Master list_General likes

[claire_cz]

This is a very loooong list of many many things I love to see in fics and things I just love in general. Feel free to take a look at some of these categories ;)

General likes I always include in sign-ups

canon verse || missing scenes || prequel/sequel of a canon scene

5 + 1 || case fics || character studies || domestic fics || epistolary|| fluff || friends to lovers || friendship fics || future fics (future of the respective show/book) || gen fics || getting together || humour || hurt/comfort (mostly physical hurt – preferably from injuries) || slowburn

cooking together || dancing together || dark academia || late night walks || lazy mornings || linguistics || massage (nothing s*xual, just a massage) || road trips || slice of life || taking care of cats together || trapped in an elevator together

happy endings || open endings || second and third person POV || unusual narrator || lots of descriptions of the surroundings and atmosphere || multiple timelines

DNWs

Just a quick repetition of my DNWs before the avalanche of all the likes begins.

• Alzheimer’s, cancer and coronavirus related themes
• death of any requested character (even if it's canon)
• downright unhappy endings
• E rated fics
• excessive unnecessary violence (i.e. way over what is usual for a given show/book)
• kidfic (i.e. canon or original child character. Mentioning them in one sentence is ok, otherwise I prefer kids to be away in kindergarten or school)
• mentioning body parts typically involved in sexual activities, especially c**k (mentioning “butt” or “breasts” in non-sexual context is ok)
• omegaverse and mpreg
• pairings involving three or more characters at the same time (even in case I request A/B and A/C I really don't want A/B/C. Please pick only one relationship unless the prompts and/or freeforms suggest I am ok with one of the characters cheating or one couple [A/B] breaking up and establishing of another couple [A/C]. Even in these cases, though, no threesomes)
• permanent brain damage
• pregnancy and parenthood
• royal/high school/historic/sci-fi AUs
• sexual content (for / requests: I’m happy my fave characters are dating, I just don’t need to see everything; cuddling and kissing “on screen” is ok)
• supernatural elements, magical realism, fairies, ghosts and anything connected to magic in real world canons, especially in casefics
  (these are real world canons for a reason ;) I LOVE casefics where the reader can play along and where it’s possible to find out/guess the solution based on presented evidence, dialogues, common sense and knowledge of the real world without resorting to some magical happenings)

Formats and mediums

I’ve borrowed many freeform tags from FIAB and Unconventional fanworks. I’ve tried to group them together so that it would make some sense ;)

canon verse || missing scene || prequel || sequel || future fic || episode tag || post-canon || multiple timelines

happy endings || open endings

character study || relationship study || second and third person POV || outsider POV of relationship/character || unusual narrator

Crossover – Two characters played by the same actor are actually the same person (for my fandoms it applies to Kerri Russell (Elizabeth in The Americans and Kate in The Diplomat) and Chris O’Donnell (the vet in Grey’s Anatomy and G Callen in NCIS: LA) oh, and also David Suchet (Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot but also first-class villain Krivas in The Professionals).

Art – Book Cover, Collage, Conspiracy Board, Excerpts from a Character's Sketchbook, Fanart Cover/Illustration of Recipient's Fic, In-Universe Magazine Spread, Moodboard, Playing Card

Crafts and Games – What Character Are You Quiz, Murdle

Fandom – Character Analysis || Meta || Meta about a popular trope or piece of fanon || Meta about something that delighted you || Platonic relationship analysis || Ship analysis || Team analysis || Translation analysis (yes, please, scream about all the bad and good translations, even if I don’t know the source or target language)

Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) – Excerpts from a Journal/Notebook/Sketchbook || In-Universe Blog Post || In-Universe Magazine Article || In-Universe Magazine Spread || In-Universe Newspaper Article || In-Universe Newspaper Front Page

Writing – List of random facts || Recursive Fic of Any of my works

Writing – In-Universe – Academic Article || Book or Movie Review || Diary Entry || Excerpts from a Character's Journal/Notebook || Field Report || Interview || Investigative Report || Magazine Article || Magazine Spread || Medical Report || Meeting Minutes || Mission Report || Newspaper Article || Newspaper Front Page || Notes taken by Character(s) || Tabloid Article || Thesis Excerpt || To-Do List || Travel Guide || Wikipedia Article

Writing – In-Universe Social Media – Newsletter || Social Media || Text Messages

Style – 5 + 1 Things || 20 Random Facts || Dialogue Only || Drabbles || Epistolary || Non-Linear Narrative || Story Told through Media (News/Academic Work/Historical Documents/Letters etc.)

