Dear Rarepair Exchange Creator

Hello, and thank you for creating for me! I like to begin all my letters by saying that I care about you having a good time writing more than anything else! I include extra prompts as a way of getting the creative juices flowing, not because I will be distraught if you don't follow one of them exactly. Also, if you see a prompt I've put for one ship but you'd like to write it for another, go right ahead! I put prompts by ship since there are some prompts I feel fit a certain dynamic better than others, but I'm not married to any of them. Mostly, just avoid my DNWs and we'll be golden. I've also written a lot (like a lot) of fics on AO3, so if you want to see what I gravitate towards, that might also give you an idea. It's been a minute since I wrote a Dear Creator letter (oops), so apologies in advance is anything is unclear!

General Likes: 5+1 fic; Accidental baby acquisition; Alternate universes of any ilk; Angst with a happy ending; Characters getting therapy (though I prefer it be off-screen since I’m a mental health professional and will lowkey judge a bad therapy session/therapist); Exes to lovers; Found family; Non-traditional family structures (single parents, blended families, foster families, adopted families, families where there's no designated parental figure but they all consider each other family, etc.); Outsider POV; Polyamory; Pregnancy and kidfics (I’m also fine with mentions of miscarriage, abortion, pregnancy complications, etc.); Queer characters (especially non-binary characters); Romantic comedies; Smut; Worldbuilding

General Dislikes/DNWs: Body horror; Epistolary fic; Explicit queerphobia (referenced is fine); Mpreg (unless the character is a trans man seahorsing); Non-ethical non-monogamy (aka cheating, infidelity); Original siblings of canon characters; "Shipper on Deck" trope, or basically the idea that side characters in the story ship the main characters (I'm fine with other characters commenting on how well two characters suit each other romantically and being supportive of the relationship, but what really gets my goat is if the side characters are willing to give up their own happiness/well being for the sake of the main ship getting together, or are otherwise scheming to get the main characters together); Ship bashing of canon ships to make non-canon couples look better; Soulmate AUs or anything adjacent to the notion of “one true love” or someone you are “meant to find” (I’m fine if this is subverted somehow, like a soulmate AU where the main relationship aren’t soulmates); Vomit

Smut Likes: Bath/shower sex; body worship (especially breast worship); breeding kink; clothed sex; desk sex, dirty talk; dry humping (especially pillow humping, thigh humping); femdom; multiple orgasms; orgasm control (if they get to cum in the end); semi-public sex/risking getting caught

Smut Dislikes: A/B/O played straight (subversions good/welcome!); bodily fluids other than semen/vaginal excretions used in sex (saliva is fine in amounts consistent with messy kissing or licking each other, but no spitting on each other please); female characters referring to their straps as their cocks; foot kink; non-negotiated non-con; rimming

9-1-1 Lone Star

Grace Ryder/Judd Ryder: They are everything to me. I love their relationship dynamic where they take turns being the one supported and the one supporting, and how they can have difficult conversations about their relationship without it turning into a huge 'are they going to break up?' moment. Watching them become parents (and in Grace's case, a step-parent) together has made my heart so happy. I just love how they're in a happy, stable relationship that is not without its ups and downs but is at the end of the day about them being better together.

Marjan Marwani/Paul Strickland: Normally I'm not a huge fan of friends-to-lovers ships, but for them I would literally rip my heart out of my own chest. Paul saying "I just can't imagine anyone ever letting you go" made me literally pause Hulu so I could scream. I feel like them getting together would be a rough road because there's so much standing in their way (not wanting to ruin their friendship, still wanting to work together, Marjan struggling with whether or not she wants to be married to another Muslim) but they also have done hard things together before and I think they can again.

