85 prompts - have fun!
Happy Valentine's Day! Sorry I didn't get this up sooner - my boss injured herself and someone quit. I got closing shifts (11PM) back to back with opening shifts (6AM) and spent what time I could sleeping. At least the paycheck would be nice, yes?
Anyway, the prompts are sorted by pairing, like last time, so it shouldn't be that difficult to find a prompt you like. But before we get to the prompt selection list, let's get to the nitty-gritty of the few rules.
1. Prompts can only be taken by one person.
2. The photo prompts can be selected as many times as y'all want.
3. If you have an idea not on the list, or the prompt you want someone absconded with? Select prompt 00. 00 is the only prompt more than one person can select, and can be used anyway you want.
4. There are no limits to the amount of prompts you can choose. Just bear in mind that there are others who would want to select prompts.
5. The deadline is May 6th. Just remember that there are prizes for finishing by the deadline, okay?
6. Min. length of fics is 1,000 words. There is no max.
7. Only completed fics should be posted to the comm, and all fics should be beta'ed. Please. Especially if you spell or type like I do. *coughs*
8. Have fun!
P.S. If you want to make covers or artwork instead of write a fic... Go for it. And if you want to write a collab, that's also totally awesome.
P.P.S. Unchosen prompts from last year are intermingled with new ones from this year. New ones can be found at either the front or back of a section, because I'm smart like that *rolls eyes*)
P.P.P.S. I would love anyone who wrote 41 for ever and ever and ever. The end. *hints*
00: Writer's choice of scenario and pairing - akamine_chan
Ray(?)/?
1. Ray was trapped in a loveless marriage, but too damn proud to leave... until the day he saw a stranger and was captivated.
2. Wealth, power and the perfect life. That's what Ray thought he had until a mysterious beauty walked into his life.
3. Ray, Lord Chicago, found the love of his life over a decade ago, but he was forced to marry elsewhere. When a chance meeting at a house party unites them, both realize that the feelings between them have never died.
Fraser/?
4. One of the best wedding planners in the country, Fraser had it all - except for love. What can he do when he falls for the groom of his latest client?
5. Efficiency expert Benton Fraser plans everything down to the last detail. But when his fiancé dumps him-leaving his wedding list and orderly life in tatters-he wonders if he'll ever find someone to love. It certainly can't be the tall, dark, much too attractive stranger who's making a beeline for his table!
6. Benton Fraser had been tasked with an important mission: rescue a fellow cop and make sure he was safely delivered to the CIA for questioning. But along the way revelations abound and they find themselves falling for each other. Can their love overcome their secrets?
Fraser/RayK
7. All he has to do is close his eyes and he remembers the day Robert Fraser swept into his life. A frightened toddler, Benton didn't know he was his illegitimate toddler or that he was a rising star in the music world. All he knew was that with Robert, his wife, and his band mates, he felt safe. Until the night a botched kidnapping left his little sister dead, and destroyed his happiness. But he survived, carved out a thrilling career, and even fell in love. But the woman he is about to marry isn't all that he seems - and Benton is about to awaken to the chilling knowledge that the darkest secret is the one buried in his mind.
8. RayK's part-time P.I. gigs were run-of-the-mill custody disputes-until he went undercover on the wealthy Fraser estate. Posing as an unobtrusive servant in what was supposed to be a routine case, he soon found himself in serious danger. But with a dead body on his hands and feuding relatives pointing fingers, the only one he could turn to was Ben Fraser-an enigmatic, single father fighting to keep his young daughter. Except joining forces with the ruggedly handsome businessman only made him yearn to drop the charade, which could prove fatal, with a killer prowling the darkest corners of the mansion.
9. From the moment he first saw his son, Alberta rancher Benton Fraser knew the baby he'd adopted was his in every way that mattered. And no one-not even the handsome, strong-willed cop who claimed he was the child's father-was going to change that. Ray Kowalski swore a criminal ring had stolen his baby and that someone was crossing every line to keep the illegal adoption secret. Now, in order to protect one innocent child, Ray made him a tempting offer: get married and share custody. As a businessman, Dylan thought the plan brilliant. But as a man... resisting his "groom," especially as the danger mounted, would be damn near impossible.
10. RayK is a physical therapist at the General Hospital with an unusual patient. Benton Fraser who came to Chicago in search of his love Victoria, only to end up in the hospital - shot by her. Can RayK convince the broken man to give love another chance?
11. Identical twin boys Robert and Samuel have only their father Benton Fraser since their mother left. Until there is a new teacher, RayK, at school they took an immediate liking in. Benton is not amused: he has to keep his boys from getting hurt again, and there is no way that a teacher from Chicago is going to last long in a one horse town.
12. Fraser is an international criminal mastermind, moved to Chicago when Canada became a little too dangerous to operate in. RayK is the cop set on finding the evidence to take him down. Whenever they meet, sparks (of various kinds) fly, but how do a criminal and a cop find that elusive happily ever after? keerawa
13. Lt. Ray Kowalski, the chief hostage negotiator for the Chicago PD, meets Benton Fraser, a sports bar owner, as they both try to prevent a suicidal bartender fired from jumping off a roof.
Ray, deeply devoted to his career and his seven years old daughter, feels drawn to Fraser but a vicious attack within his own precinct house by an unknown assailant, puts everybody close to him in danger.
14. Former Chicago cop Ray Kowalski accepts the unlikely post of police chief of Lunacy, Alaska (pop. 506), to stave off the depression caused by divorce and the traumatic death of his partner, for which he holds himself partly responsible. His early days in the close-knit town are quiet except for minor disturbances and a dalliance with a feisty bush pilot, Ben Fraser. Then Ben disappears and he has to organize a search and rescue party and bring him back safely.
15. When Ray Kowalski is visited by his “identical twin”, he steels himself for the sort of bitter confrontation that has marked their meetings for years. But when his brother makes an exceptional request, and offers some family land as a bribe, Ray feels his defenses failing. Unable to deny the desperation in his brother's eyes--or the chance to finally inherit some of their family's wealth--he agrees to an unusual charade. Ray will temporarily take his brother's place in the courtship of the beautiful, if possibly mad, Lord Benton Fraser.
The mysterious Lord Benton is as unpredictable as was rumored. After his recovery from a childhood kidnapping, he turned inside to his secret world of silence and the comfort of his lush garden. Though two elderly relatives and an Inuit caretaker have since watched over him, Benton can not communicate, and flees from the external threat that Ray presents.
Unable to dismiss Benton's odd behaviors as insanity, Ray seeks to uncover the source of his pain and the core of his complex personality. Warmed by his patient compassion and gentle encouragement, Benton begins to open up to him. But the pressures of society and the growing threat of his commitment to an asylum force Benton to choose between these two worlds. Helplessly in love with him, Ray searches for a way to help him find his true identity, while continuing to conceal his own.
