Alien Invasion AU – In which the story deals with an alien invasion when canonically it does not ever happened.

All Human AU – In which characters who are canonically non-human are now humans, with corresponding changes to their backstories.

Alpha/Beta/Omega AU – Often referred to as A/B/O or even Omegaverse. It is a growing trope of AUs originated in kinkmemes in which characters can be Alphas (dominant males or females), Betas (ordinary working class), or Omegas (submissive males or females).

Angel/Demon AU – When angels and demons exist (in the case of canons that don't have them) or a character is recast as one of them. However, these kind of AUs don't necessarily have to have both beings in the story as some tend to focus on only one of them.

Arranged Marriage AU – Similar to the Marriage Law AU, only the difference is that not all the characters are required to be married. It is mostly focused on only one pairing and it is usually a pairing that wouldn't normally get together such as crack ships or doomed ships. In some stories it is a plausible idea, but in others it is not.

Bakery AU – When most of the cast of a story works at a bakery while the rest are customers.

BDSM AU – Is when the entire cast is either a dominant or a submissive and BDSM relationships are considered the norm. Be advised that while a healthy BDSM relationship is consensual and not dangerous, if handled incorrectly it can result in abusive behavior which is offensive and considered bad BDSM etiquette.

Bookstore AU – When most of the casts works at a bookstore. If not, usually a few of the characters work there, while the rest of them are customers. Another version is the Library AU, in which one or two of the characters are librarians, while the rest of the cast spend their time looking for particular books.

Business AU – In which the story is set in a building and the characters are employees. Sometimes it is focus on one character who works as a secretary and another character as their boss. 

Circus AU – In which the story is set in a circus and the characters are circus performers or customers.

Coffee Shop AU – Also known as Barista AU. In most cases, one half of the main pairing is the barista and the other is or becomes their favorite customer; in some stories the whole cast works at a coffee shop.

Crime AU – In which the characters of a story are various type of criminals, such as burglars, bank robbers, gangsters, drug dealers, smugglers, hitman/fixer and so on. This AU focuses on their criminal lives. It is similar to the Mafia AU.

Darkside AU – Is when the canon villain of the story succeeds in their mission and the AU story focuses on the outcome of it.

Desert island AU – Or an uninhabited island AU, in which a character or most of the characters of a story are trapped on a deserted island, usually from being shipwrecked or their plane crashing.

Dystopian AU – Is set in a dystopian society that is not the original setting of the canon.

Fairy Tail AU – In which canon characters are put into situations and/or settings from fairy tales, such as Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty,  Little Red Riding Hood, etc.

Fantasy AU – In which the story takes place in a fantasy universe where magic or magical abilities is normal, technology is nonexistent and supernatural creatures exist.

Flower Shop AU – Similar to the Coffee Shop AU and the Bakery AU, but instead the entire cast works in a flower shop. Or one of the characters works there and the rest are customers.

Genderswap AU – In which one or more characters in the story switch binary sexes, such as depicting a male character as a cis woman.

Harem AU – Or Reverse Harem AU is when a story that doesn't contain any polygamous or love triangle relationships turns into one. Usually the main character has something happen to them that attracts the other characters to them, be it from a love potion, experimental perfume, spell gone wrong, and so on.

Haunted House AU – Or Haunted Castle AU, in which a character moves into a new home or castle and doesn't know that it is haunted (usually by a ghost, sometimes a demon or some other type of creature) or they are dared by their friends to spend the night in it.

High School/College AU – In which the characters are shown in high school or in college together. They are often done with characters who canonically meet later in life, altering or entirely overwriting their original backstories. Similar to this AU is the Boarding School AU and the Elementary School AU.

Hogwarts AU – In which the characters from other stories are placed into the setting of Harry Potter. These can be coexistent with Harry Potter canon, or ignore it entirely. But they are often portrayed as students of Hogwarts instead of teachers that work there.

Hospital AU – In which the characters of a story are doctors, nurses and patients in a hospital (sometimes it is set in an asylum). 

Hooker AU – Where one or more of the characters is a sex worker. The more common is the Pretty Woman-type fantasy of a hooker with a heart of gold, rescued from life on the streets by a client. Sex work of all kinds is portrayed: brothels, escorts, street prostitution, "call-girls" as well as strippers and go-go boys. Most of the time one character of the pairing is the hooker and the other the client, though some stories have both characters as prostitutes (sometimes along with other canon characters, in either a brothel-type setting or living on the streets).

Hunger Games AU – In which characters from other stories are competitors in the Hunger Games.

