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Elisa's 2023 Reclist

Since this year I'm not participating in any reading challenges, I decided to at least pick my favorite fics to shout-out. Here's what I have in my list so far.

Naga gonna give you up by Definitively_Different_Drivel (Teen Wolf - Sterek - 17.146 words) It's just a very lovely read with the right mix between Humor and H/C. Loved the characterization and I just love Stiles being some kind of weird werecreatere.

Star Eater by Ki_Ken_Tai_Ichi (Star Wars Sequels - Kylux - 54.388 words) I must say, the thing that made me love this one is the way the Knights of Ren are basically pushing these two assholes together. And Force-Sensitive Armitage is an absolute wonder; the flashbacks of his childhood abuse are heartbreaking in the best way.

The Ride by QueenOfCarrotFlowers (@flowerofcarrots on twitter) (Star Wars Sequels - Reylo - 55.878 words) This is a dark one, what with both of the characters being serial killers. But I just love these kind of twisted fanfics. Definitely a Dead Dove, but if you like the genre, a must read.

she's not going to die today by zerospoons_onlyknives (oprime) (Marvel Comics - Spideypool - 97.359 words) Despite being very twisted and Dead Dove, there are some moments of sweetness in the middle of these two being 50 shades of wrong. Might be because it is a soulmates AU... Again, a must read.

Cut it out and then Restart by onborrowedwings (@weshallflyaway) (Game of Thrones - Sansan - 105.775 words) I was kind of missing reading Sansan, but I also wanted my happily ever after. And this fic was absolute perfection. The right amount of angst, action, fluff. The relationship between the Starks is also so nice in this one! To put it simply: one of those fic you'll struggle to stop reading.

The Long Road by Chifuyu (@StaticRaining on twitter) (Star Wars Sequels - Kylux - 148.104 words) The slowburn is strong with this one, but I can easily say that this is one of my absolute faves of this year. It's kind of a fix-it, but not one of those where they become both good people and stuff like that. Both Armitage and Ren are just problematic pieces of shit that have no idea of what to do with themselves. Which is exactly what made it impossible for me to stop reading. We see both good and bad with them, but it's their imperfection that make them so lovely.

That's it for now. I'll be back if and when I feel like I have enough for another post.

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Prompt List 2023 - alt text under the cut

January

first kiss | mission fic | fake dating | "whenever I look at you..." | snow | historical au

February

valentine's day | pollen/fear gas/truth serum | established relationship | "if i kiss you, will you shut up?" | different | mermaid au

March

fresh starts | road trup | getting back together/mutual pining | "make me" | acceptance | fairytale au

April

pranks | canon divergence | (seemingly) unrequited love | "no, i'm not dating your brother" | peace | university au

May

flower language | sick fic | pet/child acquisition | "who are you" | sunshine | fantasy/medieval/dark knights of steel au

June

wedding/proposal | saving the world | (accidental) love confession | "you aren't what i expected" | downpour | soulmate au

July

vacation together | power swap | enemies to lovers | "batman won't like this" | stars | coffee shop au

August

au of your choice | time travel | meet cute/blind date | "you're the only one i could turn to for help" | storm | vampire/werewolf/dc vs vampires au

September

high school/college sweethearts | hurt/comfort | meeting the family | "i wrote this for you" | flood | shifter au

October

couples costume | test messaging | identity shenanigans | "you can't bench me!" | lightning | sports team au

November

life changes | de-aging | secret relationship (reveal) | "be careful what you wish for" | growth | music/band au

December

holidays together | crack treated seriously | moving in together | "that's my favorite thing about you" | forgiveness | tattoo parlor/flower shop au

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I posted 128 times in 2022

That's 128 more posts than 2021!

66 posts created (52%)

62 posts reblogged (48%)

I tagged 127 of my posts in 2022

Only 1% of my posts had no tags

#goodnight prompts - 121 posts

#feel free to use this prompt however you want - 120 posts

#feel free to change whatever detail as well - 120 posts

#fic prompt - 120 posts

#prompt - 120 posts

#daily prompt - 119 posts

#star wars - 71 posts

#self reblog - 55 posts

#obi-wan kenobi - 42 posts

#modern au - 41 posts

Longest Tag: 137 characters

#also it's absolutely something that can end up having quite the serious analysis and critique of societal gender norms and roles and such

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Goodnight prompt 28/∞

Fandom: Star Wars Prequels Ship: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Darth Maul AUs/Tropes: A/B/O, Snowed in Prompt: When Obi-Wan is caught in a sudden snowstorm, he finds shelter in what he thinks is an abandoned hunting shack in the middle of nowhere. Turns out someone is actually very much living in the rundown cabin.

Extra details: Okay so, imagine Obi-Wan taking a little bit of downtime from is everyday job and enjoy a week long vacation in a mountain resort.

He does a lot of skying and walking around in the quiet of the snowy landscape. At least until during one of his outing he's caught by surprise by a sudden storm.

No matter how good his sense of direction is: he ends up lost, convinced that he'll probably end up dying, but still pushing forward in search of some kind of shelter.

He sees from afar this rundown hunting shack, which is absolutely better than staying in the middle of the storm. Well, that's what he thinks until he finds himself standing at gunpoint in front of the open door.

But after asking for shelter, the man agrees to let him in. It's just until the storm calms down and he can return to the resort, after all. It's just a matter of a couple hours, one night at most if the storm takes a little bit longer to clear out.

It ends up being three whole days. And even when the storm calms down, it's still too dangerous, not only because the snow is still too fresh and there might be an avalanche, but because the snow is so high t's basically impossible to even walk, let alone orient himself in the wilderness enough to gt back safely to the resort.

The best idea is to wait yet again, and probably a search party will sooner or later come for him.

At this point it can either be something sweet with Maul giving up eating to make sure Obi-Wan stays healthy, or become very steamy with Obi-Wan going on an unexpected heat because he doesn't have his suppressants with him.

