Piningexchange letter

[badritual]

Dear Creator,

Hi! This is my first time doing this challenge and I'm really looking forward to it! (I'll probably be copying and pasting some stuff from previous letters here. You can find past letters here and here if you're interested.)

Please don't be intimidated by the size of the letter! The prompts and ideas are only suggestions! I'm totally fine with mixing and matching tropes/likes/kinks/etc. to come up with a story too!

Table of Contents

1. What I Love
   
2. DNWs
   
3. Stuff I Like
   
4. Game of Thrones (TV)
   
5. The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo
   
6. Le Fantôme de l'Opéra | Phantom of the Opera & Related Fandoms
   
7. Marvel Cinematic Universe
   
8. Original Work
   
9. Riverdale (TV 2017)
   
10. Sleepy Hollow (TV)
    
11. Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
    
12. Supernatural
    
13. 9-1-1 (TV)


What I Love: I'm currently really into gothic romance/gothic horror/horror of any stripe really. I also love ambiguous/happy for now/sad endings (though I am not opposed to happy endings in the slightest). I love things that make me think, and are not necessarily tied up with a neat pretty bow.

I love characters dealing with mortality (of their careers or their lives). I also dig found family/families of choice, pining, minor miscommunication, undercover as married, mistaken for dating, pretend dating, enemies to lovers, enemies to friends to lovers, friends to lovers, poly/poly-v relationships, popular clichéd tropes inverted (i.e. gay for you, married in Vegas, A/B/O, soulmates/soulmate marks, etc), meet-cutes/meet-uglies, and epistolary/use of social media pastiche (use of fake texts, tweets, facebook posts, emails, and more. This is a good example of what I mean here.)

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

DNWs:
• noncon
• underage
• violence against women (domestic violence or abuse, mostly)
• violence against animals/animal death
• A/B/O, BDSM, and kneeling 'verses (basically 'verses where the "switch" is always set to on)
• mpreg
• watersports/scat
• unrequested kinks, tropes, likes, etc. (unless otherwise mentioned)
• unrequested pairings (unless otherwise mentioned)
• mundane AUs (especially mundane AUs of fantasy/sci-fi/supernatural/etc. universes)
• vampire and werewolf AUs

Stuff I Like:
• gothic/gothic romance/horror/ghost stories!!!
• time travel/time loops/time fuckery
• pining
• miscommunication (within reason)
• poly/poly-v relationshps
• found family/families of choice
• undercover as married/pretend dating/accidental dating/fake marriage
• enemies to lovers
• enemies to friends to lovers
• popular clichéd tropes inverted
• amnesiafic
• epistolary/social media pastiche
• future fic
• casefic
• ensemble fic
• long-distance relationships
• complicated relationships
• power imbalances/power dynamics/power dynamics inverted
• professional/career jealousy
• small town AUs (small town in the suburban gothic sense, not cute, quaint villages and whatnot)

Feelings eventually requited for all fandoms. If none of my prompts/ideas snag your interest, you're welcome to mix and match likes/tropes/freeforms to come up with something!

Game of Thrones (TV)

Jon Snow/Arya Stark (Jon Pining)
Tyrion Lannister/Sansa Stark (Both Pining)
Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth (both pining)
Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth (Jaime pining)

^*I would like if the cousincest/pseudo-sibling incest wasn't the focus of Jon/Arya fic. It can come up but I'd prefer it not to dominate the story.

A thinks B won't want them because of their past behavior
A thinks B is out of their league
Character A thinks B rejected advances
Pining for family member
A pining for B because they think B sees them as family
Long Distance Pining
Pining has been going on for a long time
Character A tries to convince themself that a platonic relationship is enough
Character thinks they aren't good enough for the object of their pining
B is courting A who doesn't realize because it's different from how B flirts with other people
Pining for character in an arranged marriage to someone else
Arranged Marriage - mutual pining between spouses
A is confused about whether their pining is romantic/sexual or platonic
A has lots of casual sex to try to get over pining for B
Pining for someone who has a lot of issues about relationships/sex
Pining while in conflict
pining characters worries about hurting the character they love if they got together
Pining Character A is Character B's Most Important Person but Wants More
epistolary pining
Character A pines for spouse in marriage of convenience
Pining Character A Settles For Meaningless Sex From Character B But Wants More
Undercover as a Couple While Pining
Pining while imprisoned
Pining while being shaved
Guilt over enjoying friendly hugs/physical closeness too much
Enemy Reveals Secret by Kidnapping Pining Character and Thinking Character of Affection Cares
pining because character(s) worries about ruining their friendship
Pining while having wounds tended
Revealed Feelings While Mortally Injured/No Hope but Whoops! They Were Rescued Now It's Awkward
Character A pining after fling while incorrectly assuming B doesn't want more
Character A pines for spouse in marriage of convenience
A pining because they think B is in a relationship with someone else
A pining for B while wanting them to be happy with someone else
A pining because they think B is pining for someone else
Character A's Pining For Character B Fuels Curse Placed On Character A By a Witch
Character A's Pining For Character B Fuels Curse Placed On Character B By a Witch
Character A Is Cursed To Eternally Pine For Character B
Love spell/potion prompts feelings reveal
Pining while sharing a bed
Undercover as Married While Pining

Prompts/ideas:
Jon Snow/Arya Stark (Jon Pining)
     ◊ Post-GOT. Jon pines while he and Arya exchange letters during her adventures away from Westeros. What happens when she gets homesick and decides to visit him?
     ◊ AU. Jon and Arya are forced into a marriage of convenience for handwavy succession or inheritance reasons. Jon pines for Arya, who takes out her anger at losing her independence on him. How does she end up falling for Jon? Does he try to woo her?
     ◊ Post-GOT or AU. Jon is Arya's Most Important Person, but he wants more. Will Arya ever be able to see Jon as more? (Yes!)
     ◊ AU. A pining Jon and Arya are forced to share a bed for warmth.
     ◊ Post-GOT or AU. Jon settles for meaningless sex with Arya, certain it's all he'll be able to have. Meanwhile, Arya isn't quite sure what Jon's issue is. As far as she's concerned, they've been in a relationship for months. Whoops!
     ◊ Post-GOT or AU. Jon is confused whether or not his feelings for Arya are romantic or platonic. Arya is just confused. Is Jon able to sort out his feelings? (Yes. And, of course, they're romantic.)
     ◊ AU. Jon and Arya are dosed with a love potion, and Jon is compelled to reveal his feelings while Arya seemingly doesn't feel the same way. Things get awkward...until Jon and Arya are finally forced to deal with Jon's feelings. Are things as one-sided as they seem? Or was Arya immune to the potion, somehow?
     ◊ Post-GOT or AU. A few years later, Arya returns from her travels to find out Jon left shortly after she did and hasn't been seen since. Arya goes off in search of him. What does she find? (A pining Jon, obvs. And a HEA.)

