badritual | pine4pine

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Dear Creator,

I have used parts of previous letters to compose the body of this letter. If none of my ideas/prompts catch your attention, I'm totally fine with mixing and matching some of my tropes/likes/freeforms/etc. to come up with a story! I also may not have specific prompts for every pairing/fandom I've requested. If anything is confusing, or you have any questions or need clarification, you can reach me through the mods!

A lot of these fandoms and prompts/ideas are repeat requests, including fandoms I've already received amazing fic for. I really just love the fandom/idea to be requesting it again; it's not meant to be a slight against the authors or fic I've received in the past!

What I Love
DNWs
Stuff I Like
Criminal Minds
Law & Order: SVU
The Mandalorian
Original Work
Prodigal Son (TV 2019)
Star Trek: Discovery - Lorca
Star Trek: Discovery - Pike
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV)
Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

What I Love: I'm currently really into gothic romance/gothic horror/horror of any stripe really. I also adore romcoms, enemies-to-lovers, difficult/complicated relationships, and questions with no easy answers. I love ambiguous/happy for now/sad endings, things that make me think, and are not necessarily tied up with a neat pretty bow.

My main DNWs are listed below. Exceptions will be noted:

DNWs:
• domestic violence/abuse
• violence against animals/animal death
• A/B/O, BDSM, and kneeling 'verses (fine with these tropes appearing as "one offs", not interested in universes structured around them)
• mpreg
• watersports/omorashi/scat
• mundane AUs (i.e. coffee shop, flower shop, cafe, high school/college, etc)
• vampire/werewolf AUs for non-supernatural fandoms/fandoms where they don't appear or exist (canon vampires/werewolves in supernatural-based fandoms are fine!)
• horror that centers on mental institutions/hospitals/etc.
• inclusion of current real world events (i.e. war in Ukraine, US politics/Trump, SCOTUS decisions, covid, etc.)

Stuff I Like:
• gothic/gothic romance/horror/ghost stories!!!
• gothic romance/romantic horror
• space gothic (think Event Horizon and the Alien series)
• cosmic horror
• body horror
• monsters!!! sentient monsters!!! monsters that just wanna eat things!!! i like monsters!!!
• What happens after the fairytale ends?
• bodyswap
• casefic
• time travel/time loops/time fuckery
• pining / pining for someone while in a relationship with them)
• mind-games/manipulation
• ghosts/hauntings/etc. (literal and metaphorical)
• houses that want to eat you
• nature that wants to eat you
• eldritch architecture/architecture that wants to eat you (fwiw i adore the evilbuildings tumblr, which has some examples of buildings i could see hungering for human flesh)
• morally gray/immoral angels
• the monstrous feminine / female monsters / feminine horror
• miscommunication (within reason)
• poly/poly-v relationships
• enemies to lovers
• friends to lovers to enemies to lovers
• friends to enemies to lovers
• unhealthy/codependent relationships
• obsession/obsessive relationships
• relationships with a power imbalance (i.e. mentor/pupil, priest/parishioner, older partner/younger partner, queen/subject, etc.)
• power imbalances/power dynamics/power dynamics inverted (i.e. the student in the professor/student relationship has all the power, parishioner has power over the priest, subject controls the queen, etc)
• characters facing/dealing with mortality (of their lives, their livelihoods, careers, etc.)
• platonic soulmates
• amnesiafic
• epistolary/social media pastiche
• future fic
• ensemble fic
• complicated relationships
• professional/career-related jealousy
• Ritual sex/resurrection rituals
• small town AUs (small town in the suburban gothic sense rather than cute, quaint villages and whatnot)

Criminal Minds

Pairings:
Penelope Garcia/Aaron Hotchner (Hotch pining)
Penelope Garcia/Aaron Hotchner (Both pining)
Luke Alvez/Penelope Garcia (Garcia pining)
Luke Alvez/Penelope Garcia (Both pining)
Luke Alvez/Penelope Garcia (Alvez Pining)

