Yuletide Letter

[wickedwords]

Hi!  Thank you so much for volunteering to write me a story in any of my chosen fandoms.  If you are stuck, I hope this letter gives you some ideas for things you can write.  If you already have an idea for one of the characters I asked for, go for it. If it involves more characters than the ones I requested, I am fine with that.  I want you to have fun writing the story and not stress every optional detail I have suggested.

Stuff I like:

• Relationships  - Any rating from a friendship story to an adventure story to epic romance to slash or femslash erotica. I like seeing characters and relationships put to the test in some fashion -- whether that's a big epic adventure or a small, closed door conversation, I leave up to you. 
  
• Worldbuilding -   Even if it's not an official option in the fandom, please bring in other characters if you want, including original characters. My selected characters should be the focus, but there are a lot of other people in the universe too.
  
• A slow reveal - could be romance, could be crime, could be psychological horror, could be a quest or a case.  I like it when things take a little time. 
• Happy/hopeful endings
• Hijinks and capers 
• Banter, puns, and wordplay
• A story narrated by an original character, animal companion, or inanimate object 
• What if...? Alternate histories, alternate universes, slight canon side steps -- all good
• Competent people doing competent things (or super-lucky people doing super-lucky things.  That works too.)

Tropes I Love:

• Enemies to Friends, Friends to Lovers, Friends to Family.
• First times
• Dark pasts and hidden secrets
• Second chances
• Hurt/comfort
• Feeling not good enough for someone else
• Forced to share - some food, a book, a bed, a small submersible, an airship ... 
• Fake relationship turns real
• Road trip

Do Not Wants:

• DNW: Non-canonical permanent disability or death of requested characters. Canonical death is fine! Currently dead and loving it, all good. Dead but feeling better, that's awesome too.
• DNW: Requested character being pregnant.  Having had kids is fine, I just don't like the 'being pregnant' thing.  But you might be able to convince me that Boimler can carry it off.
• DNW: GRIMDARK.  Angst is triple-plus good, but not unrelenting misery.
• DNW: Social embarrassment, like dropping a bowl of food all over a friend at a big party and drawing everyone's attention.  Unless it's part of a caper/heist/ploy, then it's okay.

My Requests:

Fandom: The Will Darling Adventures - K.J. Charles 
Phoebe Stephens-Prince
Maisie Jones (The Will Darling Adventures)

Original: Maisie and Phoebe in France, and/or the first time they realized they were attracted to each other.

Extra: I really love both of these characters, and want to explore more of their relationship.  They come from completely different worlds, and while I envision Phoebe was a little daring in her sexuality before meeting Maisie, what was Maisie's life like?  I'd love to see more about her along with their relationship together.

 

Fandom: Ghosts (US TV 2021)
Thorfinn (Ghosts US TV 2021)
Flower (Ghosts US TV 2021)

Some quick ideas:

1) Flower and Thorfinn after his funeral as they get past the awkwardness.

2) "Tell me about your Norse orgies and I'll tell you about mine"

 3)'You wrestled a bear" 

"I hugged a bear." 

"Either way, it is a very Viking thing to do."

Extra:  I just think it would be fun to see the two of them interact a bit -- watch TV together, Thorfinn try to teach her wrestling, her try to teach him how to tell psychedelic mushrooms from regular mushrooms, etc.  How has their life and relationship changed since the livings have come around? All good on including other characters, original characters, and creating a story that explains why things with the ghosts work the way they do, or bringing the basement ghosts upstairs.

 

Fandom: Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon) 
Beckett Mariner

It was hard for me to pick the characters I wanted, but I know I want the story to focus on Mariner.  Add in any of the other characters you want, including Jennifer "Jen" Sh'reyan.  I would enjoy seeing Jen and Mariner on a date or working together to save the ship.

Extra:  I love the whole Lower Decks team!  I'd love more on Mariner and her mother, Mariner and her Dad, Mariner and Boimler, Mariner and Tendi,  or anything involving the whole team.  I'd also like to see a time travel episode with them, where they are back in the past at some event -- maybe something not even in the current series -- and they have to fix an issue without anyone knowing that they were there and did it. Big stories or small, two characters or a whole slate of them, I'd love to see more of Mariner and the lower decks team interact.

 

Thanks again!

Enjoy writing your story and I'm sure I'll love reading it. All of the details are optional, and I’m happy to leave specifics up to you. Like I said, I love these characters and I'll love whatever you choose to write in any of these fandoms. I'm really looking forward to it!