Tyrion Lannister/Sansa Stark (Both Pining)
     ◊ Post-GOT AU. Sansa needs an heir but has no husband nor any prospects...until she remembers she's still married to Tyrion. But they haven't spoken in years. And Sansa is pretty sure Tyrion doesn't feel the same way...or does he? (Fake marriage + mutual pining!)
     ◊ Post-GOT. A few years after the end of the show, Tyrion joins Sansa's court as an advisor. Tyrion has always loved Sansa but he's sure she doesn't feel the same and he is unwilling to put himself out there to see if she might reciprocate. Meanwhile, Sansa has loved Tyrion for years but felt like the time was never right. But what if they're given a second chance to be together?
     ◊ AU. Tyrion and Sansa are forced into marriage for handwavy political reasons. I'd love something with them slowly growing to love each other but being convinced the other
     ◊ Post-GOT AU. After they spend one night together, Tyrion pines for Sansa believing she doesn't feel the same way about him... Meanwhile, Sansa thinks Tyrion regrets their hook-up.
     ◊ AU. Tyrion and Sansa settle for seemingly meaningless sex, believing the other doesn't feel the same way.

Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth (both pining)
     ◊ Arranged marriage and mutual pining AU
     ◊ AU. Jaime pines for Brienne, but thinks she's out of his league. He doesn't know she feels the same way.
     ◊ AU. Jaime and Brienne mutually pine but are reluctant to act on their feelings because they're afraid of losing their friendship.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Brienne shaves Jaime's beard (while pining).
     ◊ AU. Jaime and Brienne go undercover while mutually pining.
     ◊ AU. Jaime and Brienne pine while imprisoned by an enemy.
     ◊ AU. Mutually pining Jaime and Brienne are the most important person in the other's life but both want more.

Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth (Jaime pining)
     ◊ Any of the above prompts but with just Jaime pining.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Jaime pines while Brienne dresses his wounds.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Jaime pines, thinking Brienne rejected his advances.
     ◊ AU. Jaime's pining for Brienne fuels a curse placed on Jaime by a witch.
     ◊ AU. Jaime's pining for Brienne fuels a curse placed on Brienne by a witch.

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes.
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The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo

Nikolai Lantsov/Alina Starkov (Both Pining)

^*If you want to mention background ships for Alina and Nikolai, please leave them as past relationships. Thanks!

Character A Is Cursed To Eternally Pine For Character B
Character A's Pining For Character B Fuels Curse Placed On Character B By a Witch
Pining while trapped together
Pining while sharing a bed
Character A Pines For Character B Due To Past Experience - Not Actually Unrequited
Undercover as Married While Pining
Pining for character in an arranged marriage to someone else
Character A pines for spouse in marriage of convenience
Fake Dating - mutual pining
Arranged Marriage - mutual pining between spouses
Character pines for someone they think is dead
Sex pollen while pining
Sex Pollen - pining
Character A is unaware that newly-seductive Character B is sex-pollened
Pining Character A Deviously Tries to Trick Taken Character B Into Falling In Love
Pining Character Literally Turns Into Pine Tree
Undercover as a Couple While Pining
Character B knows A is pining but pretends to be oblivious
Bad Guys Force Pining Character A To Do It With Oblivious Character B
Pining Character Withers Away
A believes B is dead
Pining Character A Tries to Woo Seemingly Uninterested Character B
Alliance is or might be temporary
Character A Pines For Character B Not Realizing It's Requited
Character A Pines From Afar
Character A pines while Character B Thinks They're Already Dating
Character A pining silently so Character B won't feel guilty for not returning their affections
Pining Character A Settles For Meaningless Sex From Character B But Wants More
Character A's Pining For Character B Fuels Curse Placed On Character A By a Witch
Character B knows A is pining but pretends to be oblivious
Character pines for the person they're rescuing
Character silently pines for someone due to fear of ruining their existing relationship
Character with amnesia pining for relationship they can't remember
Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
Conversations with double meanings
forced to fuck or die with the object of their affections
Love spell/potion prompts feelings reveal
metaphoric pigtail pulling to get the attention of the person you're pining for
Mutual Pining
Obsessive Love
pining after years of friendship

Prompts/ideas:
     ◊ Nikolai and Alina pine while trapped together.
     ◊ Nikolai's Pining For Alina Fuels Curse Placed On Alina By a Witch.
     ◊ AU. Alina pines for Nikolai, thinking he's dead. What happens when he unexpectedly returns?
     ◊ Future fic or AU. Nikolai pines silently for Alina out of fear of ruining their friendship.
     ◊ AU. Nikolai's pining for Alina fuels a curse placed on Nikolai by a witch.
     ◊ AU. Nikolai's pining for Alina fuels a curse placed on Alina by a witch.
     ◊ AU. Pining Nikolai tries to woo a seemingly uninterested Alina.
     ◊ AU. Nikolai and Alina are dosed with sex pollen while pining.
     ◊ AU. Alina and Nikolai go undercover while mutually pining.

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes.
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Le Fantôme de l'Opéra | Phantom of the Opera & Related Fandoms

Erik | Phantom of the Opera/Madame Giry (Erik Pining)
Christine Daaé/Raoul de Chagny/Erik | Phantom of the Opera (Erik Pining)
Christine Daaé/Erik | Phantom of the Opera (Both Pining)
Raoul de Chagny/Christine Daaé (Raoul Pining)
Christine Daaé/Carlotta Giudicelli (Christine Pining)

^*Please no character or relationship bashing. I love Raoul and Raoul/Christine.

