bakerstreet | School's out

Mostly because I'm surprised we've never had this kind of meme before. We love high school AUs. We love romance. Why not combine those into a glorious mix?

Your teen years are important, formatively speaking. You're trying to find out just where you belong and what kind of person you're going to be. This already daunting task is complicated by the soul-sucking demon known as high school. If you weren't having a hard time before coming here, you certainly are now.

Add into this mixture raging hormones, and baby, you've got a misery stew cooking. But it's not all bad! Sometimes high school crushes can be sweet, and the occasional high school relationship lasts.

So whether you're too cool or distracted for romance or always on to the next good looking stud, come on down and try to navigate the romantic labyrinth that is the halls of Bakerstreet High.

HOW TO PLAY

Comment with your character and preferences. Needless to say, aging down and AUing is welcomed and probably necessary. Have fun with it! Feel free to include a short blurb about your character's Bakerstreet High self. Are they popular? The class clown? A drifter? A band geek?
Comment to others.
Use the RNG. Or not.

PROMPTS

childhood: You've known each other forever. Puberty has changed a couple of things, though.
friends to more: Best buds, right? Can you let a little crush get between you?
always there for you: You've seen the person you've liked for forever get hurt time and time again, always offering a shoulder to cry on. You should make your own move, unless you're content in the background forever.
bad boy/good girl: Or bad girl/good boy, or bad boy/good boy...there's a certain appeal.
the innocent: They're the delicate little pure flower of the school. Do you genuinely want to date them or is this a mission for corruption.
smitten puppy: You know the type. Always following the object of their adoration around. Don't you want to sweep them off their feet and show them there's other fish in the sea?
the ice queen/king: You have to defrost them.
10 things: You were challenged to ask them out or bed them, but shit got real.
never noticed anyone before: You'll never be into all this love and sex stuff. Your classmates are crazy - wait, who's that? Your face is flushing. Why?
never noticed: This person's always been there for you. You feel silly that you've never noticed.
the unattainable: Is the school's hottest cheerleader or football player really all that high above you?
follow you until you love me: It's not stalking! You just happen to be in the same place as them...all the time.
hate at first sight: You hate their guts but you can't stay away.
sudden hottie: Were they always so bangin', or did taking off their glasses or pulling down their ponytail do that much?
too shy, too blind: you're too shy to tell them how you feel. you also don't see that they clearly feel the same.
kindness counts: They were kind to you, which is a pretty big deal in high school especially if you're an outcast, and you can't help nursing an even bigger crush.
sudden attraction: You're the kind who falls instantly and hard.
always on the move: You change crushes or dates like underwear. Maybe this one is the one, though.
nerd love: Both of you are social pariahs. At least you have each other.
into older people: He or she is the kind of teen who's so mature and always dating college students or even real adults. But you can change their mind about their peers, right?
differences in social classes: One of you is popular, the other so not. Can you make it work, or will the popular part be ashamed?
opposites attract: Sometimes, the weirdos get the hottest babes.
awkward confessions: You want to get your feelings out into the open - curse your voice cracking.
asking you out: You'll totally borrow your dad's car to take them to the movies. Or here, here's your letterman jacket. Go steady?
parents don't understand: Your parents want to keep you apart or are too tragically uncool.
dates: If you have to go dutch at McDonald's, it's sad. Maybe stay-at-home dates are better.
prom: Limos, tuxes, wasted money, oh my!
slow dance: The DJ popped in that best of the 90s love songs megamix CD. Now's your chance.
sadie hawkins: The Sadie Hawkins Dance. Get your khaki pants. Oh oh oh. Girls ask the guys. It's always a surprise.
sneaking out: The most romantic times are past curfew.
detention: As the Breakfast Club taught us, it's possible to find love in a hopeless place.
experimentation: It doesn't count if it's above the belt, right? And finger definitely don't count.
over the top: You're that couple that is always on the PDA or being schloopy and goopy romantic. Don't be that couple.
first kiss: Pucker up.
first time: Is it romantic and slow or in the back of someone's car?
drunk: Drunk confessions and attempts to make passes are ill-advised.
fight: High school couple fights can be deadly. Avoid at all costs
the volatile couple: Speaking of, there's always a couple that seems to be fighting 24/7? When they're hot, they're hot, when they're cold, they're glacial.
finally together: You're the will-they-won't-they of high school, and when you get together senior year, the whole class will give you a standing ovation because FINALLY.
long term couple: When did you guys get together? Probably like middle school or something. You've always been together.
hide who you are: Unfortunately, even these days some people make it necessary for those who don't conform to the "ideals" to hide their true selves.
break up: Statistically, it was bound to fail.
after graduation: Can you guys make it work after you lose the common ground of school? This can be challenging if you're going to be living in different places.
WILDCARD

