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Dear Candy Hearts 2024 Creator
Hello fellow Candy Hearts Exchange creator,
I hope you're as excited for this exchange as I am! Most of my requests come from anime-adjacent series, but I also love original works. I have receiving gifts enabled on AO3 and love receiving treats in any medium.
If it wasn't obvious from the ships, Rio and Jakurai are my two favorite Hypnosis Mic characters. I'm especially interested in their experiences in the war and how that's shaped who they are now. I'm equally happy with works set in the past while they were in the military and works set in the present. For Rio and Dice, I love Dice's love of Rio's cooking and how Rio is willing to let his guard down around Dice in a way he doesn't around most others.
Arisugawa Dice & Busujima Mason Rio
I love that Dice seems to be just about the only person who isn't bothered by the look of Rio's cooking. I also love how Rio seems to have accepted this stray who keeps showing up at his camp and is able to let his guard down around Dice in ways he doesn't usually. I'd love to see something more slice-of-life with these two involving Rio's cooking or just them hanging around Rio's camp. If you want something with more action, I'd love one of them rescuing the other from a sticky situation.
Busujima Mason Rio &/ Jinguji Jakurai
Jinguji Jakurai &/Kannabi Yotsutsuji
I've combined these ships into one section since my interests for them overlap. For all of them, I'm most interested in their experiences with the military/war and how its shaped their lives going forward. I'm equally happy with pieces set in the past while the war was happening and pieces set in the current canon present. If you want to write canon divergence where Yotsutsuji doesn't end up in a coma, that's fine by me. Same for if you want to write Rio crossing paths with Jakurai and/or Yotsutsuji during the war.
In general in Naruto, I love mission fic, fic exploring the downtime/worldbuilding between missions, and fic that addresses some of the darker parts of the world that canon seems to gloss over (like the repercussions of a world where warfare in various forms is constant and child warfare is the norm). Feel free to take as much or as little plot from canon as you want; I've followed canon up through end of the original Naruto series, but I'm more interested in the characters and the world than in the specific plot.
For the femslash ships, I'd love to see the characters finding time to relax, pushing each other to train harder, and generally supporting each other rather than rivalries/jealousy. For the ANBU and ANBU-adjacent characters (Sai, Itachi, and Ibiki), I'm interested in how spending so much time in a group with very different norms/culture shaped them, especially for Sai and Itachi who were brought into it as fairly young children.
Haruno Sakura &/ Yamanaka Ino
I love the friendship/friendly rivalry that these two develop later in canon, and how they push each other to become stronger. I'd love something that explores Sakura training Ino as a medic, or how they work together as medic and intelligence officer. I also like thinking about what they do during their downtime between missions (or in quiet moments they steal for themselves during long missions).
Haruno Sakura &/ Temari
Sakura is known for her healing skills/knowledge of poisons in Suna as well as in Konoha. What's it like when she goes to visit and Temari takes her for a stroll around the village? What about when Temari comes to Konoha for various diplomatic reasons? How do they both manage the somewhat hotheaded/challenging kage in their lives (and how do they blow off steam after particularly frustrating days)?
Temari/Tenten
Again something of a crack ship, but another one I've come to love. Two kunoichi who specialize in weapons, but in very different ways. Do they ever train together, and what's that like? What about comparing notes about caring for weapons? Off of the training field, how do they relax?
Morino Ibiki &/ Uchiha Itachi
This is something of a crack ship, but it's also turned into one of my Naruto OTPs. Sticking entirely to canon events, I wonder how much Ibiki knew about the Uchiha Massacre. Also, was he ever involved in training new ANBU recruits? If you want to go a canon divergence route, then I like premises where Itachi either never left Konoha, or didn't die and returned after the war. Given how much Ibiki has seen, and how much he deals in secrets, I also like the idea of him as someone Itachi seeks out when he's struggling with the aftermath of an ANBU assignment.