Pining Character A Deviously Tries to Trick Taken Character B Into Falling In Love
Everything reminds Character A of Character B
Reincarnation - Pining in Every Lifetime
Character A has never been in love before and so doesn't immediately recognize the feeling
A believes B is dead
Revealed Feelings While Mortally Injured/No Hope but Whoops! They Were Rescued Now It's Awkward
Enemy Reveals Secret by Kidnapping Pining Character and Thinking Character of Affection Cares
Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Character thinks they're dying and doesn't want to hurt a partner
epistolary pining
Character C pines for Characters A & B who are in a relationship/married
Character A Loves Character B Loves Character C Loves Character A
Character C Pines For Characters A and B
A pines over both B and C and they try to make it work for A's sake
Character A pining silently so Characters B & C won't feel guilty for not returning their affections
A pines over both B and C but it won't happen because B and C don't like each other
A B and C pine obliviously for each other
A and B are together but pine for C to join them
A pines for B while thinking B hates them
pining characters worries about hurting the character they love if they got together
Obsessive Love
Starcrossed Lovers
A Pining for B also Starts Pining for B's Partner C
Character doesn't want to start a relationship in a long term dangerous situation
Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
A pines for B while feeling responsible for B's death
Deathbed confession of love
Love Confession: One Character Thought The Other Was Dead
Character refuses to confess unrequited feelings
Character expects to be hurt because their pining was revealed
A thinks B won't want them because of their past behavior
Character A thinks B rejected advances
Character discovers the one they're pining for suffered past trauma
Pining character doesn't act because they are indebted to the object of their pining
Power Imbalance Doesn't Let Them Be Together
Pining for a Mentor Figure
Pining for a teacher who’s not interested in teaching
Pining for father figure
A thinks B is romantically interested and pines for their previous platonic relationship

Prompts/ideas:
Erik | Phantom of the Opera/Madame Giry (Erik Pining)
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Erik pines for Madame Giry, believing she won't want him.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Erik pines for Giry, whom he sees as a mentor figure.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Erik thinks Madame Giry rejected his advances.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Erik tries to deviously trick Giry into falling in love.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Reincarnation AU where Erik and Giry are in love in every lifetime but doomed to never be together...until they finally get it right.
     ◊ Erik pines obsessively for Madame Giry.

Christine Daaé/Raoul de Chagny/Erik | Phantom of the Opera (Erik Pining)
     ◊ Future fic, missing scene or AU. The three of them pine obliviously for each other.
     ◊ Future fic, missing scene or AU. Erik pines for Christine and Raoul, who are married.
     ◊ Future fic, missing scene or AU. Christine pines over Raoul and Erik but it will never happen because they hate each other.
     ◊ Future fic, missing scene or AU. Christine and Raoul are together but pine for Erik to join them.
     ◊ Future fic, missing scene or AU. Christine pines silently so Erik and Raoul won't feel guilty.
     ◊ AU. Christine and her husband Raoul move into a purportedly haunted house and fall in love with the resident ghost, Erik. But they can't be together...can they?

Christine Daaé/Erik | Phantom of the Opera (Both Pining)
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Christine reveals her feeling for Erik while not quite lucid. Does Erik take advantage of the situation? (I mean more in the sense of manipulation than dubcon.)
     ◊ AU. Erik reveals his feelings for Christine when he is mortally wounded but whoops! He unexpectedly survives.
     ◊ AU. Erik expects to be hurt after his feelings for Christine are revealed. How does she surprise him?
     ◊ AU. After Christine leaves Erik, he follows her to her home with her new husband Raoul. He soon realizes Christine might not be safe and starts following her around Paris at night. What happens when Erik realizes what Christine is doing at night?
     ◊ AU. Erik has never been in love before so he doesn't realize what he's feeling for Christine is love.
     ◊ AU. Erik thinks he's dying so he tries to push Christine away to spare her. But Christine is not so easily swayed.
     ◊ Erik and Christine pine obsessively for each other.
     ◊ Erik and Christine pine for each other but don't believe they can be together because of the power imbalance.
     ◊ Christine pines for a father figure in Erik.
     ◊ AU. Christine moves into a purportedly haunted house and falls for the resident ghost, Erik. But they can't be together...can they?
     ◊ Christine pines for Erik while feeling responsible for his death. (Can be Leroux compliant or not.)

Raoul de Chagny/Christine Daaé (Raoul Pining)
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic, or AU. Believing he's dying, Raoul makes a deathbed confession of love to Chistine. Does he survive? Or does he indeed die?
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic, or AU. Raoul pines for Christine while thinking she hates him.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic, or AU. Raoul thinks Christine rejected him.
     ◊ Raoul tries to win his wife back from Erik's ghost.
     ◊ Raoul reveals his feelings for Christine while delirious after their escape from the phantom's lair.
     ◊ Raoul pines obsessively for Christine.

Christine Daaé/Carlotta Giudicelli (Christine Pining)
     ◊ Christine pines obsessively for her nemesis, Carlotta.
     ◊ Christine pines for Carlotta while thinking Carlotta hates her.
     ◊ AU. After Christine disappears from the opera house everyone assumes she was killed by the ghost. But what happens when Carlotta starts geting mysterious messages from an anonymous admirer?

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes.
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Marvel Cinematic Universe

Brunnhilde | Valkyrie/Thor (Marvel) (Thor Pining)
James "Bucky" Barnes/Shuri (Bucky pining)
James "Bucky" Barnes/Shuri (Both pining)
James "Bucky" Barnes/Loki Disguised As Steve Rogers (Bucky Pining)
Sam Wilson/Bucky Barnes (both pining)
Clint Barton/Wanda Maximoff (Clint pining)
Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov (Steve Pining)
Carol Danvers/Thor (Thor pining)

^*As far as I'm concerned, Shuri is canonically an adult. No underage fic with Shuri, or issuefic revolving around her age please. Thanks!

