cousinshelley | HA Exchange Letter

I'm CousinShelley at AO3.

Thank you in advance for writing one of these fandoms for me! Some requests are newer, and some fandoms generate more ideas, especially if I've requested them a lot. A shorter section than some others doesn't mean I love or want a fandom any less.

My requests in the app.

I offer a lot of prompts and mention what I like about the dynamics because it's fun for me to talk about them. If none of my prompts appeal, that's fine. The general things I like and do-not-wants are at the bottom (linked from the top) in bulleted lists.

My requests:

Scanners
- Darryl Revok/Cameron Vale
Re-animator
- Daniel Cain/Herbert West
Strangers on a Train
- Bruno Antony/Guy Haines
Evil
- David Acosta/Kristen Bouchard/Ben Shakir
- David Acosta & Kristen Bouchard & Ben Shakir
The Exorcist
- Marcus Keane/Tomas Ortega
- Marcus Keane/Tomas Ortega & Devon Bennett
Vampires
- Jack Crow/Adam Guiteau
Riptide
- Cody Allen/Nick Ryder
- Cody Allen/Nick Ryder & Murray Bozinsky
Starsky & Hutch
- Ken Hutchinson/David Starsky
Our Flag Means Death
- Israel Hands/Evelyn Higgins
Severance
- Peter Kilmer/Mark Scout

Things I Like
DNWs (Do Not Wants)

Scanners

Darryl Revok/Cameron Vale

I know the only scene with these two together is the short, penultimate scene, but the whole scanner/mind control premise of the movie and these two together for a few minutes was all it took.

If it's a been a while for you: *deep breath* Darryl has kidnapped Cameron and Kim, and is just chilling in his office when Cameron wakes up on his couch, so he reveals that Dr. Paul Ruth was their father and that Cameron is actually his little brother and that he's the only one who has ever cared about Cameron and now that he's finally found him he wants Cameron to join him so they can rule over puny humanity together.

All the things Darryl says to him and his easy intrusion into Cameron's personal space are so great. He's been counting on Cameron for years, and his sincerity in wanting him to understand really works for me, even though he's obviously got a hair-trigger and is a bit unhinged (I like that in a character, apparently). When Cameron resists his ideas, Darryl drops down in front of him (*yodels*) and asks him to tell him he's not going to betray him like all the rest. When Cameron refuses and crowns him with a paperweight, Darryl decides he's going to have Cameron with him forever by (telepathically) sucking his brain dry.

"Everything you are is going to become me. You're going to be with me, Cam, no matter what. After all, brothers should be close, don't you think?"

I mean *gestures at that dialogue* . . . *gestures again*. What's not to love? How am I supposed to resist that?

Revok's a dark guy, it's not hard to see why, and I really like that aspect of him. He can do so much with his mind and isn't bothered by things like boundaries. Hello there, nice to meet you, Mr. Tortured Villain. Come in and sit a spell.

Prompts:

Okay, that scene. Darryl is no dummy, and he has the ability to get into people's minds. You can't convince me he didn't notice Chekhov's paperweight while Cameron was fondling it with no idea that it was going to go off. Did he merely want to give his brother every opportunity to change his mind? Did he think he'd be able to convince him and it wouldn't happen? He could not have been surprised by that. Feel free to change it so that the blow doesn't happen and/or explore Darryl's thoughts about it.
An idea I really like is a story diverging from the ending, with Darryl managing to subdue Cameron and not kill him despite his threats to do so. He was just angry, right? Maybe once he gets into Cameron's mind a little he calms down and just decides to control him instead of killing him. I want Darryl to genuinely want to win Cameron over to his cause (and other things) because he needs Cameron to care about him in the same way. He wants them to be brothers-in-arms.
Once he has control of Cameron and they both know he's stronger and could kill him easily if he wanted, he can threaten to kill Kim to get Cam's compliance, or he can let her go to keep Cameron there. I'd rather he didn't kill or hurt her, but I'm not married to what actually happens beyond that.
I really like the idea of Darryl making it clear that he could make Cameron do anything he wanted like a puppet on a string, but he wants Cameron to want to be there helping him. And at some point he wants Cameron to want him, and forcing sex wouldn't be the same. Maybe he'd go as far as angrily kissing him like he's going to go farther, a little groping, make Cameron think he’s going to, and stop because he really does want Cameron to want him at least a little. And I’m okay with a seriously dubcon scene as long as he knows Cam does actually want what’s happening, even if he doesn’t want it at the same time.
I would enjoy sex between them, whether physical or mental or both, but it's not required for me to enjoy the story. The pining and fucked-upness of the mind control aspect, and Cameron maybe starting to give in a little and feel something, would be enough. But I do also really like the idea of Darryl at least being handsy with him (touching his hair when he's got a Scanner headache, the neck massage tag, etc. ).
Darryl trying to show Cameron how great they'd be together by putting images of them having passionate sex into Cameron's mind sounds delicious. This would also be great in a different first meeting AU where he seduces Cameron telepathically, and later Cam finds out they're brothers, like in that last scene.
I really like the idea of him using his Scanner power to make Cameron come untouched as if he's showing him what he can do and trying to seduce him and show his power and dominance (and Cameron not being happy about it at first and then liking it, even if he hates that he does).
Darryl's scar in the middle of his forehead is a great place for a surprisingly tender kiss (even if it's Darryl imagining it and sending it to Cameron and accidentally revealing how much he just wants to be cared for). Or it can happen after Cam has come around to caring about him even if just a tiny bit.
Cameron could be the one touching Darryl's hair at some point as he stops being resistant. I also like the idea that he pretends to be more controlled than he is because he wants to try to convince Darryl that they should forge a different path and be heroes rather than villains with their powers or something.
Cameron realizing Darryl wants him as more than a brother and using that to seduce him to try to gain an advantage but ending up with feelings is a great scenario, too. Especially if he tells himself he's only getting down with his brother to protect himself or Kim or humanity but he also knows he wants it too.
He had to feel quite a lot when he realized that was his brother in the old patient footage after Darryl tried to drill the hole in his head. I'd like to think Cameron might try to save him and bring him around from the dark side, and if not, stay there to try to sabotage the worst of his plans from the inside, but wanting to protect him, too.
I'd also enjoy a canon divergence where Darryl found Cameron before Dr. Ruth and took him in, taught him what he was and how to control it, and slowly revealed all the relevant information whether he was using mind control for other things or not.
I'd prefer an ending that's nothing like the movie death, but it doesn't have to be hearts and flowers, either. I don't want total bleakness or hopelessness, but dubious feelings and/or confusion all the way up to relative happiness are okay. If some ideas like those are too plotty, don't worry! Any encounter between them works for me as long as there’s at least some kind of sexual tension, and more than that is great, too.
I like the idea of Darryl watching Cameron earlier in the movie and putting ideas in his head like making him imagine passionate sex and pleasure with Darryl as the person making love to him, or making him come from afar while Darryl imagines the day they'll be together as brothers and more. Damn near anything sexy between the two at any point is something I want to read.
I like the idea that in the end (or at any point), Cameron suffers a mindbreak and Darryl cares for him and helps him recover. I just figure if he caused it, unintentionally while trying to absorb him at the end, even better. It gives him something to make up for.
Amnesia in Cameron at any point during the film or after the end when Darryl wins could be great. If Darryl takes care of him after, he could lie about all kinds of things to get Cameron on his side, and in his bed. When Cameron remembers who they are, he can be horrified at first as long as he's starting to come around to it eventually.

