Chocolate Box '18

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Dear Chocolatier,

The tag set was really great this year! Lots of awesome stuff nominated, and I had a great time trying to come up with what I wanted to request and offer. I'm requesting fic and art in most of these fandoms, but some ships I have a clearer idea of what I might want for art than others. If you have an idea and my prompts are lacking, please go for it! I love it when creators are self-indulgent and have fun with their work, so if you do that and avoid my DNW, I'm sure I'll enjoy whatever it is you create.


General/Narrative Likes: monsters; magical realism; larger-than-life characters/scenarios; canon-divergent AUs; non-mundane AUs; future-fic; adventure; character studies; need vs want vs have; missing scenes; ethical dilemmas; friendship; found/made family; competence; cooking; dream sequences (that aren’t the entire fic); banter; fight sequences; introspection; worldbuilding; time travel; loyalty (to people or to causes); casefic

Ship-related Likes: Complicated feelings; bad at feelings; friends-to-lovers; enemies-to-lovers; slow burn; awkward flirting; fake relationships turned real; intimacy; sensory details; handholding; pining; forehead-touching; hand-holding

Smut Stuff: intercrural; orgasm delay/denial; multiple orgasms; overstimulation; awkward sex; hand kink; oral; messy sex; nonpenetrative sex; bloodplay; manhandling; hair kink; power dynamics; laughter during sex; body worship; consent issues due to outside forces; eye contact during sex

Art Likes: stylized art; contrast; pieces that look like romance novel covers, old-fashioned movie posters, or 20th century propaganda; interesting facial expressions; unusual paneling or composition; I like black-and-white art, limited color palettes, and full color- if you have fun creating it, I'm sure I'll love it.

DNW: Pregnancy; body horror or body modification beyond canon-levels; A/B/O or biological imperative; major character death (permanent); infidelity/cheating; medical kink; underage (15 and under); hopeless endings; mundane AUs; issuefic

Always Crashing in the Same Car (fic)
A great short rife with possibilities for tense fic, smutfic, and messed up power dynamics. The dream is for Bill to have the upper hand, and for James to be into it and ashamed.

James Booth/Bill MacKinnon

• Origins of their weird relationship- there's the implication that Bill has done this for years. Did he handpick James, or is James interchangeable with other PMs? What happened the first time Bill made James call him the boss?
• Future power-plays- Do things escalate from the short? Does James fuck up again? What did Bill do with the tapes?
• Space opera AU- Power dynamics in spaaaaace

The Exorcist (fic/art)
I love this show! I'm a huge wimp when it comes to horror, but I love this show and it's charismatic priests (and ex-priests, and families) so much.

Devon Bennett/Marcus Keane

• Guilty fantasizing- does Marcus ever fantasize about unbuttoning Bennett? Does Bennett ever dream about sharing in Marcus' grace with God? Do either of them ever wonder about what it would be like to have the other's focus trained on them for non-work related reasons?
• Not technically breaking our vows- whether that be going on not-dates or 'it's not gay if the balls don't touch', ways they might have something while still keeping to their vows
• Foul-mouthed demon has some things to say- the two of them try and exorcise a demon who either has some ideas about what the two of them could do together, or pulls from their minds to make things uncomfortable and disrupt the exorcism
• Post-exorcism relief- a quiet moment together after a successful exorcism, or an adrenaline rush, or awe at each other's skill and fortitude

Marcus Keane/Peter Morrow

• Seeing God- with Peter, Marcus learns to connect with God again. Through physical touch, or seeing God in the little things, or just a healing process that allows Marcus to fix the broken connection- anything in which Peter helps Marcus find grace again
• Late night boat trip- either a different take on the original boat trip, or another late night boat trip
• The road not taken- what if Marcus took Peter up on his offer of that drink, and his advice to retire?

Kat Rance/Verity

• She was a punk; she took ballet- I love Kat and Verity, even if they make me think of Avril Lavigne's 'sk8r boi,' a song I have terrible memories of. Anything along these lines would be fantastic though.
• Meeting through a forum for possession/exorcism survivors- the two had different experiences with their family being possessed- how might that affect their opinions of each other? Do they have different personas online and offline? Does the fact that Kat's case was so high-profile affect Verity's opinion of her?
• Meeting through Marcus or Tomas- maybe Marcus or Tomas makes an off-hand reference to the other, or there's an official (or unofficial) meeting of families who know Marcus and Tomas, and Kat and Verity hit it off (or don't, at first)

Killjoys (fic/art)

Aneela/Delle Seyah Kendry

• Learning what the Green can do- Aneela teaching Kendry about her new abilities, and showing her her own abilities to manipulate the Green
• Queens of the Hullen- forget the Lady: Aneela and Kendry are in charge of the Hullen, and they have plans
• Why is Kendry different?- Aneela's had other lovers, but Kendry was the only one she seems to have actually developed feelings for and a connection to. What is it about Kendry that makes them such a good match?