Undercover as Married While Pining
Undercover as a Couple While Pining
Fake Dating - mutual pining
trying to make object of affection jealous while mutually pining
Rescue Mission while Pining
Pining while sharing a bed
incompatible orientation
Pining for character who came back wrong
past abusive relationships
Sex Pollen - pining Character A is unaware that newly-seductive Character B is sex-pollened
Sex pollen while pining
Bad Guys Force Pining Character A To Do It With Oblivious Character B
Character B knows A is pining but pretends to be oblivious
Character pines for someone they think is dead
A pining because they think B isn't attracted to their gender/sex
Pining for a Mentor Figure
Character A pining silently so Character B won't feel guilty for not returning their affections
Character B Likes The Idea of Being Pined For By Character A But Is Not Interested In Character A
Character A Is Cursed To Eternally Pine For Character B
Pining because character believes age gap is too big
Character keeps picking fights with object of their pining
A is confused about whether their pining is romantic/sexual or platonic
Pining Character A Settles For Meaningless Sex From Character B But Wants More
Pining While Riding Behind Love Interest on a Horse/Motorcycle
A pining because they mistakenly think B is uninterested
Mistaking pining for platonic admiration
Character A tries to convince themself that a platonic relationship is enough
Character A Prefers Pining To Admitting Feelings For Character B
Character A thinks B rejected advances
Character A pining because Character B already rejected them
Character A Admits Feelings Only To Be Rejected
Character A pining after fling while incorrectly assuming B doesn't want more
Pining Character A doesn’t want to act on requited feelings of Character B due to professionalism
Pining character doesn't act because they are indebted to the object of their pining
B is courting A who doesn't realize because it's different from how B flirts with other people
Character A pines while Character B Thinks They're Already Dating
Pining Character A Tries to Woo Seemingly Uninterested Character B
Pining Character A is Character B's Most Important Person but Wants More

Prompts/ideas:
Brunnhilde | Valkyrie/Thor (Marvel) (Thor Pining)
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Thor pines for Valkyrie while Valkyrie thinks they're already together.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Thor is Valkyrie's most important person but he wants more. She's happy with their current relationship. How do they work it out?
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Valkyrie is courting a pining Thor but he thinks she's just being nice to him.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Thor pines silently so Valkyrie won't feel guilty for not returning his feelings. Meanwhile, Valkyrie thinks he's kind of a dumbass for assuming she isn't interested in him—but he's her dumbass.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Thor pines silently for Valkyrie, who just considers Thor a friend...until someone else starts setting their sights on Thor.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Bad guys force pining Thor and Valkyrie to do it. Does this exacerbate the pining, resolve it and lead to a relationship, or something else?
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Valkyrie knows Thor is pining but pretends to be oblivious for Reasons (dealer's choice).
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Thor pines for Valkyrie...while riding behind her on her motorcycle. Plot optional.

James "Bucky" Barnes/Shuri (Bucky pining)
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Bucky tries to convince himself that his feelings for Shuri are platonic. They're not.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Bucky pines for Shuri while Shuri thinks they're already together.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU.

James "Bucky" Barnes/Shuri (Both pining)
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic, or AU. Shuri mistakes her pining for Bucky for platonic admiration because she's usually attracted to People Who Aren't Bucky.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic, or AU. After Endgame, Bucky returns to Wakanda to help Shuri, T'Challa, and the Wakandans rebuild. Bucky and Shuri grow closer to each other and start developing feelings...but they're certain the other person could never be interested. How do they get over themselves and get together?
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic, or AU. Bucky is reluctant to act on his feelings for Shuri due to professionalism.

James "Bucky" Barnes/Loki Disguised As Steve Rogers (Bucky Pining)
     ◊ Post-Endgame/post-Endgame AU. Loki (disguised as Steve) runs into Bucky, setting off a series of mishaps which leads to them dating. Bucky can be aware it's Loki or in the dark about his identity, but if he's in the dark I'd prefer a resolution in which the deception is discovered and they work things out.
     ◊ Post-Endgame AU. Bucky starts hooking up with Loki disguised as Steve, knowing it's not really Steve, while Loki just wishes Bucky wanted him as himself. (Eventual HEA?)
     ◊ Post-Endgame AU. Bucky and Loki disguised as Steve have to go "undercover" as a couple, convincing the public that Stucky is real. Loki thinks Bucky wants Steve and is determined to be the best Steve he can be. Bucky thinks he wants Steve but the longer the charade goes on, the more Bucky start to question what he really wants.

Sam Wilson/Bucky Barnes (both pining)
     ◊ Post-Endgame. Sam and Bucky move into Steve's old apartment together and before either of them realize, they're basically dating...and everyone knows it but them. Both Sam and Bucky are interested in a romantic relationship but think the other is hung up on Steve and so they both pine miserably until they either get their heads out of their asses or a well-meaning friend pushes them together.
     ◊ Sam and Bucky go undercover as a couple, while both are pining.
     ◊ Sam and Bucky are entrusted with a de-aged version of another Avenger. They decide to use the child version of their teammate to get on rides at Disneyland (or another theme park) and soon both are feeling feelings. But they're just friends...right?

Clint Barton/Wanda Maximoff (Clint pining)
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. After Age of Ultron, Clint pines for Wanda but doesn't want to reveal his feelings because he thinks he's too old for her.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Clint is assigned to be Wanda's bodyguard for some reason (maybe an enemy is intent on capturing her for her powers). Clint falls for her but is reluctant to act on his feelings because he's been assigned to protect her and it might be a conflict of interest.
     ◊ Infinity War and/or Endgame AU. Wanda doesn't get dusted and Clint doesn't retire or comes back earlier than he did in Endgame. Clint and Wanda have to go undercover as dating. Clint develops feelings for Wanda but he's certain nothing will come out of it...until their lives are put in danger and they both realize how much they mean to the other.

Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov (Steve Pining)
     ◊ Endgame AU. Steve returns after putting the Stones back and grieves for Natasha. Before long Steve realizes he's fallen in love with her. Then mysterious events start occurring. Could it be Natasha's ghost? Or something else?
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Steve pines for Natasha but is confused as to whether or not his feelings are romantic or platonic.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Steve tries to woo a seemingly uninterested Natasha.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Pining Steve and Natasha go on a mission. Natasha is aware Steve is pining but is reluctant to address or act on it because of the danger of their lives.
     ◊ Endgame AU. Pining Steve goes to Vormir to barter for Natasha's soul. Through handwavey magic, Steve is shown an alternate life where he resurrects Natasha but things go wrong. Will he resurrect Natasha or let go? (Dealer's choice. You can obviously play with the "eventually requited" aspect. It could be requited...in the alternate life.)