16. Benton Fraser returns to Chicago from a holiday in Canada to find that his wife has been murdered. He is later told by CIA agent Denny Scarpa that Victoria Metcalfe was one of five people who stole $250,000 in gold from the U.S. government during World War II, and the government wants it back. The money was not found among her possessions, and Benton can shed no light on its whereabouts. Later that day he is visited by Ray Kowalski, whom he had met briefly while on holiday. When his wife's former partners in crime, who were double-crossed by Victoria, start calling him looking for the money, Ray offers to help find it. Benton can't help his attraction to Ray, but is he who appears to be?
17. Benton Fraser and Ray Kowalski are in the circus. And they have sex. And are in LURVE.
18. Benton Fraser thought his true love Ray Kowalski had been lost to him forever after he drowned in a mysterious boating accident. After three years, he's finally beginning to move on when he receives a mysterious letter from Chicago...
19. Benton Fraser and Ray Kowalski are special agents, but things heat up when Fraser goes undercover at beauty pageant, and Ray has to coach him.
20. When Ray Kowalski was ten, he was abducted by aliens. He has no recollection of what happened or where we was during the two weeks he was gone. A year later, it happened again, and again the following year for the next twenty years. For his twentieth abduction, a witness recorded it. When he came back two weeks later, he found himself a hunted man, everyone wanted a piece of him. Now on the run, Ray Kowalski doesn't know who to trust or what to do. What does the mysterious Man in Red, who seems to be every where Ray is, want? Will he ever find out what happened to him? Can he avoid the government, UFO enthusiasts, and MIR long enough to see his thirty-first birthday?
21. Stanley Raymond Kowalski works in at a school for wealthy young gentlemen, and is asked to escort one of his students, heir Ray Vecchio, to meet his fiancée. When his charge elopes with a stranger, Ray Kowalski has to figure out how he's going to explain it to Ray Vecchio's intended, Benton Fraser, Earl of Inuvik.
When Fraser goes to meet the ship at the pier, he assumes the young man coming towards him is Ray Vecchio. But before Ray Kowalski can explain, he steps into the path of a cargo net loaded with crates.
Ray awakens in Fraser's mansion with no memory of who he is, the only hint of his past is the puzzling fact that everyone calls him Mister Vecchio. All he truly knows is that he is falling in love with a handsome earl.
22. Ever since they met as children at the annual summer festival on the border of their two countries, Ray Kowalski of England has been fast friends with Ray Vecchio of Scotland. Despite the enmity between the two lands, Ray is determined to attend the birth of Ray's first child. En route to his friend's Highland home, Ray charms his escort, Ray's brother-in-law Benton Fraser. So he is baffled when Benton withdraws into his role of clan laird. Equally confusing is Ray Vecchio's claim that after years with the Frasers, he is still an outsider. But Ray determinedly forges friendships and reexerts his charms over Benton, leading to a lively, unconventional wedding.
23. Ray Kowalski is a veteran professional boxer, which is really just a nice way of saying 'old'. He just wants to win one more match before he retires, even if it kills him. Benton Fraser is determined to keep Ray alive, he can't imagine life without the man he's loved silently from the sidelines. Bonus points for amnesia.
24. What about a "P.S. - I love you" version Kowalski-style? Stella died, leaving him letters so he can find love again, with Benton Fraser. sam80853
25. Benton moves into his new apartment in Chicago but apparently the former tenant did not quite leave yet. But why can he only be seem by Fraser? It appears that RayK, the former tenant, had a terrible accident and is a coma patient at the Chicago Memorial. Can Fraser find a way to bring him back? voiceless009
Fraser/RayV
26. Fraser needs help in keeping the small village of Racine protected from the invading Huns. When Sir Vecchio agrees to help on the condition that Fraser marry him, he agrees. Can true love spring from a marriage of blackmail?
27. Benton Fraser needs money and there's no way to get it unless he goes to local rich man Ray Vecchio. But what will Ray want in return?
28. Prince Fraser is approaching another lonely birthday can a ball help him find his true love Ray Vecchio?
29. When he finds an abandoned 6 year old in his apartment building Fraser is determined to give the child a home but how can do that when he's single? Can Ray Vecchio help him out? dragonflymuse
30. The elite SEAL Team 16 Troubleshooters squad is called upon once again to take down a group of terrorists who have hijacked a commercial airplane in this densely plotted romantic thriller. Amid the exhaustive drills and daily dramas of the mission, a burgeoning romance between the team's Senior Chief Benton Fraser and helicopter pilot Ray Vecchio begins to unfold. When Benton arranges for Ray to accompany his team on a cushy training op, it quickly turns into a real-life rescue mission.
31. Blackmail forced Ray Vecchio into marriage-although he could not be forced to bed his Canadian spouse. But Benton Fraser was as fair as he was determined to be a proper husband…. chase65
32. Benton Fraser thought his life was simple, well ordered and logical until a chance encounter in the night with one Ray Vecchio throws his world into chaos and he finds things not even logic can explain. aingeal8c
Fraser/Ray(?)
33. Ray is a tortured artist, who can't recapture the promise of his early works. And then he meets Benton, an artist's model, who becomes his muse. Success and acclaim follow, but Ray finds Benton's heart is as cold and unmovable as marble. As he unlocks the beauty in the stone, can he unlock the love in Benton's heart?
34. Ray is a dancer in one of Chicago's hottest clubs. He's about to change his profession when the new bartender, Benton Fraser, walks in, girl-friend in toe. Something is not right with the picture and Ray has to rescue Benton from his dangerous girlfriend.
35. Robert Fraser and his son Benton are a winning team when it comes to magic, and stealing jewels. When Robert picks up the abused runaway Ray, Benton's whole world changes. He falls in love but Ray's past is about to be in their way of happiness. sisterofdream
36. Ray had locked away his heart. Until Fraser crossed half the country to find him. The beguiling creature who insisted on turning his serviceable ranch into a home was hiding something-and Ray was hell-bent on finding out his secrets!
Fraser/Huey
37. Huey was an ATF agent sent undercover to bring in Fraser - but is all what it seems?
38. Jack Huey was just a poor shoemaker/tailor until one day an faery called Fraser changed his life forever.
39. Jack Huey had it all, a nice house and good lifestyle until he needed to find a new tailor. It seemed Benton Fraser would fit the bill.
RayK/?
40. All Rayk knows is that every time he dreams and remembers, they come true. Sometimes, the dreams are just about who would win the world series (he made a killing betting on the Red Soxs), but most times, it's about murder and despair. But lately, he has been dreaming about someone tumbling into bed with him - but he can't see his face, just a shadowy outline. Who is he dreaming of? Is it just sex, or could it be his soul mate?