Tropes

Some general vibes of the fics I enjoy the most.

• Action/Adventure - I associate this mainly with SEAL Team. So that’s missions! Deployments! And also with Judge Dee Mysteries and The Professionals because their investigations can be really dramatic. Quick changes of pace, everything happening at once, characters having to think on their feet…
• AU - Canon Divergence - I put this here for SEAL Team for a very specific reason. Because the series ended with episode 6x06. You can’t convince me otherwise. I’ve moved into my cozy AU where Clay, Stella and Brian are still together and happy.
• Canon-style plot - I just love the series and books I request and I want moooore. And because I mainly request medical or detective shows I love all the case fics (be it detective or medical) just sprinkled with a bit of the characters’ relationships.
• Character Development – character studies and seeing the development of the character thorough the fic is great. For example I could name Cristina Yang from Grey’s Anatomy and House because they are just fascinating. The way they think…
• Established Relationship - I’d like to get a sneak peek into the private life of my faves.
• Fix-it fic – Even though we love our books or TV shows there’s always something to fix, isn’t it? Yup, for example I’m not that happy about Calzona’s break-up (in Grey’s Anatomy) and so many deaths there and about Clay’s death (SEAL Team).
  These were such bad bad decisions by the TV writers. And there’s so much room to build a totally new reality in the fic.
  Also House M.D.! I think it got a bit off the rails after season 5… the hospitalization, the whole Cuddy/House, break-up and the car “accident” – maybe we could do without them.
• Fluff - All my faves are so busy with saving the patients and saving the world, have to always be alert and competent. And I’d love to see a bit of fluff in their lives. Who’ll bring them the fluff? And what is it? Visiting a cat-café or breakfast in bed?
• Getting together - The majority of my requested pairs are not canon, so I’d love to know how they started dating, who was the matchmaker, how was the first kiss, whether their boss was happy about it…
• Humour – I love the mix of humour and drama in fics, witty dialogues, shenanigans happening…
• Hurt/comfort - I love hurt/comfort. There can never be enough h/c in a fanfic. I prefer physical h/c, and usually I prefer injuries over illnesses. I love hurt/comfort and everything that encompasses it i.e. adapting to new life, permanent injuries, physical therapy…
• Mystery/Procedural - Case fics! Case fics! I’d love to follow the characters while they are investigating a crime or trying to diagnose a patient.
• Slice of life - I’d love to get a sneak peek into the everyday life of my favourite characters.

Alternate universe and canon divergence

I list royal, historic, high school and sci-fi AUs among my DNWs but there are other AUs and canon divergence I do enjoy!

AUs:

Academia AU || Artists AU || Bake Off contestants AU || Ballet AU || Bookstore AU || Criminals AU || Murder Mystery AU || Spies and secret agents AU || University/College AU

Vibes, time periods:

Dark Academia || Victorian era || Paris and Vienna of the 19^th and 20^th century

Canon divergence, Fix-it

(I’m mainly thinking about Grey’s Anatomy [Calzona break-up] and SEAL Team [Clay…] feel free to use it for other fandoms as well)

• Alternate Universe – Character lives but is still badly hurt
• Canonical character death replaced with rescue and comfort
• Fix-It – Canon breakup doesn't occur
• Fix-it – Character survives canonical death / Canonical character death is averted
• Fix-it – Last-minute rescue for character who died in canon before they die
• Surviving canon death with nonetheless life-altering consequences and injuries

Other divergence:

Exploration of Aftermath of Canon Events || Pre-canon – what sort of adventures did the character(s) go on before canon?

Character meets their child self || Traumatic canon event that happened to Character A happens to Character B instead

Case fics

I love case fics. I love crime novels. I love case fics so so much. There’s nothing like trying to solve the (murder) mystery alongside your faves.

I love all aspects of case fics. Just a sneak peek into the case in a drabble on one hand or detailed description of the whole investigation in a 10k fic on the other hand; jumping right into the grande finale with the detective presenting the solution; interrogation of the suspect…

I also love undercover work, spies, missions (SEAL Team-like) and the planning of them etc.

And when my fave(s) get(s) injured during the investigation… oh, so yummy.