Carol Danvers/Thor (Thor pining)
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Thor pines for Carol because she already rejected him.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Thor pines for Carol because he thinks she rejected his advances.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Thor keeps picking fights with Carol because he's Pining. Carol isn't amused.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Thor prefers pining to admitting his feelings for Carol. Does she manage to get it out of him at some point?
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Thor admits feelings only to be rejected. As I'm asking for "eventually requited," how do Thor and Carol go from that to ending up together?
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. A pining Thor tries to woo a seemingly uninterested Carol.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Pining Thor must rescue Carol while on a mission.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Thor pines for Carol...while riding behind her on her motorcycle. Plot optional.

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes.
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Original Work

Hopeless Romantic High School Student/Their Unattainable Hot Math Teacher (Student Pining)
Older Woman/The Young Man Who Mows Her Lawn (Older Woman Pining)
Kelpie/Passenger Aboard An Ocean Liner (Kelpie Pining)
Comely Female Worshipper/Demon (Demon Pining)
Priest/Male Confessor (Both Pining)
Priest/Female Confessor (Female Confessor Pining)
Journeyman Baseball Player/His Superstar Teammate (Journeyman Pining)
Reanimated Corpse/Necromancer Who Didn't Read the Fine Print (Necromancer Pining)
Celebrity/High School Sweetheart they Left Behind to be Famous (both pining)
Shy Teenage Boy/The Most Popular Jock In School (Jock pining)

^*I'm totally happy with you mixing and matching likes and freeforms for most of these, but I included some prompts for a couple of the pairings.
^**If you write NSFW content, I prefer all teen characters to be 17 or older. I have no age requirements if you write non-explicit content involving teen characters. Thanks!
^***With the baseball prompt(s), you can ignore the canon-typical homophobia and pretend everyone in MLB is accepting.

Pining for a teacher who’s not interested in teaching
Sentient Being Pines For Human
Reincarnation - Pining in Every Lifetime
Rules prevent pining characters from being together
Pining Character A Deviously Tries to Trick Taken Character B Into Falling In Love
Pining Impacts Character's Ability to Perform Magic
Character A turns down Character B because Character A is secretly the enemy
Character A thinks B rejected advances
Character A pining because Character B already rejected them
A thinks B is out of their league
Pining Character A Tries to Woo Seemingly Uninterested Character B
A has lots of casual sex to try to get over pining for B
A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
Pining Character A Settles For Meaningless Sex From Character B But Wants More
Pining for someone who has a lot of issues about relationships/sex
Pining because character believes age gap is too big
Pining because a relationship would be socially unacceptable
Character pines for someone who thinks nothing of undressing casually in front of them
Accidental Marriage
Mutual Pining
Pining while sparring
Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
Pining for hated character
Character A pining because they think character B hates them
mistaking pining for hatred
metaphoric pigtail pulling to get the attention of the person you're pining for
pining for the enemy/rival
Character pines for someone they believe will think they're too young for
Pining because of internalized homophobia
A pining because they think B isn't attracted to their gender/sex
A hides their attraction to B to protect B
In denial about their attraction to the character they are pining for
Pining for emotional relationship in a perceived to be physical one
Character A incorrectly assumes that Character B knows that A is pining for them
They Couldn't Possibly Be Ignorant Of How I Feel So I Assume They Must Not Be Interested
Character A pining after fling while incorrectly assuming B doesn't want more
A pining for B because they think B sees them as family
Pining because they're in a secret relationship
pining for someone after bad personal history between them
Pining for a god

Prompts/ideas:
Hopeless Romantic High School Student/Their Unattainable Hot Math Teacher (Student Pining)
     ◊ M/M or M/F. The hopeless romantic high school student pines after their hot math teacher, trying to woo him with love notes. The teacher is oblivious, thinking the notes are from someone else, but what happens when they meet up years later and the student finds out the teacher kept the romantic notes?
     ◊ M/F. The student pursues her crush, the unattainable hot math teacher, and the two have a torrid, very inappropriate affair. (If you write this I'd prefer the power dynamics flipped, with the student in a position of power.)
     ◊ F/F. The student has been leaving romantic notes and candy grams for the hot substitute math teacher she has a crush on. What happens when the teacher confronts her about them?

Journeyman Baseball Player/His Superstar Teammate (Journeyman Pining)
     ◊ The journeyman is nearing the end of his career when he's traded to a champion-calibre team to back up a superstar. The journeyman has always had a crush on the superstar which becomes more pronounced the more he gets to know his teammate. But the superstar would never reciprocate...right?
     ◊ The journeyman pines for his superstar teammate, believing nothing will come out of it. What happens when the superstar finds out?
     ◊ The journeyman finally gathers the courage to tell his superstar teammate he's into him and the superstar seemingly rejects him. Lots of miscommunication (baseball guys being bad with feelings and words) and wooing from the superstar teammate please.
     ◊ The supposedly prim, conservative journeyman and wild, party-boy superstar must pretend to be dating when the superstar comes under fire for his debauched lifestyle. What happens when the journeyman begins yearning for more than just friendship?

Shy Teenage Boy/The Most Popular Jock In School (Jock pining)
     ◊ The shy teenage boy and the jock are forced to join the school's Romeo and Juliet production when they get detention after a fight. The jock develops feelings for the shy boy while working closely together, but the shy boy is reluctant because he has bad past experience with jocks. How can the jock win him over?
     ◊ The jock has to "tutor" the shy teenage boy and give him a crash course in football when he joins the team as kicker because the regular kicker is hurt. Being in close proximity to the shy teenage boy leads the jock to developing feelings that are seemingly one-sided.
     ◊ The jock and the head cheerleader break up at prom, leading shy teenage boy to comforting the jock after the dance. Then one thing leads to another and they share an electric kiss before the shy teenage boy runs off. Why does the shy teenage boy start avoiding the jock afterwards, around school and then town during the summer? Can the pining jock win him over?

