Dear Mistletoe Exchange 2021 Creator
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Hello, creator! So exciting to have you here.
In the first section below I’ve listed my DNWs and general likes, and in the second the specific fandom requests with some prompts/thoughts on why I like that.
The likes and prompts are, of course, purely optional. I’ve included them as a way to show you a general direction of where my taste runs. Also, how much I have to say about a fandom/character/ship isn’t indicative of how much I want it - I’d be equally happy to receive a gift for any of the requests. I’m easy to please, I promise!
That’s all! Happy creating! ❄
DNW:
- noncon/rape (dubcon is fine)
- a/b/o / omegaverse
- D/s lifestyle
- torture porn
- permanent death of the requested characters unless it happens in canon (or they’re ghosts/undead of some kind)
- pregnancy
- anything to do with kids including having them, being turned into one, etc.
- underage (under 16)
- first person POV (unless it’s something like epistolary fic)
- unrequited love/pining
- cheating unless it’s canon
- non-canon serious illness (e.g. cancer)
- mundane AUs (coffee shop AU, high school/college AU, etc.)
LIKES
Click on a section name to collapse it.
+ in-universe politics
+ language differences/barriers
+ character studies
+ characters being really, really good at using weapons
+ outsider POV of things happening
+ plotty stuff
+ missing scenes
+ time travel/time loops (resolved or not)
+ hurt/comfort
+ canon divergence AU
+ fix-its
+ pairings wearing each other’s clothes
+ soulmate AUs (either played straight or subverted is cool; give requested ships different soulmates, if you want, play with the trope to your heart’s content)
+ established relationship
+ enemies to lovers
+ battle couples
+ me and you against the world
+ angst with happy ending
+ expected to die/be killed but lived, has to deal with that
+ canonical sad endings exploration
+ gallows humor
+ bittersweet ending/vibes
+ the inherent eroticism of helping someone put on armor (mutual helping as well)
+ 'you're the enemy but Damn you're hot'
+ one character finding the other’s scars hot
+ sex pollen/wizards* made them do it (*substitute wizards for whatever you want)
+ sex against walls, other non-bed surfaces
+ kneeling
+ hair pulling
+ competence kink
+ praise kink
+ strength kink
+ hand kink
+ biting
+ nipple play
+ breathplay (no actual suffocation, please)
+ gun play
+ knife play
+ edging
+ coming untouched
For easy navigation, I've put fandoms and the elaboration on/prompts for ships in their own details section. As above, click to collapse. THE REST IS COMING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, SORRY ABOUT THAT, CREATOR!
Historical accuracy is not the name of the game and I'm certainly not expecting it here, so please don't stress out about that (though, alternatively, if you're actually a history nut and know 234689 things about the time period AC:O happens in, feel free to work it in and then tell me that's what you did, I'll be very impressed & love it). And while I'm a fan of the general Isu storyline, if you don't want to deal with that you can ignore them (or even go a step further and AU it so that the Gods are real, actually, and Alexios is a demigod? 👀).
Also for all of the below ships, I’d love any kind of fighting together or against each other or sparring scenario, whether that leads to sex or not.
I like all characters so feel free to include/mention others as long as the focus is on the requested!
Any route you take with this, I’ll like for sure: you can have Brasidas live, or write something that happens before his death, or after his death and in the Underworld. I’m down for any exploration of their relationship, be it how it starts or how it goes, out in the greater Greek world or in Sparta. I think both of them would be the types to worry that by making a move they might ruin their friendship, so if you’d like to write some extended mutual pining, by all means go ahead~ (I’m fine with them angsting about Ancient Greece’s cultural rules about men sleeping with other men and about what’s socially acceptable and what’s not.)
I’d also love to see some kind of exploration of the fact that Brasidas is a respected Spartan general, with all that implies, and Alexios is… a mercenary. A very impressive mercenary, and maybe even one that goes back to Sparta and becomes a citizen, but a mercenary nonetheless, with all that that implies. (Suggestions - or outright statements - that Alexios might’ve previously done sexual things for money are very much welcome!)
