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bakerstreet2026-11-05 06:45 am
Hate how I love you
There's a reason you aren't supposed to love this person. You may have inherited it with your family name, or signed your own name beneath it years ago. You know what getting caught could cost.
You've learned to recognize their footsteps outside your door. Tonight, you're listening for them.
• Post your character, canon, and prefs.
• Pick or roll a prohibition (1–13) and a prompt (1–36), or make up your own.
• Decide how far things have gone and how bad getting caught could be.
1. OLD BLOOD, OLD GRUDGES: Your families were enemies long before either of you was born. You're expected to inherit the grudge, though nobody has ever explained what started it.
2. THE WRONG SIDE: The people depending on you consider the person you love an enemy. They have good reasons to expect your loyalty, and every private kindness is something you'd have to explain.
3. ALREADY PROMISED: Someone else's name is already beside yours in the marriage agreement. The wedding preparations are underway.
4. ABOVE YOUR STATION: Your difference in rank makes the match unacceptable. Nobody asked for your opinion.
5. DUTY BEFORE LOVE: Your position only works if you're impartial. Loving this person gives you a stake in decisions other people trust you to make fairly.
6. THE SACRED VOW: You swore to live without romantic attachment. The belief behind that promise still matters to you.
7. AGAINST THE LAW: Your relationship is a crime. Discovery could mean imprisonment or exile.
8. A PUBLIC DISGRACE: Your relationship is perfectly legal. Admitting to it would still cost you the good name you've spent years protecting.
9. THE CURSE: A curse names exactly what loving each other will cost. You've seen enough to believe the warning.
10. TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS: You come from different peoples or realms, and both sides forbid the match.
11. THE PRICE OF PEACE: Keeping you two apart is written into the peace treaty. Other people have started rebuilding their lives on the understanding that you'll keep your word.
12. YOUR OWN DAMN RULE: You agreed to leave this alone. The reason made sense then and still does, which isn't helping.
Invent your own obstacle.
1. THE EMPTY CHAIR: The only empty chair is beside the person you've been warned about. They're already pulling it out for you.
2. TOO FAMILIAR: The private nickname slips out in company. They answer to it, and somebody across the table stops talking.
3. CONSIDER THIS A WARNING: The warning was clear enough: stay away. You've come to tell them in person, and they've stepped aside to let you in.
4. THE UNSENT LETTER: The letter you never meant to send lies open between you. They'd like to know which parts you wish you hadn't written.
5. STRANGERS, APPARENTLY: You're introduced to each other as though you've never met. One of you plays along beautifully. The other can't resist getting a little personal.
6. THE ALMOST KISS: You're about to kiss when one of you remembers why this can't happen. The reminder comes out quietly, and neither of you moves away.
7. A LITTLE EARLY: You arrive early enough to hear them rehearsing what they're going to say to you. They try your name again, less formally this time, without realizing you're there.
8. THE SIGNAL: The signal that means it's safe to visit is missing. You wait a moment, then knock anyway.
9. ONE DANCE: You've asked them to dance in a room where you should barely acknowledge each other. They hold out their hand and wait.
10. THE VERY BAD DISGUISE: One of you has arrived in a disguise that would fool absolutely nobody who knows them. The other is expected to pretend it works.
11. EIGHT MINUTES: There are eight minutes before someone comes looking. They've brought dinner for two, still warm, and are making room for it between you.
12. UNTIL MORNING: Daylight has reached the bed, and you should have been gone hours ago. While you look for your coat, they stir just enough to reach for you.
13. OUR STORY, PLEASE: You've given two different accounts of how you met. Now you're being asked to tell the story together.
14. A LOVELY SPEECH: Your lover is helping you rehearse a speech praising the institution that keeps you apart. You've reached the passage where you promise to uphold its rules.
15. NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS: You answer an insult before remembering you're supposed to dislike them. When they find you afterward, they want to know why you risked it.