There are so many possibilities, and just about any interaction with any one of the tags I chose would be great.

Freeforms I requested previously, if you're interested.

Re-Animator

Daniel Cain/Herbert West

What always struck me about these two was how Herbert was clearly unhinged and got more so as the movies went, but Dan kept hanging in there with him. After Meg died at the end of the first film, instead of breaking all ties for all the pain Herbert brought into his life, he goes to Peru with him because he’s obviously devoted to the work (and Herbert) at that point, no matter what.

He doesn’t even managed to break it off in the second film, when he really, really should have. Canon has him previously turning state’s evidence before the main part of the third film, set 13 years later, but I ignore that and have some fix-it ideas.

These two are very physical with each other from the beginning, whether it’s leaning or a hand on the arm (or Herbert wrapping Dan in a blanket and touching his hand--!). And the director focused on these things in an interesting way.

One of my favorite moments is in Bride of Re-Animator when Dan presents Herbert with their creation. He’s awed and approaches them, and the first thing he does is grab Dan’s hand in a definitive squeeze. “We did it,” he says, giving Dan an equal part in their achievement and making a point of that. Dan’s holding her hand, and soon enough Herbert touches her specifically, but his first instinct was to squeeze Dan’s hand. And the whole shot is just that. Bee-yootiful. More of that kind of thing, please!

I firmly believe that Herbert doesn’t really care about people as much as he cares about defeating death and reaching his goals. He doesn’t care about individual people at all, except Dan. Dan’s the one living person Herbert does give a damn about, and that’s one of the things that makes their relationship so great, IMO.

Some ideas I really like:

Dan's face when Herbert starts insulting Hill after they've just met is amazing. Just watch his face when Halsey's trying to smooth it over while they're all standing there. It's like 'wow this guy is arrogant' and the way he looks down with this little shocked expression, seeming almost impressed. And then Herbert looks directly at Dan and their gazes lock while Halsey's talking to Hill. It's such a great moment. We can't really see Herbert's expression, but he seems to be staring intently in Herbert's typical resting 'fuck you' face whenever Hill's in the room. Honestly, it could be read as Bruce Abbott on the verge of smiling or laughing and ruining the take but managing to hang on in the end, but I like to see what passes over Dan's face while he and Herbert are staring at each other as an "oh no he's hot" moment. You can explore that as such a moment, or if not, show what he was thinking.
It's a similar thing when they're in class and Herbert's snapping pencils. Watching Dan watch him is such a delight. And when Meg's complaining about Herbert and Dan admits he's a little cracked with a strange look on his face, and you can hear the implied "but I don't mind" or even "but I like it so it's okay." I'll enjoy anything dealing with Dan coming to terms with his sudden interest in an arrogant, slightly cracked Herbert
I'm always down for one of them discovering he died and was brought back with (an obviously more refined) reagent and all the emotions and fallout from that.
A fix-it for the third film. Preferably a short time span than 13 years, maybe just a year or so, and Herbert gets out of prison, either through a technicality or an escape. He goes to find Dan, not for revenge or anything, but maybe for help (if he escaped) or just to get some answers about why he betrayed him. But it turns out Dan only turned state’s evidence to prevent the government or some other villain from killing Herbert or worse and he hasn’t been able to contact him. Maybe Dan breaks him out and explains, even. As long as they get back together.
Or maybe Carl Hill’s head got regenerated yet again and he bat-winged his way to Dan and hypnotized him to do it, and Dan’s been under his control for the whole time while Hill’s been trying to get him to reproduce the reagent or do his bidding while he’s working on it. I’m okay with it if he took other liberties with Dan too, giving Herbert even more reason to kill him again, but just controlling his mind and making him betray Herbert would be plenty. The aftermath of Dan getting free of that control and Herbert helping him through it would be amazing.
If you can think of some other reason for an unwilling betrayal, I’m sure that’d be great, too. I’m after Herbert’s alarm when he discovers that Dan didn’t want to betray him and has been in a prison of his own the whole time, even if it’s just one of guilt.
Any situation where Dan carries Herbert – to bed because he’s collapsing with exhaustion; to a room where he can help him inject reagent; because he’s rescued him from someone or somewhere and he’s injured; because he’s been attacked by one of his creations. Any reason at all. I just love the caretaking. That leads me to the hands tags.
The focus on their hands and hand-touching/clasping in the films sends me. So that will obviously make me happy. I also really like the idea of Herbert’s hands being injured somehow (nothing that won’t heal). Maybe involuntary spasms for a while could lead Dan to help him eat or get dressed. I think he’d handle his basic hygiene on his own even if it hurt, he’s clever enough, but helping him bathe wouldn’t be out of the question, or helping him work.
Herbert’s line about Dan thinking with his big head and not his little head stands out. He was so jealous of every woman who looked Dan’s way, but I’d like to see him and Dan both realize that as long as Dan’s thinking about him, Herbert’s fine with his little head doing some thinking. It can even be a revelation to Herbert, realizing how much he really does want Dan. Dan realizing that Herbert never touches anybody but him could be a result or the catalyst. Herbert doesn’t even like to shake people’s hands, wouldn’t even touch Dan the first time they met, then quickly couldn’t stop touching him every whipstitch. I love that.
If Herbert creates a new reagent, while trying to keep people from coming back crazed and wrong, and tests it on himself, and it turns out to serve as some kind of sex pollen, that would be a-okay. Especially if he’s really suffering and determined not to push himself on Dan, so Dan has to take charge to make sure he’s okay. Alternately, Dan can be the one accidentally dosed somehow, maybe a spill or something that absorbs through his skin, and Herbert has to take care of him.
Other tags deal with other things I love, like Herbert and/or Dan with their sleeves rolled up (and Herbert’s tie tucked in, which I’ve always loved). Dan pulling him in by the tie for a kiss would be great, if they reach that kind of point in the relationship. Rescuing each other. Bedsharing because of nightmares or to protect the other (from someone else or themselves), hand-touching/holding, Herbert being so proud of Dan for what he’s learned and how much he can do. Anything along any of those lines using one of the tags will be great.

Freeforms I requested previously, if you're interested.

Strangers on a Train

Bruno Antony/Guy Haines

I love this film, with Farley Granger lighting up the screen and Robert Walker ensuring you can't look away. If you haven't seen it, watch the scene where they meet and picture it as an awkward meet-cute instead of Bruno angling to find someone to help him commit murder. Totally believable, right? But for me, it's made even better because Bruno, who's a clever but terrible piece of work, has murder on his mind.

I still haven't read the book, but I understand the book's even shippier than the movie, so lean into that all you want.

I love dubcon for this, but I do want there to be some affection and warm feelings, especially on Bruno's part. I'm okay if the feelings are only sexual for Guy or if he starts to feel closer to Bruno too.

Any scenario where Bruno has the upper hand and uses it to get close to Guy, or Guy tries to free himself from Bruno's influence but can't quite get there, will be great!

Bruno doesn't just extort a return-the-favor murder, but also sexual favors out of Guy. This can be super duper dubcon, but no outright non-con. Basically, have Bruno manipulate or menace Guy and/or get him hot, and I'll be happy.
Bruno spying on him, manipulating him because he wants him and developing feelings, and anything along those lines would be great. Demanding sex to not go to the police fits pretty seamlessly into the story, and I'd love for Guy to enjoy even if he feels guilty or embarrassed by it. Giving in because he "has to" even though he secretly wants it.
Bruno has watched Guy enough to now he secretly wants to be with a man despite being married, and helps him realize that dream whether guy is ready to or not.
All the manipulation! Bruno manipulating Guy! Guy reluctantly getting turned on by him! Guy thinking he's gaining favor with Bruno and getting out of their deal by seducing him!
Any situation where Guy is blackmailed into sex or has to do it to prove his loyalty (and it's not baked into the tag, but if Bruno forced Guy to have sex with someone else while he watched (and maybe even offered Guy up himself and led the encounter) to prove this loyalty, it would not hurt my feelings).
Basically any creepy, obsessive, jealous, possessive things Bruno could do or say in the course of manipulating Guy and getting him into bed. He can threaten to do or say just about anything to get sexual favors with Guy not sure he'd be believed if he refused and decided to let Bruno go through with his threats.
I missed the tag for it, but gun fellatio would be fun. Either Bruno making Guy do it or Guy deciding to kill Bruno to get his life back on track and Bruno does it (and if it ends up getting Guy hot enough for some desperate sex, well).
Bruno making Guy talk on the phone to Anne and try to sound normal while he's fucking him.
Bruno sets up an attack on Guy solely for the purpose of rescuing him before he can be hurt or killed and trying to get Guy closer to him and grateful for that.

Freeforms I requested previously, if you're interested.

Evil

David Acosta/Kristen Bouchard/Ben Shakir
David Acosta & Kristen Bouchard & Ben Shakir
Ben Shakir & Karima Shakir
Ben Shakir & the Bouchard girls

An Evil story can be super dark, creepy, full-bore horror, but I'd prefer it not end dark or bleak. I like happy or at least hopeful endings.

I chose both the & and / for these three, and I'll honestly enjoy either. Canon-typical shenanigans with David, Kristen, and Ben would be great, whether missing scenes from the show or something new. I love the way they interact, period. If you opt for / it can be with or without actual sex. I like flirting, sexual tension, and heavy foreshadowing that they'll get together in the future, if you don't want to write sex.

