Sci-fi au prompt list 1/?
there is a disappointing lack of these (at least there were none that I could find) so henlo children let me feed you (also feel free to use any of these! be sure to give me a shoutout so I can read your work!)
star trek au / star wars au (I’d be ashamed if I didn’t include these)
“I just crashed my spaceship on an unknown planet and- oh hello, I guess other lifeforms do exist” au
“I got a divorce and my ex-wife took the planet and the kids so now I’m working in this diner on this tiny planet where I’m bored aside from when I’m scared of alien gang members, but even if they try to wreck the place now, you, a space policeperson, come and stop them. please come flirt with save me more often” au
“I’m a space explorer and I never knew space mermaids exist, but here you are, and you are the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen in my life” au
“I’m a famous singer in the galaxy and here I am, at this gala, when my ex walks in and I quickly ask for your help, and you agree. but after the whole debacle finishes, I get up on stage to sing, but you start following me and - oh, wait. the party’s for you. so, I just asked you, a spaceship captain who managed to save their entire crew from certain death days ago, to pretend to date me? this is not what I planned for the evening” au
“I’m an alien trying to get by on earth, and you are the nicest human on this hell-globe, wanna come back to my planet with me?” au
“I’m super in love with you, but you’re a cyborg - who just so happens to make my coffee to perfection every time - and you don’t have feelings, right?”(plot-twist: cyborgs have feelings/that person ain’t a cyborg) au
“you are a space warrior who just saved me from some Bad Aliens, you are also super hot and oh- I think I just fainted. cool” au
“I just accidentally travelled back in time and you immediately walked up to me and kissed me. so, why did we kiss, who are you, and why does it sound like you’re angry with me?” au
“I know I live on the moon, and that’s ‘exciting’ for you or something, but I will somehow get to earth and study you to give you a taste of your own medicine” au
"I was stopped on a planet I'd never been to before & I ate a strange fruit & now I'm in the space hospital & you think I'm an idiot bc everyone knows that plant is poisonous but I'm from a different system & I was HUNGRY" au (a/n: THANK YOU LAURA FOR THIS PROMPT)
"You're a different species and I just accidentally offered you a mortal insult" au (bonus points if they were trying to flirt) (a/n: ALSO THANK YOU LAURA FOR THIS PROMPT)
"I've been doing crazy flight manoeuvres bc you dared me to but you didn't tell me that was ILLEGAL HERE" au (a/n: WE STAN LAURA EVERYONE)
“I’m the ceo of the intergalactic bank, but you keep dropping your weird fruit in through my window. Which is impressive since I’m in the 30th-floor office, but I’m not sure you know how banks work” au (a/n: THANK YOU NADIA!)