Mythic Quest Fic Prompts/Ideas
I Don't Do Sick: Ian comes into work with the flu. Poppy and Ian can be romantic or platonic. (Hurt/Comfort)
Times Ian fell asleep in his office and someone covered him up with a blanket. It is up to the author whether there is any shippy content or not. (Found Family, Fluff)
Origins of Sarian: Ian tells Poppy how Sarian came to be. (Pre-Series, based on 3×07 "Sarian", TW: Mental Health Issues).
Missing scene from 2×08 "Juice Box": Ian faints. Who called 911?
Missing scene from 3×10 "Buffalo Chicken Pizza": Ian makes himself throw up after eating the pizza. Maybe Dana or Poppy catches him. (TW: EDs)
Ian has a stalker. At first, he blows it off and thinks it's just a passionate fan. Maybe he's even flattered. But, of course things escalate, and he begins to take it seriously and begins to really worry – not for himself, but for the people he cares about (e.g., Poppy, his mom, Brendan).(H/C, Protective MQ gang, found family, angst) (maybe Glenn Howerton can play the stalker (up to the author))
Ian experiences unwanted and persistent advances while out with the MQ gang for whatever reason. Cue his protective and badass MQ family. (H/c, found family) (TW: SH)
Ian finally gets diagnosed with ADHD.
Post-season 4: Ian gets a migraine while at the office. Poppy is on maternity leave. Ian receives comfort from an unlikely, or perhaps a not-so-unlikely, source. (Rachel & Ian friendship, Dana & Ian friendship, Hurt/Comfort)
I have a headcanon that Ian has never had a birthday party before, so I want a fic where it's Ian's birthday, and Poppy knows he's never had a party, so she decides to throw him a surprise party. She gets everyone else on board, too. Poppy and Ian can be platonic or romantic. (TW: Past Child Abuse, Mental Health Issues)
Missing scene from "The Fish and the Whale": Ian comes back to MQ HQ to interrupt the baby shower and get rid of Tracy and rescue Poppy only to realize the ladies of MQ already took care of business. They let him stay. Poppy and Ian can be platonic or romantic.
Brad and Ian as ex FWB. Hear me out: a while ago I read "The Mochaccino/Cortado Summit" by chrundlethegreat on AO3. (I highly recommend reading it.) Anyways, in the notes the author said they unintentionally made Brad and Ian come off as ex-lovers, and now, I can't unsee it (even in canon). I just want a fic that explores this further. Like maybe Ian wanted more than Brad could give him. Or maybe Brad is the one who got too attached, so he pushed Ian away.
What if C.W. had left Ian a letter thanking him for bringing him on? (Spoilers for s03e01 "Across the Universe")
C.W. being a surrogate father to Ian.
"No matter what I say, it's just gonna sound like an excuse.": Post 4×08 – Now that Brendan understands that being an adult is a lot more difficult than he thought, he decides to actually hear his dad out.
Post-(original) Finale: Poppy decides to name the baby Sarian since the game had such a huge impact on her life.
Brad has the Ian sex dream.
Paul has the Ian sex dream.
Post season 4: Ian decides to get something else pierced: his nipples. It is up to the author whether this is smutty or humorous or both.
2×05 AU: What if Ian corrected Poppy when she said it was the first time he was honest with her? (He told her about his dad in "Brendan".)
2×08 AU: What if Ian really did have a heart attack? (Poppy and Ian can be platonic or romantic.)
3×04 (with mentions of events from 3×03) Missing Scene/AU: What if while in the car with Ian, Rachel confronts Ian about why he flinched, and he tells her what he told Poppy in the car in "Brendan"?
4×08 AU: What if Ian had secretly gone to the fight?
Always Sunny x-over: For some reason the gang is in L.A., and Mac meets Ian in a gay bar. Ian, being the narcissist that he is, is enamored by this man- no, *beefcake*, who strikes an uncanny resemblance to himself. Ian gets them a hotel suite because no matter how hot this stranger is, he's not gonna bring him to his compound.
Queer Eye (2018) x-over: Ian submits Poppy's name for a makeover.
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