Sai & Uchiha Itachi
Like Ibiki and Itachi, this ship probably requires a bit of canon divergence, or at least creative thinking. Given how early Sai was recruited into ROOT, I wonder if he ever crossed path with Itachi during Itachi's time in ANBU. If you want to go with canon divergence, then what if Itachi never left, or if he survived and returned after the war and he and Sai both need to figure out how to adapt to life outside of ANBU/ROOT.
Pomefiore has been one of my favorite dorms since early on, and the teachers have grown on me over time! One of my favorite aspects of Crewel is how dramatic/over-the-top he is, which is impressive given how dramatic everyone else can be. I've been playing both the Japanese and English versions of the game since launch and am caught up on all of the events, but not on the Ignihyde/Diasomonia chapters of the main story.
Divus Crewel/Riddle Rosehearts
Divus Crewel/Jack Howl
Crewel is all about discipline, or at least the threat of it. Riddle and Jack are two of the more by-the-book and rules-abiding students at NRC. How do they respond to Crewel's particular brand of structure/discipline? For Riddle, did he already know how to strut commandingly in heels when he arrived at NRC, or did he need special tutoring in that? I'd be fine with this prompt going in a slightly darker or NSFW direction. If you like omegaverse AUs, Crewel/Jack seems like an easy opportunity to go in that direction.
Divus Crewel & Vil Schoenheit
Vil and Crewel seem to be NRC's two resident fashion experts. I love all of the times we see the two of them working together to get everyone into fashion show/formal ball-ready shape. Are they helping him wrangle a bunch of clueless NRC students into shape, or is getting extra lessons on more advanced topics? What is their relationship like when it comes to sharing fashion/makeup trends and design ideas? Do they ever disagree about what looks best?
Divus Crewel &/ Mozus Trein
Trein has grown on me a lot recently, especially after the Glorious Masquerade event. I'd love to see what happens when Crewel is tasked with catsitting for Trein. Alternatively, how does Trein handle one of his old students coming back as a faculty member? How does Trein's more traditional/conservative personality mesh with *waves hands at everything that Crewel is*?
Jack Howl/Vil Schoenheit
Jack isn't awed by Fashion Model Vil and doesn't have incredibly high expectations for him, which has to be something of a relief to Vil given the pressure he's under everywhere else in his life. I love their morning runs together as a chance for Vil to enjoy some casual conversation or (companionable silence). Has Jack ever invited Vil to go skiing/snowboarding with him? Has Vil ever tried teaching Jack kickboxing? What happens when another incident happens at NRC and they have to work together to fix/defeat it?
Istina is my favorite character in Harvestella. I love characters who are trying to create new lives for themselves while also being haunted by ghosts/guilt from their past. For all of these ships, I'd be especially interested in seeing moments in their lives outside of the main game timeline/events.
Istina &/ Shrika
Both Istina and Shrika have had the experience of being viewed as a legend/figure instead of a person. How does that shared experience shape each of them and their relationship? Does Istina ever find comfort in religion/faith, or does she find it offputting? How do Istina and Shrika work together when something threatens Argene?
Istina &/ Cress
Both of their stories have elements of guilt and worrying that they'll never be good enough. Do they find the other's perspective helpful? Are there ever moral/philosophical conflicts between them given that one is a doctor and one is a (former) assassin? Maybe Istina was injured on a mission or defending the orphanage, and Cress has to patch her back up?
Istina & Brakka
I like the idea of Istina and Brakka finding some sort of common ground in being fighters/killers for hire, and also in being two people who would prefer to do things alone. What does a mission look like when they're forced to work together? Maybe Brakka is hired to help protect the orphanage from a new threat? How does Brakka get along with the children at the orphanage? Istina is knowledgeable about poisons; what if Brakka get poisoned on a contract and comes to her for help?