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[not the brightest (academically or socially), cloud is the honest and steadfast kind of friend everyone deserves. he's on the wrestling team (and did track for a year), but despite his prowess has never taken home a title. also, girls? (guys?) never talked to them (his best friend notwithstanding). at least not about anything romantic. he'd rather stuff himself into his own locker (and he'd probably fit).]

[Hello there emo phase, black nail polish and Panic! at the Disco.]

Edited 2020-06-25 17:37 (UTC)

[The (unfortunately) high school bully]

[What do you think? Detention after a fight they had and figuring things out?]

[I like the sound of that. I'd apologize though because I have no teen!Kyle icons.]

[That's okay all I have is the one and I just changed it. lol]

[The art kid who's into reclaimed objects and upcycled fashion that, if you let her, will adopt you and listen to all your problems. Probably does backstage stuff for theater, too, so ends up in the people-pile of theater kids on occasion.]

[Brilliant, troubled, orphan alien with anger issues. Bisexual]

[Bookworm, Potions elite, bisexual, Slytherin with a heart.]

[A teenage AU based on the concept for The Patakis.

Helga's a little less likely to start a fight just because but she's no less hot-headed and sarcastic than she's ever been. She's got a big, empathetic heart smothered under a layer of grump.
And she may or may not still be carrying a big flame for that Football Head, depending on how you want to play things.

Open to gen or ship.]

[she's physically/mentally 14-16yo, as per the end of the manga, so she's a freshman by American standards! she's most likely a straight A student and on the student council, MAYBE in a club. popular and friendly with just about everyone, even niche groups.]

Edited 2020-06-26 12:36 (UTC)

( problem student. skips 80% of the time and tries to get other people to do his work for him. )

(comes in two flavors. Either bounced around foster kid. Or, overscheduled straight-A student, training to become a prima ballerina one day because that's what her parents want. Failure is not an option.)

Edited 2020-06-26 15:51 (UTC)

(Total nerd. Yes, she can fix your computer. Yes, she knows the answer to question six. And, yeah, she can hack into the school database and change your grade for you. But, she really shouldn't.)

Edited 2020-06-26 15:52 (UTC)

(Overachiever, straight A student, cutthroat lacrosse player.)

[Class clown with a troubled home life, secretly a very good student]

School's out - forever.

cloud strife | crisis core | ota

Alex Manes | Roswell New Mexico

Kyle Valenti | Roswell, New Mexico

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no subject

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Bobby Drake | X-Men movies | M/M

Evie | Disney's Descendants | ota

Michael Guerin | Roswell New Mexico | OTA

Scorpius Malfoy | HP

Helga Pataki | Hey Arnold! / The Patakis | OTA

chibiusa/eternal sailor chibimoon ☾✩ sailor moon manga ☾✩ ota

akemi morishita | original | m/m

Natasha Romanoff | MCU | OTA

Felicity Smoak | Arrow | OTA

Judy Hopps (human AU) | Zootopia | OTA

Hawks | BNHA | OTA