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes.
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Riverdale (TV 2017)

Jughead Jones/Veronica Lodge (Both Pining)
Archie Andrews/Josie McCoy (Archie Pining)
Archie Andrews/Betty Cooper (Both Pining)

^*You can mention background ships but would prefer the fic not revolve around Bughead/Varchie and breakups/reunions/etc. of those ships. Please leave those ships firmly in the past. Thanks!
^**If you write NSFW content, I'd prefer the characters to be aged up or for their canon ages to be left unmentioned.

Everyone Thinks They Hate Each Other - They're Pining
A thinks B is out of their league
Character A thinks B rejected advances
Character A pines while Character B Thinks They're Already Dating
Character A pining because Character B already rejected them
mistaking pining for hatred
Character B knows A is pining but pretends to be oblivious
Trying to Ignore Feelings While Forced to Work in Close Quarters With Person of Their Affection
Pining while trapped together
Pining while sharing a bed
Pining While Sleeping on Love Interest's Bed
Pining while in a Friends With Benefits arrangement
Fake Dating - mutual pining
A pines for B while thinking B hates them
A thinks B won't want them because of their past behavior
Character thinks they aren't good enough for the object of their pining
Character A Pines For Character B Not Realizing It's Requited
Bad Guys Force Pining Character A To Do It With Oblivious Character B
forced to fuck or die with the object of their affections
Two Ships Passing
Social Class Divide
Mutual Pining
Pining Character A Tries to Woo Seemingly Uninterested Character B
pining character finally makes a move after they almost died
Pining Character Treats Crush Cruelly
A has lots of casual sex to try to get over pining for B
Character A pining after fling while incorrectly assuming B doesn't want more
Character A pining after brief fling years ago while Character B has moved on
Pining because they think they're just a fling
Character keeps picking fights with object of their pining
Everyone Knows Except Object Of Affection
trying to make object of affection jealous while mutually pining
pining after years of friendship
metaphoric pigtail pulling to get the attention of the person you're pining for
Pining while stuck in a time loop
A pining because they think B is pining for someone else
Pining while stranded in the wilderness
Roommates while pining
A sleeps with people who look like B while pining for B
They Both Think It's Unrequited

Prompts/ideas:
Jughead Jones/Veronica Lodge (Both Pining)
     ◊ Future fic. Jughead and Veronica make a big show of disliking each other but they've both been pining for years. With both Betty and Archie out of the picture, they're finally free to be together. But what keeps getting in their way?
     ◊ Future fic or AU. Jughead and Veronica have been FWB for years, but Jughead wants more. He's sure Veronica isn't interested in more, though, so he suffers in silence. Veronica wants more than just FWB too, but she thinks Jughead is only interested in sex.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic, or AU. Jughead and Veronica mutually pine, but the social class divide between them is too big. Or is it?
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic, or AU. Jughead and Veronica mutually pine, but Veronica is certain Jughead would never want to be with her because of her past or her parents (or both). How does he convince her otherwise?
     ◊ Future fic. After high school or college, Jughead and Veronica move in together as roomies. Both gamely ignore their feelings for the other, but the situation soon becomes untenable.
     ◊ Future fic. Jughead and Veronica go to a wedding or an event as a couple even though they're definitely just friends. Both are interested in more, but believe the other is reluctant to risk their friendship.

Archie Andrews/Josie McCoy (Archie Pining)
     ◊ Future fic. Archie pines for Josie after she leaves Riverdale and goes to visit her in New York.
     ◊ Future fic and/or AU. After Josie leaves, Archie goes with her in the hopes of getting her to come back.
     ◊ Future fic and/or AU. Josie doesn't leave Riverdale and Archie goes overboard trying to woo her.

Archie Andrews/Betty Cooper (Both Pining)
     ◊ Future fic. Archie and Betty still have feelings for each other but don't want to act out on them out of respect for their exes. What happens when circumstances push them together?
     ◊ Future fic. Future fic or AU. Mutually pining Archie and Betty are taken captive by a Bad Guy. How does the life-threatening situation they find themselves in finally get them to act on their feelings?
     ◊ Archie and Betty have to pretend to date while investigating a Bad Guy, and soon are unable to deny their feelings.

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes.
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Sleepy Hollow (TV)

^*Mention of past Ichabod/Katrina is okay but would prefer she/the ship not appear in fic.

Character A pines for spouse in marriage of convenience
Trying to Ignore Feelings While Forced to Work in Close Quarters With Person of Their Affection
Bad Guys Force Pining Character A To Do It With Oblivious Character B
forced to fuck or die with the object of their affections
A pining for B while wanting them to be happy with someone else
A pining because they think B is pining for someone else
A pining because B is in a relationship with someone else
A pining because they think B is in a relationship with someone else
Rescue Mission while Pining
Pining while in conflict
Pining while trapped together
Pining while imprisoned
Pining while sharing a bed
Character expects to be hurt because their pining was revealed
Pining While Riding Behind Love Interest on a Horse/Motorcycle
Pining while sparring
Pining while stranded in the wilderness
Character B knows A is pining but pretends to be oblivious
Love spell/potion prompts feelings reveal
Pining Character A Settles For Meaningless Sex From Character B But Wants More
Enemy Reveals Secret by Kidnapping Pining Character and Thinking Character of Affection Cares
Character A's Pining For Character B Fuels Curse Placed On Character B By a Witch
Character A's Pining For Character B Fuels Curse Placed On Character A By a Witch
trying to make object of affection jealous while mutually piningFake Dating - mutual piningCharacter A Is Cursed To Eternally Pine For Character BThey Both Think It's UnrequitedCharacter A Pines For Character B Due To Past Experience - Not Actually Unrequitedpining characters worries about hurting the character they love if they got togetherPined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)Character runs away because it's too painful to stay near object of affectionsPining because they're stuck in difference universesA pines for their original B despite interest from a B from an alternate universeA pines for their original B despite the presence of a B from an alternate universeRules prevent pining characters from being togetherRevealed Feelings While Mortally Injured/No Hope but Whoops! They Were Rescued Now It's AwkwardA thinks B is out of their leagueCharacter A thinks B rejected advancesCharacter thinks they aren't good enough for the object of their pining

Ichaod Crane/Abbie Mills (Both Pining)

Prompts/ideas:
     ◊ Ichabod and Abbie get dosed with a love potion which prompts a feelings reveal.
     ◊ Ichabod's Pining For Abbie Fuels Curse Placed On Abbie By a Witch.
     ◊ Ichabod's Pining For Abbie Fuels Curse Placed On Ichabod By a Witch.
     ◊ Future fic and/or AU. A grieving, pining Ichabod resurrects a demon in disguise, thinking it's Abbie. Meanwhile, a pining Abbie, trapped in the veil between worlds, tries to communicate with Ichabod to no avail. Can they figure it out in time?
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. How different is the show if certain scenes are rewritten with Abbie and Ichabod pining for each other the whole time?
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Mutually pining Abbie and Ichabod must go undercover as married to infiltrate an exclusive society. Lots of UST and eventual resolution pls!

