Chocolate Box 2k19

Dear Chocolate Boxer,

Hello! Just a heads up, I realized that there are a couple of spoilers for my listed fandoms under those sections. So, like, if you matched on WWE and haven't gotten around to watching the first season of Fargo yet, maybe don't read that bit. Also, go watch Fargo. On to the letter!

I am easy to please and I love a wide variety of stuff. I'm okay with any genre, any rating from G to NC-17 - whatever you are comfortable with writing I am comfortable with reading. I've included general things that I like in this letter and I've tried to throw out some prompty ideas for stuff that I'd be interested in but I want you to feel free to write what you want even if I've made no mention of it here- if it's not on my DNW list then I will be cool with it! Also I don't want it to seem like I am using this letter to promo my own shit, but I write the type of things that I like to read, so check out my fic if you are so inclined.

DNWs

First person POV, character bashing, PWP, coffeeshop/bakery AUs, -isms, fic that is trying to teach me a moral lesson, medical kink, age play, eroticized rape or torture, formal D/s (informal is okay, but if anyone is getting called “master” I’m out), scat, watersports, body modifications as kink, lactation from any gender, heavy bdsm

That Good Shit (™)

- Uhhhhh, rapid fire list of stuff I like in case any of it strikes your fancy: action, character studies, humor, angst, regional dialects, “small moments” type stuff like doing the dishes or folding laundry, scars, blood, inclement weather, found family, bed sharing, fucked up religious imagery, hurt/comfort, first times, scumbags doing scumbag shit, developing relationships, tattoos, body horror, horror in general, road trips, grungy Americana, DIY haircuts

- AUs. Get weird with it, if you are so inclined! I love AUs of all stripes - Canon divergence, mundane modern, high school, college, magic, dystopia, supernatural, superpowers, urban fantasy, sci-fi, historic of any era, dragon riders, arms dealers, post-apocalypse, post-singularity, pretty much anything you could think of (with the one exception being coffeeshop/bakery AUs). I like having to see how canonical characterizations resolve themselves in a myriad of settings

- Canon is perfectly fine too! I will go on and on about AUs, but I wouldn't be requesting these fandoms if I didn't like the canon!

- Physical fights/people being injured/patching up each other's physical injuries in less than stellar conditions. If you want to write anything that involves a fight in a gas station McDonald's or getting blood all over the floor of a cramped motel bathroom then I would be thrilled.
- literally anything on this list could be an amazing prompt: flatheadbeacon.com/2018/12/27/best-police-blotter-2018

- Realistic dialogue. Long rambling conversations that could be about something or about nothing much at all.

- In media res. I love being dropped into fiction where I have no idea what is going on and I have to figure it out as I go. Or, not figure it out as the case may be. Feel free to just start in the middle of whatever.

- I like it when female characters are ruthless, confident, and kick-ass.

- I am a huge fan of suffering in all its various flavors, mainly for male characters. I'm not saying I need things to be relentlessly miserable (although they certainly can be if you want them to), but I just love shit like: misunderstandings and miscommunication between characters, inexperience, loneliness, bad decisions, self confidence issues, people making mistakes, shitty situations, unhealthy past relationships, imbalanced power dynamics, awkward conversations, internalized shame, people who are just huge disasters, etc.

Letterkenny

The snappy dialogue is my favorite part of this show, but to be fair (to be fay-uh), that kind of thing can be very tough to write and I know most people aren't from rural Ontario. I love the small town low stakes drama (that occasionally becomes higher stakes drama) and all the weird side characters

Daryl & Katy & Squirrelly Dan & Wayne (Letterkenny)

The “favs hanging out” is really all I want here. Maybe they go to an estate auction for the estate of someone’s cousin's girlfriend's grandpa that is being called by Jim Dickins. Maybe Modeans 2 is having a Canada Day celebration. Maybe the degens from upcountry are back. Maybe they just hang out at the farmstand rehashing local gossip. Any new alleged developments on Boots and The Ginger? Where else has Squirrelly Dan hoovered schneef? What happened to all of Joint Boy's posse who look like weird uncles? Who is next on the list of people Wayne has to fight?

