I feel like I come up with a lot of AU ideas but I don’t think I have enough unhinged ideas, so here’s a few for you guys
- Cryptid x Cryptid. They’re both beings of myth, legend, and terror and now, thanks to budget cuts, they’re stuck terrorizing the same town
- Fishermen. That’s about it, but I think it’d be funny if one of them is like a born and bred fisherman and the other just bought these fancy waders and supplies (they’re flyfishers in this scenario btw)
- Superstore AU. Like the show Superstore. Put those lil guys in a Walmart
- Middle School AU. You see all these high school AUs, college AUs, well what happens if you put them in THE WORST PERIOD OF HUMAN EXISTENCE. WHAT HAPPENS THEN
- Robots in love. Are they secret robots? Who knows!
- Aquarium worker who’s really passionate about the fish x the mermaid performer person inside the tank that everyone keeps asking about INSTEAD OF THE COOL FISH (I actually thought of this one specifically for Narumitsu if you couldn’t tell and I honestly genuinely love it)
- Mall AU. Give them HORRIBLE KIOSKS and bad food court food
- Competitive Roller Derby AU
- Competitive Bowling Team AU
- Honestly just most competition things are probably good
- Failing Bed and Breakfast. Kind of a money pit situation, but it’s one of their passions so they have to put the work in and make it all worth it
- Parents/Parent figures (preferably arguing) taking a field trip group of children to a zoo
- One of them was an animal that got smooched and turned into a human (think Princess and the Frog) but the issue is that the animal was an actual animal and now the smoocher has to train the other to be an actual person, instead
- Secret billionaire. Gotta learn how to blend in with Not Billionaires without drawing too much suspicion
That’s all I have in the tank right now but I’d love to hear some of your ideas if you want to throw any on the pile
@snazzieyama asked, “otps and single parents au please uwu! congrats on 200 babie!!!”
1. “You’re the next-door neighbor my child has attached themselves to, and I’m so sorry.”
2. “We work together and we’ve always been a little on the hostile side toward each other, but I had to bring my child to work today and you’re the only one they’ve gotten along with so far.”
3. “After my spouse died, you were the friend who helped me pick up the pieces and raise my child, but lately I’ve been looking at you... Differently.”
4. “Our kids are best friends, so we end up spending time together so that they can. Luckily, you’re really cute.”
5. “My child wandered off at the grocery store, and I’ve been panicking, but you’re the kind-hearted stranger who brought them back to me. Please let me thank you with dinner.”
6. “You’re the first person I’ve gone out with in years, and I’m nervous about it anyway, but halfway through dinner I get a call that my child has a fever and I should go check on them. I’m so sorry, but I-what do you mean you’ll go help me? Are you really that understanding?”
7. “My job keeps my crazy-busy, and you always offer to watch my child. I feel guilty constantly leaving them with you, but neither of you seem to mind.”
8. “I asked you to be my child’s godparent when they were born, but lately I’ve been wondering how you’d feel about step-parent.”
9. “Our kids are partners for a school project, and neither of them told us about some really crucial supplies they needed until the last minute, so we’re out on an 11 PM Walmart run.”
10. “We went on one date, and it was decent but didn’t really go anywhere. However, your contact is right beneath my friend’s in my phone, and I accidentally called you when I was sick and asked you to watch my child. My bad, but could you actually please come because I think I might pass out.”
“You always said it looked like you were blushing when you talked to me because of the heat but I just saw you talking to someone else and your face looked fine so what is the truth” au
“I was goofing around with your phone while you were in the bathroom and why do you have heart emojis next to my contact name” au
WEREWOLF AU’S [x]
“you being part dog has its perks, mostly for me because whenever i toss something away your eyes follow it and you perk up like you want to chase it but restrict yourself and its honestly the cutest fucking thing ive ever seen”
“babe you know i love you and i would give up my life for yours but i sWEAR TO GOD IF YOU GIVE ME ONE MORE DOG TOY FOR MY BIRTHDAY IM GONNA PUNCH YOU SQUARE IN THE FACE”
a werewolf getting personally offended when someone says they’re not a dog person
“as a werewolf i can personally talk to dogs and boyohboy does ur little pug have some tea to spill…"
“alternatively, i find you to be really superduper adorable and whenever i come over your little dog goes off on rants to me about the cute embarrassing stuff that you do when your home alone and honestly I wake up every day for these chats”
“when I saw you climbing out of the stream I was fishing in dirty, wet, and naked, I assumed you had just survived some kind of intense mob hit or something but really you had just detransformed from a werewolf after you were playing in the water trying to catch a fish, and ultimately failing. nice ass, by the way.”
one cannot have enough of cute and random aus so here have some more [x]
“You’re my roommate who’s super cute and it’s the middle of the night and you’re cramming for your exams in your flannel pajamas and disheveled hair and it’s becoming increasingly hard for me not to kiss you” AU.