I’m also very much into Deimos!Alexios and Brasidas somehow finding themselves in a relationship of some kind, be that actually ‘together’ or a fuckbuddies situation. I’d love to see them also navigate their past together - Alexios almost killing Brasidas, for one, in an AU - and deal with that. Alternatively, something set earlier, perhaps Deimos is sent to get rid of Brasidas by the Cult for ~reasons, but things don’t quite go as planned? (Insert porn or plot at your convenience.)
Make them gradually come to begrudgingly respect and even like each other, or have them jump straight into a love/hate relationship of some sort. Maybe they (spitefully or not) fuck and then, oops, is that genuine emotion? Maybe they’re fighting (either for real or in a competitive way) and that escalates into angry kissing & sex.
As above, I’d love any kind of exploration of Alexios’ mercenary occupation, possibly as opposed to Stentor’s Spartan-ness. He’s probably not very impressed by Alexios the misthios, so Stentor coming to realize that Alexios is more than a simple money-motivated killer would be interesting! Also, implications-or-statements that Alexios has previously had sex for money are more than welcome (whatever Stentor’s reaction to that may be ;)).
I’d love to see Deimos!Alexios and Stentor, too.
Whether you want to play into (or play up!) the pseudo-incest aspect or go ‘it’s just a legality, they don’t think of the other as a brother in the least’, I’m perfectly happy either way!
Maybe something set post-canon where Alexios and his whole family are back in Sparta? Maybe Alexios had previously had a casual relationship with both Brasidas and Stentor and now they were all in the same place and, oh, no, feelings? I would also love to see Brasidas and Stentor growing to like each other too, not just for the sake of or through Alexios, though that too is good.
I like all characters so feel free to include/mention others as long as the focus is on the requested!
A non-exhaustive list of things I like: Johnny being tactile as hell and basically touching V all the time (either in a sexy manner or not; he’s a menace) while he’s incorporeal and V having to deal with that without making bystanders thinking he’s lost it; alternatively, Johnny having a body but still being ridiculously tactile even though people can definitely see him now; the inherent fucked-upness of Johnny overwriting V/V being overwritten and yet still them being in a relationship/fucking; fallout of when V let Johnny have a turn with the body and he went way beyond what V agreed to - V in canon just kind of sighs and accepts it as expected Johnny behavior, but he could have easily taken active offense and, well, I’m basically saying angry sex lol; for that matter, I do wonder when, exactly, V and/or Johnny realized they were for real falling for the other?; that ‘your first thought was sex, wasn’t it?’/‘you’re not my type and we’d just be jerking off’ dialogue… that’s it, that’s the prompt, I just like it a lot. And post-canon is just brimming with potential - Merc Legend V and Terrorist Rockstar Johnny Silverhand are probably the talk of the Afterlife. I admit I have a weakness for V being cool and lethal, and I feel like Johnny would appreciate that a lot.
ex old bandmate slash terrorist. Joke aside, I really love the way the relationship happens in the game. Kerry goes from being stuck in his own head and basically using V as a Johnny-link to genuine appreciation of him and it’s really heartwarming. And I refuse to believe V didn’t have at least a tiny crush on Rock Legend Kerry Eurodyne at some point.
Some ideas: Kerry noticing the way Johnny's personality bleeds through in V and maybe having to deal with that, maybe not being sure how much he likes V for V, and how much because Johnny (insert past Kerry/Johnny, requited or not, if you so wish). Kerry being worried for V, either in general or after the ending (that call had to have set off a million warning bells! Even before the news hit!). I will also take any fluffiness, if you’re so inclined.
