On Mondays we play in Alternate Universes

[squidgiepdx]

Happy Monday, folks! I'm squidgiepdx and have taken over hosting for this week, and we're starting out with a bang. No, not a sexual thing - like a multiverse big-bang that created lots of parallel universes. Like one where John Sheppard is a pastry chef and he accidentally gives Rodney McKay a lemon cake. Or where Ray Kowalski is a mechanic and Fraser, who Ray Vecchio has entrusted his car with, needs to get some wires replaced that Diefenbaker chewed.

Whatever the case, if it's about Alternate Universes, then you're in the right spot - so let's play!

Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and fandom's full name for ease adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above mentioned spoiler cut.

Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

Some examples to get the ball rolling...
+ Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Bakery AU
+ due South, Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, Mechanic AU
+ Letterkenny, Wayne/Daryl, Tractor salesman Daryl

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[squidgiepdx]

Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, bakery AU

[squidgiepdx]

due South, Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski, mechanic AU

[squidgiepdx]

Letterkenny, Wayne/Daryl, Daryl is a salesman of some sort and comes calling on Wayne

Fill 1/2

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

I was takin’ a break from chorin’ the other day…

Wayne was sitting by the farmstand, enjoying an ice cold Puppers and not thinking about much of all, when a curly-haired stranger wearing an ill-fitting blue suit walked up his laneway and disturbed the pleasant silence of his afternoon break.

“Hey, there,” the guy said, like they were friends instead of strangers. “How are ya’ now?”

“Good, and you?” Wayne replied automatically.

“Oh, I’m pretty good.”

“Great. Who are you, and why are you in my laneway?”

“Oh, right!” The guy fished around in his pockets and pulled out a handful of index cards, which he proceeded to read from. “Hello, sir or madam. My name is Daryl and I’m here to offer you a unique financial opportunity.”

“Hard no.”

Wayne was all too familiar with ‘unique financial opportunities’, which typically only benefitted the criminal masterminds who thought them up. Weight loss pills, timeshares, Mary Kay – schemes, one and all.

Daryl looked momentarily nonplussed, and then he started shuffling through the index cards.

“Here it is. Don’t dismiss this opportunity out of hand, sir or madam. Hear me out first. It won’t cost anything but your time.”

Wayne didn’t bother pointing out that he was a farmer, and time was money. Daryl seemed earnest enough, and it wasn’t a hardship to have to look at him while he went through his spiel.

“Let me ask you this. Have you ever ridden a Sea-Doo?”

“Hasn’t everyone?”

Daryl jabbed a finger in Wayne’s direction. “No! There’s a whole underrepresented population that has been denied access to these fine aquatic vehicles. Who, you might ask?”

Wayne waited, but Daryl just stared expectantly at him.

“I said, who you might ask?”

“Who?” Wayne asked with a sigh.

“Thank you for asking! And the answer is – ants!”

“Ants or aunts?”

“Ants,” Daryl confirmed. “Tiny bugs? Can carry up to half their body weight?”

“Ants riding Sea-Doos.” Wayne gave that some careful consideration, which was only polite under the circumstances. “You’d need a team of scientists.”

“We have them! Well, we have one, on account of the costs involved in hiring a whole team.”

“Hence the need for funding.”

“Exactly!”

Daryl grinned. He had a nice smile, honest and enthusiastic, without any of the smarm salesmen usually had. At least in Wayne’s limited experience; he usually chased them off his property before they got to the smiling stage of the pitch.

“As you know,” Daryl continued, “Sea-Doos are operated using thumbs, which obviously ants don’t possess.”

“I reckon you’d need to develop a push button. Or else provide the ants with bionic thumbs. One seems more cost effective than the other, though bionic limbs have a certain cool factor an ant would more than likely be able to brag about to his friends and acquaintances.”

Daryl flipped through his index cards again. “Did you know that ants have exceptional balance, on account of their numerous legs?”

“Stands to reason.”

“Their ability to stabilize themselves on the Sea-Doo would be exceptional.”

[squidgiepdx]

Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, restaurant AU

[squidgiepdx]

Grimm, Nick Burkhardt/Monroe, Roles are reversed with Nick as the Blutbad and Monroe as the cop.

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Any, any/any, ghost hunters AU

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Any crossover fandoms, Any, meeting at boarding school

Fill 1/2: SGA/H50/Criminal Minds, X-Men fusion

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

“Welcome to Elizabeth Weir’s School for the gifted,” the boy with the spiky hair and red sunglasses said. He was wearing a black turtleneck sweater and slacks and looked annoyingly preppy.