Here are some of the freeform tags I’ve collected:

A accused of crimes; only B believes they're innocent || First case together || Hurt/Comfort During A Case/Mission || Interrogation || Scene from a casefic || Solving a high-stakes case || Solving a murder / Murder mystery ||

Character becomes a spy || Character realizes they've been working for the wrong side; switches sides || Enemies to Lovers - Undercover as a Couple || Mission fic || Secret Identity || Undercover Mission || Undercover - A character used to action has an everyday job and hates it || Undercover - Hurt/Comfort While Undercover || Undercover character ends up actually becoming the person they're pretending to be || Undercover at a formal event

Gen

Who needs romance when we have gen fics, right?! I love gen fics – all the various friendship dynamics, team shenanigans, road trips, reunions, all the improbable scenarios like Characters reading fanfiction about themselves or Participating in The Great British Bake-Off ;)

General vibes:

• Angst with a happy ending
• Canon typical shenanigans
• Case fics
• Cooking lessons
• Grief/Mourning
• Humour
• Road trips
• Slice of life
• Stuck in an elevator

Style

• 5 times this happened and 1 time something else happened
• Character development through conversation
• Descriptions of atmosphere
• Outsider POV - Outsider has entirely the wrong idea about what they witness

Friendship, team dynamics:

• Age gap friendship
• Best friends
• Characters have a strained friendship that improves
• Characters satisfied with their nonromantic emotionally intimate relationship
• Friends to enemies to friends
• Friendship
• Friendships that only strengthen throughout the years
• Older character sees themselves in younger character
• Pen pals
• Platonic "there was only one bed" - characters annoy each other through the night
• Platonic bedsharing
• Platonic cuddling
• Team as family
• Team bonding
• Unexpected friendship

Meetings:

• Bittersweet reunions – Everything’s changed but that’s ok
• Characters run into each other in an unexpected place
• Meeting again years later
• Reuniting after years apart

Scenarios (shorter and more concrete)

• Character A accidentally infects Character B's computer with a virus
• Character A scolds character B for endangering themselves
• Character reading fanfic about their secret identity
• Character who has never dressed up before has to dress up VERY fancy and looks amazing
• Character(s) as Great British Bake Off contestant(s)
• Characters learn each other’s languages
• Characters reading fanfiction
• Characters teaching each other new skills
• Characters work together to solve a mystery
• Cooking together with widely varying tastes and skill levels
• Learning new languages
• Masquerade ball
• Office party
• On the run together
• Stuck in an elevator together
• Talking in the middle of the night when insomnia hits
• Truth serum
• Two tired people taking quiet comfort in each other
• Wealthy character enjoys spoiling partner who grew up with very little

Scenarios (longer or more abstract)

• A and B have history but work flawlessly together when they must reunite for a common goal
• Character A being a badass and other characters reacting to it/being in awe
• Character struggling with carrying a legacy they have been bestowed with
• Character's competence comes across as strange without knowledge of character's background
• Confessing to deeply held secrets while drugged/drunk/delirious
• Genius character accomplishes their masterplan
• Intelligent characters enthusing over learning new things (especially from each other)
• Keeping secrets
• Mysterious places
• Now that character A knows character B's secrets they see them differently
• Thing character has built a large chunk of their life around comes to an end; finding a new path
• Tough guy with a secret soft side

Asexual (or aroace) characters

I would love more ace or aroace representation in fics (be it an OC or the main character).

Sherlock Holmes and Spencer Reid come immediately to my mind, head canons for any character are welcome!!

Here are some ace flavours:

• Allo partner reassuring ace partner that it's okay if they never have sex
• Anything with/about ace flag colours (I love purple so much)
• Aro and/or ace queerplatonic life partners
• Asexual Relationship(s)
• Asexual spectrum character comes out and is respected
• Aspec person/couple/group become media darlings of ace rep
• Character discovers asexuality while in relationship; partner still loves them
• Character grows to embrace their sexual orientation
• Creating pride merch
• Dealing with feelings of isolation due to aspec orientation in an allo/amatonormative world
• Relieved to learn that you're not broken; you're just a-spec
• The relief of sex not being required
• Using your romantic label as your sexuality instead of telling people you're ace

Hurt/Comfort

I love hurt/comfort. In the fanfiction world it truly is the trope I read the most often, think about it the most often, plot it the most often… Simply put I love it when my fave characters get hurt (and maybe also get comforted).

I always have the impression that canon doesn’t pay proper attention to the characters’ injuries and they get better too quickly – though fortunately, fanfiction usually quickly remedies these situations and our faves suffer a bit longer ;) Just don’t kill them in the process, please, that’s my only condition. Otherwise, yes please, I beg you, hurt my faves ;)

I prefer physical injuries and generally speaking I prefer injuries over illnesses. I’m ok with any detail of graphic description from omitting it to very very detailed while reading about the injury.