“It’s Valentine’s Day and I’m single and you want to cheer me up but you can’t cook nor bake to save your life so you make me hot chocolate instead and it is delicious and I think I love you???” AU.
“You’re the jerk-face customer that keeps on thumbing through their phone while ordering their drink so I exact revenge by spelling your name wrong on your cup and drawing phallic pictures on your coffee” AU.
“Our mutual friend invites us to go shopping with them and it’s kind of awkward and now you’re pushing them around the mall in a shopping cart and you’re both screaming like excited children and I’m paying the cashier and pretending I don’t know either of you” AU.
“You and I are both baristas at a coffee shop and one day I step out of the café to take a break and walk in on you gleefully drawing phallic pictures on the chalkboard outside that no one pays attention to so what are you doing?” AU.
“We’re both strangers sitting in the same booth at an eatery because all the other booths are full and you’re drawing smiley faces on your plate with ketchup and wow your concentrated frown is cute” AU.
“I’m sick so you make me chicken soup and I’m really grateful but I’ve also seen you read books on magical spells and potion-making so I’m not sure if I should drink your soup in case it turns me into a toad” AU.
“There’s a scrawny black cat in our neighborhood that hates everyone and everything but follows you around for some reason and I see you pet it and feed it fish fries are you a witch” AU
BAKING IDEAS [x]
Person A and Person B decorating cookies/cupcakes/etc. together and Person A’s turn out looking amazing while Person B’s look like a toddler did them.
Person A trying to show Person B how to perfectly crack an egg, but Person A messes up and makes a big mess.
Person A tipping a bowl of meringue mixture above Person B’s head to prove that it’s ready but it turns out that it’s not actually ready and spills all over Person B’s head.
Person A really struggling to open a jar but not letting Person B help them until they eventually give up and Person B gets it open on the first try.
AU prompts i wish i was talented enough to write part 2 [x]
it’s 2 am and i can’t sleep so i grab a book and go lay on my roof, but who knew i had a hot neighbor who does the same thing when he can’t sleep
omg please wake up i can’t lose you please don’t die... oh you’re not dying? this is awkward
we recently started sharing a flat but one of the showers are broken and we run out of hot water quickly... no we can’t shower together!
i moved to a new city about a month ago and my coworker sets me up on a blind date and it turns out my date is my ex... this is awkward
i show up late to the school assembly but there’s no seats and you offer up your lap to make fun of me with your friends but you didn’t think i’d actually sit on your lap and i think you might have a little problem down there ;)
we dated years ago and one day i’m going through my old stuff and i found some of your old stuff i kept and i found all the romantic old letters you used to write me but i remember i never read the last letter cus i didn’t want us to be over but i end up reading the letter now
1.~I’m riding a ferry when somebody steals my wallet and shoves me overboard, leaving me stranded five miles from shore; ten minutes later, I’m clinging to a piece of driftwood when you ride up in a sailboat, throw me a lifejacket, and say you’ll give me a ride if I’ll pretend to be your girlfriend at an upcoming family reunion, and seriously dude, I’m about to drown and what the hell, fine, just get me on the damn boat.
2.~My parents are forcing me to attend a support group and the head psychologist is a gullible idiot, so you and I have a competition to see who can tell the most outlandish sob-story without getting caught.
3.~I’m a regular sleepwalker, and one night I wander into the middle of the street, fast asleep, and almost get hit by a taxi before you push me out of the way. I wake up on the sidewalk with you checking my wallet for an I.D. and I think you’re robbing me, so I start punching and screaming and...wait...you saved my life? In that case, I’m really sorry about your black eye, and you’re super cute, so...can I have your number?
