AU Ex Letter 2022

[learnedfoot]

Dear AUEx Creator,

Hello! I’m LearnedFoot on A03! You’ve matched (or, if you’re a pinch hitter, chosen) on one of these pairs and freeforms, which already means we have thing sin 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 character combos, but I didn’t request anything I wouldn’t be over the moon to receive.

I have requested all fic in my requests, but I would be delighted to get art treats in any.

Here is what this letter contains:

General Likes
Art Likes
DNWs
BoJack Horseman: BoJack/Mr. PB; Sarah Lynn-Related
Iron Man: Tony Stark /& Ho Yinsen
MCU/Spider-Man: Peter Parker & Various
Suits: Mike Ross/Harvey Specter
Suits: Mike Ross/Harvey Specter/Jessica Pearson
Superstore: Garrett McNeill/Jonah Simms

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 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 the structure of the fandom-specific sections: Since the freeforms work as prompts on their own, in the fandom-specific sections I mostly I focused on general thoughts about the relationships, with some prompts that can be mixed with a number of the freeforms, and expanded thoughts on certain freeforms.

Remember: this is all just meant to be helpful. Do not feel obligated to use any of my prompts if you have your own idea of where to go with the freeforms (a lot of them really do stand on their own!), and definitely do not take any singling out of specific freeforms as a suggestion I want those more. This letter is meant to be helpful, not burdensome or stressful!

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 having conversations we don’t get to see in canon

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:

• Accidental soulbonds:
  
  • I like the idea of some combo of: they have a sense of each others’ emotions and/or physical sensations, it hurts or is otherwise uncomfortable to be too far apart, that kind of thing
    
  • I’m not so interested in actually being about to read each others’ thoughts
    
  • I esp. like the idea of this being super uncommon/caused by some weird sort of spell or sci-fi whatever, so they have no idea what’s going on at first
• 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

Using (or even just mentioning) the fact that Peter Parker is suuuper strong.

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 (and at least one of the relevant requested characters can REALLY take it ;) )
  
• 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)
  
• Rich colors, colors that glow
  
• Blue is my single favorite color, generally

Styles

• Some styles I’ve noticed I like: pop, graffiti, realism, cute & cartoon-y.
  
• For BoJack, I love things in the style of canon, though other styles are also great!
  
• 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
  
  • Historical clothing porn for The Great = yes, please!
    
  • Superhero suit porn = great. As is superhero in normal-people clothing. Or a combo!
    
  • I love Peter Parker wearing the spider-suit under street clothing
    
  • Normal suit porn, especially for Suits. Or the half-undressed look. Like, is there anything hotter than a loose bowtie and sleeves rolled up at the end of the night?
    
  • 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
    
  • The whumping part goes double for Peter Parker, Tony Stark, Diarmuid, or Robby
• Incorporation of dialogue (even if it’s just one line)
  
• Funny/cute reactions and scenes
  
• Incorporation of cute animals/creatures/robots or kids (except in the non-con contexts). E.g.:
  
  • Morgan, Goose or baby Groot or Tony's bots for MCU
    
  • Any cute alien creatures, canon or otherwise, for canons with aliens
• 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

Completely hopeless 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 (and for the ship if it's a ship request)

First or second person

Identity headcanons (trans, race, other) (However, I'm 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)

Kidfic involving non-canon children (unless requested)

Killing off canon love interests to allow non-canon ships to get together

Permanent death of the requested characters

Poly or otherwise open relationships involving the requested characters (unless requested)

Focus on pregnancy

For any MCU-related request, Peter referring to Tony as like a father, or Tony referring to Peter as like a son.

• Discussion of their mentor/mentee bond is fine, it's just those words or the concept of being like family I want avoided

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

Sex Related DNWs

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

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

Formalized BDSM (unless part of BDSM AU or otherwise requested)

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 pass-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 requestedf

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

An older character kinking on a younger one's youthful looks to the point where they are described as childlike.

• In consensual ships, the older person can — and preferable should — find the younger person hot, and, e.g., marveling at their smooth skin or general young person energy is fine, and for dub-con/non-con ships, I’m fine with the aggressor liking/getting off on the fact that the younger character is naive or easy to manipulate. I just want to avoid emphasis on "they look childlike" or "it's hot that they're not fully matured physically" or the like.

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 requested freeform. But I DNW the following types of AUs unless requested:

• 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, etc.)
  
  
• AUs that drastically change the structure of character relationships or fundamentals of their identity (making people related who are not, erasing characters from existence, making major friendships or relationships never have happened unless it’s a result of diverging canon before they get together, etc.)

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BoJack Horseman
BoJack Horseman /& Mr. Peanutbutter
BoJack Horseman/Sarah Lynn
Princess Caroline & Sarah Lynn
Solo: Sarah Lynn
• BoJack Horseman: Mr. Peanutbutter Becomes the Mayor
• BoJack Horseman: Princess Caroline Becomes Sarah Lynn's Manager
• BoJack Horseman: Sarah Lynn Doesn't Die
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• ALL: Take a bad thing that happened to a character in canon and make it even worse
• ALL: Take a good thing that happened to a character in canon and make it bad
• ALL: Take a bad thing that happened to a character in canon and make it better
• ALL: Character finds out they have a child they didn't know about
• ALL: Fake marriage to solve a canon problem
• ALL: Las Vegas marriage
• ALL: Marriage of Convenience AU
• ALL: Ship wake up in bed together in Vegas; have no idea what happened
• ALL: On the run from the law
• ALL: The Characters Go on a Reality Show
• ALL: Russian Doll Time Loop

Fandom specific DNWs and DNW exceptions:

• DNW detailed smut (don’t stress out about this, I basically just won’t get much out of smut-as-smut in this fandom, so I prefer the focus elsewhere, but I’m not going to freak out if you blur the line between T and M/E)
  
  
• My poly/open relationship DNWs are waived.

Why I requested it: As far as I’m concerned this show is one of the best of all time, and I always want more. I’m constantly astonished by its ability to blend wacky humor with soul crushingly poignant character moments. It has amazingly creative world building and some of the most realistically crafted characters I’ve ever seen, under all the animal puns and slapstick adventures. It’s depressing as fuck, and yet the way the characters keep fumbling on, attempting to connect to each other and often support each other, even when maybe that’s ill advised, actually leaves me oddly hopeful and uplifted.

