Chocolate Box Letter 2021

Thank you for writing or drawing for me! I’ve requested fic and art for all of my fandoms. I am within_a_dream on AO3, and you can read my previous letters here if you want to see some of my previous exchange requests! I have requested both fic and art for all fandoms.

This is a long letter, but don't take that to mean I'll only be happy with a long fic or intricate art! I'm just very wordy when it comes to my fandoms. Prompts have been Frankensteined together from years of letters, so the length of prompt means nothing except that I've been requesting that ship for longer! And feel free to grab prompts from previous letters if you want – my DNWs have changed over the years, but my general likes and fandom prompts pretty much haven’t.

If I don’t DNW a ship, feel free to include it in the background of a gift, I have very few NoTPs. Also feel free to include multiple requested ships in a gift or make any relationships poly. I’m also down for any amount of character death, graphic violence, and/or noncon.

Don’t feel bound to my prompts if none of them catch your interest – I’ll be happy with anything about my ships that doesn’t contain my DNWs!

DNWs

• Pregnancy, childbirth - mentions of canonical pregnancy are fine, but I don’t want art showing visibly pregnant characters or fics going into detail about pregnancy, related medical concerns, h/c related to pregnancy, etc


• Trans characters having PIV sex - other types of vaginal penetration or uses of dicks are fine!


• Unrequested infidelity - I don’t want explicit angsting about cheating on one’s spouse. For ships that break up a canon ship, I’m happy for you to retcon the canon ship/pretend it never happened, just not mention its existence in the fic/art, or make the canon ship an open relationship. For poly ships, I am very happy to read one or both members of a canon ship angsting about having feelings for someone else before the poly resolution, I just don’t want any actual infidelity happening


• Kinks I DNW - Oviposition, breeding kink, stuffing/feederism, visible stomach bulges (from cocks or toys or anything else)

General Likes

• I love all tenses and POVs!


• Fic about canonical children, Accidental Child Acquisition of OC children (especially for characters who are not at all parental and have no idea what to do with kids)


• Casefic, with a loose definition of "case" that encompasses mysteries for mystery fandoms, paranormal investigations for fantasy canons, espionage for spy canons, etc


• Ghost stories! Particular favorites include the "ghostly hitchhiker" urban legend and the setup where characters need to spend the night in a haunted house for Reasons


• Recovery or aftermath – of canonical traumatic events or noncanonical torture, rape, murder attempts, etc


• Whump, hurt/comfort, hurt/no comfort


• 5+1 fics


• Epistolary fic


• Trans headcanons/character-is-trans AUs


• Internal or external homophobia

Art Likes

• I love any art styles and media!


• Ships sharing each other’s clothes


• Disheveled characters (whether from fights or sex or anything else)


• Clothing/costume porn


• Clothed/unclothed, or discrepancies in level of dress, for shippy art


• Limited color palettes


• Blood, bruises, marks

Smut Likes

• Feel free to include any of your favorite kinks if you are writing or drawing me smut! My only squicks are in my DNWs – anything else goes.
  
• Any and all sex acts (vaginal, anal, oral, manual, frottage, intercrural, fisting, double penetration, sounding, etc) are great! I have no top/bottom or dom/sub preferences.


• My favorite words for genitals are cock and cunt, but I have no objections to whatever you’d like to use


• Pretty much anything under the BDSM umbrella. I am especially into unnegotiated or undernegotiated kink, and characters falling into kinky dynamics or things they enjoy (especially with the younger characters). I have no dom/sub preferences


• I would love noncon for any of my requested characters or fandoms – if you want to know more about what I like in dubcon or noncon I have a general list of kinks and tropes here in my Consent Issues letter. I generally prefer noncon with an OC or canonical antagonist as the rapist, and "fuck or die" setups between my requested characters are also great!


• Roleplay – I am into both serious roleplay and goofy scenarios that the characters can’t quite take seriously, and I am especially fond of rape roleplay/consensual non-consent


• Group sex, orgies, and gangbangs


• Gunplay, especially fucking someone with a gun


• Watersports – I am mostly into it for humiliation or marking aspects, and am neutral about drinking piss (and would prefer if any drinking happens it’s someone having their mouth pissed in directly rather than just drinking a glass of pee/etc)

Band Sinister – KJ Charles

• Amanda Frisby/David Martelo (Band Sinister) - I want to see more of their married life! Amanda bouncing plot troubles off of David and borrowing him to work out if an action she wants to describe is physically plausible, David coming home from an exhausting day at work and Amanda comforting him, Amanda getting used to the freedom of being away from Yarlcote for the first time since her season. And I am very interested in Amanda’s conversion to Judaism, and would love to see more about that, or just about her and David celebrating holidays together or something similar.


