• AU
  • accidentally taking each other’s bags au
  • android and human AU
  • antiques shop au
  • archaeologist AU
  • bffs when they were little but one moved away and they run into each other again AU
  • called the wrong number while drunk au
  • camp counselors au
  • cat/dog runs away and other person finds it AU
  • crashed the their car au
  • disney world cosplayers au
  • found their phone number in a library book au
  • found your their dog au
  • gets into a cab only to find someone else already inside AU
  • ghosts in love AU
  • go to the same support group AU
  • greek god and roman counterpart AU
  • hair stylist/make up artist and actor/model AU
  • hitchhiker ride au
  • immortal and non-immortal AU
  • just keep running into each other everywhere AU
  • lab partners AU
  • mailman(/woman) and person who receives a lot of mail AU
  • met through online rpg au
  • mistaken identity AU
  • new neighbors AU
  • one’s blind and falls in love with the other’s voice AU
  • orchestra player/pianist and concertgoer AU
  • out walking their dog who starts chasing after the other person’s dog AU
  • paramedic AU
  • partners in (literal) crime AU (theft? fraud? hacking? murder?)
  • partners in dance class AU
  • pen pals AU
  • photographer and model AU
  • private detective and client AU
  • protester and police officer AU
  • public demonstration au
  • runaway royalty and confused commoner AU
  • screenwriter and director AU
  • sex shop au
  • sit next to each other in orchestra AU
  • trapped on a deserted island together AU
  • wizard AU where one accidentally apparates into the wrong house
  • writer and editor AU
  • yoga class au
  • younger siblings are best friends AU

if has an (-) symbol, you may not want to try these at home-

• dark au
  • Abandoned locations (asylums, hospitals, towns, carnivals, etc.)
  • Anonymity during sex.
  • Bad memories (flashbacks, being forced to relive via magic or an in-universe equivalent, etc. )
  • Betrayal (to an enemy; by a cheating partner, etc.)
  • Bloodplay.*
  • Bondage / rope play / restraints used during sex.
  • Breathplay.*
  • Cannibalism.
  • Cracky B-movie horror. (Giant crocodiles, giant snakes, sharknados, etc.)
  • Darkness / lack of light.
  • Death fic / grief.
  • Demons / fallen angels / angels / any mythological equivalent.
  • Dirty talk.
  • Domination/submission (sexual or psychological.)
  • Doomed relationships (“But this can never work!” ; reflecting on how the situation will eventually end in heartbreak; dating the enemy, etc.)
  • Evil!character(s) AU.
  • Fairy tale-inspired horror.
  • Fears; phobias.
  • Fighting / arguing.
  • Forbidden relationship (characters cannot be together and pine from a distance; characters do get together but must always be secretive about it.)
  • Gags / silence.
  • Ghosts, hauntings (whether by external source or a dead character.)
  • Inspired by classic horror (Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Curse of the Mummy, etc.)
  • Inspired by modern horror. (Paranormal Activity, Silent Hill, The Possession, the Saw franchise, etc.)
  • It’s The End of The World as We Know It (the villain wins; zombie apocalypse!AU; any kind of terrible, world-ending scenario you can imagine.)
  • Knifeplay.*
  • Last kiss / last time your OTP has sex.
  • Love/hate relationships (emphasis on elements of personality that characters don’t like about each other; “I hate you so much I just want to make out with you!” etc.)
  • Lovecraftian Horror.
  • Mirrors (Dopplegangers; mirror-versions of a character/setting where everything is it’s opposite; mirror ghost games such as Bloody Mary; narcissism, etc.)
  • Negative emotion (A). (Anger, hatred, jealousy, violent impulses.)
  • Negative emotion (B). (Sadness, missing someone, helplessness.)
  • Nightmares; bad dreams; hallucinations.
  • Obsession (stalking; possessive behavior; Character A thinks about Character B so much it’s borderline/full-out creepy, etc.)
  • Orgasm control / denial.
  • Physical ailments (knife/bullet wounds; illness/fever.)
  • Rituals (up to author’s interpretation: could be a séance, could be a sexual ritual, could be a sexy séance. Whatever strikes your fancy.)
  • Rough sex (biting, scratching, hair-pulling, etc.)
  • Sadism / masochism / pain as an erotic element.
  • Sensory deprivation.
  • Southern Gothic AU.
  • Torture.
  • Urban legends or creepy pastas (i.e. one of your characters is stalked by Slender Man)
  • Vampire/werewolf AU.
  • Victorian Gothic / English Gothic AU (elements of a gothic novel found here.)