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes.
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Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rose Tico (Ben | Kylo Pining)
Phasma/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren (Ben | Kylo Pining)
Poe Dameron/Finn (both pining)
Finn/Jessika Pava (Finn Pining)
Armitage Hux/Phasma (Hux Pining)
Finn/Rose Tico (Rose Pining)
Poe Dameron/Finn/Rey (all pining)
Poe Dameron/Finn/Rey (Poe pining)

^*I'm totally fine with mixing and matching likes/tropes and freeforms for any of these pairings.

Character thinks they're dying and doesn't want to hurt a partner
Character A thinks B rejected advances
Everyone Knows Except Object Of Affection
Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
Character runs away because it's too painful to stay near object of affections
forced to fuck or die with the object of their affections
Pining character doesn't act because they are indebted to the object of their pining
Character keeps picking fights with object of their pining
Character thinks they aren't good enough for the object of their pining
A B and C pine obliviously for each other
Pining while sharing a bath
Character C pines for Characters A & B who are in a relationship/married
Character C Pines For Characters A and B
A matchmakes B and C while pining for them both
metaphoric pigtail pulling to get the attention of the person you're pining for
pining for someone after bad personal history between them
Bad Guys Force Pining Character A To Do It With Oblivious Character B
Character A turns down Character B because Character A is secretly the enemy
Obsessive Love
B is oblivious to A's pining and A wants to keep it that way
A pining for B while wanting them to be happy with someone else
A pining because B is in a relationship with someone else
Character A pines for Character B who pines for someone else
A pining because they think B is in a relationship with someone else
A pining because they think B is pining for someone else
trying to make object of affection jealous while mutually pining
Sex pollen while pining
A pining because they mistakenly think B is uninterested
Mistaking pining for platonic admiration
mistaking pining for hatred
A has kinky desires but thinks B only wants vanilla sex
A thinks B is out of their league
hiding pining by antagonistic behavior
Pining while sharing a bed
pining for the enemy/rival
Character A pining silently so Characters B & C won't feel guilty for not returning their affections
Enemy Reveals Secret by Kidnapping Pining Character and Thinking Character of Affection Cares
A B and C are each convinced the other two are about to get into a relationship
Pining Character A is Character B's Most Important Person but Wants More
Pining Character A Settles For Meaningless Sex From Character B But Wants More

Prompts/ideas:
Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rose Tico (Ben | Kylo Pining)
     ◊ Future fic and/or AU. Kylo kidnaps Rose as a political maneuver, then develops feelings for her. But does Rose feel the same way?
     ◊ Future fic and/or AU. Kylo pines for Rose while mistakenly believing she's in a relationship with Finn.
     ◊ Future fic and/or AU. Bad guys (space pirates?) force pining Kylo and oblivious Rose to do it. (Dubcon acceptable here, of course, given the nature of "bad guys made them do it.")
     ◊ Future fic and/or AU. Kylo pines for Rose who pines for Finn (who's in a relationship with Rey). Do Kylo and Rose turn to each other, and perhaps their FWB situation becomes more?

Phasma/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren (Ben | Kylo Pining)
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Pining Kylo settles for meaningless sex with Phasma, believing she could never want him.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. After TLJ, Phasma survives and Kylo "cares" for her, becoming more and more obsessed (and having her dependent on him). (Think Boxing Helena but the only one who loses a limb is the Skywalker descendant.)
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Kylo starts trying to woo Phasma in his own way. (His own disturbed way.)
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Kylo becomes obsessed with seeing Phasma out of her armor, which leads to twisted one-sided love.

Armitage Hux/Phasma (Hux Pining)
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Pining Hux settles for meaningless sex with Phasma, believing she could never want him.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Post-TLJ, Hux rescues Phasma in the aftermath of the destruction of the Supremacy. Phasma becomes dependent on Hux due to her injuries, and Hux develops feelings. Well, so much as Hux can feel feelings.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Hux mistakes his pining for Phasma for hatred and decides he must kill her. (Crack played seriously?)

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes.
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Supernatural

Castiel/Dean Winchester (Dean Pining)
Bela Talbot/Dean Winchester (Dean Pining)
Rowena MacLeod/Sam Winchester (Rowena Pining)
Max Banes/Dean Winchester (Dean Pining)
Jack Kline/Kaia Nieves (Jack Pining)
Ruby/Dean Winchester (Dean Pining)

^*I'm fine with mixing and matching likes/tropes and freeforms for some of these!
^**I'm totally fine with background pairings. Especially background Kaia/Claire and Jack/Kaia/Claire for the Jack/Kaia request. Only hard no is for Wincest. Thanks!