Brakka & Cress
My thoughts for this are a pretty straightforward Brakka is injured and Cress is a doctor. Did Brakka seek out Cress, or did she encounter him by accident? Does this happen regularly, or is it unexpected?
For the library ships, I love libraries in all forms! These pairings could range anywhere from the mundane moments between two people who see each other regularly to complex adventures and mind games. The sky's the limit when books are involved. My background is in academia/academic libraries, so feel free to go as far into the weeds as you want with specialized knowledge if you have it.
For all of the prompts involving medical professionals/healers, I'm interested in the trust that exists between healer and patient, even if they've only just met, or the initial wariness that needs to be overcome. For the veterinarian and vampire ships, I'm also interested in weird/unexpected biology (from the perspective of the vet) and the challenges/differences/interests that presents.
Mundane Veterinarian/Employee of Magical Wildlife Rescue (F/F)
Did these two meet through work, or do they both buy their coffee from the same coffee shop every morning (or did one find the other when she was looking for a roommate)? Why is someone from the magical wildlife rescue bringing magical animals to a mundane veterinarian? Does the vet know the animals are magical? Does the vet believe in magic?
Female Doctor/Female Vampire
Did the vampire encounter the doctor randomly in mundane, everyday life where it wasn't obvious she was a doctor? Did the doctor immediately rush to the aid of an injured woman and only later realize something wasn't quite right? Have they been dating for A Very Long Time and the doctor's career is only a sidenote in their relationship? Is the doctor also a vampire, or maybe just a doctor who specializes in caring for supernatural creatures?
Overworked Doctor/Eccentric Occultist (F/F)
I'm fascinated with the backstory for how these two met. Is the occultist accident-prone and frequently shows up as a patient, or does the doctor sometimes need the occultist's skills/knowledge to treat patients? Is the doctor fully on board with the supernatural, or is she constantly trying to disprove it with science? This also seems like a fun prompt to play around with settings.
Brave but Unlucky Female Adventurer/Female Healer Who Patches Her Up
I love how many different possibilities there are for this prompt. Maybe our intrepid adventurer always makes it back home from her adventures victorious but injured, and after enough visits to the healer at her home base, they realize there's something more to their relationship. Or maybe the healer was her girlfriend first, and she learned to be a healer out of necessity due to her dear adventurer's terrible luck. Alternately, the adventurer is injured out in the middle of nowhere, and the healer is a random stranger who happens across her. Is the adventurer's bad luck the standard "but it turns out I'd miscounted, and a third evil knight snuck up behind me," or is it "and then I was concussed by a falling rabbit?" types of absurdity? Is her bad luck just coincidence, or is there an actual curse at play?
Immortal Librarian/Overworked Corporate Admin (F/F)
I love the idea of a frazzled admin who keeps being sent out to find answers to absurdly arcane/specific questions/technical documentation/legalese and a librarian who's had hundreds or thousands of years to learn all sorts of obscure trivia. Has the librarian been working at the library the whole time, or is she a new face filling in for the admin's usual favorite librarian who's away?
Reference Librarian/Her Badass Adventurer Girlfriend (F/F)
This just sounded like a fun prompt. Does the librarian ever get to join in on the adventures, or does she always stay safely behind the desk? What sorts of information do adventurers need from the library? Unusual settings are very welcome for this prompt. Library in space? Cool. World with magical books? Also cool. The librarian happens to be a dragon? Awesome.
Shy Male Librarian/Male Hero from the Pages of His Favorite Romance Novel
What type of romance novels does the librarian like? Is the hero the stereotypical attractive romance protagonist, or is he a vampire/werewolf/nontraditional hero? Is this a world where characters coming out of books is normal, or is it something strange and unexpected? How did the hero come out of the book in the first place? Has he actually emerged from the pages, or is this all the librarian's fantasy?