Tags:
Feelings eventually requited
Characters A and B pine for each other but believe in their duty-dictated relationships
Bad Guys Force Mutual-Noncon Between Pining Character and Crush
Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
Revealed Feelings While Mortally Injured/No Hope but Whoops! They Were Rescued Now It's Awkward
hierarchical power imbalance makes it impossible for either to make the first step
fear of pining being found out because of unequal social standing
Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
Character A distances themself from Character B to try and get over them
Character A tries to convince themself that a platonic relationship is enough
Long-term pining is finally resolved
Yearning for your partner while they're away on a long trip
Pining Character Throws Themselves Between Crush and Lethal Danger
Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
Missed Opportunities
Pining while Fake Married
Pining while fake dating
pining revealed through accidental eavesdropping
Pining For Someone While in a Relationship With Them
Character A Pines For Character B Due To Past Experience - Not Actually Unrequited
They Both Think It's Unrequited

Prompts/ideas:
I really adore romcoms/comedies of errors in addition to gothic romance/romantic horror and action-adventure/romantic suspense, and I think any of those genres would fit with this fandom/these pairings. Trope-wise, I like accidentally dating/fake relationship/undercover relationship, miscommunication (within reason, not something that could be solved with a couple conversations that stretches out over the length of the entire story), competence kink, admiration, body worship, mutual pining, the typically heroic character being rescued by the object of their affection, a character not used to being damseled and/or rescued (and not expecting to be rescued) being rescued by their love interest/crush...

If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

Additional notes: I'd prefer the focus to remain on the requested ships; background mentions of past Hotch/Haley and Penelope/Kevin is fine.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Law & Order: SVU

Pairings:
Rafael Barba/Olivia Benson (Both pining)
Rafael Barba/Olivia Benson (Benson pining)
Rafael Barba/Olivia Benson (Barba pining)

Tags:
Feelings eventually requited
Pining while Fake Married
A pines for B while undercover as a couple
Undercover as Married While Pining
Undercover as a Couple While Pining
Unspoken Understanding Turns Out To Be A Mistake
Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
Pining Character Throws Themselves Between Crush and Lethal Danger
Character A Pines For Character B Due To Past Experience - Not Actually Unrequited
They Both Think It's Unrequited
pining revealed by third party
Pining because a third party is interfering with developing relationship
A and B jealous while mutually pining
trying to make object of affection jealous while mutually pining
Bad Guys Force Mutual-Noncon Between Pining Character and Crush
Bad Guys Force Intimacy Between Pining Character and Crush
Character A silently pining for Character B who saved their life
Character A pining while missing Character B
Rescue Mission while Pining
Revealed Feelings While Mortally Injured/No Hope but Whoops! They Were Rescued Now It's Awkward
Slow Dancing while Pining

Prompts/ideas:
I'd love for something set after Barba leaves in S19, but I'm also not opposed a missing/deleted scene from prior to his departure. I really love case fic and using the case to illuminate the relationship; maybe they have to go undercover as a couple or like... as a mob boss and his mistress or w/e (while one or both are pining). Maybe Olivia (or her son, or Barba, or Barba's mom) get kidnapped and they're forced to confront their feelings! The tropier the better. You could even set something in the upcoming season; maybe Sonny and Amanda tie the knot and Benson and Barba are asked to stand up in the wedding, leading to awkwardness as they're forced to collaborate?

Additional notes: You can mention/include Stabler, but if you want to include Bensler I prefer it to be a past unrequited/one-sided relationship or to be (intense but) platonic. Barba can be jealous over Bensler's closeness and there can be awkwardness between all three of them as long as Barson ends up together.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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The Mandalorian

Pairings:
Luke Skywalker & Ahsoka Tano (Luke pining)

Tags:
Feelings never requited
~~Mutual pining but laws/custom/duty keep them apart~~ <-- i clicked that one by mistake!
Pining because character believes age gap is too big
Tries to Confess but Isn't Believed
The Most Ardent Pining Self-Hating Unrequited Love Imaginable
Character refuses to confess unrequited feelings
"Platonic" Lesson in Dancing/Flirting/Kissing etc. while pining
A pining while B wraps their arms around A platonically on a horse/motorcycle
Character A tries to convince themself that a platonic relationship is enough
Revealed Feelings While Mortally Injured/No Hope but Whoops! They Were Rescued Now It's Awkward

Prompts/ideas:
I'd really just like something with post-ROTJ era Luke developing feelings/attraction/fascination with Ahsoka that remains one-sided or unrequited either due to their being Jedi, the age difference, or incompatible sexual orientations, for example. I could even see Luke being in awe of her or having an intense but platonic crush and confusing that for romantic interest.

