Candy Hearts Letter

[learnedfoot]

Dear Candy Hearts Creator,

Hello! I’m LearnedFoot on A03! You’ve matched (or, if you’re a pinch hitter, chosen) on at least one of these fandoms/characters/ships, which already means we have things in comment. Excellent! I am very excited to see what you come up with!

To start, even though I’ve written a fair amount here, I want to say I’m actually very easy to please. As long as you stick in the general area of my likes and respect my DNWs, I’m going to be delighted. Also, I’m equally excited about all of these options! Some sections are longer than others because I have more specific ideas about certain fandoms, but I didn’t request anything I wouldn’t be over the moon to receive.

I have requested both fic and art for all requests, and would also be open to treats in either medium for all.

Here is what this letter contains:

General Likes
Art Likes
DNWs
The Bear [Various Ships]
Crossover [The Doctor & Abed Nadir]
Crossover [Suits Characters + Tony Stark]
Severance [Various]
Suits [Various]
Superstore [Garrett/Jonah]
White Lotus [Jack Related]


General Likes
Big Picture Points

Characters are the most important thing for me in fic. I certainly appreciate a good plot, but seeing more of the characters I love is my number one priority.

I’m fairly open on tone and genre — fluff, angst, and basically everything in-between is generally good by me.

For requests where I’ve asked for ship fic, I define that broadly — everything from pining/flirting/other pre-relationship up through established relationship can make me happy. If you want to write smut I’ve included information on my likes, but I’d be just as happy with something lower rated.

A note about links to past letters: For my own sanity, I tried to keep this letter more streamlined (lol) than some of my past letters, especially in canons where I asked for more/different ship combos than usual. For some canons and ships, I’ve included links to past letters where I go into more detail and have more prompts. I in no way expect you to go reading past letters—those are only there if you WANT extra inspiration. But the general idea is that if you’ve seen me request something for a ship before, you can be assured I still want it, even if it did not specifically make it into this letter.

General Likes

Banter

Being taken off guard by small displays of affection, unexpected tenderness, etc. (platonic or otherwise)

Bonding over shared or similar trauma

Characters realizing what someone else means to them, especially when that realization comes as a surprise

Characters revealing what someone else means to them, especially if they are nervous about it but it turns out the feelings are reciprocated

Characters who keep getting back up no matter how many times they’re down

Complex, long lasting relationships with a rich sense of history

Confessions of feelings when out of it (drunk, feverish, exhausted, etc.)

Hurt/comfort [if you want ridiculous amounts of specifics on my H/C likes, you can check out my H/C letter]

People who don’t like each other working together

Stoic and/or emotionally closed off character being forced to accept help (emotional or physical)

Strong character voices

Tentative beginnings (romantic or otherwise)

Time travel and time loops

Trapped in an isolated or otherwise dangerous location

Romance tropes! Some things that never go wrong for me:

• Fake dating, where the stakes are commensurate with medium-to-high stakes for the canon (so, for something like the MCU, probably something mission related; for a slice of life canon, needing a date to a wedding so people will stop asking about your ex is fine)
  
• Forced to share a bed, huddle for warmth, hide in a tight space, anything along those lines

Small romantic gestures:

• Carried to Bed
  
• Character A drapes their jacket over B's shoulders
  
• Finding Someone Sleeping and Putting a Blanket or Coat Over Them
  
• Finger kisses in a scene that wasn't sexual up to that point
  
• Forehead Kisses
  
• Helping Someone Undress for Practicality's Sake (Mostly)
  
• Holding Hands
  
• Sharing clothing

Unlikely friendships

UST and mutual pining

Whump

Wounded people slowly opening up


Smut Likes: Consensual

Emphasis on what the sex means to the characters/the emotion of the moment

“Come,” not “cum”

Drunk/high sex

Dom/sub dynamics that develop without the characters talking about it (but not negotiated BDSM relationships unless requested), and with particular emphasis on:

• the sub getting off on pleasing the dom
• the dom praising the sub (and the sub getting off on that)
• bondage and blindfolds
• hair pulling, scratching, manhandling, and generally rough sex
• choking (on cocks or otherwise)
• Face fucking
• pain, but nothing that would draw more than a little blood or lead to permanent damage (nipple clamps and spanking are great/the level I’m aiming at)

Sex in semi-public/public places

• Generally prefer it without getting caught, but close calls, or trying to hide what's going on while one person fingers the other under a table or the like is great

Exploring new sex acts/kinks/etc.

• I’m happy to see the exploration go really well, or for someone to discover nah, they don’t like the thing. Or for them to like it but not be good at it at first, etc.
  
• In general, awkward, realistic sex is just as loved as perfect, mind-blowing sex

Tender sex, including:

• Being generally amazed at the other person's everything
  
• hand holding
  
• hand/palm kissing
  
• forehead kisses
  
• neck kissing
  
• thigh kissing
  
• hair stroking
  
• face touching
  
• tender kissing
  
• expressions of affection and love, etc.

If you want more information on my smut likes, you can check out my Smut Swap letter

Smut Likes: Non-con and Dub-Con

“Soft” dub-con likes (e.g., sex pollen and the like — though feel free to draw from the hard dubcon likes for that too, if you want):

• Mutual pining
  
• Guilt (because they think they are the only one who wants it)
  
• Feelings reveals (during or after)
  
• Oversensitivity, heightened pleasure
  
• Having to go for a long time, or come multiple times, or etc. And if only one side is pollened, that being hard for the non-pollened party
  
• Mix of pleasure and pain (pollen makes them go too hard/fast/long, etc.)
  