Ice Cream Shop AU – When the casts works at an ice cream shop. Possibly one of the characters owns it, while the rest are employees or customers.

Law Enforcement/Military AU – In which the cast are policeman, federal agents, soldiers, marines or whatnot and the story focuses on their lives.

Mafia AU – In which the characters are in a mafia.

Magic AU – Incorporate magic in stories where there is no magic present in canon.

Marriage Law AU – It spawn from the Marriage Law Challenge in the Harry Potter fandom, in which the premise is to forced marriage between a Muggle-born to a Pure-blood (or Half-Blood) due to a new decree passed by the Ministry of Magic to help preserve the magical population. 

Master/Slave AU – In which the cast are place in an universe where slavery is an accepted economic and cultural institution. Some stories treat this as a significant moral problem to be resisted and overthrown if possible; others treat slavery as an unchangeable institution.

Merpeople AU – Or also known as Undersea AU, in which a story is set in the ocean and the characters are turned into mermaids and merman. Sometimes it's focus on only one character that becomes a mermaid or merman and another character that is a human. When it's the latter the AU usually turns into a Little Mermaid type of story.

Modern AU – In which characters from a historical (or pseudo-historical) canon universe are placed into a modern setting.

Monster AU – In which the characters are changed into non-human creatures, such as Incubus/Succubus or other kinds of monsters.

No Human AU – Also known as Animal AU, is the opposite of All Human AU, in which characters that are canonically human are now non-humans.

Noir Detective AU – In which the characters are put in a typical '40s or '50s film noir environment. Or sometimes as a homage towards the style, in which the characters are still their canon selves, but plot or aesthetics are given a noir slant.

Opposite AU – In which canon personalities and backstories are swapped out with an opposite versions of themselves. Such as a quiet shy character may become loud and outgoing.

Pacific Rim AU – In which the characters are put into the world of Pacific Rim (most often as Jaeger pilots). This AU gained popularity due to the concept of Drift Compatibility that made for excellent shipping interactions.

Pen Pal AU – Is when two characters (who have met in canon) have not met each other in this AU. Sometimes they live in the area and other times they don't live on the same continent. Usually it is their school that sets them up as pen pals. If not, it is because one of the characters writes a letter to the wrong person/wrong address or they accidentally texts the wrong person.

Pirate AU – When the whole cast are pirates and it is focus on shipboard life, usually it is set in early nineteenth-century Europe. Sometimes it's pirates in outer space.

Prison AU – In which characters meet for the first time in an prison environment where they have to depend on each other.

Private Detective AU – When one of the characters becomes a professional detective while the rest of the cast are their clients or the detective's contacts in the police department (sometimes they work in other fields, in which the Detective character calls them in for favors to help solve difficult cases).

Reincarnation AU – In which stories with historical canon setting have the characters become reincarnated into a modern setting and in doing so they are quite similar to their canon selves.

Reverse AU – Is when the roles (and sometimes backstories) of the characters are swapped, such as the hero is the villain and the villain is the hero.

Rockstar AU – In which the main casts is a popular music band or one of them is a solo artists with many groupies which may consist the rest of the characters. 

Roommate AU – In which the characters in a fandom are all living together in an apartment or an house. Usually this kind of story is focused on two characters that become roommates.

Royalty AU – Where one or more characters (who canonically aren't) are members of a royal family. This usually goes hand in hand with a historical period, featuring a Medieval AU or Regency AU, although some works are set in Modern times or even the Future.

Single Parent AU – In which a character has a child or becomes a parent in someway and raises them on their own.

Soulmates AU – Is when two (or more) characters are fated to be together, sometimes through multiple lives and/or into the afterlife. Sometimes but not always, the pairing might have a characteristic or tell to help them find each other, such as identical or complementary birthmarks, tattoos, scars, or an invisible string that ties to their other half which becomes thicker and shorter the closer they get to them. Some stories only need a character to hear (or just see) their soulmate to know who they are.

Space AU – Where a fandom that is canonically set on Earth becomes set in outer space.

Superpowers AU – In which the characters have superpowers and are either heroes and/or villains. 

Steampunk AU – In which a story is turned into a futuristic/sci-fi version of a 19th Century, usually Victorian or Edwardian containing clocks, gears, springs, steam power, analog computers, airships, etc. 

Vampire/Werewolf AU – In which vampires and werewolves exist (in the case of canons that don't have them) or a character is recast as a vampire or werewolf. However, these kind of AUs don't necessarily have to have both species as some tend to focus on only one kind.

Victorian AU – In which characters from a modern or future-set story are relocate to a stereotypical Victorian romanticism era.

