bad buddy exchange 2023 dear creator letter

[kuramochi]

hello dear gifter, i'm mel aka revolving aka exitvelocities. thank you for making a gift for me!

general preferences

likes: future fic, canon divergence, character studies, slice of life, turning points, hand holding, characters taking care of each other while simultaneously destroying their opponents/enemies/whatever, you and me against the world, spies and secret agents, con artists and heists, that king and lionheart vibe, tension and longing, cyberpunk, SPAAAAACE, magical realism, fairy tale elements/reimaginings, mutual pining, tenderness, creative use of lighting, selective framing, sequential rendering of small gestures or moments, limited palettes.

do not wants: chat fic, first person pov; crack unless it's a crack premise treated seriously; incest; minor/adult relationships of any sort, especially teacher/student or coach/student, even if you age the kid up; any type of sex work AU; abuse, abuse of authority, extreme interpersonal power imbalances/etc; infidelity, extreme or excessive jealousy; tragedy for tragedy's sake; rape/noncon; a/b/o or sex pollen or anything that invalidates consent; animal death/abuse; in applicable fandoms, the transposition of american/western high school or college culture onto non-western students; i'm generally boringly vanilla so please ask before springing anything exotic on me; please don't give me background ships unless i ask for them.

rating preference: currently all green; canon-typical levels of violence are fine.



fair warning that these all involve wai, so please feel free to move on if you dislike him.

ships and prompts

notes: i'm more interested in canon-compliant or canon-divergent things atm but i won't say no to a good au if you can swing it.

waikorn
ah, the otp.

1. the exact moment one or the other realizes he's caught feelings
   
2. a firstish/early date, playing arcade or carnival games badly
   
3. korn taking wai to the states/wev to meet the family and wai experiencing snow for the first time! deck them out in winter gear.
   
4. either of them meeting one another's families for the first time and being nervous/on their best behavior. or maybe wai's obnoxiously confident because "(pran's) parents love me."
   
5. their very first kiss, circumstances are your choice
   
6. sleepy early morning shuffling around each other in shared spaces (bathroom, etc)
   
7. competitive sex
   
8. intense makeouts
   
9. big spoon/little spoon
   
10. gross domesticity
    

you may include background patpran here, but i really mean background.


(pran)patwai
please note again that the patpran portion should not be taking focus. i tend to subscribe to the idea that wai's had feelings for pran since boarding school, but i'm open to other interpretations.

1. pat and wai competing over who knows pran better and pran being extremely over it
   
2. early polyamory negotiations. your choice on who brings wai in and how.
   
3. beach vacation! the three of them swimming or sunbathing or arguing over packing
   
4. pat and wai slowly developing feelings for one another and how they deal with it
   
5. falling asleep on one another
   
6. gross domesticity
   

patpranwaikorn
here's the configuration i prefer:

1. group date at the aquarium. someone gets really emotional about dolphins.
   
2. wai being cranky or having a bad day and how each of his boyfriends deals with it
   
3. the different (and similar) ways wai's boyfriends dote on him
   
4. running a train on wai so i don't have to write it myself
   
5. gross domesticity
   

treats are also loved and appreciated!