Slash Prompts

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Slash Prompts

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PROMPT #1 Severus/Regulus
SCENARIO: It was only meant to be revenge. He wanted to get Sirius Black back for all his tormenting and he thought that using his brother would be the perfect opportunity, except...Regulus is a completely different person to his brother and Severus felt himself falling and falling hard.

PROMPT #2 Theodore/Harry [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: Everyone else saw him as a hero, happy and healthy, Theo saw him as a broken man that needed to be fixed. Theo liked fixing things.

PROMPT #3 Scabior/Harry
SCENARIO: It was never really Hermione that Scabior was interested in.

PROMPT #4 Regulus/Lucius
SCENARIO: Regulus and Lucius have a thing going, and Narcissa doesn't like it. Obviously the only way to deal with it is to find out what Regulus is up to and dob him in to the Dark Lord.

PROMPT #5 Lucius/James I
SCENARIO: It was only supposed to be one night...except it lasted longer than one night.

PROMPT #6 Viktor/Harry
SCENARIO: Viktor is back in England for a Quidditch game and the trio attend the game. After it, Harry goes to say hello to Viktor and the last thing he expects is to find is a chemistry between them that was never there before.

PROMPT #7 Severus/Regulus
SCENARIO: Severus is a bit thick when it comes to love, so Regulus finds himself getting relationship advice from a Gryffindor. Severus finds himself getting angry about Regulus being so close to the Gryffindor, but doesn't immediately realize what he's really feeling.

PROMPT #8 Severus/Regulus OR Regulus/Harry OR Severus/Regulus/Harry
SCENARIO: Regulus drinks the potion hiding the locket horcrux, but although he tells Kreacher to escape, Kreacher takes Regulus with him back to Grimmauld Place. Regulus asks Severus Snape to flee with him, but Severus refuses, but they secretly keep in touch. Years later, Regulus receives an owl mail from Albus Dumbledore asking him to join the Order of the Phoenix in his old home, Grimmauld Place.

PROMPT #9 Fenrir/Harry [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: Harry gets bitten by a rogue werewolf. He reluctantly turns to Fenrir for guidance.

PROMPT #10 Marcus/Draco
SCENARIO: Post-war, two unconviced but still suspected Death Eaters find each other while in hiding. Draco just wants to let go and Marcus is glad to be in control again.

PROMPT #11 Fenrir/Harry
SCENARIO: Harry is tracking down the last of the Death Eaters and comes across Fenrir Greyback. Something sparks that wasn't supposed to.

PROMPT #12 Tom(Voldy)/Harry
SCENARIO: When Harry defeated the Dark Lord, Tom didn't expect to be treated quite like this.

PROMPT #13 Lucius/Harry [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: They weren't supposed to be in that carriage together on the way to Draco and Ginny's wedding reception, but that stupid fool sorting people into them didn't know what he was doing.

PROMPT #14 Ron/Draco
SCENARIO: Their fathers and their past say they should be enemies. But enemies don't look at each other this way...

PROMPT #15 Voldemort/Harry
SCENARIO: No one knew he'd changed sides until it was too late to do anything about it.

PROMPT #16 Severus/Ron [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: It came about as a surprise. But Severus Snape is a selfish man, and he knows better than anyone how quickly these things can slip through your fingers if you don't hold on tight enough.

PROMPT #17 Percy/Severus
SCENARIO: He was supposed to be ensuring Severus's story lined up with the evidence Harry presented at the trial. Making sure that nothing had been manipulated or falsified. What he wasn't supposed to do was get attached to the cold, sarcastic bastard.

PROMPT #18 Remus/Harry [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: "Too old, too dangerous, and too poor" aren't reasons not to love someone, especially when they both have their fair share of baggage to carry. Eventually, Harry will make him understand that.

PROMPT #19 Bill/Fred [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: He may not have a full transformation at the moon, but he does go a little bit... feral. And Fred looks forward to it every month.