41. When the lovely RayK was young, he was in love with a simple farm boy. But the farm boy died at sea attempting to earn enough money for them to build a life together. Devastated, he swore never to love again and accepted the Prince's hand in marriage. But, he was kidnapped and than rescued by the Dread Pirate Roberts - who seems more familiar than he should. Can true love triumph over anything, including death and fire swamps and Rodents of Unbelievable Size? Inconceivable!
RayK/RayV
42. On a remote beach vacation, Ray meets the mysterious Ray, who sweeps him off of his feet for carnal pleasure
43. Y2K complicates Boston PR whiz Ray Vecchio's life when an extra million dollars appears in his bank account. Only after he's spent a chunk of it does Ray discover that it's not the bonus he expected from his fabulously wealthy boss for a job well done. And whoever the money does belong to wants it back--bad. Forced into hiding, Ray heads for Nearly, Nevada, to find her brother's old friend Sheriff Ray Kowalski. Not your average small-town sheriff, Ray is just the man to keep Ray safe. Or is he? Ray finds his heart is in dire danger of being left behind in Nearly with its quirky cast of characters and one very sexy lawman.
Rayk/Turnbull
44. Young aristocrat Renfield Turnbull is alone and lost in the big city when he's robbed he finds he can rely on the kindness of a stranger called Ray Kowalski.
45. Ray Kowalski is a doctor fresh out of medical school on his way to complete his student loan contractual obligations...in the Northwest Territories. When he gets there, he finds out the Podunk little town he has been assigned to is far from what he had been imagining. Worse yet, his landlord, Margaret Thatcher, is a harassed Mountie stuck in her posting (for life) because she once shot a superior officer, and is taking it out on him. The locals are all crazy, from the bar/cafe owners known as the duck brothers and the man who virtually owns the town Harding Welsh, to the man hungry Frannie Vecchio and her brother the town's disc jockey/fashion expert. Ray's only companion in this wild west show, Constable Turnbull, a Mountie with more feet than tact. Will he be able to weasel out of his contract and get back to his fiance, Benton Fraser, or will the town of Inuvik and Constable Turnbull steal his heart?
46.Constable Turnbull is all that stands between a madman and his next victim. When the Mountie learns that beautiful Ray Kowalski is being targeted by the same suspect who had cost Turnbull his family, he feels duty-bound to protect him.
Turnbull/Frannie
47. Photographer Francesca Vecchio is shooting an ad on a cruise ship, and she needs to find a replacement for a less than satisfactory male model. A workaholic and perfectionist, Frannie refuses to sleep until she snags the elusive Renfeild Turnbull, a self-proclaimed Wyoming rancher who is reluctant to be captured on film. However, when Turnbull discovers that his mission as a Navy SEAL is to protect Frannie, who is the daughter of Santa Marina's governor-general, he realizes that the easiest way to be near Frannie is to model. A sensational encounter with an all-too-sinister Russian terrorist draws Turnbull and Frannie closer together.
48. When Turnbull swerved to avoid a broken-down car on a deserted Wyoming back road, the Mountie never dreamed he'd find a beautiful woman (Francesca Vecchio) inside. But like a knight without his steed, the rancher came to her rescue. She was, after all, alone... and about to give birth.
Turnbull/?
49. Turnbull, Earl of Canada, finds the frivolity of the ton dull after the adventures and hardship of the Peninsular War. But boredom rapidly disappears when he's drawn into the mystery surrounding the abduction of gently bred girls.
50. All he wanted was a family but Turnbull gets more than he bargained for when he investigates a mysterious branch of his family tree.
51. Turnbull has inherited his great uncle's mysterious (and Canadian) mansion in Toronto. When he goes there to see and possibly sell the place, he meets a mysterious vision wandering the halls one moonlit night. Is this man his soul mate? Or the sad ghost of a man who died for love long ago?
RayV/?
52. Ray Vecchio has been on the run ever since his undercover job went sour on him. Three years later, he thinks he's found the perfect hiding place in Jameson's Cove, Maine, but there's a new man in town who makes Ray nervous. Just who is this person, and why does s/he seem to be following Ray wherever he goes?
53. Raymond Vecchio is the United States' top secret agent - so secret that even his significant other doesn't know his occupation; s/he thinks he is a computer salesman. Misunderstandings commence as a result, complicating the plot and heating up the action as Ray takes on his lover and nuclear terrorists . . . at the same time!
54. When Ray Vecchio swerved to avoid a broken-down car on a deserted Illinois back road, the cop never dreamed he'd find a beautiful man inside. But like a knight without his steed, the detective came to his rescue. He was, after all, alone... and about to give birth.
Frannie/?
55. Frannie is an archaeologist who has mysterious dreams of a special soul mate, a soul mate who resembles the beautiful grad student who is working with Frannie on her thesis...
56. Francesca Vecchio was seventeen and pregnant when her father kicked her off the farm. She never intended to go back. But now she and her daughter need a place to stay.
So for the few months it'll take to get her life together, she'll ignore her father's unremitting antagonism, ignore the small-town gossips counting back on their fingers, trying to figure out her daughter's age. Whatever she has to do, Francesca is determined that none of them will know the truth behind her little girl's conception.
Especially not [Character B]. S/he lives next door and wants to be her friend, yet they both sense the feelings between them go way too deep for that. [Character B]'s love of the land ties him/her to the farming community of Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, the one place Francesca can never stay.
Welsh/?
57. Welsh just found out that he has a young son - and the only way to gain custody of him is to marry, since otherwise a police officer is considered too high risk.
Gardino/?
58. Louis Gardino is down and out, he's lost his wife, his job and his home. Who will take him in?
Dief/Ante
59. Rich, beautiful Princess Ante is hopelessly in love with the dashing Prince Diefenbaker, who visits and courts her every day-- yet vanishes mysteriously each evening at sundown and will tell no one where he goes.
Little does Ante know that Diefenbaker suffers from a terrible curse. Every night at sunset he loses human form, forced to spend the night wandering the woods in the body of a wolf.
Will Ante's love for Diefenbaker be strong enough to break the curse? Or will it keep them forever apart?
Non-traditional prompts (pictures, song lyrics, etc...)
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Generic prompts some are specific to a character, most are not. First ones are the ones submitted, the ones after are the ones derived from the prompts above.
65: Character A just found himself the guardian of his sister's four kids after his sister and her husband passed away. To keep custody of the children, he needs to marry within the year. Who else to ask but his best friend?
66: Prompt: Character A. is the swan prince(ss). Character B. is the prince(ss).
