Chocolate Box 2021

[libraralien]

Dear Chocolate Box Writer,

Thank you so much for writing for me!

Everything here is just ideas, things I usually like, and starting points, so hopefully something in here inspires you. If you have other ideas or are inspired to go in a different direction, follow your heart.

I have some likes and dislikes here, but just know, in general I have very broad tastes. If you have certain kinks and tropes that are especially close to your heart or you are inspired to write and you are nervous about writing them for me, unless I listed them as something I specifically DNW, go for it, even if it's something that is often squicky or triggery for many people. Inversely, just because something isn't on my likes list doesn't mean I won't like it. If you think something is a little out there, just trust me: I will probably love it.

Some of these requests are Frankenstein-ed together from other letters I have written, so some requests are longer or more detailed than other, but I would be equally happy to receive any of these requests. Also, I would be happy to receive smut for any of the requests listed.

General Likes: historical research and detail, shippy stuff of all varieties (het/slash/femslash), humor, characters of all levels of morals, complicated relationships, happy endings, un-happy endings, small moments, backstory, getting-together, intense feelings and relationships, forced proximity (only one bed, huddling for warmth, etc.), hurt/comfort, pastiche, unusual formats and storytelling, epistolary fic

Smutty and shippy likes: dry-humping, non-penetrative sex, oral sex, clothed or mostly clothed sex, masturbation, first times, hand-jobs and fingering, femdom, theesomes and moresome, shame/embarrassment, dubcon and noncon. More details about smutty likes can be found here

General DNWs: soulmates, wingfic, unrequested alternate setting AUs (i.e. Coffee shop AUs, Regency AUs) (Canon-divergence/fix-its/alternate endings are all fine), asexual/aromantic headcanons, kidfic, tooth-rotting fluff, reader-insert

Smut DNWs: scat, sounding, underage below age 15, maledom/femsub in m/f pairings

Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh
Curtis Craig/Trevor Barnes (Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh)

Phantasmagoria 2 takes on a lot of big topics, like queerness, kink, mental health, and abuse. How successfully it deals with any of these varies, but I think there is a lot of interesting stuff there, and I would love a fic that digs into any of the ideas the game was engaging with, while also being a schlocky FMV game in 1996. I would be happy for a fic that is serious in tone, but would be equally happy to get a fic leaning into the cheesiness of the game.

The tastes of Curtis/Trevor we got in the game left me wanting more. I am pretty ok with whatever direction you want to go with in this one. I would be into a happy-ending fix-it fic, where Curtis and Trevor decide to get out of there before they get in too deep and where Trevor lives. I would also be really into a variety of not-so-happy endings. Or things that are not fix-its or endings at all, but just a moment in the course of the game (or some point that diverges from the game) where they….kiss/hook up/Curtis confessed his feelings/etc.

I would love smut for this pairing and I would be thrilled to see any of the kinks brought up in canon: bondage, whipping, piercing, cross-dressing (I know this one isn’t a kink in game, but I would be happy to see it as one here). How would it be for Curtis to explore these things with somebody other than Therese? How does Trevor feel about it? I would also be into smut that takes advantage of Curtis’s alien-ness: weird biology, transformation, tentacles, that sort of thing. Get as wild as you want in this regard. Maybe as post-canon fic where Trevor lives and helps Curtis accept his monstrosity (via freaky alien sex)? And if there is a kink you want to include that I don’t mention here or isn’t present in canon, as long as it’s not a DNW, feel free to go with it. Curtis is always learning new things about himself. I am also totally happy if you want to lean into the darker and horror aspects of the canon, in conjunction with smut or not.

I really liked Curtis’s scenes with Dr. Harburg, if you wanted to incorporate those or maybe use them as a framing device. It might also be interesting to see something from Trevor’s perspective, since the game is so in Curtis’s head. Also, while my main request is Curtis/Trevor, I think Jocilyn and Therese are both interesting characters and I don’t mind at all if they are in the fic.

The Thick of It (TV)
Malcolm Tucker/Ollie Reader (The Thick of It)

You know the bit in The Rise of the Nutters, when Malcolm menaces Ollie in the men’s toilets? That is my favorite subgenre of TTOI fic and I will happily read any variation on it. It absolutely doesn’t have to be actually set in that episode or even take place in a bathroom, though. I’m sure Malcolm is capable of menacing Ollie in any number of locations, at any time. Basically, I would love any version of Malcolm sexually bullying Ollie. I do quite like the semi-private confined space setting (bathrooms, supply closets, elevators, etc.) that the workplace nature of their relationship lends itself to. I would be excited to see what cramped space you can cram the two of them into, what Malcolm is bullying Ollie about, how Ollie reacts, and what happens next. I would be equally thrilled for a bit of smut or some UST-charged threatening. And maybe this goes without saying, but feel free to dubcon it up if you’d like.