Princess who likes to sneak out/Female captain of the guard who always catches her
I love this ship for a dynamic where the chase/adventure becomes a form of flirting. Maybe the princess could sneak out without being noticed, but half the fun is in turning it into more of a game. The prompt also feels like it would lend itself well to a twist on the standard medieval fantasy setting. If you want to make the princess and guard captain have their adventures on a space station/alien planet, or in a sleek skyscraper filled with high-tech traps, or anything else of the sort, I'd be thrilled.
Male Superhero Who Works in a Coffee Shop/Tired Male Supervillain in Need of Caffeine
Male Supervillain Who Works in a Coffee Shop/Tired Male Superhero in Need of Caffeine
I love the idea of the superhero/supervillain being enemies/rivals in their superpowered alter egos, but in their everyday lives they're an overworked/underpaid coffee shop employee and an equally tired customer. Do they know the other one is their biggest rival/headache, or do they both think the other is just an ordinary mundane person? How do they react when the TV/radio in the coffee shop starts recapping their battle from the night before? Is this a one time meeting, or is it a regular enough habit that they worry if the other isn't at the coffee shop at their regular time?
I hope you're as excited for this exchange as I am! Most of my requests come from anime-adjacent series, but I also love original works. I have receiving gifts enabled on AO3 and love receiving treats in any medium.
General Likes
- hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional)
- domesticity, caretaking, and non-traditional expressions of love
- established relationships
- healing and medicine
- fantasy AUs, mundane AUs
- language, books/libraries, magic, and the power of words
- contrasts, light and shadow, the quiet space between moments
General DNW
- explicit sex
- jealousy/unhealthy possessiveness
- alcohol/drug use, drunk/high characters
- post-apocalyptic/dystopia, zombie AUs
- unhappy endings (bittersweet is fine), character death
Hypnosis Mic
- Arisugawa Dice & Busujima Mason Rio
- Busujima Mason Rio &/ Jinguji Jakurai
- Jinguji Jakurai &/ Kannabi Yotsutsuji
If it wasn't obvious from the ships, Rio and Jakurai are my two favorite Hypnosis Mic characters. I'm especially interested in their experiences in the war and how that's shaped who they are now. I'm equally happy with works set in the past while they were in the military and works set in the present. For Rio and Dice, I love Dice's love of Rio's cooking and how Rio is willing to let his guard down around Dice in a way he doesn't around most others.
Arisugawa Dice & Busujima Mason Rio
I love that Dice seems to be just about the only person who isn't bothered by the look of Rio's cooking. I also love how Rio seems to have accepted this stray who keeps showing up at his camp and is able to let his guard down around Dice in ways he doesn't usually. I'd love to see something more slice-of-life with these two involving Rio's cooking or just them hanging around Rio's camp. If you want something with more action, I'd love one of them rescuing the other from a sticky situation.
Busujima Mason Rio &/ Jinguji Jakurai
Jinguji Jakurai &/Kannabi Yotsutsuji
I've combined these ships into one section since my interests for them overlap. For all of them, I'm most interested in their experiences with the military/war and how its shaped their lives going forward. I'm equally happy with pieces set in the past while the war was happening and pieces set in the current canon present. If you want to write canon divergence where Yotsutsuji doesn't end up in a coma, that's fine by me. Same for if you want to write Rio crossing paths with Jakurai and/or Yotsutsuji during the war.
Naruto
- Haruno Sakura &/ Yamanaka Ino
- Haruno Sakura &/ Temari
- Temari &/ Tenten
- Morino Ibiki &/ Uchiha Itachi
- Sai & Uchiha Itachi
In general in Naruto, I love mission fic, fic exploring the downtime/worldbuilding between missions, and fic that addresses some of the darker parts of the world that canon seems to gloss over (like the repercussions of a world where warfare in various forms is constant and child warfare is the norm). Feel free to take as much or as little plot from canon as you want; I've followed canon up through end of the original Naruto series, but I'm more interested in the characters and the world than in the specific plot.