67. Character A is tired of being the lone failure in his/her family of overachievers. He/she's endured dead-end jobs and a failed engagement/marriage--even his/her hair is a mess! But all that will change now that he/she's taken over his/her dead grandmother's matchmaking business. All he/she has to do is land Character A, Chicago's hottest (rich, good-looking and emotionally unavailable) bachelor, as his/her client and he/she will be the most sought-after matchmaker in town. Nothing is going to stand in his/her way! Not even Character B's insanely unachievable list of requirements in a significant other / status symbol, or the unexpected and inexplicable attraction between him/herself and Character B.
(Bonus subplot):
Nor will A be thwarted in his/her bid to sign on B as a client by Character C, a sleek and glamorous competitor with a fancy established matchmaking business (who is so stressed all he/she really needs is a good lay from B's close friend and co-worker, Character D).
68. Character A is a brilliant (insert geeky, highly intelligent profession here. ex: Mathematician, physicist, astronomer) but when it comes to the real world, he is so absent-minded he needs a keeper. Up to this point in his life, his sister has worked as his "personal assistant" (fancy title for Keeper). Now she is marrying the man of her dreams and needs to find exactly the right person to help look after her precious brother. Never before realizing the extent to which he was being coddled, Character A resents the idea of a babysitter. Character B, having been hired on a trial basis as the new P.A., not only has to deal with Character A's eccentricities but also begins teaching him about the more mundane minutiae of life. (Like how to drive a car.)
69. Character A inherits a cabin + fortune in the far north from a distant relative. He goes to inspect the inheritance and finds himself obligated to marry Character B in order to inherit. He meets Character B's sexy brother (Character C) and falls in love. He has to do something to convince the bride-to-be to break things off so he can have Character C and his inheritance. Wackiness ensues.
70. Character A goes to Chicago with his sister (Character B) to find her a husband. On the way there they meet character C, who is perfect, but widowed and not looking for love. Both brother and sister fall in love with him. Mayhem ensues.
71. Character A is asked to marry the orphaned Character B in a marriage of convenience, so she can become a citizen of the US. Instead, Character A falls in love with Character B's brother, Character C.
72. Character A is determined to snag one of Chicago's most eligible bachelors. Her older, widowed brother, Character B, is determined to stop her from marrying a rake, Character C. Unfortunately, B falls in love with C and has to explain to his sister...
73. Millionaire hotel magnate character A will stop at nothing to get revenge. So when the perfect opportunity arises-a chance to have Character B, the heir of his biggest competitor-he doesn't think twice. A plans not only to seduce family secrets from the heir, he also plans to enjoy every second of it!
74. Character A is intrigued by dark mysterious character B but what are they hiding sas only appear in the shadows of the night?
75. Character A is lured to a remote wilderness but are they to be the hunter or hunted and will they give into the desires of character B - their hunter or their prey.
76. Shy, polite, and innocent A is on vacation somewhere in the tropics with Dog when A is attacked. Brave Dog warns A and defends A, and they escape. They end up on B's elderly (classic!) boat, having been told by some friendly locals A knows that B is secretly really a US government agent. A is dismayed to find that B is, however, an apparently ill-educated, scruffy and disreputable man who likes a drink and can out-curse a longshoreman; although luckily B is good with engines. B doesn't want anything to do with A, since he's in the middle of a case, but is reluctantly impressed by - and attracted to - A's feistiness, intelligence, and determination. Between fighting with each other (and playing tonsil hockey, of course), B helps A escape the frame-up, and A helps B catch the bad guys. Dog helps too, by being very brave and very loyal, and biting lots of bad guys.
77. When they first meet Lord A, B and his sister were escaping from their evil uncle, B pretending to be a Lady in order to escape detection. Lord A insists on showing 'the two sisters' safely to London - but with every touch, Lord A incites indecent desires in 'Lady' B, and B is sure it will all end in trouble. Though it's a great game to play a Lady, it's more fun being himself...
78. Pirate A is really an aristocrat, heir to an Estate, but in order to claim the Estate, A has to be married - to a nobleman. A is ready to abandon the Estate and continue a pirate's life at sea, but A's disreputable but loving crew vote to retire from the pirate's life en masse, to force A into his rightful position in Society. Now all A has to do is to fake being a member of the Ton well enough to find a husband, with the help of her crew of 'servants'...
79. A is an immortal vampire, and by law he can only 'turn' one mortal in his lifetime - his life mate. But when mortal B is fatally wounded saving A's life from P, a rather inept vampire hunter, A has to save the near-stranger, and the only way to save B is to turn him. But B hates the thought of drinking blood, even if modern vampires get it delivered from the blood bank now, and B's been trying to get off the night shift for three years, so B isn't pleased to find out that this means he'll be on the night shift forever! Also, P is still after A - and now P's after B, too. chase65
80. Character A isn't much of a gambler, but seems to have either skill or dumb luck whenever s/he does happen to play. When a high-stakes poker game ends, A finds him/herself the lucky winner... of Character B. B's significant other, C, got carried away on betting fever and too much alcohol, and gambled him/her away. From the way C spoke, A had thought C was betting a racehorse or a beloved pet or a car or something, and is horrified to find B is actually a person. A of course immediately releases B from the conditions of the bet, but to no avail.
B is so furious to have been gambled away like so much property, s/he proclaims s/he will honor the terms of the bet, and spend six weeks (or however long a span of time was wagered) with A. Over the course of the following six (or however many) weeks, B makes him/herself a general nuisance to A, hanging around, refusing to leave, offering to do nice things for him/her, freely offering his/her opinion about A's wardrobe, home, dating habits, diet and general lifestyle, rearranging things A didn't want rearranged and messing up things A didn't want messed up--in short, turning A's orderly life upside down.
Meanwhile, a hangdog C tries desperately to court B into forgiving him/her, but is it too late? Can insufferable but charming and kind-hearted B win A's heart? Will A realize s/he's won the bet of a lifetime before it's too late? belmanoir
81. Unromantic accountant Character A thinks love is a fairy tale, and those that nobody could ever be attracted to somebody in Character A's physical condition. Character B thinks Character A is really really hot. Implacable Fate thinks they're meant for each other, even after Character A finds out that Character B only asked Character A out to win a bet. Love, snark, and food ensue.
82. Character A is an art forger and Character B is a con artist. How can Character A save their art forger family, keep their secrets, and resist their overwhelming attraction to Character B?
83. Character A is aging, divorced, and stuck in limbo. Character A's new boss, Character B, has a detective agency that isn't going anywhere and a former marriage which is driving them crazy. At least Character B's new secretary, Character A, looks efficient, boring, and biddable.
84. Character A is the mayor of a tiny Ohio town, descended from generations of mayors, and bored of trying to be respectable. Character B is a child of generations of con artists, and just wants to help Character B's sister make a movie so they can get out of town before their con artist past catches up with them.
85. Character A is a high school art teacher and Character A's fiancé is the town's golden child, the much loved football coach. But when Character A adopts a stray dog and the fiancé protests, Character A turns to Character B, Character A's best friend for years with whom Character A has been in love since long before Character A's sibling married Character B in a super short-lived marriage years ago.
