pick me up 2025 letter

[unhindered_dreams]

Hey Fellow Pick Me Up Creator,

My AO3 account is UnhinderedDreams, and I'm requesting ships in: Crossover Fandom, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Highlander: The Series, and Stephanie Plum - Janet Evanovich.

I like fanworks that are set in the canon universe, but I also like setting change AUs. I love both plotty and plotless get together fic, and I'm always down for PWP. I also enjoy fanworks that fall anywhere on the spectrum from fluff to dark. Due to the nature of this exchange, I know the end results will be on the fluffier end of the spectrum, but that doesn't mean everything has to be all sunshine and roses, and it's fine to include darker elements—especially on the path the characters travel before they reach their happily ever after—if that's where your muse takes you. I'm also fine with dark characters remaining dark and heroic characters turning dark/being corrupted/succumbing to Stockholm Syndrome/et cetera; anti-heroes and villains deserve happy endings, too.

Barring my DNWs, I'm up for pretty much anything, and I'm fine with any POV and tense. And as long as the characters from one of my requested ships remain the focus of the fanwork, I do not have a problem with unrequested ships also being included.

I've listed a sample of my likes in this letter, but I have a much longer list here, if you want even more options for what I like. I consider my requested freeforms as prompts, so I'm not adding any additional scenarios on that front, however, feel free to mix and match the various freeforms if you so desire.

Also, treats are always welcome.

And last, but certainly not least, thank you for creating a gift fore me.

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Crossover Fandom
Driver/Elena Gilbert
Elena Gilbert/Colt Seavers
Elena Gilbert/Jax Teller
Hermione Granger/Aaron Hotchner
Hermione Granger/Sergei Kravinoff
Hermione Granger/Simon Molinar
Hermione Granger/Slade Wilson
Hermione Granger/Tangerine
Loren Hansett/Alcide Herveaux
Methos/Dawn Summers


Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling
Hermione Granger/Thorfinn Rowle


Highlander: The Series
Cory Raines/Michelle Webster


Stephanie Plum - Janet Evanovich
Lester Santos/Original Female Character

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Do Not Want

⛔ emetophilia
⛔ extreme underage (anything under 14)
⛔ guro
⛔ humiliation
⛔ mpreg
⛔ permanent death of requested characters
⛔ scat
⛔ sounding
⛔ terminal illnesses (canonical references are fine)
⛔ vore
⛔ watersports

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Sample Of Likes (A lot more can be found here.)

😍 age gaps
😍 amnesia
😍 anti-heroes
😍 biting
😍 blackmail
😍 blindfolds
😍 bloodplay
😍 bodice ripper style ravishment
😍 body worship
😍 breathplay (using hands on throat)
😍 captivity
😍 chased down and fucked
😍 claiming
😍 consent or the lack there of (anything from enthusiastic consent through total noncon)
😍 corruption
😍 costume balls
😍 daddy kink
😍 damsels in distress
😍 dark and stormy nights
😍 dark romance
😍 distressing damsels
😍 dysfunctional/fucked up relationships
😍 edging
😍 forced eye contact
😍 forced kissing
😍 forced relationship
😍 forced vampire turning
😍 forced werewolf turning
😍 gentle sex
😍 gothic horror/gothic romance/ridiculously gothic atmosphere
😍 grey morality
😍 heroes turn dark/heroes have a hidden dark side
😍 hitchhiking
😍 kidnapping
😍 kissing
😍 lesser of two evils
😍 light bondage (e.g. tied/handcuffed to the bed, hands restrained behind back with a belt, tie, handcuffs, etc., and similar scenarios)
😍 loss of virginity
😍 magnificent bastards
😍 meet-cute turns dark
😍 monsterfucking
😍 obsession
😍 obsessive love
😍 ofc inserted into the world of her fave canon
😍 pinned by the wrists
😍 possessive behavior
😍 power imbalance
😍 praise kink
😍 predator/prey
😍 ravishment
😍 reincarnation
😍 road trips
😍 rough sex
😍 seduction
😍 self-rescuing princesses
😍 smug bastards
😍 somnophilia
😍 stalking
😍 stockholm syndrome
😍 soulmates
😍 sugar daddy
😍 tender sex
😍 tender sex while still sore from rough sex
😍 time loops
😍 undercover
😍 unhealthy relationships
😍 villains

