this is not a writing challenge, this is just a list of summer au's that have been collecting dust in my google docs that i'm both sick of looking at, and also feel like for those who also really enjoy writing summery fics, could always use more inspiration or ideas for au's or scenario's (even if it's just smutty or fluffy blurbs).
please make note that anyone can use these for any fandom or character. it's literally for everyone, for whatever ship, gender, or verse. no one owns au's and everyone makes them their own and writes differently. so please do with the content below as you wish!!
you don't gotta tag me if you use one but would i love to read your beautiful work? hell yeah so feel free to if ya feel like it.
i separated each into categories + some might have added context or prompts because i have zero self control and like to be extra and add ideas onto things lmao.
hopefully someone finds these fun and helpful, happy writing my loves <3
LOCATION.
beach
ocean
ice cream parlor
lake town
ranch
summer camp
summer school
island
boat
fishing town
resort
the woods
national park
public pool
destination wedding
renaissance fair
lake house
bar
theme park
capecod
italy
winery / vinyards
country club
cruise ship
concert
RELATIONSHIP BASED.
brothers best friend ('unfortunately' spending the summer with your family)
neighbors au
exes back for the summer
bodyguard au (character a has to follow around reader whose some princess/rich girl on a vacation, bonus points if she's supposed to be on lockdown but refuses to stay at the hotel, even more bonus points if her parents sent her on this vacation as a rehabilitation for her bad habits)
best friends dad (you're spending the summer with your bestie and god her dads hot as hell)
mermaid x human
frat boy x good girl (last minute studying together before summer break, or maybe the frat is throwing a big grad party and reader decides to let loose for the first time in forever)
frat boy x sorority girl (it's giving rich hoes who can't stand each other who get caught doing something and have to do community service with each other alllll summerrrrr long, can you think of anything worse?!)
sitcom stars (they're both on some summer love show but fall for each other instead, or you're two celebs supposed to be fake dating on some mtv drama show in palm springs but you actually fall for each other)
park ranger x someone who thought going camping alone would be fun but oh shit i know nothing about the wilderness au
ex-best friends ex (a summer love but put revenge and 'we're only fucking because this friend screwed me over and it'll really show them' au anyone??)
lifeguard x parent au (or you saved my life let me repay you wink wink)
dads best friend
house sitter x house owner (or neighbor, or family member who came home early and wtf are you doing here and who are you?? or even the old i asked the neighbor to watch our house but also my wife wink wink)
babysitter who tags along on vacation with the family au
fake dating (for the summer)
friends to lovers was made for summer au's!!!
superhero x vigilante (nightly meet ups to keep the streets safe)
friends with benefits but only for the summer au
painter x muse
body found on beach x person who found them (+ the added bonus of the two of them working together to figure out wtf happened and how they got there)
sugar baby x sugar whathaveyou (free vacation? hell yeah)
roommates (renting a room for summer what could go wrong)
tour guide / local x tourist
camp counselor x parent of camper
friend group on a drama filled vacay au
the only single people at this resort for couples au
sad housewife x pool boy
DARK THEMED.
cult au
slasher au
hitchhiking gone wrong (or right)
monster au (summer is the perfect time to go exploring for the monster in the woods or the lake, ocean even, obviously)
haunted house au
ghost hunting au
hunter x prey (bonus points if they don't know they're being hunted until it's too late)
safe house au (gone wrong)
kidnapping au (it's giving 365 days but less shitty ok)
stranded au (on an island, in a creepy town, etc)
bestie's trip gone wrong au (the innocent looking guys at the pool who are gorgeous are actually super shitty and deadly omg, or the couple in the hotel room next to us are insane wow, or someone is killing us off...but it's someone within the friend group)
stuck in an abandoned amusement park au
INSPIRED BY.
grease au
dirty dancing au
x au (70s-80s pornstars au + added slasher element if ya wanna make it dark)
daisy jones & the six / rocker au (summer tour anyone?)