• Pollen makes them do it at an inconvenient time or in an inconvenient place (including public)

”Hard” dub-con and non-con likes (e.g., for villain doing them or bad guy made them do it):

• Manipulation and confused emotions on the victim’s part
  
• Victim gets in over their head
  
• Victim is drugged, drunk, or otherwise not all there
  
• Forced pleasure (including multiple orgasms)
  
• Forced to give blow jobs
  
• Rough sex
  
• Verbal humiliation (calling them a slut/whore, talking up how much they really wanted this, etc.)
  
• Sex that keeps going until victim is too limp and tired to do anything but lie there and take it
  
• Victim crying
  
• Victim feelings shame (about the forced pleasure, about what they’ve agreed to do, etc.)
  
• Use by multiple people
  
• Public sex (including super public for non-con; pressure into going further in public than really wanted for dub con)

For more details on non-con and dub-con likes, check out my Consent Issues letter.

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Art Likes
I don’t really know much about how to describe art, and I will pretty much be guaranteed to love whatever you create because I am just amazed at anyone who can make art, but some specific patterns I’ve noticed in things I like:

Colors

• Black and white + one color (esp. red, but really any)
  
• Black and white, grayscale, etc.
  
• Rich colors, colors that glow
  
• Blue is my single favorite color, generally

Styles

• Some styles I’ve noticed I like: pop, graffiti, realism, watercolor, cute & cartoon-y.
  
• I don't like porny or super romantic chibis, but I like it for gen or shippy stuff that’s leaning into the cute
  
• I’ve enjoyed both sketchier line art type things and more solid filled in things (<--I really don’t know how to use art terminology, sorry!)

Content

• Emphasis on touch between two characters. E.g:
  
  • hugging
    
  • carrying
    
  • hand-holding
    
  • cuddling
    
  • one arm thrown over the other
    
  • Kissing for ships, whether that be on the mouth or hand/head/face, etc.
• Emphasis on facial expressions
  
• Emphasis on pretty/unusual clothing
  
  • For ships: one character wearing the other's clothing, esp. smaller character in bigger character's oversized t-shirt, hoodie, button up, etc.
• H/C scenarios and/or characters be whumped. Some specific images I enjoy in this category:
  
  • Captivity: Chained up with arms above head
    
  • Character A drapes their jacket over B's shoulders
    
  • Draping a Blanket or Coat Over an exhausted, sleeping character
    
  • Injured character being bandaged up
    
  • Injured character being carried
• Incorporation of dialogue (even if it’s just one line)
  
• Funny/cute reactions and scenes
  
• For smutty art: really anything from my general smut likes list applies, but if you want specific ideas:
  
  • clothing being ripped off or pushed aside or general clothed sex/partially clothed/clothing in disarray
    
  • biting/marks
    
  • tender touch
    
  • one hand around a neck (choking or simply resting there, depending on the vibe)
    
  • cocks being held
    
  • one character bent over and being fucked
    
  • Semi-public sex (hiding in a coat closet? Under the table? Etc.)
    
  • Victim looking really whumped in non-con scenarios

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DNWs
General DNWs

Unhappy endings

• Things don't have to be perfect or anything, I just want at least a general sense that things are gonna work out for the characters/ship

First or second person POV

Unrequested identity headcanons (trans, race, other)

• However, I'm always fine with assuming a character’s sexuality is more fluid than canon may let on)

Infidelity involving the requested characters (unless okayed in the fandom specific section)

Killing off canon love interests to make room for a ship

• Breakups, AUing relationships away, etc. are all fine

Permanent, non-canon death of the requested characters

Poly or otherwise open relationship involving the requested characters (unless okayed in the fandom specific section)

• I'm fine with the characters seeing other people while also seeing each other in the context of "we're just FWB/dating casually/no commitments" (particularly if that is used to cause pining or jealousy between the ship). But once the character define the relationship/have the "we are committed to each other" talk/are in an established relationship/etc., I want the relationship structure to be monogamous unless otherwise requested

Focus on pregnancy

There are also some fandom specific DNWs and DNW exceptions noted in the relevant sections

Sex Related DNWs

Any character portrayed “on screen” in sexual situations under the age of 15 (backstory references okay in fic).

• For art, this DNW includes even suggestions of a sexual situation for characters under the age of 15 -- or characters who are drawn to look pre-pubescent regardless of stated age -- even if the characters are still clothed (i.e., kissing/groping/sexual menacing, etc.)

Breeding kink, lactation kink

Body modifications, including forced feminization

Cross-dressing kink

Daddy/mommy kink (in particular, use of the word “daddy” or “mommy”)

Enemas

Extended, on-screen consent negotiations

Feeding, weight gain, inflation, anything in that realm

Insertion of large objects, anal tearing, extreme stretching, sounding

Non-sexual body fluids in sex scenes (with the exception of a few drops of blood from scratching or because they were injured before sex)

Roleplay scenarios

Sex rough enough to permanently injure or leave severe scars

• E.g., spanking someone until their skin feels raw = fine; literally skinning them = please no. Choking someone = go for it; crushing windpipes = please no. If you’re not sure, feel free to ask through the mods!