Owen Strand/Kendra Harrington: Raise your hand if you're sick of Owen getting a new love interest every season! -raises hand- I haven't been a fan of a lot of Owen's love interests over the years just because they felt very copy/paste and he seems to rehash a lot of the same insecurities with each love interest without moving forward. Kendra seemed to challenge a lot of the problems he'd had with other love interests (like being emasculated) without it being threatening to Owen and honestly, I'd just like to see them work out so Owen doesn't end up going in circles again.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Focus on 9/11 and Owen's experience with 9/11

Additional Prompts:

• For Grace/Judd: Grace and Judd never meet in person after their prayer line conversations. How do they find each other again?
• For Grace/Judd: Grace finds out she's pregnant again. It is markedly less exciting than finding out she was pregnant with Charlie, but that's a good thing.
• For Marjan/Paul: Fairy tale retelling of a fairy tale of your choice. Bonus points if it's not a Western fairy tale.
• For Marjan/Paul: One of them gets amnesia. The other one is the person they turn to in order to get their memories back. Along the way, one (or both) realizes there's unacknowledged feelings there.
• For Owen/Kendra: Owen finds out the truth about Kendra's first ex-husband. (Preferably she didn't actually murder him, but if you want to go that route, self-defense or something please?)
• For Owen/Kendra: Owen has to learn to navigate the world of the 1%. He learns there's a lot more politics involved in being rich. (Feel free to make this a character study, a political drama, or any other direction you want to go.)

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Lance Hunter/Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie/Bobbi Morse: Bestie, beloved, and bastard (not necessarily in that order). There's so many bread crumbs about how their relationship developed over the years but we never get the full story, which could easily be a love story. There's so much complexity within each individual relationship (see my blurbs below about Bobbi/Mack and Hunter/Mack) that I just cannot stop thinking about them.

Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie/Bobbi Morse: I was gone on them from the first time they were on screen together and finishing each other's sentences. They know each other so well (in Mack's case, I think he knows Bobbi better than Bobbi knows Bobbi) and obviously care deeply about each other (Bobbi saving Mack on the Iliad?! Hello!?!?). There's also several moments in late season 2/early season 3 where Bobbi, at least, is obviously flirting with Mack ("you're one to talk, pretty boy" are actual words out of Bobbi's mouth, like, okay, just kiss him???) and I would love to see the flirting lead somewhere.

Lance Hunter/Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie: Are you beginning to sense a theme here? I literally do not care in what formation Mack, Bobbi, and Hunter kiss each other. I am particularly interested in the Mack/Hunter relationship because it's the least fleshed out in canon. They have the kind of relationship where they're comfortable teasing each other but we never see them have many in-depth conversations (partially because for the majority of their on-screen friendship Mack was actively lying to Hunter). I'm particularly interested in how they stayed connected after Bobbi and Hunter split, and the fallout of the Real S.H.I.E.L.D. storyline; Hunter forgives Mack but it's stated in canon that's more to spite Bobbi than anything, so I'd be curious what the actual feelings beneath that are.

Lance Hunter/Daisy Johnson/Bobbi Morse: One of the things that makes me sad about the latter seasons of AoS is that Daisy doesn't really have anyone in her corner, and I don't think that it's an accident that this lack of support happens after Bobbi and Hunter leave. They both obviously care about her (and she cares about them) and while Bobbi and Hunter's individual relationship is messy I feel like Daisy is well-equipped to deal with relationship dysfunction.

Bobbi Morse/Daisy Johnson: Bobbi's protectiveness over Daisy during the Inhuman arc is something that can be so personal... Bobbi calling Daisy a rock star, stopping the Real S.H.I.E.L.D. agent from hurting her, working on the Iliad to help rescue Daisy from the attacking Inhumans... I just think about them a lot. Daisy would get Bobbi out of her stoic shell, Bobbi would protect Daisy and offer her a soft place to land.

Lance Hunter/Daisy Johnson: I just think these two have so much potential. They're both outsiders to S.H.I.E.L.D. with a distrust of authority, they both occasionally make impulsive decisions in pursuit of saving the people they love, they both have daddy issues (implied or otherwise) and for the first few episodes of season 2 it really seemed like they might be a thing. I love the idea of them being two kindred spirits who found a home in each other and just the general vibe between them. Bonus points if you touch on how canon treated them very differently (Daisy becomes the badass hero, Hunter stays the comic relief who is disliked by at least some members of their team) despite their core traits being the same.