Anything that demonstrates the love, respect and trust between any of the mains. Like when Ben made the deep fake of Leland for Kristen, just trusting what she said to be true, and how she trusted him to do that. And how Ben works for David, not the church, because he trusts and cares about David. How David confided in Kristen about the mushrooms and how they have this thing going on between them. Anything highlighting trust and loyalty would be so great.
The season that just ended raises all sorts of possibility, and I'm totally okay if they have a threesome that turns out to only be part of David's hallucination. In fact, I really really like that idea, especially with him having lustful thoughts after while he's around them knowing what's happening at night isn't real and struggling to stop thinking about it, wanting it and taking part in it when the opportunity arises.
If you write sex, it can be 100% consensual or under-the-influence of something and I'll enjoy it either way. Just please make it natural and spontaneous without negotiations or rules or "formal" agreements, even if it's a stone-cold sober decision. No discussion at all would work, too.
I love dubcon, so it can be dubcon all day long, but please no outright noncon between these characters. However, one or more can feel guilty as if they nonconned one or both of the others, as long as that's resolved by the end.
Along those lines, maybe they're influenced by demons or some force that thinks having them all together will destroy their relationships, but of course it has the opposite effect. The devil can think that some dubcon threesome where they double-team Kristen or where David or Ben has sex with the other is going to make them avoid each other, but joke's on you, bad guy, they secretly wanted it anyway, so there.
Maybe David and Kristen could be in another scenario like at the farm and Ben shows up, and that's how it happens. Maybe he shows up in that episode, the night David and Kristen first kissed, and things ensue. Any situation like that's going to be good by me.
The three of them can also be together without any sex with just serious flirting going on and maybe the implication that things are going to happen between them eventually, whether they're influenced by something or not.
The end of the season was devastating. More insight into them comforting Kristen when she told them about Andy, how she goes to them immediately after the end of the season (because surely she did run to tell them) and how they react.
The scenes from the Demon of the Road where they're in the car, singing and hanging out and just being best friends? I love that kind of thing, so more of that would be great. Road tripping for a case, getting stranded at a motel or anywhere, whether with friendship or romantic/sexual dynamics, would be great.
I'd love to see a scene where Ben just doesn't take in the information about Leland being on a child's app in quite so much stride but instead asks more questions and learns the whole story then informs Kristen and David, and what they might think and do about that. Ben and the kids are one of my favorite things, and him being something they trust to tell things even more, so if you want to go there, feel free!
I'm fine if they all, or two of the three, get dosed with David's mushrooms and either get sexy with each other or reveal shippy feelings to each other, or have some epiphanies about spiritual things or a case specifically, depending on where you want to take things.
Pick up where the season ends and take it in whatever direction you want, or focus more on a single case they had or a new one. Any situation from a dinner together to working to planning a 'yay you're not dead' party for Andy or dealing with her kids would be great. More show-like interactions is all I really need!
I'd also love to hear Ben's and Kristen's take on the magical glowing vagina-like portal (I can't help thinking that every time) that opens in the sky filled with saints in David's visions.

Freeforms I requested previously, if you're interested.

Ben & the Bouchard Girls

Ben the Magnificent and the kids are one of my favorite things, and him being someone they trust to tell things even more, so almost any scenario that includes them would be great. Ben with all the Bouchard girls or just Laura or Lexis is fine.
I'd love to see a scene where Ben just doesn't take in the information about Leland being on a child's app in quite so much stride but instead asks more questions and learns the whole story. What does he do about it, and how does he plan to tell Kristen?
I think a canon divergence where they go to him when they realize it's Leland and basically look over his shoulder while he pretends to be one of them and records it to bust him later could be fun.
He could teach them some scientific principle or show them an experiment or something. Or help them plan some surprise for their parents.
Whether working out the bit about Leland, working on the plumbing, babysitting on an ordinary evening, helping one of the girls with a common real-world problem, discovering Lexis' tail, anything where they help each other in some way or he takes care of them would be great.
Ben needing to rescue one of the girls and figuring out how to do it, and basically being a big-ass hero.
Ben making PSA videos to show ids the fakery in scary videos online with the girls helping could be pretty neat, so a scene where they do that could be fun. Or where one or more get freaked out by a video and he demonstrates for them to show it's fake.

Ben & Karima

I adore Ben's relationship with Karima. I'm still intrigued by what the smart home device said about her baby being with the Muslim equivalent of the devil and her just refusing to discuss it with him, so exploring that could be interesting.
I'd be equally interested to see him working things out about his struggle to stay skeptical with Karima and how he comes to a decision about it, even temporarily.
Maybe Ben marvels over Karima's hacking skills in any situation, or is visibly proud of her to David and Kristen, or just them bantering over anything.
I LOVE Karima helping Ben figure stuff out. More Ben and Karima at the Super Secret Science League. That whole episode and their closeness was such a blast!
Ben telling her about the elevator game and confessing that it's messed him up, and her comforting him. I'd love to see his trauma explored a little more than it has been on the show, with her supporting him. And I'd love to see him telling her about it and her freaking out about almost losing him with them both still not quite believing it all.
Sibling high-fives and hugs! Snarking at each other! Arguing and making up! More Ben and Karima being close siblings, period.
Karima sleeping over because they're so involved in whatever mystery they're trying to unravel or supernatural thing they're trying to debunk and experiencing something unexplainable in his apartment (seeing the succubus? Finding a retainer? Thinking she sees a demon?) or Karima meeting Ben's ex who appears to have killed the spirit of her twin and giving him her no-nonsense opinion (same with finding out about the gal he slept with at the cult compound).I love them so much. Anything.