Anyway, the prompts are sorted by pairing, like last time, so it shouldn't be that difficult to find a prompt you like. But before we get to the prompt selection list, let's get to the nitty-gritty of the few rules.
1. Prompts can only be taken by one person.
2. The photo prompts can be selected as many times as y'all want.
3. If you have an idea not on the list, or the prompt you want someone absconded with? Select prompt 00. 00 is the only prompt more than one person can select, and can be used anyway you want.
4. There are no limits to the amount of prompts you can choose. Just bear in mind that there are others who would want to select prompts.
5. The deadline is May 6th. Just remember that there are prizes for finishing by the deadline, okay?
6. Min. length of fics is 1,000 words. There is no max.
7. Only completed fics should be posted to the comm, and all fics should be beta'ed. Please. Especially if you spell or type like I do. *coughs*
8. Have fun!
P.S. If you want to make covers or artwork instead of write a fic... Go for it. And if you want to write a collab, that's also totally awesome.
P.P.S. Unchosen prompts from last year are intermingled with new ones from this year. New ones can be found at either the front or back of a section, because I'm smart like that *rolls eyes*)
P.P.P.S. I would love anyone who wrote 41 for ever and ever and ever. The end. *hints*
00: Writer's choice of scenario and pairing - akamine_chan
Ray(?)/?
1. Ray was trapped in a loveless marriage, but too damn proud to leave... until the day he saw a stranger and was captivated.
2. Wealth, power and the perfect life. That's what Ray thought he had until a mysterious beauty walked into his life.
3. Ray, Lord Chicago, found the love of his life over a decade ago, but he was forced to marry elsewhere. When a chance meeting at a house party unites them, both realize that the feelings between them have never died.
Fraser/?
4. One of the best wedding planners in the country, Fraser had it all - except for love. What can he do when he falls for the groom of his latest client?
5. Efficiency expert Benton Fraser plans everything down to the last detail. But when his fiancé dumps him-leaving his wedding list and orderly life in tatters-he wonders if he'll ever find someone to love. It certainly can't be the tall, dark, much too attractive stranger who's making a beeline for his table!
6. Benton Fraser had been tasked with an important mission: rescue a fellow cop and make sure he was safely delivered to the CIA for questioning. But along the way revelations abound and they find themselves falling for each other. Can their love overcome their secrets?
Fraser/RayK
7. All he has to do is close his eyes and he remembers the day Robert Fraser swept into his life. A frightened toddler, Benton didn't know he was his illegitimate toddler or that he was a rising star in the music world. All he knew was that with Robert, his wife, and his band mates, he felt safe. Until the night a botched kidnapping left his little sister dead, and destroyed his happiness. But he survived, carved out a thrilling career, and even fell in love. But the woman he is about to marry isn't all that he seems - and Benton is about to awaken to the chilling knowledge that the darkest secret is the one buried in his mind.
8. RayK's part-time P.I. gigs were run-of-the-mill custody disputes-until he went undercover on the wealthy Fraser estate. Posing as an unobtrusive servant in what was supposed to be a routine case, he soon found himself in serious danger. But with a dead body on his hands and feuding relatives pointing fingers, the only one he could turn to was Ben Fraser-an enigmatic, single father fighting to keep his young daughter. Except joining forces with the ruggedly handsome businessman only made him yearn to drop the charade, which could prove fatal, with a killer prowling the darkest corners of the mansion.
9. From the moment he first saw his son, Alberta rancher Benton Fraser knew the baby he'd adopted was his in every way that mattered. And no one-not even the handsome, strong-willed cop who claimed he was the child's father-was going to change that. Ray Kowalski swore a criminal ring had stolen his baby and that someone was crossing every line to keep the illegal adoption secret. Now, in order to protect one innocent child, Ray made him a tempting offer: get married and share custody. As a businessman, Dylan thought the plan brilliant. But as a man... resisting his "groom," especially as the danger mounted, would be damn near impossible.
10. RayK is a physical therapist at the General Hospital with an unusual patient. Benton Fraser who came to Chicago in search of his love Victoria, only to end up in the hospital - shot by her. Can RayK convince the broken man to give love another chance?
11. Identical twin boys Robert and Samuel have only their father Benton Fraser since their mother left. Until there is a new teacher, RayK, at school they took an immediate liking in. Benton is not amused: he has to keep his boys from getting hurt again, and there is no way that a teacher from Chicago is going to last long in a one horse town.
12. Fraser is an international criminal mastermind, moved to Chicago when Canada became a little too dangerous to operate in. RayK is the cop set on finding the evidence to take him down. Whenever they meet, sparks (of various kinds) fly, but how do a criminal and a cop find that elusive happily ever after? keerawa
13. Lt. Ray Kowalski, the chief hostage negotiator for the Chicago PD, meets Benton Fraser, a sports bar owner, as they both try to prevent a suicidal bartender fired from jumping off a roof.
Ray, deeply devoted to his career and his seven years old daughter, feels drawn to Fraser but a vicious attack within his own precinct house by an unknown assailant, puts everybody close to him in danger.
14. Former Chicago cop Ray Kowalski accepts the unlikely post of police chief of Lunacy, Alaska (pop. 506), to stave off the depression caused by divorce and the traumatic death of his partner, for which he holds himself partly responsible. His early days in the close-knit town are quiet except for minor disturbances and a dalliance with a feisty bush pilot, Ben Fraser. Then Ben disappears and he has to organize a search and rescue party and bring him back safely.
15. When Ray Kowalski is visited by his “identical twin”, he steels himself for the sort of bitter confrontation that has marked their meetings for years. But when his brother makes an exceptional request, and offers some family land as a bribe, Ray feels his defenses failing. Unable to deny the desperation in his brother's eyes--or the chance to finally inherit some of their family's wealth--he agrees to an unusual charade. Ray will temporarily take his brother's place in the courtship of the beautiful, if possibly mad, Lord Benton Fraser.
The mysterious Lord Benton is as unpredictable as was rumored. After his recovery from a childhood kidnapping, he turned inside to his secret world of silence and the comfort of his lush garden. Though two elderly relatives and an Inuit caretaker have since watched over him, Benton can not communicate, and flees from the external threat that Ray presents.
Unable to dismiss Benton's odd behaviors as insanity, Ray seeks to uncover the source of his pain and the core of his complex personality. Warmed by his patient compassion and gentle encouragement, Benton begins to open up to him. But the pressures of society and the growing threat of his commitment to an asylum force Benton to choose between these two worlds. Helplessly in love with him, Ray searches for a way to help him find his true identity, while continuing to conceal his own.
