I like fics that put characters through hell so I can see how they grow, or characters that have suffered and been shaped by it. Happy endings are preferred but I am fine with unhappy endings too!

• accidental/unwanted telepathic links
• addiction
• alienation
• AU settings
• angst
• betrayal
• body possession
• body swaps
• codependency
• cyberpunk
• deceptive appearances
• dragons
• dystopia
• emotional intensity
• emotional manipulation
• fairy tale remixes
• fantasy
• forcing a character to choose between two people to betray
• forcing a character to do something terrible to another char to save them
• infidelity
• insecurity
• jealousy
• keeping secrets
• loneliness
• murder
• nightmares
• one-sided pining
• protectiveness
• PTSD done realistically
• reluctant cooperation
• revenge
• self-sacrifice
• stalking
• unhappy arranged marriages
• unhappy childhoods
• werewolves
• yakuza