Unrequested non-con

• Non-con requests from any of the other letters I link for inspiration are considered requested

Unrequested dub-con

• However, I am fine with drunk!sex, or sex on drugs, as long as the characters are subjectively aware of what they're doing while they are having sex. So, not when one half of the pair is passed out drunk. But, for example, I am totally fine with two characters getting high together and having sex (in fact, I love it!)
  
• Dub-con requests from any of the other letters I link for inspiration are considered requested

Completely physically pleasureless sex for the victim even in a dubcon/noncon scenario

• Forced orgasm, being ashamed of their body responding positively, etc. is all great

AU DNWs

I like canon divergence AUs where the fic is based in the canon setting but goes in a different direction after a certain installment, or changes the outcome of a certain event. So those are fine across the board, whether or not they relate to a specific prompt. But I DNW the following types of AUs unless specifically requested (including requested in my linked AUEx letter):

• AUs that change the canon setting, era, or rules of the universe (e.g., mundane AUs, addition of fantastical elements in a non-fantastical canon, soul mark worlds, A/B/O, high school setting for non-high school canon, coffee shop AU, etc.).
  
  
  • Changes needed to make requested crossovers work are of course fine (e.g., for the Suits/MCU x-over, fine to assume the Suits characters live in the MCU universe with all the science/magic that entails)
  
  
• AUs that drastically change the structure of character relationships or fundamentals of their identity (making people related who are not, erasing characters from existence, etc.)

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The Bear
Sydney Adamu/Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto
Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto & Michael "Mikey" Berzatto
Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto/Michael "Mikey" Berzatto
Michael "Mikey" Berzatto/Richard "Richie" Jerimovich & Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto
Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto/New York Chef

[Fic, Art]


Fandom specific DNWs and DNW exceptions:

• My poly/open relationship and infidelity DNWs are waived

General Thoughts: I recently fell in love with this show, and I can’t get it out of my brain. The intensity, the stress, the passion, the pain. I love every single character and all their flaws. I love the way they fight, and the way the come together as a family. I love Carmy and Sydney’s ambitions, both separately and together. I love the themes of grief, and Carmy slowly coming to terms with his feelings. It’s just…so, so good, and I want more in this world.

Feel free to incorporate any characters from the canon (I love the whole crew!), and any background ships you want.

Thoughts and Prompts by Pairings:

Sydney/Carmy: I absolutely adore this relationship. The way they butt heads, and also the way they share a vision. Syndey’s admiration of Carmy’s talent, and Carmy’s recognition of her. Would love to see it explored more, and particularly with a romantic and/or sexual angle added.

• Arguments over the menu, décor, etc. as they try to realize their perfect restaurant
  
  
• Working out a leadership structure where they both feel valued and like it works.
  
  
• Sharing favorite recipes.
  
  
• Sharing cooking school/fancy restaurant war stories
  
  
• Friends with benefits that really is just FWB and deepens the friendship
  
  
• Friends with benefits that leads to something more
  
  
• A one night stand leads to a mess of emotions that rocks the kitchen; how do they finally sort it out? (Happy for the answer to be romantic or platonic)

Carmy &/Mikey: We got so many tantalizing hints about what this relationship was like, and I want more. Down for anything from totally gen to incest pining (maybe one-sided feelings Carmy --> Mikey?) to acted-on incest.

• Backstory. What was their childhood like? Carmy clearly worshiped Mikey, but what did Mikey think of him? What was their relationship like at different ages?
  
  
• When and why did Mikey get into drugs? How did he hide it from Carmy? Were there close calls? What finally prompted him to push Carmy away for good?
  
  
• What did he think of Carmy’s career? How closely did he follow it? (I’m guessing pretty closely…)
  
  
• Sexual experimentation as teens.

Mikey/Richie & Carmy: I like the idea of Mikey and Richie having something in the past, and how that would affect Carmy.

• Was the relationship between Mikey and Richie ongoing through their whole lives, off/on, something that only happened once in a while, something that only happened one time or for a specific period of time? How did they define it? Did they ever see themselves as dating or romantically committed? Admit any feelings at all? Or did they treat it as bros being bros who sometimes hookup, nbd?
  
  
• Did Carmy know as a kid that his brother and his brother’s best friend were hooking up? Did he ever catch them in the act? Or does he only learn about it now, after the fact? If the latter, does Richie reveal it (maybe in a moment of drunken sadness) or does he find out a different way? How does that conversation go?
  
  
• In general, Richie and Carmy mourning Mikey is something I’d love to see more of.

Carmy/NYC Chef: I am very into the idea of Carmy being in some sort of abusive dubcony thing with Joel McHale’s character, whether that’s an actual relationship, coerced sex, or Joel McHale’s character simply using sexual harassment as one more tool in his douchebag boss toolbar. Why? Because Carmy whump, that’s why. You know he would repress the shit out of that experience, and I want that angst.

• Feel free to go as dark and angsty with this as you want! I just want some glimmer of hope that Carmy will emotionally survive it.
  
  
• Carmy in New York, as this is happening. Does he have anyone he can turn to for help, or does he deal (or not) all on his own? Does he realize how bad it is, or is he in denial?
  
  
• Carmy finally reveals the truth to someone else in his life. Sydney? His sister? Someone at Al-Anon? How do they react? How does he feel saying the words out loud?

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Doctor Who Crossovers
Abed Nadir & Any Doctor (Doctor Who 2005)
[Fic, Art]
Fandom specific DNW and DNW exceptions:

• Feel free to fudge the universes to whatever extent you need to get them to combine (in particular, fine to pretend Community exists in the Doctor Who universe, with all that implies about science, aliens, etc.)
  