For the femslash ships, I'd love to see the characters finding time to relax, pushing each other to train harder, and generally supporting each other rather than rivalries/jealousy. For the ANBU and ANBU-adjacent characters (Sai, Itachi, and Ibiki), I'm interested in how spending so much time in a group with very different norms/culture shaped them, especially for Sai and Itachi who were brought into it as fairly young children.
Haruno Sakura &/ Yamanaka Ino
I love the friendship/friendly rivalry that these two develop later in canon, and how they push each other to become stronger. I'd love something that explores Sakura training Ino as a medic, or how they work together as medic and intelligence officer. I also like thinking about what they do during their downtime between missions (or in quiet moments they steal for themselves during long missions).
Haruno Sakura &/ Temari
Sakura is known for her healing skills/knowledge of poisons in Suna as well as in Konoha. What's it like when she goes to visit and Temari takes her for a stroll around the village? What about when Temari comes to Konoha for various diplomatic reasons? How do they both manage the somewhat hotheaded/challenging kage in their lives (and how do they blow off steam after particularly frustrating days)?
Temari/Tenten
Again something of a crack ship, but another one I've come to love. Two kunoichi who specialize in weapons, but in very different ways. Do they ever train together, and what's that like? What about comparing notes about caring for weapons? Off of the training field, how do they relax?
Morino Ibiki &/ Uchiha Itachi
This is something of a crack ship, but it's also turned into one of my Naruto OTPs. Sticking entirely to canon events, I wonder how much Ibiki knew about the Uchiha Massacre. Also, was he ever involved in training new ANBU recruits? If you want to go a canon divergence route, then I like premises where Itachi either never left Konoha, or didn't die and returned after the war. Given how much Ibiki has seen, and how much he deals in secrets, I also like the idea of him as someone Itachi seeks out when he's struggling with the aftermath of an ANBU assignment.
Sai & Uchiha Itachi
Like Ibiki and Itachi, this ship probably requires a bit of canon divergence, or at least creative thinking. Given how early Sai was recruited into ROOT, I wonder if he ever crossed path with Itachi during Itachi's time in ANBU. If you want to go with canon divergence, then what if Itachi never left, or if he survived and returned after the war and he and Sai both need to figure out how to adapt to life outside of ANBU/ROOT.
Twisted Wonderland
- Divus Crewel/Riddle Rosehearts
- Divus Crewel/Jack Howl
- Divus Crewel & Vil Schoenheit
- Divus Crewel &/ Mozus Trein
- Jack Howl/Vil Schoenheit
Pomefiore has been one of my favorite dorms since early on, and the teachers have grown on me over time! One of my favorite aspects of Crewel is how dramatic/over-the-top he is, which is impressive given how dramatic everyone else can be. I've been playing both the Japanese and English versions of the game since launch and am caught up on all of the events, but not on the Ignihyde/Diasomonia chapters of the main story.
Divus Crewel/Riddle Rosehearts
Divus Crewel/Jack Howl
Crewel is all about discipline, or at least the threat of it. Riddle and Jack are two of the more by-the-book and rules-abiding students at NRC. How do they respond to Crewel's particular brand of structure/discipline? For Riddle, did he already know how to strut commandingly in heels when he arrived at NRC, or did he need special tutoring in that? I'd be fine with this prompt going in a slightly darker or NSFW direction. If you like omegaverse AUs, Crewel/Jack seems like an easy opportunity to go in that direction.
Divus Crewel & Vil Schoenheit
Vil and Crewel seem to be NRC's two resident fashion experts. I love all of the times we see the two of them working together to get everyone into fashion show/formal ball-ready shape. Are they helping him wrangle a bunch of clueless NRC students into shape, or is getting extra lessons on more advanced topics? What is their relationship like when it comes to sharing fashion/makeup trends and design ideas? Do they ever disagree about what looks best?