D'avin Jaqobis/Fancy Lee

• On a mission together- a missing scene; post s3, whatever!
• De-Hullenizing Fancy- either canon-divergent or Fancy gets reinfected. What does D'avin do, with his magical deHullenizing abilities?
• Similarities- just something about how they are similar in some ways. I really liked their moments of connection in S3
• Canon-divergent Red-17- D'avin doesn't escape. Fancy is Hullen, and D'avin is a medical curiosity desperate for familiarity (and desperate to escape)

Misfits (fic)
I have a roller-coaster of a relationship with this show, but I was really into how into Curtis Rudy seemed at times. Not that I blamed him- Nathan Stewart-Jarrett is a babe. Tragically, there is a lack of fic about them, and they were nominated, so, here I am!

Curtis Donovan/Rudy Wade

• Sex-swapping- Maybe they experiment with the physical differences; maybe Curtis doesn't tell Rudy and Rudy keeps trying to hit on Curtis' girl self while having awkward feelings for boy Curtis; or anything else that incorporates Curtis' power
• Different Rudies trying to get with Curtis- They all have feelings for him, they just express it in different ways; Curtis is baffled (and flattered?)
• Canon-divergence- Muddling through life- Curtis is never zombified- what might happen as they grow and the world changes?

MCU (fic and art)
Thor: Ragnarok was a gift, and I will always and forever love Fury and Natasha's interactions in Winter Soldier. I lumped together & and / requests for prompts, because I am interested in both permutations but can't think of a ton of prompts.

Bruce Banner & Brunnhilde | Valkyrie, Bruce Banner/Brunnhilde | Valkyrie

• Romance novel cover/plot ft damsel!Bruce- If you want to play this straight or go for parody, I am into this
• Jock and nerd- Anything along the lines of these archetypes, really- jock and nerd are friends, jock and nerd are banging furiously, jock and nerd are both emotionally stunted...it's all great.
• Realizing why they seem so familiar- whether it's a slow realization of half-memories and familiar phrases, or an all-at-once holy shit moment, I'd love to see them realize why the other seems familiar
• Moment alone on the ship- It's a big ship full of ex-Sarkaarians and Asgardians, and neither of them entirely fit

Brunnhilde | Valkyrie/Hulk, Hulk & Brunnhilde | Valkyrie

• Training together- the fact that they apparently train together in the movie is delightful. I'd love to see them actually train!
• Fighting together turns to something else- wink, wink
• Destroying some aliens- I'd love to see the two of them just absolutely going to town on some aliens who messed with the wrong people
• Together on Sakaar- just them hanging out on Sakaar, or developing feelings on Sakaar, or anything on Sakaar, really!

Nick Fury & Natasha Romanov, Nick Fury/Natasha Romanov

• Mutual respect- anything about the two of them respecting each other's expertise and abilities
• Fake relationship- for whatever reason, they have to pretend to be dating/married. I'm happy with this turning romantic or them having fun with it, no romance attached
• No one can tell if they're flirting or angry at each other- maybe they're not even sure. Maybe it's both.
• Planning a mission together- Late nights working out every angle they can, because they're professionals who don't really have a life outside of work

Rogue One (fic)
The relationships nominated for this fandom got me. Thank you, nominators, for requesting Cassian like this. Note- for Bail/Cassian, I'd prefer if Breha was either not mentioned or handwaved, as infidelity is a DNW

Bail Organa/Cassian Andor

• Cassian hero worships Bail and fantasizes about him- innocent fantasies of praise get dirtier, or dreaming about rescuing the handsome Senator and getting a kiss in return? Or something else?
• Messing around at a party- the Rebellion celebrates a victory, and one thing leads to another...
• Secret relationship- Bail can't be seen to be playing favorites, and Cassian knows that individuals in the Rebellion are expendable, but they keep coming together anyway

Cassian Andor/K2-SO

• Wireplay/Ooh, what does this do?- Cassian discovering a new way to mess around with K2's wires; K2 discovers when Cassian is touched like so, you get some very interesting reactions
• Not in my programming- even though he's been reprogrammed, K2 is a security droid at his core, but he keeps having weird...feelings
• Undercover on a mission- K2 has Cassian 'prisoner'; somewhere they have to pretend to be dating; any kind of undercover fun

Tentacles/Cassian Andor & K2-SO

• Consentacles and K2 thinks humans are weird- Cassian wants to have fun (or has just had fun) with some lovely tentacled alien, and K2 does not understand organics
• Consentacles and also K2 is trying to talk to Cassian about a mission- Cassian is currently having fun with some lovely tentacled alien, and K2 is trying to talk to him (over comms, outside the door, literally in the same room- what's your problem, Cassian, it's not like K2 cares...)
• Nonconstentacles and K2 has something to say about it- Cassian has, for whatever reason, had/will have/is currently having a bad experience with some tentacles, and K2 is not pleased (could be violent, could be weirdly tender, or anything in the middle)

Star Trek TOS (fic/art)
I grew up with TOS, and Bones was always my favorite, so this Valentine's I opted to request Bones/alien good times (or less than good-times, as the case may be). No Pon-Farr, please.

