#autumn otp prompts

[indigobackfire]

Autumn OTP Prompts

Day 1: Bouquet of dried flowers

OTP: Indigo x Barnaby

Place: Coast by the west of Scotland.

Time: End of Autumn, 1993.

(I guess I'll write these in the most hated most dread First Person present tense, cause it's my favorite way to write ngl. Pls excuse any typos, I'm too tired to edit this)

I wrap the thick shawl tighter around myself as the wind blowing from uphill threatens to blow it away, my hair a flying mess around my head. Yet beside me, mom looks unfazed, her hair intact in a tight bun and herself put together with her thick wool coat.

Winter was approaching and we took every opportunity we had to walk down the coast before the snow and piercing winds took over Scotland. If we were lucky enough, the clouds would occasionally step aside for a moment and let a few rays shine down on us.

She half-smiles at me. "If you had put on a regular coat, you wouldn't be feeling cold with that thing flapping around."

"And who says I'm cold? This actually feels cozier than a regular coat, mind you."

"Does it really? Or is it because it pleases him?"

I laugh. She isn't wrong, the shawl was a gift from Barnaby, made with his family's tartan in shades of green and blue, so not only feeds into my Scottish pride but also makes him happy to see me in something that represents a piece of himself.

"Well, is that wrong? He's my fiance whom I love very much."

She opens a wider smile - she's the happiest third party about my engagement and very soon marriage. "No, nothing wrong with that. As long as it makes you happy as well."

"I'm yet to find something that makes me happier than seeing a smile on his face."

And my words come to fruition as soon as they leave my mouth as he comes jogging up the hill behind us, with something in his gloved hand, that grin in his lips that refused to go away.

"Look what I found," he says, stepping closer to me. In his hands a tiny bouquet of flowers that looks more dead than anything.

"Well, love, these would be beautiful if they hadn't... withered."

"I know, but see these? They're blue thistles, I only remember seeing one of these when I was a little boy."

I touch its round head that despite its stem being dried up, its tiny petals retain its dark blue shade. "They are beautiful."

"And these, heathers. But don't touch them or they'll fall apart. And daisies, but that's obvious... I think."

"Since when do you know so much about flowers, Barnaby?" Mom asks with a smile.

"My grandma- Well, my other grandma really likes flowers, her house is full of vases filled with flowers she picked herself. And dried ones like these to make tea."

"I don't remember if I ever drank thistle tea," I say taking them from his offering hand.

"But they're not for tea. It's for you to keep on your desk. I've seen how upset you get whenever you kill a plant, well... these are already dead so you won't have to bother about killing them anymore."

Mom tries to hide her laugh while I stand there and smile at his flushed face. I caress his cheek before laying a peck on his lips. "This is really sweet, Barney."

He looks over my shoulder at my mother who's walking down to the beach not hiding her laughter anymore.

"I'm sorry about that. She's probably laughing at me and my inability to keep things alive."

He takes my hand and we start walking after her, the sound of waves' progressively closer.

"It's okay. I know it's silly. But you've picked so many flowers for me back at Hogwarts, I couldn't not pick some for you. I promise next time they'll be in full bloom."

"Oh, don't worry about that. I enjoyed picking flowers, especially for you."

He smiles with himself. "I received plenty of flowers in my life, but not even the most beautiful of them felt as special as a single prickly thistle from you."

I knew that all too well, during Valentine's Day, roses upon roses brought by owls along with howlers and chocolate boxes and notes; when he found himself in the hospital wing, vases of fresh Tulips and Daffodils; not a couple of weeks ago a lady from the Ministry who barely seen Barnaby twice had gifted him a vase of red and yellow orchids to congratulate him for the successful capture of a loose Griffin.

I didn't bother making a scene or explaining to him what those flowers meant, all I did was place a hand on his shoulder and say, "Oh, they're beautiful, darling, they'll look wonderful in our room."

He notices I'm lost in thought and brings my knuckles to his lips. I don't like dwelling in jealous memories, he'll be mine and only mine in but a few weeks.

While his eyes are on me, the clouds respite their coverage over the sun and allow us very soft sunlight through a thin layer. It isn't much but it's enough to make the green of his eyes brighten. I can't help another soft kiss.

I keep my forehead against his. "That's because none of them loved you like me. I don't think anyone will ever outdo the love I have for you. Even if I have to pick a thousand flowers to prove it."