Prompts and thoughts that can be combined with various freeforms:

Sarah Lynn Related: Sarah Lynn is my very favorite character on a show full of characters I adore. Her story is so predictably tragic (she literally jokes about how she’s going to die young in the first episode she appears in), and yet despite the predictability, the tragedy hits home because while in many ways she’s a cliche, she is also a distinct character. She’s smart and kind of weird and wanted to be an architect, and she breaks my heart.

I’m not super interested in Sarah Lynn as a child/on Horsing Around (I don’t mind that backstory being included, but I would prefer it’s not the entire fic), but beyond that, I’m open to anything my selected tags inspire you to write. Feel free to pair her with any other character(s), platonically or otherwise, or with OCs or BoJack-esque takes on celebs, whatever you want.

• Sarah Lynn ends up spending time with any of the other characters. Like, how would it go if she ended up on a road trip with Diane? Did she hear Sextina Aquafina call her a has-been on TV and have a reaction the next time they crossed paths? What if she winds up on a reality show with Mr. PB? Anything you can think of!
  
  
• AU where she lives and gets sober. Can she stay sober? Does she take her Oscar win and run with it to revitalize her career? Does she ditch the entertainment biz and become an architect? What would future interactions with BoJack be like? Does she speak up during the media’s takedown of him? Does she stay on his side, turn on him, something else? Feel free to go happy or sad here.
  
  
• AU where she lives and doesn’t get sober. How does that impact the other events of the show going forward? Is she at the campaign event where Mr. PB’s house sunk into the ground? Does she meet Hollyhock? Do she and BoJack go on more ill-advised binges? Does she wind up on reality TV, home of many a former major star?
  
  
• AU where PC actually ends up as Sarah Lynn’s agent in Season 1, or at any other point. Does PC manage to save her career? Does she keep her away from the path that eventually kills her? Is she a nightmare client, or surprisingly okay to work with? Crisis management for news of Sarah Lynn/BoJack leaking?
  
  
• Outsider POVs on Sarah Lynn (fans, co-stars, family, other characters, the media, etc.). I’m really interested in the tension between her image as a celebrity and the reality of her life, and this would be a cool way to explore that.
  
  
• For Sarah Lynn/BoJack: I like it fucked up and unhealthy but also with a sense that they do get it each in a way no one else can, like we see on the show. If you want to explore this relationship more, do not have to have a happy ending. (Also, to be clear, although it was not nominated I would also be very happy with a Sarah Lynn & BoJack story)

BoJack Horseman /& Mr. Peanutbutter: When I first started watching this show, I never would have predicted finding this dynamic as interesting as I do. I love that BoJack sees Mr. Peanutbutter as a rival and an annoyance, and meanwhile Mr. Peanutbutter is all “this is my good friend BoJack, I love him so much.” It would have been so easy to have them just be rivals — especially because of the Diane of it all — and yet, the show refused to make it that simple, and I love that by the end Mr. PB is one of the few people from BoJack's old life who still wholeheartedly supports him. The way he stuck by him in the final season was really sweet.

I like this pair as ship and gen equally, so whichever you prefer! Even with my "fake relationship" type prompts, I am totally down for that to be legit gen, and just them dealing with the situation and getting closer as friends.

• The way that Mr. Peanutbutter’s happy-go-lucky attitude is clearly covering for his own pain is what makes him so interesting to me, and it was nice to see him get some self-awareness at the end there. BoJack getting to see more of that side of him, them dealing with their pain together, and/or trying to grow together would be great.
  
  
• BoJack and Mr. Peanutbutter play characters who are dating or married in a movie or play.
  
  
• In general, accidental or fake dating/marriage is great, as indicated by some of my selected freeforms. If you like that idea, I have a lot of prompts for it here
  
  
• They go on a reality TV show. Maybe a “celeb Big Brother” type thing? Or a celebrity dating show?
  
  
• One learns they had a kid they didn’t know about, and predictably freaks out. How does the other help (or make things worse)?
  
  
• Anything with the media: media reacting to their relationship, whether that be a growing friendships or a romantic relationship (fake or otherwise); a relationship/marriage (or fake one) in reaction to something in the media or as a PR stunt, etc. Maybe a fake or accidental marriage leaks, and it turns out they are very popular with the fans, so they just keep going with it...

Prompts for Any/All:

• Russian Doll Time Loop: I love these! For me, the key element of the time loop is: 1) two characters are stuck in it together, 2) the loops end in death (though done more in a darkly humorous rather than gruesome way). And for BoJack characters, I think the “facing trauma head-on” element is also important. Feel free to use any of my requested pairs, or Sarah Lynn &/ anyone else who interests you!
  
  
• Want to tell the story through an experimental format like social media posts, text chains, newspaper/gossip articles, etc? I’m all for it! I think this is a great canon for that.
  
  
• Ship wake up in bed together in Vegas; have no idea what happened: Also feel free to go with the gen version of this, The Hangover style

A note on other characters: Any and all other characters are welcome. I’m fine with infidelity, open relationships/poly, etc. in this fandom. I also ship PC/BoJack, Diane/BoJack, and PC/Judah, and while I don’t exactly ship Diane/Mr. Peanutbutter, I find their relationship fascinating and like seeing it explored. And really, I’m good with backstory or background any character/any character, except for non-canon pairings with Todd or Hollyhock. This is Hollywoo(b), baby, I’d buy that they’ve all had sex.

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Iron Man
Tony Stark &/ Ho Yinsen
• MCU: Ho Yinsen Lives
• MCU: Tony does not reveal his identity at the end of Iron Man
• MCU: Tony Stark survives Endgame
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• ALL: Canonically dead villain faked own death
• ALL: Character Is Resurrected But Came Back Wrong
• ALL: Character who doesn't have a Superpower in Canon has one or gains one
• ALL: Trapped on an island
• ALL: Accidentally and Permanently Time Travels Back in Time; Changes the Course of the Future
• ALL: Character Invents Time Travel to Save Dead Loved One
• ALL: Character travels to the past and forced to relive their worst memories
• All: Time Travel Fix-It
• ALL: Time Travels Back to the Beginning to Attempt to Fix Everything and Save Everyone
• ALL: Being in a time loop together leads to getting together
• ALL: Russian Doll Time Loop
• ALL: Time Loop - looping character forced to watch loved one die repeatedly until loop is broken
• ALL: Time loop where character makes things worse before making them better

Why I Requested It: Tony is one of my all time favorite characters, and his relationship with Yinsen is sadly overlooked. I always wondered what kind of friendship (or moreship) they could’ve had if Yinsen had not died. What better time to find out than an AU exchange? I don’t have a lot of super specific thoughts on what their relationship should look like. Do they remain close? Not see each other again after the cave until Something Brings Them Back Together? What does Yinsen think of Tony becoming Iron Man? How does Yinsen surviving EFFECT Tony becoming Iron Man? Whatever your answers, I’m sure to love it!

