Collection of Prompts

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[berrystainedsue]

[hoovesandfloorpaws]

@homosociallyyours HELLO

[ao3commentoftheday]

By the Numbers - a short fic challenge

Write a fic with 6 puns/references/inside jokes in 7 sentences.

Write about the meaning of life, the universe, or everything in exactly 42 words.

Write a smut scene in 69 words.

Write a fic of 101 words that includes at least one dog.

Write a 10 sentence fic about why one character hates another.

Write a 666-word fic about a dark omen.

Write a fic containing substance use that is 420 words long.

Write a fic that's 404 words long about a character who can't find something.

Write a fic with a three-digit word count (100-999) that contains your AO3 user number.

Write a 314-word fic that contains a mathematical concept.

Write a new backstory in exactly 52 words.

Write a 616-word fic that takes place in our universe (for a fandom that doesn't).

Write a dystopian future!fic that is 2046 words long.

Write a fic about an evil government that is 1984 words long.

Write a fic that is 177 words long and contains the number 76 and a reference to football.

Write a fic about a hacker that is 1337 words long.

Write a fic that is 24 sentences long, formatted in 7 paragraphs, and describes a character's year.

[braverytattoos]

Harry as a doctor on SNL

[addie-snowflakelths]

Not but like….

I want an enemies to lovers in an hospital with Harry, head of the ER and Louis, the hot new cardiac surgeon… and they cross paths all the time and despise each other because H is reckless and stubborn while Louis wants him to stop being so intense….

And you know what?

They fuck all the time during their shifts to release tension after saving a patient in extremis or losing one… idc… and they don’t talk about it afterwards… they don’t kiss, they don’t have little touch… until one day… one day where H lets his guard down and allow Louis closer because they’ve lost a patient, a child… and H will resent Louis after because he can’t be weak… he can’t… he’s Dr Harry fucking Styles and Louis makes him weak (for him but he doesn’t understand that…)

and and and ….

MAKE ME STOP 😭😭😭😭😭

[bloodiedbriars]

touch starvation

too scared to ask for affection

testing the waters with “casual” brushes

“please, don’t go…”

meeting a naturally physically affectionate person and being thrown for a loop

freezing up when receiving physical affection and not knowing how to react

being uncomfortable when they do receive affection

seeking out hobbies associated with physical contact (dancing, wrestling, …)

watching someone hug and feeling envy

taking long, hot showers to simulate touch

hugging self in bed to self soothe

trying to replace human affection with animal companions

learning to ask for hugs and cuddles

once they feel comfortable with it, they become insatiable for touch

(is also sometimes called “skin hunger” and i just think that’s sick)

(Whumpuary 2026, Day 29: Touch Starved)

[creativepromptsforwriting]

A hug...

... to comfort. warm arms embracing you, pressing your head into their chest, listening to their calming heart beat, whispering that it will all be just fine.

... to reassure. a solid embrace, holding you up. tight, but never too tight. ready to lean on.

... to welcome you home. familiar arms wrapped around your body, breathing in their scent, feeling right at home where you belong.

... to hide their face. face turned away in the crook of their neck. not wanting to betray themselves, not ready to be seen, to be truly known.

... to rejoice. a fierce embrace, lifting you off your feet, spinning you around, laughter in your ear.

... to threaten. arms holding tight, just a little too tight. searching for a way to escape, but being locked in.

... to let you go. a last goodbye. not willing to let go, but not able to hold on any longer.

[thepokyone-deactivated20250302]

Soulmate AU List

Good news! I have finally finished my newest drabble list, which I will no doubt be using more than once. I have compiled 51 soulmate AUs from various sources (though a couple are my own) and put them together for you to choose from. Please give me one number ONLY per character. If you’d like use this list, go ahead! If you want, you can tag me so I can see what you’ve come up with :)

List of AUs:

1. You get a craving for whatever your soulmate is eating at the time. 2. One of your eyes is the same color as your soulmate’s. 3. You have the first words your soulmate says to you somewhere on your body (and vise versa). 4. You have your soulmate’s name somewhere on your body. 5. Everyone is able to see each other’s aura. You and your soulmate have the same-colored aura, and you will stop seeing auras altogether after you meet them. 6. You can communicate telepathically with your soulmate. 7. Your internal voice is the voice of your soulmate’s, rather than your own. 8. You can feel what your soulmate is feeling (and vise versa). 9. Anything you draw/write on your own skin appears on your soulmate’s. 10. You have a clock that counts down until you meet your soulmate. 11. You and your soulmate share matching tattoos. 12. You have half of a tattoo, and your soulmate has the other. 13. You and your soulmate have matching tattoos that become clear once you meet. 14. You see in black and white until you meet your soulmate - then you can see colors. 15. Your soulmate’s scars appear on your body (and vise versa). 16. You have tattoo(s) of the things your soulmate loves. 17. You have a compass on your body that leads you to where your soulmate is. 18. If you dye your hair, your soulmate’s hair color changes as well. 19. You have the date that you’ll meet your soulmate tattooed somewhere on your body. 20. You have a tattoo that changes color depending on what your soulmate is feeling. 21. The only thing you remember from your past life is the face of your soulmate. 22. You share a dream with your soulmate when you’re both asleep. 23. You can see the red string of fate when you close your eyes, which will lead you to your soulmate. 24. You have a meter of how in-danger your soulmate is. 25. Everyone has a journal that allows them to write back and forth with their soulmate. 26. The outline of your shadow is your soulmate. 27. You have a tattoo of how old your soulmate will be when you meet. 28. You have a tattoo of your soulmate’s initials. 29. You can see every color except the color of your soulmate’s eyes until you meet them. 30. Every so often you will get flashes of what your soulmate is seeing at the time, however your soulmate does not know when it happens. 31. You will receive the same injuries as your soulmate (unless deadly). 32. You will feel the same sensations that your soulmate is feeling (pain, touch, etc). 33. You have a moving tattoo that always faces the direction your soulmate is. Your soulmate has a matching one, and the tattoos touch when you do. 34. You can taste what your soulmate is eating at the time. 35. You get flowered tattoos wherever your soulmate receives a scar. 36. Once a year, starting on your 16th birthday, soulmates swap bodies for a day if they have not met yet. 37. Your chest will glow when you get close to your soulmate. 38. You can only see in the eye color of your soulmate until you meet them (though the color can be altered through things like colored contacts). 39. You and your soulmate share the same talents. What one learns, the other can also do. 40. If your soulmate is listening to music, you can hear it too, and it gets louder the closer you are to them. 41. The closer you are to your soulmate, the more color you can see. The farther away, the less colors. 42. Your heart beats your soulmate’s name in morse code. 43. The name of your soulmate appears on your skin after you meet them. 44. You are deaf until you meet your soulmate, whose voice is the first thing you hear. 45. You can only see color when you and your soulmate are touching. 46. You feel intense pain in your soul when your soulmate is in life-threatening danger. 47. You have your soulmate’s name on one wrist and your enemy’s on the other, and have no idea which one is which. 48. You are born with a small black heart that beats/grows with your soulmate’s. It turns red once you’ve met them. 49. You cannot feel pain until you meet/touch your soulmate. 50. You are born with the fingerprints of your soulmate somewhere on your body. 51. Your soulmate’s current thoughts about you will show up on your skin for a short while.

[howdidigethereficfest]

How Did I Get Here? Fic Fest

Since this song doesn't yet have a writer for the fest, here is some inspiration to get you thinking!

- Lemonade Inspiration -

🍋 Lyrics

🍋 Prompt ideas:

Louis goes on a lads trip to Costa Rica and meets an interesting fellow traveler

One night Louis is out drinking and as he walks home he sees a bright yellow spaceship and a handsome man/alien appears in front of him

A canon fic about what happens during the recording of Lemonade

Louis is a travel guide in Costa Rica, taking travelers on ATV tours

🍋 Prompt list links:

summer whump

summer prompts

smutty summer prompts

more smutty summer prompts

🍋 The music video:

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[creativepromptsforwriting]

quiet I love yous

because they brought home your favourite snack

because they decide to stay in tonight together

when they hand you the last bite of their favourite dessert

because they remembered how you take your coffee without asking

when they notice you're overwhelmed and quietly take over a chore

right after they tuck the blanket around your shoulders

mumbling it half-asleep, not even fully aware they said it

when they kiss your forehead before leaving

because they save you from a spider

when you laugh at something they said and they realise how much they adore you

because you're excited about something small and they love seeing you light up

because you're humming absentmindedly and it makes them smile

[homunculus-argument]

Hey fanfic writers who know their way around the kitchen, I have an idea for you:

Pick two characters that you like writing together, and a recipe you're proud of doing really well, and then write a short story of the two of them making that dish, depicted in such precise detail that someone reading through it could actually reproduce the dish by just following the instructions written into the action and dialogue.

If you're so inclined, you may keep sprinkling the story with red herring hints that the story is going to get ~saucy~ at some point, but it doesn't. You're just showing your readers how to make one hella damn good lemon meringue. Nobody fucks around your lemon meringue.

[lfprompts]

I have an idea for a fanfic. Basically a story about Harry being in a relationship with a girl to appease his homophobic father but is having a friends with benefits relationship with Louis. They both play soccer and have to travel by plane for a tournament and they end up stranded on an island. Louis and Harry then figure out that they want to be together but when they get found, Harry doesn’t immediately break up with his girlfriend so it causes issues with him and Louis.

Harry hasn’t come out to his father but has heard comments made about gays so is in a relationship with a girl to appease him. The girlfriend believes the relationship is real but Harry sees her more as a friend. Louis and Harry basically use each other for sex until just before having the leave for the tournament they both realize they want more. It causes issues when they first get stranded in an island but the figure things out and become boyfriends. The timeframe for being stranded on the island is about a month? Not enough time for Harry’s girlfriend to move on but enough time to have the situation cause problems in the relationship.

Sorry if I repeated myself a bit. Was just trying to get my point across. Obviously it doesn’t have to go exactly like this but this was my vision lol

.

[lfprompts]

Is there any type of Frankenstein fics out there??

I looked through ao3 and found one fic

Fictober 2019 Collection: Chapter 19: "Secrets? I love secrets." by fairytalefemme

Harry is teen frankenstein and he has a crush on Louis who hasn't noticed he's a classic movie monster

Hopefully the new movie will inspire some more Frankenstein aus!

[harryisamilf]

au: where louis owns a big bike and harry is his passenger princess

[nadiahilker]

i’m always a slut for a christmas au 

“i know we hate each other but it’s christmas eve and your flight was cancelled please come inside”

“i got you for secret santa so i got you this really expensive but sentimental gift that you’ve always wanted, hoping you’ll never find out it’s from me - and that i’ve been in love with you 1234567 years” SNOWBALL FIGHTS

“hi we’re neighbours and omg are you alright i could smell cooking burning - whoaaa now that’s just embarrassing? step aside i’ll handle this”

person a seducing person b into taking a few steps back/backing them against the wall (”oh look, how did that mistletoe get right there????”)

“you’re in the hospital for the holidays so i came in while you were sleeping to decorate your room i love you merry christmas”

“YES I BOOBY TRAPPED THE PRESENTS BECAUSE YOU DO THIS EVERY FUCKING YEAR”

“i live below you and i was minding my own business watching the snowfall out the window WHEN I SAW A BODY FALL ARE YOU REALLY PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS LIGHTS NOW”

I KNITTED YOU A JUMPER

MY MOM KNITTED YOU A JUMPER

“we’re strictly ‘platonic’ but we’re snowed in omg we’re gonna have to repopulate the earth”

“i slipped on ice outside your house and you ran out barefoot to help me quick let’s get inside under a blanket”

“’it’s a wonderful life’ aww it sounds so cute babe sure we can watch it! *30 mins later* “YOU MONSTER”

“we were playing in the snow and you suddenly tackled me to the ground and now…we’re just…staring… at each other…”

“YOU DON’T LIKE MARSHMALLOWS IN YOUR HOT CHOCOLATE? WHY DO YOU HATE LOVE”

TREE DECORATING (bonus points if one of them is doing it completely wrong omg why am i in love with you) 