So, how do all three of them fit together? Messily, one would assume. (Though non-messy would be something to see, too!) My first thought is that they sort of fall into a weird relationship by virtue of Johnny and Kerry separately fucking V, and then it’s not really that big of a deal for them to fuck each other, right? Which presents it’s own problems, if Johnny is still haunting V’s body. How do they each feel about that? Kerry’s probably weirded out, at least initially. I’m down for angst, smut, fluff if you can make it work; anything. And I bet there’s a LOT of jealousy to go around, too - Johnny’s jealous of the strangely wholesome relationship Kerry and V have, Kerry’s jealous because of his Johnny-shaped issues, and V’s jealous of their shared history.
Corpo V has that background of working for counterintel and being heavily implied to have slept his way up to his position (Jenkins’ boy, anyone?) so it wouldn’t even be out of character. I’m also deeply interested in what a Nomad or a Streetkid V in the pre- and early game could cross paths with an Arasaka.
Post-Heist, I think you can go for a V of any background and they’d each bring their own special flavor. Nomad V has the connection of when Yorinobu himself ran away to be a nomad and Streetkid V, while having the weakest link to make him interesting to Yorinobu, could be a nice contrast - a street rat that can easily bring down everything he’s been working at if he went public with what he saw.
Is it some kind of power play on Yorinobu’s part - I know who you are, I can find you any time - that takes a left turn? Maybe post-game, Yorinobu wants to meet the guy who managed to fuck over Arasaka so hard? (And things escalate 👀?)
I like all characters so feel free to include/mention others as long as the focus is on the requested!
I love the character arc of Shepard, how he goes over the course of the games from soldier taking everything in stride to visibly bowed down by all the responsibility on his shoulders. And still, until the end (and even past that, hah) he still stands up and does what must be done. I don't really care about origin/notoriety for Shep (or if he's custom or default), but recently I've been into the whole Butcher of Torfan thing.
I like all characters so feel free to include/mention others as long as the focus is on the requested!
I’d love to see anything of them during the games, or after, or even before if you want to try your hand at it. Established relationship or getting together or something in between is all fine. I’d love something set during ME1, where they’re beholden to Alliance regulations and have to deal with fraternization rules - be it in a lighthearted, fluffy way or a more serious tone. Don’t be afraid of digging into the canon-inherent angst, either! Maybe during or after Virmire, Kaidan and/or Shepard have an ‘oh shit you/I almost died’-fuelled realization of feelings? Or maybe they already are together and now have to grapple with the possible implications of Shepard saving Kaidan instead of Ashley. I really love where their relationship is in ME2 - canon-compliant angst welcome! - and I’d love to see what would’ve happened if they had to be in each other’s orbit for longer than the Horizon confrontation. In ME3, after Kaidan comes back on board, dealing with the way they’ve all changed, seeing how Shepard is simultaneously the same and how he’s not and seeing the same in himself. Any kind of fluff, or smut, set at any point - including post-war ‘thank fuck, we won’ celebrations - are most welcome!
I like the way Garrus holds Shep's opinion/views in such a high esteem that he goes along with them even when it's not what he set out to do and seeks out Shep's approval even though he doesn't actually need it.
I like all characters so feel free to include/mention others as long as the focus is on the requested!
In the first section below I’ve listed my DNWs and general likes, and in the second the specific fandom requests with some prompts/thoughts on why I like that.
The likes and prompts are, of course, purely optional. I’ve included them as a way to show you a general direction of where my taste runs. Also, how much I have to say about a fandom/character/ship isn’t indicative of how much I want it - I’d be equally happy to receive a gift for any of the requests. I’m easy to please, I promise!
That’s all! Happy creating! ❄
General
DNW:
- noncon/rape (dubcon is fine)
- a/b/o / omegaverse
- D/s lifestyle
- torture porn
- permanent death of the requested characters unless it happens in canon (or they’re ghosts/undead of some kind)
- pregnancy
- anything to do with kids including having them, being turned into one, etc.