Thoughts/Prompts that Can Combine With Various Freeforms:

• Yinsen survives and becomes a superhero in his own right. Maybe Tony also builds him a suit? Or he gets powers some other way? How does that change other MCU events? (Also consider: Yinsen gets to go to space!)
  
  
• Yinsen survives and becomes Tony’s man in the chair
  
  
• Yinsen survives and becomes a skeptic about Tony’s choices
  
  
• Canonically dead villain faked own death: Could use anyone, but I was especially thinking about Obie coming back. That would throw Tony off so much. How would Yinsen help?
  
  
• Time loops/Time travel: I love these tropes, and they feel like a particularly good fit here. Maybe Tony time travels to try to save Yinsen? If he does, is this an obsession he accomplishes in the near aftermath of his time in the cave, or years down the line? Maybe even post-Endgame, in an AU where he survives? Does his attempts to save him cause time loops? Or maybe the time loops happens at some other time in an AU world where Yinsen survives? (Feel free to ignore/alter the rules of time-travel as established in the MCU to better fit your story.)
  
  
• Russian Doll Time Loop: I love these! For me, the key element of the time loop is: 1) they are stuck in it together, 2) the loops end in death. I’m less attached to the “world dying around them” and “face trauma head-on to get out” elements—you can totally include those if you want (and for these two the trauma part could be very interesting), but you can also change them up. I think for these two it might be particularly interesting to have this set during their time in the cave—maybe they keep looping until they find a way out? Or whatever else this inspires!

A note on other characters and ships: I am a huge Peter/Tony shipper, so if you want to work that into the fic, I am always down. (And you can find many more Peter/Tony thoughts in my past letters). But that is in no way something I expect. That said, I DNW Peter and Tony’s relationship explicitly referred to as father/son like (if it comes up at all -- obviously it doesn't have to, and many of these prompts are set long before he and Tony even meet!).

I am also fine with you including other ships for Tony and Yinsen in a Tony & Yinsen fic. Tony/Pepper is obvious, and I’m also down for Tony/pretty much anyone else. And what about Yinsen/Rhodey…?

For Yinsen/Tony, my general infidelity and non-monogamy DNWs apply. Feel free to deal with Pepper in any way that makes sense for your story, other than killing her off. Maybe she and Tony never get together in a world where Yinsen lives. Or maybe they break up/stay broken up at any point that makes sense in the timeline for you.

Other than that, feel free to include whatever other characters you desire, and whatever ships between those other characters you want.

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MCU/Spider-Man
Peter Parker & Adrian Toomes
Peter Parker &/ Matt Murdock
Peter Parker &/ Frank Castle
Peter Parker & Helmut Zemo
• MCU: Peter Parker's Identity Is Not Revealed at the End of Far From Home
• MCU: Peter Parker's Identity Is Revealed Earlier
• MCU: Peter Parker Is Not Snapped
• MCU: Snapped character(s) come back without their powers
• MCU: The Vulture Recruits Peter Parker to His Team
• MCU: Tony Stark Does Not Recruit Peter Parker in Civil War
• MCU: Tony Stark Does Not Return to Mentoring Peter Parker After the Ferry Incident
• MCU: The World Doesn't Forget Peter Parker at the End of NWH
• MCU: Zemo didn't go back to prison after TFATWS
• MCU: Adrian Toomes Does Not Go to Prison
• MCU: Adrian Toomes Escapes Prison
• ALL: Character on Parole with Exploding Collar
• All: Character or characters lose their powers
• ALL: Characters Meet at a Different Point in Their Canon
• ALL: Enemies forced to work together
• ALL: Interesting people you meet in prison
• ALL: one character is held captive by the other
• ALL: Russian Doll Time Loop
• ALL: Time loop where character makes things worse before making them better
• ALL: Time Travels Back to the Beginning to Attempt to Fix Everything and Save Everyone

Fandom specific DNWs and DNW exceptions:

• Focus on Peter shipped with anyone other than a requested ship or Tony Stark.

Why I Requested It: Peter is just so fucking endearing to me. I love how hard he tries to do good, I love that he has some bite, I love how whumpable he is. I want to see him bounce off of more characters, and these are combos that really intrigue me:

Peter & Toomes: Peter’s first big villain! The Vulture is one of my favorite MCU villains ever. I like that his POV was completely understandable, and I like to think that in other circumstances Peter might have had more sympathy for him, even if he does not agree with the path he took. I'm interested in seeing that possibility explored, whether it's by changing how things played out for them during (or even before) Homecoming, or them meeting again later.

Peter &/ Matt: Matt could help Peter get a handle on his enhanced senses, since that’s something they have in common. And I could see Matt feeling like he had an obligation to take Peter under his wing if he figured out he was young and had similar sensory powers/issues. I think the compare/contrast in their approach to crime-fighting is also interesting. They both believe in non-killing, but Matt is obviously more willing to be incredibly violent up until actual death.

Peter &/ Frank: I think Peter would be well and truly frightened of Frank. I’d love to see something that deals with the contrast between their approaches to fighting crime. Also, Frank being overly protective of Peter because he's so young, and Peter finding that annoying because HELLO, Frank’s just a guy, Peter’s the one with superpowers! would be fun.

Peter & Zemo: I completely fell in love with Zemo over the course of Falcon and the Winter Solider, and I am really interested in how he would interact with Peter. In particular, I want to know how he would react to a super person who did not choose super powers. Also, he has a soft spot for children, and he might still see Peter as somewhat in that category. OTOH, Peter would probably be very skeptical of Zemo, at least at first, which is very interesting.

Thoughts/Prompts that Can Combine With Various Freeforms:

• Feel free to combine these requests! Like, maybe Peter hangs with both Matt and Frank. Or maybe he teams up with Matt, Frank, or Zemo to take down Toomes. Or he and Matt are forced to work together with Toomes or Zemo. Etc. etc.
  
  
• Tony is not Peter’s mentor: I am really interested in AUs where Tony doesn’t start mentoring Peter during CW, or drops mentoring him quickly (after the Ferry incident, or after Peter turns him down to join the Avengers). Does Matt or Frank end up filling the gap? Is he stuck on his own? If so, how does he end up getting involved in the larger superhero world? Does he possibly fall in with a villain character? How does that go? Does he end up at odds with the heroes?
  