Resurrection by Love
Character A pines for their dead lover
A believes B is dead
In A Relationship Because They're Both Pining Over the Same Dead Person
Character pines for someone they think is dead
Pining Character Treats Crush Cruelly
mistaking pining for hatred
Character A's Pining For Character B Fuels Curse Placed On Character B By a Witch
Character A's Pining For Character B Fuels Curse Placed On Character A By a Witch
Character A Is Cursed To Eternally Pine For Character B
Possessed/haunted/AI-in-their-head/ect character reluctant to start a relationship because of it.
Pining because a relationship would be socially unacceptable
Pining because they're stuck in difference universes
Bad Guys Force Pining Character A To Do It With Oblivious Character B
Sex pollen while pining
Sex Pollen - pining Character A is unaware that newly-seductive Character B is sex-pollened
They Both Think It's Unrequited
pining for someone after bad personal history between them
trying to make object of affection jealous while mutually pining
A thinks B is out of their league
Two Ships Passing
Pining for a rivalry with someone who already has a rival
Pining Character A Deviously Tries to Trick Taken Character B Into Falling In Love
Character A Pines For Character B Not Realizing It's Requited
Character A Prefers Pining To Admitting Feelings For Character B
Character A Admits Feelings Only To Be Rejected
Character A Pines For Character B Due To Past Experience - Not Actually Unrequited
Character Prefers Pining For Aesthetic Reasons
A pining for B while wanting them to be happy with someone else
Pining Character Literally Turns Into Pine Tree
Pining Character Withers Away
Pining Character A Settles For Meaningless Sex From Character B But Wants More
Revealed Feelings While Mortally Injured/No Hope but Whoops! They Were Rescued Now It's Awkward
Pining while trapped together
Pining while tending someone's wounds
Fake Dating - mutual pining
Undercover as Married While Pining
Undercover as a Couple While Pining
Love Confession: One Character Thought The Other Was Dead

Prompts/ideas:
Castiel/Dean Winchester (Dean Pining)
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Pining Dean literally turns into a pine tree. (Crack played seriously! With a happy ending!)
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Dean's pining for Castiel fuels a curse placed on Dean by a witch.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Dean's pining for Castiel fuels a curse placed on Castiel by a witch.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Dean Prefers Pining To Admitting Feelings For Cas. What will it take for him to admit it?
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Dean's pining resurrects Cas.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Pining Dean withers away. Can Cas bring him back?
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Dean pines for Cas not realizing it's requited.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Deans feelings for Cas are revealed when he believes he's mortally wounded and doesn't want to die without telling him how he feels. But then, due to a miracle or magic, Dean survives. And now things are awkward! Oops!

Bela Talbot/Dean Winchester (Dean Pining)
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Dean pines for Bela, believing her permanently dead. But what if the strength of his pine brought her back?
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Dean's pining resurrects Bela.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Dean pines for Bela, knowing they can't be together with her now a demon in Hell. Or can they?

Rowena MacLeod/Sam Winchester (Rowena Pining)
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Rowena falls for Sam while training him to be a witch.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Pining Rowena and oblivious Sam get sex-pollened.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Rowena pines for Sam not realizing it's requited.

Max Banes/Dean Winchester (Dean Pining)
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Dean and Max get together on a hunt in a totally casual hookup. Dean starts wanting more but is convinced Max isn't interested, which leads to angsting and pining.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Dean pines for Max not realizing it's requited.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Deans feelings for Max are revealed when he believes he's mortally wounded and doesn't want to die without telling him how he feels. But then, due to a miracle or magic, Dean survives. And now things are awkward! Oops!

Jack Kline/Kaia Nieves (Jack Pining)
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Pining Jack deviously tries to trick oblivious Kaia into falling for him. (Maybe something playing with Jack's questionable ethics as displayed in the latter half of S14? With a happy ending of him learning a valuable Lesson, please.)
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Jack pines for Kaia while tending to her wounds.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Jack pines while undercover as married with Kaia.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Jack's pining for Kaia fuels a curse placed on Jack by a witch.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Jack pines for Kaia while trapped together.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Jack pines for Kaia not realizing it's requited.
     ◊ Missing scene, future fic or AU. Jack's feelings for Kaia are revealed when he believes he's mortally wounded and doesn't want to die without telling her how he feels. But then, due to a miracle or magic, Jack survives. And now things are awkward! Oops!

Ruby/Dean Winchester (Dean Pining)
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Ruby and Dean get into a relationship because they're pining over the same person. (If they're both pining for Sam, I'd prefer Dean's pining to be non-romantic.)
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Dean and Ruby get sex-pollened while pining.
     ◊ Missing scene or AU. Pining Dean settles for meaningless sex with Ruby but wants more.

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes.
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9-1-1 (TV)

Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz (Buck Pining)

^*I haven't seen the S2 finale though I got spoiled for it. Please ignore the (skip) plot point where Eddie's ex-wife was fridged. She can just be out of the picture.

Mutual Pining trying to make object of affection jealous while mutually pining
Accidental Marriage
Pining character flirts but pretends they're joking
Character B knows A is pining but pretends to be oblivious
B is oblivious to A's pining and A wants to keep it that way
Secret Crush
Character A thinks B rejected advances
Character A thinks B isn't serious about them despite B's heavy flirting and subsequently pines
A pining for B while wanting them to be happy with someone else
Character A correctly assumes Character B knows that A is pining for them
pining character A finally makes a move after B almost died
A pining because B is in a relationship with someone else
A pining because they mistakenly think B is uninterested
Character runs away because it's too painful to stay near object of affections
Trying to Ignore Feelings While Forced to Work in Close Quarters With Person of Their Affection
Character A pining silently so Character B won't feel guilty for not returning their affections
Character is just out of a traumatic situation and the other doesn't want to take advantage
A pining because they think B isn't attracted to their gender/sex
Character A suddenly realizes that they've been pining for B and didn't know it
Character thinks they aren't good enough for the object of their pining
Pining because of internalized homophobia
Everyone Knows Except Object Of Affection
Mistaking pining for platonic admiration
Enemy Reveals Secret by Kidnapping Pining Character and Thinking Character of Affection Cares
forced to fuck or die with the object of their affections
Everyone knows object of affection is into pining character except for pining character
Cooking as an expression of affection
A pining for B because they think B sees them as family
Guilt over enjoying friendly hugs/physical closeness too much
Character A pining after fling while incorrectly assuming B doesn't want more
A doesn't feel safe now that B is gone
Pining Character A doesn’t want to act on requited feelings of Character B due to professionalism
A thinks B won't want them because of their past behavior
B is courting A who doesn't realize because it's different from how B flirts with other people
Pining character doesn't act because they are indebted to the object of their pining
A is confused about whether their pining is romantic/sexual or platonic
Bad Guys Force Pining Character A To Do It With Oblivious Character B
In denial about their attraction to the character they are pining forPining for a single parent

Feel free to mix and match likes/tropes and freeforms! I don't have any specific ideas for this pairing. I do know I'll love whatever you come up with!

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