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redleaderficHello, Writer! Thank you for writing one of my beloved but small pairings!
Likes: Hurt/comfort, dramatic rescues, bedside vigils, wound treating, characters worrying about each other but never wanting to admit it out loud, characters trying to walk off injuries until they collapse. I'm just really big on h/c and pretty much all of my requested pairings lend themselves to it to varying degrees. (Obviously gunplay is a lot more likely to break out an MCU or Flash fic than for NXT, but everyone below either gets into fights professionally or at the very least makes a time consuming hobby of it.) You're going to see the words identity porn show up a LOT – I love those big dramatic secrets and the tension they bring to relationships. As as actual porn goes, I'm fine with any rating. As long as the emotions are there I'm just as happy with a fade to black kiss as with raunchy XXX porn (although I would absolutely not say no to raunchy XXX porn if that's where the prompt leads you!)
Dislikes: Noncon. Even with Rumlow (sorry!) Dubcon is great (and almost required with a few pairings) but I'd rather the emotional manipulation that comes with dubcon to outright noncon. And I'd prefer not to get deathfic (and deathfic is a HARD dnw for NXT unless it's undone by magic or time travel or similar shenanigans.) Some of these pairs don't come with happy endings, but I'd rather a bittersweet ending if at all possible. Sex wise I'm not the biggest fan of heavily negotiated D/s and I do not like watersports, but I don't have any triggers or any set in stone top/bottom preferences to worry about so go nuts as far as that goes. (But Len would probably still try to top from the bottom. Let's all be honest with ourselves there.)
Prompts repeated below!
NXT (World Wrestling Entertainment)
I ship Corey Graves with the world. This is the one category where I'm explicitly asking for a happy ending; beat him up, beat his partner up, have demons invade the Performance Center, just make everything work out in the end. I have a weakness for him being taken care of without him having to admit he needs to be taken care of and like the idea of whoever he's partnered up with really getting off on the knowledge that he's watching while they're in the ring. Feel free to use Alex Riley as a bit of a villain, especially if it's completely thoughtless, self-centered kind of villainy. (Yes Alex, talk some more about how the broadcast table is like being locked in a cage and worthless compared to being in the ring in front of Corey. Great look.) And bring on the tattoo kink. (but keep it kayfabe!)
Corey Gaves/Baron Corbin: I'm very fond of secret werewolf!Baron (because c'mon, he's totally a werewolf) but even without Baron Corbin's poorly disguised werewolfism there's all that tattoo kink and quiet angst over Corey not being able to compete anymore. Does Baron try to end his matches so quickly because he knows Corey's watching and wants to show off for him? Does one tag along when the other gets a new tattoo and gets all hot and bothered watching? If you do go with werewolf!Baron, I love emphasis on enhanced senses and the temptation to "fix" Corey's issues by biting him. And roving werewolf hunters are always a relationship complication!
Corey Graves/Finn Balor: Corey's literally used the word "fascinating" to describe Finn. I like the demon to be an actual thing inside Finn - what does it think of Corey Graves? Is there any kinship between Finn painting himself up to let the demon out and Corey's tattoos? What does Corey Graves do if he's given a literal chance to make a deal with the devil?
Tyler Breeze/Corey Graves:How DID Prince Pretty wind up with the fallen leader of the Filth Parade? Corey's crush on Tyler can be seen from space (he's canonically been outraged by someone else wearing leopard print because that's Tyler's thing) but how did Tyler fall into this? Was there a moment when Tyler realized Corey wasn't QUITE as uggo as everyone else? Did Corey not being around as much after that final concussion bother Tyler more than he thought it would? What is it even like being in a relationship with Tyler Breeze, aside from amazing seasonal residences?
MCU
This is identity porn central. Even the comparatively fluffy pairing is based on secrets and lies, and of course Rumlow is Rumlow. I prefer a Bucky who's damaged but competent (even frighteningly competent) and if the story is set post-CAWS I'd really like some ambiguity towards his Hydra tenure. Even accounting for freezings he was the Winter Soldier as long or longer than he was Bucky Barnes and I like Bucky who's trying to figure out who he is now, not trying to recapture who he was so long ago.