[novelbear]

falling into fall 

- some autumn themed otp prompts 

scenarios

 B running ahead on a walk to jump and crush all the fallen leaves on the ground as A fondly watches from behind. 

 Buying and taste testing every pumpkin spice flavored snack they could find at the grocery store. 

 Carving a pumpkin together (and failing miserably) 

 A getting annoyed with B putting pumpkin shaped decorations everywhere around the house (soap dispensers, cookie jars, etc.) 

 Going on an apple picking date and ending it with a hay ride. 

 Watching horror movies every week leading up to Halloween 

dialogue

 “god, it was just 80 degrees yesterday, what happened?” 

 “they make pumpkin spice candy corn what-” 

 “put the christmas tree away what are you doing??”

 “it’s so pretty out...” 

 “this is my favorite time of year, you know that?” 

 “do we really have to decorate this much? it’s going to have to come down after a month anyway...” 

[mcdynamite]

OTP OCTOBER PROMPTS

I got bored the other night and on a whim came up with a list of 31 autumn/Halloween-themed prompts for the month of October. Please feel free to use them however you see fit! All ships/fandoms are welcome, and you can use as many or as few as you'd like (or even take some of the ideas for your own prompt lists)! Whatever you want! This is just here to serve as some inspiration! Happy writing/drawing/painting/creating! 🎃🍁👻🍂🍎

1-2 Word Prompts

Cuddling

Costumes

Cozy

Halloween party

Scars

Scream

Apple picking

Pumpkin carving

Bonfire

Haunted house

Corn maze

Baking

Trick-or-treating

Sweater

Tattoos

Full moon

Candy

Smores

Dusk

Dialogue Prompts

“I hate Halloween”

“Are you scared?”

“You look cold.”

“Shut up and give me some candy.”

“You’ve got leaves in your hair.”

“Are you busy tonight?”

“I’m not sure that’s a good idea…”

“It’s not even that cold!”

“You look good.”

“Do you believe in ghosts?”

“Are you really going to eat that?”

“You should stay.”

[all-that-you-can-draw]

OTP Drawing Prompts 51: Carving Pumpkins

Person A and Person B picking their pumpkins to carve at the pumpkin patch

Person A making Person B scoop out their pumpkin for them because they are too grossed out to do it themself

Person A and Person B seeing who can carve the same thing into their pumpkins the best

Person A accidentally injuring themself while carving pumpkins and Person B tending to them

Person A and Person B carving each other's faces into their pumpkins (or carving self portraits!)

Person A confessing their love for Person B or asking them out by carving a sweet message into their pumpkin

Person A and Person B painting pumpkins instead of carving them

Person A helping Person B salvage their pumpkin after they accidentally mess it up

Person A and Person B making pumpkin pie with the insides of the pumpkins they carved

Person A trying to put out a fire that Person B accidentally started while trying to light their pumpkins

[otpcompendium]

Hey!! Can you please do prompts for a group of friends hanging out together and having a great time . 🤍💗💫

Aww, yeah of course~

1. Game night was supposed to be casual, but it turns out A and B are WAY too competitive at Mario Kart.

2. The Gang goes to a fall fair! Shenanigans ensue as A decides they NEED to find the biggest/snallest pumpkin in the patch, B gets lost in the corn maze, and C just wants to eat every seasonal snack the fair has.

3. A and B drag the rest of the group to the beach, and decide to have a sandcastle building competition to see who'll be the one paying for lunch.

4. Every spring, A coordinates a big friend hike to the top of a local mountain. They picnic, pick flowers, and have a good time like always, until B stumbles on an odd new trail that was never there before...

Hope these work!

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[lostinfic]

Fall fic prompts

You already know Hallmark’s  fluffy and AU-worthy Christmas movies, now get ready for Hallmark’s Fall movies:

Falling for Vermont: Celebrity and Amnesia

A best-selling author decides to escape the media frenzy in the country, but her plan goes awry when a she’s caught in a thunderstorm and crashes her car. Found wandering with no memory and no ID, the town doctor offers up his guest house until her memory returns.

Harvest moon: Rich girl/farmer

When her family goes bankrupt, privileged city girl travels to the country to try and help a struggling pumpkin farm that her father bought as an investment to get her money back. Not everyone is on board with her changes, least of all the farm’s handsome manager.