  
• The Vulture Recruits Peter Parker to His Team: I have long been really into this idea. I think it works particularly well in a world where Tony never started mentoring Peter. Maybe he’s feeling very lost figuring out his powers, and Toomes convinces him he can help…
  
  
• Losing Powers: I am very interested in AUs where Peter loses his powers, temporarily or permanently, for whatever reason. How does he react to that, once he’s built so much of his identity around being Spider-Man? Who does he turn to for help?
  
  
• Character on Parole with Exploding Collar, Interesting people you meet in prison: For these, I’m thinking fallout from the FFH murderer framing. Maybe Peter ends up in the same prison as Zemo? Or TOOMES?? Or he ends up in prison with Frank, who has ended up on the wrong side of the law? And/or Matt is his lawyer? Or one or more characters try to help him when he’s on parole?
  
  Alternatively, maybe one of the other characters is the one with the exploding collar! Especially Zemo or Toomes. Maybe they and Peter are teaming up, and that’s how they’re kept in line. Or maybe something is going wrong with the collar on any of these other characters, and they turn to Peter for help.
  
  
• Russian Doll Time Loop: I love these! 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). I’m less attached to the “world dying around them” and “face trauma head-on to get out” elements—you can totally include those if you want, but you can also change them up. I think this would be a really fun way for Peter to first meet any of these characters, or a way to force him to work together with Toomes.
  
  
• Other time travel/time loops: I love these tropes in general! Maybe Peter gets stuck in an unexpected time loop with one of the others. Or only one of them is looping but gets to know the other through that. Or Peter travels back in time in order to prevent the events of Endgame (maybe he wants to save Tony) or to prevent the events of NWH, and that brings him into contact with one of the others? Maybe he travels back to try to fix things with Toomes by convincing Toomes to give up his criminal enterprise voluntarily?
  
  
• Very into the idea of bad guys made them do it for either of the requested ships. Also, bad guys whumping and/or non-coning Peter, with rescue and/or hurt/comfort for any of the requests. For more Peter whump related prompts, check out my hurt/comfort letter

A note on timelines: Obviously feel free to set this whenever. Also, please do not stress too much about how the various TV show and movie timelines line up (unless that's something you find fine, of course!). I certainly have no sense of it, so any sort of handwaving you want to do along those lines to make the story work is fine by me.

A note on other characters and ships: I am a huge Peter/Tony shipper, so if you want to work that into the fic, I am always down. (And you can find many more Peter/Tony thoughts in my past letters). But that is in no way something I expect. That said, I DNW Peter and Tony’s relationship explicitly referred to as father/son like.

I also DNW focus on romance for Peter other than with Tony or one of the requested ships. I am fine with mentions of his relationship with MJ, or other relationships with OCs, especially if it’s in conversations/struggles with balancing regular life and superheroing. But the only person I actively ship him with other than the requested ships is Tony, so I won’t get anything out of a big romantic subplot with anyone else.

Other than that, feel free to include whatever other characters you desire, and whatever ships between those other characters you want.

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Suits
Mike Ross/Harvey Specter
• ALL: Take a bad thing that happened to a character in canon and make it even worse
• ALL: Take a good thing that happened to a character in canon and make it bad
• Suits TV: Harvey does not hire Mike in the pilot
• Suits TV: Harvey takes longer to forgive Mike after Season 2 finale
• Suits TV: Mike Goes to Work for Forstman
• Suits TV: Harvey Goes to Prison Instead of Mike
• Suits TV: Mike serves his entire prison sentence
• Suits TV: Mike faces different consequences for his lie
• Suits TV: Harvey and Cameron Dennis Once Had a Fraught and Not Very Healthy Sexual Relationship
• Suits: Harvey hooks-up with Character while pining for Mike
• Suits: Harvey adopts a child; partner gets involved after
• ALL: Character finds out they have a child they didn't know about
• ALL: On the run from the law
• ALL: Ship wake up in bed together in Vegas; have no idea what happened
• ALL: Different First Meeting
• ALL: Different First Meeting - Actually a Hooker
• ALL: Different First Meeting - Mistaken for a Hooker and Goes With It
• ALL: Different First Meeting - Reality Show (dating show)
• ALL: Different First Meeting - Reality Show (non-dating show)
• ALL: Different First Meeting - Won in a bet
• All: Mandatory marriage by a certain age
• ALL: Marrying To Keep Legal Custody Of Convict Out Of Hostile Hands
• ALL: Slavery AU - inheriting an abused sex slave
• ALL: Like canon but with slavery added
• ALL: Character on Parole with Exploding Collar
• ALL: Debt Slavery AU
• ALL: BDSM AU
• ALL: BDSM AU - Saving an Abused Sub
• ALL: BDSM AU - Subs Have Less Rights
• ALL: BDSM AU - Sub Pretending to Be Dom or Neutral
• ALL: BDSM AU - One Dom Gifts Another a Sub
• ALL: A/B/O - BDSM AU where Omegas are Subs and Alphas are Doms
• ALL: A/B/O - Accidental Omega Acquisition
• ALL: A/B/O - Alpha buys Omega at a marriage auction
• ALL: A/B/O - Alpha attracted to Omega they mistakenly assume is also Alpha
• ALL: A/B/O - Omegas are Property
• ALL: A/B/O - Omegas in heat are available for free use
• ALL: A/B/O - Omega Pretending to Be Alpha or Beta
• ALL: A/B/O - rules require omega to have an alpha; alpha and omega pretend
• ALL: Russian Doll Time Loop

A Non-Exhaustive List of Other Freeforms I Enjoy for This Request:

• Suits: Harvey has a Heart Attack instead of Panic Attacks
  
• Suits: Paula makes Harvey realize he's in love with Mike
  
• Suits: Harvey and Mike flee to Buenos Aires
  
• Suits: Daniel Hardman seeks revenge through less legal methods
  
• Suits TV: Gallo has Harvey assaulted by goons in revenge instead
  
• Suits: Mike Never Goes Back to Being a Lawyer After Getting Caught
  
• Suits TV: Both Harvey and Mike go to prison instead
  
• Suits TV: Harvey and Jessica Once Had a Sexual Relationship
  
• Suits: Jessica is Harvey's Domme until he becomes Mike's Dom
  
  • More thoughts on the Jessica related freeforms in the Harvey/Mike/Jessica section, but feel free to incorporate them as backstory in a purely Harvey/Mike fic, too!
• ALL: Characters reunite after canon estrangement (and then fuck)
  
• ALL: Alternate First Meeting--Woke Up Married

Request Specific DNWs and DNW Exceptions:

• DNW use of “Alpha” and “Omega” honorifics in A/B/O AUs (ie. “Yes, Alpha!”)
  