Western AU – In which the characters are transplanted into the "Old West"; or sometimes, especially in science fiction stories a Space Western equivalent, which may involve a western-type plot without horses and cattle ranches.

Wonderland AU – In which the story and the characters are turned into their own version of "Alice in Wonderland".

Zombie Apocalypse AU – Also know as Zombie AU. In which stories that don't contain an zombie apocalypse have it happen to them.

Witness Protection AU - One muse has been forced into a new life in order to keep them safe from someone, and the other muse has been assigned to be their handler.

Band AU - Muses are both in a band together, or one one is in the band and the other is a roadie, one one is a long-time member and the other has recently been brought in to replace someone who left

Asylum AU - Both muses are patients, or doctors, or one of each.

Support Group  AU- Both muses are members of a support group of some sort - could be for drugs, alcohol, the loss of a loved one, etc.

Verse Switch AU's

Harry PotterDr. WhoMerlinStar TrekStar WarsPirates of the CaribbeanMiraculous LadybugPacific Rim

StoryLine AU's

ANY fairy tale - I LOVE fairy tales, whether we do it in a medieval setting or a modern one.Any Shakespearean plot - medieval or modernAny Greek/Roman Mythology - Atalanta, Pygmalion, etc. - medieval or modernPhantom of the OperaMoulin RougeThe Highwayman

Other AU's

- "We take a dance class together and our next routine calls for partnerwork, and we got put togeth-STop standing on my foot!" AU

- "We live in adjacent apartments and our bedrooms are on opposite sides of a very thin wall and one night I heard you crying and talked to you through the wall" AU

- "We live in adjacent apartments and one day I accidentally knocked a hole in the wall and into your living room I'm really sorry oh my god you're naked" AU

- "We're both cosplayers and we somehow always manage to meet each other at cons dressed as a popular ship and people want photos of us in compromising positions and oops now we're kissing" AU

- "We sat next to each other during a really sad film and now we're sharing tissues silently whilst we cry at the cinema" AU

- "You and I both got arrested for holding up traffic to let a duck with ducklings cross the road and now we're in the same holding cell" AU

- "I was on my balcony playing music and you were walking past and stopped to listen because it's your favourite band too" AU

- "We bonded on the train through our mutual exasperation at another spiderman reboot" AU

- "I work at a fruit store and you come in at almost every day and rearrange stuff on the shelves then leave, and we let you because it gives us something to do but today you made the apples spell" call me"" AU

- "I just came out of surgery and I'm convinced you're my partner but you're the just the long suffering (and super hot) trainee nurse" AU

- "So we've never met but our showers are on opposite sides of the same apartment wall so sometimes we're showering at the same time and we sing duets." AU

"we're in the same art class and I'm awesome, but you're not and you're failing and you need help so I guess I'll tutor you" au

"I mistook you for my best friend and jumped on your back in public and now I'm embarrassed" au

"we're playing the same music quartet and you keep glaring at me from across the set-up and I don't know why" au

"I'm a jeweler and you always come in to buy stuff so I assume you have you have a significant other and don't hit on you, but it turns out you're just really nice to your mom" au

"you're a delivery person and why do you always order so much STUFF" au

"I work at Starbucks and you come in so often that I know your daily order and write encouraging notes on your cup" au

"I work at a sex toy shop and you come in frequently so I assume you have a significant other, but you just like coming in to make fun of how weird the toys are" au

"you work at a museum and I like to come by a lot in my free time and wait why do you seem to follow me around from exhibit to exhibit" au

"we both like walking in the park at night and I think you're a stalker so I accidentally attack you and give you a black eye sorry" au

"we met through mutual friends and you call me a different name but I don't have the heart to correct you" au

"you work at a botanical garden and when I go, I get stung by a bee and have an allergic reaction and you accompany me to the hospital because no one else will" au

"I'm a bartender and I have to cut you off after a certain amount because you're drinking to forget your ex and I end up calling you a cab" au

"you're dressed as the easter bunny at our town's easter egg hunt and I take my younger sibling, but she's afraid of people in costumes and you accidentally make her cry and you take off the bunny head to apologize and hey you're kinda cute" au

"you were a child actor in that one TV show that I can't remember the name of and I can't stop staring at you I'm so sorry I'm just trying to figure this out" au

"we follow each other on instagram but don't know each other that well and I was snooping through and liked a picture from 176 weeks ago oh god" au

"we live in adjacent apartments and the walls are really thin, so I hear you sing every morning in the shower at 6:30 and you're actually really good and I stand next to the wall and sing the next lyric just to see what would happen" au

