bakerstreet | Forced proximity

Forced Proximity

The forced proximity trope takes two people who should logically never fall in love because of the above reasons and removes them from their “known world.” Sometimes this means physically relocating them, and other times it simply means creating enough of a disturbance in their daily lives/routines that they are sufficiently disoriented. It’s all about the disorientation, shaking up the norm until the characters are enabled to fall in love despite everything that might otherwise separate them.

- sourced from here.

HOW TO PLAY
- Comment with your character and preferences.
- Tag around.

HOW ARE OUR CHARACTERS FORCED TO INTERACT?

They’ve been sent on the same business trip.
They’ve been assigned to collaborate on the same project at the office or at school.
They’re strangers sitting next to each other on a plane that gets delayed on the tarmac for hours ... before a long flight.
They’re guests at the same bed and breakfast or vacation rental.
They have staterooms next to one another on a cruise ship … or a spaceship.
They’re flight attendants on a plane, or one is a flight attendant and the other is a pilot.
They’re live-in servants at the same lavish estate.
They’re the only two employees on the night shift.
One of them is the servant or personal assistant of the other.
One of them is a bodyguard for the other.
They’re a singer and an accompanist, a conductor and a musician, or in a band together.
They’ve been cast in leading roles in the same play or movie.
One of them is a tutor or a personal trainer for the other.
One of them is the teacher or coach of the other one’s child.
They’re training for a team sport.
They’re in the same military unit.
Both of them are spies sent on the same mission.
One of them is a spy charged with getting close to the other.
They’re prisoners in the same room or cell.
One of them is the prisoner or hostage of the other.
They’ve been stranded on a deserted island … or a deserted planet.
They’re snowed in, trapped after an earthquake, or hunkered down after a nuclear blast.
One of them is doing a major construction project or renovations for the other.
One is the other’s real estate agent.
They claim ownership of the same property, and they’re both staying there while it gets sorted out legally.
One of them is investigating the other—either as a journalist or as a detective.
They’re both investigating the same case or the same mysterious event.
One of them is a painter or sculptor, and the other is a model.
One of them has a complicated medical issue, and the other is the doctor or nurse.
One of them is the caretaker or nurse for the other’s elderly parent.
They volunteer at the same nature center or community food bank.
They own shops next door to each other or across the street from each other.
They’re both members of the wedding party.
Their children or their parents are getting married to one another.
One is a lawyer representing the other one in a court case.
One of them is the translator for the other.
They both learn that they’ve been cheated by or are being blackmailed by the same person, and they band together to seek justice.
They’re in the same cult, and they both want out.
One of them is a magician, and the other is the assistant.
They’re contestants on a reality TV show.
One of them is the director of a funeral home and helping the other plan a memorial service.
One of them is the guide on a multi-day group tour, and the other is a tourist in the group.
They’re part of an archeological expedition, out in the desert or deep in the jungle.
They’re in a research station in Antarctica.
They’re camp counselors.
They’re servers at the same restaurant.
One of them tends bar and the other is a cocktail waitress at the same club.
They’re on the same planning committee for an event.
They are both working on the same political campaign.
They’re conspiring in an uprising or mutiny.

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[Permissions, Kinklist, and Opt-In/Opt-Out. Finnick (particularly in smutty and romantic contexts) is likely to be accompanied by discussion/mention of his (underage) sexual trauma. The Capitol sex trafficked him (and threatened to kill his loved ones if he didn't comply) after he won the Hunger Games at the age of 14. To the general public, he presented a facade of simply being a playboy Victor, but in reality, it was the result of coercion.

(Also, canon is somewhat unclear on whether the underage sex trafficking began when he was 14 or 16. As in, Finnick only started seeming like a playboy to the masses when he was 16, but the sex trafficking was described vaguely as starting after he won - so it could have started when he was 16. In roleplay, we can adjust the number based on your comfort leveL.)]

[And if you read all that and are bothered by it, remember that I put all the Dead Dove warnings upfront. I know exactly what this is, and so do you. And if you decide to wank about me on wankgate or rpanons, you'll just be screaming at the sky because I read neither of them.]

[Slides right into #35 but open to others! Up to date with DD:BA but mark spoilers for others.]

[Additional ideas here. Love this trope]

[ happy with assumed cr, aus, or what have you!! ]

[Basic gist: Largely faction-neutral Orion mercenary in her mid-thirties, can be adapted into most any Star Trek timeline point for ease of RP, flirty, easy to get along with, but extremely observant. Pilot, mercenary, ship captain. Also comes in various Starfleet AU flavors as desired. Kink List, pick a prompt and let's discuss!]