The Exorcist

Marcus Keane/Tomas Ortega
Marcus Keane/Tomas Ortega & Devon Bennett

I do want more than friendship, hence the /, but sex isn't required for me to be all heart-eyes about it. I don't care whether you choose S1 or S2 or go post-canon, with a new take on something that's already happened or a brand new situation altogether.

I'm always up for them saving Bennett post S-2 if you want to add him. Lord, somebody save Devon Bennett. But if he's still the longsuffering advisor to them at any point previously, that would also be great. If you want to throw other characters like Mouse, the Regos, the Rances or Andy and any of the kids from S2, that's perfectly fine.

What I'd like most is to maintain that kind of thing that shows their friendship and devotion, and the more hand-clasping and nape-touching you can get in there, the better.

Fandom-specific DNWs: Don't make god a hero in the story. No divine intervention that saves the day, please. And no Marcus/Tomas/Devon or anybody else. References to Marcus/Peter are fine as long as what he felt and their kiss serve to open him up to being with Tomas, but I don't want it a focus or him pining for Peter. Marcus/Peter can even be in the story (Hey, I liked Peter!) but I'd want there only as a way for Marcus to realize what he really wants, which is Tomas.

Prompts for ideas, but feel free to write something else!

Marcus doesn't leave Tomas at the end but stays to help him through what will surely be some post-demon PTSD. Okay, I want there to be post-demon PTSD, not sorry. The hurt/comfort is strong with these two.
love nightmares and the hurt caused by them especially when there's someone close to by to offer comfort afterward. A dream or series of them where first-season dark Marcus is whispering things in Tomas' ear would be good, too. Or possessed-Marcus does it when awake, and it can lead to some sort of seduction or not, dubconny in the no-no-yes vein or not (but no non-con). How would they deal with it afterward? Even a situation where it almost happens but doesn't is ripe for some great introspection and character/relationship stuff.
I really like the idea of one or the other having those intense dreams where the other menaces them in the sexiest of ways, and each night the dreams escalate, and they start to have trouble separating reality from their dreams when they wake up so they might do or say things that would not be forward with the dream other but are unexpected in real life, and the one not affected has to suss out what's going on.
If god could convince Marcus that loving someone and expressing that through sex wouldn't make him less an exorcist, that'd be really great. Tomas might point out that he'd know if that were evil with his newfound skills and all.
Just about anything--post-exorcism conversation and comfort (I loved the bar scene at the end of season 1), navigating each other's spaces, a story about something they did together between S1 and S2, investigating the church.
Any hurt/comfort scenario, expansion on any episode from either season, or any situation where one or the other is possessed and fighting it to keep from hurting the other and has to be exorcised. I truly love that stuff.
A lighter story that involves Marcus teaching Tomas his ways, maybe with Tomas messing up quite a lot, and them not entirely exhausted all the time or in danger would be great, too. As long as there's obvious shippy affection between them, even if they're both fighting it, and lots of touching and standing far too close together, I'm down.
I love Devon Bennett and his relationship to both of them. His relationship with Marcus especially is so affectionate he can't even hide it when he's furious or exasperated. More of that.(And honestly, I like him yelling at Marcus, so if you write him, let him give a good righteous well-earned holler at Marcus least once.)
An episode-like plot where they have to exorcise someone and Bennett is there to help would be fantastic.
Dubcon where the demons decide that helping/pushing Marcus and Tomas to get together will destroy them through guilt or whatever, but nope, it just makes them stronger (after some initial guilt and hand-wringing, probably).
Maybe post-show Marcus never leaves or goes back to Tomas (with or without Mouse) and together they find Bennett and save him. I know he's integrated but maybe he can be an exception and get saved. It can be done! I like the idea that in the course of an exorcism lots of Bennett's past with Marcus comes out and gets used against them like things said in anger or the demon trying to convince Marcus and Tomas things that aren't true like how Bennett feels about them or him sabotaging them with the church or something. It would also be difficult for Bennett because he has the memory of killing at least one person we know of in the hospital.
Maybe Bennett, possessed and fighting it enough to function somewhat normally most of the time, joins them to help with something while they figure out how to save him from integration.
Maybe pre-s2 ending Bennett's there to help save one of them, whether through an exorcism or some other scenario, like one kidnapped by the demonically possessed or trapped in a situation like the showdown with the demon inside Angela Rance. Any hurt scenario really, supernatural or not.
Or either Tomas or Marcus hurt and in the hospital--I'm amazed most of the show wasn't one of them recuperating in a hospital bed, frankly--and Bennett is there comforting the other while they wait and just being a good friend (I love him, so anything he's in will be great).

Vampires

Jack Crow/Adam Guiteau

I'd love a story ranging from a missing scene(s) during canon, a canon divergence at any point after they met, or a post-canon tale. One or both can be hurt, tortured, turned in a vampire and/or menaced by a big bad Master, as long as they both stay alive (or undead).

I do want Jack and Adam to have actual feelings for each other underneath whatever's going on (and I'm happy for anything from getting together and purely shippy stuff to the horniest sex you want to write). I know Jack doesn't show much affection, or it comes with a slap in front of it, but I like to think he genuinely feels affection or more for the padre.

I love that he's a violent, impatient asshole. I want him to be those things. But I also want him to care. And seeing Adam won over to Jack's ways and roughen up a little over time is great too.

I love the ride-or-die and nobody gets to hurt you but me aspects of their relationship. Jack showing actual emotion toward Adam at some breaking point or because he's held it in so long would be great. All the tropes seem like they'd be great for this ship.