“we took our kids to santa’s workshop and they both wished we would get together” FRIENDS AU - “our christmas party turned into a tropical theme because the radiator is broken and it’s hotter than hell in here - damn you look good without a shirt i never noticed before asgdhfjgkhl” 

“we’re co workers who hate each other but you had too much to drink at the staff christmas party and admitted your love for me i don’t know how to act around you now” 

DRUNKEN CAROLLING (”that’s not a thing” “oh yes it is”) 

TEACH ME HOW TO SKI (lol jk i know how you’re just so fucking cute)

“there’s a storm and omg i’m losing signal are you okay?? hold on let me drive 489432 miles to get you the night before christmas” 

PULLING YOU IN FOR A KISS WITH A SCARF 

“i did that annoying thing where i put loads of smaller boxes inside one big box and you’re getting really mad but you don’t know that the ring is in the smallest box and i can’t wait to see your face”

[aromanticgcallen]

OBLIGATORY 'AUS I REALLY WANT' POST

incredibly long crosscountry train ride AU

police procedural AU

bookstore AU

reluctant teammates that save the world together AU

platonic living together AU

lawyers AU

stuck-in-an-airport-because-the-flights-were-SO-VERY-delayed-and-it’s-like-two-am AU

sent to live with cousins AU

pretending to be siblings because of reasons AU

teaming up to rescue respective abducted children AU

pseudo-adopting-the-runaway-i-ran-into AU

forget high school students AU i want a high school teachers AU

law school AU

[aromanticgcallen]

HERE HAVE SOME MORE

on the same college tour AU

trapped in a bank during a robbery AU

forced to share a table at the coffee shop a couple days in a row because crowded coffee shop and no room AU

DOCTORS AU

medical school AU

ride the same bus together literally every day AU

vet clinic AU

‘i’m pretending to be ur bff bc u looked VERY uncomfortable with that person at the bar hitting on u’ AU

college professors AU

on a train together and the train is stopped in the middle of nowhere for some reason AU

[mraculous]

we’ve all heard of the fake dating trope… but have u considered.. fake exes trope…..

‘my new romance-obsessed friend asked me who my last date was with and i was too embarrassed to say i’ve never been on a date so i blurted your name and it turns out they know you’ au

‘i didn’t want to tell my friend who my real date last night was so i just pointed at a random stranger (you) but now they’re storming over to interrogate you and you’re playing along??? okay’ au

‘a mutual friend tried to introduce us, but we already knew each other from LARPing but we’re both too embarrassed to admit that so i jokingly said we used to date and oh god now our friend wont stop interrogating us about it’ au

‘im egging your house for a dare but your parent is a cop and they’re yelling at me so i told them that you were my ex and you wronged me and now you’re coming outside and please go along with this i don’t want to go to jail’ au

‘my current partner is a huge asshole and i need a reason to break up with them so will you pretend to be my possessive and violent ex’ au

‘we’re contestants on a reality show and we kind of hate each other so the producers told us to pretend to be warring exes for the ratings so now we keep inventing crazier and crazier things the other did while we were dating’ au

[wellntruly]

The kids have found a way to do the old ‘30s/40s comedy of remarriage without the original marriage, that’s incredible

[shittyaus]

summer writing prompts

its burning death outside and someone just fainted so i dumped water on their face oh god what do i do now 

i have to be a lifeguard in a shitty community pools and i thought you were drowning but you actually weren’t drowning and now im mortified 

we were at the beach all day and we fell asleep and now its night, the breeze is cool and sand is warm, tell me the story of every constellation u know

you, me and the kiddie pool in the back yard. we’ll have sprinklers and bright popsicles and ill get this sick sunburn and you’ll get this sick tan

its a hundred degrees out so no i don’t want to make out you lump get off. lets just chill in front the fan and have watermelon slices or something

water gun fight to the death u asshole

[hlsummerexchange2017]

Here are some summer prompt ideas to jog your creativity while signing up for the exchange! (No, your prompts don’t need to be summer related–these are just ideas.)

[trashyeggroll]

new trope just dropped

[sparklinglakemonster]

Lake Michigan really can do anything, can't she?