This November, weâre celebrating Qvember, a creative fandom challenge for Dept. Q on Netflix, and weâd love for you to join!
We have prompts for every day of November to spark your imagination. Whether youâre a writer, artist, editor, or otherwise creative mind, take a look at our prompt list below and see what inspires you. Thereâs no limit to what you can create or what medium you chooseâanything goes.
There are no rules about where to postâshare your work wherever you feel most at home: Tumblr, AO3, fanfiction.net, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, Dreamwidth, Pillowfort, Reddit, you name it. Just tag your creations with #Qvember so others can find and celebrate them too!
Whether you participate once or every day, we would love to have you! Letâs fill November with brooding, swearing, laughing, loving, kink, quirk and going doolally, one prompt at a time.
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PROMPTS
1. Between the lines / Hospital stay / Swimming
2. If looks could kill / Meanwhile, in Denmark... / I am Akram
3. Keep your enemies close / Saviour complex / Surprise reveal
4. Canon, who needs canon? / Are we the bad guys? / Found family
5. Missed opportunities / Food is love/family recipe / What are you wearing?
6. You're such a flirt / Fever / Surprise talent
7. Close call / TikTok influencer / Movie night
8. Out of the blue / Break every rule / Outsider POV
9. MVP (most valuable player/person) / Fuck you tuck me in / Difficult conversations
10. Who the fuck asked for your opinion? / Notebooks / Stitches
11. The things we don't say / Good with my hands / Pets/animals
12. In another universe... / Flu/head cold / Childhood
13. You did not just say that! / Scottish weather / Sleep deprived
14. Crushing loss / Postcards/Xmas cards / I didn't think you'd come
15. It takes two to tango / Bonding over TTRPGs / Good cop/bad cop
16. What if? / Pride / Learning Arabic
17. Living a lie / Team building / Love Letters
18. Most underrated / Minor wounds / Unexpected call/text
19. Making an entrance / You can't park there! / Dancing Queen
20. How did we end up here? / Beach day / Is the witness the one being interrogated?
21. Show me you care / Help me with this, will you? / Forced separation
22. Most intense glare/look / Colour coordinated / May I have this dance?
23. Blink and you'll miss it / Bruised and battered / Back home
24. Deleted scene / Get away from me! / Phobias
25. Most chaotic duo/trio... / Dislocation / Photographic evidence
26. Ghosts of the past / What happens in the car stays in the car / Lone wolf
27. Change my mind / Hallucinations / Hobbies
28. Best scene stealer / Pain meds / Supporting cast
29. Told you so / Don't give me that look / Dissociation
30. Not a single word spoken / Trapped / Fuck around and find out
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dept. Q (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Carl Morck & Jasper Stewart
Characters: Jasper Stewart, Carl Morck (Dept. Q), Original Characters, Original Child Character(s)
Additional Tags: Prose Poem, Childhood Memories, Stream of Consciousness, Football, Angst and Hurt/Comfort
Summary:
A memory of when young Jasper had a bad day at football training.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Title: Wasp Nest, chapter 1
Author: greenapricot
Fandom: Dept Q
Characters: James Hardy, Carl Morck, Donna Hardy, Rose Dickson, Akram Salim
Pairing: Carl Morck/James Hardy, Donna Hardy/James Hardy
Rating: Teen
Word count: 2541 (of ~8.8k)
Warnings: None
The first chapter of my third and final Qvember fic. The rest of
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âKnife!â
Hardy spins in the direction of Carlâs shout, and that slippery fucker Declan Fraser is right there, must have been hiding behind the skip. Heâs been giving them the slip for a fucking week, and now theyâve finally got him cornered, Hardy isnât keen to track him down again.
He grabs for Fraser, sidestepping the slash of the knife, but heâs misjudged his own reflexes, or his brain is stuck in a time when they fucking worked as they should. Finally progressing from crutches to a cane, and getting out into the field with Carl again has lulled him into a false sense that everything is back to normal. But he isnât as quick on his feet as he once was, probably never will be.
Another slash of the knife, a tug at his right side, a pinch and drag. He looks down to see a gaping hole in his new coat as Fraser twists out of his reach.
Shame about the coat.
Stupid thing to think when heâs just been stabbed, but Donna bought it for him not two weeks ago. Itâs warmer than his old coat, and he needs that warmth more than he once did, as if his damaged nerves let the cold in.