Pumpkin Pie Wars: enemies to lovers

Faye and Lydia each opened their own bakeries after a personal and professional fall-out during a local Pumpkin Pie contest. Now their children are set to carry on the rivalry. There's only problem for these two people who are supposed to hate each other - they start to fall in love.

Falling for you: (I don’t know what trope, but it sounds cute)

While planning a fundraising event, a small New England town’s radio station manager  meets her match in a visiting businessman. She ropes him into participating in her bachelor bake-off to help save the station.

Autumn dreams: First loves meet again

With big plans to leave their small town, two teenagers elope. But their parents have the marriage annulled, and one of them stays behind to help her family. Fifteen years later, they're both engaged to other people and discover that their annulment was never finalized. They reunite to make their divorce legal, but find themselves reminiscing about what could have been.

Love, of course: single parent and college setting

A single mom has spent most of her adult life “helicoptering” around her daughter. When her daughter moves out to go to college, the mother “conveniently” lands a job at the same college. When she meets a charismatic, well-traveled professor, she learns more about herself and discovers a new life of her own, filled with romance.

Under the autumn moon: cottage ranchcore

A driven businesswoman decides to check out a gorgeous ranch that her company intends to purchase for retreats. But when she gets there, the charming owner insists that they can’t buy it unless they preserve the ranch’s history. She stays to learn more about the land and, while there, she (you guessed it) falls hard for the owner.

[promptsforthestrugglingauthor]

Writing Prompt #1360

I opened the door to the apartment to find a pumpkin stuck over my fiance’s head, and, for a moment, considered closing the door and turning back around the other way.

[love-me-a-good-prompt]

HALLOWEEN IDEAS

Here are some spooky-ish Halloween themed scenarios to imagine your characters in:

Person A has been hanging out and flirting with Person B all night at a Halloween party but Person B can't figure out who they are under their mask/costume. The next day Person B describes the costume to their friend who threw the party and asks who it was but their friend says they never saw anyone in that costume at the party.

Person A and Person B both claim to not believe in ghosts so their friends dare them to spend a night in a haunted house together. After only 2 hours, they both come running out of the house terrified. When their friends laugh at them, they both try to pull the whole "Oh I wasn't scared, I only left because *the other person* was scared" excuse.

Person A and Person B are carving pumpkins together when Person A accidentally cuts their hand with the carving tool. Person B helps mend their wound but not before asking Person A to hold out their hand and let their blood drip onto Person B's pumpkin to make it look more spooky.

Person A decides to spend Halloween alone watching horror movies. One movie in particular scares them so much that they call Person B and ask them to come stay the night with them because they don't want to be alone and would feel safer with them there. Person B gets there right away. Just when Person A is finally almost asleep, they both hear a strange noise coming from outside.

Person A is walking through a haunted attraction with a group of friends (including Person B.) Person A gets too scared and is unable to handle the attraction and wants to leave using one of the emergency exits but doesn't want to go alone. None of their friends want to leave so they all ignore Person A and keep walking except for Person B who consoles Person A, walks them out of the attraction, and waits with them for everyone else to get back.

[imaginativeworks]

Imagine Your OTP

Person A and Person B are taking a wonderful stroll during the season when Person B starts…

Person B: “You know the more we walk, the more I realize how much I have in common with the autumn leaves.”

Person A: (Confused) “Oh, how so?”

Person B: (They duck down and picks one up, off the path, that just fell down) “We are just delighted when you’re around. That, we just can’t help but fall for you~” (Then hands it to them with a bow) “Here you are my dear~” *after they continues walking, leaving a stunned Person A*.

[blackbutlerfandomnerddomain]

NOT MINE

I will be doing fics/lil doodles based on these and you all should join along if you have one or more OTPs in your heads and hearts. I’m more focusing on LawLight along with MisaLight since they’re my top Light ships as well as Cielois and FreckledSmiles(of course) and some Dollizzy. Just remember to @ me and/or reblog this with your work so I could see~!

[indigobackfire]

Autumn OTP Prompts

Day 2: Pumpkin

OTP: Indigo x Barnaby / Ismelda x Phoenix

Place: Hogwarts.

Time: October, 1988. It actually doesn't make sens with my headcanon timeline, but for now, let's pretend.

CW: Menix being naughty a doing a lil dirty flirting, nothing explicit.