I love when writers incorporate canon injuries into the fics (and pay them proper attention - unlike the TV writers!) or you can always imagine shiny yummy new ones ;) …limb injuries, fractures, amputation, spinal cord injuries, ribs, gunshot wounds…, the pain and recovery or adapting to new life. And now after the injury: How does the character’s everyday life look like? How are they coping with the hospital stay/PT/needing help/people staring/noisy colleagues? Do they have to use a cane / crutches / a wheelchair etc.? How will the injury/recovery/adapting influence the character’s friendships, relationships? How will the comfort look like?

Also for Hanahaki disease my DNW about supernatural elements doesn’t apply.

Thorough many exchanges I’ve collected MANY freeform tags connected to hurt/comfort. I’ve split them up a bit into these categories:
Types of injuries, the state a character is in || Amputation || Pain || PT, recovery, permanent injury || Hiding injury; refusing help; help unavailable || Circumstances of the H/C; place; modifications of canon etc. || H/C during missions, investigations, work || Scenarios || Some romance or bonding in between the hurt

I think that just by looking at the sheer number of tags it’s clear that any hurt is good and welcome ;) (comfort is also good).

Types of injuries; the state a character is in

• Bandaging wounds
• Battle injuries pile up over time
• Broken bones
• Broken collarbones
• Broken leg
• Broken ribs
• Bruises on the face
• Bullet removal
• Car accidents
• Career-ending injuries
• Character A has disability/chronic illness flare up and is comforted
• Chronic condition
• Chronic pain
• Cleaning/treating wounds
• Concussions
• Creator's choice of arm or hand injury
• Dislocated shoulder
• Gunshot wound(s)
• Gunshot wound – Leg
• Hanahaki as a chronic disease
• Hanahaki disease
• Hanahaki that doesn’t kill but is still inconvenient unless the feelings are reciprocated
• Headaches & Migraines
• Hurt character can’t walk on their own
• Hurt character is barely conscious due to injury
• Infected wounds
• Injury on top of old injuries
• Insomnia and/or sleep deprivation
• Long-term damage to tendons after all-the-way-through stab injury
• Old injuries acting up
• Punctured lung
• Reinjured on top of old traumatic injury
• Roller skating injury
• Scars
• Shoulder injuries
• Stab wound

Amputation

This has a special category because there are three characters I often request and this could apply to them (Cormoran Strike, Clay Spenser – SEAL Team and Arizona Robbins – Grey’s Anatomy)

• Amputation
• Caring for prosthetics
• Damage to prosthetics
• Getting used to a prosthetic
• Helping a recent amputee with basic tasks they haven't yet relearned how to do on their own

Pain

• A tends to B's wounds but every touch/movement causes more pain
• Character is out of it due to pain
• Back massage to ease stress or back/shoulder pain
• Character doped up on painkillers acts intoxicated
• Character goes quiet when unwell or in pain
• Character is reluctant to eat because they are exhausted/in pain
• Character hiding chronic pain gets caught showing signs of pain
• Character starts to feel the full pain of their injuries during adrenaline comedown
• Character usually good at hiding their chronic pain; is in too much pain to hide it
• Character with chronic pain receives comfort and has needs tended to by loved one on bad pain day
• Character with high pain tolerance can't help but show visible signs of pain
• Character's significant other helping them deal with their chronic pain/illness
• Chronic pain
• Driven to tears by physical pain
• Heat packs or cold packs for a hurting character
• Massages to soothe headache
• Nausea due to intense pain
• Stoic character is unwell/in pain to the point of tears
• Using a heating pad to relieve pain

PT, recovery, permanent injury

• Adjusting to a disability
• Adapting to permanent injury
• Career-ending injuries
• Character A supporting character B during physical therapy
• Character A supports character B through Rehabilitation following an Accident
• Character adapts to serious permanent injury
• Character experiences life changing injury & learns to adapt to new disability
• Chiropractic adjustments for aches and pain
• Coming to terms with life changing permanent injury
• Coming to terms with permanent injury
• Dealing with uncertainty about making full recovery after an injury
• Difficult recovery after an injury
• Discovering new/adapted abilities while recovering from an injury
• Formerly active character learns to cope with new disability
• Having to use a cane / crutches / wheelchair etc.
• Injury recovery
• Mutual pining during slow recovery from near-fatal injury
• Permanent injury
• Permanently injured character pines for someone they think won't reciprocate due to the injury
• Recovery from injury - A helps B with physical therapy/rehabilitation
• Slow recovery
• Slow recovery from life changing injury