Jonesy/Reilly (Letterkenny), Jonesy/Katy/Reilly (Letterkenny)

I just want some sweet dumb hockey bros crushing sandos and giving it a hundy P at praccy, ferda. The hockey coach is one of my fav minor characters so if you want to include him that would be awesome. Maybe he teaches Jonesy and Reilly to kick trash cans really good or something, idk.

I'm not sure if they get back together with Katy in later seasons, but I loved how their poly group was in the first season and how they would do pretty much anything for her. If you want to write anything with Katy bossing Reilly and Jonesy around in bed then I would def be into that.

True Detective

Rustin "Rust" Cohle/Martin "Marty" Hart (True Detective)

Given my love of terrible decisions and suffering, it is hardly a surprise that I am very much here for walking disaster Rust Cohle and emotionally constipated Marty Hart. I don't have any real solid ideas here (case fic, about any other bizarre murders that happened between when they killed Reggie LaDoux and when their partnership imploded, seems like an easy option) but tbh you could write me a few hundred words about weird shit that Rust says when they are driving around and it would be perfect. I also love the whole neon and gritty bayou and lurking horror vibe of the show if you want to go with something along those lines.

Fargo

Mr. Numbers/Mr. Wrench (Fargo), Mr. Numbers & Mr. Wrench (Fargo)

First of all, let me just say that if you actually set a fic in North Dakota that I will love you forever

Second, I don't particularly want fix-it fic where Numbers lives, although I would be interested in a “five universes where Numbers dies, and one where he doesn't” type thing of the idea appeals. But anyways. I like the idea that Numbers’ death really fucks Wrench up, and his memory is almost like a ghost at the corner of Wrench's vision, signing at him to watch his back or think twice about bad decisions. Wrench dealing with his grief, badly. Whether they were “&” or “/” is up to you.

If you don't want to deal with Numbers being dead, I'd love anything about them working together before the events of Season 1. Endless miles on the road between jobs and eating at tiny no-name diners. Murdering people. Dumping bodies in frozen rivers. Maybe a job goes sideways and one has to patch up the other in a motel bathroom, getting blood all over the ugly tile. There is lots of potential here for them to get trapped in the car by blizzards or “only one bed” type scenarios, just saying.

WWE

Fandom specific - Please keep it kayfabe! No mention of real life identities, relationships, etc. I am not unilaterally opposed to mentions of Roman’s irl cancer BUT you walk an exceedingly fine line if you choose to bring it up

Dean Ambrose | Jon Moxley/Seth Rollins | Tyler Black (WWE)

Neither of these guys is known for making great choices, and the way that they always end up spiraling back towards each other is case in point. Dean is as always my #1 vote in the category of Most Likely to be bleeding from the mouth in the back of a cop car, and Seth comes across to me as insincere every time he tries to have an emotional moment so I see him more as the type who is trying (poorly) to hide his damage.

Some ideas that spring to mind...

Something that explores how their self destructive behaviors manifest differently but are, ultimately (and unfortunately), very complimentary. Seth Rollins Has Daddy Issues, see: his history with The Authority and Triple H. Any situation where they are forced to spend time together when they are on the outs - trapped in an elevator, stuck at the same rest stop during a blizzard, etc. One of them gets busted open and the other has to patch them up. Hate fucking, or, one of them being too fucked up to enjoy hate fucking (pretty sure I stole this idea from APgeeksout's letter, big ups). Recurrent morning after regret - that was definitely the last time, they can't keep doing this... even though it definitely wasn't the last time and they both know that they will keep doing it.

I think you probably get the idea. If you write me anything with either or both of them being an angsty, suffering mess then I will be thrilled.

Dean Ambrose | Jon Moxley/Bo Dallas (WWE)

Not to be That Person who has to make everything creepy and grimdark, but I find Bo Dallas to be incredibly disconcerting on an almost fundamental level. He smiles all the time like he has not quite figured out how humans work yet. So: I love him. Feel free to make Bo Dallas anything from an Actual Eldritch Abomination, to a completely normal human who is just disturbingly happy and says weird shit, or anything in between.

