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pine4pineAssignments have been sent! If your assignment does not match what you offered, please contact the mods by DMing us or e-mailing pine4pinemod@gmail.com as soon as you can.
Update: All pinch hits have been claimed! Thank you, pinch hitters.
We have five initial pinch hits.
Please comment on this post (comments will be screened) or e-mail pine4pinemod@gmail.com with your AO3 name and the pinch hit number to claim.
Pinch hits are due 11 September, 11:59PM UTC (countdown).
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Request 1 by coaldustcanary
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (Napoleon pining)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (Illya & Gaby pining)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (all pining)
Feelings eventually requited
A and B are together but pine for C to join them
A B and C pine obliviously for each other
A B and C are each convinced the other two are about to get into a relationship
A attributes B & C's flirting to cultural differences
Character A pining silently so Characters B & C won't feel guilty for not returning their affections
Character C Pines For Characters A & B Who Are Together - Leads to Polyamory
Character C Pines For Characters A and B
A matchmakes B and C while pining for them both
pining for character in a relationship leads to OT3
A Pining for B also Starts Pining for B's Partner C
Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Pining character doused with truth serum
A & B attribute C's flirting to cultural differences
Cover story complicates hidden feelings
Pining while having wounds tended
Pining while huddled together for warmth
Pining while sharing a bed
Pining while tending someone's wounds
Pining while trapped together
Hurt/Comfort
I love these dumb disaster bisexual spies so much. I like a lot of different ways for them to come together as a trio, but I'm particularly a bit weak for Napoleon trying to either matchmake or nobly stay clear of Illya and Gaby's slap-slap-kiss relationship but being reluctantly enamored of them both. On the other hand, Illya and Gaby carefully negotiating a tentative relationship despite all their cultural and political baggage and still realizing there's something missing in the person of their too-handsome, self-assured partner and trying to figure out how to reel the playboy Napoleon before he realizes he's caught in is good stuff, too. All three of them being oblivious and ridiculous is also awesome, and the farcical notion of each believing the other two are perfect for one another would be hilarious.
Setting-wise, feel free to go with any kind of ridiculous trope that spy shenanigans might set them up for as a backdrop for sharing those feelings - blizzards, daring rescues, trapped by the bad guys, truth serum, woozy from drugs, etc.
(List of further general likes at letter.)
Letter: http://coaldustcanary.dreamwidth.org/516394.html
Request 2 by coaldustcanary
Game of Thrones (TV)
Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth (GoT) (Jaime pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Feelings never requited
Arranged Marriage
Arranged Marriage - to other people
Character A doesn't realise they're pining
epistolary pining
Jealousy - Feeling Like They're Being Replaced and/or Unwanted
A pines for B after B refuses to kill A when they ought to
Pining while having wounds tended
Pining while huddled together for warmth
Hurt/Comfort
Pining while imprisoned
Jaime Lannister is an unbelievable dumbass (and I love him so much). Jaime/Brienne has been a ship of mine for 20 years now, and while GoT S8 was a disappointing realization of the ASOIAF story for me in some ways, some of their interaction was very satisfying for my soul.
For this ship arranged marriage tropes are always fun (to each other or other people), or post-canon AUs where they're separated and Jaime's pining from afar (Casterly Rock, Essos, prison, etc). "A pines for B after B refuses to kill A when they ought to" is in particular very "them" canonically, as is Jaime totally oblivious to his jealousy of other people who interact with Brienne.
(List of further general likes at letter.)
Letter: http://coaldustcanary.dreamwidth.org/516394.html
Request 3 by coaldustcanary
Carnival Row (TV)
Tourmaline Larou/Vignette Stonemoss (Tourmaline pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Feelings never requited
Wing Grooming
Watching Them from Afar
Character A pines for their former lover
Character A pining after brief fling years ago while Character B has moved on
Character A pining silently so Character B won't feel guilty for not returning their affections
Hurt/Comfort
Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Character pines for someone who thinks nothing of undressing casually in front of them
Character Prefers Pining For Aesthetic Reasons
Soulmate AU - A is pining B’s soulmate but B is not A's
Physical Intimacy While Pining
Trying to Ignore Feelings While Forced to Work in Close Quarters With Person of Their Affection
I quite enjoyed this show and Tourmaline is hands down my favorite character. I love her pragmatism and how it intersects with her artist's soul. I love how much she clearly loves Vignette and wants good things for her, but also thinks she's a total idiot half the time. I love that she's a sex worker who draws each and every one of her clients. I think it's clear that she canonically pines for Vignette, even though she tries to make sure Vignette has her opportunity to reunite with her Great Lost Love Philo.
Vignette and Tourmaline share close quarters and physical intimacy a lot in S1, and depending on how things go in S2 that might continue as they work together while trapped in the Row. After seeing Tourmaline's face as Vignette tried to leave with Philo I think it could be a very hard thing for her to deal with in many ways.
(List of further general likes at letter.)
Letter: http://coaldustcanary.dreamwidth.org/516394.html
Request 4 by coaldustcanary
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo (Napoleon pining)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo (Illya pining)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo (both pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Feelings never requited
Cover story complicates hidden feelings
Hurt/Comfort
Pining character doused with truth serum
Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Pining while tending someone's wounds
Pining while having wounds tended
Pining while huddled together for warmth
Pining while sharing a bed
Pining while trapped together
I saw the film first, but have been enjoying watching the show and falling for these somewhat different characterizations of Napoleon and Illya. I love their effective and fond working relationship and honesty with one another, as well as their rather droll, restrained sense of humor at the same time that they're always willing to sacrifice for each other in the face of danger. I mostly chose situational prompts for these two, since spy shenanigans and THRUSH always serve as good catalysts for interpersonal drama!
(List of further general likes at letter.)
Letter: http://coaldustcanary.dreamwidth.org/516394.html
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Request 1 by Enisy
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Dukat/Kira Nerys (Dukat pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Feelings never requited
Character A fears revealing feelings for Character B due to laws/rules
Character A pining after brief fling years ago while Character B has moved on
Character A's Pining For Character B Fuels Curse Placed On Character A By a Witch
Character B Likes The Idea of Being Pined For By Character A But Is Not Interested In Character A
Character is forced to kill the one they're pining for
Competing with another person to perform romantic gestures for object of pining
Courting Rituals
epistolary pining
grudgingly pining for someone you should hate
A isn't used to not getting things they want
Life Threatening Situation Prompts Confession of Feelings
metaphoric pigtail pulling to get the attention of the person you're pining for
Missed Opportunities
Not so secret crush
Only partially resolved sexual tension
A pines for B's praise or approval
A pines for their original B despite interest from a B from an alternate universe
Pining because they're in a secret relationship
Pining Character A Tries to Woo Seemingly Uninterested Character B
Pining Character Treats Crush Cruelly
DNW: poetry, scat, watersports, vore, ABO
The pining can be on the same level as in the series, or ramped up a bit. Any combination of these tags is good for me! The "Character A's Pining For Character B Fuels Curse Placed on Character By a Witch" prompt could work with a sci-fi mechanism instead of an actual witch. Fine if you want to include smut!
Request 2 by Enisy
South Park
Craig Tucker/Tweek Tweak (both pining)
Craig Tucker/Tweek Tweak (Craig pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Feelings never requited
Pining while dealing with internalized homophobia
Pining because of internalized homophobia
Fake Dating - one-sided pining
Fake Dating - mutual pining
Pining while sharing a bed
Pining while in a Friends With Benefits arrangement
Pining while crossdressing
A Pining While Adjusting B's Shirt Collar/Cuffs
B is oblivious to A's pining and A wants to keep it that way
Character A doesn't realise they're pining
Character A has never been in love before and so doesn't immediately recognize the feeling
Character A pining after fling while incorrectly assuming B doesn't want more
Character A suddenly realizes that they've been pining for B and didn't know it
Character A thinks Character B is interested in them due to a love charm/potion
Character B assumes Character A's flirting is a joke
Character keeps picking fights with object of their pining
Character silently pines for someone due to fear of ruining their existing relationship
Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
Codependency
DNW: poetry, scat, watersports, vore, ABO
I love stories where one or both of the boys have it bad for the other and one or both are oblivious. Any combination of these tags is good for me! The "Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten" prompt could also work with a (new) guinea pig instead of a kitten. :D Fine if you want to include smut!
