mirror in the sky (prompts post)

[harborshore]

Because my WIPs are either full of brooding mutants or dramatic musicians.

Stolen from torakowalski. ♥

Below are some fandom cliches taken from the tropes meme that went around a while ago. Pick one and give me a pairing (and some details if you want) and we'll see what I can come up with.

Preferred fandoms are: X-Men: First Class, Bandom (you lot know what I write), BTVS, DCU and Veronica Mars but I'm open to others as well. AU and genderfuck prompts are always more than welcome.

Each trope can only be picked once; pairings and fandoms can be re-used.

1. genderswap
2. bodyswap
3. drunk!fic
4. huddling for warmth
5. pretending to be married
6. secretly a virgin
7. amnesia
8. cross-dressing
9. forced to share a bed
10. truth or dare
11. historical AU
12. accidental-baby-acquisition
13. apocalypse fic
14. telepathy
15. High School / College AU

ETA: 3 left! Genderswap, historical AU, and HS/college AU.

Comments

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

HUDDLING FOR WARMTH. Faaaaaaaaaaaavorite. Not just for warmth but for SURVIVAL. In a REMOTE LOCATION. WITH SNOW. Um. XM:FC, plz. Pairing and/or non-pairing pair of characters of your choice! That is, I don't mind if it's platonic cuddling for warmth between BFFs or sworn enemies or whatever, if that's what strike you. It's really the threat of hypothermia and cuddling for survival bit that I like best. It's all good! <-- *gives the most useless prompts*

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

At this point, Alex is pretty sure he's going to die. Which would be more of a thing, normally, he has pretty good survival instincts, but he's so cold he can't move or talk and even trying to think is like quicksand.

Probably. Alex hasn't actually ever been in quicksand, so he can't say for sure.

Anyway, yes, dying. Losing track of your team while on a mission in the Rockies in the middle of winter will do that to you. Stupid mountains. With a stupid name. Rocky Mountains, honestly. Might as well call a forest Woody. Or whatever.

Fuck, but he's cold. He can't feel his fingers. Or his arms. You'd think having a mutant power that blows shit up would be helpful right now, but explosions need energy, as Professor X likes to tell him when he's reminding Alex to eat, and Alex has no energy to spare right now.

That's when Raven trips on him.

"Alex, fuck," she says, bending down. "Oh, fuck."

"C-cold," he manages, and Raven, Raven who hasn't been entirely comfortable with him ever (or him with her, they just don't mesh well), shifts into something large and furry without even blinking and hugs Alex to her chest.

"Sorry we didn't find you sooner," she says into his ear. "Charles got locked into something with the Ice Queen, and I hope her reaction headache is at least as bad as his is. Luckily Hank has a locator on your suit. The others should be just behind me." Alex thinks they're probably more behind than Raven has noticed; him and the rest are generally not as fast as she is.

"Hank's great," Alex says, slurring a bit. "You're great."

"You too," Raven says, starting to sound amused. "Now warm up, don't die on me."

"Warming up," Alex says. Then, because he figures he should, "Thanks for coming to get me."

"We'll always come get you," Raven says. "That's the point of all this, right? Not being alone."

Alex considers pointing out that some of it seems to be about preventing nuclear warfare. But those would be many words, and anyway he likes what Raven said better. Not being alone.

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Raven turns into something large and furry FOR THE PURPOSES OF CUDDLING. OF COURSE SHE DOES. I love Alex's off-kilter hypothermia!voice. Oh, Alex, someday you will learn that the point of all of this is CUDDLES. <3333

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

Yay, thank you!

Of course the purpose of all of this is cuddles. *grins* Always. It's what I'm usually after with fic, but these characters seem to make it even worse. And IL Raven so much, I want to write all about her figuring shit out and knowing when to cuddle and how she starts to use her powers in ways that surprise her and everyone around her. And Alex is just, oh man. He NEEDS cuddles.

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

It's true! They require cuddles, all of them. Especially the ones who think they are Too Tough For Cuddles.

And IL Raven so much, I want to write all about her figuring shit out and knowing when to cuddle and how she starts to use her powers in ways that surprise her and everyone around her.

ONE MILLION WORDS. That's how much I would read about Raven being awesome and herself (and, er, figuring out that the approval and/or acceptance of men is irrelevant).

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

I feel as though I will do a bit of writing about Raven. It's just a hunch, but yes.(Er, it's not like I can base said hunch on my ongoing fascination with characters accepting themselves/awesome women figuring their shit out/etc., not at all.) The longer story I'm working on is so far split between her and Erik's POV, because as Erik figures out that he wants to stay, Raven also figures out what she can do and what role she'll play in the school.

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

\o/ I can't wait to read it.

[soundslikej.livejournal.com]

oh my god, I never realized that I needed Raven and Alex being reluctant bros in my life, but I SO DO. this is wonderful! :D

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

♥ RELUCTANT BROS. Yes, that's what I was going for. I love them so much.

[mahoni.livejournal.com]

Alex considers pointing out that some of it seems to be about preventing nuclear warfare.

That made me laugh out loud. :DDD

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

Alex is a FANTASTIC pov to write from, for whatever reason. The most fun!