These two don't have much canonical interaction, but they are both on RAW so there is potential there for backstage encounters. Dean has been going through a “dark boiler room promo” phase recently...why was Bo creeping around in the dark at the same time? When Dean was contemplating his heel turn, maybe Bo was there in catering to ask him why he looked so grumpy (“Are you sad because you realized that your existence is so small and insignificant? Wouldn't it be better to give up on what you thought your life would be and just Bo-lieve?”).

I can also imagine a near-infinite array of AUs involving these two, and would love anything of the sort if you are AU inclined. Bo is the too-cheery staff at the free clinic where Dean rolls up to get his huge lacerations stitched shut when the super glue isn't enough after a particularly rough hardcore match or a bad bar fight. Any curse breaker/blade runner/monster hunter scenario where Dean either gets a weird new partner who seems a little too knowledgeable, OR unexpectedly gets in over his head when he ends up going up against Bo on what was supposed to be a routine case. High school AU where Bo is the weird homeschool kid who just started at public school and latches on to Dean despite the fact that anyone who knows anything knows that Dean Ambrose is a dirty scumbag loser. Sci-fi AU where Dean is a deep space freighter and something much stranger than the contraband he is supposed to be carrying sneaks onto his ship (even better if humans haven't encountered alien life before and Bo is something fairly mind-breaking). The possibilities are endless

Rhino | Rhyno/Heath Slater (WWE)

A primer: Rhyno used to be a hardcore legend, but then he had to re-enter this hell company through NXT (where he was paired up with everyone's favorite millstone, Baron Corbin) and has since return to the main roster as one half of a comedy undercard tag team. Also he found the time to have a failed political career in there too. All this to say, I tend to think of him as someone that people might think is “cool” at first glance but is actually a fuckin awkward dude who is fairly terrible at life. I am happy that he appears to have found a purpose in life helping to protect the job of a perpetually down on his luck father of seven kids. Because, Heath Slater has seven kids. This is the only bit of Canon in this entire letter that I am not willing to budge on.

(I know the kids have been on the show, but those segments were Bad so just make up whatever names/ages if you want. They don't need to appear on screen at all, but their existence is kind of a big character motivation.)

Going off recent RAW events, I loved how gutted Heath was when he won the match and got Rhyno fired. And speaking of that match, it sure is convenient that he managed to pin Rhyno on his first attempt after a grand total of one (1) offensive move, huh. I'm not saying Rhyno took a dive because he loves Heath and knows that Heath needs this job to support his seven children, but, I mean, anything is possible. I'm also always interested in the early days of their partnership - why would Rhyno agree to help Heath try and get his job back? There is one fucked up dynamic that I love in particular, where Heath thinks that Rhyno is only going to keep teaming with him if Rhyno is getting something out of it (wink wink nudge nudge), and Heath being willing to do whatever it takes to keep Rhyno around, and then Rhyno being horrified if/when he finds out that is what Heath thought of him. If you don't want to get grim with it, I'm pretty sure the whole Slater family (and Rhyno) went out to the Golden Corral to celebrate that one time they won the tag belts, and I'm doubly sure that Rhyno would have been awkward as fuck.

Again, if you are imagining any kind of AU here then that would be awesome. If you go with some type of setting where Heath having seven biological children wouldn't make sense for whatever reason then the kids can be younger siblings or orphans that he is responsible for or juvenile clones or whatever. Actually, if you wanted to do something like a five times fic exploring the different possible iterations of Rhyno and Heath and Heath's kids across different realities then that could be fun.

Tommaso Ciampa/Johnny Gargano

You know that thing I said about how much I love suffering and bad choices? Yeah. This pairing is rife with that. Give me all of the angst. Also I loved that time where Johnny was fired and going to Ciampa's house at 3am while Ciampa beseeched William Regal for help, so like, there is some good humor there too. I don't really have any more specific ideas tho, sorry. I feel like the canon of these two is so good that it's hard to come up with ways that I would like to see it changed or improved, ya know? Also, I love Candice so any capacity in which you want to include her would be fine