romantic headcanons a reader needs to know about your couple, part 2:
If the AU was a fan fiction, what would be the tags or tropes?; Tension, Angst, Teeth-Rotting Fluff, Trapped Together in Enclosed Spaces, Forced Proximity, Forced to Work Together, Walking In on One Another, Bickering, First Kiss, Sudden Kiss, Arranged Marriage, Star Crossed Lovers, Secretly Soft, Worships the Ground they walk on, Slowly Obsessed With One Another, Road Trip, Found Family, Two Different Worlds, We Have To Stop Meeting Like This, Golden Labrador Boy, Boy/Girl Next Door, Grumpy/Sunshine, Grumpy/Grumpy, Popular/Nerd, Bad Boy/Good Girl, Black Cat/Tabby Cat, Showing The Other How They Should be Cared for, Baking Together Kronk's New Groove Style, yOU VEX ME, Honourable Gentleman, Youâve Always Been Beautiful To Me, Rivals to Lovers, Enemies to Lovers, ohmygOD! Letâs just make out!, Mafia, Violent Meet Cute, Badass Couple, Proudly Watching His Girl, Supporting One Another No Matter What, I can take you away from here!, Mistaken Identity, 2000s Makeover Scene, Bisexual Crisis, Fake Dating, One Night, Happened One Summer, Second Chance, Writing Songs About You, Falling In Love with Words, Secret Identity, Fighting for Survival, Us Two Against the World, Kissing at the End of the World, On the Run, Getting to know you through kissing, You inspire Me, Long Distance, Power Couple, Forbidden love, Weâre the Bad Guys, Betrayal, You Could Never Scare Me, Lots of Letters, Love Conquers All, Iâll Save you, Comfort Me, Writing Songs for One Another, Canât take my eyes off you, Playboy gets whatâs coming,Â
Coffee Shop AU: What is the Coffee Shop called? Are they an employee or customer; either enjoying their drink, trying to study, or taking their chance to flirt?
High School AU: Are they the star athlete, top academic or biggest trouble maker? Is it an unusual year full of mysteries to solve or a typical shenanigans one? Are they the it couple, just finding one another or the will they, wonât they or rivals in their shared club? Did one change over the summer much to delight or need to figure out for the other? How do they flirt; through little notes, gifts, pet names? What about if theyâre teachers? Do their students try and set them up together?Â
High Fantasy AU: What House do they come from? Are they or their House trying to repay debts, discover something or make a name for themselves? How are they pulled together and are their goals shared or in detriment of one anotherâs? Does the goal change upon knowing the other? Are they frequent healer and patient to one another?Â
Modern AU: How did they meet? What are their jobs? What is the trouble for them to face?Â
Bakery AU: Is one the baker, the other customer or rival baker or the new hire or works down the road and canât stop coming in because the shop smells so good?Â
Dancer AU: What style does each person dance? Are they a teacher at their own studio, desperately trying to ace their audition or just starting out? Does dancing bring them together or are they rivals in their art?
Sports AU: What sport do they both play? Are they pretending to be someone else to be on the other personâs team? Why?Are they the opposing ice skaters or hockey players; sharing a rink or transport? Do they teach the other a different way to be on the ice?
Single Parent AU: Who is the single parent and who is the teacher or other single parent who comes into their life? Who is their child? Is their child the reason they started dating, other than being the reason they met?
Rockstar AU: Did they know each other before one got famous? How does it work now they are famous? Are they both famous? Are they fake dating to market themselves and their projects to the public? Are they fake dating to save one of their reputations? How do their fans act when they find out theyâre dating? Do they write songs about each other? Do they make music together?Â
Battle of the Bands AU: Why did they apply? What is their band called? Who plays what? Are they trying to knock off their rivalsâ winning streak or do they have something to prove or is this just fun for them? Do they win?
Gamer AU: What online game do they both meet on or get to know each other through? What are their usernames? Will they ever meet in person on purpose or does it have to be an accident?
Steampunk AU: Are they mechanics or scavengers trying to make a flying machine together? Are they residents in a floating city that could at any moment come crashing down? Are they on the run from a governing force, what secret illegal object do they carry and have they pulled the other into this mess by accident or on purpose? Are they from two different worlds, forced together by events?Â
Pirate AU: Are they apart of the same crew or enemies or marooned together on a deserted island after both being told to walk the plank and surviving? Do they form their own crew and get revenge or try to find the treasure so they can retire?
Cowboy AU: Are they cowboys, the law, city folk? Are they thrown into adventure and trouble or find it together? Are they forming a crew to take on a job or was that the plan before someone attacked the nearby village?Â
Superhero AU: What are their powers? How did they discover their powers? Are they hunted by a force for their powers? Did they both get their powers due to some shared event? Do they work together or against one another?
