#romewilla

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If you’re taking Roman/Willa prompts I think there’s an au where Connor married some nice hippie chick back in the day and has a couple of teenagers and Roman’s the one with all his sex hang ups who decides it’s easier to just buy a girlfriend. (I’m the same anon who record pro dom Mencken so I guess I just have this one idea I keep hurling at you). But hey if you really want to “fix” Roman I think an au with Jeryd as his dom, Willa as his public gf and either Tabitha or Gerri as his literal therapist would be the closest thing. I also want to toss out Roman Roy literary au. He wrote a best selling novel in college and is 5 years past due for his follow up novel. Tabitha is his agent. Jeryd is his favorite writer who is also a total recluse and Tabitha’s other problem client. She forces them both into this hippy dippy two week long writers retreat that has worked wonders for other writers desperately in need of inspiration.

Ha, the pro dom one! Why not give Roman a girlfriend he likes in this context, I dig. It's all coming together. I also like Willa and Mencken together as a premise, so, could draw that triangle closed.

I'm howling at the idea of those two in a writers' retreat and proving just how unfit for human interaction both of them are with literally anyone but each other. Fantastic.

[comfycel]

@cybn he did die

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big win for the romewilla besties truthers

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I truly cannot wait for you to explore Roman and Willa!

It'll be a little bit! It's in the queue after DYWGU, which has three chapters left. But I'm excited to write Willa in detail - she's so fun - and also dig into Roman's weirdness with women in a more positive way.

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In terms of sexuality Roman strikes me as a kinsey 4 so I can see him going for Willa. I think women do have to work a little harder to get his attention meanwhile all guys have to do is be tall, authoritarians, who look good in suits. With Gerri, Tabitha, and now Willa there needs to be some kind of intellectual connection he wants someone he can verbally spar with and who can keep up with (or outdo him) and I think Willa definitely does that.

I don't disagree with anything here, actually, though I laughed really hard at "all guys have to do is be tall, authoritarians, who look good in suits" because. OK. Yes. But yeah, I don't think he's totally gay necessarily, I just think that women are less interesting to him on average maybe because he's attracted most to a personality that not a lot of women in his orbit are willing to throw out there.

I've talked before about how I totally buy Roman and Willa as people who would get on like a house on fire, but now I feel totally justified, so yeah.

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All right, so here are all of the fic prompts that I could scrape up/remember. If I'm missing anything, let me know. It'll be nice to have a reference post. See below!

Romewilla - Roman and Willa meet at a party, hit it off, and decide to work together as a creative team. Eventually the chemistry is too much to resist. Dead Kendall AU - In which Kendall actually dies in the pool, and everyone tries to cope. Naomi realizes shortly after his death that she's two months pregnant. We see Rava take Naomi in and Roman and Stewy connect as they try to grieve, and separately a story set in the future with Kendall's teenage daughter with Naomi unraveling the real story behind her father's passing. Roman/Stewy Vampire AU - In which Logan is a vampire hunter who primarily keeps Roman at his side as his backup and sometimes literal punching bag. Stewy is a fairly old vampire, and Roman meets him for the first time only to catch himself more intrigued and amused than he should be; the problem is it isn't the first time at all, and Roman's memories cannot be trusted to tell him what he's been through or what he's missed as years have gone by. Roman pulls back from Logan as he realizes how deeply Logan has used and abused not just his body but his mind. Roman/Eduard "Run" AU - In which, during their brief friendship and connection, Roman and Eduard agreed to reconnect at a specific time and place the moment one texted the other the word "Run." Roman catches this text after his dad agrees to sell Waystar to GoJo, and lives up to his commitment to meet an Eduard who's a shade different than he was expecting. They travel together, away from all responsibilities and expectations, but not without complications. Kendall and his two boyfriends, Stewy and Lukas - Or, the throuple fic. Stewy has been in love with Kendall pretty much his whole life. Lukas, however, has been talking to Kendall a lot since the GoJo deal began, late night connections that eventually tilt towards the sexual. Stewy finds out, tries to earn Kendall's heart in a deeply pathetic but sweet way, and just winds up having sex with him again. Eventually… Kendall has two boyfriends, and everyone is chill. Roman/priest!Mencken Fleabag AU - If you haven't seen Fleabag, don't walk, run. It's amazing and if you like my shit you will adore it, it's absolutely my vibe. That said, concept here is pretty straightforward: Roman's a snarky, weird mess of a person, and meets the priest who's going to officiate Tom and Shiv's wedding. The problem is the priest is aggressively hot and over the course of their friendship (he volunteers for a church event, what is WRONG with him) the priest also clearly wants to fuck him no matter how much they talk around it. Eventually the chemistry explodes. Roman/Mencken pro dom AU - This is also fairly straightforward. Total AU where Mencken is a professional dom who Roman is convinced to attend due to struggling to find someone to fit that outlet who he can trust to be discreet. There are clear professional boundaries. Of course no one would cross them. Of course. (Thinking Romewilla as a sidedish for this one - Roman's girlfriend to the world, who he does genuinely care for and would be aware of what's going on. Eventual polyam.) Tabitha/Roman get married AU - I'm not sure how much more to say about this, but, hey, this would be fun to tease out, what can I say. Roman/Stewy LA AU Roman and Stewy genuinely connect in New York when he's visiting Kendall for a birthday. The problem is that Roman has to fly back to LA, so the whole thing should by all rights be pretty short-lived, but even thousands of miles apart neither of them can let it go. (You know how these things go.) I may be missing something, let me know. Anyway, typing everything out made me think a lot about each of these. I'll be looking back at this. Talk to me about any of this if you want.

