Dear Yuletide Author Letter 2020

[iamtheenemy]

First Of All

Thank you for writing for me, anon! Not to get too far into it, but this has, unequivocally, been the worst fucking year of my life. I'm so glad it's almost over, and I'm so glad that I have Yuletide to look forward to. Yuletide is, without a doubt, one of the biggest highlights of my year, and I'm sure I will love anything you write for me. But since you're here, you're obviously looking for specifics, so I'll do my best to explain myself. If you're interested in looking at the fic I've written myself for Yuletide or in general, you can find that here. If you are worried, dear author, that we matched on the one fandom I wasn't super into, let me alleviate that angst right now. There is no lesser one here. I am really fond of them all. Some I have more ideas about, but that's only because for the others, I'm only interested one specific dynamic or set of characters.

General Likes/Dislikes

Likes:

• UST (preferably resolved)
• Pining, someone falling in love with someone else despite trying not to, falling in love and thinking it's not reciprocated
• Miscommunication
• Intimacy: kissing, hand holding, snuggling, bed sharing
• Post-canon fic
• Friendship
• Hurt/comfort, either emotional or physical
• Happy, or at least hopeful, endings

Dislikes:

• Non-con
• Cheating
• Dark fic
• Excessive angst
• Character bashing
• Love triangles (unless they're already canon)
• A/B/O

Fandom Specifics

1. ด้ายแดงซีรีส์ | Until We Meet Again The Series (TV)
Characters: Win, Team, Dean, Pharm

Request:

I love both of these pairings and all four of the characters! I'd like to see more of their love story, and how Win eventually convinces Team to admit his feelings. If you want to make it an AU for another setting or make it a canon divergence so that you can give them your own first time, go for it! I'd also love to see what the morning after was like on their trip. Was Team awkward until Win teased him out of it? What about the day after? When the heat of that moment passed, did Team revert back to being defensive and not believing Win? Give me any Win/Team relationship/slice of life stuff.

For Dean and Pharm, I want to see how Pharm has Dean wrapped around his finger, whether he knows it or not. Dean is so gone over him, and it's the most adorable thing. With Korn and In gone - or at least quiet - in their minds, I would like to see how Dean and Pharm begin to relearn how to be together, just them. And sex: Pharm is so shy and nervous. Show me how Dean gets him to open up and enjoy himself, maybe leading to the first time that Pharm initiates things on his own.

DNW: A/B/O, dub-con or non-con, infidelity, main character death, blood/urine/scat during sex

Optional Prompts Are Optional:

Prompt 1:
Win/Team - Team wakes up the morning after his first time with Win. He's cuddled up against him, his head tucked under Win's chin. It's a familiar feeling, except this time, they're naked. Except this time, Team finally admitted his feelings for Win. Except this time, they had sex. And then what?

Prompt 2:
Dean/Pharm - Literally everyone except Pharm realizes how easily he could convince his boyfriend to do anything. Pharm is confused about why the swim team members suddenly come to him with requests. Meanwhile, everyone on the Dean fan pages is freaking out about how their ice cold swim captain completely melts with a just a look from his boyfriend.

Prompt 3:
Win/Team - Win has found himself a new admirer, and Team is not happy about it. It forces him to admit his feelings for Win both to Win and himself.

Prompt 4:
Dean/Pharm - Dean helping Pharm discover how good sex feels and that it's ok to ask for what he wants, especially with Dean, who would give him anything.

Prompt 5:
Gen - How did Dean and Win become best friends? They seem like very opposite personalities. I'd like to see Pharm giving Team some advice for once, since it was always the other way around on the show.

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2. HIStory3 - 圈套 | HIStory3: Trapped (TV)
Characters: Meng Shao Fei, Tang Yi, Jack, Zhao-zi

Request:

I would genuinely take any combination of these four characters. Shao Fei/Tang Yi or Jack/Zhao Zi, but then I also love the Shao Fei and Jack friendship and whatever weird friendship/boss relationship is going on with Jack and Tang Yi. Jack is staying around for Zhao Zi, so does he freelance for Tang Yi? Are they awkward friends? Do they hate each other?
Shao Fei and Zhao Zi are the world's goofiest cops, and I would enjoy seeing them have misadventures together, especially if it ended with their boyfriends bailing them out of trouble. But on the other hand, it might be fun to see things the other way around, where Jack and Tang Yi are in trouble, and Shao Fei and Zhao Zi prove their skills by saving the day.
I am kind of obsessed with the time on the show after Shao Fei moves in with Tang Yi, but before they get together. You can do so much in that time. I'll take sexual tension or more hijinks. I'd also like to see the two of them when Tang Yi gets released from prison. What's their life like? I'd also like to see Tang Yi be the jealous one for once, since it was always Shao Fei on the show. What's a jealous Tang Yi look like?
Jack and Zhao Zi are the sweetest couple on the planet. I love how Jack is a completely different person around Zhao Zi. How protective/ruthless does he get to keep him safe? Jack is also super hot, so I'd like to see Zhao Zi get territorial when someone is trying to hit on his boyfriend.
DNW: A/B/O, dub-con or non-con, infidelity, main character death, blood/urine/scat during sex
Optional Prompts Are Optional:

Prompt 1:
Meng Shao Fei/Tang Yi - One of Shao Fei's exes (maybe another cop?) shows up to throw a wrench in things while Shao Fei is investigating Tang Yi. Tang Yi has gotten very used to easily keeping all of Shao Fei's attention and isn't pleased to share.

Prompt 2:
Jack/Zhao Zi - Someone is threatening Zhao Zi because of a case he's working on. Unfortunately for that poor soul, they don't realize who his boyfriend is...

Prompt 3:
Meng Shao Fei/Tang Yi - Tang Yi serves his time and returns to Shao Fei. How do they make up for lost time?

Prompt 4:
Jack/Zhao Zi- A former colleague of Jack's comes back into the picture and gets very confused by the Jack he sees with Zhao Zi. Surely he's undercover for some mission. No way the Jack he knows has gotten out of the business and spends his days playing househusband for a COP, of all things.

Prompt 5:
Gen/multi - Jack and Tang Yi OR Shao Fei and Zhao Zi are kidnapped and their partners have to mount a rescue campaign. Does Zhao Zi use his tech prowess to knock out the bad guys' surveillance? How many people get gutted by Jack's switchblade? How badly does Shao Fei lose his shit in the police station when he finds out? How many laws does Tang Yi immediately decide to break in order to get Shao Fei back?

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3. เดือนเกี้ยวเดือน | 2 Moons The Series (TV)
Characters: Ming, Kit, Forth, Beam
Request:

These two pairings make my heart grow ten sizes. I love either version of Ming and Kit, so it doesn't matter to me if you want to write about the original actors or the actors from 2 Moons 2. For Forth and Beam, though, I'd like the 2 Moons 2 characters.

Ming is such a gentle puppy dog, following Kit around, desperate for attention. It's really sweet, especially since Ming is so handsome and popular. Kit is clearly uncomfortable with all of the attention Ming gets, so it would be nice to see a story where they work through Kit's trust issues. Also, what's their first time like? Ming is experienced, but Kit has only slept with one woman, and he's a very anxious and self-conscious person. How does Ming go about making him feel comfortable and safe? The teasing is the best part of this pairing, so if nothing else, that's what I would like to see the most!

Forth and Beam are great together. Beam is prickly and almost rude at times. I like the way that Forth decides he wants Beam and just goes for it. We've seen how much Beam likes Forth's body, so Forth seducing Beam as he tries to stay away from him might be fun. I'd also like Beam trying to make it all about sex, and Forth refusing to let him, and making things slow and sweet in a way that Beam loves - but also hates that he loves.

Feel free to include Pha and Wayo in the story as well!

DNW: A/B/O, dub-con or non-con, infidelity, main character death, blood/urine/scat during sex

Optional Prompts Are Optional:

Prompt 1:
Ming/Kit - Kit keeps putting off doing anything more than kissing Ming. Ming thinks it's because Kit doesn't like him that much or is having second thoughts about them, but it's really that Kit is nervous because Ming has so much experience, and he doesn't think he could measure up.

Prompt 2:
Forth/Beam - Beam says he doesn't want to be in a relationship, but he can't get Forth out of his head. It's even harder when the guy keeps showing up wherever he is, looking...like that. So Beam gives in and has sex with him again. JUST sex, but then Forth has to make things complicated, like he always does.

Prompt 3:
Ming/Kit - It takes a while, but Kit eventually gets used to dating the incredibly popular, handsome, and sought after campus moon. It helps that Ming proves time and again that he's only loyal to Kit.

Prompt 4:
Forth/Beam - Beam likes to grumble about bottoming, but in the bedroom, with Forth on top of him, it's an entirely different story.

Prompt 5:
Gen - Kit finds out about Beam and Forth and talks to Beam about it.

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4. My Engineer (TV)
Characters: Ram, King
Request:

The show ended on kind of a down note for them, which will obviously be the focus of series two. But until then, I'd like to see how they resolve their issues. I think it would be great to see Ram take some initiative. King has been the driving force behind their relationship the whole time, but he's obviously confused and hurt now, so it would be nice for Ram to step up.

I'd love to see how Ram courts King. Does he talk to Bohn and King's other friends? Does he dare to touch him more when they're at home together watching television?

And as a bonus: I'd love to see a fic where, because of how hard he had to work to hear it, Ram's voice really does it for King. Especially in bed. And Ram figures it out...

