#mayhaps yvette is still alive and had something to do with the letters

[burningivy]

What is your fic idea for Clue 👀

@noah-moth-cursed-chaos

starting this by saying, I'm probably never gonna write this,,, BUT the idea has been stuck in my brain for over a year now

Ok so,,, it's based on the movie and, to me, it makes the most sense to take place after ending B

right, so we open on Mrs. White, and she's smart, y'know. even with the blackmail, she's still got money, but it's still starting to run out, and between the scandal of the dinner party and her own five "disappearing" husbands... well, her social standing has been better

so, she needs a new husband. or she doesn't, but honestly, it feels like marriage is all she's ever done, all she's ever known. marry a man but always have an escape plan. when one starts to get handsy or angry or a million other little things, there's always another ready to take his place

except now there's not, and even if there were, well someone already found out about her whole "black widow routine," and she can't afford any more blackmail, or worse. so she needs to figure something out. find a husband who she can tolerate, who can tolerate her, who wouldn't even want a wife, preferably. lord knows she never wanted a husband

and she keeps thinking back to that night. nowadays, everything seems to trace back to that dinner party, to the murders, to the blackmail. well, Wadsworth didn't seem to like her much, and even if that was all an act, he's still an fbi man. Plum was far too sex-obsessed for her tastes. and Mustard was, well, if he was married, she pitied his wife. but there was still...

CUT TO: Mr. Green, a bit paranoid, a bit anxious but when was he not. it's not like he's unjustified. it's the 1950s, it's the lavender scare, it's one wrong move and his whole life is ruined, and it almost was.

the dinner party was a wakeup call. maybe Mrs. Peacock was the only one who didn't walked away unscathed, but how long can he keep up his appearances for. sure, it was fine when he was just starting out with the State Department, as long as no one knew he was a homosexual, he was fine. and he could make up a woman here or there that he went on a date with. it. was. fine

until it wasn't. he isn't as young as he used to be, and it seems everyone's become more paranoid recently. so maybe they notice that he never goes on more than two dates with a woman. or that he's never brought a date to a work event. or that he never seems interested by a new lady hire. or that he still isn't married

so he needs some sort of "proof" he's a geniune one-hundred-percet heterosexual, or at least he needs damn good forgery of proof. and sure, a marriage, a wife, would solve that problem, but it's not like he's getting one of those anytime soon. so he'll keep skating by, paranoid and anxious, for as long as he can

it's Mrs. White who arranges the meeting, in a cute little D.C. cafe, the kind that would almost be romantic. she's the one who proposes the arrangement: "we met at the party, but didn't want our relationship to be caught up in the scandal. it's been a whirlwind romance. you're already thinking of proposing."

and Mr. Green is, of course, skeptical. she's already likely killed five husbands; he doesn't want to be number six. but she does have a point, he could use the sham marriage. still, he doesn't get what's in it for her

"we have more in common than you might think, Mr. Green" she's still using his name from the party, and he still doesn't get what she's very subtly alluding to. she inhales, looks around, lowers her voice. "let's just say, my husband was not the one Yvette was having an affair with"

and there it is, the realization written all over his face. it doesn't take him too much longer to agree after that

the wedding is a small affair, a few "close friends," who never knew them all that well. her father, who seemingly never tires of walking her down the aisle. his parents and a brother and sister-in-law, who never thought they'd see the day, not that they'd say it. so they're married. yay

from this point the fic would split into two plotlines. one following Green and White as they like actually get to know each other and actually become friends. something like "oh you're not actually the worst person I could've married because we have xyz in common" in so many words. the other plotline would follow them having to keep up the appearances of being a happily married, in love couple, specifically while they keep running into the other guests

like they're out at some fancy dinner, and, while sitting alone, White is approached by none other than Ms. Scarlet who starts trying to chat. which White is having none of but can't seem to get Scarlet to go away, so she mentions that she's out with her husband. Scarlet makes some comment about her getting married again and something like "maybe I'll stick around to meet him, he might be good for business. your last one sure was." and who shows up then but Green. hilarity ensues

it'd probably go pretty similar with the other guests, just different locations and reactions. I think they'd run into Plum at like some UN party or something (idk the State Dept works with the UN I think??), and I honestly have no idea where they'd run into Mustard. for Peacock though, because this takes place after the B ending remember, I have this idea of her like bursting into Green's office to try to get him to testify in her favor. and in walks White casually starting a conversation, and then seeing Peacock

also, idk where it would fit, but I have this (to me) hilarious, vivid image of the two of them being like "yes, we are so happy together and in love" and they're like holding hands but they're standing a full foot apart and smiling THE FAKEST smiles

anyway, the fic would end with them receiving letters addressed to Mr. Green and Mrs. White-Green, inviting them to a meeting/dinner/something at the house the original party was at