as you like, but I'd love to see either of them actually having to live with the guilt and shame of surviving and letting the other one die for a few weeks or months, until they find a way to bring the other one back

Johnny Silverhand/Kerry Eurodyne/Male V

Now with all three of them! Feel free to use any of the prompts/ideas listed above for Johnny/Kerry and Johnny/V. :) I love V's relationship with both of them - how antagonistic he and Johnny start out and then slowly grow closer (while also becoming more similar to each other), and also how V and Kerry's relationship starts with Kerry just seeing V as a way to see Johnny again, but then actually growing to like V himself, too. It makes for a fascinating triangle where all three characters are, in one way or another, really into each other. And I imagine they'd all have their insecurities about the other two - V about all that history Johnny and Kerry share, Kerry about the fact that V and Johnny literally share a brain and body and it doesn't get much more intimate than that, Johnny about the fact that Kerry and V actually have something resembling a functional, happy relationship.

As with the previous requests, I'd be up for fic set during canon or, especially for this ship, an AU long-term solution where Johnny and V either have to share a body forever and they're both kind of dating Kerry (and possibly also sleeping with each other when Kerry isn't around) and it's messy and complicated, but still works somehow, or an AU in which Johnny somehow gets himself a new body that looks like him.

as above, Johnny was always convinced he's straight ... until he was in the passenger seat in V's head while V was fucking Kerry and suddenly he looks at Kerry very differently (and it probably takes him a while to admit that he's interested)
Kerry asking V if Johnny is watching while they fuck, if Johnny can hear them, if Johnny can feel what V feels - Kerry going out of his way to give V the night of his life because he wants to show Johnny everything he's been missing out on
I mean, this is just canon, but: Kerry starting to sleep with V because he's not over Johnny, but actually falling in love with V along the way
Johnny telling V how to fuck Kerry/running commentary while V fucks him (either because Johnny and Kerry used to fuck in the past and Johnny knows what Kerry likes, or because Johnny just has Opinions on how he'd fuck Kerry if he had the chance)
I have a lot of feelings about V and Johnny's relationship and also about that whole mindmelding/turning into one person thing they've got going on - so maybe Johnny tries to be halfway supportive (read: not horrible) when V starts hooking up with his best friend, but he realises sooner or later that he's jealous and wants in on that, and he's not even sure if those are his feelings or V's (maybe V also isn't sure if his feelings for Kerry are his own or Johnny's long repressed attraction/affection for him)
sometimes Johnny and V switch who's in control while in bed with Kerry - Kerry always notices immediately, of course, and loves it. I'd love some contrasts between them, maybe Johnny is a lot rougher than V is, a lot more dominant and demanding, maybe there are some differences in what they like or don't like
V can feel Johnny touching him, right? certainly looks like it in some scenes - so, Johnny fucking V while V fucks Kerry, and Kerry can't see Johnny, but he can see V reacting to Johnny ...
during V and Judy's braindance experiment, Judy can hear some of Johnny's thoughts - maybe V and Kerry try out something similar so Kerry can actually interact with Johnny more directly
if you give Johnny a new body somehow, I also wouldn't say no to a more "conventional" threesome (and Johnny having to admit that he actually wants to do this even without the excuse that he only wants this because he's stuck in V's head and V is into Kerry)
Johnny and V in separate bodies are still inseparable - this makes Kerry and V dating somewhat awkward ... cue Johnny being literally in the same room while they fuck. Kerry is eventually fed up with this nonsense and demands that Johnny either leave or join. He expects Johnny to leave, but Johnny joins them instead ...
Johnny usually tops with both Kerry and V, but he gets curious about what it feels like because they both clearly love it so much (and if Johnny is still sharing a body with V, he can literally feel what it's like to get fucked by Kerry) - sooner or later he wants to try it out. maybe Kerry and V can gang up on him or seduce him together?
Kerry suggests introducing V to people as his new input before the concert in canon - I'd love some weird fake-dating stuff while Johnny is along for the ride, Kerry flirting with V and V being way too into it but thinking Kerry doesn't really mean it, Johnny making fun of V or maybe trying to encourage him to go for it ...
V and Kerry have a more loving, tender relationship, Johnny and Kerry argue more and then fuck hard on tables - but sometimes they each want what the other usually gets, so V and Johnny kind of roleplay each other with Kerry (who's well aware of what's going on, but finds it kind of charming and still hot - and maybe he can give them some advice on better roleplaying for next time). maybe eventually Kerry decides this is really silly and they both just need to admit to what they want
Johnny and Kerry used to fuck, but Johnny was extremely weird about it and didn't talk about it - now he tries to play matchmaker for V, telling him what Kerry likes, maybe pretending he doesn't want to be with Kerry anymore but being very bad at it ..
Temperance ending, but Johnny goes to see Kerry instead of leaving Night City ... and maybe Kerry's money or just Kerry kicking Johnny's ass help bring V back somehow (whether in the same or a new body), after giving Johnny and Kerry some time to get closer again.
Johnny is actually happy for Kerry and V, they're good for each other, he wants them to be happy. It's fine! He's not at all jealous about Kerry being in love with someone who's not him nor about V spending so much time with somebody else. (He is absolutely jealous and just needs to realise he wants to be part of what they have.)
or: Johnny is incredibly jealous because he used to sleep with Kerry and now Kerry seems actually over him and happily in love with V??? that hurts his feelings and his ego, but he's probably incredibly bad at communicating that he wants in on their relationship
Kerry and V are dating; Johnny and V have weird bodysharing sex, which Kerry doesn't know about. he's hurt when he finds out because that seems like cheating no matter how much Johnny claims it's "just like jerking off". cue some drama and maybe a temporary breakup, until all three of them figure out that what they really want is for all three of them to be together.
Johnny insists he's not interested in Kerry and V's typical boyfriend stuff like watching TV together while cuddling ... except he and Kerry probably did live together at some point in the past and did domestic things, and he does want those, he just has no idea how to ask for them - maybe V helps him figure it out?