Additional notes: I don't want them to end up together. You can mention past/background relationships for both (I like Luke/Lando and Ahsoka/Kaeden a lot).

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Original Work

Pairings:
Male Spaceship Captain/Female Stowaway (Stowaway pining)
Male Spaceship Captain/Female First Officer (Captain pining)
Female Mad Scientist/Monster She's Cobbled Together W/Body Parts of Dead Lovers (Scientist pining)
Female Mad Scientist/Monster She's Cobbled Together From Body Parts of Dead Lovers (Monster pining)
Burnt-Out Former Child Prodigy/Her Cousin Who Values Her As More Than a Prodigy (both pining)
Female Cop Skeptical About Androids/Android Who's Been Assigned as Her Partner (both pining)
Emotionally Damaged Private Eye/Person He's Tailing Who Might Be the Criminal He's After (PI pining)
Skater Girl/Punk Girl (both pining)

Tags:
Feelings eventually requited
Character A pines while pressed up against B while hiding/in small space together
Character's hero-worship turns to pining
pining for the enemy/rival
Stockholm Syndrome Causes Captive to Pine for Captor
Lima Syndrome causes captor to pine for their captive
kidnapping your crush and forcing them into marriage
Pining Inappropriately For Off-Limits Love Interest
Older Character Pining For Younger Character
Younger Character Pining For Older Character
Pining because character believes age gap is too big
Pining while Fake Married
Mutually pining fuckbuddies
hierarchical power imbalance makes it impossible for either to make the first step
Power differential makes A worry that B will never be able to freely reject them
A has a secret related to B that keeps them from pursuing a relationship
Rejected a love confession only to fall in love with them later
They Couldn't Possibly Be Ignorant Of How I Feel So I Assume They Must Not Be Interested
A pines for B after B refuses to kill A when they ought to
Pining character expects to be killed by their crush
Bad Guys Force Intimacy Between Pining Character and Crush

Prompts/ideas:
I tend to think of the pairings as prompts in and of themselves. Feel free to mix and match freeforms/tags/likes/etc to come up with something. Basically you have free rein as long as you avoid my DNWs! I really like power differences/imbalances in the conventional sense as well as being inverted (like the final girl outsmarting the serial killer, the babysitter turning the tables on the man in the attic, etc). And you really can't go wrong with the gothic romance/horror genres. The spookier the better.

Additional notes: For any prompts involving teens in romantic/sexual situations I'd prefer them to be no younger than 16.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Prodigal Son (TV 2019)

Pairings:
Malcolm Bright/Edrisa Tanaka (Edrisa pining)
Malcolm Bright/Edrisa Tanaka (Malcolm pining)
Malcolm Bright/Edrisa Tanaka (both pining)

Tags:
Feelings eventually requited
Undercover as Married While Pining
Undercover as a Couple While Pining
A pines for B while undercover as a couple
Mutual Pining - One pines respectfully from afar while the Other is desperate to be ravished
Realizing your feelings are mutual and it's kind of terrifying
Revealed Feelings While Mortally Injured/No Hope but Whoops! They Were Rescued Now It's Awkward
Pining Character Awkwardly Trying To Show Affection Through Small Gestures
Character A silently pining for Character B who saved their life
Pining character A saves Character B’s life
Pining while fighting together
A talks to friend(s) about object of pining B so much that friend(s) intercede to get them together
Pining Character Throws Themselves Between Crush and Lethal Danger
Pining while huddled together for warmth
AI character confused by their developing romantic feelings
Mixed Signals Confuses Characters On Whether Feelings Are Requited
Trying to Ignore Feelings While Forced to Work in Close Quarters With Person of Their Affection
They Couldn't Possibly Be Ignorant Of How I Feel So I Assume They Must Not Be Interested
Pining despite memory loss
Character B realises A is pining but is afraid of losing them if they acknowledge it
Character A pines for close friend who is unaware

Prompts/ideas:
I really really love the idea of Malcolm and Edrisa being amoral/immoral together. They had the potential to be either a really cute nerdy, slightly messed up couple OR a bloodthirsty serial killing husband-and-wife team. I'll take either, really.