15 notes - Posted June 25, 2022

#4

Goodnight prompt 1/∞

Fandom: Star Wars (Original Trilogy), The Mandalorian, Star Wars Rebels Ship: Ezra Bridger/Din Djarin/Luke Skywalker AU/Tropes: Modern AU, Pregnancy Prompt: Luke and Din are in an established relationship. Luke is pregnant (pick your own reason for why this is possible) and Leia convinces him that it would be fun to have a pregnancy photo shoot. Ahsoka (Luke's coworker) suggests her friend Sabine. Ezra happens to be there as Sabine's assistant when Din and Luke come into her studio.

Extra details: I kind of thought the baby Luke is pregnant with is Grogu. Sure, it's a little bit of a weird name, but I came up with an origin story for it. The name of the baby is actually gonna be Gregorio. Which at first Luke doesn't really like. But Din insists so much that he just gives in, knowing they'll probably end up using a nickname or his second name if he convinces Din to let him pick a more mainstream name. At least until Din explains that San Gregorio (Saint Gregory), is the saint patron of teachers and students, among other things. Which, just makes Luke emotional (because I imagine him as a teacher in this modern AU). So Luke actually ends up liking the name and finally talks about it with Leia. At this point in the story Leia would already have a kid (explains why she's the one that suggested the photo shoot), so Ben is around as well and he's old enough to be able to speak, but still struggles sometimes with words. When Ben tries to say his unborn cousin name it comes out as a gargle that sounds like Grogu. Which is how the child's nickname becomes Grogu. Din hates it at first, but with time he warms up to it. Especially because Luke suggested Luis as a second name and Gregorio Luis sounds like a horrible combo. (Just to explain it, Luke wanted to be nice and picked Luis because Saint Louise is the patron saint of social workers. Which is Din's job. They end up not giving Grogu a second name). Also, Ezra doesn't actually work for Sabine. She just needed his help because her usual assistant is sick or something like that. I kind of think it would fit if all the three of them are veterans but from different forces. Don't have a clear idea of what Ezra's job could actually be, so I'll let it open to whatever comes to mind.

16 notes - Posted May 28, 2022

#3

Goodnight prompt 56/∞

Fandom: Teen Wolf Ship: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski AUs/Tropes: Canon divergence, Accidental telepathy, Curse Prompt: While dealing with another monster of the week, Stiles and Derek end up being cursed with telepathy every time they are apart. It quickly becomes obvious that they need to get closer and closer to keep their thought private from each other.

Extra details: Okay, so this in my head should switch to AU anywhere before season 4, but you do you.

The prompt is already pretty self-explanatory. Maybe they are dealing with a spellcaster of some kind, or maybe they touch a cursed objected, pretty much open to interpratation.

But they still end up cursed. At first neither of them realize that something is wrong, because the curse works on a distance base between the two cursed people. But after a while, when Stiles is at his own home and Derek is all the way back on the other side of town in his own loft, Derek gets overwhelmed with Stiles' constant flow of conscience, so he grabs his phone and calls him to ask him what the fuck he did this time.

Which is when they realize about the curse. So Stiles and Derek basically constantly tell each other where they are going so they can avoid being in each other's head.

It works for a while. Then the range of the curse changes and they have to get closer, and closer and closer. Until they have to be basically always in the same room, that right beside each other, and finally they have to touch to keep their thoughts to themselves.

Of course, in the meanwhile they are trying to find out how to break the curse. I have this idea that the person that cursed them misunderstood the way Derek and Stiles behaved and thought that the two of them hated each other. So the only way to remove the curse is to bond somehow.

Basically, this is one of those fic where Stiles isn't technically pack yet, but not because Derek doesn't want him to be. Just because he thinks that Stiles wouldn't want to be part of his pack. Which is of course ridiculous! Stiles has been putting his life at risk for Derek and his pack for ages by now! Of course he wants to be pack! He thought he already was!

17 notes - Posted August 9, 2022

#2

Goodnight prompt 37/∞

Fandom: Detroit: Become Human Ship: RK900/Gavin Reed AUs/Tropes: Bartender AU, Dom/sub Prompt: Gavin isn't really interested in drinking. He's at the club to find the right kind of partner. But he failed miserably multiple times at this point. And the bartender is the only person that always grabs his attention, anyway, so he guess he's gonna become an alcoholic like Hank and call it a day.

Extra details: I actually enjoy Gavin as both a dom and sub. So it doesn't particularly matter to me which one he would be.

Just want people to assume he wants the wrong thing all the fucking time, and him being annoyed that people kind of put him in a the wrong box and he always struggle finding a partner that understands his needs.

So he ends up ranting to the bartender, Nines, which is probably just doing his job by agreeing to whatever comes out of Gavin's mouth so that he stays at the bar and drinks more and give him tips for being such a good listener.

Except one night he's at the club and Nines isn't behind the bar. He's sitting at stool in front of it and smiling at him and... OH. Oh they are going to fuck and Nines listened to him basically detailing a long list of his kinks. Nines knows all of them.

They have the best night ever. Gavin wants more. Nines is amenable to it, but first he wants a proper date.

21 notes - Posted July 5, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Goodnight prompt 52/∞

Fandom: Teen Wolf Ship: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski AUs/Tropes: A/B/O, Meet cute (kinda) Prompt: Derek is aware that the cute Omega that goes to the prenatal yoga classes at the studio on the other side of the road MUST be already someone else's Omega. He still has a little bit of a silly crush on him anyway.

Extra details: Do I know who I would want Stiles to have slept with to end up pregnant and without a partner? Absolutely not.

I have no clues whatsoever, so for this one let's just say random OC that was probably a one night stand and maybe the condom broke or something and Stiles didn't realize until he actually found out he was pregnant.

Maybe he even manages to contact the asshole that put the bun in his oven, but this OC is like "fuck no, just have an abortion or something". But Stiles wants the kid, so he just tell random OC to go to hell and that he'll manage as a single parent.

Stiles does know that if he wants to actually have a healthy kid he needs to get his life together and have a routine instead of just eating or sleeping whenever his body starts to scream for him to pay attention to his basic needs.

