Princess and the frog AU. One is a prince/king,the other is a prince cursed to be a frog. you can have this play out several ways. Im particularly fond of lucio getting tired of princely duties and chilling out in the forest, finding a big ol bull frog and making friends with it before goofing around and kissing it. That or Akande is a war lord in a foreign land helping and ally fend off invaders (perhaps after the tragic loss of the crown prince and the resulting instability.) He sets up camp in the forest and finds a little tree frog in his tent. He thinks its cute and lets it stay. Eventually the frog hops on his face, a kinda-kiss happens and akande finds the missing prince (in varying degrees of dress) in his tent.
Soulmate au where everyone is born with a patch of pitch—black skin. That skin is where you and your soulmate are destined to first touch. Akande and Lucio meet on the battlefield. One‘s patch is on their knuckles, the other‘s is on their face.
Mythology AU. There are so many stories of mythology couples. Kuat and Ogun (for those of you in the doomecio server) Cupid and psych, Artemis and Orion, Hyacinth and Apollo, Sidapa and Bulan, hades and Persephone, it doesn’t matter what story but those are some ideas. (Ps if you got big dick energy you’ll write Akande as Persephone. Don’t be a coward. Make him the vengeful god of the plants. He speaks for the trees and the trees say fuck you. Also emo lucio as a consequence of this.)
AU where one joins the other’s side. Get creative. Why would one of them do this? You decide.
Dance class AU. Lucio is teaching a dance class and Akande, despite his many achievements and skill in the ring is nowhere near light on his feet. Bonus points if there’s a ballroom dance session with tiny lucio leading Akande and akande keeps looking down at his feet so he doesn’t mess up. Lucio tells him to look up and that it's rude if you don’t look your partner in the eye. Queue akande feeling awkwardly exposed, one of those moments where you hold eye contact with someone so long and you feel like they’re looking into you.