A list of basic AU's for reference

• gang au
• hogwarts au
• serial killer au
• orchestra au
• vampire au
• werewolf au
• con artists AU
• School Rivals AU
• Patients on the same hospital ward au
• working in a museum au
• rival ice cream trucks au
• newspaper advice columnists who passive-aggressively diss one another in their advice au
• Dancer AU
• coffee shop au
• Work at the same shitty restaurant and have all the same shitty shift times AU
• Record store AU
• Youtubers AU
• spy AU
• college au
  • I’m really passionate about this cause and I will give you this flier if I have to shove it down your throat
  • vicious battle over the only left handed desk in the room
  • it’s pouring and my final paper is in my backpack so I guess we’re stuck under this tiny awning together. do you think they’d deliver pizza here
  • hey I have to photograph someone for class will you be my model
  • I know I keep coming to the cookie shop and for some reason it’s always your shift but don’t you dare judge me I need these for my sanity
  • all our friends are drunk
  • it’s 3 am and I’m still in the library studying for finals and I’m losing my grip on reality and I think I just saw a ghost
  • we’re the only two people in this club. what is this club even for
  • we’re the only people who ever talk in discussions it’s awful
  • GROUP PROJECT
  • waiting outside for pizza to be delivered and both of ours are super late
  • you keep parking in the space outside my student house you absolute asshole
  • we live in halls opposite each other and I keep seeing you changing through your window
  • Neither of us bought the expensive textbook but there is only one copy in the library and it can’t leave the building
  • This awesome professor only has one TA slot and we’re rivals
  • I found your USB drive still in the computer
  • I thought I was the only one who liked the waffle station in the cafeteria
  • You decked me in the head while you were playing frisbee golf
  • Wait, I actually have a competent lab partner?
  • You’re the RA and you’re trying to bust me for having hermit crabs
  • You’re baking cookies in the communal kitchen at 3am and I’m angry but also really hungry
  • Waiting for office hours
  • I’ve been sitting in this seat all semester why did you decide to sit in it today
  • Clearly we’re both really uncomfortable at this party
  • my friend dragged me to this party and I just saw my ex quick make out with me
  • Your school mailbox is right next to mine
  • I saw you sneaking captain crunch and cutlery out of the dining hall
  • My roommate borrowed your contraband hotpot and managed to set it on fire
  • You keep using my preferred shower stall in the floor bathrooms when I’m trying to get ready for class
  • My computer crashed and you’re the student worker at the IT center
  • We’re both on athletic teams that aren’t as cool as the football team and they give us shit
  • You’re part of the guerrilla theater club on campus and crashed my class for a performance
  • What do you mean we’re under a tornado warning?
  • it’s 3am, in the dead of winter, some motherfucker pulled/set off the fire alarm and I am being very vocal about how I’m gonna make that fucker pay
  • you’re the fucker who set off the fire alarm with your awful cooking
  • I’m the fucker who set off the fire alarm with my awful cooking
  • my shower isn’t working can I use yours
  • RA mandated floor party
  • I couldn’t help but notice you’re watching a show I like instead of studying in the computer lab
  • I’ve ordered take out every night this week and you always seem to be my delivery person
  • we’re both skipping class to study for a different class
  • you live above me and I’m going to murder you if you don’t stop throwing parties Sunday night
  • there’s only one study room left in the dorm basement and I don’t want to walk to the library, let’s fight for it
  • I swear I’m wearing this Batman costume because of a dare
  • lecture room bingo for annoying things your prof says
  • holy fuck you found me on the roof please don’t be an RA
  • We can’t both listen to our music in the shower at the same time
  • We both work really late shifts on Friday Nights and you give me a ride home so I don’t have to walk alone in the dark
  • You’re the only one who actually responded to the desperate message I sent to the whole class about needing the notes
  • All the seats in this huge fucking lecture hall and you have to sit right next to me
  • I’m sorry you caught me moving your clothes out of the dryer but in my defense I’ve been waiting for one to open up for about an hour now
  • We were both running for the bus and it didn’t wait for us, so now we’re at this bus stop together alone
  • Are you the one who keep leaving their dirty dishes in the common area kitchen
  • Every single table in the union is full, do you mind if I just sit here for a while?
• roommate au
• pretend couple au
• airport au
  • i fell asleep on your shoulder and you were too polite to move or wake me up au
  • we have the same luggage and didn’t check the tags before we left so i’m calling you to exchange suitcases au
  • author of book gets seated next to someone reading their book and making entertaining faces at each scene au
  • bonding solely via eye contact over that annoying person on our plane that we’re both slowly becoming more and more exasperated about au
  • i’m afraid of flying and you were incredibly helpful and tolerant and sweet about it au
• grew up as best friends but you got hot over the summer can I touch ur biceps AU
• “are we both robbing the same house oh fuck” AU
• growing up together in a rough neighborhood AU
• mutual friends always dragged to the same inane barbecues AU
• 'I heard you singing backstreet boys at 3am and decided to sing along oops’ AU
• ’ holy shit I’m in the wrong car’ AU
• LASER TAG AU
• 'What the fuck are you doing it’s midnight why are you playing 'My Heart Will Go On’ on the piano’ AU
• Alternatively, ‘I’m going to lean out the window and sing along until you fucking stop and wonder who else is singing’ AU
• 'Your cat keeps getting into my house and I don’t even know how would you care to explain’ AU
• Stole a car with someone sleeping in the back seat [Turns out that the car had already been stolen so basically you just stole a stolen car] AU
• 7 minutes in heaven/Truth or Dare AU
• Stuck in an Elevator for 3+ hours AU
• one’s blind and falls in love with the other’s voice AU
• ‘we have to sing a duet together but I hate you’ au
• ‘you just joined the -sports team here- that I’m the captain of’ au