• Amanda Frisby/David Martelo/Lord Corvin (Band Sinister) – Last year there was an OW ship, Crown Princess Who Was A Starving Writer In Her Former Life/Faraway King Who's A Fan Of Her Books, and I keep thinking about Princess/Faraway King/Princess’s or King’s Advisor as an AU for Amanda/Corvin/David respectively. I also want to see more Amanda & Corvin (and Amanda & Murder) interactions in a canon setting, and David being a little exasperated and a lot endeared by the antics Amanda and Corvin get up to is a great dynamic. I would also love smut with Amanda enthusiastically enlisting Corvin to help David explain to her and demonstrate all of these sex acts she’s heard vague whispers about


• Guy Frisby/John Raven/Lord Corvin/Philip Rookwood (Band Sinister) - I’m especially into Philip/John/Corvin introducing Guy to all sorts of exciting aspects of London society now that Guy isn’t trapped in Yarlcote. I would also love to see some Guy/etc & Amanda interaction. Pornwise I would love to see more of the others introducing Guy to exciting new sex acts/etc, or lending him erotic literature.I would love to see their first few weeks/months/whatever post-book learning how they fit together. I’m totally down for fluff, but also for a bit of angst with Guy feeling insecure about his place in such a long-running relationship, Corvin and/or John feeling insecure about Philip being enthralled enough with his new beau that he leaves them behind, Philip worrying about balancing his relationships with the other three, etc. Porn-wise I would so love to see their first time having sex all together, especially if it’s Guy who initiates the foursome.

Benjamin January Mysteries – Barbara Hambly

• Abishag Shaw/Benjamin January/Rose Vitrac January (Benjamin January Mysteries) - Shaw is so closed-off in canon, I really want to see him opening up and getting romantically involved with Ben and Rose. I'd love to see how they get together (do Rose and Ben set out to seduce Shaw? Does Shaw unexpectedly kiss Ben?), hurt/comfort with Shaw injured on the job and Ben and Rose insisting on him resting up, or Shaw interacting with the January kids.
  


• Benjamin January/Hannibal Sefton/Rose Vitrac January (Benjamin January Mysteries) - I love the friendship dynamic of these three in the books, and I’d love anything that expands that dynamic to a romantic relationship. I’d love to see how the three of them ended up as a triad, or any events of the books reexamined from a shippy perspective. I’d also love to see them doing science or making music or solving mysteries together, or hurt/comfort (either stemming from one of the times any of them is injured or traumatized in the books, or an original incident).
  


• Chloë Viellard/Dominique Viellard (Benjamin January) - This is the Benjamin January femslash ship of my heart! I’d love a first time fic, showing how these two came to like each other or love each other (or their first kiss or first time having sex). I also headcanon Minou as very into ridiculous sexy roleplay, and I’d love to see her trying to talk Chloë into joining her in this. I’d also love to see the two of them interacting with Charmian. You are also welcome to include Henri, but as I don’t have any specific prompts for him I would feel bad requesting that threesome specifically.
  

England Series – KJ Charles

• Archie Curtis/Daniel de Silva (England series) - I love everything about their dynamic in the book: their differing skillsets, Daniel’s experience/Archie’s inexperience with sex, and the potential for a future doing espionage together. I would love something set post-canon with them working together if you are inclined to write/draw some spying. I would also love a look into the quieter moments of their post-book life, maybe Archie reading Daniel’s poetry or Daniel introducing Archie to his friends/the queer scene. Also if you are down for porn, I know there are one or two takes on Archie’s first time bottoming out there but I always want more of that. And if you want to write some rape recovery, I have prompts in my Consent Issues letter!
  


• Fenella Carruth/Patricia Merton (England Series – KJC) - I am very into the idea of Fen and Pat running a bit of an investigative agency, and would love to see some casefic/art to that effect. I also loved Pat teaching Fen to shoot and would love to see more of them shooting together, and/or some gunkink porn. And I would love to see their perspectives on the events of Think of England! Also, their relationship allows for so many lovely moments of quiet intimacy and I would love to see them dressing/undressing each other, doing each other’s hair, etc.
  