One thinking the other is dead, completely losing it, and finding them alive is a favorite of mine and would be interesting no matter which character thinks the other is dead. I can see Jack wanting to burn down the world and having an emotional moment to discover Adam alive. I can also see Adam being devastated and maybe behaving more like Jack than before, and losing it when he discovers he's alive (and Jack being smug about how relieved Adam is). Them each thinking the other was dead would make an amazing reunion .
One getting bitten and figuring that's the end, but it's not. Somehow they can stave off the transformation, or maybe they're on the trail of a cure so the bitten one becomes a vampire and has to travel with the other to get it. What happens? Is the cure difficult, maybe some religious blood magic/sex magic thing they have to do? There are a lot of fun possibilities.
Either for a cure or just to protect Jack, Adam has to have sex with the person offering. I don't want on-page non-con if the encounter is in the story (his fear/dread and fade to black are fine though) and he can be physically hurt after, as well as traumatized (or totally okay, too) and Jack has to take care of him. His discovery at what Adam did and how he feels about it would be worth exploring.
One of them has to pretend being evil or that they're betraying the other to work some plan to save them.
I can't really think of a plausible scenario for them pretending to be a couple, but that would be a blast to read. Maybe they need information from someone in a gay bar and somebody's all over Adam, so Jack puts a stop to it by pretending they're together? Or the Church sends them on some mission where they have to pretend to be a couple for some crazy reason?
I really like scenarios that involve some way for vampires to feed on humans without turning them unless they intend to. The discovery of some medicine, herb or ritual that makes a human immune to being turned from a simple bite could be so much fun. One of them who turns could feed on the other, for instance, while they're looking for a cure or just hunting other vamps.
The ability for a human to stay human after being bitten would also lend itself to a lot of other great stories. Like a Master wanting Adam as his personal blood supply and/or sex object, and Jack losing his mind. I would be okay with a story where it's heavily implied that there's non-con happening and Adam has to deal with that after Jack rescues him, but please don't have it on-page. (Unwanted kissing and touching while the Master's toying with him if is fine, just not non-con sex except off-page and implied please.)
I foolishly didn't pick the tags for it, but the almost any of the ones I did pick would fit into a "something made them do it" story, say if they got captured and the person or vampire who did makes Jack take Adam for his amusement under threat of killing Adam. Or vice-versa, and because Jack isn't just telling them to shoot him, Adam realizes maybe Jack wants him too?

Freeforms I've requested previously, if you're interested.

Riptide

Cody Allen/Nick Ryder

My favorite thing about Nick and Cody is that they are constantly in each other's personal bubble in a way that would feel awkward to most people, even the closest of friends. The whole show is like they're lovers who just haven't figured that out yet. When one sits down the other practically sits in his lap, and neither of them bat an eye.

And of course they've been there for each other through thick and thin, took care of each other in Vietnam, live together, sleep in the same room and even work together. There's only one way for them to get closer, and if you want to go there I will be on board, but it's also great if you write them getting to shippy without sex.

Feel free to include Murray if you want. I do like him being able to see that they love each other before the guys do and either doing nothing or nudging them ever so slightly towards each other. Them having to rescue him is always a winner too, or him teaming with one of the guys to rescue the other. But it's purely and & relationship. I don't want Boz romantically linked to either Nick or Cody, but he's free to have a love interest of any gender within the story as long as it's not one of them.

I'd really rather avoid a bunch of angst about being gay or bi in the 80s, but I do like when one is afraid to make it known because they worry about damaging the friendship, and the happiness when it's revealed that of course nothing could damage the friendship and they felt the same all along, yay!

I love first times for them, all the getting together scenarios, whether with just revelation of feelings or all the way to sexy times.

Peril and concern for each other, like one getting kidnapped for some reason and the other frantic to rescue them. And if the cops think the kidnapped one is dead but the other refuses to give up and accept that, I love that kind of stuff. One rescuing the other, doesn't matter which is which, is great.
Undercover as gay is a winner here. Maybe they have to pretend to be a couple for a case and it makes them realize some things. And if they're in a hotel or somewhere and, oh no, there's only one bed, all the better. Sex isn't necessary for me to enjoy the story even in a bedsharing situation, but if you want to write, I'll enjoy it!
Being mistaken as a couple by someone on the outside, a new person they're helping with a case, and that person explaining why they thought that could be good. Someone pointing out that straight heterosexual guys don't generally sit almost in each other's laps when there are several feet of space on either side of them might make them realize some things.
PTSD nightmares and flashbacks that have the other person comforting them, particularly with bedsharing, is great. I like one dreaming of the other dying and waking up frantic to grab ahold of him to assure himself he's okay. Lots of touching, holding, grabbing, that kind of thing. They're very handsy with each other, so more of that!
One gets shot while they're on a case, and they can't get to help right away so the other has to take care of them until help comes.
In any kind of danger situation, the whole "not him, take me instead" thing is fantastic both for the self-sacrifice of it but what it does to the other person. I like a lot of angst, as long as there's a happy ending. Also a fan of one being tortured to hurt the other in a hostage/kidnapping situation where they're trying to get information about something or just revenge, as long as the hurt one is rescued before it gets too bad.
For a lighter story, maybe the guys get invited to some conference and though they have the opportunity to date a couple gorgeous women, they prefer to hang out together instead. Feel free to have Murray there, maybe he drags them to something they're not looking forward to, and end up going off alone to do the same kinds of things they'd do on the Riptide, and start to realize what that means.
One getting jealous over the other is always great, as long as it ends up resolved with them together.

Freeforms I requested previously, if you're interested.