- underage (under 16)
- first person POV (unless it’s something like epistolary fic)
- unrequited love/pining
- cheating unless it’s canon
- non-canon serious illness (e.g. cancer)
- mundane AUs (coffee shop AU, high school/college AU, etc.)
LIKES
Click on a section name to collapse it.
General Likes
+ worldbuilding+ in-universe politics
+ language differences/barriers
+ character studies
+ characters being really, really good at using weapons
+ outsider POV of things happening
+ plotty stuff
+ missing scenes
+ time travel/time loops (resolved or not)
+ hurt/comfort
+ canon divergence AU
+ fix-its
+ pairings wearing each other’s clothes
+ soulmate AUs (either played straight or subverted is cool; give requested ships different soulmates, if you want, play with the trope to your heart’s content)
+ established relationship
+ enemies to lovers
+ battle couples
+ me and you against the world
+ angst with happy ending
+ expected to die/be killed but lived, has to deal with that
+ canonical sad endings exploration
+ gallows humor
+ bittersweet ending/vibes
Smut Likes
+ emphasis on intimacy between characters+ the inherent eroticism of helping someone put on armor (mutual helping as well)
+ 'you're the enemy but Damn you're hot'
+ one character finding the other’s scars hot
+ sex pollen/wizards* made them do it (*substitute wizards for whatever you want)
+ sex against walls, other non-bed surfaces
+ kneeling
+ hair pulling
+ competence kink
+ praise kink
+ strength kink
+ hand kink
+ biting
+ nipple play
+ breathplay (no actual suffocation, please)
+ gun play
+ knife play
+ edging
+ coming untouched
Fandoms
For easy navigation, I've put fandoms and the elaboration on/prompts for ships in their own details section. As above, click to collapse. THE REST IS COMING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, SORRY ABOUT THAT, CREATOR!
Assassin’s Creed
I'm an absolute sucker for Ancient Greece-inspired media and this game does it so well and is so pretty, I just can't resist it.Historical accuracy is not the name of the game and I'm certainly not expecting it here, so please don't stress out about that (though, alternatively, if you're actually a history nut and know 234689 things about the time period AC:O happens in, feel free to work it in and then tell me that's what you did, I'll be very impressed & love it). And while I'm a fan of the general Isu storyline, if you don't want to deal with that you can ignore them (or even go a step further and AU it so that the Gods are real, actually, and Alexios is a demigod? 👀).
Also for all of the below ships, I’d love any kind of fighting together or against each other or sparring scenario, whether that leads to sex or not.
I like all characters so feel free to include/mention others as long as the focus is on the requested!
Alexios/Brasidas
Brasidas had my heart from the moment he showed up in that warehouse, all badass-like. The way he and Alexios immediately fell into fighting together like a well-oiled machine, like they’ve known each other for ages, is practically all that was needed to sell me on this ship. And then Brasidas died, because of course he did D:.Any route you take with this, I’ll like for sure: you can have Brasidas live, or write something that happens before his death, or after his death and in the Underworld. I’m down for any exploration of their relationship, be it how it starts or how it goes, out in the greater Greek world or in Sparta. I think both of them would be the types to worry that by making a move they might ruin their friendship, so if you’d like to write some extended mutual pining, by all means go ahead~ (I’m fine with them angsting about Ancient Greece’s cultural rules about men sleeping with other men and about what’s socially acceptable and what’s not.)
I’d also love to see some kind of exploration of the fact that Brasidas is a respected Spartan general, with all that implies, and Alexios is… a mercenary. A very impressive mercenary, and maybe even one that goes back to Sparta and becomes a citizen, but a mercenary nonetheless, with all that that implies. (Suggestions - or outright statements - that Alexios might’ve previously done sexual things for money are very much welcome!)
I’m also very much into Deimos!Alexios and Brasidas somehow finding themselves in a relationship of some kind, be that actually ‘together’ or a fuckbuddies situation. I’d love to see them also navigate their past together - Alexios almost killing Brasidas, for one, in an AU - and deal with that. Alternatively, something set earlier, perhaps Deimos is sent to get rid of Brasidas by the Cult for ~reasons, but things don’t quite go as planned? (Insert porn or plot at your convenience.)