DNW: A/B/O, dub-con or non-con, infidelity, main character death, blood/urine/scat during sex

Optional Prompts Are Optional:

Prompt 1:
Ram/King - Ram loves King and wants to make sex as good as possible for him. So when he realizes that King likes it when he talks...really likes it...Ram uses that to make King go crazy.

Prompt 2:
Ram/King - Ram didn't realize until the camping trip how confused King felt about their budding relationship. He thought that they were on the same page. But now Ram understands the problem and recognizes that at least part of it is his fault for being so cold in the beginning. So he decides to court King and make his feelings known.

Prompt 3:
Ram/King - King watching Ram boxing/working out. And what happens after. That's it. That's the prompt.

Prompt 4:
Gen - King helps Ram deal with his family stuff and confront his father.

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5. บังเอิญรัก | Love by Chance (TV)
Characters: Pete, Ae
Request:

I love the hints the show gave that Pete was more mischievous and tricky than he let on. Yes, he was shy and easily embarrassed, but he also knew what he wanted when it came to Ae. And during the sex scenes, he seemed just as into it as Ae. Plus, he'd have to be blind not to realize how obsessed with him Ae is. So a story about Pete using some gentle persuasion to get what he wants from Ae would be great.

Bonus points if what Pete convinces Ae to do is something he knows Ae really wants but is afraid to ask for because of his hero complex and the way he always puts Pete first.

If you want to delve into AU territory, Ae the pro-soccer player and Pete, who had a crush on him from afar at university, meet again years down the line.

If you want to address and fix what's happening between them now in A Chance To Love, that would be great too.

DNW: A/B/O, dub-con or non-con, infidelity, main character death, blood/urine/scat during sex

Optional Prompts Are Optional:

Prompt 1:
Pete/Ae - Pete can tell by the way that Ae grabs his wrists during sex that he really wants to tie him up. But the thought that he might hurt Pete keeps him from doing it. Pete makes it clear that actually, yes, he would very much like that as well. And doesn't Ae like to give him what he wants?

Prompt 2:
Pete/Ae - Without spoiling, in case you haven't been following A Chance to Love, please fix the Situation happening there however you see fit.

Prompt 3:
Pete/Ae - Pete ends up in the hospital (non-fatally!), and Ae nearly loses his mind with worry and the frustration of not being able to do anything to help.

Prompt 4:
Pete/Ae - AU - Pete and Ae never ended up bumping into each other that day, and so instead, Pete watches Ae from afar, going to his football games and keeping his giant crush a secret. After university, Ae is a famous football player, and Pete follows his career. Somehow, their paths cross.

Prompt 5:
Gen - Ae takes it upon himself to make sure that Trump is really out of the picture.

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6. HIStory2 - 是非 | HIStory2: Right or Wrong (TV)
Characters: Fei Shengzhe, Shi Yijie
Request:

These two and YoYo make such a cute little family. Xiao Fei spent so many years getting bullied and being ashamed of who he is. The best thing about this show was the way that Shi Yijie refused to be ashamed of him. When he realized he loved Xiao Fei, he was all in.

I'd like to see more of Shi Yijie proudly showing him off, introducing him to family, YoYo's school, etc. And if you want to write it, helping him feel confident and safe during sex too.

Just seeing all of the ways that the two of them change each other's lives would be great. Maybe we can flash forward to YoYo's graduation from university and see what things are like for the three of them then.

The show acts like their is no ethical dilemma about a professor dating a student, so feel free to take that stance as well. I'm not interested in the consequences on Shi Yijie's job of them being together. The HIStory series has a, well, history of ignoring facts that would get in the way of a cute romance, and I'm fine with it.

DNW: A/B/O, dub-con or non-con, infidelity, main character death, blood/urine/scat during sex

Optional Prompts Are Optional:

Prompt 1:
Shi Yijie/Fei Shengzhe - Shi YiJie never lets Xiao Fei hide, he never lets him feel inferior or ashamed. He's proud of their relationship and proud to introduce Xiao Fei as his partner and then his husband. It makes Xiao Fei's heart clench every time.

Prompt 2:
Shi Yijie/Fei Shengzhe - Xiao Fei is nervous the first time they have sex, but Shi Yijie convinces him that he's desirable and that he doesn't have be be afraid with him.

Prompt 3:
Shi Yijie/Fei Shengzhe - The evolution of this relationship through YoYo's eyes as she grows up, first with Xiao Fei as her nanny, then, slowly, as her other dad. Maybe you could go through the highlights of her life: their marriage, her first boyfriend/girlfriend, graduating university, getting a job, having a child, etc.

Prompt 4:
Shi Yijie/Fei Shengzhe - Xiao Fei gets sick, so Shi Yijie tries to take care of things on his own. It doesn't go well.

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