PROMPT #20 Remus/Harry [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: Post-Hogwarts (meaning no chan), with an option for Teddy Lupin (I will love you forever if Teddy Lupin is in this. ;lakjsd;lkasjdr;) Tonks can be dead or alive, it's up to you. Would prefer Remus to be divorced from Tonks if she's alive.

PROMPT #21 Hagrid/Severus
SCENARIO: Hagrid rescues Severus after the last war and heals him.

PROMPT #22 Albus D/Severus
SCENARIO: Albus is manipulative because he like when Severus listens to him. However, when he comes to far he will loose the only man he had ever love if he doesn't change his ways.

PROMPT #23 Igor/Severus [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: Igor falls hard for the awkward, brilliant young Death Eater Lucius has brought into the fold. Severus, learning to navigate the new world of dark magic and pureblood politics, falls into the relationship almost by accident. And for a while, while their Lord is at the height of his power, everything is perfect.

PROMPT #24 Sirius/Severus
SCENARIO: Even though Sirius has spurned his inheritance, he is still a member of the House of Black deep down - and that means he has Dark desires. What better outlet for them than Snivellus Snape?

PROMPT #25 Ron/Draco
SCENARIO: Draco likes only one, but how would his father react when he loves a Weasley and not just any Weasley he loves Ron Weasley one of the Golden Three.

PROMPT #26 Voldemort/Severus [CLAIMED FOR ART]
SCENARIO: Voldemort uses Severus for dark, experimental sex magic.

PROMPT #27 Lucius/Sirius
SCENARIO: Sirius can't stand Lucius because he's such a bastard. However, what no one knows is that he hates him because Lucius choose Narcissa over him and swears he will never fall under Lucius charm. But when Lucius comes from his honeymoon and wants to start with Sirius again, Sirius doesn't know if to do it or not.

PROMPT #28 Remus/James, Sirius/James
SCENARIO: James is a very creative mediator OR When James put the Marauders back together again.

PROMPT #29 Remus/James I [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: For James, it's always been Lily. With one exception.

PROMPT #30 Regulus/Remus [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: With nowhere else to go, they managed to find each other. What they have isn't love, but it's enough for now.

PROMPT #31 Percy/Cedric [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: AU. At the end of GoF, Percy runs into the maze and saves Cedric somehow.

PROMPT #32 Ron/Dudley
SCENARIO: There's nothing Arthur would like more than to have one of his children bring home a Muggle partner. Only not this one.

PROMPT #33 Severus/Regulus (possibly Severus/Regulus/Lucius)
SCENARIO: Attaining status in Slytherin is easy if you know the right people

PROMPT #34 Ron/Viktor
SCENARIO: Ron really loves that model of Krum and he felt a surge of jealousy when Krum and Hermione walked into the Yule Ball together. When he finds there's no chemistry with Hermione we wonders if he'd read that jealousy wrong so he goes off in search of his Quidditch hero.

PROMPT #35 Remus/Regulus [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: His friends would feel so betrayed and they've done so much for him, but Remus can't stop himself.

PROMPT #36 Fred/George [CLAIMED FOR FIC & ART]
SCENARIO: The last year, the last time, the last look. Lasts.

PROMPT #37 Dumbledore/Grindelwald
SCENARIO: Gellert knows that Hogwarts offers the best education there is. What it also offers is something he wasn't quite expecting.

PROMPT #38 Remus/Ron [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: Between his break-up with Hermione and George lessening his hours at the shop, Ron suddenly finds himself with a surplus of free time. Remus, meanwhile, is doing all he can to keep himself busy. After taking on one task too many he is in need of a babysitter for Teddy, and offers the job to Ron. Remus and Ron begin to see more of each other and mutual attraction blossoms.

PROMPT #39 Any/Any [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: This picture. Well, the fact actually. "Scientists estimate that you will fall in love 7 times before you get married.

PROMPT #40 James I/Sirius
SCENARIO: In canon, their bond is instantaneous. In this version, they still manage to bond, just in an entirely different way.

PROMPT #41 Severus/Evan
SCENARIO: Severus has been acting strange and Evan is becoming steadily paranoid about where Severus’ priorities may lie, but he’s too in love to do anything decisive about it.