Lance Hunter/Melinda May: I love me a good annoyances to lovers story! They're not enemies because they're always on the same side, but they're also definitely not friends. I also think it's interesting that May is upset with Hunter for only being in S.H.I.E.L.D. for Bobbi while May herself admits that she's only there for Coulson. That double standard being explored would be really fun. (And maybe May also is a little annoyed with Hunter because she finds him attractive but doesn't think it's appropriate for whatever reason...?)

Bobbi Morse/Melinda May: Sometimes you just want to see two badass ladies being badass together. I love the implied history between Bobbi and May, and especially what May said in early season 3 about Bobbi being one of the most talented agents she's ever seen. There's obviously a lot of mutual respect between the two of them and I would love to see what would happen if they could let their guards down.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Grant Ward as anything other than a villain, Deke Shaw in any role, romantic Fitzsimmons (even in the background), romantic Skoulson (even in the background)

Additional Prompts:

• For Mack/Bobbi/Hunter: Mack keeping in touch with Bobbi and Hunter after they leave in Parting Shot. (Feel free to ignore my epistolary DNW if you go this route, but I am also interested in how they could organize in-person meetings while evading the Russian government.)
• For Mack/Bobbi/Hunter: How do they get together/what happens before canon? This could lend itself really well to a 5+1 fic (5 times they almost kiss and 1 time they don't), casefic (what mission do they go on before they get together?), or anything else your heart desires.
• For Mack/Bobbi: Academy AU! If I did my math correctly Bobbi and Mack would've joined the Academy in the same year, which has lived rent-free in my brain since then. What sort of shenanigans did they get up to?
• For Mack/Bobbi: I'd love some sort of Hope Lives AU where Bobbi and Mack co-parent Hope (alongside Mack's ex, if that's your jam). Being a parent could definitely change Bobbi's views on S.H.I.E.L.D. being a lifestyle rather than a job, and I just... want Bobbi and Mack to get to be fluffy and happy.
• For Mack/Hunter: Clothes swapping/sharing. Mack's clothing would obviously be way too big on Hunter and Hunter's way too small on Mack, but how do they make it work?
• For Mack/Hunter: Flower shop/tattoo artist AU. I think they both could work well for either role and would just love to see a sweet, soft love story develop between them.
• For Daisy/Bobbi/Hunter: Canon divergence during/after Parting Shot that results in them getting together. This can be Bobbi and Hunter not leaving, Daisy leaving with them, or anything in between. An emotional moment like that seems like fodder for feelings confessions, so give them one!
• For Daisy/Bobbi/Hunter: Didn't know they were dating. Daisy thinks she's third wheeling Bobbi and Hunter; Bobbi and Hunter think they're wooing her. (Feel free to do this with any other formation as well, like Daisy/Hunter wooing Bobbi, Bobbi/Daisy wooing Hunter, all of them individually thinking they're dating one person but not the other... I just put Bobbi/Hunter as the couple since they are in canon.)
• For Daisy/Hunter: Hunter goes with Daisy to The Retreat (the cabin she stays in after getting her Inhuman powers). What happens next can be smut, bonding over the trauma of being in S.H.I.E.L.D., a total AU of s2 onwards based on how Hunter being there changes things -- whatever calls to you.
  
• For Daisy/Hunter: Framework AU where instead of Daisy waking up and finding herself in a relationship with Ward, she finds herself in a relationship with Hunter. Cue a lot of confused feelings that may or may not be acted on in the Framework or when she gets back to the real world.
• For Daisy/Bobbi: Inhuman AU. I've read a lot of fics where other AOS characters get Inhuman powers and think Daisy/Bobbi as a literal power couple would be fun. (To be clear, I prefer Daisy keep her powers as well, instead of giving Bobbi Daisy's powers.)
• For Daisy/Bobbi: After going on the run post season 3, Daisy seeks comfort in an old friend.
• For May/Hunter: Hunter has to fight May in the fight club to infiltrate HYDRA. They talk it out and/or fuck it out afterwards.
• For May/Hunter: Hunter is a merman, May is a pirate captain, they collide (figuratively or literally).
• For May/Bobbi: What is Bobbi and May's story pre-canon? How often did they encounter each other before May became a desk jockey? After? (Don't feel the need to be canon compliant here if that doesn't spark joy - just something set in the general time period would be ace.)
• For May/Bobbi: May and Bobbi are witches from rival covens. This doesn't stop them from falling in love anyways. (Or basically, Romeo and Juliet but make it magic.)