Request 3 by Enisy
Original Work
Prince/Witty Handsome Male Court Jester (both pining)
Incubus/Male Priest (Priest pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Feelings never requited
Character A fears revealing feelings for Character B due to laws/rules
Rules prevent pining characters from being together
DNW: poetry, scat, watersports, vore, ABO
I'd love to see what you make of these prompts! The power imbalance in Prince/Witty Handsome Male Court Jester would make the pining more interesting, methinks. (And I want to hear some jokes!) And Incubus/Male Priest is an oldie but a goodie. I think I would prefer the incubus to be at least slightly detached and/or manipulative, instead of reciprocating the feelings fully. Fine if you want to include smut!
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Request 1 by m_madeleine
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Harry Lockhart/Perry van Shrike (Perry pining)
Harry Lockhart/Perry van Shrike (Harry pining)
Harmony Lane/Harry Lockhart/Perry van Shrike (Perry and Harmony pining)
Harmony Lane/Harry Lockhart/Perry van Shrike (Harmony pining)
Harmony Lane/Harry Lockhart/Perry van Shrike (all pining)
Feelings eventually requited
A and B commiserate about their mutual pining for C
A B and C are each convinced the other two are about to get into a relationship
Character B knows A is pining but pretends to be oblivious
Character A incorrectly assumes that Character B knows that A is pining for them
A has lots of casual sex to try to get over pining for B
Character A pining because Character B already rejected them
trying to make object of affection jealous while mutually pining
Trying to Ignore Feelings While Forced to Work in Close Quarters With Person of Their Affection
Tries to Confess but Isn't Believed
Roommates while pining
Character A suddenly realizes that they've been pining for B and didn't know it
Bad Guys Force Pining Character A To Do It With Oblivious Character B
Undercover as a Couple While Pining
Character A has never been in love before and so doesn't immediately recognize the feeling
Character A distances themself from Character B to try and get over them
Pining A thinks about B while having sex with others
A only realizes feelings for B when B starts dating someone else
Character A is too proud to recognise they're pining for B
A pining for B whose sexuality doesn’t match A’s gender
pining for character in a relationship leads to OT3
More details (and better formatting :D) in letter!
General Likes: Any AUs mentioned in the letter (usually canon divergence AUs and magic/supernatural AUs) Hurt/Comfort, various tropes (huddling for warmth, locked in together, sex pollen, tentacle monsters), casefic, getting together fic, smut, angst, missing scenes, shorter snapshot-like stories, UST, Enemies to Friends to Lovers
Smut likes: dub con, vaginal sex, anal sex, anal play, object insertion, fingering, oral of any kind, including rimming, multiple orgams (only for characters with vaginas), frottage, barebacking, comeplay, facials, choking, facefucking, double penetration of the "two in one hole" kind, rough sex, slow and gentle, make-outs, characters feeling overwhelmed/overstimulated, informal D/S overtones and elements, tentacle porn & sex pollen
DNWs
-Rape/non-con
-Permanent death of requested characters
-Underage (under 18)
-Focus on age gap between characters
-Infidelity
-Torture, graphic violence, gore
-Body modifications, body horror
-Pregnancy (mentions of background characters being pregnant is okay!)
-De-aging/kid fic
-Unrequested AUs, including A/B/O
-Anal tearing and generally sex-related injuries
-Kink and safeword negotiations, daddy/mommy kink, dirty talk
-Scat, emetophilia, watersports, sounding
-Orgasm denial
-Bleak, hopeless endings. Angstyness is okay
-Sickfic in general and references to COVID-19 (and the lockdown/quarantine-like situations) in particular. Unwellness as a result of (non-graphic) injuries is fine
-Rule 63/genderswap
-Non-canon pet names/nicknames
-Epithets (such as "the other man" or "the brunette")
-AUs (especially in historical canons and AUs) where homophobia doesn’t exist (details in letter)
-non-canon backstory (details in letter, AUs are taken into account)
-focus on character’s early life and family (details in letter)
Letter: http://madame-madeleine.dreamwidth.org/5310.html
Request 2 by m_madeleine
Top Gun (1986)
Iceman Kazansky/Slider Kerner/Maverick Mitchell (Slider pining)
Iceman Kazansky/Slider Kerner/Maverick Mitchell (Mav pining)
Iceman Kazansky/Slider Kerner (Slider pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Trying to Ignore Feelings While Forced to Work in Close Quarters With Person of Their Affection
Pining while in a Friends With Benefits arrangement
Character A suddenly realizes that they've been pining for B and didn't know it
Character B figures out that Character A has been pining for them for years
Character A distances themself from Character B to try and get over them
Character A fears revealing feelings for Character B due to laws/rules
Character pines for someone who thinks nothing of undressing casually in front of them
forced to fuck or die with the object of their affections
Sex pollen while pining
pining after years of friendship
Pining while dealing with internalized homophobia
A Pining for B also Starts Pining for B's Partner C
pining for character in a relationship leads to OT3
A only realizes feelings for B when B starts dating someone else
grudgingly pining for someone you should hate
A matchmakes B and C while pining for them both
channelling pining into violence
Pining character's feelings are discovered by a third party
A pines for B while thinking B hates them
Roommates while pining
More details (and better formatting :D) in letter!
General Likes: Any AUs mentioned in the letter (usually canon divergence AUs and magic/supernatural AUs) Hurt/Comfort, various tropes (huddling for warmth, locked in together, sex pollen, tentacle monsters), casefic, getting together fic, smut, angst, missing scenes, shorter snapshot-like stories, UST, Enemies to Friends to Lovers
Smut likes: dub con, vaginal sex, anal sex, anal play, object insertion, fingering, oral of any kind, including rimming, multiple orgams (only for characters with vaginas), frottage, barebacking, comeplay, facials, choking, facefucking, double penetration of the "two in one hole" kind, rough sex, slow and gentle, make-outs, characters feeling overwhelmed/overstimulated, informal D/S overtones and elements, tentacle porn & sex pollen
DNWs
-Rape/non-con
-Permanent death of requested characters
-Underage (under 18)
-Focus on age gap between characters
-Torture, graphic violence, gore
-Body modifications, body horror
-Pregnancy (mentions of background characters being pregnant is okay!)
-De-aging/kid fic
-Unrequested AUs, including A/B/O
-Anal tearing and generally sex-related injuries
-Kink and safeword negotiations, daddy/mommy kink, dirty talk
-Scat, emetophilia, watersports, sounding
-Orgasm denial
-Bleak, hopeless endings. Angstyness is okay
-Sickfic in general and references to COVID-19 (and the lockdown/quarantine-like situations) in particular. Unwellness as a result of (non-graphic) injuries is fine
-Rule 63/genderswap
-Non-canon pet names/nicknames
-Epithets (such as "the other man" or "the brunette")
-AUs (especially in historical canons and AUs) where homophobia doesn’t exist (details in letter)
-non-canon backstory (details in letter, AUs are taken into account)
-focus on character’s early life and family (details in letter)
Letter: http://madame-madeleine.dreamwidth.org/5310.html
Request 3 by m_madeleine
Wings (1927)
David Armstrong/Jack Powerll (David pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Character pines for their rescuer
Character pines for the person they're rescuing
Revealed Feelings While Mortally Injured/No Hope but Whoops! They Were Rescued Now It's Awkward
pining character finally makes a move after they almost died
Pining while huddled together for warmth
Pining character is too sick/hurt to hide their pining any more
Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
Character pines for someone who thinks nothing of undressing casually in front of them
Character A pines for Character B who is presumed dead
A dies before B can confess their feelings; B time travels back to fix everything
Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Psychic link reveals pining is mutual
Pining while dealing with internalized homophobia
Character A fears revealing feelings for Character B due to laws/rules
Pining while trapped together
Pining while stranded in the wilderness
Roommates while pining
More details (and better formatting :D) in letter!