Frey & McGray Series – Oscar de Muriel

• Adolphus "Nine Nails" McGray/Ian Frey (Frey & McGray) – I love the dynamic of these two and seeing their relationship go from antagonistic to something more amicable (albeit only a little more amicable), and I just really want them to kiss and/or fuck, perhaps in a moment of relief after a near-death experience that they both then pretend never happened until they can’t bear the tension anymore. I would also love to see them working a case, or just a snippet from a case. And I desperately want to see Frey confront something that is undeniably supernatural! I am especially a fan of the “must stay in a haunted house all night for Reasons” setup.


• Adolphus "Nine Nails" McGray/Ian Frey & Amy "Pansy" McGray (Frey & McGray) – I love McGray’s relationship with his sister, and I would love to see more of them interacting. Perhaps something where Pansy has more moments of clarity and talks to her brother, or maybe even recovers enough to come home with him. I would also love to see them trying to hide their relationship from her, but she catches on right away and is very happy for McGray


• Dr. Reed/Ian Frey (Frey & McGray) – listen, there is some real sexual tension in Frey’s disdain for Reed’s medical skills and I think they should have hatesex (maybe in the morgue?) I would also love to see Reed along on a case, and especially facing down something supernatural


• Adolphus "Nine Nails" McGray/Dr. Reed/Ian Frey (Frey & McGray) – Feel free to take any of my Frey/McGray and/or Frey/Reed prompts here. Perhaps a late night working on a case devolves into a threesome?

Society of Gentlemen – KJ Charles

• David Cyprian & Silas Mason (Society of Gentlemen) - I loved what we saw of their friendship in the series and I want so much more! Playing board games together and talking, Silas’s staunch convictions vs Cyprian’s careful apoliticalness. Perhaps one of them helping the other out of a sticky situation, or Silas giving David book recommendations. If you are into Cyprian whump/noncon, I have some prompts at my Consent Issues letter and would love to see Silas being the person Cyprian goes to after said whump.
  


• Dominic Frey/Silas Mason (Society of Gentlemen) - I am always here for more smut about them. Would love to see them trying out new kinks together. I’m also very into political debate between them, or exchanging and discussing books. If you are into Dom whump/noncon, I have some prompts in my Consent Issues letter and would love to see Silas’s reaction to any of those prompts happening.
  


• Francis Webster/Gabriel Ashleigh (Society of Gentlemen) - I love these two, and am very sad we only got a novella that was exclusively about them. I love Ash’s golden-retriever-like personality and how it interacts with Francis’s more reserved demeanor, and I want to see all the fanworks about them! I know it’s been done in a few fics already, but I would especially love to see their reaction to Maltravers getting his hands on Ash’s letters
  

Will Darling Adventures – KJ Charles

• Maisie Jones/Phoebe Stevens-Prince (Will Darling) - I am so in love with these two, and I dearly hope we get them together in canon and perhaps a spin-off novel. And plenty of fanworks! I am very into Maisie assuming Phoebe is straight and that her pining will be forever unrequited, only to have Phoebe casually mention an ex-girlfriend (perhaps during her campaign to make sure Maisie is all right with queer people during book 2). Phoebe and Maisie bonding over clothes design is also delightful. Maisie designing dresses for Phoebe, or perhaps lingerie for Phoebe, and perhaps getting jealous of the men who will see Phoebe in them/take them off of Phoebe. Maisie and Phoebe dealing with the aftermath of book 2 would also be very great! Phoebe is going to have a very bad time, and Maisie didn’t get off super easily either; they’re going to have a lot to deal with. I’d also love to see Will being oblivious to the relationship/thinking Maisie and Phoebe are just close friends until they have to tell him explicitly they’re in a relationship – he seems like the type who could be a bit oblivious.

Doctrine of Labyrinths – Sarah Monette

• Felix/Mildmay – Do we spend the whole series hearing how much this relationship wouldn’t work? Yes. Do I still desperately want fanworks about it? Also yes. Anywhere along the timeline from something horribly dysfunctional at the beginning of their relationship to something set post-canon when they might actually have a chance at a semi-functional relationship is great! I’m also good with Mildmay discovering feelings for Felix or him never reciprocating Felix’s feelings but sex still happening for Reasons. Mildmay would definitely be very weak for praise kink and I would love to see Felix take advantage of that. A fuck or die scenario would be great fun (I could see Mildmay thinking “die” is the better option but Felix making them go for “fuck”).