Additional notes: I'd prefer no background/past Malcolm/Dani. I liked their friendship.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Star Trek: Discovery - Lorca

Pairings:
Michael Burnham/Gabriel Lorca | Mirror Gabriel Lorca (Mirror Lorca pining)
Michael Burnham/Original Universe Gabriel Lorca (Original Universe Lorca pining)
Michael Burnham/Original Universe Gabriel Lorca (Both pining)

Tags:
Feelings eventually requited
Pining For Someone While in a Relationship With Them
Pining so Intensely for Long Dead Person that Time Travel Happens
Obsessive Love
Excessive Pining Resurrects Dead Lover
Jumping Universes to Find a Living Version of Dead Spouse/Crush
Pining Character Uses Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms to Deal with Their Feelings
Pining Character Murders Potential Rivals
Pining Character Murders Those That Hurt Other Character
Pining for someone who has zero self-preservation and constantly risks their life
Pining for someone who betrayed you
pining revealed by third party
Pining because a third party is interfering with developing relationship
Character Pines for Alternate Universe Version of Their Lover
Sex Pollened With the Person You're Pining For
Mutually Pining Character Both Hit By Truth Serum
Pining For Lover Trapped In Another Dimension
Trapped in Fake Perfect World that includes relationship with object of pining
Pining while trapped together
Pining because character believes age gap is too big
Rejected a love confession only to fall in love with them later

Prompt/ideas:
I got the strong sense that Mirror Georgiou was manipulating Michael to get her onto her side/turn her against Mirror Lorca... So that's my baseline for Michael/Lorca. What if Michael finds out Georgiou lied? Does that change things? Then throw in pining too...

I also like the idea of Prime Lorca being rescued or turning up on Discovery, either in the future or an AU where Disco didn't jump 900+ years in the future. Are things awkward? Do he and Michael bond or do they initially dislike/distrust each other? How different is Prime Lorca from Mirror Lorca, if he's different at all...? I could see him being put off by the age gap but still wanting Michael... but being stubbornly unwilling to pursue her due to propriety (while she's off to the side waiting for him to make a move). Does Michael have expectations of Prime Lorca based on the Mirror version that he shatters or lives up to?

What if Michael's or Lorca's pining brought their dead lover back?

Additional notes: I'm not interested in mentions of past underage for Mirror Michael/Mirror Lorca.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Star Trek: Discovery - Pike

Pairings:
Michael Burnham/Christopher Pike (both pining)

Tags:
Feelings eventually requited
Pining Inappropriately For Off-Limits Love Interest
Character A pining while missing Character B
Revealed Feelings While Mortally Injured/No Hope but Whoops! They Were Rescued Now It's Awkward
Character pines for the person they're rescuing
Character pines for their rescuer
"Platonic" Lesson in Dancing/Flirting/Kissing etc. while pining
taking what you can get platonically because you're too scared to reveal your feelings
Character A tries to convince themself that a platonic relationship is enough
Mutually pining fuckbuddies
Mutual Pining - One pines respectfully from afar while the Other is desperate to be ravished
Mutually Pining Character Both Hit By Truth Serum
Mutual pining but laws/custom/duty keep them apart
Bad Guys Force Mutual-Noncon Between Pining Character and Crush
Fake Marriage Becomes Real Between Mutually Pining Characters
Psychic link reveals pining is mutual
Pining while in a Friends With Benefits arrangement
Aliens Made Them Do It While Pining
They Couldn't Possibly Be Ignorant Of How I Feel So I Assume They Must Not Be Interested
Trying to Ignore Feelings While Forced to Work in Close Quarters With Person of Their Affection
Character A pines for B after seeing alternate universe A/B relationship

Prompts/ideas:
I'd really love canon-typical S2 Disco shenanigans, with pining thrown into the mix. I could see Pike being committed to propriety and following the letter of the law, and Michael throwing him off his game a bit.

