Round Four: Harlequin Relationship Prompts

[ellnyx]

The guidelines:
- pay no attention to pairing order in the prompts. If you get something more interesting by flipping the roles around, please feel free.
- liberal interpretations of the prompts are highly welcomed.
- the numbers in the prompt list have been stripped except for the character numbers themselves. You can copy and paste the list into your word processor, and then find/replace to put your characters' names in to the right spots.


 

March One through to Seven: Mixed-Bag from the Harlequin Top Ten Bestsellers
The heat between 8 and 1 was becoming impossible to resist.
2 throws caution to the wind and allows 7, and 7's hot body, to make this fling even hotter!
3 once rejected 6 because they did not make suitable partners. So why was 3 seeing 6 again?
Heaven help 4 if 7 discovers 4's lie!
1's world shattered at 7's betrayal.
Can 2 convince 6 that they are fated for more than just a fling?
After years apart, 3 has changed, but 3's desire for 5 hasn't waned.

March Eight through to Fourteen: Dark and/or Possessive
1 intends to school 6 in sensuality for 1's own pleasure.
5 is invaluable—a pearl beyond price. 2 has a contract for their marriage drawn up.
Despite the pain 3 caused 4, 4 finds 3 irresistibly attractive.
Sure, 2 kissed 8 - only 8 doesn't want to stop at a kiss.
3 is banned from 7's life, but invited to 7's bedroom.
The dangerously attractive 6 is not content with 4 simply scrubbing 6's floors.
7 is bailed out by 8—though in return 7 must pay back the debt.
The more 5 surrenders to 8, the more powerful 5 feels.

March Fifteen through to Twenty One: Partnership/Relationship
Working together for so long, 3 and 8 discover a delicious chemistry beneath their differences. Do they want to become more than partners?
4 and 5's relationship goes from antagonistic fun to hedonism in no time flat.
5 and 6 are in a relationship that is never consummated.
1 and 5 are faced with their own emotional upheaval. They turn to each other for friendly support.
Despite the scandal, 2 and 4's relationship was far from over.
If 4 isn't careful, 8 might just do something that deserves 4's respect.
5 and 7's styles couldn't be more different.

March Twenty Two through to Thirty: Setups/Scenarios
When danger threatens 6, 7 has a chance to show 6 what really separates the good folk from the bad.
1's mission: find the terrorist 4.
2's not going to let (un)death get in the way of a relationship with 3.
1 convinces the outsider 3 that it's not only the locals who want 3 to stay.
To 6's surprise, the trespasser is someone 6 knows – it's 8!
Used to managing alone, 1 is reluctant to work with 2.

March Thirty One through to April Four: Amnesty Round
Post everything that didn't quite get written in time right here.

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Edit to add: Hey guys! The insanejournal crew have started using their version of this post to write about any exciting pairings or ideas, so feel free to use this post to do the same -- comment here with the prompts that inspire your glee (or even the ones that inspire your WTF face) for community enthusiasm, encouragement or ideas.

Comments

[ivoryandhorn]

Yay, prompts! *starts applying lists to numbers*

[vangirl]

Can Van convince Fuminori that they are fated for more than just a fling?

I just finished this one actually.

If you have any knowledge on either canon, it is such an amazingly horrible match.

Sure, Sadorei kissed Sadorei - only Sadorei doesn't want to stop at a kiss.
Tynai is banned from Tynai's life, but invited to Tynai's bedroom.

...I also discovered something interesting with alternating prompts with just two characters. How to pull this off, I still don't know but I'll be damned if I don't manage it somehow. >>

[ellnyx]

I adored a lot of my two-character prompt draws too. For some reason they came out as a lot less cracky than some of the others. I debated about using time travel (so likely in some canons?) and meeting younger selves, having arguments with self in mirror, or just being of two very definite and conflicting minds about something.