Alexios/Stentor
Honestly, I’d love pretty much anything with these two. I love how Stentor is just so painfully a Good Spartan Soldier. They BOTH have Issues™ regarding Nikolaos. Clearly, they should make out about it.Make them gradually come to begrudgingly respect and even like each other, or have them jump straight into a love/hate relationship of some sort. Maybe they (spitefully or not) fuck and then, oops, is that genuine emotion? Maybe they’re fighting (either for real or in a competitive way) and that escalates into angry kissing & sex.
As above, I’d love any kind of exploration of Alexios’ mercenary occupation, possibly as opposed to Stentor’s Spartan-ness. He’s probably not very impressed by Alexios the misthios, so Stentor coming to realize that Alexios is more than a simple money-motivated killer would be interesting! Also, implications-or-statements that Alexios has previously had sex for money are more than welcome (whatever Stentor’s reaction to that may be ;)).
I’d love to see Deimos!Alexios and Stentor, too.
Whether you want to play into (or play up!) the pseudo-incest aspect or go ‘it’s just a legality, they don’t think of the other as a brother in the least’, I’m perfectly happy either way!
Alexios/Brasidas/Stentor
This is basically the previous two smushed together. I’d love to see it!Maybe something set post-canon where Alexios and his whole family are back in Sparta? Maybe Alexios had previously had a casual relationship with both Brasidas and Stentor and now they were all in the same place and, oh, no, feelings? I would also love to see Brasidas and Stentor growing to like each other too, not just for the sake of or through Alexios, though that too is good.
Cyberpunk 2077
I’m partial to a V that’s actually into the whole go big or get dead deal that Night City is selling, even though he’s aware that it’s likely to kill him - though obviously, ymmv, so don’t feel obligated to lean into this if you don’t vibe with it. I tend to go for Corpo V but all lifepaths are cool. Likewise, (Don't Fear) The Reaper is my preferred ending, but regular The Sun is fine. Temperance is fine as well (that good, good angst!). Feel free to pull out the 'and then they miraculously found Johnny's body and V was no longer being erased’ card, too.I like all characters so feel free to include/mention others as long as the focus is on the requested!
Elizabeth Peralez/Jefferson Peralez/Male V
Many people thought that first limo conversation was the prelude to a threesome and by the time V got to their apartment and I saw the way they were standing and carrying themselves, I was definitely agreeing. Both of them just exude that kind of dominant energy, and I’d love to see them take V to bed (or couch, or other appropriate or inappropriate surface). I’d also love to see some paparazzi catch wind that the Mayor of NC and his wife are possibly involved with some edgerunner/Merc Legend, and oh my, look, a scandal! There’s also the mindfuck direction, what with the brainwashing by maybe-AIs. If V’s with them after realizing it, how does he rationalize it? Did he or did he not tell Jefferson what’s happening? Feel free to go all out on the angst on this.Johnny Silverhand/Male V
Look at this totally canon ship, isn’t it great? Lol. Yeah, I love the way they go from ‘can’t stand the sight of you, if I could I’d kill you’ to ‘would literally take a bullet for you and will die for you’ in, like, no time at all.A non-exhaustive list of things I like: Johnny being tactile as hell and basically touching V all the time (either in a sexy manner or not; he’s a menace) while he’s incorporeal and V having to deal with that without making bystanders thinking he’s lost it; alternatively, Johnny having a body but still being ridiculously tactile even though people can definitely see him now; the inherent fucked-upness of Johnny overwriting V/V being overwritten and yet still them being in a relationship/fucking; fallout of when V let Johnny have a turn with the body and he went way beyond what V agreed to - V in canon just kind of sighs and accepts it as expected Johnny behavior, but he could have easily taken active offense and, well, I’m basically saying angry sex lol; for that matter, I do wonder when, exactly, V and/or Johnny realized they were for real falling for the other?; that ‘your first thought was sex, wasn’t it?’/‘you’re not my type and we’d just be jerking off’ dialogue… that’s it, that’s the prompt, I just like it a lot. And post-canon is just brimming with potential - Merc Legend V and Terrorist Rockstar Johnny Silverhand are probably the talk of the Afterlife. I admit I have a weakness for V being cool and lethal, and I feel like Johnny would appreciate that a lot.