Divus Crewel &/ Mozus Trein
Trein has grown on me a lot recently, especially after the Glorious Masquerade event. I'd love to see what happens when Crewel is tasked with catsitting for Trein. Alternatively, how does Trein handle one of his old students coming back as a faculty member? How does Trein's more traditional/conservative personality mesh with *waves hands at everything that Crewel is*?
Jack Howl/Vil Schoenheit
Jack isn't awed by Fashion Model Vil and doesn't have incredibly high expectations for him, which has to be something of a relief to Vil given the pressure he's under everywhere else in his life. I love their morning runs together as a chance for Vil to enjoy some casual conversation or (companionable silence). Has Jack ever invited Vil to go skiing/snowboarding with him? Has Vil ever tried teaching Jack kickboxing? What happens when another incident happens at NRC and they have to work together to fix/defeat it?
Harvestella
- Istina &/ Shrika
- Istina &/ Cress
- Istina & Brakka
- Brakka & Cress
Istina is my favorite character in Harvestella. I love characters who are trying to create new lives for themselves while also being haunted by ghosts/guilt from their past. For all of these ships, I'd be especially interested in seeing moments in their lives outside of the main game timeline/events.
Istina &/ Shrika
Both Istina and Shrika have had the experience of being viewed as a legend/figure instead of a person. How does that shared experience shape each of them and their relationship? Does Istina ever find comfort in religion/faith, or does she find it offputting? How do Istina and Shrika work together when something threatens Argene?
Istina &/ Cress
Both of their stories have elements of guilt and worrying that they'll never be good enough. Do they find the other's perspective helpful? Are there ever moral/philosophical conflicts between them given that one is a doctor and one is a (former) assassin? Maybe Istina was injured on a mission or defending the orphanage, and Cress has to patch her back up?
Istina & Brakka
I like the idea of Istina and Brakka finding some sort of common ground in being fighters/killers for hire, and also in being two people who would prefer to do things alone. What does a mission look like when they're forced to work together? Maybe Brakka is hired to help protect the orphanage from a new threat? How does Brakka get along with the children at the orphanage? Istina is knowledgeable about poisons; what if Brakka get poisoned on a contract and comes to her for help?
Brakka & Cress
My thoughts for this are a pretty straightforward Brakka is injured and Cress is a doctor. Did Brakka seek out Cress, or did she encounter him by accident? Does this happen regularly, or is it unexpected?
Original Work
- Mundane Veterinarian/Employee of Magical Wildlife Rescue (F/F)
- Brave but Unlucky Female Adventurer/Female Healer Who Patches Her Up
- Female Doctor/Female Vampire
- Overworked Doctor/Eccentric Occultist (F/F)
- Immortal Librarian/Overworked Corporate Admin (F/F)
- Reference Librarian/Her Badass Adventurer Girlfriend
- Princess who likes to sneak out/Female captain of the guard who always catches her
- Male Superhero who Works in a Coffee Shop/Tired Male Supervillain in Need of Caffeine
- Male Supervillain who Works in a Coffee Shop/Tired Male Superhero in Need of Caffeine
For the library ships, I love libraries in all forms! These pairings could range anywhere from the mundane moments between two people who see each other regularly to complex adventures and mind games. The sky's the limit when books are involved. My background is in academia/academic libraries, so feel free to go as far into the weeds as you want with specialized knowledge if you have it.
For all of the prompts involving medical professionals/healers, I'm interested in the trust that exists between healer and patient, even if they've only just met, or the initial wariness that needs to be overcome. For the veterinarian and vampire ships, I'm also interested in weird/unexpected biology (from the perspective of the vet) and the challenges/differences/interests that presents.
Mundane Veterinarian/Employee of Magical Wildlife Rescue (F/F)
Did these two meet through work, or do they both buy their coffee from the same coffee shop every morning (or did one find the other when she was looking for a roommate)? Why is someone from the magical wildlife rescue bringing magical animals to a mundane veterinarian? Does the vet know the animals are magical? Does the vet believe in magic?