• DNW Mike or Harvey getting pregnant.
  
• Okay with extended on-screen consent negotiations in BDSM AUs (though do not in any way require them)

Why I Requested It: This ship is my current OTP obsession. 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 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 am most interested in getting together fic for them. I love pining, and can see it easily on either/both sides. Harvey clearly is not very good at being in touch with his emotions and has strict moral codes around relationships that makes it easy for me to imagine him thinking he should not go there with a subordinate even if he does realize his own feelings. (Plus, Mike is caught up in other romantic relationships almost constantly, and we know how very strict Harvey is about not getting involved with people who are taken). Mike, meanwhile, wears his heart on his sleeve, but also knows what an opportunity Harvey has given him and doesn’t want to risk messing it up, and also could have the impression that Harvey doesn’t Do Relationships anyway. Plus, either of them could easily assume the other is straight. But extended pining isn’t the only option for them! I am also down for developing feelings over the course of the fic, and/or either/both being oblivious dumbasses who don’t realize their own feelings at first.

In terms of sexual dynamics, I like them 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!). However, I am not into formalized BDSM unless it is in a prostitute AU where Harvey specifically hires Mike for that purpose, or a BDSM AU.

General Thoughts on My Requests:

• I have requested some AUs that would have them meeting in different circumstances (whether full universe AUs, or different first meeting AUs). For me, the key to their dynamic whether in a canon setting or a different meeting is: a) they get along great; b) Mike starts out in a not-great situation/wasting his potential due to past mistakes; c) Harvey quickly recognizing Mike is different (brilliant) and decides he wants to help him, preferable in a way that goes out on a limb; and c) resulting intense loyalty on both sides.
  
  
• For the canon-based AUs, feel free to set the fic at any point in canon that makes sense to you. Their relationship goes through a lot of different stages, all of which I find interesting for shipping purposes.

Thoughts/Prompts that Can Combine With Various Freeforms:

Canon Divergence

• Take canon and make it worse: This is what a lot of my canon-specific freeforms boil down to, and those freeforms were just the scenarios that made it into the tagset, which is why I also requested the more general freeform, too! Feel free to run wild with whatever other canon divergences you can think of that will make things bad. Fights that last longer. A time where they saved the day at the last second in canon turns into defeat instead. A physical fight from canon is more violent. Make a vengeful character more vicious. Etc. etc. etc.
  
  
• Harvey does not hire Mike in the pilot: Harvey makes a slightly more sane decision in the pilot: as much as he wants to, he can’t actually hire a kid with no degree. But maybe they keep running into each other. Or he can’t get this brilliant kid out of his brain. Or he tries to think of other ways to help him. Or Mike gets into trouble with the law and out of desperation calls up that one lawyer he felt like he kind of hit it off with…
  
  
• Keep them apart!! Harvey takes longer to forgive Mike after Season 2 finale and Mike Goes to Work for Forstman were both nominated with this vibe in mind, but feel free to use other canon divergences to get at the same thing. (For example, Mike leaves the firm a number of times—any of those periods could be stretched). I love their loyalty, but I also love when it is tested, so feel free to put them through the wringer. I also love scenarios where one desperately needs help and turns to the other even though they are Not Supposed to Be Friends Like that Right Now, because in the end, who else would they turn to?
  
  
• Prison Related: I was so into this epic sacrifice, and honestly was a bit disappointed that the consequences were not more long lasting. What would happen if Mike served the full two years? How would that change him, how would that change Harvey, how would that change their relationship? What if Harvey went in instead? Or they both did? What if either or both wasn’t able to just go back into the law after? I’m interested in anything around this, from the time in prison to the aftermath once the one who went in gets out.
  
  
• Different Consequences for the Lie: What if Mike is fired at any of the various points he was almost fired (or any other time you want)? Or what if he gets away with it for a lot longer and the consequences don’t come back to bite him until years down the line? Or whatever else you can think of. Can he get back to being a lawyer? If not, what does he do instead? How does Harvey react to losing him from the firm?
  
  
• On the run from the law: Remember when Harvey made a joke about them fleeing the country when Mike thought he’d been caught? What if not a joke, though...
  
  
• Character finds out they have a child they didn't know about/Harvey adopts: Honestly, the finding out they could have a child freeform could happen to either of them. And in either case, I think they would want to be part of the kid’s life and also have a lot of Feelings that obviously the other could help them navigate :D Do they suddenly find themselves raising the child because something happened to the mom? Or just navigating trying to co-parent? Or for Harvey adopting, when and how does Mike get involved with helping? Is Harvey welcoming of help, or resistant? IDK, I just love the idea of the two of them + kids!
  
  
• Ship wake up in bed together in Vegas; have no idea what happened: Obviously the classic “they got married” is one fun answer. Or: maybe they didn’t. Maybe they worry they did? Maybe they didn’t even sleep together, and it’s only while piecing together their night that Feelings come out? Whatever you want, this is just fun!

Harvey hooks-up with Character while pining for Mike: I love love love this scenario. Any character you want to put in here will do. Though I do have a special place in my heart for Sean Cahill, esp. when he's helping Harvey get Mike out of prison.

Different First Meetings. I’m very flexible here, but 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. Some ideas:

• Mike in any sort of just-making-ends-meet job. Maybe they meet through Mike’s canonical job as a bike messenger. Or Mike is a barista/waiter/cashier/working in the mail room/bartender/etc. Or hell, Harvey smokes pot—maybe Mike ends up his dealer. Whatever you want!
  
  
• Harvey picks Mike up at a bar or from one of the aforementioned making-ends-meet jobs. He does not expect him to be more than a one-night stand, and yet…
  
  
• Mike has gone back to school, doing night classes at whatever cheapest local college (or, if you want, law school) he can find. They meet—maybe Harvey knows the dean and gives a talk, or is bullied into teaching a seminar by Jessica because it will look good, or whatever else you can think of. He thinks this is just an obligation, he doesn’t expect to be impressed by any of the students, but then Mike…
  
  
• One of the people Mike cheated on the LSATs for is the child of a Pearson Hardman client and gets caught. Mike and Harvey meet through Harvey working the case.
  