"we live in the same apartment complex and I accidentally leave my laundry in the washer for a minute too long and you decide to take out all my wet clothes to put in yours just as I walk in" au

"I work in a grocery store and I'm putting new items on the shelf in the refrigerated section and just as I'm putting a new carton of milk on the shelf, you reach in and our hands touch" au

'I got in my car and you were sleeping in the backseat who the hell are you and how did you get into my car' au

'we take the same elevator every day and due to a misunderstanding I assumed you didn't speak english and I've been talking to my friend about how hot you are for three weeks and apparently my friend has known from the start but you agreed not to tell me bc you both think its hilarious what the fuck' au

'we somehow got stuck overnight in an ikea and I just want to go to sleep in one of the display beds but you're slowly convincing me that it'd be fun to see how much shit we can get into before the morning staff come to open up the store' au

'I accidentally dropped you while you were crowd surfing and you broke your ankle and now I feel responsible so I'm carrying you out of the moshpit' au

'I walked into the public bathroom at a mcdonalds and you're dangling halfway out of an air vent do I even want to know what you were doing' au

'I found you on the roof of my house passed out with a black eye holding a fire extinguisher' au

It's 10:30 at night and I left my glasses at home so I can't read any of these labels and you're one of the only people in the grocery store and GODDAMMIT DO YOU HAVE ANY TOMATO SAUCE WITHOUT CHUNKS AU

• We go to the same support group; I have social anxiety and you're a kleptomaniac who sorta stole my heart AU

• You thought you were alone at the bus stop so early in the morning so you started passionately singing Fall Out Boy but your Patrick Stump impression could use some work and I'm not really afraid to point that out AU

• I'm an artist and you have a really nice face so would you mind if I drew you? AU

• We're rival up-and-coming singers and every time one of us releases a new single the other does a cover to try to make it better; we're always trying to top each other and out-cute each other, but half our fans aggressively ship us; our agents use this to their advantage and decide we should do a duet because it'll be popular; unfortunately now that we're in the same studio and I've seen what you're like I really wanna know what your lips feel like AU

• PLEASE I REALLY CANNOT FIND MY CAT AND I KNOW IT'S THREE A.M. BUT NEIL CATRICK HARRIS AND I WOULD BOTH APPRECIATE THE HELP AU

• We were both stood up for dates at the same nice restaurant so we decide to eat together and split the check but I dunno you're pretty interesting aside from your distractingly enormous eyebrows AU

• We met at a mutual friend's cheesy masquerade party and we agree that the only good thing about this party is the masks so you can't judge a book by its cover only now that we've been talking I want to see your face but I don't know how to ask AU

• You used to date my friend who absolutely hates your guts after a messy breakup and now you're flirting with me and I really shouldn't be so interested in you but I am AU

• I don't know you but you're singing along really loudly near me at this concert and it's kinda hilarious because you just make up things when you don't know the words AU

• We pass each other every day while we're biking on the same path so we've started smiling at each other and one day you're stopped because you're having an asthma attack so I offer you my extra water bottle and now we're talking and now I'M the one who's breathless AU

You accidentally chained your bike to mine and I can't leave until you get back au

I'm the tour guide on your fancy package holiday au

We both really want that parking space auI'm your new neighbor and I'm using your wifi au 

I work at the checkout and you're clearly not old enough to buy that auIt's pouring with rain and there's space under your umbrella au 

There are loads of empty seats on this train but you chose to sit next to me au 

I tried to parallel park and hit your car, do you want my details au

We live across the street from each other and you really need to get some curtains au

I'm an interior decorator and you hired me to fix up your apartment au

We're both actually con-artists trying to scam each other au 

You dined and dashed in my restaurant but you left your coat behind au 

Please stop picking flowers from my garden au 

You left your phone number in the library book I just borrowed au

We turned up to this party wearing the same outfit and you look better in it au 

Someone in this building is listening to my favorite song au 

I found a USB and it's full of your holiday photographs au 

My hamster escaped and I think he went under your door au 

- You're 5 years older than me and my mum got jealous because my first word was your name AU

- "Hey my car's stuck, want to help?" AU

- I'm in the library studying and you're staring at me "Can I help ... ?" PS.You're really cute

-My little brother likes you more than me, I'm jealous AU

- We got to the same university and you're always shivering in class "Want to wear my jacket?" AU

- My friend dared me to ask you out and I have a massive crush on you and you said yes ... awkward AU

- You keep calling me at 4am EVERYDAY why? AU

- I work at a coffee shop and I keep spelling your name wrong, sorry AU

- We're both standing under the roof of a coffee shop because it's raining non-stop, want to go get coffee? AU