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Crossover Fandom

❤️ Driver (Drive 2011)/Elena Gilbert (TVD TV)
❤️ Elena Gilbert (TVD TV)/Colt Seavers (The Fall Guy 2024)
❤️ Methos (Highlander)/Dawn Summers (BTVS)


Requested Ratings

😘 Teen And Up Audiences
💦 Mature
🥵 Explicit


Freeforms

🧩 Meet Cute - at a Coffee Shop
🧩 Meet Cute - at a Library
🧩 Meet Cute - at a Renaissance Faire
🧩 Meet Cute - at a Street Market
🧩 Meet Cute - at an Art Fair
🧩 Meet Cute - at an art gallery
🧩 Scenario - A And B Are Stuck In A Time Loop Together
🧩 Scenario - A Is Being Followed And Asks B To Pretend They Know A
🧩 Scenario - A saves B's life
🧩 Scenario - Character A steps in when Character B’s blind date is a no-show



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Crossover Fandom

❤️ Elena Gilbert (TVD TV)/Jax Teller (SOA)


Requested Ratings

😘 Teen And Up Audiences
💦 Mature
🥵 Explicit


Freeforms

🧩 Alternate Universe - Assassins - Assassins from rival guilds paid by different customers to kill the same person interrupt each other's first attempts
🧩 Alternate Universe - Pirates - Characters Meet When Pirate A Boards Ship and Rescues B
🧩 Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy - Vampire A Rescues Rookie Monster Hunter B From A Supernatural Threat (Creator's Choice)
🧩 Alternate Universe - Urban Fantasy - Werewolf A Rescues Rookie Monster Hunter B From A Supernatural Threat (Creator's Choice)
🧩 Scenario - A And B Are Stuck In A Time Loop Together
🧩 Scenario - A Is Being Followed And Asks B To Pretend They Know A
🧩 Scenario - A Is Working Undercover To Bring Down B's Criminal Enterprise
🧩 Scenario - Honeypot leads to Mutual Attraction
🧩 Scenario - Rival Spies A And B Join Forces Against A Common Enemy
🧩 Scenario - Vampire A is lured in by B's blood
🧩 Scenario - Werewolf A is lured in by B's scent



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Crossover Fandom

❤️ Hermione Granger (HP)/Aaron Hotchner (Criminal Minds)


Requested Ratings

😘 Teen And Up Audiences
💦 Mature
🥵 Explicit


Freeforms

🧩 Scenario - A And B Are Stuck In A Time Loop Together
🧩 Scenario - A Is A Person Of Interest In B's Case
🧩 Scenario - A Is A Suspect In B's Case
🧩 Scenario - A Is Being Followed And Asks B To Pretend They Know A
🧩 Scenario - A saves B's life



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Crossover Fandom

❤️ Hermione Granger (HP)/Sergei Kravinoff (Kraven the Hunter 2024)
❤️ Loren Hansett (Never Cry Werewolf 2008)/Alcide Herveaux (True Blood)


Requested Ratings

😘 Teen And Up Audiences
💦 Mature
🥵 Explicit


Freeforms

🧩 Meet Cute - at a Forest
🧩 Scenario - A And B Are Stuck In A Time Loop Together
🧩 Scenario - A Is Being Followed And Asks B To Pretend They Know A
🧩 Scenario - A saves B's life
🧩 Scenario - A’s unfriendly cat really likes B
🧩 Scenario - Supernatural true dreams of the other person before ever meeting them irl
🧩 Scenario - Werewolf A is lured in by B's scent



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Crossover Fandom

❤️ Hermione Granger (HP)/Simon Molinar (Demon Under Glass 2002)


Requested Ratings

😘 Teen And Up Audiences
💦 Mature
🥵 Explicit


Freeforms

🧩 Scenario - A And B Are Stuck In A Time Loop Together
🧩 Scenario - A Is Being Followed And Asks B To Pretend They Know A
🧩 Scenario - A saves B's life
🧩 Scenario - Supernatural true dreams of the other person before ever meeting them irl
🧩 Scenario - Vampire A is lured in by B's blood



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Crossover Fandom

❤️ Hermione Granger (HP)/Slade Wilson (Arrow TV 2012)