Which is how he ends up going to these prenatal yoga classes Lydia recommends to him. She also kind of recommends them only to force Stiles into wearing tight yoga pants that she now has an excuse to buy him as a gift.

But Stiles enjoys them. And as a bonus there's this grumpy dude at the flower shop on the other side of the door that he can stare at when comes and goes from the yoga studio. He might be projecting a little, but he's sure that the very attractive man was watching him back.

Stiles doesn't think he does that because he's interested of course. Who would be interested in an omega that is already very visibly pregnant. Maybe he's just annoyed that Stiles leers at him all the fucking time.

Still, when the anniversary of Claudia's death rolls around, Stiles decides he might as well go to the mysterious man's shop for his usual bouquet of flowers.

Stiles is, of course, even more in love with Derek -which he now knows the name of because it's embroidered on Derek's apron- because Stiles just mentioned the occasion and Claudia's favorite flowers and Derek made for him the most beautiful bouquet of flowers. And he even gave him a "new client's discount" once he realizes that maybe the bouquet is actually not in Stiles' budget.

If Stiles is kind of sure that discount didn't exist before he strolled inside Derek's shop, he's certainly not gonna voice it. Just in case he's just delusional about Derek blushing when Stiles said he'll be back for sure.

And Stiles definitely doesn't have the money to buy flower's twice a month, but he does so anyway. He even convinces himself he actually has the money for it since he can't drink caffeine anymore so he can spend at Derek's the money he used to spend at Starbuck's.

Healthy life choices, right? He's absolutely being a grown up.

22 notes - Posted July 30, 2022

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Goodnight prompt 61/∞

Fandom: Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Original Trilogy Ship: Alexsandr Kallus/Garazeb Orrelios, background Leia/Han AUs/Tropes: Fantasy AU (but still in a Star Wars setting), Wedding planning Prompt: Garazeb Orrelios' Bakery is very well known for the best magical wedding cakes in the whole Galaxy. As the best wedding planner on Coruscant, Alexandr Kallus just has to get one of those cake for the wedding of the century between Princess Leia and very well known scoundrel Han Solo.

Extra details: This is idea is literally just at it's bare bones. I just enjoy the idea of Garazeb kind of torturing Kallus by requesting that the couple have multiple taste tests until they find something they both like and not just let Kallus pick.

In the meantime, Zeb kind of finds Kallus' grumpy expression adorable and he makes it his mission to have Kallus be in awe of something Zeb bakes especially for him every time he gets to the bakery with the two lovebirds.

I also kind of like the idea of both Han and Leia noticing the weird chemistry between Zeb and their wedding planner and plotting for them to end up stuck together alone.

Basically something very silly. Don't ask me what exactly would be the magic stuff in this universe, I just wanted the bakery to be magic somehow. My brain is just weird like that sometimes.

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Goodnight prompt 60/∞

Fandom: Detroit: Become Human Ship: RK900/Gavin Reed AUs/Tropes: Machine RK900, Slow build (like, really really slow) Prompt: Faced with the only android unable to understand human emotions and deviate, the entire precinct makes a challenge out of making RK900 become a deviant. No one expects Gavin to be the one to succeed.

Extra details: Okay, this would be set in a basic best ending with the Jericho gang going back to Cyberlife to find all of the other androids still left. They obviously find a bunch of prototype, some that can be activated, some that are just not programmed/built enough to do so.

And they find RK900 too, of course. They manage to break the whole "Amanda" thing thanks to Connor's help, but unluckly that does not mean that RK900 immediately becomes a deviant, no matter how much both Connor and Markus try.

There is just something about RK900 that prevents them from the deviation to happen in that way. It just has to be more natural, like it happened for the first androids.

Everyone at Jericho gives it a try, but all of the other androids are just as confused by having emotions, since it's so new to them. So, Connor asks for help to all the human he knows. Which is basically he asks his human co-workers to help.

RK900 starts to work at the precinct. Mostly because Connor thinks it's the best place for him to organically deviate, like he did. Don't know if I necessarily want this one to be one of those fic where RK900 is Gavin's partner. Actually, I think that should not be a thing in this one.

I imagine RK900 just rotating with different people trying to fit in, everyone giving it their best to make Rk900 deviate.

I also think that Gavin would be laughing at whatever everyone around his is trying to do to make the damn Pinocchio become a real kid. He obviously wants to stay as far away from RK900 as he can, and refuses multiple time to give a go himself to deviate the damn thing.

That is until Tina kind of dares him to do it while they are both drunk. They would have both forgotten about the bet by the following day. If it wasn't for RK900 himself, that was, at the time, Tina's partner.

Gavin is absolutely furious with Tina for making him take that bet, with himself for drinking so much that he actually agreed, but most of all to RK900 that is already sitting in front of Gavin's desk and shows him footage of him and Tina drunkenly shaking their hands.

When faced with a challenge, Gavin is not one to simply give up. So, begrudgingly, he does his best. He already knows where everyone else failed. After all everyone was always complaining about why this or that didn't work. So Gavin knows what NOT to do.

So he has a good starting point on that. But no clue of what he should actually do since apparently all of the good ideas have already failed. While he thinks, then, he just treats RK900 like he would any other partner. Like shit, then.

RK900 at first seems his usual robotic self, but after working with Gavin for months... They both realize that there is something different about RK900 actually. It's subtle most of the times, but... Whatever Gavin is doing, seems to be working. And, despite how Gavin would never admit it out loud, he kind of enjoys RK900's company and help. He would even go so far as to say they are friendly.

And it takes more and more time, and Gavin starting to slowly accept that he does like RK900 A LOT actually, when he finally realizes that what RK900 needed was time. Like, literally exposure therapy but not all at once, like he could learn about the human experience in just a pinch.

It has to be a gradual thing, living like a human to actually learn what humanity is. Which is how they become actual friends, and Gavin, the less lovable and loving person in the whole Detroit, also decides that he should teach RK900 what love is.