  
• Poly/open relationship DNWs waived (esp. if you want to include background Troy/Abed/Annie, or any ship with the Doctor not necessarily being monogamous)
  
  
• DNW smut (even if it has a ship, I prefer focus on the requested gen pair)
  
  
• DNW permanent, non-canon death of any canon character from either canon (OCs dying okay, as is the Master/Missy since I assume they will always come back no matter how dead they seem)

General Thoughts: This is a combo I have wanted forever, and a recent Community re-watch re-sparked the need. I mean, Abed finding out Inspector Spacetime is basically real? He’s trained for this forever! I just think they would have the most fun adventures, whether it’s Abed getting to experience an alien planet, or The Doctor getting sucked into an adventure at Greendale. I imagine that Abed would take the whole thing pretty much in stride, and the Doctor would be fascinated by this calm kid who somehow isn’t confused by a time-traveling alien showing up.

And when I say any new Who Doctor, I mean it! Use whichever Doctor you think best—or maybe Abed meets different Doctors at different times!

Feel free to bring in whichever other characters you want, particularly the Community crew if it’s set at Greendale, or if you want to bring other Greendale characters on board the TARDIS with Abed. If relevant, I ship Troy/Abed(/Annie) and Jeff/Annie, as well as The Doctor/The Master (all iterations); The Doctor/The TARDIS (all iterations); The Doctor/River (all iterations); Ten/Rose; Thirteen/Yaz.

Prompts:

• There’s alien trouble at Greendale, and the Doctor is here to help! (Abed: Cool. Cool, cool, cool.)
  
  
• The Master/Missy has come to wreak havoc on Earth yet again. Somehow, Abed gets caught up in helping the Doctor take them down.
  
  
• The Doctor needs to hide out on Earth for whatever reason. They end up at Greendale. Hey, it’s easier to fit in here than anywhere else!
  
  
• There's actually a Doctor Who-y explanation for all the weird stuff that happens at Greendale. The Doctor is here to figure it out!
  
  
• For some reason, the Doctor has agreed to take Abed on exactly one trip. Where does he pick? What’s his reaction to the TARDIS?
  
  
• Abed travels with The Doctor over a longer period of time. How does it change him? Does he find an alien culture that he feels like he totally gets? Or does it make him feel like actually, he understands humans way better than he thinks?

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Suits/MCU
Harvey Specter & Tony Stark
Jessica Pearson & Tony Stark
Harvey Specter & Jessica Pearson & Tony Stark
Harvey Specter/Tony Stark
Harvey Specter/Mike Ross & Tony Stark

[Fic, Art]

Request Specific DNWs and DNW Exceptions:

• Feel free to fudge the universes to whatever extent you need to get them to combine (in particular, fine to pretend Suits exists in the MCU universe, with all that implies about science, magic, etc)
  
  
• Poly/open relationship DNW waived to the extent that I’m fine with Tony/Pepper being open for the Tony/Harvey request.

General Thoughts on the Request: Okay, just imagine how much of a nightmare being Tony’s lawyer would be. Who could possibly handle that? Well…Pearson Hardman, of course! That’s basically the entire thought behind this request. I love the idea of Harvey and/or Jessica trying to reign Tony in. I imagine a lot of bumping heads, but maybe also begrudging respect and eventually admiration and even friendship.

Anyway, go wild! Whatever this sparks for you, I want to get it! I really adore all of these characters, and will be thrilled to see them interacting. Feel free to set this whenever in either canon’s timeline you want to make it make sense, and feel free to incorporate whatever other characters you want. In terms of other ships, the canon ships from either canon is fine. I am also down for: Tony/Any Man Other Than Steve Rogers, Tony/Natasha, Harvey/Jessica, and, of course, always and forever Harvey/Mike.

In terms of dealing with canon love interests, please do not kill anyone off. I'm fine with fics being set during a time both characters are single, or AUing away or breaking up the canon relationships if needed. Also down with Tony and Pepper being in an open relationship.

Prompts:

General (Ship or Gen) Prompts:

• First meetings. Do they bump heads? Get along? Are they on opposite sides of the table, or is Pearson Hardman trying to woo Tony as a client?
  
  
• Pre-Iron Man, the Suits character(s) help Tony with business dealings and/or dealing with his various scandals
  
  
• Mid-Iron Man, the Suits character(s) help Tony deal with totally changing the company. Are they pleased that he's trying to be a better person? Upset that shutting down the weapon's division is going to lose his company a ton of money? Pleased that shutting down the weapons division = a ton of (billable) work for them? Do they support his choices morally? How do they react to finding out about his superheroing?
  
  
• Post-Iron Man, Pearson Hardman deals with the fallout of the “I am Iron Man” announcement. Or they aren’t already his lawyers, but they decide they just HAVE to land the world’s most famous superhero as their client, and go about trying to woo him...
  
  
• Suits character(s) dealing with the legal fallout of Civil War
  
  
• Accidental Baby Acquisition: Tony unexpectedly ends up with a baby. Maybe it is his. Maybe it’s a random alien child. IDK. Whatever the deal, he needs his trusty lawyer/legal team to help him figure out WTF to do.
  
  
• Russian Doll Time Loop: I love these, and would love to see it with these characters. Obviously I waive my universe-rule-bending DNW for this request. For me, the key element of the time loop is: 1) they are stuck in it together, 2) the loops end in death (though done more in a darkly humorous rather than gruesome way). And for this prompt I feel like it also makes sense to include the “face trauma head-on to get out” element, and I like the idea of them meeting for the first time through looping together.
  
