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Hello! This is a prompt blog dedicated to platonic relationships—friends, siblings and family, queerplatonic relationships, that one coworker who waves at you when you walk in the buildinng. You know.

You don't have to credit me if you use these prompts, but I would love to be tagged in posts if you do, or maybe you could just send me a link. I love reading/seeing stuff like this—I would write and draw it all if I could lol.

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Happy International Friendship Day! I wrote a "poem" a while back about a long-distance friendship and falling in love platonically as an aroace; this feels like a good time to share it.

Here I sit on the swings in this garden

Thinking of you, our week spent together

Some flowers falls violently, one hits my back

I think to myself 'What season is this?

Perhaps it is autumn', but we're in full summer.

It must be because I associate you

With the fond memory of when it hit me

Again with such violence, that one realization

One I'd never tell you, lest it hurts you, too

Let's just see each other in a year or two.

Then I'll let you know, if you're close enough

That I'll be there for you, no matter how far

But really I don't need you to feel the same

It's more than enough that you told me you'll stay

I do not need you to change yourself

Because I love you as you are, my friend

So I did not dare ask to hold your hand

Didn't demand a longer embrace

Didn't feel hurt when we parted ways

'Cause now I am sure that I'll meet you again.

Platonic love, what a funny thing it is

The saying "just friends", they've got no idea!

They think we've it easy, no chances of heartbreak

Cold-hearted as robots, unmovable as mountains

I too was floored when instead I experienced

The highs and the lows of this love rollercoaster

The worries, the tears, that feeling of dread

'I'd rather be a robot or mountain', I'd said.

But then I saw you once more

In our scorching summer heat

Your eyes always closed

The illusion of distance

We sat and talked easy,

That dread all but gone

And now that you are, too

I feel no remorse:

It really was worth

All the beats it cost

My green and purple heart.

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Reading a bedtime story to younger characters...and the older ones listening in.

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"little boy, who loves you like the sea?

what mother here would wait for you,

call to you, love you like she does?"

-mothers, lilli furfaro

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characters and their pets

A accidentally sends a weird text because their cat knocked their phone into their face while trying to lay down. The cat is comfy but at what cost?

A is terrified of dogs, but that doesn't mean they're heartless. When they stumble across an abandoned dog, they call B to help take care of it.

Attempting to wrangle a viscious kitten into a cat carrier for a trip to the vet, and eventually calling in reinforcements. The more, the better.

A's friends all taking turns walking their dog when they get sick.

^ The dog seems to understand A hates being alone, and is clearly scheming ways to make their friends stay.

Taking care of a pet after the death of a loved one.

^ Bonus points if it's a childhood pet that brings back bittersweet memories.

Pets as a metaphor for self care...

Making better meals for the pet than they make for themself.

The pet becoming increasingly skilled at stealing food from A's plate.

^ From sneaking bits off the plate to outright knocking the plate over and taking off with as much as they can (looking at my cat...)

Laying on their pet's fur after a long, horrible day.

Shared custody of the pet. No, B doesn't own and has never owned A's pet, but they demand visitation rights.

A becoming friendly with the other dog parents at the dog park.

^ They start throwing dog parties. Becoming a soccer mom for dogs. Other dogs drag their owners over to say hi in hopes A will give them a treat—and they always do.

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A character undergoes a transformation into something monsterous—metaphorically or literally—and their family is there to love them anyway.

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"oh, what have you become?

oh, you were your mother's son

oh, this world is cruel, I know

oh, I wish it spared you"

-a good man, semler

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running away together

writing prompts

Hiding out in a cafe together on the first day out, frantically making a plan.

^ Leaving without paying for the drinks; one character leaves a little note behind that says, "sorry! thank you!" This may or may not come back to bite them all.

Diguising themselves with big bulky jackets and some box hair dye. Maybe they end up looking a bit ridiculous in the process.

^ They barely recognize themselves in the mirror. It feels good.

Finding a small alcove to hide in together. It's cramped and there's a corner digging into a character's side, but it's cozy enough if you squint.

Sacrificing someone's shirt/jacket to make bandages, patching up someone's wounds.

Putting their hands over eachother's mouths when they need to be quiet.

^ "Be quiet." "No, YOU be-" "SHH!"

Despite all odds, even with the future uncertain, they finally feel safe sitting next to their loved ones.

art prompts

It starts raining, and the group fights eachother to stand underneath the tallest person's jacket.

Characters in diguise, covering up notable features in odd ways.

Hiding from the person/people who are looking for them.

One character holding another, offering comfort.

Traveling; riding in a train, or sitting atop the roof of a car.

Sitting in front of a fire together.

Drawing from the perspective of a security camera.

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"Whispers and words from so long ago

Warmth is missing from the hearth

The melody sings from memory

I'll stay for you..."

-Spell of the Heart, Isabella LeVan

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Falling asleep on a group call with friends.

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adult sibling & teenage sibling

writing prompts

A keeping B’s favorite snacks stocked…B will eat all of their regular food if they don’t.

Officially, the living room is for everyone. Unofficially, it’s B’s room; they sleep there a lot, and all of their stuff is left haphazardly around the couch, much to A’s annoyance.

B demanding A take them places—restaurants, arcades, parks—just because they can (no, they don’t miss their older sibling being around the house at all. they just want free food).

B borrowing the spare key for their parents to get in when A is out, using A’s apartment as a quiet study space or napping there.

A’s roommates learn to accept there is just going to be another pseudo-roommate.

B bringing “housewarming gifts”…which is mostly just junk and trinkets they don’t want anymore. A finally draws the line at a broken wooden spoon that B felt bad about throwing away.

A feeling homesick and throwing rocks at B’s window to make them get up and unlock the door.

A calling B and demanding they come to their apartment and get the big ass spider out, please. It’s in front of the door, they can’t come pick B up. YES, IT’S A MASSIVE SPIDER.

B finding a box of stray cats and bringing them to A’s apartment because their parents said no to taking care of them.

art prompts

B sneaking in through A’s window like a cryptid (or silhouetted in front of the light of A’s refrigerator; very creepy until A turns the light on).

B trick-or-treating at A’s house, costume and all.

A trying to be a responsible adult, but their gremlin little sibling is standing menacingly behind them.

B napping on A’s couch, who looks annoyed as they cover them with a blanket or put a pillow under their head.

A and B have very different aesthetics, and B is slowly decorating A’s house with more and more of their stuff. Draw an area where these aesthetics clash horribly.

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🪸 masterlist 🪸

Prompt Lists

adult sibling and teenage sibling

running away together

characters and their pets

Mini Prompts

sleepy

transformation

bedtime story

Song Prompts

spell of the heart

a good man

mothers