16. Benton Fraser returns to Chicago from a holiday in Canada to find that his wife has been murdered. He is later told by CIA agent Denny Scarpa that Victoria Metcalfe was one of five people who stole $250,000 in gold from the U.S. government during World War II, and the government wants it back. The money was not found among her possessions, and Benton can shed no light on its whereabouts. Later that day he is visited by Ray Kowalski, whom he had met briefly while on holiday. When his wife's former partners in crime, who were double-crossed by Victoria, start calling him looking for the money, Ray offers to help find it. Benton can't help his attraction to Ray, but is he who appears to be?
17. Benton Fraser and Ray Kowalski are in the circus. And they have sex. And are in LURVE.
18. Benton Fraser thought his true love Ray Kowalski had been lost to him forever after he drowned in a mysterious boating accident. After three years, he's finally beginning to move on when he receives a mysterious letter from Chicago...
19. Benton Fraser and Ray Kowalski are special agents, but things heat up when Fraser goes undercover at beauty pageant, and Ray has to coach him.
20. When Ray Kowalski was ten, he was abducted by aliens. He has no recollection of what happened or where we was during the two weeks he was gone. A year later, it happened again, and again the following year for the next twenty years. For his twentieth abduction, a witness recorded it. When he came back two weeks later, he found himself a hunted man, everyone wanted a piece of him. Now on the run, Ray Kowalski doesn't know who to trust or what to do. What does the mysterious Man in Red, who seems to be every where Ray is, want? Will he ever find out what happened to him? Can he avoid the government, UFO enthusiasts, and MIR long enough to see his thirty-first birthday?
21. Stanley Raymond Kowalski works in at a school for wealthy young gentlemen, and is asked to escort one of his students, heir Ray Vecchio, to meet his fiancée. When his charge elopes with a stranger, Ray Kowalski has to figure out how he's going to explain it to Ray Vecchio's intended, Benton Fraser, Earl of Inuvik.
When Fraser goes to meet the ship at the pier, he assumes the young man coming towards him is Ray Vecchio. But before Ray Kowalski can explain, he steps into the path of a cargo net loaded with crates.
Ray awakens in Fraser's mansion with no memory of who he is, the only hint of his past is the puzzling fact that everyone calls him Mister Vecchio. All he truly knows is that he is falling in love with a handsome earl.
22. Ever since they met as children at the annual summer festival on the border of their two countries, Ray Kowalski of England has been fast friends with Ray Vecchio of Scotland. Despite the enmity between the two lands, Ray is determined to attend the birth of Ray's first child. En route to his friend's Highland home, Ray charms his escort, Ray's brother-in-law Benton Fraser. So he is baffled when Benton withdraws into his role of clan laird. Equally confusing is Ray Vecchio's claim that after years with the Frasers, he is still an outsider. But Ray determinedly forges friendships and reexerts his charms over Benton, leading to a lively, unconventional wedding.
23. Ray Kowalski is a veteran professional boxer, which is really just a nice way of saying 'old'. He just wants to win one more match before he retires, even if it kills him. Benton Fraser is determined to keep Ray alive, he can't imagine life without the man he's loved silently from the sidelines. Bonus points for amnesia.
24. What about a "P.S. - I love you" version Kowalski-style? Stella died, leaving him letters so he can find love again, with Benton Fraser. sam80853
25. Benton moves into his new apartment in Chicago but apparently the former tenant did not quite leave yet. But why can he only be seem by Fraser? It appears that RayK, the former tenant, had a terrible accident and is a coma patient at the Chicago Memorial. Can Fraser find a way to bring him back? voiceless009
Fraser/RayV
26. Fraser needs help in keeping the small village of Racine protected from the invading Huns. When Sir Vecchio agrees to help on the condition that Fraser marry him, he agrees. Can true love spring from a marriage of blackmail?
27. Benton Fraser needs money and there's no way to get it unless he goes to local rich man Ray Vecchio. But what will Ray want in return?
28. Prince Fraser is approaching another lonely birthday can a ball help him find his true love Ray Vecchio?
29. When he finds an abandoned 6 year old in his apartment building Fraser is determined to give the child a home but how can do that when he's single? Can Ray Vecchio help him out? dragonflymuse
30. The elite SEAL Team 16 Troubleshooters squad is called upon once again to take down a group of terrorists who have hijacked a commercial airplane in this densely plotted romantic thriller. Amid the exhaustive drills and daily dramas of the mission, a burgeoning romance between the team's Senior Chief Benton Fraser and helicopter pilot Ray Vecchio begins to unfold. When Benton arranges for Ray to accompany his team on a cushy training op, it quickly turns into a real-life rescue mission.
31. Blackmail forced Ray Vecchio into marriage-although he could not be forced to bed his Canadian spouse. But Benton Fraser was as fair as he was determined to be a proper husband…. chase65
32. Benton Fraser thought his life was simple, well ordered and logical until a chance encounter in the night with one Ray Vecchio throws his world into chaos and he finds things not even logic can explain. aingeal8c
Fraser/Ray(?)
33. Ray is a tortured artist, who can't recapture the promise of his early works. And then he meets Benton, an artist's model, who becomes his muse. Success and acclaim follow, but Ray finds Benton's heart is as cold and unmovable as marble. As he unlocks the beauty in the stone, can he unlock the love in Benton's heart?
34. Ray is a dancer in one of Chicago's hottest clubs. He's about to change his profession when the new bartender, Benton Fraser, walks in, girl-friend in toe. Something is not right with the picture and Ray has to rescue Benton from his dangerous girlfriend.
35. Robert Fraser and his son Benton are a winning team when it comes to magic, and stealing jewels. When Robert picks up the abused runaway Ray, Benton's whole world changes. He falls in love but Ray's past is about to be in their way of happiness. sisterofdream
36. Ray had locked away his heart. Until Fraser crossed half the country to find him. The beguiling creature who insisted on turning his serviceable ranch into a home was hiding something-and Ray was hell-bent on finding out his secrets!
Fraser/Huey
37. Huey was an ATF agent sent undercover to bring in Fraser - but is all what it seems?
38. Jack Huey was just a poor shoemaker/tailor until one day an faery called Fraser changed his life forever.
39. Jack Huey had it all, a nice house and good lifestyle until he needed to find a new tailor. It seemed Benton Fraser would fit the bill.
RayK/?
40. All Rayk knows is that every time he dreams and remembers, they come true. Sometimes, the dreams are just about who would win the world series (he made a killing betting on the Red Soxs), but most times, it's about murder and despair. But lately, he has been dreaming about someone tumbling into bed with him - but he can't see his face, just a shadowy outline. Who is he dreaming of? Is it just sex, or could it be his soul mate?