- You just moved in and this building has really thin walls, I can hear you sing my favourite song constantly AU

- I just bought a shirt for my brother but I spilt coffee all over you what a coincidence you're wearing the same shirt I just got want it? AU

- You're babysitting my brother and I walk in on you on the floor screaming because you stepped on a lego and I can't stop laughing AU

- You're my neighbour and I saw you trying to get a beer but you have a serious baby face, should I get them for you? AU

- You're a jock and I'm a nerd, I have 3 weeks to help you pass your chemistry test AU

- I secretly took a picture of your jacket and now you won't stop staring at me AU

- You work in a drive through and I ordered a ice-cream but I secretly have a crush on you so I grabbed the ice-cream instead of the cone, you're dying on the floor laughing. Please stop AU

- I bumped in to you and you're hella cute want to go grab coffee? AU

- You live next door and we have the same tattoo on the same spot what a coincidence AU

- I left my door open and a squirrel got in, help me AU

- I have a bad sense of humour and I tell you bad puns to try and make you laugh AU

- ... I finally got you to laugh and now you can't stop AU

- You fell asleep on my shoulder on the bus and the only reason I'm letting you stay is because we're wearing the same shirt AU

"You're afraid that you'll lose me in big crowds so you always hold my hand but now you just hold my hand when there's only, like, five people around and I'm getting vry suspiciousAU

- were the only people in the room while the schools on a lockdown AU

"idk you but i also know nothing about camping and ur the only other person i've seen here will you help me i think i heard a bear" au

- we went on a field trip with camp/school and the teachers thought we were mature enough to share a room. they were wrong.

Science AU's

I accidentally spilled hydrochloric acid on you so you really need to use the emergency shower and omg, if i knew you looked that good shirtless and wet i would have spilled it on you much earlier in the semester

You caught me looking at your answers in the lab but you really need to let me keep copying you, please, I have no idea what i'm even looking at under the microscope

No one should look as good as you do in safety goggles

could you please stop saying "the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell"???? it's fucking physics

you keep messing up this titration and if i see this solution go bright bloody purple one more time i will beat you with the measuring cylinder 

i'm sorry i keep messing up the titration

i fainted during the dissection and you're the one who caught me

Single Parent AU's

im on the bus and my 2-year-old won't stop crying, except you just smiled at them and they did

i asked you to babysit one time and now my child keeps asking when you will spend time with them again

you asked me to the store with you and your child, and now my distant relative we met thinks im married with a baby 

we are friends and my child's first word was your name and im jealous but also kind of endeared

you've been sleeping at mine because your house is being renovated and we aren't even dating, yet every time you wake up to the baby crying and sigh, "i'll go" i feel like we might as well be married

we've been on a few dates and my child just asked us when we are getting married
our children are in the same class and we both hate their teacher, eventually the parents' evenings are just us competing who can call out snarkier comments

we are the only two parents who agreed to attend the school trip (bonus: "so i guess we share this hotel room?")

our children are best friends....yeah

"i'm so sorry that my child pointed out how your shirt- actually nevermind i agree, that shirt is horrendous"

you crouched down to coo at my baby but i forgot to tell you their favorite thing to do is to play with people's hair and now they won't let go of you

Summer AU's

we're both sitting in our backyards by the pool/sunbathing when I sneeze and the you say "bless you" from the other side of the fence and I jump and swear because "holy shit you scared the hell out of me warn a guy" and we end up talking over the fence for hours and everyday for a week until we finally see each other and oh, hello you're hot

you're the hot lifeguard at the pool and I pretend to drown so you can "save me" and give me mouth to mouth but it sort of backfires because your boss realized I was faking it and now I'm banned from the pool for life but at least you walked me out and gave me your number

we're both in summer school re-doing a class we failed because we didn't pay attention enough since we both had massive crushes on each other and since we're the only two here we finally get the courage to say something about it

our parents both dragged us to a remote bunch of cabins in the woods for our family vacation this year and there is absolutely no internet or phone access, but hey, I guess that means more time to make out 

I'm doing a road trip by myself and I stupidly ran out of gas and you're a cop that was passing by and waits with me when I wait an hour for AAA to come bring me gas and at some point I make the stupid joke "I'd love to be arrested by you" and now you won't let me live it down and why can't I drive away oh god

my summer job is working at a coffee shop and this cutie comes in everyday so one day I finally write my number on their drink but then YOU grab the cup by accident and when you call me I don't know how to turn you down so I end up going on a date with you but wow, actually you're hotter and more charming than my original crush so it worked out well 