• Mildmay/Any Male Character – I really do mean any! Poly relationships also welcome, as are OCs. Consensual or noncon are both great. For consensual, I just desperately want Mildmay having a Big Bisexual Janus Awakening. His insistence that he’s not molly seems very tied to his past with Kholkis and I would love to see him having a trauma reaction to realizing he’s attracted to/in love with a man. I’d also love to see someone force him to lie back and enjoy himself in bed instead of being so giving (which also seems tied to his past, so you could go hurt/comfort and/or traumatic backstory exploration with that too). A few options I’ve considered for consensual shipping: Simon (Mildmay rescued him! Peak romance), Gideon (as a horrible revenge attempt against Felix, perhaps), Kay (the reading could so easily blossom into something more), and Hutchence (I feel like Mildmay would be very into his branch of magic/engineering), but you can choose another guy too! For noncon, the obvious option is Malkar, and feel free to go as brutal as you want. (Malkar making himself look like Felix during the rape would be very fun if that catches your fancy!) You could also use Isaac Garamond, in conjunction with Malkar or on his own.

Queen’s Gambit (TV)

Fandom-specific DNW: shippy fic when Beth is younger than 14 (no need to specify age, just don't emphasize her youth/her being prepubescent), shippy art using Beth's younger actor as a reference for the character

• Annette Packer/Beth Harmon (Queen's Gambit) – I realize they’ve barely interacted in canon, but listen, they are so shippy and I love them! If you want to set it during their first meeting, I’d love to see a bathroom hookup during Beth’s first chess tournament (possibly featuring menstrual cunnilingus). I’d also love to see a relationship or hookup happening after their second meeting, possibly with Beth apologizing for being such a dick.


• Benny Watts/Beth Harmon/D. L. Townes/Harry Beltik (Queen's Gambit) – I just think that Beth should celebrate her victory in Russia with a foursome. Or an orgy, if you’d like to include more people! Pretty much anyone is good. I really enjoyed Benny and Harry meeting up to call Beth, and I’d like to see how they (and Townes) would get along in a romantic relationship or during sex – and maybe someone could give Harry some sex lessons, haha. I could also see the three of them bonding over loving exasperation when Beth gets distracted by chess. Mostly I just want Beth to have a chess harem and if you’re feeling porn, lots of fun sex!


• Beth Harmon/Cleo (Queen's Gambit) – I would love to see what happened before they woke up in bed together, or anything else you’d like to show from their wild night on the town. Or something post-canon – how would Beth get along with Cleo after she pulls back from her drug and alcohol use? I have also seen a fun theory floating around that Cleo was a Soviet plant to sabotage Beth, which could be a very fun premise for a work.


• Beth Harmon/Jolene (Queen's Gambit) – I just love these two so much! Perhaps their friendship blossoms into romance (or sex) in the year or two before Beth is adopted, or maybe Beth was harboring an un-acted-upon crush that she finally voices when they meet again as adults. Or perhaps Beth pays Jolene back for her loan with sexual favors (I’m kind of in love with Beth jokingly offering to be Jolene’s sugar baby).

Stumptown

• Dex Parios/Naomi Blackbird (Stumptown) - I love the shared past and animosity with Benny they have, and I would love to see their time working together in canon grow into something romantic and/or sexual. Sue Lynn pushing them to work together makes for a very fun dynamic, and I’d love to see the two of them work more cases together. This is a great ship for hatesex as well. And you are welcome to lean heavily on grief for any fill!


• Dex Parios/Sue Lynn Blackbird (Stumptown) - I love their dynamic in canon, and I would so love for that dynamic to turn romantic and/or sexual. The one scenario that I keep thinking about is that one of the nights Dex is at the casino drinking herself silly and losing all of her money, when Sue Lynn goes to cut her off Dex ends up apologizing for Benny’s death and asking Sue Lynn to punish her, with a bit or more than a bit of sexual innuendo. And then, to her shock, Sue Lynn takes her up on it. Grief-based relationships are also very great. I love the age gap if you want to utilize it in your work.

Vienna Blood (TV)

• Max Liebermann/Oskar Rheinhardt (Vienna Blood (TV)) - I love the dynamic between Max and Oskar, everywhere from the beginning antagonism to their friendship by the end of the season. I’d love to see them kiss or otherwise admit their feelings after a particularly stressful moment on the job. Max applying his studies to the cases or himself or Oskar. I am also very into readings/portrayals of Max as gay, where part of his difficulties with his relationship with his fiancee is that he’s not interested in women and just hasn’t figured that out yet