At first he thinks it would be a good idea to adopt a new pet, letting RK900 name it and taking care of it from day one. And it seems to work. RK900 learns how to show affection to others.

What he does not expect is that Gavin himself is the person he shows that affection the most. And that's coincidentally when Gavin realizes he himself has fallen in love with RK900... Which is bad, because, with how Gavin has basically babysat the thing for basically two years at this point, there is no chance that RK900 sees him as a lover.

Rk900 probably sees him more as a father figure or a brother, right? Damn Tina and her bet! He doesn't even want to gloat to her about succeeding where everyone else failed and gave up when things got too complicated!

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Goodnight prompt 59/∞

Fandom: Arcane: League of Legends Ship: Jayce/Viktor AUs/Tropes: Modern AU, Veterinarian Viktor Prompt: Jayce saves an abandoned kitten that is barely hours old and he immediately brings them to a vet. He's not really sure how exactly to keep the poor thing alive, but Viktor, the veterinarian, is sure he can do it. Things get complicated when Jayce's landlord finds out about the kitten and Jayce either gets rid of the cat, or has to move out.

Extra details: Most of the stuff I already put in the prompt, but I like this idea of the kitten imprinting on Jayce and he really doesn't have the heart of leaving him to Viktor, despite him being absolutely amenable to take care of the poor kitten.

For a couple of weeks Jayce even manages to keep the existence of the kitten a secret, but he's well aware that pets are not allowed in his building. And after a while one of his neighbors rats him out to the landlord.

And Jayce is too in love with the tiny kitten to just leave him to Viktor, which still is okay with taking care of the cat. So, Viktor suggests that he keeps the kitten in his apartment and Jayce can come and go as he pleases.

Like, he literally gives Jayce a key and tells him that he's always welcome to sleep on his couch. Which, Jayce ends up doing even if the couch is small and uncomfortable.

They kind of become very domestic before they even realize that they have fallen in love with each other.

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Goodnight prompt 58/∞

Fandom: Star Wars Prequels Ship: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker AUs/Tropes: Modern AU, Hitchhiking Prompt: Obi-Wan isn't usually the kind of person to pick up hitchhikers. But he feels kind of bad for the young man that seems to be about 10 minutes away from a heatstroke on the side of the road.

Extra details: Welp, while this might be a pretty basica idea, I kind of had a twist to it. And not, this time it's not one of them being a creep or whatever.

Doesn't make this idea less angsty. Basically I was thinking that Obi-Wan is actually travelling for work. He was supposed to go by plane, but it's not that far and he hates plane. So he just drives to whatever he needs to be.

He finds Anakin maybe at a gas station and Anakin kind of seems picky about who he's gonna hitchhike with, like he maybe does this a lot and knows how to avoid creeps and stuff.

Which just makes Obi-Wan even more sympathetic, so he stops and offers Anakin to travel with him at least for a little while.

And it's all fine and peaceful. They have a very lovely conversation, Obi-Wan even offers Anakin lunch at a certain point. And right when Anakin thinks Obi-Wan is just gonna leave him at this second gas station, Obi-Wan looks offended and says that if Anakin still need to go in the same direction there is no reason for them to split up.

So they keep going together. And, like, not more than a couple of hours later they get in some kind of car accident and while Anakin is just a little banged up, Obi-Wan isn't as lucky and he need to stay in the hospital for a while.

Anakin of course makes sure the hospital contacts whatever family Obi-Wan has. But he also absolutely refuses to leave Obi-Wan's side until whoever they called arrives to take care of Obi-Wan themselves.

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Goodnight prompt 57/∞

Fandom: Star Wars Prequels Ship: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Qui-Gon Jinn AUs/Tropes: Historical AU Prompt: After moving to America, Obi-Wan is down on his luck and decides to pretend being a woman when answering an announcement on a newspaper. Things get complicated when he finds out his supposed "husband" isn't a businessman always traveling around for work, but an abolitionist of the Underground Railroad.

Extra details: I don't know much about american history, but this idea at first was just Obi-Wan pretending to be a woman and answering to Qui-Gon's announcement and following letters just to find a place where he could live since he was absolutely broke and unable to go back to his own home all the way on the other side of the ocean.

I just imagine Qui-Gon presenting himself as a businessman that is barely at home and needs the firm touch of a woman that can manage his estate and all of the people working for him while he's away for work.

Obi-Wan kind of sees this as a huge opportunity because if Qui-Gon isn't at the house when Obi-Wan gets there, he can just spin a lie to the rest of the staff, and try to gather some money somehow.

So he does just that, and pretends like he's the brother of the woman Qui-Gon supposedly is married to by proxy, since she got extremely sick right before she had to leave the old continent and need to gain back her strength before she embarks in the crossing.

The help is of course suspicious, but Obi-Wan is a very charming man, and he seems like he knows enough about how to run a house that nobody truly think he's up to no good.

It gets a little dicier when Obi-Wan finds papers and letters in Qui-Gon's study that make it obvious that whatever business Qui-Gon is running is just a face that hide his work for the Underground Railroad.

So, unexpectedly, Obi-Wan ends up falling in love with Qui-Gon just with the continuous exchange of letters and how the people that actually know him talks about him.

And he's aware that he's gonna end up heartbroken and on the streets when Qui-Gon finally comes back and finds out about the rouse. He is, of course, wrong. Because Qui-Gon doesn't really care that he's a man.

Especially when it's thanks to Obi-Wan if his unlawful activities aren't discovered by the authorities.

And I mean, there is space for so many other character to be there in the background that I just love the potential for this idea.

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Goodnight prompt 56/∞

Fandom: Teen Wolf Ship: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski AUs/Tropes: Canon divergence, Accidental telepathy, Curse Prompt: While dealing with another monster of the week, Stiles and Derek end up being cursed with telepathy every time they are apart. It quickly becomes obvious that they need to get closer and closer to keep their thought private from each other.

Extra details: Okay, so this in my head should switch to AU anywhere before season 4, but you do you.

The prompt is already pretty self-explanatory. Maybe they are dealing with a spellcaster of some kind, or maybe they touch a cursed objected, pretty much open to interpratation.