Brock Rumlow/Grant Ward: Give me bad guys pretending to be good guys who don't know they other guy is ALSO a bad guy. Have one think he's secretly corrupting the straight and narrow SHIELD agent, not knowing the other is thinking the same thing. Have Rumlow (or Ward!) figure out Ward (or Rumlow!) is really Hydra and take advantage of it while working to maintain his own cover. Dirty bad wrong identity porn is the name of the game.
Brock Rumlow/Clint Barton: Clint's a hero now but there's plenty of hints that wasn't always the case. Did he and Rumlow ever cross paths in the bad old days? What would Clint do if Crossbones showed up at the farm calling in old favors? If Rumlow gets pinned down in the field (especially post-CAWS) and calls up Clint, what does he say? What the hell WAS Clint up to during CAWS, and is it something he wouldn't want the rest of the Avengers to know? Give me some dark!Clint, even secret or reluctant Hydra!Clint if you can make it work and still keep him recognizable.
Brock Rumlow/Winter Soldier: The Soldier must be a legend to the Hydra rank and file - when did Rumlow first encounter him? Was he already in Hydra? Was it before, a glimpse on a battlefield when Rumlow was a young merc (maybe THAT was the reason he sought out Hydra?) I'd love the two of them pinned down on a mission, maybe with Rumlow injured or even both injured so that we see what the Winter Soldier is like when he has to improvise and how much of Bucky is still in there, or a series of encounters where Rumlow gets older and more jaded while the Soldier stays the same, and then CAWS happens and Rumlow finally understands why. I want cold, efficient Winter Solider and brutal Brock Rumlow being bad bad Hydra agents doing bad bad things, taking what little joy they're capable of in that while they can.
Bucky Barnes/Sam Wilson: Canon says Sam is looking for Bucky - I want him to have already found Bucky and be keeping it a secret. (or he finds Bucky during the fic and he decides to keep it a secret.) Bucky's not ready to come in and Sam is the last person to force him to. Show how the lies weigh on him but he can' really see another way out of it - Sam has PTSD himself. He works with disabled vets. If anyone can help Bucky it's him and he knows full well forcing more trauma on the guy isn't the way to do it. I love the idea of the two of them falling into a relationship despite themselves, something that starts cautious and suspicious but gets deeper with time, and I especially love the idea of Bucky having someone who didn't know him pre-Winter Soldier, someone who can see him without preconceptions.
Brock Rumlow/Steve Rogers: Absolutely dirty bad wrong identity porn. Have Rumlow seduce Steve under orders from Hydra (or just on his own initiative!) with the goal of it creating a bond between him and Hydra. Maybe Hydra takes an active hand, manipulating a mission so Rumlow and Steve get captured and Rumlow is tortured with Steve watching to torture him by proxy, or where Rumlow gets captured so Steve has to race the clock to rescue him (and letting Hydra tap into all that Bucky trauma.) Feel free to take CAWS AU, especially if the seduction works and Steve gets a little dark as a result. And if Rumlow genuinely falls a little bit, all the better.
Arrow
I doom my favorite pairings with my love.
John Diggle/Floyd Lawton: Diggle and Floyd's strange, almost against both their wills friendship is joy. I'd love the two of them undercover while they were both working for Argus and things going bad, or Floyd getting pinned down and wounded while on a Squad mission and calling Diggle for help (especially if Dig's not sure what he'll do.) And we all know Floyd's not really dead. Let's have Diggle find that out too and have to rescue Floyd from whoever has him, denying to himself the whole time how enraged the whole situation makes him (and if he finds Floyd in bad shape, further denying how enraged THAT makes him.) Can Diggle even admit he has feelings for the man who murdered his brother? How can he have sex with Floyd knowing his brother's name is tattooed on his chest. (Other than maybe changing position! But that's really only a temporary fix. And how disgusted with himself does he feel if it happens more than once!)