The Beatles RPF
John Lennon/Paul McCartney (The Beatles RPF)
John Lennon/Paul McCartney & George Harrison & Ringo Starr (The Beatles RPF)

I would love some late-Beatles or post-Beatles John/Paul fic, let’s say anything from Sgt. Peppers on through to present day. Which is also to say, feel free to break my heart! I would be happy to read something sweet or bittersweet or even downright angsty. I am always happy to read variations of “What Happened In India?” fic (they hooked up, there was a confession of feelings, a proposition for sex, etc). I would be into a mutual ship, but also would be into John having unrequited feelings towards Paul (or not requited in quite the same way, or not at the same time). If you want to get a little supernatural with it, I could definitely dig that for this request: magical drug experiences, ghosts, telepathy, etc. Since it might be opt-in and I’m leaning in a sadder direction with this request, feel free to address John or George’s deaths, if you’d like. Besides a desire for a generally later time period in the Beatles’ careers and lives, and a tone on the downer side, I am very open to whatever you might like to write for this request!

due South
Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (due South)
Ray Kowalski/Stella Kowalski (due South)
Ray Kowalsky & Stella Kowalski (due South)

Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Honestly as long as my DNWs aren't hit, go nuts with these two. I have some prompts and likes and starting points, but feel free to follow your passion on this one. Some things I like for them:

- Them having sex before they manage to talk about their feelings or relationship.
- Closets, closetedness, internalized homophobia, struggles and joys of queerness and what it means for them, self-discovery
- Big and intense feelings: loneliness, longing, struggling to talk about feelings, brokenness, the baggage of past relationships, baggage of family and parents, love.
- Them being old together, aging and all that comes with it (extra love for some old man sex. Extra extra love if it's a first-time)
- Any time setting: during canon, immediately post-canon, a long time post-canon
- Only getting together many, many years post-canon. What have they been doing in the meantime? What finally gave them the push to make a move?
- Outsider POV on their relationship! Especially interested in Ray V or Stella, but honestly almost anybody could be fun. Frannie? Bob??
- Kink exploration! I just get weird kinky vibes off these two, and I’d love to see them exploring together. As long as it’s not a DNW, I don’t have strong feelings about what kink or kinks it is, and in fact, it would be fun to be surprised! I am more into the process: how long has one of them had whatever the kink is, how did they discover it, are they embarrassed to bring it up, how does the other one react, how does it go if they give it a try (maybe not great the first time!)?

Ray Kowalski/Stella Kowalski
Ray Kowalsky & Stella Kowalski
Even though I know it's doomed, I find myself rooting for these two kids, and hope that post-series they might get to know each other as friends eventually. I am not particularly interested in seeing their relationship survive longer than it does or them staying together forever. Happy to read smut for them, if you want to go that direction! I am into pretty much in every stage of their relationship that we didn't get to see, so I would love to read:

- Something lighter and sweeter in the earlier days of their dating or marriage when things were good and they were in love (which I do think they were then).
- How was their wedding? The wedding night? (Maybe it went great! Maybe it was a disaster!)
- Something angstier as their marriage falls apart and the divorce itself. If you go this route, I ask that you don't make Stella out to be evil or cruel or totally at fault. However, I am fine if both of them, as two people in a marriage that is falling apart, are not necessarily on their best behavior. Maybe some hate (or at least, love/hate) sex.
- Some inadvisable post-divorce sex with the ex
- On the more "Ray Kowalski & Stella Kowalski" side, I’d like to read about them becoming friends (did they really get a chance to be friends before they started dating?) or at least finding some kind of peace with one another post-series. Totally fine if this one is mixed in with Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski.

The Professionals (TV 1977)
Ray Doyle/William Bodie (The Professionals)
Ray Doyle/William Bodie/Original Female Character(s) (The Professionals)

Some things I love about Bodie/Doyle: the closeness, the flirty banter, the “class clown for an audience of one” vibes, the codependence, the macho-ness.

I love how Bodie and Doyle seem to be pretty slutty. I was very intrigued by the double date situation we saw in The Female Factor. I would love to see them in some kind of double date or threesome with a girl or two. Maybe it’s a habit for them, or maybe we see the first time it happens (maybe it’s the girl(s) idea). Maybe it leads to one or both of them realizing some things. Maybe one of them has a better time than the other, in fact, I would be interested to see one of them having a bad or complicated time about it. I also love “killing time while on a surveillance job and things got weird and sexual” as a smut premise.

On the darker side, one of my favorite things in Pros fic is Bodie whump, so I would eagerly read any bad thing you’d like to do to him, or him being taken care of by Doyle afterwards. I’d be open to a lot here: torture, noncon (including the Bad Guys Made Them Do It variety with Doyle), permanent disabling injury, blackmail. It doesn’t have to be physical, psychological is good too. I quite like the idea of Bodie in turmoil over his sexuality and grappling with denial/closetedness, if that’s a route you’d like to go down. I like hurt/comfort heavy on the hurt and I am also fine with hurt-no-comfort. Basically, feel free to really give Bodie the business!