Star-Crossed Lovers Writing Prompts

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Unjustly exiled from your village by your loved ones and friends, including your childhood friend/love interest, you vowed never to forgive them. You and other species' exiles founded a prosperous city-state. A delegation from your old village has arrived to try to negotiate trading rights.

1,007 upvotes57 comments

Elves remain youthful after age 20. All elves have a hard lifespan of 500 years before they return to the aether. You've been adventuring with an elf and fallen in love. Under the moonlight she confesses to you that its her 499th birthday and this life of adventure has been her last hurrah.

604 upvotes27 comments

You and your crush made a promise back in highschool, "If we are still single by age 30, we'll get married." Well, the morning after celebrating your 30th birthday, you hear that your old crush's grave has been dug up during the night.

487 upvotes20 comments

A pair of gods have been quarreling over the path of humanity for generations. One day they see two young men fighting over the affections of a young woman and decide to make a bet. Whoever choose the man to bed her first correctly wins. They’re starting to get creative with their meddling.

64 upvotes5 comments

When your parents discovered your affair with the member of a rival family you expected them to get mad. Instead they were proud and praised you for your cunning ploy.

42 upvotes3 comments

Two single parents are close friends, and take turns babysitting when the other has a date. The trouble is the people they really want to date are each other.

25 upvotes3 comments

Hero and villain with secret identities match with one another on a dating app. They hit it off, not realising that they're one another's greatest nemeses.

23 upvotes3 comments

(wholesome) fleeing her arranged marriage, a rebellious princess finds pleasant company in and hooks up on the road with a traveling scoundrel, only to discover that he was her betrothed in disguise...

18 upvotes5 comments

You saved the world together and now you’ve met again, all these years later.

17 upvotes2 comments

It started out harmless until I saw her standing in her bikini in the moonlight, we had sneaked away from our group of friends for a late night swim, I knew at that moment I wanted her…. Needed her..

9 upvotes1 comments

He finally accepts, truly but painfully, that his intense crush on his best friend will remain forever unrequited. The next day he meets the love of his life, and it's the hottest 24 hours he's ever had. What happens in those 24 hours?

6 upvotes1 comments

Two classmates who liked each other but never had the courage to do anything about it reunite and hook up at their reunion unfortunately they end up getting caught but it doesn't go the way you'd expect.

3 upvotes1 comments

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