Rodney kept his grip on his suitcase tight even though with his telekineses no one could take it from him if he didn’t want them to. “The sign on the door says this is the Colorado Springs Chapter of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Pretty sure they don’t have chapters or schools. They have Kingdom Halls or whatever.”

The boy with the glasses glanced over his shoulder. “Dr. Weir?”

“He wouldn’t have made it past the door if he weren’t truly gifted,” Elizabeth Weir said. She rolled down the hall toward Rodney in her fancy wheelchair.

He itched to take it apart and see why it rolled so smoothly.

He also expected the boy with the shades to ask what his gift was, but he said nothing.

Dr. Weir’s smile was warm and welcoming. “We’re so glad you decided to join our student body, Rodney. John, will you show him to the boys’ dorm?”

John nodded. “Sure. C’mon, Rodney.” He spun on his heel and headed for the nearest set of stairs.

Rodney followed, using his telekinesis to make his suitcase lighter. The house was large and lavish, with lush carpets and heavy wood-paneled walls, chandeliers and stained glass windows.

Up on the second floor — the stairs extended at least one more floor above them — John crossed the landing and headed down another corridor and opened a door.

“Hey, we have a new guy. Make sure you’re decent.”

Rodney rolled his eyes. “Unlike you Americans, I’m not a prude.”

The corner of John’s mouth turned up in brief quirk of amusement. “All right.” And he pushed the door open.

Rodney followed him into the room and came up short.

Two boys — one tall and dark-haired and tattooed, one shorter and blond — were having a staring contest on one of the beds. The dark-haired boy also has a smattering of blue scales around his hips —- and all down his legs. The blond boy, in contrast, had giant white bird wings tucked against his body.

He glanced up at Rodney. “New kid?”

“Rodney McKay,” he said, clutching his suitcase like a shield.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Danny Williams. I’m from New Jersey. You like Bon Jovi?”

“You looked away first! You lose,” the dark-haired boy crowed. When he shifted, his scales shimmered green. He looked Rodney up and down. “What’s your mutation?”

Danny smacked at him. “Manners! At least say hello first.” To Rodney he said, “Ignore this fish-brain.”

“You’re one to talk, bird-brain,” was the dark-haired boy’s easy response. Then he said, “Steve McGarrett.”

“Who?” Rodney raised his eyebrows.

“That’s his name,” Danny said. “But I’ve trained him to answer to fish-brain.”

Steve growled and grasped for a wing, causing Danny to recoil.

One of Danny’s wings expanded, almost knocking another boy off a nearby bed.

“Careful now,” he protested.

Danny immediately tucked his wings closer to his body. “Sorry, Derek.”

“It’s fine. Just. Remember I’m here.” Derek turned to Rodney and smiled.

He was gorgeous — brown skin, dark eyes, black curls, abs. Why was everyone here gorgeous?

“Derek Morgan, from Chicago.” He offered a hand.

Rodney accepted it and shook it — and jerked back with a yelp when his hand was suddenly covered with ice.

Derek grinned and held up his hand, and a ball of ice formed, floating over his palm. “Welcome to the madhouse.”

Rodney turned to John. “Is there somewhere else I can sleep?”

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

BBC Sherlock, any, Regency AU

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

MI-5|Spooks, any, schoolteacher AU

Fill:

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

“You would think that choosing to take a subject at A-level would indicate a certain interest in the subject, wouldn’t you?” Lucas North moaned.

“That comes of teaching modern languages, ‘should be easy, and you get to go abroad’,” his friend, Adam Carter replied.

“Do I take it that those who take science subjects are much more serious about it?”

“You must be joking. This afternoon was proof of that.”

The headteacher, Harry Pearce, had entered the staffroom during the conversation. “Yes,” he said. “So I gathered. I do hope you have got rid of that unpleasant smell by now. And cleared up. It would be unfair to expect the cleaners to do all that.”

“Mathematics is a much safer subject,” Ros Myers said. “There may be little enthusiasm but at least it doesn’t come with unfortunate experiments.”

Jo Portman groaned, and everyone turned to look at her. “Oh, sorry,” she said. “It’s just the spelling, start A-level English Literature and forget how to spell words that even 10 year olds can get right.”

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

BBC Robin Hood, any, magic AU

Fill:

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Guy of Gisborne crept into the forest clearing. He had seen Robin Hood and some of his men head that way, and he was sure there was no other exit, so he was determined to observe what they were doing. To his surprise, there was an area of pristine green grass, surrounded by a circle of white stones, but no sign of any of the outlaws.