Goro Takemura/Male V

Oh, Takemura. How is he so hot? And so weirdly adorable? You know, for a lawful neutral/evil corpo loyalist who's devoted to an evil bastard? I really love how he has both moments of being perfectly formal and polite, and moments of being a rude, angry dick (especially at V). I love his constant complaints about Night City and food. I love him talking about cats, I love that he cooks, and I really love how quickly his relationship with V goes from genuine disdain to much more light-hearted, friendly banter. They form such a great connection with each other so very quickly.

Like I said above, I like Streetkid!V and I like that it makes them both come from very similar backgrounds that they both were driven and determined to escape, but they went about it in very, very different ways and ended up with very different worldviews. It makes for really fascinating contrasts and conflicts between them - lawful, serious corpo bodyguard and trashy streetkid with no taste is just a fun dynamic. But I'd also be up for a Corpo!V who shares Takemura's worldview at least in part, and they're both in the same position of having been cast out by the corporation they dedicated their lives to (and maybe they'd both like to find a way to go back). I guess those two would have a happier ending, since I don't really see Streetkid!V not picking one of the endings that make Takemura very, very mad at you. ;) But for this, too, I'm very happy with AUs for the ending in which not everything goes for shit - as much as I like that for canon, I don't mind happier scenarios for fic. I'd also love for V and Takemura to reconcile after their, er, breakup, to put it mildly.

I also really enjoy the big age difference between them - V who's still fairly young and just starting out in life with all these big dreams and plans (before he started dying, that is), whereas Takemura has pretty much achieved everything he wanted to achieve, he had success and respect before his life went to shit.