Sebastian Blood/Oliver Queen: How great was Sebastian and Oliver (and Sebastian and the Arrow) being friends while their other identities were enemies? So great. Give me more of that delicious identity porn, the two of them being both friends and enemies without knowing it. Sebastian tried to protect Oliver's family from Slade! Even after finding out Sebastian was the man in the skull mask he still gave him a chance! They both do what they do out of love for their city and I'd love for that to bring them together in a way it couldn't on the show. And I would never say no to an AU where Sebastian lived through through that attack. (Say what you will about him and his blood cult, at least if he'd been mayor he NEVER would have sold the Glades to organized crime!) I'm also open to fic where Sebastian's haunting Ollie, showing up in his dreams, etc, especially if there's a Mirakuru or similar quasi-mystical explanation for it.
The Flash
I have shipped Captain Cold/Heatwave from the comics for a long time but the Flash versions quickly became my favorite versions. And I know this is an m/m exchange, but I would not at all mind if you throw Lisa in the mix as long as the main emotional heft of the story Len/Mick. (But not sexually into the mix with Len, I don't ship them together.)
Mick Rory/Leonard Snart: I'd love a heist, especially a heist that goes wrong (and maybe goes wrong in a way that gets Len hurt enough that Mick just LOSES IT before Len can pull him back. ) I just love their dynamic, the way Mick really seems to need Len to rein him in enough to function and how Leonard seems to appreciate the wildness in Mick that he can't allow in himself (even if it's usually pretty inconvienent job-wise.) If you feel like going a porn route, I'm a big fan of temperature play and D/s overtones with these two - Len needs to be in control and Mick needs to be controlled, so it seems like something they'd fall into naturally. (I don't really see them doing negotiated scenes, but Len tying Mick up and using a lighter so he can see the flame as a reward? Absolutely.)
Thank you again!
Likes: Hurt/comfort, dramatic rescues, bedside vigils, wound treating, characters worrying about each other but never wanting to admit it out loud, characters trying to walk off injuries until they collapse. I'm just really big on h/c and pretty much all of my requested pairings lend themselves to it to varying degrees. (Obviously gunplay is a lot more likely to break out an MCU or Flash fic than for NXT, but everyone below either gets into fights professionally or at the very least makes a time consuming hobby of it.) You're going to see the words identity porn show up a LOT – I love those big dramatic secrets and the tension they bring to relationships. As as actual porn goes, I'm fine with any rating. As long as the emotions are there I'm just as happy with a fade to black kiss as with raunchy XXX porn (although I would absolutely not say no to raunchy XXX porn if that's where the prompt leads you!)
Dislikes: Noncon. Even with Rumlow (sorry!) Dubcon is great (and almost required with a few pairings) but I'd rather the emotional manipulation that comes with dubcon to outright noncon. And I'd prefer not to get deathfic (and deathfic is a HARD dnw for NXT unless it's undone by magic or time travel or similar shenanigans.) Some of these pairs don't come with happy endings, but I'd rather a bittersweet ending if at all possible. Sex wise I'm not the biggest fan of heavily negotiated D/s and I do not like watersports, but I don't have any triggers or any set in stone top/bottom preferences to worry about so go nuts as far as that goes. (But Len would probably still try to top from the bottom. Let's all be honest with ourselves there.)
Prompts repeated below!
NXT (World Wrestling Entertainment)
I ship Corey Graves with the world. This is the one category where I'm explicitly asking for a happy ending; beat him up, beat his partner up, have demons invade the Performance Center, just make everything work out in the end. I have a weakness for him being taken care of without him having to admit he needs to be taken care of and like the idea of whoever he's partnered up with really getting off on the knowledge that he's watching while they're in the ring. Feel free to use Alex Riley as a bit of a villain, especially if it's completely thoughtless, self-centered kind of villainy. (Yes Alex, talk some more about how the broadcast table is like being locked in a cage and worthless compared to being in the ring in front of Corey. Great look.) And bring on the tattoo kink. (but keep it kayfabe!)