Hiding injury; refusing help; help unavailable

All the detectives and agents are pretty stubborn, aren’t they ;)

• A discovers an injury B has been trying to hide
• A gets hurt but lies that they're fine. B is the only one who notices otherwise
• Bodyswap – character's hidden or downplayed pain/illness is discovered because of bodyswap
• Character A has been crying and tries to hide it but B still notices it
• Character A hides illness/injury perfectly; Character B can still tell
• Character A ignores injury/pain/illness until they can't anymore and is comforted
• Character A is severely injured but tries to protect character B anyway
• Character A is unconcerned about their severe injury/illness; Character B panics on their behalf
• Character considers their illness/injury unimportant (others disagree)
• Character desperately needs a hospital but their loved one(s) will have to make do
• Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse
• Character has a history of pretending to feel better than they do
• Character hiding a headache gets caught holding their head/rubbing their temples
• Character hiding an injury gets caught holding/clutching their injury or wound
• Character hiding chronic pain gets caught showing signs of pain
• Character keeps moving not realizing (the full extent of) their injury
• Character only allows one person to see them hurting
• Character successfully hides injury... until they suddenly collapse in front of everyone
• Character usually good at hiding their chronic pain; is in too much pain to hide it
• Character who is clearly not fine insists they are fine
• Character's headache is bad enough to be evident to other characters
• Comforter helps hurt character hide their injury from other characters
• Concealing injury at a formal event
• Discovery of a hidden injury
• Extremely competent character is hurt and refuses care
• Fainting in a mundane situation (due to hidden illness/injury)
• Faking recovery so others will stop worrying about you
• Hurt character is reluctant to accept help
• Hurt character is used to tending their own wounds
• Injured character hides the seriousness of the situation from loved ones
• Minor illness/injury becomes major due to character refusing/being unable to rest
• Usually badass character faints in mundane situation (due to hidden illness/injury)

Circumstances of the H/C; place; modifications of canon etc.

• Aftermath & Comfort for canon hurt
• Angst and Hurt/Comfort
• Battlefield surgery
• Character A picks character B up from hospital
• Character is an awful patient
• Character survives canon death
• Character who suffers from Hanahaki confesses late and survives with chronic medical complications
• Character's difficult canon backstory explored in delicious whumpy detail
• Earnest but terrible attempts at comfort
• Emergency surgery
• Exploring canon injuries in more detail
• Field medicine
• Fix-it - Last-minute rescue for character who died in canon before they die
• Fluff and hurt/comfort
• Hospitalization
• Humor as a way of dealing with trauma
• Hurt character talks comforter through how to help them
• Hurt in the wilderness
• Hurt/Comfort during a car/plane/train or submarine journey
• It gets worse before it gets better
• Medical professional without normal tools or medications
• Seeming fluff that’s actually bittersweet due to surrounding circumstances of the character's injury
• Stranded in a hostile place together
• Stranded in hostile environment with injury
• Surviving canon death with nonetheless life-altering consequences and injuries
• Taking character’s canon disability more seriously than canon did
• Traumatic canon event that happened to character A happens to character B instead
• Whump

H/C during missions, investigations, work

• Battlefield surgery
• Career-ending injuries
• Captivity – Trapped with someone in need of medical attention
• Carrying a sick/injured/unconscious character to safety
• A gets injured while protecting B
• Character A comes to B's rescue then passes out due to sustained injuries/exhaustion once B is safe
• Character forced to complete mission despite illness/injury
• Character gets hurt saving their friends/teammates; is comforted by them afterwards
• Character insists on completing mission despite illness/injury
• Character needed to work through illness/hurt but can finally collapse and get taken care of
• Current case/mission has parallels to character's previous trauma
• Exhausted and hurt character saves the day and gets comfort
• Handler comforting hurt/sick agent
• Having to rely on injured character's ability or expertise
• Hurt/Comfort during a case/mission
• Hurt/Comfort while undercover
• Hurt/sick character still has to get their job done
• In hiding while one of them is ill or badly injured
• Missions gone wrong
• Post-Battle care
• Sick/hurt character indispensable on case/mission; team looks after them while they get things done
• Sick/Hurt character still has to get their job done
• Taking care of gunshot wounds while on the run/hiding
• Trying to conceal illness/injury while undercover