I get a sunburn so bad I can barely move but I have to go to the store to get aloe and you're an employee and wince sympathetically when I go to pay for it (and when I get home I find out that you wrote your number on my receipt) 

my summer so far has consisted of me, watching netflix in my pjs and eating junk food so my parents make me leave the house and I run into you on the pier and we find out you're in the same position but it's your friends that pulled you out for a "fun day" and now we're dating and watching netflix at each others' houses together all day

OTP Asshole's AU's

You drive a massive SUV and steal my parking spot all the time and I was just heading out to leave a strongly worded note under your windshield wiper but oh no you're hot AU

I'm a barista and you're the obnoxious customer who comes through and orders a venti macchiato while talking on the phone the whole time so I misspell your name in increasingly creative ways every day AU

I'm a busy businessperson and my barista keeps misspelling my name in increasingly disrespectful ways, honestly, who does this person think they are AU

We were both playing wingman for our friends who have now decided to go home together, and after five minutes of conversation we fucking hate each other, let's bang it out AU

I saw you trying to hit the "door close" button in the elevator but I made it in and then I pushed every single button to make you later for work, but now we're stuck in this fucking elevator as it stops at every single floor and I don't know what to say other than "you started it" AU

I asked for your help getting a book off the top shelf and and you laughed at my taste and called me a nerd so I shoved you into a table of nonfiction best-sellers and that's how we both got banned from the quirky community bookstore AU

I take my grades very seriously and you're the lazy asshole who asks a ton of off-topic questions to distract the professor and I might be a foot shorter than you but I swear to god I'll fight you AU

You tried to barge into a private conversation so I said something devastatingly witty and dismissive but you came back with something even meaner and more clever AU

Shouting match over the last Thanksgiving turkey at the grocery store AU

Meet-Weird AU's

"we catch the same bus home and i always fall asleep, but you always wake me up at my stop" 

"you come into my 24hr diner at the oddest times bc of your weird job but you keep forgetting that we talk because youre always sleep deprived"

"my neighbour keeps ordering weird shit but they dont want to face the mailperson's judgement so they keep using my address instead"

"i run the night slot on campus radio and some jackass keeps calling in to insult my music taste and request high school musical songs instead"

"escaped to the laundry room to avoid hearing my room-mates having extremely loud sex only to find you're here doing the same thing"

"sorry i knocked you out in that bar fight last night, but i brought you to the hospital and stuck around 'til you woke up to apologize"

"you were trash talking my favourite character in the cinemas and obviously i need to show you the light, even if i have to buy you a burger to get you to listen"

"our mutual friend dropped out of this trip at the last minute, so hi i guess we're spending the next two weeks together"

"you forgot to remove your snarky sticky note comments in this textbook and since i got kicked out of the library for laughing too loudly, im going to reply to each and every one"

"i lost my asshole friends in this club and im kinda drunk and youre kinda gorgeous, please help me"

"since there's only one can of energy drink left in the store, which we both need to survive the disgustingly boring lecture we just discovered we both have, how about we share it"

Height Difference AU's

1. "I'm in a bookshop and I really need that book can you get it for me??? Wait you've read that book? let's have an in depth conversation about it."

2. "You were trying to reach for a box of cereal and a whole shelf's-worth of cereal boxes fell on you here let me help"

3. "We're both baristas and sometimes I have trouble reaching for things and I show up to work one day to find a personalized stool with hearts and my name on it i hATE YOU but also thanks"

4. "You are very tall and I am very short so you run into me all the time and honestly this is getting ridiculous"

5. I'm in art class and I just opened a cupboard to find a tiny person (you) squished inside and you just looked at and said "shh i'm hiding"

6. "We're on the bus and I'm really not trying to take up your space I'm sorry I just have rlly rlly long legs"

7. We're at a concert and I can't see a thing let me sit on your shoulders, maybe?"

8. "You're afraid that you'll lose me in big crowds so you always hold my hand but now you just hold my hand when there's only, like, five people around and I'm getting vry suspicious" 

Apartment AU's

The pet bird that you have overlooking your balcony shit talks me whenever I go out on my own balcony.

Please do something about your cat it keeps breaking into my apartment via the windows and I don't know how. Plus it knows how to open fridges.

Look I know that life is difficult and we all have ways to cope but do you really have to do so with loud Dupstep music at 3 in the morning? (Bonus points if the dubstep listener is the cute/tiny one)

Every time you cook you set off the smoke alarm so you know what I'm just going to teach you how to cook.

I found you passed out in front of my door so I just dragged you into my home and put you on the couch please don't scream.

I don't know if you know this but I can hear you singing anime theme songs in the shower every morning and I like almost all the shows you watch.