General Likes: Any AUs mentioned in the letter (usually canon divergence AUs and magic/supernatural AUs) Hurt/Comfort, various tropes (huddling for warmth, locked in together, sex pollen, tentacle monsters), casefic, getting together fic, smut, angst, missing scenes, shorter snapshot-like stories, UST, Enemies to Friends to Lovers
Smut likes: dub con, vaginal sex, anal sex, anal play, object insertion, fingering, oral of any kind, including rimming, multiple orgams (only for characters with vaginas), frottage, barebacking, comeplay, facials, choking, facefucking, double penetration of the "two in one hole" kind, rough sex, slow and gentle, make-outs, characters feeling overwhelmed/overstimulated, informal D/S overtones and elements, tentacle porn & sex pollen
DNWs
-Rape/non-con
-Permanent death of requested characters
-Underage (under 18)
-Focus on age gap between characters
-Infidelity
-Torture, graphic violence, gore
-Body modifications, body horror
-Pregnancy (mentions of background characters being pregnant is okay!)
-De-aging/kid fic
-Unrequested AUs, including A/B/O
-Anal tearing and generally sex-related injuries
-Kink and safeword negotiations, daddy/mommy kink, dirty talk
-Scat, emetophilia, watersports, sounding
-Orgasm denial
-Bleak, hopeless endings. Angstyness is okay
-Sickfic in general and references to COVID-19 (and the lockdown/quarantine-like situations) in particular. Unwellness as a result of (non-graphic) injuries is fine
-Rule 63/genderswap
-Non-canon pet names/nicknames
-Epithets (such as "the other man" or "the brunette")
-AUs (especially in historical canons and AUs) where homophobia doesn’t exist (details in letter)
-non-canon backstory (details in letter, AUs are taken into account)
-focus on character’s early life and family (details in letter)
Letter: http://madame-madeleine.dreamwidth.org/5310.html
Request 4 by m_madeleine
Emma (2020)
George Knightley/Emma Woodhouse (George pining)
George Knightley/Emma Woodhouse (both pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Love spell/potion prompts feelings reveal
Character(s) cannot express their feelings due to magic and/or curse
Guilt over enjoying friendly hugs/physical closeness too much
Mixed Signals Confuses Characters On Whether Feelings Are Requited
Tries to Confess but Keeps Getting Interrupted by Circumstances
epistolary pining
Character A Pines For Character B Not Realizing It's Requited
Character A pines for close friend who is unaware
Character apologizes for pining
Character A pining silently so Character B won't feel guilty for not returning their affections
Character A pines for spouse in marriage of convenience
A pining because they think B is pining for someone else
Character A has never been in love before and so doesn't immediately recognize the feeling
Character silently pines for someone due to fear of ruining their existing relationship
Character A distances themself from Character B to try and get over them
More details (and better formatting :D) in letter!
General Likes: Any AUs mentioned in the letter (usually canon divergence AUs and magic/supernatural AUs) Hurt/Comfort, various tropes (huddling for warmth, locked in together, sex pollen, tentacle monsters), casefic, getting together fic, smut, angst, missing scenes, shorter snapshot-like stories, UST, Enemies to Friends to Lovers
Smut likes: dub con, vaginal sex, anal sex, anal play, object insertion, fingering, oral of any kind, including rimming, multiple orgams (only for characters with vaginas), frottage, barebacking, comeplay, facials, choking, facefucking, double penetration of the "two in one hole" kind, rough sex, slow and gentle, make-outs, characters feeling overwhelmed/overstimulated, informal D/S overtones and elements, tentacle porn & sex pollen
DNWs
-Rape/non-con
-Character death of any, even secondary, characters
-Underage (under 18)
-Focus on age gap between characters
-Infidelity
-Torture, graphic violence, gore
-Body modifications, body horror
-Pregnancy (mentions of background characters being pregnant is okay!)
-De-aging/kid fic
-Unrequested AUs, including A/B/O
-Anal tearing and generally sex-related injuries
-Kink and safeword negotiations, daddy/mommy kink, dirty talk
-Scat, emetophilia, watersports, sounding
-Orgasm denial
-Bleak, hopeless endings. Angstyness is okay
-Sickfic in general and references to COVID-19 (and the lockdown/quarantine-like situations) in particular. Unwellness as a result of (non-graphic) injuries is fine
-Rule 63/genderswap
-Non-canon pet names/nicknames
-Epithets (such as "the other man" or "the brunette")
-AUs (especially in historical canons and AUs) where homophobia doesn’t exist (details in letter)
-non-canon backstory (details in letter, AUs are taken into account)
-focus on character’s early life and family (details in letter)
-fandom specific DNW: Romani people (or other ethnic or religious minorities) as source of magic or supernatural elements
-fandom specific DNW: D/S dynamics with Knightley as the dom
Letter: http://madame-madeleine.dreamwidth.org/5310.html
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Request 1 by Sandrine Shaw (Sandrine)
The Flash (TV 2014)
Doomworld!Leonard Snart/Barry Allen (Leonard pining)
Feelings eventually requited
A using mindwipe to make B believe they're in a relationship
Likes:
- mindwipe failing / only being partially effective, identity porn
- dubcon leading to unexpected feelings
- snark/banter/bickering/flirting, sexual tension
- fix-it, getting together, happy/hopeful endings
- protectiveness/possessiveness
- reluctant alliances and negotiations, trust issues, forgiveness
- temporary loss of powers,
- wall porn, adrenaline-filled/desperate/angry sex, dirty talk, glove kink, finger fucking, overstimulation, manhandling / held down, morning afters, Barry having a hard-on for Snart's voice
DNWs:
- hopeless endings, permanent death of requested characters, terminal illness/permanent injury, violent rape
- gen fic
- AUs, stories focusing on alternate Earth versions
- soulmates
- weeping, panic attacks
- kidfic
- A/B/O, genderswap, unrequested sexuality headcanons, mpreg, daddy kink, for porny stuff: sub!Leonard
Request 2 by Sandrine Shaw (Sandrine)
Eye Candy (TV)
Bubonic/Tommy Calligan (Tommy pining)
Bubonic/Tommy Calligan (Bubonic pining)
Bubonic/Tommy Calligan (both pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Alliance is or might be temporary
hiding pining by antagonistic behavior
Character A pines for disguised B without realising it's B
Character A realises pining for B when they move away
A pining for B while having sex with B
Pining character doused with truth serum
metaphoric pigtail pulling to get the attention of the person you're pining for
Likes:
- focus on Bubonic's obsession with Tommy and/or their complicated history
- all kinds of identity porn re: Tommy being unaware of who Bubonic is
- post-canon/future fic, fix-it
- getting together, happy/hopeful endings
- complicated feelings
- snark/banter/bickering/flirting, reluctant alliances, unexpected feelings, sexual tension
- protectiveness/possessiveness
- mind games, askew balances of power, trust issues, betrayal/forgiveness
- tropey fun (fake dating / undercover, trapped together, huddling for warmth, 'Groundhog Day' loop, something made them do it, amnesia fic, etc.)