Scenarios

• “Are you feeling any better?“
• 2AM talk in the kitchen after a nightmare/insomnia
• A is ill/injured but can't put off travel plans; worried B comes along to make sure they are ok
• A nurses injured B back to health
• After injuries are patched up character A falls asleep on character B
• Alternate Universe – Character Lives but is still badly hurt
• Badly whumped woobie is treated kindly and learns to believe they deserve good things
• Bathing weakened/injured character
• Bedsharing while one of the characters is injured
• Bedside vigils
• Canonical character death replaced with rescue and comfort
• Captivity – Trapped with someone in need of medical attention
• Caretaker anticipates comfortee's needs before they ask
• Caring for someone's injured arms
• Carrying a sick/hurt/exhausted character to bed
• Carrying a sick/injured/unconscious character to safety
• Catching hurt character as they collapse
• Catching injured character as they faint or lose balance
• Character A can barely walk character B supports them
• Character A has disability/chronic illness flare up and is comforted
• Character A is self-conscious about their scars; B touches them for comfort and affection
• Character A offering massage to Character B
• Character A washing blood out of B's hair
• Character acts casual about their scars from childhood abuse
• Character feels useless/like a burden due to their illness/injury
• Character injured themselves doing something stupid
• Character is tended to while drifting in and out of consciousness
• Character survives canon death
• Character treats other character's injuries
• Character usually good at hiding their chronic pain; is in too much pain to hide it
• Character who normally takes care of everyone else receives support while hurt
• Character who suffers from Hanahaki confesses late and survives with chronic medical complications
• Character with chronic pain receives comfort and has needs tended to bz loved one on bad pain day
• Collapsing from bullet wound
• Comfort via baking together
• Doctor A has to talk B through operating on A
• Doctor comforts patient following serious injury
• Driving with a hurt/sick character in the passenger seat
• Entering a room to find sick/hurt character asleep on the couch
• Gently coaxing out-of-it sick/hurt character back to bed
• Ghosts still feeling their illnesses/injuries even after death (my DNW about supernatural elements doesn’t apply here)
• Hurt A has to help more badly hurt B
• Hurt/sick character needs to be carried
• Hurt/sick character gets wrapped in warm clothing or blankets
• Improvising a sling for a character's injured arm/shoulder
• Injured character tells non-medical person how to treat them while struggling to remain conscious
• Mutually patching up injuries after battle
• Others discuss/worry about character's illness/injury; get overheard by hurt character
• Patching up injuries without proper supplies
• Physically injured character giving medical instructions to save their own life
• Pushing through injury
• Seeming fluff that’s actually incredibly bittersweet due to surrounding circumstances
• Seeming fluff that’s actually bittersweet due to surrounding circumstances of the character's injury
• Sick/hurt character can't walk on their own
• Sick/hurt character sleeping in the back seat of a car
• Sick/hurt character usually never complains; mild complaint from them is a sign they feel really bad
• Stoic character softly confesses they don't feel well
• Surgery by a non-medical professional
• Surviving canon death with nonetheless life-altering consequences and injuries
• Taking character’s canon disability more seriously than canon did
• Taking off sick/hurt character’s glasses
• Torture – Character comes close to breaking but never actually does
• Trapped together while one character is injured
• Traumatic canon event that happened to Character A happens to Character B instead
• Weakened character needs help with basic tasks (eating/bathing/using bathroom/etc.)
• Worried third party calls sick/hurt character's close friend
• Wounded characters try to care for one another
• Wounded doctor character has to instruct non-doctor on how to treat their injuries