Starsky & Hutch

Ken Hutchinson/David Starsky

I still love these two so much *smears hand across mouth* years later because of the friendship and love between them. They're also incredibly physically present in each other's personal bubble, so lots and lots of that will make me happy. These two were each other's beginning and end, no matter how many blondes of the week the show tried to toss in there. And it still has one of the most perfect final episodes of any TV show, for my money. I. Adore. It.

Captain Dobey and Huggy Bear are welcome to appear, so if you feel moved to toss either in, feel free! I especially love Huggy.

A scene or story directly from one of the peril-of-the-week episodes for either guy would be great. One hurt, the other freaking out, rescuing, comforting and caring for him, that would be fantastic. Them dealing with trauma together and working things out. Lots of touching, teasing, joking around, anything canon-typical but with the tension cranked up to make it a definite / relationship would be super. This is such a good hurt/comfort fandom, too. I mean *gestures at it*.

Post-canon, a story showing Hutch taking care of Starsky after he's discharged from the hospital and helping him recuperate, and that leading to a new aspect of their relationship, would also be great.

I like S&H going undercover, and if they needed cops to play gay to get close to some kingpin or something, it'd be great if they realize feelings while pretending, but I also think it'd be great if only one goes undercover with the cop who's an expert on the person they're after, and it makes the other one jealous.
That prompt would work without them playing gay, too. One goes undercover with a female cop, and the other is crazy jealous. If the one not part of the couple is also undercover and around to witness the couple stuff, even better.
Any kind of expansion on what we saw on the show, like Starsky having to help Hutch through fighting his addiction after that episode is over, any kind of hurt/comfort and recuperation for either of them would be great.
In the episode where the woman they were both hot for was going to come between them, and she basically offered not to choose and for the three of them to be together, first I loved that they turned her down and walked away with their arms around each other. Maybe that makes them realize things? Or maybe they don't turn her down and give it a try, and find that they end up neglecting her in favor of each other anyway. She could point that out, even.
I'm a big fan of trauma causing nightmares that require help from a partner to get through, and these two have had their share of nightmare-inducing situations.
Being poisoned, being shot, being tortured and an intended sacrifice for a cult, ffs--write a post-ep story where the injured party has trouble sleeping, eating, or moving on and lots of comfort from the other.
In any kind of danger situation, the whole "not him, take me instead" thing is fantastic both for the self-sacrifice of it but what it does to the other person. I like a lot of angst, as long as there's a happy ending.
Also a fan of one being tortured to hurt the other in a hostage/kidnapping situation where they're trying to get information about something or just revenge, as long as the hurt one is rescued before it gets too bad. No permanent maiming or anything, just enough hurt to cause massive pain to the other party who's helpless to stop it.
On the lighter side, the staff at Huggy's bar thinks they're a couple, and S&H are surprised by them, and then it starts to make sense. Or they're somewhere meeting new people and someone mildly familiar with them introduces them as a couple, and they go with it to be polite but have to figure out why people think that and what it means.

Our Flag Means Death

Israel Hands/Evelyn Higgins

I adore this show, it makes me really happy, and I ship all the canon couples. If you really want to include another character, feel free, love them all.

And look, I don't care how you get them in the same place at the same time, but the shared level of contempt for most of humanity would bond these two in an amazing way, wouldn't it? I think an enemies to lovers story would be great with them disliking each other immediately and intensely and that turning into something hot, though I'd be happy with any level of sex in the story, from none to full-on.

I just adore her, and I think she and Izzy would like each other and she would also instantly give zero fucks what he thinks, because she's a tough one, and I love that. Her being much taller than him also floats my boat.

I don't know how the hell they'd meet, maybe Ed disappeared in search of Stede after he got over his heartache instead of breaking bad, so Izzy goes in search of him in Stede's town and meets Evelyn, or they run into each other at any point, even post-canon or pre-Stede, for some reason.
I like the idea of Izzy teaching her some sword moves, maybe to protect herself, or them committing murder together. Murder as bonding! Maybe someone's threatening Evelyn and they take care of the problem. Izzy dispatches an annoying ex or helps her to do it because he's a gentleman in many ways and can't stand men who mistreat women?
I also like the idea that when meet they can't stand each other and just insult the hell out of each other, but their arguing and/or murderous exploits lead to friendship and/or feelings.
I think Izzy has a subby side and would probably like the other to take charge when they're intimate, and I think Evelyn probably knows exactly what she wants, so I think they'd be incredibly hot together. She's just a woman who knows what she needs and knows exactly how to get it and he's a man relieved to be able to give it to her.
Maybe at some point Izzy meets her because he's been tasked with killing her as some kind of old debt or favor or something. She's clearly been up to some shit and maybe have a couple of enemies. Maybe he convinces her to use a different name and go somewhere else, but maybe he ends up admiring her so much he turns on the person who wanted her dead?
It could also be interesting if when they meet Evelyn assumes here's there pursuing a woman who scorned him and she intends to be an obstacle every step of the way, because she looks out for other women. When she finds out he's looking for a man, she can find him a lot more interesting. Of if he's there for any other reason, her making bad assumptions about him at first that give way to a less threatening reality would be great.
I DNW hitting (mostly because there's too much of it for me in most things that include it) but it occurs to me that Izzy might have a little masochistic streak in him. I mean, the damn toe and his absolute devotion and everyting. So if he enjoyed a well-time smack in the face (and a bit of a hair pull) from a powerful woman, well, who could blame him? I'm thinking more them so completely into it that she does these things, nothing like formal BDSM or D/s.
Honestly, him kissing/tonguing her hands in a very hot show of obeisance would be pretty amazing, too.

I just think a story with these two badasses at the center would be amazing. Let them lose control with each other or never even get to a kiss as long as there's obvious sexual tension or somewhere in between. It'll be fun no matter what.