Faerie AU: Who is the fae, who is the human? How do they meet? What brings the two worlds together?
Merpeople AU: Who is the mer, who is the human? How do they meet? Do they protect them by hiding them from the world, helping them hide within humanity or by joining them under the sea?
Magical Girl AU: Who is the magical girl? What are they trying to navigate while also balancing their magical duties? Does the other know theyâre a magical girl or are they trying to keep it secret from them? Does the other have a secret from them about their role/duty in magic?
Alien AU: Who is the alien and who is the human who found them? Where did they crash? Is the crash site noticeable? Have they come to Earth to learn of its cultures or was it by accident? How do they fix their spaceship? Does the human go with them or does the Alien stay?
Summer Camp AU: Why are they councillors at the Summer Camp this particular year? Do they teach the same activity?
Fake Dating AU: Why does one of them need a fake date? What are they trying to prove? Why does the other agree to it? Do they do a good job at convincing everyone else?
Arranged Marriage AU: Are they pleasantly surprised by the arrangement or horrified? Do they even know one another or is this their first time meeting? Why was this choice made?
Letters AU: Why are they long distance? Do they start with too little to say before they are handing over entire essays? What secrets can they admit on the page but not in person? Can they read each otherâs handwriting? What happens when they stop receiving letters? Do they still keep the letters after all this time when theyâre back together?
Poolboy AU: Which friend or family member hired a pool cleaner for them and who shows up?
Detective AU: What crime brings them together? Are they partners or is one refusing to sit around and wait for the crime to be solved so helping, much to the resistance of the other?
Crime Lord AU: How do they end up in each otherâs path? Do they work together, is one meant to be sent as a message to another gang or are their gangs coming together? What changes things?
Bandit AU: Are they rival bandit leaders or work together in the same gang? Do they work well together or have very different methods when it comes to stealing? Was one kidnapped to marry the other? How goes their quick wedding? Do they try to work out their marriage? How is the criminal lifestyle?
Star Wars AU: Are they Royalty, Rebels, Jedi, Smugglers, the Empire?What brings them together? What journey do they take?
Star Trek AU: What position are they? What is their shipâs mission and how are they thrown together to help work towards it?
Being Human AU: Who is a vampire, ghost or werewolf? How did they meet? Why did they decide to live together?
Last of Us AU: Are they forced to work together or a duo already? Who is this child they now have to look after?Â
Town of Salem AU: Is one the murderer, or are they both innocent, racing against the clock to figure out who it is before itâs too late? Does one get put on trial, how does the other react?
Ib AU: How were they pulled into the art world? What colour is their rose? How do they escape?
Summary: Tropes? Kinks? Positions? Time of Day? Where?
First Time: Where? Spontaneous or planned? Does it go according to plan? Why now? Able to control themselves, full of giggles or swept away in passion? Preparation? Positions? What happened to their clothes? Are they confident or shy about being naked? Encouragement in the form of sweet or dirty words, asking questions, eye contact, liquid courage? Taking one anotherâs virginity? Have they had fantasies of this moment? How was it? Aftercare? Did they fall asleep straight away or not at all? Did they regret how they went about it? Did they put everything into satisfying the other?
Morning After: Repeating last night, convincing the other to come back to bed or wake up to a note? Instantly get dressed, fall back asleep or help one another get dressed? Interrupted by a phone call, roommate or unwelcome visitor? Share lingering kisses at the door, make or get breakfast, laugh at the situation or have a quick getaway? Any teasing between them?
Something New: Do they tease each other regular, through words or physically? Have they ever had dreams of the other? Any rules they have with one another? Are they currently trying for a baby? Toys? Clothing? Rope?
Riskiest Place: Where? Why? Did they have to lie/explain themselves after?
Nicknames: What are they? What kind of nicknames? Soft, Everyday Nicknames? Dirty Nicknames? Secret Nicknames? Nicknames in another language?
Codewords: Do they have codewords or phrases that mean âget me out of hereâ? What would the other do if it was said?
Tattoos: Do they have matching tattoos? What of? What does it mean? Did they design it together or is it a symbol of something?
First Kiss: Is there a height difference? Are they shy about it?