- road trips
- wall porn, dirty talk (both humiliating or praising or any combination), adrenaline-filled sex (fighting leading to sex, 'Thank God We're Alive' sex, danger rush etc), finger fucking, morning afters
DNWs:
- Bubonic being a full-on psychopath
- AU's
- pre-canon settings
- gen fic
- sad/hopeless endings, death of requested characters, terminal illness/permanent injury, darkfic
- established non-canonical relationships (except for the "A pining for B while having sex with B" tag! confused 'oh no, I've caught feelings' pining while having a weird enemies-with-benefits dynamic is totally my thing!)
- rape (dub-con is perfectly fine, though)
- weeping
- soulmates
- kidfic
- A/B/O, genderswap, unrequested sexuality headcanons, mpreg, daddy kink
Request 3 by Sandrine Shaw (Sandrine)
The November Man (2014)
Peter Devereaux/David Mason (David pining)
Feelings eventually requited
A pines for B after B refuses to kill A when they ought to
pining for someone after bad personal history between them
mistaking pining for hatred
channelling pining into violence
Jealousy - Feeling Like They're Being Replaced and/or Unwanted
Character A pining because Character B already rejected them
Character A pining after brief fling years ago while Character B has moved on
Pining while trapped together
Pining character doused with truth serum
Likes:
- focus on their complicated history
- post-canon/future fic, fix-it
- getting together, happy/hopeful endings
- complicated feelings
- snark/banter/bickering/flirting, reluctant alliances, unexpected feelings, sexual tension
- protectiveness/possessiveness
- askew balances of power, trust issues, betrayal/forgiveness
- road trips
- tropey fun (fake dating / undercover, trapped together, huddling for warmth, 'Groundhog Day' loop, something made them do it, amnesia fic, etc.)
- wall porn, dirty talk (both humiliating or praising or any combination), adrenaline-filled sex (fighting leading to sex, 'Thank God We're Alive' sex, danger rush etc), finger fucking, morning afters
DNWs:
- pre-canon settings
- AU's
- pre-canon settings
- gen fic
- sad/hopeless endings, death of requested characters, terminal illness/permanent injury, darkfic
- rape (dub-con is perfectly fine, though)
- weeping
- soulmates
- A/B/O, genderswap, unrequested sexuality headcanons, mpreg, daddy kink
CLAIMED -
Request 1 by smaragdbird
Downton Abbey
Thomas Barrow/Edward Courtenay (Both Pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Character A fears revealing feelings for Character B due to laws/rules
Character A tries to convince themself that a platonic relationship is enough
Character is just out of a traumatic situation and the other doesn't want to take advantage
Forbidden/Taboo Desires
hierarchical power imbalance makes it impossible for either to make the first step
Alternate Universe
Character A pines for B who has fallen asleep on A's shoulder
Character A Pines For Character B Not Realizing It's Requited
Character expects to be hurt because their pining was revealed
Fearful of Rejection
Guilt over enjoying friendly hugs/physical closeness too much
Hurt/Comfort
Pining because a relationship would be socially unacceptable
Pining because they're in a secret relationship
Social Class Divide
They Both Think It's Unrequited
Edward Courtenay was my favourite out of all of Thomas' possible love interests over the series and I'd love something set in an AU where he survives. Maybe he stays at Downton Abbey for longer? Or perhaps Thomas goes to become his valet after the war?
Generally I like slice of life, jealousy, matchmaking, found family, and happy or at least bittersweet endings.
DNWs: infidelity ,dub or non-con , abo , character death
Request 2 by smaragdbird
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson (Steve Pining)
James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson (Bucky Pining)
James "Rhodey" Rhodes/Tony Stark (Tony Pining)
Scott Lang/Jimmy Woo (Both Pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Accidental Marriage
Alternate Universe
Character A Pines For Character B Not Realizing It's Requited
Character A pines while Character B Thinks They're Already Dating
Cooking as an expression of affection
Everyone Knows Except Object Of Affection
Everyone knows object of affection is into pining character except for pining character
Everyone thinks they're already in a relationship
Hurt/Comfort
Other Characters Play Matchmaker
Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
A pining because they mistakenly think B is uninterested
Pining character doused with truth serum
Pining character flirts but pretends they're joking
Pining Character Throws Themselves Between Crush and Lethal Danger
Tries to Confess but Keeps Getting Interrupted by Circumstances
Trying to express their feelings through gift-giving
Character B's flirting is too subtle and Character A pines instead of picking up on it
Character A tries to show how they feel but ends up pining when B doesn't get it
B vanishes from existence and only A remembers them
Tony pining for Rhodey since college? Steve flirting with this cute jogger but instead of a date they take down a government conspiracy and stop smirking Natasha, I will ask him eventually! Bucky flirting with Sam but 1930's flirting and 2010's flirting is pretty different? Jimmy and Scott keep trying to ask each other out but every time there's some sort of heist/alien invasion/supervillain interfering?
Generally I like slice of life, jealousy, matchmaking, found family, outside pov, team fic and happy or at least bittersweet endings.
DNWs: infidelity ,dub or non-con , abo , character death, Bucky/Steve or Steve/Tony in any way, shape or form, Endgame-canon (just ignore all of the deaths & Steve going back in time please)
Request 3 by smaragdbird
The Terror (TV 2018)
Francis Crozier/Thomas Jopson (Jopson Pining)
Francis Crozier/James Clark Ross (Crozier Pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Character A fears revealing feelings for Character B due to laws/rules
Character A pines for Character B who thinks they're too old for Character A
Character A pining because they think a relationship would be inappropriate
Character A worries about taking advantage
hierarchical power imbalance makes it impossible for either to make the first step
A believes B is dead
Character A pines for B who has fallen asleep on A's shoulder
Character A Pines For Character B Not Realizing It's Requited
Character expects to be hurt because their pining was revealed
Character silently pines for someone due to fear of ruining their existing relationship
Everyone Knows Except Object Of Affection
Everyone knows object of affection is into pining character except for pining character
Guilt over enjoying friendly hugs/physical closeness too much
Life Threatening Situation Prompts Confession of Feelings
Love Confession: One Character Thought The Other Was Dead
Loyalty
Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Pining A thinks B is still hung up on past lover
Pining because a relationship would be socially unacceptable
Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
I would slightly prefer an AU where at least the main ship is alive but it could also totally be pre-canon. Years of pining while in close quarters on a ship in the dangerous waters of the Antarctic? Maybe Crozier thinks Ross is still in love with Ann or Jopson thinks Crozier is pining for Sophia? The social class divide between Jopson and Crozier is quite significant as well as the power imbalance, how do they get past that? Does Ross find Crozier/the Expedition and it all ends happily ever after?
Generally I like slice of life, jealousy, matchmaking, found family, outside pov, team fic and happy or at least bittersweet endings.
DNWs: infidelity ,dub or non-con , abo , character death,
Request 4 by smaragdbird
陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
Jin Guangyao/Lan Xichen (Lan Xichen pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Trying to express their feelings through gift-giving
Pining while huddled together for warmth
Pining while sharing a bed
Pining character's feelings are discovered by a third party
Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Pining character doused with truth serum
pining because character(s) worries about ruining their friendship
A pines for B while comforting them
A pines for B while being comforted by them
Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Other Characters Play Matchmaker
Guilt over enjoying friendly hugs/physical closeness too much
Everyone thinks they're already in a relationship
Everyone knows object of affection is into pining character except for pining character
Everyone Knows Except Object Of Affection
Character A Pines For Character B Not Realizing It's Requited
Character A pines for B who has fallen asleep on A's shoulder
Alternate Universe
Character A tries to show how they feel but ends up pining when B doesn't get it
A pining because they mistakenly think B is uninterested
So I'm a huge fan of any AU where Jin Guangyao is slightly less evil (as in Nie Mingjue stays alive and he doesn't marry Qin Su) but otherwise take this story wherever you'd like..