Severance

Mark Scout/Peter Kilmer

I love Severance so much. Feel free to include any characters you might want to, especially Burt/Irving and the rest of MDR.

I ship Mark/Peter pretty hard and would love to see flashes of Mark and Petey's friendship at Lumon, how they got so close and how they got closer than the show had them get. I'd love to see anything from secret pining to stolen moments at work to Petey and/or Mark remembering bits and pieces of those things while Peter is staying in Mark's basement.

Maybe while he's staying there, longer than in canon, Mark gets an innate sense that he's trustworthy and not crazy, and things start to develop that they resisted before.
One of them has to do the apology ritual or some other weird Lumon punishment and the other comforts them afterward.
Pete is in Mark's basement and remembers their affair but Mark doesn't, so as things heat up between them, the closer they get, the more something pushes against Mark's memory. If he doesn't necessarily remember specifics, he can come to know that something is very wrong.
Mark accidentally sees Peter masturbating at work and that starts something between them. Mark can be as conflicted at first as you want. Or vice versa and Pete catches him.
While Pete's in Mark's basement, Mark starts to remember their relationship at Lumon in flashes.
As things heat up between them while Pete's in Mark's basement, they realize how familiar it feels and the way they kiss and touch each other seems to be muscle memory, so they know something happened before.
Hurt/comfort can never go wrong. In caring for Peter, Mark starts to have feelings that seem oddly familiar and Peter reveals that they were lovers, or really anything that leads them to get together in this kind of a scenari.
Pete is in a much better state than in the show and starts running into Mark on purpose and trying to attract his attention without Mark knowing he's from Lumon, and it works. He wants Mark, and he also wants to gain his trust so he can convince him to get away from the place.
Pete tells Mark they were lovers, and Mark thinks Pete's out to scam him or something, so Peter slowly convinces him by showing him that he knows exactly how Mark like to be kissed and touched reveals he knows other non-sexual secrets and quirks he has.
Petey lives and finds Mark when his innie is at the book party and they have an emotional reunion.
Innies have to be touch-starved, so anything that plays into that would be great, whether a scene of them at work or Peter trying to make Mark remember on the outside, even just having him close his eyes and feel the way Pete touches his face or something, maybe like the first time they did anything together in the hopes it will break something loose, and it does

Really anything with them together exploring things we didn't get to see will be great.

Things I Like

Friendship, found families, loyalty, love, deep emotional connections, devotion, displays of affection and respect
Third person POV
Flirting, pining, UST and getting together fic
Possessiveness and a little jealousy
Missing scenes and fix-its, as well as case-fic and plotty stories
Protectiveness and characters sacrificing their own comforts to help others
Mutual pining with a happy ending, unrequited love finally realized
Hurt/comfort, especially after a nightmare, tending wounds, caring for them when they're ill or injured, hovering after something traumatic and trying to take their mind off things
Tropes like only one bed and every other possible bedsharing scenario, fake couple/marriage leading to real romance, forced proximity and bonus if there’s peril
First kiss, first times, first realization of feelings
Humor, snark and banter, laughing and joking with each other
Happy or at the very least ambiguously hopeful endings

Sex-Related Likes

Porn with feelings and emotional or romantic sex
Dubcon when requested
Desperate kisses and one or both partners overwhelmed with passion and feelings
Manhandling and displays of strength, up against the wall sex
Kneeling (any reason but especially for oral sex or to kiss knees or thighs or anything like that, grand)
Penetrative sex, oral sex, fingers, frottage, mutual masturbation or one watching the other
Naked and half-naked or one clothed and the other naked, basically any combo of clothed/not clothed
Necking, petting, face and neck and body stroking, kissing and/or sucking or licking pretty much anywhere
I really like up against the wall, taken from behind, and one riding the other, but any positions are fine
Thank god you're/we're alive sex
One character being suddenly so overcome with feeling and desire for the other they kiss them and initiate things out of the blue, like they can't wait another second--love those big music swell moments
When requested or present in canon, hair-pulling or ass-slapping in the heat of the moment
With appropriate pairings, like vampires, blood drinking and/or licking blood off the other’s mouth, face, neck, etc. can’t go wrong. With vampires, blood doesn't fall under my bodily fluid DNW.
I like stories with no sex, fade-to-black, or full-on smut, so write whatever level you prefer. I like at least as much if not more focus on the emotions as on what body part goes where.

Do Not Want (DNW)

I have exceptions and qualifications for DNWs in certain cases and will mention those specifically in my requests.

Anything related to COVID19 or politics
AUs except canon divergence
Major character death, disabling or fatal illness or injury
Self-harm and suicide
Unhappy or bleak endings
Script format/only dialogue
1st and 2nd person POV
Original character or unrequested character POV
Unrequested gender and sexuality headcanons
Cruelty to animals or animal death
Infidelity and friend/partner betrayal
Holiday stories
Unrequested crossovers
Speculative elements (ghosts, aliens, sex pollen) in non-speculative canons
Kidfic, pregnancy or birth

Sex-Related DNWs

Non-con
Underage
BDSM, D/s and/or consent negotiations
Generic dirty talk, calling someone slut, whore or other names
Mommy/Daddy kink
Sex toys
Sexual pain and torture, hitting, suffocating, dehumanization, humiliation, even if consensual
Anything related to or focusing on body fluids, secretions or wastes, including spitting and come play, though sweaty sex is fine

To clarify on the serious illness or injury, referencing canon trauma is fine but someone having an amputation, stroke or a life-threatening non-canon disease, or developing any mental disorders like schizophrenia, is a big no.

Injuries and illnesses that can heal are fine, like someone getting shot in a casefic or having the flu or broken bones, for instance.