  
• Sex work related: Mike was in desperate need for money for Grammy, maybe Trever knew a guy, and now here he is. Admittedly, I have a difficult time imagining Harvey routinely paying for sex in most circumstances, but a couple of ideas:
  
  
  • Mike is a paid sub. Harvey does not want to risk his interest in BDSM getting out to the wrong people, so he pays for this specific kind of sex.
    
    
  • Harvey has hang-ups about his attraction to men. He pays because somehow that makes it easier to him.
    
    
  • Mike runs into legal trouble. Harvey ends up his lawyer or meeting him through that. Maybe the legal trouble is related to a Pearson Hardman client, and the meeting is initially adversarial? Or a Pearson Hardman client is also one of Mike’s clients and likes him, so pays for Harvey to help him?
    
    
  • Mike is an escort. They meet when he accompanies someone else to an event Harvey is at.
    
    
  • Mike tries to pick Harvey up at a bar (accurately reading he is rich, inaccurately reading a willingness to pay for sex). Harvey figures out what’s going on eventually, but is already intrigued…
    
    
  • They meet when Mike is trying to get away from abusive client. Like maybe he literally runs into Harvey on the street, or Harvey notices something wrong in the bathroom at a bar, or, IDK, whatever you can think of
  
  
• Won in a bet: Harvey loves poker, so that’s what I’m imagining here. I could see a number of scenarios. Someone puts Mike in the pot in a slavery or sex worker AU. Or Mike is a player himself, runs out of money, and throws his “services” into the mix. Or whatever else you can think of…
  
  
• Reality Show: It’s easy to imagine Mike ending up on a reality show pre-meeting Harvey because hell, why not, what else does he have going on, right? Harvey, I’m less sure of, but I trust you to make it work. Anyway, I’m willing to be super flexible, I just think this sounds fun.

Consent Issues and Other Bad Guy Whump: I am very into a) bad guys made-them-do-it (ideally with mutually pining); b) bad guys assaulting (sexually or not) one character and the other rescuing them/finding them in the aftermath/helping them heal/etc.; c) dubcon due to financial or other pressure (not between Harvey and Mike, but between them and others); c) dubcon or sexual assault or other abuse as backstory. I think this combines well with both canon divergence and some of my universe AU freeforms. Some prompts:

• Daniel Hardman seeks revenge through less legal methods: Maybe he hires goons? Has mob connections? Etc.
  
  
• Gallo doing or having his goons do even worse to Mike (or Harvey in a role swap) in prison than what we get in canon. Or sending goons after Harvey outside of prison at any point. Or torturing an in-prison Harvey by sending goons after an out-of-prison Mike, when Harvey can’t do anything about it
  
  
• Mike Goes to Work for Forstman. Maybe Forstman himself turns out to be a creep of the sexual sort. Or maybe some of the unsavory characters he works with are creeps. Maybe he pressures Mike into doing anything to seal the deal…yes, anything…
  
  
• Remember those drug dealers who were after Mike because of Trevor in Season 1? Yeah, make that worse.
  
  
• A client pressures Mike into sexual favors. He’s in over his head and doesn’t want to let Harvey down. Or maybe the client gets him drunk or drugs him. Maybe this is set during the Season 2 finale fight, and Mike doesn’t think he can turn to Harvey for help. Etc. etc.
  
  
• Harvey Was Cameron Dennis' Sex Slave Once or Harvey and Cameron Dennis Once Had a Fraught and Not Very Healthy Sexual Relationship in which Cameron took advantage of his status as Harvey’s mentor. Harvey has never properly dealt with this (because lol, when has Harvey ever properly dealt with any emotional scars?). It makes his feelings for Mike even more complicated…
  
  
• For slavery, Mike-is-a-hooker, A/B/O, BDSM AU etc. type AUs, Mike having bad experiences with others = great (sorry, Mike). Whether that’s pure backstory, or terrible present clients, it’s all good.
  
  
• My Id Pro Quo letter has more thoughts and prompts for this kind of request

Russian Doll Time Loop: I love these! 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). I’m less attached to the “world dying around them” and “face trauma head-on to get out” elements—you can totally include those if you want, but you can also change them up. I’m down for them to meet for the first time in the loop, or to have them wind up in the loop together at any point in canon.

Marriage Tropes: I nominated a couple of marriage freeforms that I feel like mix well with weird dystopian/alternate society worldbuilding. Feel free to combine with slavery, A/B/O, BDSM AUs, or whatever other worldbuilding you think would be fun!

• Mandatory marriage by a certain age: Maybe Harvey is approaching That Age, and turns to Mike because he needs SOMEONE and he’s in love with Mike anyway who else is he going to ask? OR it’s a different first meeting AU where they meet through some sort of match-making service or whatnot.
  
  
• Marrying To Keep Legal Custody Of Convict Out Of Hostile Hands: More fun, dystopian worldbuilding. I’m thinking this could combine with Mike’s canonical conviction, but I’d also be very down with a different first meeting AU where Harvey happens to be in court one day and sees this kid in handcuffs who catches his attention, or something like that….

Character on Parole with Exploding Collar: And yet more fucked up worldbuilding! Could combine with slavery, A/B/O, etc. world, or be its own thing. Maybe it’s a world otherwise like ours but this is an acceptable form of parole, and Mike has a collar after going to prison? Or Harvey in a world where Harvey was the one to go down?

Slavery AUs: I prefer Mike as the slave character here. Debt slavery seems particularly fitting given Mike’s money problems at the start of canon, or slavery as a consequence of crime (that would also fit with the exploding collar AU!), but I am down for basically whatever worldbuilding you want here. Various things I like in this kind of AU and some prompts:

• It explicitly being sexual slavery, or instead more service in general (perhaps with an understanding that SOME owners use their slaves in that particular way) are both fine with me.
  
  
• Color me idealistic, but I prefer Harvey not be an enthusiastic participant in the whole system. Maybe he literally inherits Mike and then has to figure out what to do with him, or a client “gifts” him, or he initially belongs to a client but Harvey realizes he’s being mistreated, or he initially belongs to a client but is a bit too lippy for the client’s tastes and by that point Harvey is intrigued and offers to take him off the client’s hands, or he unexpectedly wins him in a poker game, or it’s a required status symbol that Harvey is very reluctantly pressured into, or etc., etc., etc.
  
  
• I am down for a range of where Mike is, emotionally. Was he terribly abused by past client(s) and in need of a lot of hurt/comfort and resocialization? If so, how does Harvey handle that? Does Mike throw himself at Harvey sexually because that’s what he thinks is expected of him? Does he cower expecting reprimand whenever he does something wrong? How long does it take him to come out of his shell and Harvey to realize that wow, actually this kid is amazing? Or, on the flip side, is Mike his normal, quippy, motor-mouth self from the start? In that scenario, is Harvey initially annoyed but then reluctantly charmed, or is it that spark that made Harvey notice him in the first place?
  