Royal AUs

• “your country’s trying to take over/annex my country and you’re making it difficult to hate you because you’re so nice and attractive stop it” au
• “we’ve been engaged to be married since we were three but this is the first time we’ve met and your portraits really don’t do you justice” au
• “i’m a prince/ss and you’re my bodyguard and we’re so not supposed to bang but we kind of did anyways” au
• princess diaries style “i grew up not knowing i was royal and suddenly my royal grandparent showed up out of nowhere and told me i was so now i guess i’m the heir to the throne and you’re my crush from my pre-royal days but i still have a crush on you” au
• alternately, “i grew up not knowing i was royal and now i guess i’m heir to a throne and you’re the guy who’s supposed to be teaching me how to be royal bc i suck at it and oops we made out” au
• “i’m a prince/ss from a small country nobody’s heard of and i’m in college pretending not to be royal and you’re another student who’s always calling me out on my bs” au
• “my country’s going through some issues so i’m here in hiding and you’re a civilian who lives in the same apartment complex as me” au

Assassin AUs

• ‘Wait, you’ve been hired to killthis guy too?!’ AU
• ‘My apologies, upon closer inspection it turns out that you are not the person I was hired to kill.’ AU
• ‘I haven’t decided if I’m actually going to kill you yet but first, either way, what did you DO to piss off the Canadians so badly.’ AU
• ‘They never told me the target was also a trained killer. Did they tell you?’ AU
• ‘I’m meant to kill you but I’ve been watching you for a week to work out how and you’re just too nice.’ AU
• ‘I’m intrigued; the last three attempts on my life were much better funded and prepared.’ AU
• ‘All my intel said you’re not meant to be back until next week and I’m sitting here using your flat as a sniper nest to kill a bad guy. This is awkward.’ AU
• ‘I can only assume we’re both missing part of the story here because that was supposed to kill you.’ AU
• ‘Dude, you just shot my arm off. Do they not hire assassins with an aim anymore?’ AU
• ‘Explain to me one more time, why exactly are you so desperate to buy this much Ricin?’ AU
• ‘So let me get this straight. You nuked my entire home city and you still didn’t manage to kill me?’ AU
• ‘Dude, no. If you kill me that just leaves you, the crazy guy and the CAT!’ AU
• ‘I don’t know who you are or how you got in here but I need you to give back at least some of the armoury.’ AU
• ‘Having drawn the short straw I’m the guy who has to explain to you why we can’t take out a hit on an entire landmass.’ AU
• ‘Look, I know we got off on the wrong foot back there but we are literally the only two people on this boat who are not assassins, so…’ AU

Opposites AU

• a violinist who only plays classical music and a metal guitarist dislike each other’s preferred genre but have to perform a duet au
• rebellious teenager who’s failing all their classes is assigned a studious tutor au
• the class clown tries to get the pretentious, stoic know-it-all to laugh au

a list of aus for when your otp is really competitive

• we’re both ‘team leaders’ at a summer camp for little people and you may be hot but goddammit my collection of twelve-year-olds are going to beat yours into the dust
• we kind of got past the point of ‘taking this game of gay chicken too seriously’ when you took your pants off but I really do not mind at all.
• I used to be the best baker in the neighbourhood but then you showed up at Mrs Appleby’s 80th birthday with a stack of brownies which almost gave me an orgasm my honour is at stake and I’m going all out for the next event
• a mutual friend invited us to their laser tag party and we’re the last two alive on opposite teams and goddammit if I’m going down you’re going down with me
• you’re going to be at the halloween party and you’ve won best costume for the past three years but this year I am wearing the best costume ever if you defeat me I will eat my - wait you actually look really cute when did you turn hot what the fuck um
• we’re always making stupid bets like ‘bet you can’t drink this whole bottle of BBQ sauce’ but then you did and now you’re sick and I feel really bad here let me look after you
• did you actually just blue shell me on our date you fucker