16. STRICTLY PROFESSIONAL: You've finally been given a legitimate reason to spend time together. One of you arrives with actual work to do. The other seems almost offended.
17. UNDER THE TABLE: Their hand finds yours beneath the table just as someone asks you a question.
18. READ THE FINE PRINT: The agreement keeping you apart lies open between you. One of you sees a loophole; the other wants to know what happens if it fails.
19. THE PROMOTION: The offer you've worked toward for years has finally arrived, with a condition that would end your relationship. They come to congratulate you while it's still open on the desk.
20. I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO DO THAT: They've found out what you gave up to stay near them, and they're asking why they didn't get a say.
21. A VERY GOOD REASON: Your partner has found proof that breaking the rule could hurt somebody else. They want to know how long you've known.
22. RETURN TO SENDER: You've come to end things, their letters bundled in your hands. They look through them and ask for the one you've kept.
23. TAKE YOUR CHANCE: You persuaded them to leave for a better life you can't share. Now they're asking you to walk with them as far as you can.
24. WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME: They've just said they love you when footsteps stop outside the door. Their hand is still on yours as the handle begins to turn.
25. DENY EVERYTHING: Under questioning, you denied there was anything between you. Now you're alone with the person who heard every word, and they haven't looked at you yet.
26. THE OFFER: The authorities will spare one of you if you agree never to see each other again. Your partner is reading the unsigned terms over your shoulder.
27. THE RUMOR MILL: The account of your affair describes at least one event you don't remember attending. You're reading it together when you reach a detail neither of you has ever told anyone.
28. OPEN THE DOOR: The person you're forbidden to see has come to your door with nowhere else to stay. Before you can let them in, you notice someone watching the house from across the street.
29. MAKE YOUR CHOICE: You've been publicly ordered to renounce the person you love. They're present to hear your answer, and everyone is waiting.
30. LET THEM STARE: You've arrived together at a public event, with no attempt at disguise or secrecy. The silence when you enter is magnificent.
31. WITH CONDITIONS: Permission came with a chaperone. They're sitting in the corner pretending to read, and the two of you have to work out how much they can actually hear.
32. THE WAY OUT: There are travel papers for two and enough money to get away. One of you has everything packed. The other hasn't agreed to leave yet.
33. ON OUR OWN TERMS: They've begun clearing a drawer for your things while you stand in the doorway. The restrictions are gone, but neither of you has mentioned living together.
34. AN ORDINARY EVENING: After everything it took to be together, you've finally got a place where nobody can order you apart. Tonight's great romantic challenge is deciding what to make for dinner.
35. IF WE MET AGAIN: After years apart, you're face-to-face with someone you used to know by heart. One of you asks if there's somewhere you could talk.
Make your own forbidden romance, or combine prompts above.
batman | dc comics
Kara Danvers | Supergirl (DCTV) | M/F
Wade Wilson | Deadpool/MCU
no subject
no subject
bryan hodukavich | resident evil
margaery tyrell | game of thrones
Delia Battista ✨ Star Trek OC ✨OTA, 21+
What is: Her entire life, your honor.]
daeron targaryen | hotd
silco | arcane
Ceder Bishop | OC | OTA (m/m)
rumi || kpop demon hunters || ota
morgan | fgo | ota
hana | oc | ota
sandor clegane (the hound) | asoiaf
Leon S Kennedy | Resident Evil
Bad romances happen sometimes.]
odette | genshin impact | ota
clark kent / superman || superman (2025) || ota
Felix Hugo Fraldarius | Fire Emblem Three Houses | m/m
Agatha Harkness | MCU | F/F
rogue | x-men: evolution | f/m
anya 💖 pokemon oc 💖 ota
etna ❤️ disgaea ❤️ ota
Maglor | The Silmarillion | ota
zoey | kpop demon hunters | ota
Zoey Westen | Original Character | f/m
Mira || Kpop Demon Hunters || OTA
Cassandra de Rolo | Critical Role | m/f