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between the way Stewy kept looking at Rome when the sibs met up with Stewy and Sandi, and that he called him Ro, and the way Roman says "Stewy says that Sandi thinks" when the sibs are talking, so he's apparently been talking to Stewy, this episode was unexpectedly great for the Roman/Stewy rarepair. i blame your fics for noticing

/salutes Who needs heterosexual explanations when a gay one will do?

This just underlined to me permanently that Roman and Stewy are definitely friends at the very, very least. There was season one stuff with your "Ro"s and "Roro"s but also it being clear Roman hangs out with Stewy in general, but it's been a hot minute. The familiarity and the way it's just breezed over that Roman is obviously in contact with him still after everything just makes it clear to me that these two are closer than they appear. Do I think they've fucked? Not necessarily. Do I think they could? Oh yes.

This is giving me calibration points when it comes to the Dead Kendall AU, so I'm well pleased for that.

Unrelatedly, but on a rarepair front, shocking moment of almost believable Roman heterosexuality-adjacent behavior when he talks about getting Willa if Connor doesn't have her. Normally I don't believe him for a second, but I legit think he'd go for it with Willa. Romewilla hours.

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definitely hoping Vampire Stewy/Roman and Romewilla are in your to write pile!

They decidedly are!

Boy I remember when AA AU was just a thing I talked about like those two. There's a wonderful sense of inevitability with these.

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I thought dead Kendall au was next?

Trust me, I've been thinking about it. A lot.

I'm very close to calling it for Romewilla, Romestewy Vampire AU, and the trio of Dead Kendall AU fics. They're the strongest contenders at the moment, IMHO. My only concern is that Mencken will run roughshod over all of my plans by being so immensely him in this current season. Justin Kirk does things to me and my brain.

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If you’re looking for another fic to add to the rotation along with Romewilla (which I am 100% in favor of), might I suggest you also consider the vampire Stewy fic 😇😉

I mean, it's a fun idea with a built-in plot, which is always a bonus. Also really iddy and sexy. I'm seeing very few downsides.

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Just wondering if you’re still planning on writing that Romewilla fic? I was thinking about it today and I hope you are!

Wow, I will admit that plotting out the upcoming arcs of the current fics - with the occasional total diversion by another fandom, yes, okay, I have ADHD and it sometimes shows - meant that I totally forgot about this idea. Apologies.

When it comes to other projects, it's tough. I know the Roman/Mencken will end before any of the others (5 chapters remaining) and that'll clear a spot in the amount of projects I'm willing to work on at the same time. Romewilla should be the next one in the queue considering I let something else jump it.

I should maybe start lining up the next projects. Roman/Sam and Joshroman both have six or seven chapters left in them, max, and Roman/Mencken will be well done by then, too, so the end is in sight for this cycle of fics. Hm. I'll have to marinate on what's next, all in all.

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counter offer for romewilla (because pregnancy makes me feel nauseous - why? idek, i'm going to have to talk to someone about that reaction at some point for sure lmao, i gots issues clearly): ummmm willa wants to stop relying on being an escort for money and wants to get her plays made and roman wants to be taken seriously after the studio experience and kind of wants to branch away from waystar so they team up as a friendly business venture which turns into a friendly fwb business venture which turns into a oh shit there's feelings here business venture. I think they kind of bond over how each of them really want to be taken seriously.

"I think they kind of bond over how each of them really want to be taken seriously."

See, this is a good sell, too, damn. I feel like this is definitely their major point of overlap in characterization - a kind of "well I'm not planning on giving up on the dream but no one takes me seriously so I'm gonna be kind of bitchy as I do what I've gotta do to survive" vibe. Also, dreaming on Willa competence kink.

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I also want to talk more about your upcoming Romewilla fic! Any details you might be willing to share? Doesn’t have to spoiler-y!

All right, conceptually, here's what I have!

Roman returns as canonically to NYC. Willa is working as an escort, writing, and working her way through the social scene to get into better parties and meet better people largely as an attempt to network.

Roman and Willa meet when they both separately witness a chaotic moment at a party and make similar snarky comments. Roman's impressed, Willa knows who he is and tries to keep it cool, but this is a hell of a chance meeting. After a drink Willa confesses she's thinking of moving to LA, and Roman without hesitation launches into a whole fucking thing on LA.

"What are you even fucking pitching, anyway?" Famous last words.

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I would love to see a kind of Knocked Up AU where Roman and Willa hook up and he gets her pregnant and they both have to navigate through all that while barely knowing each other

I think I dig this! Because Roman getting a girl pregnant can be balanced equally for laughs and drama, and I think they'd bounce off each other really well in this situation, somehow? I don't know, I can see the shape of it in my head.

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Oohhh you should turn the romewilla story into a romewillagrace story. I would be sooooo here for that

WOW now THAT is an idea. This would be the first ever FFM relationship tag for Roman on AO3, which is cracking me up. He has a hard enough time with one woman, usually.

No, but something about this is working for me. I'll think about it.

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I think the way Roman and Willa should meet is at a party and they both are talking shit to themselves right next to each other and they’re like WAIT YOU THINK SO TOO?

Oh I love this. They both mutter roughly the same shitty comment about someone being tacky mere feet away from each other and at first they're wary, then it's like "I know, right?" and then they spend the rest of the night peoplewatching.