Female Doctor/Female Vampire
Did the vampire encounter the doctor randomly in mundane, everyday life where it wasn't obvious she was a doctor? Did the doctor immediately rush to the aid of an injured woman and only later realize something wasn't quite right? Have they been dating for A Very Long Time and the doctor's career is only a sidenote in their relationship? Is the doctor also a vampire, or maybe just a doctor who specializes in caring for supernatural creatures?
Overworked Doctor/Eccentric Occultist (F/F)
I'm fascinated with the backstory for how these two met. Is the occultist accident-prone and frequently shows up as a patient, or does the doctor sometimes need the occultist's skills/knowledge to treat patients? Is the doctor fully on board with the supernatural, or is she constantly trying to disprove it with science? This also seems like a fun prompt to play around with settings.
Brave but Unlucky Female Adventurer/Female Healer Who Patches Her Up
I love how many different possibilities there are for this prompt. Maybe our intrepid adventurer always makes it back home from her adventures victorious but injured, and after enough visits to the healer at her home base, they realize there's something more to their relationship. Or maybe the healer was her girlfriend first, and she learned to be a healer out of necessity due to her dear adventurer's terrible luck. Alternately, the adventurer is injured out in the middle of nowhere, and the healer is a random stranger who happens across her. Is the adventurer's bad luck the standard "but it turns out I'd miscounted, and a third evil knight snuck up behind me," or is it "and then I was concussed by a falling rabbit?" types of absurdity? Is her bad luck just coincidence, or is there an actual curse at play?
Immortal Librarian/Overworked Corporate Admin (F/F)
I love the idea of a frazzled admin who keeps being sent out to find answers to absurdly arcane/specific questions/technical documentation/legalese and a librarian who's had hundreds or thousands of years to learn all sorts of obscure trivia. Has the librarian been working at the library the whole time, or is she a new face filling in for the admin's usual favorite librarian who's away?
Reference Librarian/Her Badass Adventurer Girlfriend (F/F)
This just sounded like a fun prompt. Does the librarian ever get to join in on the adventures, or does she always stay safely behind the desk? What sorts of information do adventurers need from the library? Unusual settings are very welcome for this prompt. Library in space? Cool. World with magical books? Also cool. The librarian happens to be a dragon? Awesome.
Shy Male Librarian/Male Hero from the Pages of His Favorite Romance Novel
What type of romance novels does the librarian like? Is the hero the stereotypical attractive romance protagonist, or is he a vampire/werewolf/nontraditional hero? Is this a world where characters coming out of books is normal, or is it something strange and unexpected? How did the hero come out of the book in the first place? Has he actually emerged from the pages, or is this all the librarian's fantasy?
Princess who likes to sneak out/Female captain of the guard who always catches her
I love this ship for a dynamic where the chase/adventure becomes a form of flirting. Maybe the princess could sneak out without being noticed, but half the fun is in turning it into more of a game. The prompt also feels like it would lend itself well to a twist on the standard medieval fantasy setting. If you want to make the princess and guard captain have their adventures on a space station/alien planet, or in a sleek skyscraper filled with high-tech traps, or anything else of the sort, I'd be thrilled.
Male Superhero Who Works in a Coffee Shop/Tired Male Supervillain in Need of Caffeine
Male Supervillain Who Works in a Coffee Shop/Tired Male Superhero in Need of Caffeine
I love the idea of the superhero/supervillain being enemies/rivals in their superpowered alter egos, but in their everyday lives they're an overworked/underpaid coffee shop employee and an equally tired customer. Do they know the other one is their biggest rival/headache, or do they both think the other is just an ordinary mundane person? How do they react when the TV/radio in the coffee shop starts recapping their battle from the night before? Is this a one time meeting, or is it a regular enough habit that they worry if the other isn't at the coffee shop at their regular time?