Generally I like slice of life, jealousy, matchmaking, found family, outside pov, and happy bittersweet endings.
DNWs: infidelity ,dub or non-con , abo , character death,
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Request 1 by coaldustcanary
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (Napoleon pining)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (Illya & Gaby pining)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (all pining)
Feelings eventually requited
A and B are together but pine for C to join them
A B and C pine obliviously for each other
A B and C are each convinced the other two are about to get into a relationship
A attributes B & C's flirting to cultural differences
Character A pining silently so Characters B & C won't feel guilty for not returning their affections
Character C Pines For Characters A & B Who Are Together - Leads to Polyamory
Character C Pines For Characters A and B
A matchmakes B and C while pining for them both
pining for character in a relationship leads to OT3
A Pining for B also Starts Pining for B's Partner C
Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Pining character doused with truth serum
A & B attribute C's flirting to cultural differences
Cover story complicates hidden feelings
Pining while having wounds tended
Pining while huddled together for warmth
Pining while sharing a bed
Pining while tending someone's wounds
Pining while trapped together
Hurt/Comfort
I love these dumb disaster bisexual spies so much. I like a lot of different ways for them to come together as a trio, but I'm particularly a bit weak for Napoleon trying to either matchmake or nobly stay clear of Illya and Gaby's slap-slap-kiss relationship but being reluctantly enamored of them both. On the other hand, Illya and Gaby carefully negotiating a tentative relationship despite all their cultural and political baggage and still realizing there's something missing in the person of their too-handsome, self-assured partner and trying to figure out how to reel the playboy Napoleon before he realizes he's caught in is good stuff, too. All three of them being oblivious and ridiculous is also awesome, and the farcical notion of each believing the other two are perfect for one another would be hilarious.
Setting-wise, feel free to go with any kind of ridiculous trope that spy shenanigans might set them up for as a backdrop for sharing those feelings - blizzards, daring rescues, trapped by the bad guys, truth serum, woozy from drugs, etc.
(List of further general likes at letter.)
Letter: http://coaldustcanary.dreamwidth.org/516394.html
Request 2 by coaldustcanary
Game of Thrones (TV)
Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth (GoT) (Jaime pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Feelings never requited
Arranged Marriage
Arranged Marriage - to other people
Character A doesn't realise they're pining
epistolary pining
Jealousy - Feeling Like They're Being Replaced and/or Unwanted
A pines for B after B refuses to kill A when they ought to
Pining while having wounds tended
Pining while huddled together for warmth
Hurt/Comfort
Pining while imprisoned
Jaime Lannister is an unbelievable dumbass (and I love him so much). Jaime/Brienne has been a ship of mine for 20 years now, and while GoT S8 was a disappointing realization of the ASOIAF story for me in some ways, some of their interaction was very satisfying for my soul.
For this ship arranged marriage tropes are always fun (to each other or other people), or post-canon AUs where they're separated and Jaime's pining from afar (Casterly Rock, Essos, prison, etc). "A pines for B after B refuses to kill A when they ought to" is in particular very "them" canonically, as is Jaime totally oblivious to his jealousy of other people who interact with Brienne.
(List of further general likes at letter.)
Letter: http://coaldustcanary.dreamwidth.org/516394.html
Request 3 by coaldustcanary
Carnival Row (TV)
Tourmaline Larou/Vignette Stonemoss (Tourmaline pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Feelings never requited
Wing Grooming
Watching Them from Afar
Character A pines for their former lover
Character A pining after brief fling years ago while Character B has moved on
Character A pining silently so Character B won't feel guilty for not returning their affections
Hurt/Comfort
Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Character pines for someone who thinks nothing of undressing casually in front of them
Character Prefers Pining For Aesthetic Reasons
Soulmate AU - A is pining B’s soulmate but B is not A's
Physical Intimacy While Pining
Trying to Ignore Feelings While Forced to Work in Close Quarters With Person of Their Affection
I quite enjoyed this show and Tourmaline is hands down my favorite character. I love her pragmatism and how it intersects with her artist's soul. I love how much she clearly loves Vignette and wants good things for her, but also thinks she's a total idiot half the time. I love that she's a sex worker who draws each and every one of her clients. I think it's clear that she canonically pines for Vignette, even though she tries to make sure Vignette has her opportunity to reunite with her Great Lost Love Philo.
Vignette and Tourmaline share close quarters and physical intimacy a lot in S1, and depending on how things go in S2 that might continue as they work together while trapped in the Row. After seeing Tourmaline's face as Vignette tried to leave with Philo I think it could be a very hard thing for her to deal with in many ways.
(List of further general likes at letter.)
Letter: http://coaldustcanary.dreamwidth.org/516394.html
Request 4 by coaldustcanary
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo (Napoleon pining)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo (Illya pining)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo (both pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Feelings never requited
Cover story complicates hidden feelings
Hurt/Comfort
Pining character doused with truth serum
Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Pining while tending someone's wounds
Pining while having wounds tended
Pining while huddled together for warmth
Pining while sharing a bed
Pining while trapped together
I saw the film first, but have been enjoying watching the show and falling for these somewhat different characterizations of Napoleon and Illya. I love their effective and fond working relationship and honesty with one another, as well as their rather droll, restrained sense of humor at the same time that they're always willing to sacrifice for each other in the face of danger. I mostly chose situational prompts for these two, since spy shenanigans and THRUSH always serve as good catalysts for interpersonal drama!
(List of further general likes at letter.)
Letter: http://coaldustcanary.dreamwidth.org/516394.html
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Request 1 by Enisy
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Dukat/Kira Nerys (Dukat pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Feelings never requited
Character A fears revealing feelings for Character B due to laws/rules
Character A pining after brief fling years ago while Character B has moved on
Character A's Pining For Character B Fuels Curse Placed On Character A By a Witch
Character B Likes The Idea of Being Pined For By Character A But Is Not Interested In Character A
Character is forced to kill the one they're pining for
Competing with another person to perform romantic gestures for object of pining
Courting Rituals
epistolary pining
grudgingly pining for someone you should hate
A isn't used to not getting things they want
Life Threatening Situation Prompts Confession of Feelings
metaphoric pigtail pulling to get the attention of the person you're pining for
Missed Opportunities
Not so secret crush
Only partially resolved sexual tension
A pines for B's praise or approval
A pines for their original B despite interest from a B from an alternate universe
Pining because they're in a secret relationship
Pining Character A Tries to Woo Seemingly Uninterested Character B
Pining Character Treats Crush Cruelly
DNW: poetry, scat, watersports, vore, ABO
The pining can be on the same level as in the series, or ramped up a bit. Any combination of these tags is good for me! The "Character A's Pining For Character B Fuels Curse Placed on Character By a Witch" prompt could work with a sci-fi mechanism instead of an actual witch. Fine if you want to include smut!
Request 2 by Enisy
South Park
Craig Tucker/Tweek Tweak (both pining)
Craig Tucker/Tweek Tweak (Craig pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Feelings never requited
Pining while dealing with internalized homophobia
Pining because of internalized homophobia
Fake Dating - one-sided pining
Fake Dating - mutual pining
Pining while sharing a bed
Pining while in a Friends With Benefits arrangement
Pining while crossdressing
A Pining While Adjusting B's Shirt Collar/Cuffs
B is oblivious to A's pining and A wants to keep it that way
Character A doesn't realise they're pining
Character A has never been in love before and so doesn't immediately recognize the feeling
Character A pining after fling while incorrectly assuming B doesn't want more
Character A suddenly realizes that they've been pining for B and didn't know it
Character A thinks Character B is interested in them due to a love charm/potion
Character B assumes Character A's flirting is a joke
Character keeps picking fights with object of their pining
Character silently pines for someone due to fear of ruining their existing relationship
Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten
Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
Codependency
DNW: poetry, scat, watersports, vore, ABO
I love stories where one or both of the boys have it bad for the other and one or both are oblivious. Any combination of these tags is good for me! The "Character sublimates pining by adopting a kitten" prompt could also work with a (new) guinea pig instead of a kitten. :D Fine if you want to include smut!