Corey Gaves/Baron Corbin: I'm very fond of secret werewolf!Baron (because c'mon, he's totally a werewolf) but even without Baron Corbin's poorly disguised werewolfism there's all that tattoo kink and quiet angst over Corey not being able to compete anymore. Does Baron try to end his matches so quickly because he knows Corey's watching and wants to show off for him? Does one tag along when the other gets a new tattoo and gets all hot and bothered watching? If you do go with werewolf!Baron, I love emphasis on enhanced senses and the temptation to "fix" Corey's issues by biting him. And roving werewolf hunters are always a relationship complication!
Corey Graves/Finn Balor: Corey's literally used the word "fascinating" to describe Finn. I like the demon to be an actual thing inside Finn - what does it think of Corey Graves? Is there any kinship between Finn painting himself up to let the demon out and Corey's tattoos? What does Corey Graves do if he's given a literal chance to make a deal with the devil?
Tyler Breeze/Corey Graves:How DID Prince Pretty wind up with the fallen leader of the Filth Parade? Corey's crush on Tyler can be seen from space (he's canonically been outraged by someone else wearing leopard print because that's Tyler's thing) but how did Tyler fall into this? Was there a moment when Tyler realized Corey wasn't QUITE as uggo as everyone else? Did Corey not being around as much after that final concussion bother Tyler more than he thought it would? What is it even like being in a relationship with Tyler Breeze, aside from amazing seasonal residences?
MCU
This is identity porn central. Even the comparatively fluffy pairing is based on secrets and lies, and of course Rumlow is Rumlow. I prefer a Bucky who's damaged but competent (even frighteningly competent) and if the story is set post-CAWS I'd really like some ambiguity towards his Hydra tenure. Even accounting for freezings he was the Winter Soldier as long or longer than he was Bucky Barnes and I like Bucky who's trying to figure out who he is now, not trying to recapture who he was so long ago.
Brock Rumlow/Grant Ward: Give me bad guys pretending to be good guys who don't know they other guy is ALSO a bad guy. Have one think he's secretly corrupting the straight and narrow SHIELD agent, not knowing the other is thinking the same thing. Have Rumlow (or Ward!) figure out Ward (or Rumlow!) is really Hydra and take advantage of it while working to maintain his own cover. Dirty bad wrong identity porn is the name of the game.
Brock Rumlow/Clint Barton: Clint's a hero now but there's plenty of hints that wasn't always the case. Did he and Rumlow ever cross paths in the bad old days? What would Clint do if Crossbones showed up at the farm calling in old favors? If Rumlow gets pinned down in the field (especially post-CAWS) and calls up Clint, what does he say? What the hell WAS Clint up to during CAWS, and is it something he wouldn't want the rest of the Avengers to know? Give me some dark!Clint, even secret or reluctant Hydra!Clint if you can make it work and still keep him recognizable.
Brock Rumlow/Winter Soldier: The Soldier must be a legend to the Hydra rank and file - when did Rumlow first encounter him? Was he already in Hydra? Was it before, a glimpse on a battlefield when Rumlow was a young merc (maybe THAT was the reason he sought out Hydra?) I'd love the two of them pinned down on a mission, maybe with Rumlow injured or even both injured so that we see what the Winter Soldier is like when he has to improvise and how much of Bucky is still in there, or a series of encounters where Rumlow gets older and more jaded while the Soldier stays the same, and then CAWS happens and Rumlow finally understands why. I want cold, efficient Winter Solider and brutal Brock Rumlow being bad bad Hydra agents doing bad bad things, taking what little joy they're capable of in that while they can.