PROMPT #42 Antonin/Draco
SCENARIO: Draco feels lost and afraid. Really he’s just a boy in need of a hero.

PROMPT #43 Antonin/Lucius
SCENARIO: The very prim and civilian head of Finances for the Organization (Lucius) and the Lord’s best Field Officer (Antonin).

PROMPT #44 Antonin/Augustus
SCENARIO: Two young men fighting a war with high hopes for the future.

PROMPT #45 Antonin/Igor
SCENARIO: After his return, the Lord tests the loyalty of each of his Inner Circle members. Antonin’s assignment is to kill the traitor Karkaroff who happens to be Antonin’s (former) lover.

PROMPT #46 Lucius/Harry
SCENARIO: Draco left Harry to marry a woman and out of anger, he slept with Lucius Malfoy. But the end result is a shock to everyone. Harry is pregnant. Is it Draco's child or Lucius's?

PROMPT #47 Neville/Draco.
SCENARIO: After the war, fame overwhelms Neville. He becomes an addict in response and finds Draco in treatment. Maximum rating: . Up to you.

PROMPT #48 Michael/Neville
SCENARIO: During the reign of the Carrows, a dynamic develops between Michael and Neville over their shared heroism.

PROMPT #49 Draco/Blaise [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: In the common room, after Pansy's gone to sleep.

PROMPT #50 Fred/Oliver
SCENARIO: Fred thinks he's so funny with the gay jokes, doesn't he?

PROMPT #51 Draco/Neville
SCENARIO: Just before Voldemort was to set the sorting hat on fire Draco steps forward offering to teach Neville how to be a proper pure-blood heir in order to save his life. Voldemort agrees, magically binding Neville to the Malfoy household until his training is complete.

PROMPT #52 James/Draco
SCENARIO: James survived the attack on his home, but did not raise Harry due to a severe injury. I’d like for Harry to have a terse relationship with his father, but for James to be trying to re-connect with his son. Enter Draco, who spends time with James just to piss Harry off, but comes to care for him as he struggles with his injury.

PROMPT #53 Draco/James II
SCENARIO: Draco takes an interest in James as a way to get under Harry’s skin, but starts falling for the young man.

PROMPT #54 Cormac/Ron
SCENARIO: Ron and Cormac's dislike for each other leads to an unexpected night of passion for them. How will they survive the morning after?

PROMPT #55 Draco/Theo [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: Taking the Dark Mark is less nerve-racking when you don’t have to do it alone.

PROMPT #56 Draco/Ernie
SCENARIO: Two Purebloods on opposite sides of the war.

PROMPT #57 Ron/Draco
SCENARIO: It’s easier to hate each other than admit their real feelings.

PROMPT #58 Ernie/Justin
SCENARIO: Ernie and Justin have always been close, but as the war rages on, Justin can’t help but doubt even Ernie’s convictions.

PROMPT #59 Evan/Remus
SCENARIO: Sometimes, accidents happen.

PROMPT #60 Severus/Regulus
SCENARIO: Severus is led to a dying Regulus by instinct and perhaps some magic. He finds him just in time and saves him. But as Regulus recovers, Severus is determined to turn him in as a traitor. So why doesn’t he?

PROMPT #61 Remus/Regulus
SCENARIO: Never Surrender by Skillet

PROMPT #62 James/Sirius [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: It turns out the real reason Evans won't give James the time of day is because she, along with the rest of the student body, thinks he's gay. And his so called "best mate" isn't exactly helping dispel the rumor.

PROMPT #63 Lucius/Severus
SCENARIO: Severus hated being second best but Lucius insisted on their affair remaining a dirty little secret.

PROMPT #64 Mulciber/Wilkes
SCENARIO: Running from the Aurors after the Lord falls.

PROMPT #65 Godric/Salazar
SCENARIO: Long after it went long, they were both haunted by the past and by their memories.

PROMPT #66 Scorpius/Hugo
SCENARIO: They love each other, no matter what their parents want.