Request 3 by Enisy
Original Work
Prince/Witty Handsome Male Court Jester (both pining)
Incubus/Male Priest (Priest pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Feelings never requited
Character A fears revealing feelings for Character B due to laws/rules
Rules prevent pining characters from being together
DNW: poetry, scat, watersports, vore, ABO
I'd love to see what you make of these prompts! The power imbalance in Prince/Witty Handsome Male Court Jester would make the pining more interesting, methinks. (And I want to hear some jokes!) And Incubus/Male Priest is an oldie but a goodie. I think I would prefer the incubus to be at least slightly detached and/or manipulative, instead of reciprocating the feelings fully. Fine if you want to include smut!
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Request 1 by m_madeleine
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Harry Lockhart/Perry van Shrike (Perry pining)
Harry Lockhart/Perry van Shrike (Harry pining)
Harmony Lane/Harry Lockhart/Perry van Shrike (Perry and Harmony pining)
Harmony Lane/Harry Lockhart/Perry van Shrike (Harmony pining)
Harmony Lane/Harry Lockhart/Perry van Shrike (all pining)
Feelings eventually requited
A and B commiserate about their mutual pining for C
A B and C are each convinced the other two are about to get into a relationship
Character B knows A is pining but pretends to be oblivious
Character A incorrectly assumes that Character B knows that A is pining for them
A has lots of casual sex to try to get over pining for B
Character A pining because Character B already rejected them
trying to make object of affection jealous while mutually pining
Trying to Ignore Feelings While Forced to Work in Close Quarters With Person of Their Affection
Tries to Confess but Isn't Believed
Roommates while pining
Character A suddenly realizes that they've been pining for B and didn't know it
Bad Guys Force Pining Character A To Do It With Oblivious Character B
Undercover as a Couple While Pining
Character A has never been in love before and so doesn't immediately recognize the feeling
Character A distances themself from Character B to try and get over them
Pining A thinks about B while having sex with others
A only realizes feelings for B when B starts dating someone else
Character A is too proud to recognise they're pining for B
A pining for B whose sexuality doesn’t match A’s gender
pining for character in a relationship leads to OT3
More details (and better formatting :D) in letter!
General Likes: Any AUs mentioned in the letter (usually canon divergence AUs and magic/supernatural AUs) Hurt/Comfort, various tropes (huddling for warmth, locked in together, sex pollen, tentacle monsters), casefic, getting together fic, smut, angst, missing scenes, shorter snapshot-like stories, UST, Enemies to Friends to Lovers
Smut likes: dub con, vaginal sex, anal sex, anal play, object insertion, fingering, oral of any kind, including rimming, multiple orgams (only for characters with vaginas), frottage, barebacking, comeplay, facials, choking, facefucking, double penetration of the "two in one hole" kind, rough sex, slow and gentle, make-outs, characters feeling overwhelmed/overstimulated, informal D/S overtones and elements, tentacle porn & sex pollen
DNWs
-Rape/non-con
-Permanent death of requested characters
-Underage (under 18)
-Focus on age gap between characters
-Infidelity
-Torture, graphic violence, gore
-Body modifications, body horror
-Pregnancy (mentions of background characters being pregnant is okay!)
-De-aging/kid fic
-Unrequested AUs, including A/B/O
-Anal tearing and generally sex-related injuries
-Kink and safeword negotiations, daddy/mommy kink, dirty talk
-Scat, emetophilia, watersports, sounding
-Orgasm denial
-Bleak, hopeless endings. Angstyness is okay
-Sickfic in general and references to COVID-19 (and the lockdown/quarantine-like situations) in particular. Unwellness as a result of (non-graphic) injuries is fine
-Rule 63/genderswap
-Non-canon pet names/nicknames
-Epithets (such as "the other man" or "the brunette")
-AUs (especially in historical canons and AUs) where homophobia doesn’t exist (details in letter)
-non-canon backstory (details in letter, AUs are taken into account)
-focus on character’s early life and family (details in letter)
Letter: http://madame-madeleine.dreamwidth.org/5310.html
Request 2 by m_madeleine
Top Gun (1986)
Iceman Kazansky/Slider Kerner/Maverick Mitchell (Slider pining)
Iceman Kazansky/Slider Kerner/Maverick Mitchell (Mav pining)
Iceman Kazansky/Slider Kerner (Slider pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Trying to Ignore Feelings While Forced to Work in Close Quarters With Person of Their Affection
Pining while in a Friends With Benefits arrangement
Character A suddenly realizes that they've been pining for B and didn't know it
Character B figures out that Character A has been pining for them for years
Character A distances themself from Character B to try and get over them
Character A fears revealing feelings for Character B due to laws/rules
Character pines for someone who thinks nothing of undressing casually in front of them
forced to fuck or die with the object of their affections
Sex pollen while pining
pining after years of friendship
Pining while dealing with internalized homophobia
A Pining for B also Starts Pining for B's Partner C
pining for character in a relationship leads to OT3
A only realizes feelings for B when B starts dating someone else
grudgingly pining for someone you should hate
A matchmakes B and C while pining for them both
channelling pining into violence
Pining character's feelings are discovered by a third party
A pines for B while thinking B hates them
Roommates while pining
More details (and better formatting :D) in letter!
General Likes: Any AUs mentioned in the letter (usually canon divergence AUs and magic/supernatural AUs) Hurt/Comfort, various tropes (huddling for warmth, locked in together, sex pollen, tentacle monsters), casefic, getting together fic, smut, angst, missing scenes, shorter snapshot-like stories, UST, Enemies to Friends to Lovers
Smut likes: dub con, vaginal sex, anal sex, anal play, object insertion, fingering, oral of any kind, including rimming, multiple orgams (only for characters with vaginas), frottage, barebacking, comeplay, facials, choking, facefucking, double penetration of the "two in one hole" kind, rough sex, slow and gentle, make-outs, characters feeling overwhelmed/overstimulated, informal D/S overtones and elements, tentacle porn & sex pollen
DNWs
-Rape/non-con
-Permanent death of requested characters
-Underage (under 18)
-Focus on age gap between characters
-Torture, graphic violence, gore
-Body modifications, body horror
-Pregnancy (mentions of background characters being pregnant is okay!)
-De-aging/kid fic
-Unrequested AUs, including A/B/O
-Anal tearing and generally sex-related injuries
-Kink and safeword negotiations, daddy/mommy kink, dirty talk
-Scat, emetophilia, watersports, sounding
-Orgasm denial
-Bleak, hopeless endings. Angstyness is okay
-Sickfic in general and references to COVID-19 (and the lockdown/quarantine-like situations) in particular. Unwellness as a result of (non-graphic) injuries is fine
-Rule 63/genderswap
-Non-canon pet names/nicknames
-Epithets (such as "the other man" or "the brunette")
-AUs (especially in historical canons and AUs) where homophobia doesn’t exist (details in letter)
-non-canon backstory (details in letter, AUs are taken into account)
-focus on character’s early life and family (details in letter)
Letter: http://madame-madeleine.dreamwidth.org/5310.html
Request 3 by m_madeleine
Wings (1927)
David Armstrong/Jack Powerll (David pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Character pines for their rescuer
Character pines for the person they're rescuing
Revealed Feelings While Mortally Injured/No Hope but Whoops! They Were Rescued Now It's Awkward
pining character finally makes a move after they almost died
Pining while huddled together for warmth
Pining character is too sick/hurt to hide their pining any more
Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
Character pines for someone who thinks nothing of undressing casually in front of them
Character A pines for Character B who is presumed dead
A dies before B can confess their feelings; B time travels back to fix everything
Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Psychic link reveals pining is mutual
Pining while dealing with internalized homophobia
Character A fears revealing feelings for Character B due to laws/rules
Pining while trapped together
Pining while stranded in the wilderness
Roommates while pining
More details (and better formatting :D) in letter!