Wow my pet snake looks so cute this morning and I'd be even happier if I actually had a pet snake.

My apartment key apparently also works on your apartment door? (Also I accidentally let your cat out.)

We both have 3DSs's and Street pass each other every day and have conversation using the personal message feature (and sometimes we play games together)

You sleepwalk a lot and sometimes you knock on my door so I have to lead you back to your apartment.

You took the last of my favorite snack from the vending machine next to our apartment. Battle me in Pokemon for it?

Someone keeps printing out cute cat pictures/messages on my wireless printer and I'm determined to find out whom.

Arranged Marriage AU's

"Our siblings are in an arranged marriage and so we see each other at awkward social gatherings between our two kingdoms" au

"We're both about to enter into separate arranged marriages, but we're madly in love and I'm pretty sure our future spouses are hooking up too" au

"We fell in love, so how can we convince our parents that an arranged marriage between us would be a politically good idea?" au

"We didn't meet until the wedding so we're going to wait to consummate the marriage until we fall in love and are ready" au

"We're trying to arrange a marriage between our children but oh shit I think I'm falling for you" au

Performing Art's AU's

We're both auditioning for the same part and I kinda hope you get it.

You're the star of the show and I'm just ensemble, there's no way you'd ever notice me, right?

I make the costumes and you keep bringing yours back for adjustments- how many times can someone 'accidentally' rip a seam? 

You need an accompanist and I just so happen to play the piano.

*OR* You need an accompanist and I lied and told you I did so now I have to learn those pieces real quick.

I know we're both acting but wow, this on-stage chemistry is really convincing. 

I walked past an open window and heard someone singing, now I can't get that voice out of my head. 

I have to learn to dance for this play, and you have three weeks to teach me. 

I think we should rehearse scene 4 a little more. Oh, is that the one where our characters kiss? I didn't realize. 

I'm the director and you repeatedly show up late with starbucks.

I use improv class as an excuse to flirt with you.

I work the night shift at this diner with you to pay my way through drama school, could you test me on my lines while we work? 

I do ballet and you do modern, the studio's been double-booked so we have to share it. 

Please stop practicing your solo song when I'm trying to sleep. 

It's the day before opening night and I've lost my voice, you have to nurse this melodramatic ailing actor back to health. 

I have a key to the theatre, and sometimes I go there when I need to think. Apparently so do you. 

I fell into the orchestra pit and landed on you.

*OR* I fell into the orchestra pit and landed on you. Again. 

My new roommate is a tap-dancer/opera singer.

You're the demanding star and I'm your personal assistant. 

We both dream of performing on the stage but we're selling ice-creams in the interval instead.

We're broke aspiring actors sharing a tiny apartment in the city. 

We went to drama school together, four years later only one of us is famous. 

Neighbour AU's

I just found out that you're the asshole who has been stealing my coupons from the Sunday newspaper every week and I am going to make. you. PAY!! AU

You're mowing your lawn at 5AM and that is completely unacceptable and I'm going over to your house to yell at you about how unacceptable this is AU

I always see you doing weird shit at ridiculous hours of the night and it makes me feel better because I do weird shit in the middle of the night too AU

You greeted me in the strangest way this morning when I was getting my mail and we've been neighbors for like 3 years and this is the first time you've ever spoken to me I have no idea what is going on AU

It's like 3AM and my roommate locked me out of the house and I forgot my keys and I'm really drunk pls take pity on me and let me crash at your place for the night o' neighbor of mine AU

You're a famous viner and I constantly witness you doing the weirdest things AU

You live in the apartment above me and your water pipe burst and is flooding into my apartment and you can hear me yelling so you come down to my apartment to see what's going on and witness me standing in my kitchen/bathroom/whatever, holding an umbrella, screaming at the water pouring out of my ceiling and crying because I have no idea what to do and we both just kinda stand there in shock as my stuff gets ruined and you let me crash in your apartment until my apartment gets fixed because you feel bad AU

You keep borrowing shit from my tool shed without even asking AUI just moved in next door and I'm like 99% sure you're insane AU

Every year we both go all out for holiday decorating and we've developed this rivalry so intense that we're p much famous in our town for it AU

We're both single parents and our kids are best friends with each other AU

In which we live in a relatively rich neighborhood and during summers we obnoxiously sit in loungers, drinking lemonade, and ogle the cute pool boy together AU

The walls in this apartment building are really thin and I can hear you having mental breakdowns all the time are you okay? AU

You're one of those annoying people who tries to make casual conversation all the time and brings people baked goods and stuff and I just want to mind my own business but somehow we end up being friends or something?? AU