PROMPT #67 Scorpius/Lysander
SCENARIO: There is no such thing as a beautiful goodbye.

PROMPT #68 Scorpius/Louis
SCENARIO: Louis may be a boy but he seems to have inherited most of his mother’s vela genes out of the three siblings. That merely enhances just how delicate the boy is.

PROMPT #69 Draco/Remus
SCENARIO: Remus can see that all that snark and sneer is covering unhappiness and insecurity. He wants to offer paternalistic support, but once Draco let's him in he let's him in all the way.

PROMPT #70 Ron/Lee
SCENARIO: What his best friends will call it, is corrupting their baby brother, but Lee thinks of it as something else

PROMPT #71 Scorpius/Lysander OR Scorpius/Louis
SCENARIO: Scorpius’ boyfriend has been raped and now Scorpius has to somehow find a way to hold both his boyfriend and their relationship together. Lysander’s/Louis’ depression is taking a toll and Scorpius’ friends tell him that maybe he should walk away. But how can Scorpius leave the boy he loves, especially when he’s so broken?

PROMPT #72 Dean/Seamus
SCENARIO: When Dean's sister's fiance is arrested and falsely accused of a major crime, she begs her big brother to help. Dean and Seamus go undercover as muggle police officers to solve the crime. It's a bit more complicated than they'd anticipated.

PROMPT #73 Albus/Aberforth
SCENARIO: Dumbledore-cest

PROMPT #74 Percy/Harry [CLAIMED FOR FIC & ART]
SCENARIO: Ron and Hermione go back to Hogwarts for their seventh year, but Harry joins the Aurors instead. Lonely without his friends, Percy and Harry strike up a friendship that leads to more.

PROMPT #75 Oliver/Colin
SCENARIO: Colin's job sends him on a photo assignment to shoot Oliver Wood. Oliver decides to let Colin live out his fanboy fantasy with him.

PROMPT #76 Oliver/Cormac
SCENARIO: Qudiitch keepers decide to share secrets.

PROMPT #77 Rabastan/Severus
SCENARIO: After a long night's reducing Muggle homes to flinders and Muggles to goo, Severus relaxes under the "tender" (note the sarcasm) ministrations of Rabastan. Or he he could be tenderizing Rab. Sometimes it's hard to tell.

PROMPT #78 Severus/Abraxas
SCENARIO: The Purebloods often mentor recent graduates of Hogwarts, especially the Slytherins. Severus learns what it means to be a true Pureblood.

PROMPT #79 Lucius/Remus, Remus/Pansy
SCENARIO: After the war, after laws were unmade and beings were recognized, Lucius finds himself sharing a village with Britain's most famous werewolf. If only the beast's boy wasn't family.

PROMPT #80 portrait!Dumbledore/Severus Snape; Severus Snape/Mad-eye Moody
SCENARIO: There are secrets behind that thick oak door, secrets Severus wishes he'd never shared with Albus.

PROMPT #81 James I/James II
SCENARIO: James Sirius only wanted to go back in time to meet the man he was named after. But this is so much better.

PROMPT #82 Teddy/Fred II
SCENARIO: Fred's a bit of a virgin, despite his macho talk, therefore - Teddy decides to give him sexssons: lessons in the art of sex. Brownie points if Teddy consults the Karma Sutra.

PROMPT #83 Charlie/Draco
SCENARIO: Draco want out of the spotlight and goes to work on the Dragon Reserve. Charlie plans to show him what being a Dragon is all about.

PROMPT #84 Lucius/Any Male
SCENARIO: Borderline or full-blown sociopathy - everything's a game he has to win.

PROMPT #85 Ron/Draco
SCENARIO: After the war, they are both haunted by what they have seen. They end up pushing everyone else away. One night while trying to drink away their emotions, they end up fighting each other and both end up in an Auror's holding cell at the Ministry. There they both come to realise that they may just have found the one person who understands. First they have to accept the love of their former enemy and then they have to convince friends and family.