I'm also kind of intrigued by the idea that they get stranded/caught/kidnapped/etc and are forced to ingest truth serum which leads to complications, especially when both are harboring "secret" crushes for the other.

If you can figure out a way to bring in pon farr, I'll be forever impressed.

I'm also fond of AUs where Pike stays with Discovery, Disco stays in the main timeline somehow, or Disco and Enterprise jump to the future together for whatever reason.

Additional notes: Feel free to mention background ships but I'd prefer no overtly shippy Michael/Philippa. I adore their mother-daughter relationship too much.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV)

Pairings:
Christine Chapel/Erica Ortegas (Chapel pining)

Tags:
Feelings eventually requited
Pining while trapped together
Trapped in Fake Perfect World that includes relationship with object of pining
Cover story complicates hidden feelings
Undercover as a Couple While Pining

Prompts/ideas:
This pair jumped up on me when I wasn't expecting it. I'd love anything set pre-series (it seems like it was implied they "go way back") or something set post-S1 where they grow closer and Chapel has to hide away a crush.

The tags are very specific; feel free to mix and match tags/likes/tropes/etc. if you wish.

I really like the idea of the two of them getting trapped together in a fantasy world on a mission, where they're in a relationship and that exacerbating the pining. Of course you can't go wrong with undercover as a couple either.

Additional notes: No background Chapel/Spock please, though other background ships are fine!

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

Pairings:
Armitage Hux/Rose Tico (both pining)
Armitage Hux/Rose Tico (Hux pining)
Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rose Tico (Rose pining)
Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rose Tico (both pining)

Tags:
Feelings eventually requited
Feelings never requited
pining for the enemy/rival
Pining Character Murders Those That Hurt Other Character
Pining Character Murders Potential Rivals
Pining character is monster/villain on a leash for object of affection
Villain pines for Protagonist
an undying belief that object of pining is The One even when reality contradicts that
kidnapping your crush and forcing them into marriage
kidnapping your crush and forcing them into marriage via culturally accepted non-con
Pining while imprisoned
Pining For Lover Trapped In Another Dimension
Pining while trapped together
Bad Guys Force Pining Character to Noncon Their Crush
Bad Guys Force Intimacy Between Pining Character and Crush
Revealed Feelings While Mortally Injured/No Hope but Whoops! They Were Rescued Now It's Awkward
A being taken care of during illness/injury by B whom they're pining for
Pining Character Throws Themselves Between Crush and Lethal Danger
Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
Kidnap and imprison your crush to induce Stockholm Syndrome
Lima Syndrome causes captor to pine for their captive
Pining Inappropriately For Off-Limits Love Interest

Prompts/ideas:
As with most of my fandoms/pairings, I really love stranded together on a mission/trapped together/forced proximity while one or both are pining, as well as reluctant allies that becomes more. Also, to be SW-specific, I like the idea of either Hux or Kylo defecting to the resistance or being taken into custody and trying to win their freedom, win the trust of the resistance, etc. and redeem themselves (with the redemption being hard won).

I'm also kind of into one character kidnapping the other and either the captive or the kidnapper falling in love and pining for the other.

Additional notes: If you go the redemption route, I really don't want their past crimes to be handwaved or excused. You don't have to write issuefic or deny them a "HEA", but an acknowledgment that they've done things they're atoning for would be fine.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Once again, I'd like to stress that my prompts/ideas are only suggestions! Please don't feel constrained by them! Mix and match my likes/prompts/ideas/etc. as you please, or come up with something completely on your own without my input. They're just meant as a guide if you need it.

You can check out my other dear author letters here and here for a better idea of the kind of tropes I like! If you need any clarification please contact me through the mods and I'll get back to you ASAP.

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