Some romance or bonding in between the hurt

• A & B have to cancel planned date because A's ill/injured; B comforts and makes evening romantic
• A and B got badly hurt and are recovering together
• A copes badly with B being injured
• A gets injured while protecting B
• A's pining found to be requited as B helps them recover from serious injury
• Character A & character B both wounded; try to care for each other
• Character A confesses feelings because they think character B is unconscious
• Character A grudgingly receiving comfort and character B enthusiastically giving it
• Character A is self-conscious about their scars; B touches them for comfort and affection
• Character A unused to receiving care; surprised/confused when Character B supplies it
• Character got hurt in a bad accident; pined for character stays with them to help them to recover
• Character is prickly and bad-tempered while recovering from hurt; comforter is chill about it
• Character isn't used to being loved and shown tenderness/affection
• Character's significant other helping them deal with their chronic pain/illness
• Characters have to stop making out because sick/hurt character starts feeling worse
• Characters hyper-protective of each other after surviving horrible situation together
• Characters live together while one recovers from hurt
• Comforting/distracting character while they receive medical attention
• Feverish confessions
• Forehead kisses for comfort
• Gently touching a character’s scar(s)
• Hanahaki as a chronic disease
• Hanahaki disease
• Hanahaki that doesn’t kill but is still inconvenient unless the feelings are reciprocated
• Hand holding – comforter encourages injured character to squeeze their hand to alleviate pain
• Helping hurt character to dress/undress
• Hurt A is too tired/ill to move; calls B to take them home
• Hurt A refusing to leave hurt B’s bedside even for treatment
• Kissing pain lines from around A character's eyes
• Kissing scars or still healing injuries
• Lazy morning – A wakes up ill and is cared for/comforted by B
• Mutual pining during slow recovery from near-fatal injury
• Permanently injured character pines for someone they think won't reciprocate due to the injury
• Protectiveness – Character A guards character B while B is injured
• Protectiveness – Character A still tries to protect Character B despite A being injured
• Refusing to leave hurt character's side
• Scar kissing
• Secret relationship revealed when one half of pairing is badly hurt/in danger
• Sharing a bed to keep a close eye on hurt character's well-being & needs
• Subtle and considerate gestures of care where overt comfort is inappropriate or can't be offered
• Subtle gestures of comfort hoping the hurt character won't notice
• The intimacy of tending wounds/helping with personal care (bathing/hair brushing/etc...)
• Touching another character’s scars
• Watching hurt character sleep

Sickfic

I know I’ve said I prefer injuries over illnesses but sometimes a good sickfic is all you need. Also, there are some fandoms where I don’t want my faves to suffer too much and inflicting common cold or flu on them is enough (Poirot, Miss Marple, Columbo etc.). I’ve divided the freeform tags into categories.

My DNW about supernatural elements doesn’t apply to Hanahaki disease. Hanahaki is always good.

Ilnesses:

Chronic Illness || Common Cold || Concussion || Flu || Food Poisoning/Foodborne Illness || Hanahaki Disease || Heatstroke || Hypothermia || Ingested Poison || Insomnia || Malaria || Migraines || Motion Sickness || Pneumonia

Symptoms:

Anxiety Attacks || Breathing Difficulties || Chest Pain || Coughing || Dizziness || Exhaustion || Fainting || Fever || Full-Body Pain || Headache || Internal Bleeding || Migraines || Muscle Weakness || Oversensitivity to Light || Oversensitivity to Noise || Pain Crisis || Phantom Pains || Shivering || Vertigo/Balance issues

Scenarios:

• “I’ll bring you some food. It’s almost time to take your meds anyway.”
• “If I see you leave that bed even once I’m going to physically manhandle you back in it.”
• A desperately trying to hide illness from B and (almost) succeeding
• A is ill but can't put off travel plans; Worried B comes along to make sure they're ok
• A takes care of chronically ill B during a flare up
• A wakes up ill and is cared for/comforted by B
• Accidental touch leads to discovery that character has a fever
• Adjusting to chronic illness
• Auditory hypersensitivity leads to headaches/migraines/dizziness
• Back rubs to ease headache
• Caretaker A keeps caring for Sick B even though they're irritable and prone to snapping
• Catching illness from bad weather
• Character A insists they won't fall ill caring for sick Character B; falls ill
• Character A stays by Character B's side while they sleep
• Character A takes care of sick character B
• Character can't stop shivering
• Character claiming to just be tired is actually sick
• Character hiding chronic pain gets caught showing signs of pain
• Character loses a limb and an infection causes them to take a turn for the worse before its better
• Character too sick to walk; has to be carried
• Character uses cane for chronic pain
• Checking for fever with a gentle touch that lingers
• Ignoring illness leads to worsening symptoms
• Mutually falling ill
• Others discuss/worry about character's illness
• Others find out about character's chronic illness
• Sick character collapses after continuing with mission/working through illness
• Sick character crying from frustration/stress/discomfort
• Sick character having to take care of a sicker character
• Sick character is also injured
• Sick character is in too much pain to move
• Sick character saves the day
• Sick character usually never complains; mild complaint is a sign they feel really bad
• Sick during a special occasion/event
• Staying with sick character overnight
• Stressed/overworked character finally gets chance to relax and falls very ill
• Taking sick Character home
• Trapped in place with no access to medical care