(This is coming quite late but better late than never and I'll repeat this all throughout this month xD a cut this time bc it ended up longer and as usual please excuse any typos or let me know.)

"Ugh, stop that. Phoenix, tell her to stop."

Just from her words, Indigo starts skipping even more excited than before, swinging Barnaby's hand back and forth. She looks at Phoenix but he only looks down at her with an amused smile and squeezes her closer to himself.

"Oh, don't be such a debbie downer, Ismelda!" Indigo says. "This is exciting, our first Halloween together."

"No, it isn't the first."

"I mean together together."

Ismelda rolls her eyes. "Last year I was turning your head into a pumpkin, this year we're carving them together. I've truly gone to the dogs."

But Indigo knew she was, if not happy, pleased with herself for being here. Not based on instincts alone, her Legilimency often caught on the heavy cloud of anger that hovered her mind. But this time - well, whenever she was near Phoenix at least - that cloud dissipated into but a whisp of smoke.

Was it weird that they were doing this the four of them? Most certainly. It had been several months ago, but back then Ismelda had feelings for Barnaby, but he had feelings for Indigo, sister to Phoenix who had feelings for Ismelda... It took a while to untangle the mess, but they did.

And there weren't hard feelings cause for Ismelda it was easy to see her and Barnaby would never work, and even if for Indigo it was hard to comprehend how could Phoenix like Ismelda of all people, she was absolutely certain he loved and understood her. There was no spell, no potion, he knew who she was and wanted to be with her anyway.

And isn't that what Ismelda most craved? To be seen and understood. Even with her faults and difficult personality, still be desired. She looks up at Phoenix and hates herself for how speechless he still leaves her. Not even Ismelda understood why, but if he has stayed for as long as he has, perhaps she could allow herself to grow hopes in love.

It's close to twilight when they reach outdoors, making their way down the path to Hagrid's hut. The half-giant sat on the stairs of his house, petting with his enormous hand Fang's head, its little tail always wagging from side to side.

"Yeh came!"

"Of course! And I brought company if that isn't a bother."

"Nah, the more the merrier it's what I always say. But will yeh kids mind watchin' Fang for me? I think I'm in need of a good nap and yeh know what a big baby this one is."

"Of course!" Barnaby answers before anyone else could at least think of objecting and the puppy is unsurprisingly drawn to him, the boy kneeling to allow Fang to lick his face. "Fang is the best boy, aren't you?"

"Merlin's boots, I'm so bloody in love," Indigo says to herself watching the scene.

"Wake me up when yeh done, so we can have some Rock Cakes and tea."

After that they begin scavenging for the perfect pumpkin - Indigo picks a big one but certainly smaller than the one Barnaby chooses, Phoenix picks a taller one for himself and the smallest of the four for Ismelda.

"Why not like yours?"

"Because I know you'll make me carry it back for you, Mel"

She smirks. "Clever."

"More than you think."

"What now?"

"First we gut them, remember to drop the guts in this bowl, I'll try baking something with them later. Then we begin carving." Indigo then opens her saddlebag and takes out the carving knives to hand them out. "I sneaked some big knives from the kitchens and McGonagall helped me transfigure them. I earned a day in detention for it, but it was worth it."

"Wait, we're actually doing this ourselves? By hand?"

"Unless you know some pumpkin carving spell, yes."

Despite Ismelda's complaints, there was a collective pleasure in cutting those pumpkins open and shoving their hands inside to gut it.

"I'm gonna pretend this is-" Ismelda struggles to make the first incision. "-my sister. Cause I just wish I could crack her head open."

Everybody goes quiet for a moment, but then Indigo opens a smirk.

"Following your line of thought, I'm gonna pretend this is Jacob..." Indigo lifts the knife high and dives with it into the pumpkin's flesh. "For getting me into all this mess. I had the right to be a normal Hogwarts Student."

"You could never be normal," Barnaby comments with a smile, not lifting his eyes from his pumpkin, nearly done cutting open the top.

"Why not?" Indigo asks amused.

His eyes are calm when he looks at her. "You're not normal, you're special unlike anybody else."

"You're just saying that because you're my boyfriend."

"No. You are. You're a Legilimens and also the bravest girl I know. The bravest person I know. And nobody as supportive or as beautiful as you are."