Requested Ratings

😘 Teen And Up Audiences
💦 Mature
🥵 Explicit


Freeforms

🧩 Meet Ugly - Mission Gone Wrong
🧩 Scenario - A And B Are Stuck In A Time Loop Together
🧩 Scenario - A Is Being Followed And Asks B To Pretend They Know A
🧩 Scenario - A saves B's life
🧩 Scenario - Rival Spies A And B Join Forces Against A Common Enemy



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Crossover Fandom

❤️ Hermione Granger (HP)/Tangerine (Bullet Train 2022)


Requested Ratings

😘 Teen And Up Audiences
💦 Mature
🥵 Explicit


Freeforms

🧩 Alternate Universe - Assassins - Assassins from rival guilds paid by different customers to kill the same person interrupt each other's first attempts
🧩 Scenario - A And B Are Stuck In A Time Loop Together
🧩 Scenario - A Is Being Followed And Asks B To Pretend They Know A
🧩 Scenario - A Is Hit On By Someone Pushy; B Steps In As A's Fake Significant Other
🧩 Scenario - A is out to kill B but falls in love instead
🧩 Scenario - after almost dying A (bloody & bruised) comes straight to B & kisses them in public
🧩 Scenario - After much pining & almost dying Character A (bloody & bruised) comes straight to Character B & kisses them in public



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Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

❤️ Hermione Granger/Thorfinn Rowle (HP)


Requested Ratings

😘 Teen And Up Audiences
💦 Mature
🥵 Explicit


Freeforms

🧩 Scenario - A And B Are Stuck In A Time Loop Together
🧩 Scenario - A is B's prisoner
🧩 Scenario - A is B's warprize
🧩 Scenario - A kidnaps B



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Highlander: The Series

❤️ Cory Raines/Michelle Webster (Highlander)


Requested Ratings

😘 Teen And Up Audiences
💦 Mature
🥵 Explicit


Freeforms

🧩 Alternate Universe - Pirates - Characters Meet When Pirate A Boards Ship and Rescues B
🧩 Meet Cute - All their friends know each other but they haven't met yet
🧩 Meet Cute - at a Renaissance Faire
🧩 Meet Cute - during a heist
🧩 Scenario - A And B Are Stuck In A Time Loop Together
🧩 Scenario - A and B meet at a masquerade ball
🧩 Scenario - Character A gets told “If you keep dawdling around someone else might sweep B off their feet”
🧩 Scenario - Third party’s meddling leads to A and B getting together



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Stephanie Plum - Janet Evanovich

❤️ Lester Santos/Original Female Character (Stephanie Plum)


Requested Ratings

😘 Teen And Up Audiences
💦 Mature
🥵 Explicit


Preferences

🙏🏻 For Omegaverse, I prefer Alpha!Lester/Omega!OFC.


Freeforms

🧩 Alternate Universe - A/B/O - Alpha A rescues Omega B from Abusive Pack
🧩 Meet cute - A saves stranger from bad date
🧩 Meet Cute - Character Charmed By Truly Awful Pick-Up Lines
🧩 Pick Up Line - "Are you a parking ticket? Because you've got "fine" written all over you"
🧩 Pick Up Line - "Do you believe in love at first sight or should I walk by again?"
🧩 Pick Up Line - "I had a good pickup line ready to go but you smiled and I'm literally speechless."
🧩 Scenario - A And B Are Stuck In A Time Loop Together
🧩 Scenario - A Is B's Bodyguard
🧩 Scenario - A Is Being Followed And Asks B To Pretend They Know A
🧩 Scenario - A is working undercover to investigate B
🧩 Scenario - A joins B's werewolf pack
🧩 Scenario - A loses a bet to B
🧩 Scenario - Accidentally texting the wrong number and getting a stranger
🧩 Scenario - Alpha claims captured omega to save omega from harm
🧩 Scenario - Characters are Undercover and Unaware They're Working for the Same Side
🧩 Scenario - Honeypot leads to Mutual Attraction
🧩 Scenario - Immortal A meets reincarnated lover B who doesn't remember them
🧩 Scenario - Unclaimed Omegas are government property; Alpha!A claims Omega!B to protect B
🧩 Scenario - Vampire A is lured in by B's blood
🧩 Scenario - Werewolf A is lured in by B's scent