Leonard “Bones” McCoy/Spock

• On an away mission together- I love pretty much all away mission scenarios, so just have fun with this
• Accidental stimulation- For whatever reason, people are bumping uglies and touching hands, and Bones and Spock are feeling some kinda way
• Firsts- first kiss, first date, first time, first realization that maybe they have ~feelings for each other...anything along these lines is good
• General bickering- wait is this flirting?- one or the other (or both!) realizing that, at some point, their bickering has turned into flirting

Leonard “Bones” McCoy/Mirror!Spock

• In my head- Mirror!Spock got into Bones' head- what are some consequences? What happened in there?
• Substitutes- either Mirror!Spock using Bones as a substitute for his doctor, or Bones coming to think of Mirror!Spock as a more ruthless substitute for his Spock, or both- complicated feelings and weirdness and resentment all welcome
• On the wrong side of the mirror- either Bones is trapped in the Mirrorverse, or mirror!Spock is trapped in the TOS!verse, what happens next?

Leonard “Bones” McCoy/Original Male Alien(s)

• Studying together and oh we have an anatomy lesson- at the Academy, Bones and his fellow student(s) have a hands-on approach to learning anatomy
• Alien tries to woo Bones- this could be sweet, creepy, funny- whatever mood you want, at any stage of Bones' life
• If you touch someone there you have to marry them, yes, even if you're saving their life- Bones saves an alien's life and now they have to get married. Does he run? Roll with it? Has this happened before or does he have a string of spouses across the galaxy due to this custom?

Voltron: Legendary Defender (fic/art)
I enjoy watching the show, staying out of fandom discussion as much as possible, and Hunk. For Matt/Hunk/Pidge, I'd prefer if it was more a V-scenario, or, at least, there was less focus on the Matt/Pidge element.

Hunk/Keith

• Training together- maybe it's sweet, maybe it's sweaty, maybe it's both, but it's important to train and learn from each other
• Hunk encouraging Keith to goof off- anything where Keith gets to let loose and be a goofy weirdo
• Hunk is large and Keith is all about that- him.......big
• On another mission together- any scenario you can think of would be great

Hunk/Lance

• Them as cadets- I'd love to see them pre-series, becoming friends, developing crushes...whatever
• Goofing off together- they're both huge goofs, so anything playing with that is great
• Thinking about home- pretty self-explanatory?
• Pun wars- the worse the puns are, the more I will love it

Hunk/Shiro

• Comfort food- developing a relationship through food! I love this trope
• Mutual respect- just anything where they appreciate and respect each other.
• Trapped somewhere together- whether this leads to confessions or something a little more intense, I love this scenario
• Just casually showing off at the gym- either or both of them just casually showing off at the gym, aware (or not) of how it's affecting the other

Hunk & Pidge | Kate Holt, Hunk/Pidge | Kate Holt

• Building a robot together!- a friend robot? a sex robot? a highly versatile robot? Who knows!
• World's most elaborate prank- again, I love it when people get to goof off, so them conducting a prank would be great
• Pidge has to rescue Hunk- works for friendship or romance; bonus points if Hunk says 'my hero' at any point, sarcastically or not
• Napping together- just a quiet moment on the ship, taking a nap

Matt Holt/Hunk/Pidge | Katie Holt

• Three nerds chilling in a hot tub- pretty self explanatory I think? Have fun with this
• Competitive wooing- Matt and Pidge both trying to win Hunk over, and they are really competitive about it
• ...for science!- the three of them doing anything for science, really.
• Rebel and two Paladins- watch out Galra Empire- something about how the three of them putting their skills and resources together makes them a formidable team

Matt Holt & Pidge | Katie Holt

• Thinking about home/family- are they ever going to see their parents again? At least they have each other
• Catching up- just catching up on all the things that have happened since they last saw each other. Pidge did what? Matt blew up where?
• Matt introducing his sister to his team of rebels- what do they think of his tiny Paladin sister? What does she think of them? Does she try and embarrass him, or vice versa?
• Pidge teasing Matt about his crushes- any crushes, past, present, or future. He can tease her back