While I never really object to switching, I'm very much into Takemura topping V. They can mix things up sometimes! I just don't want exclusively bottom!Takemura because him topping V is just too hot.

how/when do they hook up for the first time? early on because they both need to distract themselves from their life going to shit? not until they become friendlier? not until right before the finale? not until post-finale? I'm good with anything
Takemura is beat up, bruised, and dirty, so V offers to take him home and let him use his shower - things go from there
Takemura really likes long, hot baths (the one luxury he ever had time for), V of course has no bathtub, so he calls in a favour from Kerry to use his fancy bathroom at his villa for an evening - things go from there (maybe V has a thing for Takemura's hair, just saying)
V is a filthy little thief with no manners who clearly needs to get slapped around some more and also spanked, right? :)
but also: Takemura's hair is gorgeous and V should pull on it while fucking his throat; and the power thrill from having Takemura on his knees might just make V's head explode; anyway, my point is: hair kink
Takemura's clothes in canon are all so gorgeous, the black suit, the white suit, that black leather jacket over the open white shirt ... sooooo V naked while Takemura is perfectly dressed would be very hot
Johnny's choking kink rubs off on V and V asks Takemura to choke him in bed (extra fun if Johnny hates that it's turning him on, too) - or maybe Takemura is the one who grabs V's throat and V is surprised by how into this he suddenly is
patching each other up, possibly after V saved Takemura's life
Takemura must feel pretty lost - to go from spending probably 18+ hours every day trailing Saburo to just being out on his own ... anything exploring that would be interesting (also, I don't even want to know what kind of withdrawal the guy is going through, with the amount of performance enhancing drugs corporates are usually on - by which I mean, I do want to know, feel free to write that, up to and including V getting him some other drugs to help with the pain or distract him)
feel free to bring Johnny into this - how grossed out he is by V fucking River is probably nothing compared to how grossed out he'd be by V fucking this "Saka scum". I'd totally read Johnny constantly complaining while V is trying to get laid with Takemura - I'd also enjoy Johnny and Takemura actually interacting directly, if they ever meet while Johnny is in charge of the body
what do they get up to post-canon (again, feel free to handwave or do however much plotting you like for some canon divergence, or just stick with canon): Takemura and Afterlife legend!V meeting again when V still only has six months to live and Takemura is utterly furious at him, but still wants to see him again before he dies? or the same, but V isn't dying anymore for reasons? Takemura making good on that promise to show V Tokyo? Takemura and V on the run together for some reason? Takemura being there when corpo!V who took the deal somehow gets a new body and gets pulled out of Mikoshi, and they finally get a chance to spend some more time together then?
one specific thing I'd really love: Takemura who gets burnt by Araska again (maybe Hanako sees casting him out as a fitting punishment for failing to protect her father, knowing that killing him would be kinder) and now he's all alone and lost and doesn't know what to do with his life, so he turns to V? or he doesn't turn to V because he's still furious at him, but V comes to find/save him
related: Takemura decides to kill V before planning to kill himself, as punishment for 1) fucking with Arasaka, 2) basically killing Saburo a second time (if Takemura found out about the construct from Hanako and said construct was destroyed in Mikoshi) - give me all the stalking, sexy angry fighting, and eventual realising that he doesn't want to kill V (or maybe V defeats Takemura when they fight, but instead of killing him, he decides to nurse him back to health)
outside POVs, or just other people finding out about them, would be fun, whether that's V's other friends (Judy? Rogue? Viktor?) finding out he's screwing Saburo Arasaka's (ex-)bodyguard or people in Takemura's life (Oda? any other friends or family he might have?) finding out about him having a really weird, but apparently quite happy affair with this much younger mercenary
speaking of, anything emphasising the considerable age difference between them is very welcome
on a shallow note: just how much of Takemura's body is mechanical? just how into that is V? :D
just in case anyone else ships both Kerry/Johnny and Takemura/V, I'd love to see the hilarious mess of a situation if V and Johnny continue sharing a body while Johnny is sleeping with Kerry and V is sleeping with Takemura - it sounds like it'd be simultaneously funny, messed up and incredibly awkward, especially since Johnny and Takemura can't stand each other
Johnny and Takemura have to work together to save V, who got kidnapped/captured. They continue to hate each other, but have to set that aside for V's sake. Could involve Johnny in a suit or Takemura dressing down. Will probably involve V having wild threesome fantasies that Johnny and Takemura are both not up for.

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 ship we matched on! :D

Thank you!

linndechir