Dear Yuletide Author 2017

 Hi, Author!

 

I hope you have a great Yuletide! Thank you so much for writing for me. I can be found for stalking purposes on AO3, Tumblr, and Twitter. 

 

First of all, optional details are very much optional. If you have a different idea that you’re dying to write, or if you don’t feel like going in the direction of any of these prompts, don’t worry! I will read almost anything!

 

The only things that are hard nos for me are gore, very excessive violence (like detailed torture) and graphic rape (or rape used as a plot device). Dubcon and impaired consent (sex pollen, drugged/drunk, fuck or die...) are okay; I very much enjoy them, actually.

 

I also have a complicated relationship with A/B/O, mpreg, and traditional, formal BDSM, since they tend to come with both inherent assumptions regarding set relationship roles and power dynamics focused in just one partner’s submission that don’t really work for me in most cases. 

 

Other than that, I’m fine with with anything you wish to write. Any rating, categories (m/m, f/m, f/f), gen, poly relationships. I love found families dynamics and strong friendships. UST and pining are great! I love AUs and fandom tropes, like woke up married, surprise baby, mind meld, fake dating, kidfic...

 

I have a preference for positive ending, but I enjoy any level of angst before we get there, and I don’t require it to be Hollywood!happy at all. I can also appreciate a not-so-happy-ending where there is an impossible choice to be made or something believable/unsolvable keeps them from that happy ending.  

 

In terms of kink, I really enjoy: rushed and desperate sex; threesome and multiple partners in general; exhibitionism/voyeurism; public or semi-public sex; fuck-buddy relationships; taking someone apart until they are overwhelmed; anything relating to inadvisable sex (inappropriate person, inappropriate situation, inappropriate relationship, cheating, age difference, sleeping with an ex, and so on). This is very much not an exhaustive list, so no worries if you want to head in a different direction!

 

Captive Prince

 

Damen

Laurent

 

I ship Damen and Laurent together—their relationship is extremely entertaining and what made the books so much fun for me. I love how smart and capable Laurent can be and how naïve and unprepared Damen manages to be even having grown up in court his entire life. 

 

I would love a fic exploring what comes next for them after the book ends. How they manage to navigate both courts, and specially the Akielon court, since it’s a place where Laurent doesn’t know the rules of engagement (and I bet Damen is of absolutely no use regarding plotting in Akielos either). Something exploring how they go about finding a heir would also be great! Just avoid mpreg, please.

 

I would also love any AU that transports their dynamic to another setting, be it a modern AU, in the book’s universe, or something else entirely. I’d love to see how their initial rivalry and power imbalance could work without the initial <cite>Captive Prince</cite> setup. If possible, I would prefer to avoid “Auguste lives and they met while they were both crown princes” AUs, mostly because fandom has explored this option a lot already. It’s completely okay for Auguste to be alive if you use a different setup; I’d just like to see they having some reason not to see eye to eye from day one, since I really appreciate the messed-up dynamic between them.

 

The Martian 

 

Beth Johanssen 

Chris Beck 

Mark Watney

 

I love how the book gives us a lot of clues about how the relationship between Mark and the rest of the crew developed without really having anything set in stone. It leaves us so much room to toy with what happens after the book ends (and what happened before it begins). I would enjoy any story set before Mark gets stranded or after they rescue him, or both. Space is awesome and terrifying! Who are those people willing to go on a mission like Ares 3?

 

I requested those three specific characters because of how much I enjoy the idea of them together, but feel free to use the rest of the crew. 

 

For a more shippy approach, I would love anything with Mark/Beth/Chris. Who got with whom when, what their dynamics and relationship are like, be it back on Earth or on the Hermes. How did facing death in slow motion change them? Did it make all concerns seem insignificant? Or did it make all existing relationships feel even more precious and not worth risking for a “maybe”? I especially like the idea of Mark having a crush on both of them, matchmaking while under the assumption that he was going to die, and then pining due to the fact that he ended up not dying.

Stranger Things

Nancy Wheeler

Steve Harrington

Jonathan Byers

 

I love this show’s atmosphere and that edge-of-your-seat feeling! I really like Nancy and would love to see anything about the aftermath of the fight, how it changes her and affects her relationship with Steve and Jonathan, as well as the relationship between them. 

 

I ship the three of them together, and would love a story about how they try to make a relationship work in addition to everything else they went through, on top of the regular drama that comes with being a teenager. Futurefic exploring a different moment of their lives (college or even after that) would also be great. By the time Yuletide happens I will definitely have watched season 2, so feel free to use it! I tried to keep the prompts vague because of the upcoming new canon, but you can go in other directions I didn’t request if required, and I will be more than happy! Just picking up from where season 1 left is also totally fine with me!