Girl Meets World

Lucas Friar/Maya Hart/Riley Matthews: The literal opinion of the 'they have two hands' meme. Who has two hands? Literally all of them! They have been such good friends to each other and there's been romantic tension between literally all of them at some point (even if they wouldn't acknowledge the Riley/Maya tension because Disney). I love Maya with my whole hart (get it?) and I just want to see her happy. Riley and Lucas make her happy, and that is literally all I need.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: N/A

Additional Prompts:

• How do the three of them learn about polyamory? Is it something they even have to learn about, or do they all decide it's what they want without even knowing there's a word for it?
  
• I know Maya's thing about Lucas being a cowboy is played mostly for laughs, but... some sort of Western AU would be really fun. Maya might be a fun Annie Oakley kind of character, Lucas as your stereotypical cowboy, Riley as a barmaid -- or whatever other roles you want to give the characters!
  
• Girl Meets College. Basically their college shenanigans, especially if they still find a way to cause chaos when all three of them are on different college campuses.

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist

Anemone/Sol: Nem was so close to being my first romance partner, but then I ended up choosing someone else and still regret it to this day. I love how Nem is the antithesis of a girly girl (her love for sports is my favorite) and how many different paths her story can take. Also, re: Sol's gender, I put both Female Sol/Nem and Sol/Nem in my signups in case someone offered only for fem!Sol, but have no preference for their gender, pronouns, genitalia, etc. Solane is my preferred name of the given options, but I'm fine with any name for Sol as well (or just calling them Sol!).

Fandom-Specific DNWs: N/A

Additional Prompts:

• Sol helps Nem navigate breaking up with Vace and supports her emotionally afterwards. Feel free to go into as much or little detail about Vace's abuse as you're comfortable with - this could be super whumpy (Nem shows up at Sol's door bloody and bruised) or super fluffy (Sol teaching Nem what a healthy relationship feels like) and I am absolutely into whatever direction you choose.
  
• Something exploring Nem's scales would be fun! Maybe she gifts Sol something made from her shed scales? Her scales are helpful in [insert activity of your choice here]? I love the genetic modification elements of canon and would love to see that explored more in a worldbuilding context as well.
  
• Anemone doesn't want kids despite her mom being one of the more prolific parents. She also will have one or two kids if Sol wants them. I'd love to see this explored in some way - accidental pregnancy? Her mom pushes her to have a child? Some other way?

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Carol Danvers/Valkyrie: I was honestly shook this still counted as a rarepair because they are canon to me. Valkyrie showing up for Carol (literally) is something Carol really needs after years of being a loner/blaming herself for things that weren't her fault. I'm sure Val has some self-blame too for what happened with Hela, and I just love two imperfect people finding their way to each other and learning how to heal.

Natasha Romanoff/Sam Wilson: I just love Sam so bad. He takes being thrown into a world of superheroes and government conspiracies in stride and does his best to support the people around him. I love him and Nat because they're in some ways polar opposites (Sam is very in touch with his emotions, Nat ignores hers) but in other ways just the same (guilty consciences, heroic sacrifices, etc).

Fandom-Specific DNWs: "Thanos was right", even said jokingly; Endgame ending for Nat; Carol or Valkyrie being referred to as "lesbians" (prefer they be called bi or just generally queer, if you need to label them at all)

Additional Prompts:

• For Carol/Valkyrie: Carol and Valkyrie met before, when Carol was fighting in the Kree army. When, where, and how did they meet?
  
• For Carol/Valkyrie: Arranged marriage/marriage of convenience/just marry them somehow.
  