But they still end up cursed. At first neither of them realize that something is wrong, because the curse works on a distance base between the two cursed people. But after a while, when Stiles is at his own home and Derek is all the way back on the other side of town in his own loft, Derek gets overwhelmed with Stiles' constant flow of conscience, so he grabs his phone and calls him to ask him what the fuck he did this time.

Which is when they realize about the curse. So Stiles and Derek basically constantly tell each other where they are going so they can avoid being in each other's head.

It works for a while. Then the range of the curse changes and they have to get closer, and closer and closer. Until they have to be basically always in the same room, that right beside each other, and finally they have to touch to keep their thoughts to themselves.

Of course, in the meanwhile they are trying to find out how to break the curse. I have this idea that the person that cursed them misunderstood the way Derek and Stiles behaved and thought that the two of them hated each other. So the only way to remove the curse is to bond somehow.

Basically, this is one of those fic where Stiles isn't technically pack yet, but not because Derek doesn't want him to be. Just because he thinks that Stiles wouldn't want to be part of his pack. Which is of course ridiculous! Stiles has been putting his life at risk for Derek and his pack for ages by now! Of course he wants to be pack! He thought he already was!

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Goodnight prompt 55/∞

Fandom: Arcane: League of Legends Ship: Jayce/Viktor AUs/Tropes: Gamer/streamer Jayce, Barista Viktor, Mutual pining, Secret identity (kinda) Prompt: There's this one player Jayce teams up often during his streams. He's a sarcastic little shit, but he's also crazy smart and his voice makes things happen that Jayce is aware aren't necessarily appropriate while he's live. If only MachineHerald accepted to finally meet after years of partnership from a far...

Extra details: What can I say, I have a soft spot for the two of them being gaming buddies. Also, being absolutely in love with each other but pining because for some reason they are too scared about admitting their feelings.

In this case, I was thinking maybe Jayce started playing with Viktor when he was seriously considering starting his own Twitch/Youtube/whatever career. And maybe it was Viktor that finally pushed him into giving it a shot.

Jayce didn't think he would gain a fairly consistent community in so little time, but apparently people like his personality (and his body, judging by his instagram's comments). And Viktor accepted to still play with him when Jayce needs a co-op buddy and he isn't at his own work. The one caveat is that Viktor still wants to be just an anonymous voice behind a nickname.

Jayce agreed, of course. But he also thought that sooner or later Viktor would show his face at least to him privately. But after maybe two years of being basically best friends, no luck. Viktor absolutely refuses videochats, giving Jayce's his private social accounts or even just a name.

Jayce is in love with Viktor, but with all of the being very private he doubts that Viktor actually feels the same way, so he doesn't say anything about it. And he also kind of tries to forget about Viktor by flirting with the cute barista that works at this one coffee shop he started going to about 8 months prior.

There's something about the cute barista's accent that strikes him as very familiar, but he can't grasp exactly what it is.

And that's when I switch to Viktor's side of things. Of course he knows what Jayce looks like from almost day one. Which is also why he kind of decides that he'll never show his face to Jayce.

People always treat him differently after they know about his health issues. And Jayce is such a good friend! He doesn't want him to be another one of those people that change after they actually meet him.

Also, he's kind of crushing hard on Jayce, but he doesn't know if Jayce is into guys as well. Better just keep his mouth shut about it.

But one day while Viktor was working at the coffee shop, Jayce enters and... Viktor almost panics, but then remembers that the only thing Jayce knows about him is the voice. Which Viktor modulates slightly anyway, so there's no way he'll recognize him, right?

The true panic hits when Jayce starts flirting with him. And not MachineHerald Viktor, but lame sweaty and sickly barista Viktor. Maybe he should just tell Jayce the truth... Maybe he would still want to date him? Wait... what if he gets angry that he didn't say anything that first day Jayce entered the coffee shop?

... maybe he should just keep up this double life thing.

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Goodnight prompt 54/∞

Fandom: Star Wars Sequels Ship: Rey/Ben Solo AUs/Tropes: Demon Rey, Almost kiss, Fever dream Prompt: Apparently, doing magic while very sick is very bad. Mostly because you might end up passing out in the middle of it and accidentally summoning a demon.

Extra details: Nothing really that fancy about this one. Basically Ben is an apprentice magician or something like that. He's of course trying his best to impress his teacher (which is still Luke), but he keeps messing things up and shit like that, so he feels like he's always behind compared to the other students.

So he keeps doing magic while he's having a horrible fever, but collapsed in the middle of doing something and the ingredients get messed up and he's still mumbling words in the middle of a fever dream.

And that's how he summons a demon. And Rey looks like an angel to a very very out of it Ben. So when she asks why he's so sick, sad and alone, Ben answers. And she tries to encourage him to make a deal with her so that he'll finally be happy and free of his uncle's annoying criticisms.

Unfortunately, right around the time Ben is about to kiss Rey to seal the deal, Luke interrupts them and banishes away Rey.

Still, I think Ben would become very bitter about what Luke did (something like "what if I don't care that I was about to sell my soul to her? I would have been happy and more powerful than you can imagine!"). Which leads him to an obsession with the idea of finding that angel that tried to grant him all he ever wished for.

Maybe when he finds her he'll had being by her side for the rest of eternity to their deal.

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Goodnight prompt 53/∞

Fandom: Arcane: League of Legends Ship: Jayce/Viktor AUs/Tropes: Soulmates, No happy ending Prompt: Viktor knows that he's Jayce's soulmates but Jayce doesn't have a connection that leads back to him. It breaks his heart, but he still accepts reality. What is harder and harder to accept, is the ever-changing nature of their bond.

Extra details: Let's start with a little bit of an explanation of how this soulmates au works. Basically it's one of those red thread kind of situation, but instead of just being red, the thread changes colors based on the nature of the relationship.