41. When the lovely RayK was young, he was in love with a simple farm boy. But the farm boy died at sea attempting to earn enough money for them to build a life together. Devastated, he swore never to love again and accepted the Prince's hand in marriage. But, he was kidnapped and than rescued by the Dread Pirate Roberts - who seems more familiar than he should. Can true love triumph over anything, including death and fire swamps and Rodents of Unbelievable Size? Inconceivable!
RayK/RayV
42. On a remote beach vacation, Ray meets the mysterious Ray, who sweeps him off of his feet for carnal pleasure
43. Y2K complicates Boston PR whiz Ray Vecchio's life when an extra million dollars appears in his bank account. Only after he's spent a chunk of it does Ray discover that it's not the bonus he expected from his fabulously wealthy boss for a job well done. And whoever the money does belong to wants it back--bad. Forced into hiding, Ray heads for Nearly, Nevada, to find her brother's old friend Sheriff Ray Kowalski. Not your average small-town sheriff, Ray is just the man to keep Ray safe. Or is he? Ray finds his heart is in dire danger of being left behind in Nearly with its quirky cast of characters and one very sexy lawman.
Rayk/Turnbull
44. Young aristocrat Renfield Turnbull is alone and lost in the big city when he's robbed he finds he can rely on the kindness of a stranger called Ray Kowalski.
45. Ray Kowalski is a doctor fresh out of medical school on his way to complete his student loan contractual obligations...in the Northwest Territories. When he gets there, he finds out the Podunk little town he has been assigned to is far from what he had been imagining. Worse yet, his landlord, Margaret Thatcher, is a harassed Mountie stuck in her posting (for life) because she once shot a superior officer, and is taking it out on him. The locals are all crazy, from the bar/cafe owners known as the duck brothers and the man who virtually owns the town Harding Welsh, to the man hungry Frannie Vecchio and her brother the town's disc jockey/fashion expert. Ray's only companion in this wild west show, Constable Turnbull, a Mountie with more feet than tact. Will he be able to weasel out of his contract and get back to his fiance, Benton Fraser, or will the town of Inuvik and Constable Turnbull steal his heart?
46.Constable Turnbull is all that stands between a madman and his next victim. When the Mountie learns that beautiful Ray Kowalski is being targeted by the same suspect who had cost Turnbull his family, he feels duty-bound to protect him.
Turnbull/Frannie
47. Photographer Francesca Vecchio is shooting an ad on a cruise ship, and she needs to find a replacement for a less than satisfactory male model. A workaholic and perfectionist, Frannie refuses to sleep until she snags the elusive Renfeild Turnbull, a self-proclaimed Wyoming rancher who is reluctant to be captured on film. However, when Turnbull discovers that his mission as a Navy SEAL is to protect Frannie, who is the daughter of Santa Marina's governor-general, he realizes that the easiest way to be near Frannie is to model. A sensational encounter with an all-too-sinister Russian terrorist draws Turnbull and Frannie closer together.
48. When Turnbull swerved to avoid a broken-down car on a deserted Wyoming back road, the Mountie never dreamed he'd find a beautiful woman (Francesca Vecchio) inside. But like a knight without his steed, the rancher came to her rescue. She was, after all, alone... and about to give birth.
Turnbull/?
49. Turnbull, Earl of Canada, finds the frivolity of the ton dull after the adventures and hardship of the Peninsular War. But boredom rapidly disappears when he's drawn into the mystery surrounding the abduction of gently bred girls.
50. All he wanted was a family but Turnbull gets more than he bargained for when he investigates a mysterious branch of his family tree.
51. Turnbull has inherited his great uncle's mysterious (and Canadian) mansion in Toronto. When he goes there to see and possibly sell the place, he meets a mysterious vision wandering the halls one moonlit night. Is this man his soul mate? Or the sad ghost of a man who died for love long ago?
RayV/?
52. Ray Vecchio has been on the run ever since his undercover job went sour on him. Three years later, he thinks he's found the perfect hiding place in Jameson's Cove, Maine, but there's a new man in town who makes Ray nervous. Just who is this person, and why does s/he seem to be following Ray wherever he goes?
53. Raymond Vecchio is the United States' top secret agent - so secret that even his significant other doesn't know his occupation; s/he thinks he is a computer salesman. Misunderstandings commence as a result, complicating the plot and heating up the action as Ray takes on his lover and nuclear terrorists . . . at the same time!
54. When Ray Vecchio swerved to avoid a broken-down car on a deserted Illinois back road, the cop never dreamed he'd find a beautiful man inside. But like a knight without his steed, the detective came to his rescue. He was, after all, alone... and about to give birth.
Frannie/?
55. Frannie is an archaeologist who has mysterious dreams of a special soul mate, a soul mate who resembles the beautiful grad student who is working with Frannie on her thesis...
56. Francesca Vecchio was seventeen and pregnant when her father kicked her off the farm. She never intended to go back. But now she and her daughter need a place to stay.
So for the few months it'll take to get her life together, she'll ignore her father's unremitting antagonism, ignore the small-town gossips counting back on their fingers, trying to figure out her daughter's age. Whatever she has to do, Francesca is determined that none of them will know the truth behind her little girl's conception.
Especially not [Character B]. S/he lives next door and wants to be her friend, yet they both sense the feelings between them go way too deep for that. [Character B]'s love of the land ties him/her to the farming community of Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, the one place Francesca can never stay.
Welsh/?
57. Welsh just found out that he has a young son - and the only way to gain custody of him is to marry, since otherwise a police officer is considered too high risk.
Gardino/?
58. Louis Gardino is down and out, he's lost his wife, his job and his home. Who will take him in?
Dief/Ante
59. Rich, beautiful Princess Ante is hopelessly in love with the dashing Prince Diefenbaker, who visits and courts her every day-- yet vanishes mysteriously each evening at sundown and will tell no one where he goes.
Little does Ante know that Diefenbaker suffers from a terrible curse. Every night at sunset he loses human form, forced to spend the night wandering the woods in the body of a wolf.
Will Ante's love for Diefenbaker be strong enough to break the curse? Or will it keep them forever apart?
Non-traditional prompts (pictures, song lyrics, etc...)
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Generic prompts some are specific to a character, most are not. First ones are the ones submitted, the ones after are the ones derived from the prompts above.
65: Character A just found himself the guardian of his sister's four kids after his sister and her husband passed away. To keep custody of the children, he needs to marry within the year. Who else to ask but his best friend?
66: Prompt: Character A. is the swan prince(ss). Character B. is the prince(ss).
67. Character A is tired of being the lone failure in his/her family of overachievers. He/she's endured dead-end jobs and a failed engagement/marriage--even his/her hair is a mess! But all that will change now that he/she's taken over his/her dead grandmother's matchmaking business. All he/she has to do is land Character A, Chicago's hottest (rich, good-looking and emotionally unavailable) bachelor, as his/her client and he/she will be the most sought-after matchmaker in town. Nothing is going to stand in his/her way! Not even Character B's insanely unachievable list of requirements in a significant other / status symbol, or the unexpected and inexplicable attraction between him/herself and Character B.
