this is 10% luck, 20% skill...
So, have an AU meme:
give me a ship/character and a number, and get headcanons/a ficlet/a six word or similarly shortish story/a gifset, edit, or picspam/a fanart/a mix/whatever else I feel like doing for:
1: All night diner at two in the morning AU
2: Art school, museum, gallery, etc. AU
3: Ballet, tap, interpretive, modern, some kind of dance AU (professional dance, dance classes, high school dances, burlesque or stripper AUs, anything as long as dance is involved somehow)
4: Bakery, coffee shop, ice cream place, restaurant, etc. AU
5: Car breaks down in the middle of nowhere AU
6: Dimly lit intimate music club or karaoke bar AU
7: Exobiology AU (the search for and study of extraterrestrial life)
8: Figure skating, ice dancing, etc. AU (elaborate costumes optional but encouraged)
9: Gift shop, knick knack shop, curiosities shop, etc. AU
10: Hipster, punk, goth, etc. AU
11: Hockey AU (ice hockey, field hockey, table hockey, tonsil hockey, whatever)
12: Indie bookstore, record store, comic shop, etc. AU
13: Journalist, news blogger, gossip blogger, etc. AU
14: Kissing booth AU
15: Library AU
16: Masquerade-less AU (vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural beings are known and integrated into society however you want)
17: Merfolk or other aquatic mythical creatures AU
18: Musicians/band/something of this nature AU
19: Nanny, babysitter, childcare, etc. AU
20: Nymphs and nature spirits AU
21: Office job AU (hilarious shenanigans optional but encouraged)
22: Performance artists AU
23: Pet rescue/shelter volunteer AU
24: Queer bar/bookstore/advocacy group/coffee shop/setting of your choice AU
25: Renaissance festival or other historical reenactment AU
26: Sex shop, adult bookstore, etc.
27: Slam poetry AU
28: Speed dating after being single for a while AU
29: Sports/athletic displays of some kind AU (asker's choice on sport)
30: Teachers and/or teachers' aides AU
31: Theatre AU (theatre kids/university theatre department AU, professional theatre AU, community theatre AU, techies AU, local Rocky Horror shadow cast AU, investigating a ghost story in a haunted theatre AU, whatever you want, these are just some ideas)
32: Trans, genderqueer, nonbinary interpretations AU (pick an additional number for the setting, e.g. "32+2" for trans characters in an art school AU. NOTE: do feel free to make the characters trans and/or nonbinary without needing to have it specified, but definitely write trans and/or enby interpretations for this prompt)
33: Upstairs apartment over the used record store AU
34: Vineyard AU (visiting, owning, working at, whatever)
35: Wedding planner AU
36: Xerox machine shenanigans AU
37: Youtube/Vine/Vimeo/video-based social media celebrity AU
38: Zucchini AU (I have no idea what this means either, just do something with zucchinis, okay. take chances, get messy, make up AUs)