Bucky Barnes/Sam Wilson: Canon says Sam is looking for Bucky - I want him to have already found Bucky and be keeping it a secret. (or he finds Bucky during the fic and he decides to keep it a secret.) Bucky's not ready to come in and Sam is the last person to force him to. Show how the lies weigh on him but he can' really see another way out of it - Sam has PTSD himself. He works with disabled vets. If anyone can help Bucky it's him and he knows full well forcing more trauma on the guy isn't the way to do it. I love the idea of the two of them falling into a relationship despite themselves, something that starts cautious and suspicious but gets deeper with time, and I especially love the idea of Bucky having someone who didn't know him pre-Winter Soldier, someone who can see him without preconceptions.
Brock Rumlow/Steve Rogers: Absolutely dirty bad wrong identity porn. Have Rumlow seduce Steve under orders from Hydra (or just on his own initiative!) with the goal of it creating a bond between him and Hydra. Maybe Hydra takes an active hand, manipulating a mission so Rumlow and Steve get captured and Rumlow is tortured with Steve watching to torture him by proxy, or where Rumlow gets captured so Steve has to race the clock to rescue him (and letting Hydra tap into all that Bucky trauma.) Feel free to take CAWS AU, especially if the seduction works and Steve gets a little dark as a result. And if Rumlow genuinely falls a little bit, all the better.
Arrow
I doom my favorite pairings with my love.
John Diggle/Floyd Lawton: Diggle and Floyd's strange, almost against both their wills friendship is joy. I'd love the two of them undercover while they were both working for Argus and things going bad, or Floyd getting pinned down and wounded while on a Squad mission and calling Diggle for help (especially if Dig's not sure what he'll do.) And we all know Floyd's not really dead. Let's have Diggle find that out too and have to rescue Floyd from whoever has him, denying to himself the whole time how enraged the whole situation makes him (and if he finds Floyd in bad shape, further denying how enraged THAT makes him.) Can Diggle even admit he has feelings for the man who murdered his brother? How can he have sex with Floyd knowing his brother's name is tattooed on his chest. (Other than maybe changing position! But that's really only a temporary fix. And how disgusted with himself does he feel if it happens more than once!)
Sebastian Blood/Oliver Queen: How great was Sebastian and Oliver (and Sebastian and the Arrow) being friends while their other identities were enemies? So great. Give me more of that delicious identity porn, the two of them being both friends and enemies without knowing it. Sebastian tried to protect Oliver's family from Slade! Even after finding out Sebastian was the man in the skull mask he still gave him a chance! They both do what they do out of love for their city and I'd love for that to bring them together in a way it couldn't on the show. And I would never say no to an AU where Sebastian lived through through that attack. (Say what you will about him and his blood cult, at least if he'd been mayor he NEVER would have sold the Glades to organized crime!) I'm also open to fic where Sebastian's haunting Ollie, showing up in his dreams, etc, especially if there's a Mirakuru or similar quasi-mystical explanation for it.
The Flash
I have shipped Captain Cold/Heatwave from the comics for a long time but the Flash versions quickly became my favorite versions. And I know this is an m/m exchange, but I would not at all mind if you throw Lisa in the mix as long as the main emotional heft of the story Len/Mick. (But not sexually into the mix with Len, I don't ship them together.)
Mick Rory/Leonard Snart: I'd love a heist, especially a heist that goes wrong (and maybe goes wrong in a way that gets Len hurt enough that Mick just LOSES IT before Len can pull him back. ) I just love their dynamic, the way Mick really seems to need Len to rein him in enough to function and how Leonard seems to appreciate the wildness in Mick that he can't allow in himself (even if it's usually pretty inconvienent job-wise.) If you feel like going a porn route, I'm a big fan of temperature play and D/s overtones with these two - Len needs to be in control and Mick needs to be controlled, so it seems like something they'd fall into naturally. (I don't really see them doing negotiated scenes, but Len tying Mick up and using a lighter so he can see the flame as a reward? Absolutely.)
Thank you again!
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