He approached the stone circle and was about to step inside, when a voice said, “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”

Guy stepped back and swung round to see one of Robin’s gang, he believed the man was called Much, watching him. “And why not?” Guy asked.

“Watch!” Much took up a small branch and threw it into the circle. The instant it touched the grass it disappeared.

“How?” Guy demanded, stunned.

“Magic. They say the circle leads to halls of feasting and celebration. I don’t trust it, whoever created it will demand their price, and so I stay here.”

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Stargate Atlantis, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, due South fusion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_South)

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

Stargate Atlantis, any, angels and demons AU

Fill: Evan Lorne/David Parrish

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Hardships Unnumbered (https://archiveofourown.org/works/47995222)

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Hawaii Five-0, Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams, photographer AU

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Any K-pop/K-drama fandom, Any, Ancient Astronaut Enthusiasts

Fill: Ghost Doctor, Go Seungtak + Cha Yeongmin (/Jang Sejin)

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

“Why are we watching Ancient Astronauts?” Yeongmin demanded. But instead of snatching the remote from Seungtak and changing the channel, he plopped down beside Seungtak on the sofa and held out a bowl of freshly-popped popcorn.

“Because it’s fascinating.” Seungtak grinned at him and popped a piece of popcorn into his mouth.

“Go Seungtak, you and I are two of the best cardiothoracic surgeons in this city, if not this entire country, and you believe in…in aliens?” Yeongmin shook his head, sounding exasperated.

Sejin, sitting at the kitchen counter and playing with Yeongmin’s pet sugar glider Dumpling, knew the undercurrent of fondness in his tone, though strangers — and even most of Seungtak and Yeongmin’s colleagues at the hospital — would be hard-pressed to hear it.

“I can see ghosts,” Seungtak said. “Why wouldn’t I believe in aliens?”
Yeongmin paused. “Well —”

Seungtak turned to him. “You believe in ghosts. You were a coma ghost, and you possessed me so I could do life-saving surgeries and also help you uncover a huge plot that involved murder and blackmail and all kinds of corruption at the hospital and even beyond.”

Yeongmin cleared his throat. “After this we’re watching MCountdown so I can see Jessica perform.”

“You’re such an ajusshi fanboy.” Seungtak sighed and shook his head.

Sejin knew his mocking was also only in jest; Yeongmin had performed lifesaving heart surgery on Jessica when she was a child, had possessed Seungtak to perform a second surgery for her ten years later to save her life again.

Yeongmin stole a piece of popcorn off of Seungtak’s palm and ate it himself, causing Seungtak to splutter in outrage.

Sejin said, “Why are you in our apartment watching Ancient Astronauts when you could be out on date with Sujeong?”

Seungtak’s ears turned pink. “I’m still figuring out how to ask her out.”

“Didn’t her grandfather’s ghost give you his blessing before he crossed over? And you know your grandfather likes her,” Yeongmin said.

“I have to deal with Lee Seonho first,” Seungtak grumbled. “He’s been giving her textbooks and showing her surgery techniques.”

“Then help her first,” Sejin said.

But Seungtak just blushed harder and said nothing.

And then the opening voiceover began, and he sat up straighter. Sejin drifted over to sit on the couch and tuck herself against Yeongmin’s side, and she thanked the stars that she had both men in her life.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

The Owl House, Luz Noceda + any, Star Trek AU

[schweinsty.livejournal.com]

Star Trek AOS, Jim Kirk/Leonard McCoy or gen, Academia AU

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Prodigal Son, Malcolm Bright + any, magic AU

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Star Trek (original) Spock + any, Sherlockian AU

[cozy-coffee.livejournal.com]

Hannibal, Hannibal or Will, Venom AU

[cozy-coffee.livejournal.com]

Any, any, dæmon AU

[cozy-coffee.livejournal.com]

Any, any, Alpha/Beta/Omega AU

[cozy-coffee.livejournal.com]

Any, any, Venom AU

[schweinsty.livejournal.com]

9-1-1, Evan Buckley/Eddie Diaz or any, Murder She Wrote AU (I genuinely don't know/care how it would work, but I'd love to see Bobby as the Sheriff of Cabot Cove :D)

[templefugate.livejournal.com]

MCU, Loki & Any, used car salesman AU

[templefugate.livejournal.com]

Any, any, mermaid AU