General Likes: Any AUs mentioned in the letter (usually canon divergence AUs and magic/supernatural AUs) Hurt/Comfort, various tropes (huddling for warmth, locked in together, sex pollen, tentacle monsters), casefic, getting together fic, smut, angst, missing scenes, shorter snapshot-like stories, UST, Enemies to Friends to Lovers
Smut likes: dub con, vaginal sex, anal sex, anal play, object insertion, fingering, oral of any kind, including rimming, multiple orgams (only for characters with vaginas), frottage, barebacking, comeplay, facials, choking, facefucking, double penetration of the "two in one hole" kind, rough sex, slow and gentle, make-outs, characters feeling overwhelmed/overstimulated, informal D/S overtones and elements, tentacle porn & sex pollen
DNWs
-Rape/non-con
-Permanent death of requested characters
-Underage (under 18)
-Focus on age gap between characters
-Infidelity
-Torture, graphic violence, gore
-Body modifications, body horror
-Pregnancy (mentions of background characters being pregnant is okay!)
-De-aging/kid fic
-Unrequested AUs, including A/B/O
-Anal tearing and generally sex-related injuries
-Kink and safeword negotiations, daddy/mommy kink, dirty talk
-Scat, emetophilia, watersports, sounding
-Orgasm denial
-Bleak, hopeless endings. Angstyness is okay
-Sickfic in general and references to COVID-19 (and the lockdown/quarantine-like situations) in particular. Unwellness as a result of (non-graphic) injuries is fine
-Rule 63/genderswap
-Non-canon pet names/nicknames
-Epithets (such as "the other man" or "the brunette")
-AUs (especially in historical canons and AUs) where homophobia doesn’t exist (details in letter)
-non-canon backstory (details in letter, AUs are taken into account)
-focus on character’s early life and family (details in letter)
Letter: http://madame-madeleine.dreamwidth.org/5310.html
Request 4 by m_madeleine
Emma (2020)
George Knightley/Emma Woodhouse (George pining)
George Knightley/Emma Woodhouse (both pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Love spell/potion prompts feelings reveal
Character(s) cannot express their feelings due to magic and/or curse
Guilt over enjoying friendly hugs/physical closeness too much
Mixed Signals Confuses Characters On Whether Feelings Are Requited
Tries to Confess but Keeps Getting Interrupted by Circumstances
epistolary pining
Character A Pines For Character B Not Realizing It's Requited
Character A pines for close friend who is unaware
Character apologizes for pining
Character A pining silently so Character B won't feel guilty for not returning their affections
Character A pines for spouse in marriage of convenience
A pining because they think B is pining for someone else
Character A has never been in love before and so doesn't immediately recognize the feeling
Character silently pines for someone due to fear of ruining their existing relationship
Character A distances themself from Character B to try and get over them
More details (and better formatting :D) in letter!
General Likes: Any AUs mentioned in the letter (usually canon divergence AUs and magic/supernatural AUs) Hurt/Comfort, various tropes (huddling for warmth, locked in together, sex pollen, tentacle monsters), casefic, getting together fic, smut, angst, missing scenes, shorter snapshot-like stories, UST, Enemies to Friends to Lovers
Smut likes: dub con, vaginal sex, anal sex, anal play, object insertion, fingering, oral of any kind, including rimming, multiple orgams (only for characters with vaginas), frottage, barebacking, comeplay, facials, choking, facefucking, double penetration of the "two in one hole" kind, rough sex, slow and gentle, make-outs, characters feeling overwhelmed/overstimulated, informal D/S overtones and elements, tentacle porn & sex pollen
DNWs
-Rape/non-con
-Character death of any, even secondary, characters
-Underage (under 18)
-Focus on age gap between characters
-Infidelity
-Torture, graphic violence, gore
-Body modifications, body horror
-Pregnancy (mentions of background characters being pregnant is okay!)
-De-aging/kid fic
-Unrequested AUs, including A/B/O
-Anal tearing and generally sex-related injuries
-Kink and safeword negotiations, daddy/mommy kink, dirty talk
-Scat, emetophilia, watersports, sounding
-Orgasm denial
-Bleak, hopeless endings. Angstyness is okay
-Sickfic in general and references to COVID-19 (and the lockdown/quarantine-like situations) in particular. Unwellness as a result of (non-graphic) injuries is fine
-Rule 63/genderswap
-Non-canon pet names/nicknames
-Epithets (such as "the other man" or "the brunette")
-AUs (especially in historical canons and AUs) where homophobia doesn’t exist (details in letter)
-non-canon backstory (details in letter, AUs are taken into account)
-focus on character’s early life and family (details in letter)
-fandom specific DNW: Romani people (or other ethnic or religious minorities) as source of magic or supernatural elements
-fandom specific DNW: D/S dynamics with Knightley as the dom
Letter: http://madame-madeleine.dreamwidth.org/5310.html
CLAIMED -
Request 1 by Sandrine Shaw (Sandrine)
The Flash (TV 2014)
Doomworld!Leonard Snart/Barry Allen (Leonard pining)
Feelings eventually requited
A using mindwipe to make B believe they're in a relationship
Likes:
- mindwipe failing / only being partially effective, identity porn
- dubcon leading to unexpected feelings
- snark/banter/bickering/flirting, sexual tension
- fix-it, getting together, happy/hopeful endings
- protectiveness/possessiveness
- reluctant alliances and negotiations, trust issues, forgiveness
- temporary loss of powers,
- wall porn, adrenaline-filled/desperate/angry sex, dirty talk, glove kink, finger fucking, overstimulation, manhandling / held down, morning afters, Barry having a hard-on for Snart's voice
DNWs:
- hopeless endings, permanent death of requested characters, terminal illness/permanent injury, violent rape
- gen fic
- AUs, stories focusing on alternate Earth versions
- soulmates
- weeping, panic attacks
- kidfic
- A/B/O, genderswap, unrequested sexuality headcanons, mpreg, daddy kink, for porny stuff: sub!Leonard
Request 2 by Sandrine Shaw (Sandrine)
Eye Candy (TV)
Bubonic/Tommy Calligan (Tommy pining)
Bubonic/Tommy Calligan (Bubonic pining)
Bubonic/Tommy Calligan (both pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Alliance is or might be temporary
hiding pining by antagonistic behavior
Character A pines for disguised B without realising it's B
Character A realises pining for B when they move away
A pining for B while having sex with B
Pining character doused with truth serum
metaphoric pigtail pulling to get the attention of the person you're pining for
Likes:
- focus on Bubonic's obsession with Tommy and/or their complicated history
- all kinds of identity porn re: Tommy being unaware of who Bubonic is
- post-canon/future fic, fix-it
- getting together, happy/hopeful endings
- complicated feelings
- snark/banter/bickering/flirting, reluctant alliances, unexpected feelings, sexual tension
- protectiveness/possessiveness
- mind games, askew balances of power, trust issues, betrayal/forgiveness
- tropey fun (fake dating / undercover, trapped together, huddling for warmth, 'Groundhog Day' loop, something made them do it, amnesia fic, etc.)
- road trips
- wall porn, dirty talk (both humiliating or praising or any combination), adrenaline-filled sex (fighting leading to sex, 'Thank God We're Alive' sex, danger rush etc), finger fucking, morning afters
DNWs:
- Bubonic being a full-on psychopath
- AU's
- pre-canon settings
- gen fic
- sad/hopeless endings, death of requested characters, terminal illness/permanent injury, darkfic
- established non-canonical relationships (except for the "A pining for B while having sex with B" tag! confused 'oh no, I've caught feelings' pining while having a weird enemies-with-benefits dynamic is totally my thing!)