  
• Mike’s the one to come up with the solution to Tony’s latest legal problem. Everyone is very impressed.
  
  
• If you want even more prompts then I provide here, I list a lot of freeforms for this request in my Id Pro Quo letter!

Shippy Prompts for Harvey/Tony:

• I am fine with a wide range of things, from a one-night stand to FWB to messy complicated feelings to actual romance. I especially love the idea of them inching towards some kind of unexpected emotional intimacy due to having sex, whether that be the intimacy you can only find with a stranger you know you’ll never see again after that one night or something more long-lasting.
  
  
• They are both down with one-night stands. They both run in the rich person circles on NYC. Maybe they fall into bed together one night. What happens after that? Do they never see each other again but remember it fondly? Maybe keep tabs on each other from a distance? Do they see each other again, for friendship, for sex, or for something more? Does Tony end up hiring Harvey as his lawyer because he was impressed by him? How does Harvey feel about that? Do they only run into each other occasionally?
  
  
• I love 5 times and 5+1 formats in general, and that sounds really fun for this request in particular. 5 times they slept together. 5 times they didn’t sleep together and the one time they did. 5 times they pissed each other off and the one time they got along. 5 times Harvey saved Tony’s ass, and the one time Tony saved Harvey. Etc. etc. Whatever you can think of!
  
  
• Harvey is Tony’s lawyer, because Harvey is the best. But they are both arrogant and don’t love being told what to do. So they butt heads, a lot. But they also have all this sexual tension. Maybe the best way to deal is to fuck it out…
  
  
• Charity Auction Date: I love the idea of this for them. Again, they both run in rich people circles. Maybe this is how they meet. Or maybe Harvey is bullied into putting himself up for auction by Jessica, and Tony thinks it would be amusing to buy his lawyer. Or Tony is bullied into doing it by Pepper, and promises he’ll sign on as a client with Pearson Hardman if Harvey just saved him from having to go on a date with random fan…

Shippy Prompts for Harvey/Mike & Tony:

• Obviously, feel free to take any of my Harvey/Mike prompts and throw Tony into the mix!
  
  
• Tony POV on Harvey/Mike. Does he notice this new protégé of Harvey’s? Does he pick up on the feelings, or is he surprised?
  
  
• Tony flirts with Mike on purpose to get a rise out of Harvey (either actually intending to get to him if they aren’t friendly, or more as a friendly joke or to make Harvey realize his own feelings if they are). Maybe this is what finally pushes Harvey/Mike together? Or it’s Harvey/Mike established relationship, and Harvey is a little amazed that even with Tony fucking Stark flirting with him, Mike only has eyes for Harvey?
  
  
• Harvey/Mike get in trouble during some Avenger’s Level event. H/C, with Tony as a rescue or a buddy along on the ride.

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Severance
Irving Bailiff/Burt Goodman
Irving Bailiff & Helena Eagan & Dylan George & Mark Scout
Helly R. & Helena Eagan

[Fic, Art]
Canon specific DNWs/DNW Exceptions:

• Here, I am more than happy with very bittersweet endings as long as they are not completely hopeless
  
  
• Infidelity and poly/open relationship DNWs waived. In particular, for Burt/Irving, feel free to lean into how complicated that all is with duel identities, Burt’s husband, etc.

General Thoughts on the Request: I am just obsessed with this show. Its characters, its atmosphere, its mystery, its worldbuilding. Anything that delves deeper into what makes these characters and this world tick is going to make me very happy. Feel free to incorporate any other characters, and any ships even if not specifically requested.

Also, I feel like this is a really great canon for creative formats like epistolatory, social media, in universe documents, etc. If that’s of interest, feel free to go wild! And if you’d like more prompts along those lines, check out my Fic in a Box letter.

Relationship Specific Thoughts/Prompts:

Burt/Irving: Oh, these two just ripped me in two. Their gentle, graceful longing. The soft touches and pining. The heartbreak of Burt leaving. Anything about them would make me happy. Other stolen moments. What happens after the finale. Etc.

• Anything dealing with innie/out identity porn. Burt suddenly remembers. Outie Irving meeting outie Burt. Did they know each other before Lumon at all?
  
  
• What if Burt never left, what if he comes back? More pining and stolen moments. If he comes back, does he still remember Irving?
  
  
• Burt’s husband’s reaction. How does he find out? Does Burt remember and then tell him? Do he and Burt find out together from Irving? Something else? Open relationships, poly, etc. welcome, but so are hurt feelings and messiness and heartbreak. I’d rather Burt’s husband not be treated as a bad guy, though—they seemed happy in what little we saw of them, and I think it’s all most interesting if there’s no easy solution.
  
  
• Endings where Burt and Irving aren't together totally welcome.

Microdata Refinement Team: I just love the team. The identity porn, their friendships, their attempts to fight back. For this request, I’d be happy to see them as innies, outies, or some combo of both.

• The consequences of the finale. Where are the outies left when the lever is unpulled? What happens to the innies? Are they still allowed to be a team? Are their memories wiped?
  
  
• Unraveling mysteries
  
  
• Innie/outie identity porn, identity exploration, identity confusion, identities collapsing together—just anything around how identity is used in this canon!
  
  
• Innie backstory—what was it like before Peter left/Helly came?
  