Fluff

I love it when my faves enjoy a bit of fluff because they are always busy with solving cases and saving lives. All types of fic – solo, friendship, romance – are perfect for some fluff ;)

• "Of course you're part of the team!"
• A & B having fun in the rain
• A watches B sleep
• Baking a cake to cheer up a loved one
• Bathing/Washing
• Best friends have bad ideas together
• Bonding over shared similar experiences
• Brushing or combing hair gently and kindly
• Canon typical shenanigans
• Carried to bed by partner
• Character A calming character B down in a stressful situation
• Character A falls asleep on B's shoulder; B gently moves A to rest on lap instead
• Character A helping B get dressed
• Character A is self-conscious about their scars; B touches them for comfort and affection
• Character A offering massage to Character B
• Character A taking care of injured character B
• Character A tending character B's wounds
• Characters meet earlier than in canon
• Cooking and sharing a meal together
• Cuddling in front of a fire
• Dancing; slow dancing
• Domestic fluff
• Enjoying a day on the beach
• Enjoying coffee together
• Exhausted A falls asleep on B
• Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
• Friendship
• Gift giving
• Helping someone undress after a long day
• Holidays
• Huddling for warmth
• Hugging
• Interior decorating
• Late night conversations
• Late night walks
• Massage
• Notes left in books
• Platonic "there was only one bed" - characters annoy each other through the night
• Platonic cuddling
• Scars touching/kissing
• Seeing each other for the first time after a long time apart
• Seeming fluff that’s actually incredibly bittersweet due to surrounding circumstances
• Sightseeing
• Slice of life
• Snowed in
• Sunrises
• Taking care of cats together
• Time travel – Character changes the past to prevent traumatic events and succeeds (my DNW about supernatural elements doesn’t apply)
• Tooth-rotting fluff
• Touching another character’s scars
• Watching the stars together

Romantic vibes

I may not need romance in every paragraph of the fic but there are many pairs I like reading about and seeing that they are together. Kisses, gentle touches, cuddles, hand-holding that’s the kind of thing I like ;)

Touches, kisses:

• Brief barely touching nervous first kisses with closed lips
• Carried to bed by partner
• Domesticity: holding hands and tender soft kisses
• Forehead kisses
• First kiss
• Holding hands
• Scars touching/kissing

Tropes, dynamics, vibes:

• Age gap (none of the partners under 18 please)
• Domestic fluff
• Enemies to lovers
• Established relationship
• Friends to lovers
• Getting together
• Growing old together
• Living together
• Mentor/mentee dynamic on the border of platonic and romantic/sexual
• Mutual pining
• Slowburn
• Student/teacher vibes
• There was only one bed

Scenarios:

• A & B have feelings about each other & know it but can’t talk about it because they’re like that
• Ballroom dancing
• Can't stop thinking about it - one night stand
• Carried to bed by partner
• Character A writes to podcast/advice column re: feelings for B - B realizes it's about them
• Character realizing they’re in love with their best friend and having a sexuality crisis
• Characters will risk death for each other without a second thought but won’t admit liking each other
• Drinking coffee together; Date? What date?
• Enemies to lovers – A gets in trouble or injured protecting B; which makes B see A in a new light
• Enemies to lovers – undercover as a couple
• Established relationship – couple still absolutely stupid in love despite being together for ages
• Friends to lovers during an epic road trip
• Is it romance? Is it friendship? I don't know but we're important to each other
• Lazy mornings
• Moving in together
• Outsider POV – gossip correctly guesses at A/B's secret relationship only to dismiss it as absurd
• Permanently injured A pines for B and A thinks B won’t reciprocate due to the injury
• Reuniting after years apart
• Secret relationship – actually everyone else already knows
• Secret relationship reveal – other characters didn't know but do think it explains a lot
• Sharing a bed
• Trapped in an elevator together
• Trying to communicate in flower language but using different dictionaries

Random things I like

• anything Italian, seriously, I love Italy with all my heart
• (aro)ace representation
• baking
• ballet
• books
• cafés
• cats
• coffee
• diplomacy
• drawing
• earrings, brooches and jewellery
• European cities and history
• figure skating
• football (i.e. soccer)
• geography
• impressionism in visual arts
• linguistics
• opera
• perfumes
• pink
• pole vault
• publishing industry
• purple
• raspberries
• roses
• spies
• theatre
• translation and interpreting
• Vienna