Dates: What was their first date? Was it organised or spur of the moment? What was their vision for it? What was the reaction? Did they get the other flowers, do they still get the other flowers for date night? Anything they did on the first date which they look back on warmly? Do they try to have date night weekly or monthly, or is that not achievable for them? Why? Best dates they have had? Star-gazing, picnics, aquarium, karaoke, coffee shops, Renaissance Fair, antique markets, escape rooms, laser tag, gardens/greenhouse tour, sushi bar, nightclub, staying in? Did they kiss at the end of the night? If their first date was a movie, what movie was it? Do they see the film better than the general public does because of the shared memories to do with it? Do they keep little trinkets of each date? If theyâre young, have they gone to school dances together? How did they ask the other? What was the dance like? Has any of the places they have been on dates get shut down? Did they try to save the location or do one last send off together for it?
Birthdays: What plans do they make? Do they hide presents from one another? Do they do surprises? Any birthday traditions? Do they bake the other a birthday cake, are they good or very trying baker?
Valentineâs Day: What do they do for the day; arcade, rollerskating, move night? Gifts; Flowers, Chocolates, Jewellery, Favour Vouchers, Cassette Tape/CDs, Small or Big Presents? What is their love languages and how do they show their care for the other?
Halloween: Do they couple costume (and what as?) or surprise one another with their costumes? Do their friends and them have a group costume or theme? Do they watch scary movies, the TV Show Over the Garden Wall or play horror games together? Do they decorate their shared space together or make Halloween themed treats? Do they do for the other the âboo basketâ trend from TikTok, what do they put into it?
Travel: Do they travel together regularly? Does one make sure the other takes a break by booking a trip somewhere? Where do they prefer to relax? What climate or location do they suffer through for the other? Is there any place, no matter where they are in the world, they try to find during the trip?
Holidays: How do they celebrate the holidays (any)? Any traditions? Do they have good experience with the holidays, how does the other try to help by getting them through that time of year? If they do presents, what do they get for them? Clothing, Self Care, A Joke Gift, Trips, Books, Something they need or think that they need, handmade coupons? What about food, are either good cooks? Is the holidays a stressful time for them, how do they get to enjoy it? Have they ever been caught together, pushed together underneath or tried to catch the other under the Mistletoe, how did it go? Did they meet on New Year, were they each otherâs New Year Kiss? Are they still each otherâs New Year kiss because itâs âtraditionâ?
Arguments: What ticks the other off? How do they compromise?Â
Jealous: Do they get jealous if someone shows attention to their other? How does that look? Can they handle it maturely or are they trying to improve at that?Does the other find it cute or sexy? Can they appear level-headed or do they come across possessive or like a kicked puppy? Do they place a hand on their back or sneak an arm around them to reel them in? Does it go extreme or come off chill? Is it realised by the other? Do they take them away from the offending party? Give kisses and cuddles? Do they introduce themselves to the offending party? Do they even bother to look at the offending party, instead completely focusing on the other? Do they find it funny that someone is trying to flirt with the other when they are very clearly in a relationship? Do they think the other deserves better? Have they gotten over that thought process over time? If itâs an ex, do they make it clear to them that they have made a huge mistake letting the other go?
Quiet Time: What activity do they do together or sit with the other during their quiet time? Why is it comforting for them? Are they particularly patient? Is the other understanding of their impatience and how they have to be doing things because sitting still is unbearable? What is the most intriguing thing they have done to stop themselves from sitting still?
Meeting the Parents: Is either of them nervous?What did they have to warn the other about when coming home? Does the other bring anything for the parents? Do they dress to impress or have had no time to prepare? Do the parents like the other or not? Is there any moment where they see the other becoming their future in-law? Are they surprised by how their child acts around the other? Is it easy for them to stay at the parentsâ house? Do they see a lot of childhood pictures or hear a lot of childhood stories of the other? Is the parent/s dead, did the other know?
Proposal: Did they want to propose quickly or took their time? Were they convinced by others to have a long engagement or rush into it? Is anyone opposed to the engagement? How do they made the right decision despite others?
Wedding: What is the theme? What do the couple share together that had to be at their wedding? What do they give the other as a wedding gift? How do they present their vows? If theyâre attending as guests, is the other a good plus one? How?
Children: Have they had a conversation about children? Was it open, honest and accepting? Did the conversation change how they saw the future? Any promises made? Is one already a parent, the other slowly becoming part of the family? When was the first time they were called âDadâ or âMumâ? How did it feel? Did either of them become a âstay at homeâ parent, did it surprise them to be? What is something their child introduced them to that needed explaining from the other? Do they take their child to Disneyland; getting them Mickey Mouse ears, which kind?, taking lots of photos, what of?, trying different foods and rides, do they get the pictures they take of you on the rollercoasters? Do they wait in queues for Disney characters, who was the favourite or most memorable?, or draw at the studios, what was that like? Do they buy keepsakes, what are they? Do they stay for fireworks or does their child fall asleep before then? Is it a memorable holiday?
Parenting: How do they parent? Where are their strengths?Â
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