  
• Outie backstories—and especially innies learning their own backstories
  
  
• Hurt/comfort
  
  
• Friendship, small moments of levity or relief in this otherwise terrible world

Helly & Helena: I am just really interested in the push/pull between these two sides—more than any of the other characters, Helly/Helena seem completely different from each other, or at least completely at odds. Feel free to go dark and twisted and dubconny here, especially if you focus on them trying to fight each other.

• In general, what is Helena’s POV on everything. Is she as much of a true believer as she seems? Is there anything Helly (or any of the rest of the team) can do to get her to think differently?
  
  
• Post-finale, Helena wants to punish Helly. How does she do it? Have her reassigned inside Lumon? Send her more nasty messages?
  
  
• Helly fights against Helena. Does she hurt herself to hurt her enemy?
  
  
• Using sex/relationship as a proxy weapon. Maybe Helena gets wind of Helly/innie!Mark, and goes about seducing outie!Mark as a way to mess with/get back at Helly? Do either/both try to send their body to the other with unexplained hickeys, dried come on them, other clear signs of sex?

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Suits
Mike Ross/Harvey Specter
Jessica Pearson & Harvey Specter
Jessica Pearson/Mike Ross/Harvey Specter
Sean Cahill/Harvey Specter

[Fic, Art]
Canon specific DNWs:

• Use of the term “alpha” and “omega” in bed. Harvey or Mike being pregnant even in an a/b/o AU.

General Thoughts: I fucking adore this show, with all its silly bad law and banter and complex relationships of love and loyalty and hurt and betrayal and forgiveness and, oh yes, banter. I like the quippy, easy breeziness of the early seasons as well as the angst and the drama of the later season (that trial/prison arc, hot damn), so whatever speaks to you the most is what I want to get!

I love the whole cast, so feel free to incorporate whatever other characters you want, and any ships between those characters. I’m a big Rachel/Donna fan if you want to include that in the background anywhere!

Ship Specific Thoughts/Prompts:

Mike Ross/Harvey Specter: One of my current most burning OTPs. They have everything I love in a mentor/mentee ship. Being centrally important to each other! Enough of an age gap and experience differential to really have a mentorship! But the mentee character still being very brilliant at what they do (for a rookie) and having their own POV about how to go about things! An easy banter and generally just very much enjoying each others’ company! Clear admiration for each other! But also emotional repression and difficulty expressing approval/affection on Harvey’s side! Intense, crazy, “I will risk destroying my own life for you” loyalty from the word go! Epically painful fights! But always, always forgiving each other in the end!

• I adore get together fic for them. I love pining, and can see it easily on either/both sides. But extended pining isn’t the only option for them! I am also down for either/both developing feelings over the course of the fic, and/or either/both being oblivious dumbasses who don’t realize their own feelings at first.
  
  
• Or established relationship fic! How do they deal with major milestones. The commitment talk? Their first fight? Moving in together? Engagement? Marriage?
  
  
• In terms of sexual dynamics, I like everything from vanilla through having D/s-y dynamics in bed, preferably with Mike in the sub role (though that does not have to mean physically bottoming!)
  
  
• All the romance tropes: Seriously, if there is a fan-ficcy romance trope that you can think of combining with this pairing, I want it. Fake dating/marriage? Yes! (I have more prompts along those lines in my Just Married letter). There’s only one bed? Duh! Canadian shack? Obviously. Fuckbuddies with feelings? PLEASE. Etc. etc. etc. Go wild.
  
  
• Kidfic: One discovers they had a kid they didn’t know about, or otherwise end up adopting unexpectedly. Or they decide to adopt together. Falling in love through caring for the kid. Cute domestic scenes!
  
  
• Hurt/comfort, hurt/comfort, hurt/comfort. Gimma all the hurt/comfort. Mike is in a bike accident! Harvey gets in over his head in a fight. One or the other is beat up or non-conned by a bad guy. Whatever it is, I want it! For more prompts and freeforms along these lines, check out my Id Pro Quo letter.
  
  
• Relatedly, I am really into the idea of Mike getting in over his head, especially in a dubconny way, with a sleazy client, whether it’s something as simple as the client getting too handsy, up through full on dub-con/non-con pressured sex (“Oh, I’ll happily sign with you/not fire you/etc., if you give an extra incentive…”). And then Harvey finding out and reacting. For more prompts along these lines, check out my FIAB letter.
  
  
• Different universe AUs: This is the one canon where I am down with different universe AUs. In particular, I really love slavery AUs, A/B/O, BDSM, and weird mandated-by-the-state marriage AUs. If writing something along those lines sounds appealing, I have a LOT of thoughts and prompts in my AU Exchange and Just Married letters.
  
  
• Different First Meetings: I love the idea of them meeting in different ways, particularly in setups where Harvey is still a lawyer but he either meets Mike at a somewhat different time, or when Mike has chosen a different path to try to make ends meet. It’s easy to imagine, since their original meeting was down to chance anyway. If you want specific ideas, I have a bunch at my AU Exchange Letter. But I’m open to basically any idea you have!
  