• For Natasha/Sam: Natasha and Sam meet in the Air Force - is Natasha a pilot? Does she have wings like Sam? How the hell did Nat get in the Air Force in the first place? What happens next?
• For Natasha/Sam: Nat shows up when Sam is battling the Flagsmashers, or Sam shows up when Nat is dismantling the Red Room.

Ted Lasso

Samuel Obisanye/Rebecca Welton: This ship unexpectedly swept me off my feet in canon. I never would've picked the two of them as a pairing but once it happened it felt really natural. Sam's optimism is a nice counterpoint to Rebecca's cynicism, and it was nice to see an older woman flirt with a younger man (while they were both still aware of the power imbalances between them). I wish we could've gotten more hints of how their relationship would've worked out, because it seems like canon kind of dropped any hint of them being attracted to each other after they decided not to pursue it.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Michelle/Dr. Jacob explicitly/in the foreground (you don't want to hear my rant about how unethical Dr. Jacob's behavior is)

Additional Prompts:

• Richmond is a women's soccer team, not a men's team. Samantha Obisanye is one of their star players, and she has the biggest gay crush on her boss.
  
• The press are incensed when they learn that Sam is transferring teams. They don't know it's because he wants to be able to date Rebecca without her fretting over it being an abuse of power. (This could be fun for an Outsider POV fic, and also consider my epistolary DNW waived if you want to have the story told through newspaper clippings and the like.)
  
• Chef AU where Sam is a chef at Ola's and Rebecca is a frequent customer/food critic/rival restaurant owner/literally anything your heart desires.

The Orville

Kelly Grayson/Ed Mercer:Unfortunately I am overly invested in whether or not Ed and Kelly will get back together. Their trust in each other as Captain and XO is so beautiful to see, especially since the core conflict in the beginning of the show was Ed's resentment towards Kelly for breaking his trust. Their loyalty and devotion to each other also really gets me really emotional and I just want them to find their way back to each other.

Kelly Grayson/Pria: I am a simple enby, and the only thing better than one hot lady is two hot ladies. I know Pria was a one-episode guest star but I personally have not been able to stop thinking about how much more fun and interesting it would have been if Pria had tried to seduce Kelly instead of Ed. There's just a lot of potential for juicy dynamics when you add "they should kiss" into a relationship, you know?

Kelly Grayson/Talla Keyali: Honestly I just haven't been enthused with any of the attempted love interests for Talla, but thinking about Talla and Kelly together makes my brain go wild. I love how Talla is one of the only people Kelly lets loose around and how they confide in each other about their private lives while trusting each other in their professional ones. Similar to above, I just think it would be neat to see how this dynamic changed if romance was added to the equation.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Kelly's relationship with Darulio portrayed as cheating (I firmly believe he was in heat when they slept together for the first time and so the relationship was nonconsensual). It's fine if the characters believe that to be true or say as such, but I'd like them to be corrected either immediately or by the end of the fic.

Additional Prompts:

• For Kelly/Ed: A Parent Trap AU. (Feel free to use OC children for this one, or find a way to work Anaya into the role. Not a big fan of the Orville crew being aged down into children to fit the plot.)
• For Kelly/Ed: Any sort of canon divergence that results in them getting back together. It can be when they try dating again in season 1, after the Kaylon invasion in season 2, after the wedding in season 3... Just, get them back together, please.
• For Kelly/Pria: An AU of 1x05 where instead of seducing Ed to steal the Orville, Pria attempts to seduce Kelly. (Bonus points if you can find a way to make Pria "come to the light", so to speak, and have her join the crew instead of stealing the ship.)
• For Kelly/Pria: Some sort of corporate AU where Kelly is on the board of directors at a corporation Pria is attempting to infiltrate via corporate espionage. (If you're into smut, this would be a great opportunity for some desk sex...)
• For Kelly/Talla: Talla coming to Kelly for help with sex advice (either when she was having difficulty having sex with John in canon or another time). Does it lead to them having sex (so Talla can demonstrate her problem, of course), or something else?
• For Kelly/Talla: Role reversal AU, whatever that means to you. (Talla was married to Ed? Kelly is Xeleyan? Talla is the first officer and Kelly the security officer? Something else you with your amazing imagination will come up with?)