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So, I recently realized that I have a favorite narrative kink. It goes like this:
1) Character A and Character B are in love.
2) Character A and Character B have sex.
3) The reason for Character A and Character B having sex has nothing to do with the fact that they are in love.
4) In the end, everything works out right.
That's it. It's fairly simple, but I recently realized that both of my current works in progress follow this pattern in one way or another. So does Sweet Nothings for the Numb. So does First/Second. It explains why I adore a good story like The Leap, and an awful story like Where There's A Will. It's what I like about the Aliens Made Them Do It (AMDTI) trope (I linked to fanlore there, not TVTropes; you're welcome).
The point of this post is to say that I just reread a story I loved which makes use of this trope, though the idea that the characters are in love at the beginning is a bit of a stretch: The Cost of Living (H50, Steve/Danny, no canon knowledge needed, Gay Issues handled well, contains casefile, also contains a lot of porn). It's a hooker!fic AU, but it's also a lot more than that. It's a good story. You should read it.
1) Character A and Character B are in love.
2) Character A and Character B have sex.
3) The reason for Character A and Character B having sex has nothing to do with the fact that they are in love.
4) In the end, everything works out right.
That's it. It's fairly simple, but I recently realized that both of my current works in progress follow this pattern in one way or another. So does Sweet Nothings for the Numb. So does First/Second. It explains why I adore a good story like The Leap, and an awful story like Where There's A Will. It's what I like about the Aliens Made Them Do It (AMDTI) trope (I linked to fanlore there, not TVTropes; you're welcome).
The point of this post is to say that I just reread a story I loved which makes use of this trope, though the idea that the characters are in love at the beginning is a bit of a stretch: The Cost of Living (H50, Steve/Danny, no canon knowledge needed, Gay Issues handled well, contains casefile, also contains a lot of porn). It's a hooker!fic AU, but it's also a lot more than that. It's a good story. You should read it.
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I've read a lot of hookerfic AUs, and I generally find them interesting. Like a lot of shippy fic, many go to great lengths to get the pairing romantically together despite the fact that they meet as client and provider. I can also see them turning absolutely awful, though--luckily I haven't stumbled into any of those. You know, you still might find this story interesting--it's a casefile! And it's largely a story about broken people putting themselves back together, and the importance of human relationships, and daddy issues. (Daddy issues stories: my favorite.) The authors also co-wrote this one, which is all about closet-case issues and includes a puppy. H50 fandom is great if you love semi-ridiculous premises written by competent writers. I have a favorite story where one of the guys is a mermaid.
And I usually only like "the aliens made us do it stories" in which they have to hide what happened and go back to the status quo
Of course you do. You and your doomed ships. :) I actually read one yesterday, falling down the rabbit hole of links from that fanlore entry, where the pairing 1) weren't secretly in love or lust with each other 2) one of them wasn't gay 3) the gay one was already in a relationship with another character and 4) at the end, they just went about their business feeling a little odd. I was like, what the fuck was the point of that story? What is an AMTDI for if not to compel your OTP to have ridiculous sex and then ridiculous attacks of ~~feeeeeeeelings?~~ I mean, seriously. Then I read some AMTDI with bonus mpreg and felt better.