  
  • The one thing I’m not interested in is a first meeting where Mike is already a successful lawyer (or successful at any fulfilling job) or law student at a top school. A key part of their dynamic for me is Harvey being surprised by Mike’s brilliance and his unexpected willingness to give him an opportunity Mike is beyond grateful for, so I prefer Mike being in a situation where he’s not living up to his potential
  
  
• Canon Divergence AUs: Another thing I love here. Again, I’d direct you to my AU Exchange Letter for expanded prompts. But some quick ones:
  
  • Harvey doesn’t hire Mike in the pilot
    
  • Different consequences for the lie
    
  • Harvey takes longer to forgive Mike after the Season 2 finale
    
  • Mike goes to work for Forstman
    
  • Mike serves his whole prison sentence, or Harvey goes to prison instead
  
  
• In terms of the canon relationships—frankly, with this ship I am fine with Harvey and Mike having what amounts to an emotional affair while in other relationships, but I 100% do not want them physical cheating because that is such a big moral code for Harvey. AUing the relationships away, adding in breakups, setting it when they're both single, etc. all work. I am also down with Harvey and Mike dating OCs during the fic if you want (esp. if it makes the other jealous), again as long as there is no physical cheating. I am also down with any sort of backstory relationships you want to add for them, including Harvey/Jessica.

Jessica Pearson & Harvey Specter: I just love their friendship! I’d love to see more of their backstory or their friendship developing over time.

• Are there major shifting points in their relationship from pure mentor/mentee to something closer to colleagues and friends?
  
  
• What was Harvey like when Jessica first met him? Did she ever meet his family? Whether she did or not, what did his family think of this woman taking such an interest in him?
  
  
• How does their friendship continue after the show? Do they ever work together again?
  
  
• Epistolary fic showing their emails/texts/etc. over time, after the show, etc.
  
  
• If you wanted to combine this with Harvey/Mike, I’d also love anything about Jessica’s reaction to that, or her POV on it as an outsider. Or her toast to Harvey at their wedding! Or Harvey’s toast to her at a Jessica/Jeff Malone wedding!
  
  
  • Also down for a fic here where Harvey is unrequitedly pining over Mike and Jessica realizes/helps him deal in some way. In that situation, I'd prefer the fic not shut down the possibility of Mike *ever* returning feelings, but totally fine to have them unrequited in the space of the fic.

Jessica Pearson/Mike Ross/Harvey Specter: My needs here are simple. I like the idea of making the Jessica/Harvey --> Harvey/Mike mentorship sexual. Especially with some D/s dynamics thrown in for good measure.

• I love D/s dynamics here, including BDSM AUs. Harvey was Jessica’s sub, and is now Mike’s dom, and working through that? Jessica domming both of them? Jessica realizing Mike is a sub and getting Harvey involved?
  
  
• More prompts at my AUex Letter

Sean Cahill/Harvey Specter: I was just really into their relationship, especially in the first half of Season 6, and would love to see it become sexual/romantic.

• They are both under such pressure and have so much riding on the case in Season 6; having that spill over to late nights drinking together, finding solace and/or moments of escape from the stress in bed, etc. seems great.
  
  
• Happy for this to be complicated and unequal, where one is just using sex as an outlet for stress relief while the other has Actual Feelings. Or they both have feelings but maybe only one actually wants to do something about it… (OTOH, also very happy for a version where they are both on the same page about being FWBs, fuckbuddies, stress relief, temporary, etc.)
  
  
• Bonus points for Harvey pining over Mike and using Sean as a stand-in, whether or not Sean realizes.
  
  
  • If you go this route, I'm fine with having Harvey's pining for Mike be unrequited. I would prefer the fic not shut down any possibility of Mike ever returning feelings in any way (by which I mean please don't include a scene where Mike states "I am 100% straight it is insane you would ever think I could possibly have feelings for you ever at any point no way could that ever happen" or something). But having Mike be devoted to his relationship with Rachel while Harvey quietly pines and deals with that through Sean = 100% great. (Though Harvey/Sean --> Harvey/Mike or possible Harvey/Mike is also very welcome)

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Superstore
Garrett McNeill/Jonah Simms

[Fic, Art]

Canon specific DNWs and DNW exceptions: None

General Thoughts: I find this show endlessly charming and fun (and I also love how political it is, so feel free to incorporate that if you want). These two are my fave pair in the whole thing. I love how Jonah so earnest and just completely desperate for any sign of approval or affection from Garrett, and how much Garrett totally knows that, and messes with him all the time (I find Garrett’s dry humor hilarious. And everything about him. I adore Garrett). But I think it’s clear that under that all, Garrett really cares about Jonah too, it’s just hard for him to express that. Adding romance/getting together into the mix just takes that dynamic and amps it up in a fun way.

In general, I love the upbeat tone and humor of the show, and I’m looking for fic/art that matches that general feel. Feel free to let the work get serious if/when it need to—the show does!—but I am hoping for an overall vibe that’s more fun and hijinks than dark and painful.

Feel free to set this fic/etc. whenever during the show makes sense to you, and feel free to incorporate whatever other characters you want from the show, and any ships between those characters you so desire.

Prompts:

• Roommate shenanigans: Growing closer while living together. Pranks they pull on each other. Ways they irritate each other, but also the things they love about living together. There's Only One Bed because in one of their rooms the AC is broken or the landlord has to do repairs or something?
  
  
• Fake/accidental/of convenience dating or marriage: I’m down for everything from waking up married in Vegas to deciding to get married for health insurance purposes to fake dating as a prank on their co-workers. Seriously, whatever scenario you can think of, I’m on board. I just think this is a super fun pair to shove into these tropes. Does one of both of them go into it pining? Or do they develop feelings over the course of the marriage/“relationship”? Do they confess once they realize? Or do they go through a divorce/annulment/revealing it was fake only to discover they both liked it better when they were together? For more prompts along these lines, check out my Just Married letter.
  