- rape (dub-con is perfectly fine, though)
- weeping
- soulmates
- kidfic
- A/B/O, genderswap, unrequested sexuality headcanons, mpreg, daddy kink
Request 3 by Sandrine Shaw (Sandrine)
The November Man (2014)
Peter Devereaux/David Mason (David pining)
Feelings eventually requited
A pines for B after B refuses to kill A when they ought to
pining for someone after bad personal history between them
mistaking pining for hatred
channelling pining into violence
Jealousy - Feeling Like They're Being Replaced and/or Unwanted
Character A pining because Character B already rejected them
Character A pining after brief fling years ago while Character B has moved on
Pining while trapped together
Pining character doused with truth serum
Likes:
- focus on their complicated history
- post-canon/future fic, fix-it
- getting together, happy/hopeful endings
- complicated feelings
- snark/banter/bickering/flirting, reluctant alliances, unexpected feelings, sexual tension
- protectiveness/possessiveness
- askew balances of power, trust issues, betrayal/forgiveness
- road trips
- tropey fun (fake dating / undercover, trapped together, huddling for warmth, 'Groundhog Day' loop, something made them do it, amnesia fic, etc.)
- wall porn, dirty talk (both humiliating or praising or any combination), adrenaline-filled sex (fighting leading to sex, 'Thank God We're Alive' sex, danger rush etc), finger fucking, morning afters
DNWs:
- pre-canon settings
- AU's
- pre-canon settings
- gen fic
- sad/hopeless endings, death of requested characters, terminal illness/permanent injury, darkfic
- rape (dub-con is perfectly fine, though)
- weeping
- soulmates
- A/B/O, genderswap, unrequested sexuality headcanons, mpreg, daddy kink
CLAIMED -
Request 1 by smaragdbird
Downton Abbey
Thomas Barrow/Edward Courtenay (Both Pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Character A fears revealing feelings for Character B due to laws/rules
Character A tries to convince themself that a platonic relationship is enough
Character is just out of a traumatic situation and the other doesn't want to take advantage
Forbidden/Taboo Desires
hierarchical power imbalance makes it impossible for either to make the first step
Alternate Universe
Character A pines for B who has fallen asleep on A's shoulder
Character A Pines For Character B Not Realizing It's Requited
Character expects to be hurt because their pining was revealed
Fearful of Rejection
Guilt over enjoying friendly hugs/physical closeness too much
Hurt/Comfort
Pining because a relationship would be socially unacceptable
Pining because they're in a secret relationship
Social Class Divide
They Both Think It's Unrequited
Edward Courtenay was my favourite out of all of Thomas' possible love interests over the series and I'd love something set in an AU where he survives. Maybe he stays at Downton Abbey for longer? Or perhaps Thomas goes to become his valet after the war?
Generally I like slice of life, jealousy, matchmaking, found family, and happy or at least bittersweet endings.
DNWs: infidelity ,dub or non-con , abo , character death
Request 2 by smaragdbird
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson (Steve Pining)
James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson (Bucky Pining)
James "Rhodey" Rhodes/Tony Stark (Tony Pining)
Scott Lang/Jimmy Woo (Both Pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Accidental Marriage
Alternate Universe
Character A Pines For Character B Not Realizing It's Requited
Character A pines while Character B Thinks They're Already Dating
Cooking as an expression of affection
Everyone Knows Except Object Of Affection
Everyone knows object of affection is into pining character except for pining character
Everyone thinks they're already in a relationship
Hurt/Comfort
Other Characters Play Matchmaker
Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
A pining because they mistakenly think B is uninterested
Pining character doused with truth serum
Pining character flirts but pretends they're joking
Pining Character Throws Themselves Between Crush and Lethal Danger
Tries to Confess but Keeps Getting Interrupted by Circumstances
Trying to express their feelings through gift-giving
Character B's flirting is too subtle and Character A pines instead of picking up on it
Character A tries to show how they feel but ends up pining when B doesn't get it
B vanishes from existence and only A remembers them
Tony pining for Rhodey since college? Steve flirting with this cute jogger but instead of a date they take down a government conspiracy and stop smirking Natasha, I will ask him eventually! Bucky flirting with Sam but 1930's flirting and 2010's flirting is pretty different? Jimmy and Scott keep trying to ask each other out but every time there's some sort of heist/alien invasion/supervillain interfering?
Generally I like slice of life, jealousy, matchmaking, found family, outside pov, team fic and happy or at least bittersweet endings.
DNWs: infidelity ,dub or non-con , abo , character death, Bucky/Steve or Steve/Tony in any way, shape or form, Endgame-canon (just ignore all of the deaths & Steve going back in time please)
Request 3 by smaragdbird
The Terror (TV 2018)
Francis Crozier/Thomas Jopson (Jopson Pining)
Francis Crozier/James Clark Ross (Crozier Pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Character A fears revealing feelings for Character B due to laws/rules
Character A pines for Character B who thinks they're too old for Character A
Character A pining because they think a relationship would be inappropriate
Character A worries about taking advantage
hierarchical power imbalance makes it impossible for either to make the first step
A believes B is dead
Character A pines for B who has fallen asleep on A's shoulder
Character A Pines For Character B Not Realizing It's Requited
Character expects to be hurt because their pining was revealed
Character silently pines for someone due to fear of ruining their existing relationship
Everyone Knows Except Object Of Affection
Everyone knows object of affection is into pining character except for pining character
Guilt over enjoying friendly hugs/physical closeness too much
Life Threatening Situation Prompts Confession of Feelings
Love Confession: One Character Thought The Other Was Dead
Loyalty
Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Pining A thinks B is still hung up on past lover
Pining because a relationship would be socially unacceptable
Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
I would slightly prefer an AU where at least the main ship is alive but it could also totally be pre-canon. Years of pining while in close quarters on a ship in the dangerous waters of the Antarctic? Maybe Crozier thinks Ross is still in love with Ann or Jopson thinks Crozier is pining for Sophia? The social class divide between Jopson and Crozier is quite significant as well as the power imbalance, how do they get past that? Does Ross find Crozier/the Expedition and it all ends happily ever after?
Generally I like slice of life, jealousy, matchmaking, found family, outside pov, team fic and happy or at least bittersweet endings.
DNWs: infidelity ,dub or non-con , abo , character death,
Request 4 by smaragdbird
陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
Jin Guangyao/Lan Xichen (Lan Xichen pining)
Feelings eventually requited
Trying to express their feelings through gift-giving
Pining while huddled together for warmth
Pining while sharing a bed
Pining character's feelings are discovered by a third party
Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Pining character doused with truth serum
pining because character(s) worries about ruining their friendship
A pines for B while comforting them
A pines for B while being comforted by them
Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
Other Characters Play Matchmaker
Guilt over enjoying friendly hugs/physical closeness too much
Everyone thinks they're already in a relationship
Everyone knows object of affection is into pining character except for pining character
Everyone Knows Except Object Of Affection
Character A Pines For Character B Not Realizing It's Requited
Character A pines for B who has fallen asleep on A's shoulder
Alternate Universe
Character A tries to show how they feel but ends up pining when B doesn't get it
A pining because they mistakenly think B is uninterested
So I'm a huge fan of any AU where Jin Guangyao is slightly less evil (as in Nie Mingjue stays alive and he doesn't marry Qin Su) but otherwise take this story wherever you'd like..
Generally I like slice of life, jealousy, matchmaking, found family, outside pov, and happy bittersweet endings.
DNWs: infidelity ,dub or non-con , abo , character death,