Ismelda makes a gagging sound. "Could you two drop with the mushy stuff? Save it for when you're alone or I'll vomit."

Indigo rolls her eyes. "I'm gonna pretend you don't like to hear them about yourself. What? You heard Barnaby, I'm a Legilimens, I can see right through you."

Ismelda frowns finally able to cut through a hard spot in the flesh. "I also know you need a wand pointed right at someone to enter their minds."

"For now, Murk, for now."

The conversation drops once again when the girls start finishing cutting open their pumpkins. And while Phoenix was being thorough, calmly wiping clean the insides of the pumpkin, Barnaby shoved his hand inside and brought out that handful of seeds and wet pumpkin strings like he was tearing out someone's brains, laughing while at it.

"If you girls were cutting your siblings' heads, this is everyone who's mean to creatures." He then proceeds to throw the handful of guts in the bowl with enough strength it splurts around.

"Yeah, go at them, babe."

"Why not your parents? Or your grandma?" Ismelda says voice sounding dark.

Barnaby frowns down at his nearly emptied out pumpkin. "I don't wanna hurt them, I want them to be better."

Even she could see how upset he got, so she takes a deep breath and does the most un-Ismelda-like thing she could possibly do, probably influence by Phoenix's ever so light aura. "I'm s-sorry, Barnaby, for bringing them up."

Barnaby looks at her surprised. "Oh! It's okay."

Ismelda then turns to Phoenix with a naughty smile. "And you? Not gutting anyone?"

He smiles. "I'm pretending I'm doing way more pleasant things," he whispers closer to her ear, bringing his thumb to her lips when he's sure Indigo and Barnaby are too occupied with each other. She sucks on it and if it weren't so cold outside, he would've begun to sweat, and despite doing this so confidently, inside her chest, her heart feels like these pumpkins.

Of course, Indigo caught up on what's going on and she didn't need her legilimency to know that - his hand on her cheek, which she allowed to rest there despite being dirty with pumpkin, and the deep flush of his cheeks couldn't lie. And as much as she loves to see her brother's happiness, the last thing she wants to see is them kissing and the way they were looking at each other could only suggest one thing.

"So what you guys planning on carving?"

While Phoenix and Ismelda come back to their senses, Barnaby beams with excitement.

"I wanna try a dragon! A Ukrainian Ironbelly, cause they have pretty cool horns."

Phoenix picks up his gutted pumpkin analyzing the available surface. "This will sound silly but I wanna carve a phoenix with open wings. I even... made a sketch." He takes the piece of paper from his back pocket which everyone looks at with curiosity. "What about you?"

Indigo shrugs. "Nothing surprising, I'll try a cat sideways and the eyes on the other side. Ismelda?"

"Ha! I'll carve a scary face, like pumpkin lanterns are supposed to be."

[never-close-our-eyes]

Imagine Person A has to drag Person B back inside and take their sweater off because Person B will immediately put on a sweater at the first sign of autumn. Even if it's the middle of July.

[lovely-tothe-bone]

{Octoberlark is a 31 day Halloween + autumn prompt fest to inspire THG fandom + Everlarkers. All content welcome! Drabbles, ficlets, one shots, MC, side shots from a WiP, fanart, edits, aesthetics, moodboards, etc. Happy creating 🎃🍂}

SPECIAL EDITION OCTOBERLARK; Today's request is my own, mainly because a certain Everlarker ( @awkwardeverlark ) said they wanted to do something with the prompts where this sweetheart featured. Maybe she meant another prompt from that set but here's to hoping we can still nudge something out of her in the next week or two 😘 Treat her to some love in the comments, reread a fic of hers or try something new. She never disappoints 🧡

Twist Canon - Mockingjay:

"I can find you. I can reach you. Perhaps I am watching you now."

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[jelspics]

Do you think it symbolizes more than that just a pretty leaf? That leaf must've come from the same green tree behind it but it looks so different and its in such a different condition than the others. How that could relate to us and our journeys through life. And in this Ted talk I will...

[all-that-you-can-draw]

Color Palette Challenge 31

Draw something using only or mostly these colors.

(hex codes: #a52919 #c2a423 #8d5c18 #4e2e0c)

[freakwiththeknifecollection]

Imagine your otp going to a pumpkin patch and the smaller/less strong one is picking out an absurd amount of pumpkins (minis too) and the bigger/stronger one has to carry them all