  
• Is Mike’s slavery a recent thing—selling himself to pay for Grammy’s care, for instance, or a legal consequence for getting caught selling drugs? If so, how long does it last? What was he doing before? What does he hope to do after? Or if this is more of a lifetime thing, something he was born into or part of since he was relatively young, how has his incredible mind manifested? Has he had to keep it a secret? Have past owners wanted to use it, or did they hate it?
  
  
• I prefer no straight up noncon between Harvey and Mike, but obviously this kind of scenario could be fraught with consent issues if they sleep together, and I am fine with that. I really love them being attracted to each other and having really great sex that is nonetheless emotionally tangled, especially in situations where Mike comes into the whole situation more abused. Or Mike trying to seduce Harvey because fuck it, he likes the guy and no matter what the law says he still has autonomy, and Harvey being worried that really this is Mike just trying to do his best to survive. Or them falling into a sexual relationship but neither being sure if it’s real or will last once Mike is free. Etc. etc. etc.

BDSM AUs: I love these for Harvey/Mike a lot. I prefer Harvey as the dom and Mike as the sub, but I also like them bucking against those roles, particularly in a world where subs are legally inferior to doms. Maybe Mike has no interest in giving away his autonomy at all. Maybe Harvey has no interest in having that kind of responsibility for someone else (commitment issues, much?).

• Pearson Hardman only hires doms; Mike has to fake being a dom, without or without Harvey being in on the lie
  
  
• Pearson Hardman requires senior partners to have subs. Maybe that’s how Harvey meets Mike?
  
  
• Mike is an abused sub that Harvey reluctantly rescues. Maybe he was abused by a client or an opponent? Maybe Harvey wins him in a bet? All of my thoughts about Mike’s possible range of emotions and consent issues in the slavery section also apply here!
  
  
• Mike has always faked being a Dom or a Neutral, and he damn well isn’t about to change that, even if Harvey really makes him want to reveal his secret…

A/B/O: I prefer Harvey as an alpha and Mike as an omega, but as with the BDSM AU, very into them bucking against those roles and finding them confining. I enjoy Mike not wanting to be submissive, and Harvey finding the idea of having his biology control him in any way offensive. Either or both of them overly relying on suppressants is great, as is Mike pretending to be a beta or an alpha.

• In general, things I enjoy about A/B/O are inequality, difficult or impossible to control mating urges, bonding, knotting/being stuck together for a while. Scenting is fine but not my kink. I’m not very interesting in the breeding kink element, and DNW Mike or Harvey getting pregnant. DNW use of Alpha and Omega as titles, especially during sex scenes (ie., no “Oh yes, Alpha!”).
  
  
• Down for a wide range of worldbuilding, from worlds where all “genders” are theoretically equal (even if there is social bias, etc.) to dystopian worlds where omegas have few to no rights (though if the latter, I prefer Harvey not really being comfortable with that, even if he pretends to go along with it for appearances’ sake).
  
  
• Specific Prompts
  
  
  • Pearson Hardman only hires alphas; Mike has to fake being an alpha, without or without Harvey being in on the lie
    
    
  • Omegas in heat available for free use: For this one, I was thinking protective!Harvey would combine well. Maybe he comes upon Mike being harassed/assaulted and feels compelled to save him? Or they already know each other, Mike goes into heat/can no longer pretend to not be omega, and Harvey is Determined not to allow this to happen to him, etc.
    
    
  • Omegas as property: Basically look at my slavery ideas, add in A/B/O, and here we are! OR, Omegas are property, and that’s why Mike is trying so damn hard to keep his identity a secret…
    
    
  • Fake relationship-related: They already know each other, and do this when it become necessary to protect Mike or because Harvey is required to bond with an omega or whatever. Or! They meet through some sort of matching database or instead of interviewing for associates Harvey is interviewing for omegas…

A note on other characters and ships: Feel free to include whichever other characters! I especially adore Harvey's relationship with Jessica if you want to bring that in.

In terms of Mike and Harvey's canon relationships—frankly, with this ship I am fine with them 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.

In terms of dealing with the canon love interests, I’m fine with any solution you can think of other than poly or killing the canon LIs off. Setting the fic during a period where they are both single (as much as you can find one of those for Mike XD )? Totally! AU where the canon couples never got together, or broke up at some point prior to the fic? Yep. Breakup over the course of the fic? Yep. AU where the canon pairs never even had a romantic spark and really were always just friends? Totally. AU where Donna and/or Rachel are actually super gay and maybe into each other? All for it.

I rather enjoy backstory unhealthy Cameron/Harvey and Trevor/Mike. I am also intrigued by the idea of Harvey/Jessica having a sexual relationship at some point when Harvey was younger. So if any of that is inspiring, definitely feel free to incorporate it! Any background ships between characters other than Harvey and Mike you want to include are also welcome.

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Mike Ross/Harvey Specter/Jessica Pearson
• Suits: Jessica is Harvey's Domme until he becomes Mike's Dom
• Suits: Jessica is Harvey's Domme until he becomes Mike's Sub
• ALL: BDSM AU - One Dom Gifts Another a Sub

Request Specific DNWs and DNW Exceptions:

• Obviously, poly DNW is waived for Harvey, Jessica, and Mike
  
  
• Formalized BDSM AU also waived (though unformalized versions also welcome)

Why I Requested it/thoughts: My needs here are simple. I like the idea of making the Jessica/Harvey --> Harvey/Mike mentorship sexual. Ideally, infused with some Harvey/Mike OTP vibes, such that while Jessica/Harvey does and will always have a special place in both their hearts, everyone involved (eventually) realizes Harvey/Mike is something else -- something permanent or otherwise different. And while emotions can be complicated and perhaps there be some bittersweetness to parting for Harvey/Jessica, I prefer if Jessica is fundamentally happy for Harvey and Mike. I imagine that whatever it was between her and Harvey, she always knew it wasn’t forever (whether or not Harvey realized the same). Also very down for it being Harvey/Mike as primary partnership, but with an understanding that sometimes Jessica will still play with one or both of them or step in to put them in line

Thoughts/Ideas/Prompts:

• Fine with these being set in everything from the “real world” (where even getting to the point of talking about their sexual preferences takes some work, given professional boundaries), to a porn logic world where everything is the same except a lot more people are a lot more open about BDSM, to an even more porn logic world where BDSM-style punishment is acceptable at work, to a full BDSM AU with assigned Dom/sub roles.
  