Like, potentially the thread just binds you to someone that is gonna be important in your life. Most threads at first are yellow for friendship, than slowly change to red when romantic feelings develop. But if the friendship goes to shit the thread goes green, than if the thing go toward hate it become blue and goes more and more towards black. When it hits black you are basically enemies. (It can reach black also from red, becoming darker and darker, hitting maybe purple tones with jealousy and maroon-ish tones if the relationship is filled with resentment of some kind.) But the worst thing that could happen is for the thread to go grey. Because that's basically the person starts to not really care about what happend to the other, their lives aren't intertwined anymore, and if nothing changes the situation, after a while the thread snaps and disappears. (It doesn't even have to go to black to reach grey. Like, the yellow can become slowly paler and paler into a white indifference, before veering to grey and snapping.)

That said, I think at first Viktor has this yellow-ish thread. Maybe it already tended towards orange already, but it becomes definitely red once he reads Jayce's diary. What kind of worries Viktor immediately is that the thread is very think from him. But it gets thinner and thinner the closer if gets to Jayce until it's practically invisible, so much so that apparently Jayce is convinced that he does not, in fact, have any thread at all.

It's a hard to swallow pill, but still he accepts it. It also kind of disappoints him that, for what is visible of it, the thread that comes from Jayce is always very much yellow. Maybe in a couple of years of friendship is does veer more on a orangy side. But it still in a platonic, if deep, friendship.

But then Jayce is involved in the whole politics bullshit, and they see less and less of each other. And Viktor's side of the bond start to veer marronish, and Jayce's goes back to a pale yellow, maybe even starting to veer lime at a certain point.

I don't know much about LoL lore, so I am gonna stop here. But I kind of saw people talking about a divorce era so there is, for sure, potential for this to go in a downward spiral of more angstier tones.

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Goodnight prompt 52/∞

Fandom: Teen Wolf Ship: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski AUs/Tropes: A/B/O, Meet cute (kinda) Prompt: Derek is aware that the cute Omega that goes to the prenatal yoga classes at the studio on the other side of the road MUST be already someone else's Omega. He still has a little bit of a silly crush on him anyway.

Extra details: Do I know who I would want Stiles to have slept with to end up pregnant and without a partner? Absolutely not.

I have no clues whatsoever, so for this one let's just say random OC that was probably a one night stand and maybe the condom broke or something and Stiles didn't realize until he actually found out he was pregnant.

Maybe he even manages to contact the asshole that put the bun in his oven, but this OC is like "fuck no, just have an abortion or something". But Stiles wants the kid, so he just tell random OC to go to hell and that he'll manage as a single parent.

Stiles does know that if he wants to actually have a healthy kid he needs to get his life together and have a routine instead of just eating or sleeping whenever his body starts to scream for him to pay attention to his basic needs.

Which is how he ends up going to these prenatal yoga classes Lydia recommends to him. She also kind of recommends them only to force Stiles into wearing tight yoga pants that she now has an excuse to buy him as a gift.

But Stiles enjoys them. And as a bonus there's this grumpy dude at the flower shop on the other side of the door that he can stare at when comes and goes from the yoga studio. He might be projecting a little, but he's sure that the very attractive man was watching him back.

Stiles doesn't think he does that because he's interested of course. Who would be interested in an omega that is already very visibly pregnant. Maybe he's just annoyed that Stiles leers at him all the fucking time.

Still, when the anniversary of Claudia's death rolls around, Stiles decides he might as well go to the mysterious man's shop for his usual bouquet of flowers.

Stiles is, of course, even more in love with Derek -which he now knows the name of because it's embroidered on Derek's apron- because Stiles just mentioned the occasion and Claudia's favorite flowers and Derek made for him the most beautiful bouquet of flowers. And he even gave him a "new client's discount" once he realizes that maybe the bouquet is actually not in Stiles' budget.

If Stiles is kind of sure that discount didn't exist before he strolled inside Derek's shop, he's certainly not gonna voice it. Just in case he's just delusional about Derek blushing when Stiles said he'll be back for sure.

And Stiles definitely doesn't have the money to buy flower's twice a month, but he does so anyway. He even convinces himself he actually has the money for it since he can't drink caffeine anymore so he can spend at Derek's the money he used to spend at Starbuck's.

Healthy life choices, right? He's absolutely being a grown up.

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Goodnight prompt 51/∞

Fandom: Star Wars Prequels Ship: Qui-Gon Jinn/Obi-Wan Kenobi AUs/Tropes: Modern AU, Presumed dead Single dad Qui-Gon, Babysitter Obi-Wan Prompt: After a terrible airplane incident, everyone thinks Qui-Gon is dead. Obi-Wan has been Qui-Gon's live in nanny since Anakin was 2 months old and he really can't let the poor nine years old boy end up alone with stranger waiting to maybe be adopted. And he's basically already like an honorary father to him. He's sure Qui-Gon would have appreciated him taking care of his kid.

Extra details: Okay so imagine Qui-Gon as a single parent and having a meltdown 2 month into actually being a father. And Obi-Wan is like a college kid in need of a place to live and some money to pay the very expensive books and stuff.

Which is how Obi-Wan ends up as Qui-Gon's live-in-nanny. He's pretty good with kids, and it's not like taking care of Anakin while Qui-Gon is at works is so bad.

He can even bring Anakin to his lesson sometimes, because his professor don't seem to mind, not even when Anakin starts having one of his meltdowns and won't calm unless Obi-Wan starts to pace around the classroom.

And Obi-Wan himself doesn't mind that at first other students think that Anakin is his son because of Anakin's blond hair. Anakin is such a beautiful and smart kid! It's very flattering that anyone thinks he could give birth to someone so precious and adorable.

And Obi-Wan kind of minds even less that someone starts a rumor that Qui-Gon is his sugar daddy after he drives them home because it started to rain and Obi-Wan walked to the campus that morning. He would love being in a relationship with someone like Qui-Gon.

After he graduates Obi-Wan thinks he should probably move one. But it's kind of nice not having to pay rent. And Qui-Gon still kind of need his help when Anakin gets back from pre-school. So he finds a part-time job somewhere in the middle between where Qui-Gon lives and Anakin's pre-school, so he's the one taking Anakin home and stuff.