4.~My vet just diagnosed my hamster as ‘depressed and obese’ and said to buy a Tupperware coffin for its inevitable death, but I’m determined to save it, so I start taking it on daily walks at the dog park. Today, your dog ran up and tried to eat my hamster, and I’m about to scream at you for the attempted murder, but wait…aren’t you that rich celebrity I saw on tv? All right, then—fork up a twenty and we’ll call it even. No, that’s not blackmail, I’m trying to—you’re offering me a date instead? Well, I've heard the expensive seafood restaurant downtown is good....
5.~We’re strangers that always sit next to each other on the bus, and I’m trying to get my nerve up to ask you out (I bought movie tickets and everything), but since you suddenly stop showing up, I decide to go on a wild goose chase to find you—the movie tickets are non-refundable, after all.
6.~I’m at the store returning a box of condoms when you come up, hug me, and proceed to tell me everything about your own failed sex life and reassure me that things will be better someday. By the time we’ve reached the story of your seventh failed hookup, I honestly don’t have the heart to tell you that I’m single and the condoms were a practical joke from my friend. But you sound really heartbroken, so...wanna get a coffee?
i’ve been accumulating this list over months and months, adding onto it whenever an idea pops into my head. i figured it’s long enough to post now and i hope you guys enjoy!
if you use any of these prompts please please tag me in them and let me know because i would love to read any and everything you come up with.
i’m at the dog park and my dog started playing with yours, and now it cries every time we go to the park until it sees yours au
i’m kinda small and i own a german shepherd (or any of other kind of big dog) and while i was walking it, it ran over to you and knocked you over, thank god you like dogs, i am so sorry au
the “our dogs know we’re soulmates so they tangle us up in their leashes” au (like a 101 Dalmatians kinda thing)
you’re my sibling’s best friend, and i find out that you always insist that you hang out at our house because you have a crush on me au
or alternatively, since you’re always here we become friends (and i find out you have a crush on me)
you live in the apartment next to me and you’re knocking on my door because you need someone to take you to the hospital and you’re being really calm for an injury this serious au
i’m at my sibling’s sports game and you’re the cute concession stand worker, and i keep coming back to buy stuff au
you’re on my sibling’s sports team and i think you’re pretty cute, and oh wait you’ve been trying to impress me when you play? au
we’re both flying for the holidays, and i keep catching you looking at me across the waiting area. due to bad weather, our flight’s been delayed and no one can get out so now we have to stay overnight in the airport, you wanna go get some coffee or something with me? au
(i love prompts where weather leaves the otp stranded together somewhere public)
i work at an arts and crafts store and, uh that’s quite the interesting assortment of materials, and i’m really curious what you’re trying to make. you promise you’ll bring it in/show me a picture when it’s done au
i’m in a dressing room and there’s a knock on the door. from the other side you tell me that you had just stepped out to get a different article of clothing and that your stuff is hanging on the hooks. you go into the stall next to me and ask me to slide your stuff over au (inspired by an event that happened to me today)
im trying on clothes and went to go get a different piece of clothing/different size, and when i come back there’s someone in the stall i was in. i ask you to slide my stuff under the stall and we both run into each other on our way out of the dressing room and oh my gosh you are cute au
i accidentally messaged you online, thinking you were someone else, but you actually listened to me rant and helped me feel better. i really want to meet you in person because we’ve gotten super close. when i see you for the first time i have to remember to breathe because you are so attractive au
our families rented a joint vacation house and we cross paths a lot but we don’t really know each other that well. one day you convince me to come lay in a hammock (and read/write or something) while you swim in the lake and honestly watching you splash around and play like a child is doing something to me au
^ alternatively: our families are friends and we’ve known each other for years and i’ve never thought of you like that but sharing a house and seeing you walking around in a swimsuit and in the sparkling water has changed the way i feel about you au
we’re in a photography/art class and we get partnered to do a project together. we don’t really like each other, but i have to take pictures of you/draw you for this project and oh my gosh when you laugh/smile in this light you are the most beautiful thing i’ve ever seen au
i’m at this party and i’m kinda bored and then you (while slightly drunk) challenge me to play just dance with you and look out buddy i’m basically a god at this game. we end up having a lot of fun and you pick a duet for us and at the end, you grab my hand and kiss me and that definitely was not the choreography of the dance au
we’re working on a group project and the other members of the group are slackers. we were supposed to meet here today but they all ditched and you and i are the only ones who showed up, so we basically do the project together and then you ask me if i want to do something fun (like go to the movies or play laser tag or something). bonus: the other members purposely ditched because they were trying to get the two together.