(Bonus subplot):
Nor will A be thwarted in his/her bid to sign on B as a client by Character C, a sleek and glamorous competitor with a fancy established matchmaking business (who is so stressed all he/she really needs is a good lay from B's close friend and co-worker, Character D).
68. Character A is a brilliant (insert geeky, highly intelligent profession here. ex: Mathematician, physicist, astronomer) but when it comes to the real world, he is so absent-minded he needs a keeper. Up to this point in his life, his sister has worked as his "personal assistant" (fancy title for Keeper). Now she is marrying the man of her dreams and needs to find exactly the right person to help look after her precious brother. Never before realizing the extent to which he was being coddled, Character A resents the idea of a babysitter. Character B, having been hired on a trial basis as the new P.A., not only has to deal with Character A's eccentricities but also begins teaching him about the more mundane minutiae of life. (Like how to drive a car.)
69. Character A inherits a cabin + fortune in the far north from a distant relative. He goes to inspect the inheritance and finds himself obligated to marry Character B in order to inherit. He meets Character B's sexy brother (Character C) and falls in love. He has to do something to convince the bride-to-be to break things off so he can have Character C and his inheritance. Wackiness ensues.
70. Character A goes to Chicago with his sister (Character B) to find her a husband. On the way there they meet character C, who is perfect, but widowed and not looking for love. Both brother and sister fall in love with him. Mayhem ensues.
71. Character A is asked to marry the orphaned Character B in a marriage of convenience, so she can become a citizen of the US. Instead, Character A falls in love with Character B's brother, Character C.
72. Character A is determined to snag one of Chicago's most eligible bachelors. Her older, widowed brother, Character B, is determined to stop her from marrying a rake, Character C. Unfortunately, B falls in love with C and has to explain to his sister...
73. Millionaire hotel magnate character A will stop at nothing to get revenge. So when the perfect opportunity arises-a chance to have Character B, the heir of his biggest competitor-he doesn't think twice. A plans not only to seduce family secrets from the heir, he also plans to enjoy every second of it!
74. Character A is intrigued by dark mysterious character B but what are they hiding sas only appear in the shadows of the night?
75. Character A is lured to a remote wilderness but are they to be the hunter or hunted and will they give into the desires of character B - their hunter or their prey.
76. Shy, polite, and innocent A is on vacation somewhere in the tropics with Dog when A is attacked. Brave Dog warns A and defends A, and they escape. They end up on B's elderly (classic!) boat, having been told by some friendly locals A knows that B is secretly really a US government agent. A is dismayed to find that B is, however, an apparently ill-educated, scruffy and disreputable man who likes a drink and can out-curse a longshoreman; although luckily B is good with engines. B doesn't want anything to do with A, since he's in the middle of a case, but is reluctantly impressed by - and attracted to - A's feistiness, intelligence, and determination. Between fighting with each other (and playing tonsil hockey, of course), B helps A escape the frame-up, and A helps B catch the bad guys. Dog helps too, by being very brave and very loyal, and biting lots of bad guys.
77. When they first meet Lord A, B and his sister were escaping from their evil uncle, B pretending to be a Lady in order to escape detection. Lord A insists on showing 'the two sisters' safely to London - but with every touch, Lord A incites indecent desires in 'Lady' B, and B is sure it will all end in trouble. Though it's a great game to play a Lady, it's more fun being himself...
78. Pirate A is really an aristocrat, heir to an Estate, but in order to claim the Estate, A has to be married - to a nobleman. A is ready to abandon the Estate and continue a pirate's life at sea, but A's disreputable but loving crew vote to retire from the pirate's life en masse, to force A into his rightful position in Society. Now all A has to do is to fake being a member of the Ton well enough to find a husband, with the help of her crew of 'servants'...
79. A is an immortal vampire, and by law he can only 'turn' one mortal in his lifetime - his life mate. But when mortal B is fatally wounded saving A's life from P, a rather inept vampire hunter, A has to save the near-stranger, and the only way to save B is to turn him. But B hates the thought of drinking blood, even if modern vampires get it delivered from the blood bank now, and B's been trying to get off the night shift for three years, so B isn't pleased to find out that this means he'll be on the night shift forever! Also, P is still after A - and now P's after B, too. chase65
80. Character A isn't much of a gambler, but seems to have either skill or dumb luck whenever s/he does happen to play. When a high-stakes poker game ends, A finds him/herself the lucky winner... of Character B. B's significant other, C, got carried away on betting fever and too much alcohol, and gambled him/her away. From the way C spoke, A had thought C was betting a racehorse or a beloved pet or a car or something, and is horrified to find B is actually a person. A of course immediately releases B from the conditions of the bet, but to no avail.
B is so furious to have been gambled away like so much property, s/he proclaims s/he will honor the terms of the bet, and spend six weeks (or however long a span of time was wagered) with A. Over the course of the following six (or however many) weeks, B makes him/herself a general nuisance to A, hanging around, refusing to leave, offering to do nice things for him/her, freely offering his/her opinion about A's wardrobe, home, dating habits, diet and general lifestyle, rearranging things A didn't want rearranged and messing up things A didn't want messed up--in short, turning A's orderly life upside down.
Meanwhile, a hangdog C tries desperately to court B into forgiving him/her, but is it too late? Can insufferable but charming and kind-hearted B win A's heart? Will A realize s/he's won the bet of a lifetime before it's too late? belmanoir
81. Unromantic accountant Character A thinks love is a fairy tale, and those that nobody could ever be attracted to somebody in Character A's physical condition. Character B thinks Character A is really really hot. Implacable Fate thinks they're meant for each other, even after Character A finds out that Character B only asked Character A out to win a bet. Love, snark, and food ensue.
82. Character A is an art forger and Character B is a con artist. How can Character A save their art forger family, keep their secrets, and resist their overwhelming attraction to Character B?
83. Character A is aging, divorced, and stuck in limbo. Character A's new boss, Character B, has a detective agency that isn't going anywhere and a former marriage which is driving them crazy. At least Character B's new secretary, Character A, looks efficient, boring, and biddable.
84. Character A is the mayor of a tiny Ohio town, descended from generations of mayors, and bored of trying to be respectable. Character B is a child of generations of con artists, and just wants to help Character B's sister make a movie so they can get out of town before their con artist past catches up with them.
85. Character A is a high school art teacher and Character A's fiancé is the town's golden child, the much loved football coach. But when Character A adopts a stray dog and the fiancé protests, Character A turns to Character B, Character A's best friend for years with whom Character A has been in love since long before Character A's sibling married Character B in a super short-lived marriage years ago.