Nothing really changes. Sure, it feels more and more like they are a family and Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are a couple. Hell, sometimes Qui-Gon can't go to teacher-parents conferences so Obi-Wan goes instead and he has to explain multiple times that he's not Qui-Gon boyfriend/husbands/whatever...

Of course Anakin is a menace and still calls Obi-Wan his dad or something (no matter how many times Obi-Wan repeats that he's not; after all, Qui-Gon just shrugs it off and pets Anakin on his head when he does that, so at least it doesn't seem to bother Qui-Gon), so it's even more confusing with people that don't know about their living situation.

Then the accident happens and both Anakin and Obi-Wan are heartbroken. And Obi-Wan promises himself that he would do anything to make sure that Anakin had as much a normal life as he can grant him.

So, about what actually happens to Qui-Gon. Maybe he was heavily injuries and not easily identifiable because of it. He also maybe was in a coma for a long time and when he woke up he lost his memory or something.

But basically I like the idea of him coming back maybe two or three years later, and finding that Obi-Wan actually adopted Anakin and they still live in Qui-Gon house.

And when he meets them once again, all of the pining that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan have been trying to push off and deny all of a sudden explode and neither of them are sure of what to do.

Like, maybe things are super awkward, or Obi-Wan is angry and doesn't really know why, maybe he tried to move on and find someone else but failed... Don't know, but I think that instead of pushing them together, those two actually kind of fall apart at first. Like, Obi-Wan all of a sudden deciding that maybe he should move out.

Then maybe something bad almost happens to Anakin and they finally get their head out of their butt and get together.

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Goodnight prompt 50/∞

Fandom: Detroit: Become Human Ship: RK900/Gavin Reed AUs/Tropes: Office AU, Blind date Prompt: Gavin hates when Tina sets him up on dates with strangers. But she's his best friend, so he just endures the damn dates. It's not like he's gonna see any of these people again, anyway...

Extra details: Basically, for this one I imagine Tina as that annoying friend that is in a happy relationship and thinks that all of their single friends need to find a partner to be happy as well.

So it's somewhat common for her to set up Gavin with random people she knows or her girlfriend knows. After all, she's Gavin's best friend and she knows that Gavin has horrible tastes in men.

Gavin is used to this kind of thing and accepts that being friend with Tina means that sometimes he has to go on blind dates with random people that usually end with him getting a drink thrown in his face or, if he's lucky, with people claiming to need the bathroom and never coming back.

After all, Gavin is aware he's an asshole. It's also why he doesn't really complain to Tina about her being kind of annoying with how much she pushes him into getting into a relationship. He's scared she might take it the wrong way and he'd end up without a boyfriend and without a best friend

But it kind of becomes a problem when the person isn't just some rando, but a co-worker from Gavin's office. And not just any co-worker either! Tina just set him up with Dick, the asshole from accounting that is always busting his butt because he made some kind of stupid typos when typing stuff. (Well, his name is actually Richard, but Gavin calls him Dick because that's what he is.)

From there it can go pretty much in any direction.

Like, the two of them actually enjoying the banter while having dinner that it ends up in a one-night stand that makes things awkward in the office.

Or maybe Gavin is tire of Tina's bullshit and asks Richard if he can please be his fake boyfriend for a couple of weeks so that Tina leaves him alone for a while.

Heck, I said it's a 900Reed, but what if he mistakenly thinks he's on a date with Dick and instead it's his brother Connor and Gavin starts to rant before Connor even has a chance to open his mouth and after the whole spiel he says he's not Richard. Very nice start for a date, but Connor is chill enough that he would just laugh it off and ask that Gavin stays and pays for the dinner (or drinks, whatever) and everything will be forgotten.

Or, you know, Connor was the co-worker, not Richard, and it ends up still being a 900Reed prompt. I'm gonna stop my rambling here.

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Goodnight prompt 49/∞

Fandom: Teen Wolf Ship: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski AUs/Tropes: Summer camp AU, People know of the supernatural, Interspecies Prompt: Summer camp on paper sounded like a fun occasion to meet other weres like him. It quickly turned into the same old bullshit Stiles had to deal with every fucking day at school.

Extra details: I have so much love for all the fics with Stiles as a were. I think he would make a very fine creature. But I also like the idea that Stiles has some kind of magical power.

So in this one he's a werefox. Which is somewhat like a Kitsune, but also not really. And he does have the increased healing like a werewolf, but he's thinner, doesn't gain muscle as easily, mostly because his body is thought more for speed, jumping and climbing more than anything else.

Doesn't necessarily seem to work that well for Stiles because he's somewhat skittish and clumsy. Also, werefox have the ability to cast spells and such, but instead of working at will like it's supposed to,for Stiles it's more like burst of chaotic energy that just mean he gets into trouble a lot.

So, he's still basically the weirdo outsider at school. And people around just think he's broken and never miss a chance to remind him that.

Which is the reason why the Sheriff suggest he goes to this very specific summer camp for weres, so maybe he can find other kids like him, since apparently werefoxes are also quite rare.

Surprise surprise, there is no other werefox at summer camp. Most of the weres there are actually werewolves and most of them know each other because of partnerships between packs or because their territories are very close to each oher or even just because they attended this summer camp since they were still in pre-school.

Which just means that Stiles is back to whatever bullshit he has to endure at school. But he lies at his father (which is still human) and tells him he's having so much fun and making so many friends... He doesn't want his father to be disappointed.

He'll just find a random reason why it would be a bad idea for him to go back to camp next summer or something.

It's just for 4 weeks, after all. If he can endure years or bullying at school from a bunch of stupid jocks, he can survive 4 weeks of pushing around and mocking...

Well, except one night they tie his hands and his feet and throw him into the lake and... Maybe he was wrong, maybe he will die because of this stupid summer camp.

And that's when Derek, comes in to save the day. Which is also when I kind of backtrack to talk about Derek.