  
• Reality-show related: I love the idea of these two being on a reality show together. Maybe they decide to do something like The Amazing Race together. Or maybe they accidently end up on the same show? Maybe their co-workers submit them both for a dating show and they both get on… Feel free to use real reality shows, or make one up.
  
  
• Soulmates: I don’t normally ask for soulmate stuff, esp. in canons set in the real world, but I love it for them, especially if at least one of them is resistant to the idea. I feel like Garrett would be so hilariously cynical about the whole idea, or maybe Jonah would have some very earnest political take about how the whole concept is Bad and Retrograde, Actually. Or whatever. I would just love to see your take on how these characters would react to a world with soulmates. I’m down for whatever kind of soulmate worldbuilding you want, including one where soulmates are rare.
  
  
• Accidental Child Acquisition: I love the idea of one of them having to suddenly deal with a kid they did not expect. Maybe one of them finds out an old one-night stand had a baby? Or a relative drops a kid at their door? Maybe this is when they’re roommates so the other is forced to help out?
  
  
• Apocalypse: Zombie apocalypse! Aliens invade! If throwing these characters into that kind of scenario sounds fun, please feel free.
  
  
• Time loop: The two of them stuck in a time loop together sounds hilarious.
  
  
• For more AU ideas, check out my Alternate Universe Exchange letter

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White Lotus
Jack/Quentin
Jack/Original Male Character(s)
Jack/Portia
Jack & Portia

[Fic, Art]

Canon specific DNWs and DNW exceptions:

• Open relationships, poly, and infidelity DNWs waived
  
  
• Feel free to have any original characters die even for the Jack/Original Male Character(s) request, especially as part of Jack's sad backstory or if they are bad guys in his narrative (basically, the only time I'd prefer you not kill an original male character is if he is positioned as a positive post-canon love interest for Jack. Otherwise, go right ahead if it fits your story)
  
  
• I am open to non-con and dub-con between Jack/Quentin or Jack/Original male characters, but DNW non-con between Jack/Portia, or any dub-con beyond what we got in canon

General Thoughts: Did I expect to come out of Season 2 of White Lotus with a new ~poor little meow meow~ style despicable woobie fave? No, no I did not. And yet, Jack happened. I am just so endlessly fascinated by him and his very rough edges and his whump potential. What was the dark, dark hole he was in before Quentin rescued him? Is he gay at all, or does he just fuck Quentin (and presumably his friends) for the benefit of his money? What exactly was he supposed to do to Portia—did he just need to get her out of the way, or was he supposed to kill her? Why did he decide to let her go? What happens to him next? What if he and Portia met again in the future? I’m really just curious to see any takes you may have about him.

Feel free to incorporate any other characters from the show you want, as you see fit, and any other ships.

Prompts:

Jack/Quentin, Jack/Original Male Character(s)

• Backstory! What was the very fucking deep hole? Was Jack prostituting himself? In gambling debt? Drug addiction? Some combo? How did Quentin find him, how did Quentin decide to rescue him? How does Jack feel about any of it?
  
  
• What is Jack/Quentin’s relationship? Is this a pure gay for pay thing, or is Jack at least somewhat into guys? If he is into guys, is that something he’s accepted about himself? Regardless, is he into Quentin or not? Did it start out as something Jack thought might be ~real~ only for him to discover Quentin thought of it as more transactional, or did Jack know the deal the whole time?
  
  
• How does he react when he finds out Quentin is dead? Is he relieved, sad, stressed? Does he get caught up in the police investigation? Did Quentin leave him anything in his will, or is he on his own with nothing again? Does he run off with cash/expensive trinkets/etc. from the villa? What does he do, where does he go? Does he have anyone to turn to?
  
  
• Dubcon or non-con porn! Jack turns his first trick. Quentin shares Jack like a party favor at one of his parties. Jack is loaned out to one of Quentin’s guests. Etc. etc. Feel free to go any range of dub to non-con here, though personally I feel like the sweetest spot is some form of dub-con. E.g., Jack is nominally consenting, but he doesn’t really like it, he’s just here for the money. Or Jack DOES like it, but all those feelings are complicated by also being in it for the money. Or Jack starts off liking it but finds he’s in over his head. Etc. etc. etc.
  
  
• Jack gets a real boyfriend. I’m thinking especially post canon for this. Like, to his surprise (or not), he finds a guy he actually likes and wants to be with. How is that relationship complicated by his past?

Jack /& Portia:

• I loved Portia’s slow (and then rapid) disillusionment with him. I’d be really curious to see them interact again one day, romantically or not. I have some ideas in my other prompts, but however you want to put them back in the same place, I want to read it!
  
  
• Portia has to return to Italy shortly after the show, maybe as part of the investigation into what happened. What happens if she see Jack? Could she possibly have the opportunity to either screw him over or save him with the cops? What does she do?
  
  
• Portia comes back to Italy years later. Maybe she’s trying to reclaim the experience, maybe she has to go because of work, maybe she pretends like she’s never been there before so couldn’t find a good excuse to tell her new husband/friends/whatever that she didn’t want to go. They run into each other. Who have they both become? What do they talk about? Does Jack explain himself? Can she possibly forgive him? How does he feel if the answer is no? Does the spark somehow rekindle?
  
  
• Jack makes it to America one day. Does he look Portia up? Randomly run into her? Get into trouble and need her help…?
  

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