Kerry Eurodyne/Male V
The actual canon ship, hah. Almost a strangers to lovers story, except for the part where one of them is possessed by the other’sSome ideas: Kerry noticing the way Johnny's personality bleeds through in V and maybe having to deal with that, maybe not being sure how much he likes V for V, and how much because Johnny (insert past Kerry/Johnny, requited or not, if you so wish). Kerry being worried for V, either in general or after the ending (that call had to have set off a million warning bells! Even before the news hit!). I will also take any fluffiness, if you’re so inclined.
Kerry Eurodyne/Johnny Silverhand/Male V
I ramble about the Johnny/V and Kerry/V above, so some thoughts on Kerry/Johnny: I just love the long and messy history between Johnny and Kerry, and I’m especially partial to it having been some form of requited, though probably pretty messed up, and not just Kerry sadly pining away. In the flashbacks we see, all Kerry does is argue with Johnny, so I like to think they actually fought and were much more equal than Johnny implied when speaking to V. Johnny seems to have real issues with properly acknowledging that, yeah, he does care for Kerry, even though he went and found all this information about him while on that bender. Though I do feel like in 2077 Kerry is more hung up on the ideal of Johnny, rather than the actual person, if that makes sense.So, how do all three of them fit together? Messily, one would assume. (Though non-messy would be something to see, too!) My first thought is that they sort of fall into a weird relationship by virtue of Johnny and Kerry separately fucking V, and then it’s not really that big of a deal for them to fuck each other, right? Which presents it’s own problems, if Johnny is still haunting V’s body. How do they each feel about that? Kerry’s probably weirded out, at least initially. I’m down for angst, smut, fluff if you can make it work; anything. And I bet there’s a LOT of jealousy to go around, too - Johnny’s jealous of the strangely wholesome relationship Kerry and V have, Kerry’s jealous because of his Johnny-shaped issues, and V’s jealous of their shared history.
Yorinobu Arasaka/Male V
Look, I just think it would be cool. Yorinobu is probably one of the most fascinating characters in the game. I love how he’s simultaneously the Bad Guy CEO of a corp and yet we get those hints of him being actually pretty anti-Arasaka (his call during the BD from Evelyn, the backstory snippets we hear of him fighting with Saburo) - so, which is it?Corpo V has that background of working for counterintel and being heavily implied to have slept his way up to his position (Jenkins’ boy, anyone?) so it wouldn’t even be out of character. I’m also deeply interested in what a Nomad or a Streetkid V in the pre- and early game could cross paths with an Arasaka.
Post-Heist, I think you can go for a V of any background and they’d each bring their own special flavor. Nomad V has the connection of when Yorinobu himself ran away to be a nomad and Streetkid V, while having the weakest link to make him interesting to Yorinobu, could be a nice contrast - a street rat that can easily bring down everything he’s been working at if he went public with what he saw.
Is it some kind of power play on Yorinobu’s part - I know who you are, I can find you any time - that takes a left turn? Maybe post-game, Yorinobu wants to meet the guy who managed to fuck over Arasaka so hard? (And things escalate 👀?)
Dragon Age
I like mages and magic, so Mage Inquisitor is preferred though if you want to go with Not, that's fine too!I like all characters so feel free to include/mention others as long as the focus is on the requested!