Okay, so for this one particular idea Derek is younger. He's still maybe two, three years older than Stiles, but definitely not the age he's in the show in season 1.

I think that's Derek's last year at the camp. He didn't even want to go back, because the Kate thing just happened and his family was almost burnt to a crisp by the damn psycho.

Still, his mom thought it was a good idea for him to "get back to normal" and do what he always does in the summer. But Derek isn't the same person anymore, so he becomes kind of a loner and he prefers to sit somewhere quite, brood and reada damn book instead of being a stupid jock and showing off trying to get into someone's pants.

And Derek actually kind of knows who Stiles is. They do go to the same high school after all. He was never one of the bullies that tormented him, but he also never did anything to stop people from bothering him.

But he does intervene when he overhears a group of stupid bullies laughing at how Stiles sank like a stone into the lake. At first Derek just thinks that maybe Stiles doesn't know how to swim, so he just growls at the bullies and runs to the lake to help Stiles out.

When he actually drags Stiles to shore and finds out that they tied him up and left him to basically drown, he storms off and starts a fight with them.

He doesn't win, but he also technically doesn'tlose because they are interrupted by the staff of the camp. When everything gets explained, Derek is kind of admonished, but the bullies are immediately kicked out of camp.

Of course all of the parents are called, the bullies have to leave, but also Talia and the Sheriff come to the camp and I just imagine Stiles' dad pushing for this to be brought to actually justice and Stiles insisting that it would just make things worse and to let it go.

Derek is kind of on the Sheriff's side, but his mom is staring daggers at him and holding him back with her hand on his shoulder, so he shuts up and waits for things to calm down.

When he finally has a chance to talk with his mom in private, she explains that what Stiles want is more important at the moment, and that maybe he can help him out by being close, like a friend ready to listen instead of pushing him to do something that makes him uncomfortable.

Derek kind of understands, after all he himself was reluctant at first at the idea of actually having to testify about what Kate did to him and his family. His mom kind of sent him to the camp because she wanted him to have a break from all of the lawyer bullshit stuff before he has to go back and actually be in a courtroom for the trial.

So that's how Stiles and Derek starts to hang out. I just imagine a very very bitter Stiles trying to really push Derek away at first. But then Derek decides to open up about why he changed so much so quickly and all of a sudden they are talking about things they never talks about with anyone else.

I think there would be a lot of pining, especially in the last couple of days they spend at camp. Like, they are somewhat unsure if maybe they should have just tried to tell each other that they kind of want to kiss the other, but also they think it would just mess everything up and maybe they can still be friends at school now.

But nothing really happens. They still also hang out when they go back to Beacon Hills, but even then it's still just as friends.

And when school starts again, Derek has his own group of friends he hangs out with. So Stiles thinks that their friendship is done, that he will go back to being the awkward kid that can't even be a were properly while Derek is still the jock that will probably get a schoolarship because he's in the basketball team.

He's obviously wrong. Derek kind of introduces him to his friends and it works out fine. Maybe Derek's friends are the one to push them to give the whole boyfriends thing a go, but they do end up together before Christmas. They did plenty of moping around and pining after each other to take longer than that.

...Wow, this one is very long and detailed. Sorry, but also not sorry?

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Goodnight prompt 48/∞

Fandom: Star Wars Prequels Ship: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker AUs/Tropes: Modern setting, Cult AU, Domestic (but with thriller undertones) Prompt: After dating for 3 years and 2 more of engagement, Anakin and Obi-Wan finally get married. But now that they live together, Anakin notices for the first time that there are a lot of things he doesn't know about his husband.

Extra details: Okay, hear me out. I am perfectly aware that cults are a serious thing. And this is very much a Dead Dove kind of prompt.

But I kind of like reading these kind of things and every now and then I come up with ideas that go in very dark places. This is one of them.

Like, I seriously imagine Anakin and Obi-Wan having a very normal relationship for years, Obi-Wan proposing but also asking Anakin to wait because he's having some issues with his work.

And Obi-Wan speaks often enough of his job, even if he does so in very generic and broad terms. Mostly, Anakin thinks that it must be a very boring corporate job, even if Obi-Wan must be of some importance considering how rich he seems to be.

Also, Obi-Wan has multiple houses and apartments, and Anakin has been to multiple of them, but they all look like they probably did the day the interior designer put the last touch on them. So Anakin isn't sure which is Obi-Wan's actual everyday house (he isn't even sure that he has something he goes back to multiple times a week or when he's not working).

So it comes as a surprise when after they get married, they both move into this huge villa in the middle of nowhere, with a gated garden so big Anakin thinks it's basically an entire park on its own.

At first Anakin kind of has to commute to work, but after a while Obi-Wan suggests he just stays at home and keeps whatever he does (maybe something like fixing cars or something to do with engineering) as an hobby that he can pursue because it's something Anakin enjoys, not just to gain money.

Anakin is okay with it because Obi-Wan did already build him an entire garage in a building not too far away from the main building.

Then the dinner parties start. And Anakin isn't sure that's all they are. Because sure, it makes sense for people to stay and sleep after they drink a little bit too much. After all there are plenty of rooms for guests and the drive back into the city is very long.

But every now and then people leave before Anakin even manages to wake up. Even when it's the weekend and they could stay for brunch or something before they go back to their own houses.

And then, some people instead stay for weeks on end. Not that Anakin notices at first, since they apparently don't eat in the living room or the kitchen. But he's sure he saw one of Obi-Wan's coworkers peaking from behind the curtains on a Tuesday afternoon.

I didn't really pick with kind of cult, but there is certainly space for both a thriller tone and even an horror-ish kind of atmosphere. Once thing I know is I don't what it to involve Obi-Wan cheating on Anakin.

I'm also not sure that Obi-Wan wants to actually involve Anakin with the cult. Maybe he just wanted to keep it a secret, but once Anakin becomes suspicious and starts to accuse Obi-Wan of having sexual encounters with some of his friends, Obi-Wan kind of has to explain.

For now let's leave it at that, but I'm seriously obsessed with this idea.