PROMPT #86 Dean/Blaise
SCENARIO: It was difficult enough for the Pureblood Slytherin and the Muggle-born Gryffindor to get together and find acceptance for their relationship. Then they start comparing notes on the fathers who weren't there when they were growing up and decide to find out what they can about the two men. Unfortunately, the more they discover, the more it looks like it might be the same man....

PROMPT #87 Neville/Harry [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: Both boys, after losing their parents, probably grew up touch-deprived, especially in contexts of affection. So when they get together, the sensation of touching each other, and the permission and opportunity to touch each other, means a lot to both of them.

PROMPT #88 Neville/Rodolphus AND/OR Rabastan
SCENARIO: Post-Second War AU: Voldemort won, although not before Neville killed Bellatrix. Voldemort refuses to execute Purebloods, and Neville is awarded to the Lestranges as reparations. As long as the Longbottom line is not rendered extinct, Voldemort doesn't care what the brothers do with Neville.

PROMPT #89 Sirius/Regulus [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: Because sometimes they still love each other, but only in the dark.

PROMPT #90 Tom/Draco
SCENARIO: Tom heads to the second floor girls' bathroom in order to make the final preparations to make his first horcrux when he sees a blond boy hunched over a sink, crying. or Draco releases his frustrations in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, disappointed that even she isn't there to comfort him, when he looks up and sees a boy in outdated robes staring at him.

PROMPT #91 James/Sirius [CLAIMED FOR ART]
SCENARIO: Sirius hates Lily Evans.

PROMPT #92 Ron/Draco
SCENARIO: All that Ron ever wanted was for Draco to want to be his friend. Instead, he asked for Harry's hand.

PROMPT #93 Lucius/Draco [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: Lucius is a sociopath. There are consequences.

PROMPT #94 Blaise/Lee [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: Blaise thinks he’s just too glam for Lee, but he’s got another thing coming.

PROMPT #95 Severus/James I [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: James just wanted to get rid to the nightmares. He didn't know why he had them or what they meant, he just didn't want to see them anymore. He went to Snape looking for a dreamless potion because he knew he was the only one who could make it. It takes a while, but Snape agrees...on one condition. He wants something in return.

PROMPT #96 Marcus/Adrian
SCENARIO: Adrian is sure that he means something to Marcus. They've been 'dating' for two years, only in private though. They've never publically came out to thier friends and families. Adrian wants to tell everyone, but Marcus refuses to. Adrian doesn't know how much more he can take with the hiding before he decides it's time to walk away.

PROMPT #97 Lysander/Louis
SCENARIO: “And I saw your hair the color of sunlight/Your eyes the color of rain” – author unknown

PROMPT #98 Snape, Evan Rosier (or Snape/Evan)
SCENARIO: Evan struggles with himself over his feelings toward Severus, knowing that they're unlikely to be reciprocated. Platonic love is horrible...especially if you don't know what a stupid Muggle phrase like "platonic love" means!

PROMPT #99 Cedric/Viktor
SCENARIO: Cedric can fly, but he's never flown like this.

PROMPT #100 Percy/Oliver [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: Percy is forced to take his accrued vacation time and rents a cottage in the Scottish highlands, hoping for peace and quiet. If only the brawny, familiar neighbor would stop crashing through his kitchen window – “off-season” indeed!

PROMPT #101 Neville/Draco
SCENARIO: Here's the game: you can tell any story you want about any scar you have on your body, but under no circumstances can the story be true.

PROMPT #102 Hugo/Scorpius [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: Hogwarts has secret societies, and Hugo Weasley has been chosen as the newest initiate.

PROMPT #103 Percy/Oliver
SCENARIO: Oliver is crap at Potions, but Percy is good at everything,Oliver thinks. Except when Oliver asks Percy for help, Percy has the strangest idea of fair payment...

PROMPT #104 Percy/Oliver
SCENARIO: Percy's first kiss wasn't with Penelope. It wasn't even on the ground.

PROMPT #105 Viktor/Ron
SCENARIO: The boy with flames for hair was always standing right next to her, and sometimes the way he stared...