Cullen Rutherford/Male Trevelyan
Dorian Pavus/Cullen Rutherford
Dorian Pavus/Male Trevelyan
Mass Effect
If I had to pick a favorite game of the trilogy it would have to be ME3, because of the character interactions and the way Shepard feels the most alive (ironically enough); but I also love ME1, where characters feel way more idealistic than they later become, and ME2 where it all seems to be crashing down but it's still bearable. I love the opening of ME2, especially the death scene - there's something very visceral about it, and the way silence is used works wonders.I love the character arc of Shepard, how he goes over the course of the games from soldier taking everything in stride to visibly bowed down by all the responsibility on his shoulders. And still, until the end (and even past that, hah) he still stands up and does what must be done. I don't really care about origin/notoriety for Shep (or if he's custom or default), but recently I've been into the whole Butcher of Torfan thing.
I like all characters so feel free to include/mention others as long as the focus is on the requested!
Kaidan Alenko/Male Shepard
Kaidan my beloved <3 I love, love, love Shepard and Kaidan's relationship; not just the canon ME3 romance, although old soldiers slow burn conclusion is perfect, but all through the 3 games: the easy camaraderie they have in ME1 from the first time we see them talk, through the pain of Horizon (note: I tend to think Kaidan had the right of it there), to the back and forth pushing at the start of ME3. I like the way Kaidan doesn't actively need Shep the way other crew/LI do and is willing to stick to his guns/morals even when it puts the two of them on opposite sides, and I like the role reversal thing they do in ME3, where Kaidan is all “You did what you had to” re: Cerberus, and Shepard is now the one questioning everything.I’d love to see anything of them during the games, or after, or even before if you want to try your hand at it. Established relationship or getting together or something in between is all fine. I’d love something set during ME1, where they’re beholden to Alliance regulations and have to deal with fraternization rules - be it in a lighthearted, fluffy way or a more serious tone. Don’t be afraid of digging into the canon-inherent angst, either! Maybe during or after Virmire, Kaidan and/or Shepard have an ‘oh shit you/I almost died’-fuelled realization of feelings? Or maybe they already are together and now have to grapple with the possible implications of Shepard saving Kaidan instead of Ashley. I really love where their relationship is in ME2 - canon-compliant angst welcome! - and I’d love to see what would’ve happened if they had to be in each other’s orbit for longer than the Horizon confrontation. In ME3, after Kaidan comes back on board, dealing with the way they’ve all changed, seeing how Shepard is simultaneously the same and how he’s not and seeing the same in himself. Any kind of fluff, or smut, set at any point - including post-war ‘thank fuck, we won’ celebrations - are most welcome!
Male Shepard/Garrus Vakarian
Garrus my beloved <3 I love how he basically drops his entire life when Shepard comes knocking. The transformation of ME1 Garrus who's just so clearly start struck by Shepard into ME2 Garrus who's much more world weary and grizzled, but still cracking jokes, to ME3 where he's advising the highest ranks of the Turian military and damn good at it, may just be one of my favorite in the trilogy and in games at all.I like the way Garrus holds Shep's opinion/views in such a high esteem that he goes along with them even when it's not what he set out to do and seeks out Shep's approval even though he doesn't actually need it.
Kaidan Alenko/Garrus Vakarian
The dynamic of Garrus ‘red tape is literally killing me’ Vakarian and Kaidan ‘cutting corners gets people killed’ Alenko is absolutely amazing, that’s all I can say.Kaidan Alenko/Male Shepard/Garrus Vakarian
This is mostly me wanting a mashup of the previous three, to be honest.Garrus Vakarian/Adrien Victus
Kaidan Alenko/Male Shepard/Ashley Williams
Male Shepard/James Vega
Star Wars
I like my Empire characters light sided. And I prefer my agents Chiss and Sith warriors Pureblood, if that comes up. Even better if Cipher Nine ended up turning coat and siding with the Republic at the end of the class story, I live for that irony. (Of course, these are all optional.)I like all characters so feel free to include/mention others as long as the focus is on the requested!