the white lotus (cheating au?? a couple hoping a vacation will fix their marriage, maybe even the whole shitty husband leaves you there and you fall for one of the resort workers)
50 first dates au (but make it 'i bet i can make you fall in love with me by the end of summer)
jurassic park au
i know what you did last summer au
friday the 13th au
the final girls au (aka you end up in your favorite movie and have to find your way out with a side of 'oh shit there's my fav character what if i stayed and made them fall in love with me instead', or go full final girls au and you're stuck in a cult horror movie and have to survive the night to get out of it)
outer banks / goonies au
schitt's creek au
romeo and juliet (1996) au
mama mia au (the prequeal tho aka boning a bunch of people and omg i'm pregnant who is the baby daddy tho??)
overboard au
OCCUPATIONS.
naturalist
farmers market vender
dog walker / dog sitter
dive bar singer
surfer
swim instructor
vet
journalist
camp counselor
author
cowboy
undercover pi
contractor
car wash attendant
lifeguard
gardener / landscaper
summer intern
tour guide
tutor
nanny
theme park owner
bartender
house sitter
summer farmhand
golf course caddy
sign-holder
movie theatre worker
uber driver
wedding photographer
hotel receptionist
RANDOM.
heatwave (how ever will we stay cool?)
shipwreck / stranded on an island au
rainstorm / hurricane au (stuck inside oh no what will we do??)
Some one needs to write an AU based off my co-workers. I shit you not. We have the van leaders for the van I'm in who had an argument over naming a hello kitty Norman or Lola... Norman won. We have the Italian guy who's response to I'm not interested as an objection in a pitch work shop was a very aggressive what do you mean you're not interested. The van leader/driver who uses football (soccer) analogies all the time. "Are there llamas in Colombia?" Random questions like "do you prefer red or green apples" and "what's your favourite Leonardo Dicaprio film" The Irish guy who doesn't drink *cough* *cough* The guy who managed to get fired twice in three days. Dinner together as a channel. The little Asian man who everyone calls by his full name, who may actually know too much about Harry Potter. Inter-team rivalry. The team that has to drive this shitty little car instead of a van Getting excited over having anything that isn't macca's. "that's a sale!!" There is so much.
Vince has worked at the Mod Wolf Bar for a couple of weeks as one of the new regular performers and gets on surprisingly well with the surly old bartender Howard. Howard has a secret though - he's a jazzy werewolf. Which is fine really, because Vince turns out to be an electro vampire.
Howard the Hunchback was raised in the clock tower of Notre Dame by the evil judge Bainbridge. Constantly mocked for his lack of a proper moustache and forced to hide himself from the public because of the saxophone-shaped birthmark on his chest - the brand of a jazzfreak - he dwells amongst the statues, mostly singing about isolation. But then one day a fair romani dancer/singer comes to the cathedral seeking sanctuary, fleeing some brutish medieval chavs who didn't understand his fantastic hair or smashing outfit. Little did he knew, his fate awaited up in the clocktower... In the end, turns out Howard wasn't really a hunchback, it was just Bainbridge yelling at him to constantly crouch in his presence since he didn't want to be talked down to by "a Northern abomination, not even capable of catching a pigeon in his sleep".
Author Howard Moon has a severe case of writers block. To get inspired, he takes a trip to the zoo - studying animals always made him understand humans better. When he catches one of the other visitors sitting next to a gorilla-enclosure, engaged in what can only be described as a deep conversation about art, he's intrigued. He approaches Vince Noir and asks him if he could tail him for a few weeks. Since Vince is a trusting soul, he allows Howard to start following him around, getting increasingly amazed by his life and abilities.
In WWII, Private Moon is sent home from the front, having lost his left leg. When he gets back to England, one of the nurses seem a bit peculiar, but he takes a shine to the ever-so-happy Vivian even so. Things get complicated when Vivian reveals herself as Vince - a young man terrified of the war who got out of the army by disguising himself as a girl. Guilt drove him to enrol as a nurse at a military hospital instead - well, guilt and the cute uniform anyway.