PROMPT #106 Cedric/Viktor
SCENARIO: Cedric Diggory is the most infuriating person that Viktor has ever met, and somehow nobody else seems to notice. The boy is somehow both sweet and arrogant, shy and competitive, not to mention much too handsome for his own good. Viktor, Cedric thinks, is a bit like a well-muscled boulder carved with a scowl. The moment they met, they began to compete. However, what began as a rivalry evolves into something which neither one of them quite expected.

PROMPT #107 Harry/Sirius
SCENARIO: Harry didn't meet Sirius in third year. Years later, Auror Potter catches up with the man he believes betrayed his parents... And sparks fly, in more than one way.

PROMPT #108 Remus/Harry
SCENARIO: Harry, Ron, and Hermione fling themselves back to 1982 (or 1983) in order to collect the Horcruxes and destroy them earlier. They're forced to separate when they arrive to avoid arousing suspicion, and who should Harry find as a roommate but Remus Lupin, who's lost his entire world.

PROMPT #109 Remus/Regulus
SCENARIO: Regulus knows there's something not quite right with Remus and he's determined to find out what it is. And why Remus looks like he's been to hell and back.

PROMPT #110 Remus/Regulus
SCENARIO: Regulus spends more time that he's willing to admit watching this particular Gryffindor.

PROMPT #111 Remus/Regulus OR Remus/Regulus/Sirius
SCENARIO: fuck or die situation

PROMPT #112 Remus/Regulus
SCENARIO: Deaged Regulus - Sirius is supposed to be looking out for his brother - but it's Remus who really takes the job seriously

PROMPT #113 Remus/Regulus [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: Regulus and Remus due to a potion or spell mishap end up accidentally bonded.

PROMPT #114 Regulus/Severus
SCENARIO: Body swap- working together to get switched back

PROMPT #115 Remus/Harry
SCENARIO: mentor!training relationship / sexmagic

PROMPT #116 Sirius/Teddy
SCENARIO: Sirius returns from the veil to find Remus gone but someone who reminds him so much of his friend and/or ex-lover?

PROMPT #117 Remus/Harry [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: marriage law - as a werewolf, Remus loses his rights. Harry can help him by bonding to him under the new marriage law.

PROMPT #118 Teddy/Harry [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: fuck or die - Maybe auror training? They may have no choice but they find themselves surprised to find that there are more sparks than they would have imagined

PROMPT #119 Regulus/Remus OR Severus/Regulus
SCENARIO: hurt/comfort

PROMPT #120 Remus/Harry
SCENARIO: slavery bond

PROMPT #121 Any male/Any male
SCENARIO: This picture

PROMPT #122 Evan/Avery
SCENARIO: Evan can’t have Severus, so he takes Avery instead.

PROMPT #123 Severus/Evan
SCENARIO: hurt/comfort. Evan was hurt in a mission of which Severus had informed the Order. Severus, of course, feels terribly guilty, even if he still believes that he has to do what he does/that it’s the right thing.

PROMPT #124 Ron/Remus
SCENARIO: Ron is questioning his own sexuality and admits he made a huge mistake in marrying Hermione. He gets a hold of a Muggle gay porn video and (to his great surprise) recognizes Remus Lupin in the video (who he thought was dead). He gets obsessed with this video and decides to go looking for Remus.

PROMPT #125 Ron/Remus
SCENARIO: Remus has lost everything and everyone after fighting in two wars. He's about to give up and end it all despite Molly's attempt to "adopt" him into their family. But it's the youngest Weasley boy who turns out to be his saviour.

PROMPT #126 Ron/Remus
SCENARIO: Established relationship. I would love it if you include Teddy and if he helps Ron achieve something Remus isn't quite up for.

PROMPT #127 Remus/Any Weasley [CLAIMED FOR FIC]
SCENARIO: "That's not quite what I had in mind when you said ... "

PROMPT #128 Severus/Bill OR Severus/Charlie
SCENARIO: A heated argument at an Order meeting turns into something more.

PROMPT #129 Ron/Remus
SCENARIO "Sometimes the side-kicks need love too."