  
• Jessica is Harvey’s dom until… Does she catch on right away that Mike is going to be the person who becomes Harvey’s forever partner, or does it take a bit for it to click into place? Does she perhaps realize before Harvey does, and arrange a threesome so he and/or Mike can get their heads out of their asses and see how well they fit? If Harvey is the dom in Harvey/Mike, has he ever done that before, or does she have to guide him? Same question if Mike is the dom. If Mike is the dom, does she teach him how to handle Harvey in particular? If Harvey is the dom, how does Mike feel about having Jessica there, too? Turned on? Scared? Both? Or maybe they establish a bit of a thing between themselves first, before Harvey gets involved? How does he feel about Harvey submitting to Jessica?
  
  
• For Harvey as Jessica's sub but Mike's dom, I'm very into a threesome dynamic where Jessica order Harvey around while he's domming Mike. Like instructing him what to do to Mike, or correcting him (and/or punishing him) for doing things wrong, etc.
  
  
• BDSM AU - One Dom Gifts Another a Sub: For this, I was envisioning Jessica gifting Mike to Harvey. Maybe this is the traditional gift for a new senior partner, and Jessica finds Mike for Harvey? Or she sends Harvey out to pick a sub, and that’s how he ends up meeting Mike? Or maybe Mike works for Pearson Hardman and is keeping his sub identity a secret, Jessica is the one to figure it out first, and she makes Harvey/Mike happen by wrapping Mike up all nice… (Also feel free to make this Jessica & Harvey/Mike if that ends up making more sense for the plot it inspires for you!)
  
  
• Check out my Harvey/Mike section for more BDSM AU thoughts in general!

A Note on Timelines: Set whenever in canon makes sense to you, or a full different first meetings AU!

A note on other characters and ships: Feel free to include whichever other characters!

In terms of the canon relationships—I 100% do not want physical cheating because that is such a big moral code for Harvey. In terms of dealing with the canon love interests, I’m fine with any solution you can think of other than poly or killing the canon LIs off. Setting the fic during a period where they are both single (as much as you can find one of those for Mike XD )? Totally! AU where the canon couples never got together, or broke up at some point prior to the fic? Yep. Breakup over the course of the fic? Yep. AU where the canon pairs never even had a romantic spark and really were always just friends? Totally. AU where Donna and/or Rachel are actually super gay and maybe into each other? All for it.

I rather enjoy backstory unhealthy Cameron/Harvey and Trevor/Mike if you want to incorporate that!

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Superstore
Garrett McNeill/Jonah Simms
• Superstore: Cloud 9 Does Not Close
• ALL: Accidental Marriage AU
• ALL: Fake Marriage AU
• ALL: Fake marriage to solve a canon problem
• ALL: Marriage of Convenience AU
• ALL: Las Vegas marriage
• ALL: Alternate First Meeting--Woke Up Married
• All: Mandatory marriage by a certain age
• ALL: Ship wake up in bed together in Vegas; have no idea what happened
• ALL: Different First Meeting - Reality Show (dating show)
• ALL: Different First Meeting - Reality Show (non-dating show)
• ALL: The Characters Go on a Reality Show
• All: Reality Show AU
• ALL: On the run from the law
• All: Canon's Plot Is Interrupted By An Alien Invasion
• ALL: Character finds out they have a child they didn't know about
• ALL: Russian Doll Time Loop
• ALL: Soulmates - one character rejects the idea of soulmates

Why I Requested It: I find this show endlessly charming and fun. 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 a fic that matches that general vibe. Feel free to let the fic get serious (and political) if/when it needs to—the show does!—but I am hoping for an overall vibe that’s more fun and hijinks than dark and painful.

Thoughts/Prompts that Can Combine With Various Freeforms:

• Fake/accidental/of convenience marriage: 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 (or “marriage” if it’s fake)? 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?
  
  I’m down for everything from waking up married in Vegas to deciding to get married for health insurance purposes to faking a marriage because they are in an AU universe where they need to be married by a certain age. Seriously, whatever scenario you can think of, I’m on board. If you need ideas, I have some more in my Just Married letter
  
  
• Reality-show related: Whether this is an AU where they meet on a reality show, or a canon divergence where they decide to go on one together (or ACCIDENTLY both end up on the same one…), I just think these are really fun characters to shove in this situation. Feel free to use real reality shows, or make one up.
  
  
  • If they meet on a reality show: Is this before or after Jonah dropped out of school? Maybe this is what Jonah did once he realized he had no idea what he wanted to do with his life? OR feel free to make it an AU where, e.g., one of them is a contestant and the other is a producer or tech person.
    
    
  • If they go on together: Maybe something like the Amazing Race or some other team-based show that they decide to do together? Or maybe their friends submit them both for a dating show and surprisingly they both get on?
  
  
• Soulmates - one character rejects the idea of soulmates: I don’t normally ask for soulmate stuff, esp. in canons set in the real world, but I love this freeform for them. 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. (And feel free to have it be that they BOTH reject the concept, if you want). I do prefer that they are each others’ soulmates, even if they take some time accepting that fact.
  
  
• Character finds out they have a child they didn't know about/Accidental Baby 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?
  
  
• Canon's Plot Is Interrupted By An Alien Invasion, On the run from the law: IDK, these just sound like they could lead to fun/wacky adventures that also give them the opportunity to realize how much they mean to each other. Go wild!
  
  
• Russian Doll Time Loop: I love these! 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, especially for this canon). I’m less attached to the “world dying around them” and “face trauma head-on to get out” elements—you can include those if you want, but you can also change them up. I’m down for them to meet for the first time in the loop, or to have them already be friends who just wind up in the loop together.

A note on timeline: I’m down for this to be set during/diverge from any point in canon that makes sense to you.

A note on other characters and ships: Any and all other characters are welcome. I definitely don’t want Jonah or Garrett cheating on other people, or their canon love interests dying. Solutions to canon love interests I’m good with: setting this during a period of canon where they are both single; or an AU where Jonah/Amy, Garrett/Dina, or any other of their shorter-term canon pairings never happened, didn’t get back together after the canon breakups, or broke up at a different time. For the dating show AUs, I’m fine for them to be dating other people (OCs or AU versions of the rest of the cast) in the context of the rules of the show, but would want them to be committed to each other by the end.

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