This is the first time I'm living on my own and my parents decided to spontaneously drop by in a few hours to see how I'm doing pls let me borrow some cleaning supplies and food so that my parents will believe I'm a functioning, responsible adult who totally cleans and doesn't just have condiments and eggs in my fridge AU

We have weekly get-togethers where we gossip about our other neighbors AU

Your dog keeps pooping on my lawn AU

You just moved in next door and you're convinced your house is haunted so you seek refuge at my house when you get freaked out and eventually rope me into investigating for paranormal activity and the only reason I'm doing any of this is because you're really freaking cute AU

All of our other neighbors are crazy so we bond over that fact that we're the only normal people on the whole street AU

Good Kid/Trouble Maker AU's

You're a rebel by accident cause you get really animated when you talk and hit people in the face leading to fights. Now you just roll with it. I know the truth though.

Totally saw you spray paint the principals car and you'll have to buy me dinner to keep me quiet.

I pretty much live in detention and you're a straight A student here on your first offense. Wanna add another and skip detention with me?

Every time I get in a fight you patch me up but now I'm the one patching you up after your tripped on thin air.

I'm a super tough punk who hates authority. Your parents are cops who have met me more than once but I like you a lot.

Me and my buddies vandalized your backyard trampling your mini garden in the process. Now I feel really shitty cause you're really upset about this. Look I'll help fix it okay just stop with the sad faces.

Accidentally knocked you out when you got caught in the middle of a fist fight between me and this other kid during school. So I sat with you in the nurses office. Shut up! Punks like me have consciouses to you know!

You're always picking fights and I'm the one who has to use my charm and way with words to stop them from getting out of hand.

You're a police officer and I'm constantly in and out of holding/jail and we get to know each other well so sometimes you give me my favorite treats when no ones looking.

I'm always fighting and getting in trouble at school so people avoid me. You frequent the small ice cream shop my parents own and know how kind I am to children and elderly people but I don't realize this.

You give me a piggy back ride (or ride home) after I got out of a brutal fight and can barely stand.

I brought my new kitten to school hold her please while I kick this guys ass. 

Punks can get scared of thunder storms too

Highschool Teacher AU's

no wonder why you're the football coach damn you're fit au

you're so wrong i'm going to stop my lecture to tell you why au

*aggressively argues for whose team is better even though they're completely different sports* au

our students think we're dating au

a student catches us texting to each other in class oh how the tables have turned au

we leave each other notes on the blackboards au

someone's taking my lunches au

our classrooms are adjacent to each other and we can always see each other through the door windows au

i will yell at you even though both our doors are closed to shut up your class jesus christ au

our students see us leave the same car in the morning and guess what they think au

i'm the drama teacher and you're the only who can actually act help me demonstrate this love scene to my students au

Lifeguard AU

· I've been trying to get this kid attention for the last few minutes, but they're ignoring me, I know you're not suppose to, but can you help me? AU

· Variant: I've been trying to get your attention for the last few minutes, but you're ignoring me (that's really rude don't you know that I'm the one in position of power here?!?) and at the beginning it was for something really stupid like telling you I like your hair or that you are really cute, but now, my pride won't let me stop trying, so just look my way good damn it!! AU

· It is my first day as a lifeguard and someone had a small accident, they are alright now, but I'm just freaking out in the corner and you're trying to calm me down AU

· You're a lifeguard and I've nicknamed you ''Don't run!!'' because that seems like the only thing you're able to say, so it is really awkward when I recognized outside of the pool and tried to have your attention AU

· There's a really rude person not respecting the rules and I'm the lifeguard trying to kick them out, but I hate getting in conflict, so you decided to come and save me AU

· Variant: You're the rude user of the pool and you're pushing me around, but I just let you because I find you really attractive AU

· You're one of our usual user of the pool and I know you don't swim that well, but you're only drowning and always drowning when you are under my watch and I'm starting to think you're doing that on purpose AU

· (Outside pool scenario) It is storming outside and you came to the pool, but obviously I can't let you in the water until the weather calm down, but the other lifeguard are playing poker and I suck at this game, you're any good? AU

· You bring your younger sibling everyday to play in the children pool and I'm usually the one lifeguard on duty there, so we end up talking a lot and getting to know each other slowly, would it be ok if we had a date not surrounded by screaming children for once?

· Is it air in your swimsuit or should I start to get excited too? AU

[There are so many fantastic AU's out there, i'm not sure i want to finish this chapter here. If you really enjoyed it let me know, and i might make a Part 2 of AU's with heaps more cool au's for you guys to browse.]