Then Fraser is gone and the knife is gone and he hits the ground hard on his left side. Heâs lost his cane.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dept. Q (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Carl Morck/Akram Salim
Characters: Carl Morck (Dept. Q), Akram Salim, Jasper Stewart
Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Developing Relationship, Sleepovers, Quiet Sex, Top Akram, Bottom Carl, Awkward Conversations, Teasing, Love Confessions, Kissing, Carl needs to be tenderly railed, Akram is secretly Fond, Porn with Feelings, Jasper is not going to be traumatized in this story donât worry, E rated but itâs pretty soft focus tbh, Light Angst with a Happy Ending
Summary:
Carl and Akramâs knack for nonverbal communication is put to the test when they find themselves less alone in Carlâs flat than theyâd planned on.
(Qvember day 30, triple prompt: âNot a single word spoken,â âTrapped,â and âFuck around and find out.â)
'âDid you swallow?â You bite your lip seductively at the double entendre.
Carl narrows his eyes, nodding against your grip.'
this is my last Qvember day aww noo and it's quite short đ now all 8 of you don't cry at once (I joke, that's okay, I'm used to writing for small fandoms, I love you all. P.S. we need more Carl x Reader in the world)
Mostly fluff, some seduction and teasing, enjoy! Prompts by @qvember
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
âFor the case?â he narrows his eyes, the envelope clearly suggesting otherwise. He wonders what you were up to.
âOpen them and find out,â you say, bending down so you were out of earshot of Akram and Rose, âJust⊠not in public.â'
Smut again for Qvember day 25 đ„Ž Not many trigger warnings, public masturbation all that good stuff. Enjoy! As always prompts by the wonderful @qvember â€ïž
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
"No, you shouldnât take pleasure in seeing someone in pain like that.
But then you start to realise it was never about that. It was about how far Carl was willing to go to protect you."
Overprotective and slightly yandare Carl time for Day 24 of Qvember. Trigger warning; reader gets hit on by a drunk man. Stoker (2013) inspired! Expect some violence and smut.
Prompts by @qvember
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dept. Q (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Carl Morck/Akram Salim
Characters: Carl Morck (Dept. Q), Akram Salim, Akramâs lanyard
Additional Tags: PWP without Porn, lanyards, Knives but not knifeplay, Light Dom/sub, Top Carl Morck, Bottom Akram Salim, the smallest amount of fluff, Praise Kink
Summary:
âThere was belligerence and then there was whatever Akram was doing. Carl squinted in case he was mistaken but he wasnât. Yes, that was a knife in his hands.â
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Fandom Dept. Q (TV)
Rating Explicit
Warnings Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships Carl Morck/Akram Salim
Characters Carl Morck (Dept. Q), Akram Salim
Additional Tags Under-negotiated Kink, Under-negotiated everyting really, Impact Play, pain play, Implied/Referenced Torture, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Akram âI am very much in controlâ Salim is not so much in control, Carl is having a great time though
Series Part 2 of Strange Love
Summary
In Akramâs dreams, there are small, distinctive bruises on Carlâs hips.
Akram is the cause of most of Carlâs bruises these days. Heâs also the one suffering from them.
(Qvember Day 23: Bruised and Battered)
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Can you hear my heartbeat was hell to write. So of course thereâs a follow up now. I donât know if the biggest masochist is Carl or me at this point. đ€Š
Noticed how most of my previous contributions to Qvember were light-hearted? (letâs not mention Soldier On). Yeah, thatâs because all the darkness went in this one. And Iâm kinda happy about it xD
"You caught a glimpse of him occasionally, which surprised you; people talking as if he were some sort of myth. He oozed this dangerous charm, almost as if you were to touch him, you would get burned."
Day 21 of Qvember! I had fun with this one, bit longer than my others, I was even tempted to keep writing (maybe in the future I'll do a part 2!) Mostly fluff again, a quick smut mention at the end but nothing too explicit today!
Am I late? You'll never know. Time is a construct. BUT LOOK. I MANAGED ANOTHER WHOLE SHORT FIC! I'm very proud of myself for not managing to post fuck all for months (years?) because I kept getting bogged down in long fics, I have managed multiple for this event.
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