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1 - Prompt: When your kids and grand kids send you to a cruise you didn't want to go to in the first place and worse, when you find out it for single people aged 65+
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Neville/Charlie
Theme/Tone: Fun. Flirty. Vivacious.
Additional Info: ANYTHING GOES. HAPPY ENDINGS ONLY. ;)
[CLAIMED FOR FIC] 2 - Prompt: "Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative." - Maurice Chevalier. Give us a piece of their Happily Ever After™.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Severus and Harry (Severitus or SS/HP) are my suggestions.
Theme/Tone: give us all the fluff and good vibes!
Additional Info: dislikes: MCD, unhappy/ambiguous, infidelity; Squicks: incest, non-con/rape
[CLAIMED FOR FIC] 3 - Prompt: Charlie is finally forced to retire after his 50th. What will he do now?
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Charlie/Harry, Charlie/Oliver
Theme/Tone: Hopeful
Additional Info: No rape, death, or mental health issues.
[CLAIMED FOR FIC] 4 - Prompt: Character A asks Character B why they never settled down. Character B decides to come clean: "Because I've been in love with you since we were kids."
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Ron
Theme/Tone: angst with a happy ending
Additional Info: I'm a sucker for someone always knowing they were gay while the other character comes out later in life.
5 - Prompt: The war is over and the family feels partially broken. Bill suggests to Arthur that there is still life in him yet and he seeks to woo Molly all over again.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Arthur Weasley/Molly Prewett
Theme/Tone: fluff with angst
Additional Info: N/A
[CLAIMED FOR FIC] 6 - Prompt: Narcissa and Lucius never realised they were in love until they nearly died in the war.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Narcissa Black/Lucius Malfoy
Theme/Tone: N/A
Additional Info: N/A
7 - Prompt: At 50, Angelina can't really be playing Quidditch anymore but that doesn't mean she can't play games with her husband.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Angelina Johnson/George Weasley
Theme/Tone: humorous, kinky,
Additional Info: N/A
8 - Prompt: Minerva supports Poppy as children are petrified by the monster.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Poppy Pomfrey
Theme/Tone: hurt/comfort
Additional Info: N/A
9 - Prompt: When the dust has settled, the wounds are patched and the most important questions are answered, Minever and Poppy find each other after the final battle.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Poppy Pomfrey
Theme/Tone: N/A
Additional Info: N/A
10 - Prompt: Abe reflects on everything once the final battle is done.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: N/A
Theme/Tone: N/A
Additional Info: N/A
11 - Prompt: living in the country cottage growing older becoming listless and wanting to find that spark again in the old age.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Neville longbottom/ Blaise zabani
Theme/Tone: fluffy, happy ending
Additional Info: any and all ratings and kinks just no bdsm
12 - Prompt: after the death of a spouse they find solace in each other they don't think they will work especially this late in life .
Suggested Characters/Pairings: xenophilius lovegood/Lucius Malfoy
Theme/Tone: angsty but happy ending
Additional Info: any and all readings no bdsm
13 - Prompt: going to magical college later in life and maybe finding a person
they didn't know they needed
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Charlie Weasley / Luna lovegood as a 55 year
Theme/Tone: happy , but flirty
Additional Info: no bdsm any rating no abuse
[CLAIMED FOR FIC] 14 - Prompt: home is where the heart is
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Hermione/Ron
Theme/Tone: happy
Additional Info: Kids have grown up/left the home and the trio feel like moving in together to downsize a bit. Up to you whether they've been in a poly relationship all this time or not (though it would be awesome if they have been all this time).
15 - Prompt: the things we had in common all along
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Viktor/Ron
Theme/Tone: pining, UST, RST or fade to black
Additional Info: Turns out that Ron and Viktor were really fond of each other all along. Ron receives an invitation to Durmstrang Institute where Viktor is now headmaster. Looking back on their lives as students, they discover they had much more in common than just a love of Quidditch.
16 - Prompt: The Greatest Spellcaster of Their Age
Suggested Characters/Pairings: nonbinary Hermione/nonbinary Luna
Theme/Tone: introspective, happy ending, epistolary
Additional Info: Hermione hasn't seen Luna in decades they have been keeping in touch via owl post ever since leaving Hogwarts. Luna has been more surrounded by nature that is less binary in its evolution whereas Hermione has sought answers for her questions in books.
17 - Prompt: After twenty years of marriage, Hermione is divorced and ready to find someone new. Is she more surprised to be falling for Draco Malfoy or that she's discovering her kinky side?
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Draco/Hermione
Theme/Tone: Loving romance to go along with the kink
Additional Info: I'm seeing novice sub!Hermione with a gentlemanly, more experienced Draco.
18 - Prompt: When their dad passes away at the ripe old age of 97, James and his siblings come together to grieve and console each other
Suggested Characters/Pairings: James Sirius, Albus Severus, Lily Luna OR James/Al/Lily
Theme/Tone: Gen reminiscences and/or Hurt/Comfort
Additional Info: Both gen and uh, not gen are great! Whichever you prefer
[CLAIMED FOR FIC] 19 - Prompt: Arthur comes out as trans later in life.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Arthur
Theme/Tone: Mild angst, supportive family
Additional Info: Looking for a serious take on the topic
20 - Prompt: Old-timer's game of Quidditch.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Oliver/Marcus
Theme/Tone: Humour
Additional Info: N/A
[CLAIMED FOR ART] 21 - Prompt: It took until after Teddy and Victoire divorced for Hugo to finally admit to his feelings for him.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Hugo/Teddy
Theme/Tone: Romance, fluff, smut.
Additional Info: No bad endings, please!
22 - Prompt: Kink for the older gentlemen.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Severus
Theme/Tone: Kink! Smut! BDSM
Additional Info: Could be PWP, or could be a serious look into how it would work at their ages.
23 - Prompt: Teddy has just started Hogwarts, which brings back many memories of the first child Andromeda raised. Minerva is there to support it through the turmoils of remembering.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Andromeda/Minerva
Theme/Tone: A hopeful outlook for Andromeda but angst about the past is highly encouraged.
Additional Info: I would love to see an established relationship but anything goes.
[CLAIMED FOR FIC] 24 - Prompt: The war is one, the world is rebuilt, and Minerva finds herself a little bored. Why not reach out to war hero Longbottom's grandma?
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Minerva/Augusta
Theme/Tone: Something lighthearted with a dash of angst
25 - Prompt: Andromeda and Molly enjoy looking after their great-grandkid together. What neither expected were the feelings they developped for each other along the way.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Andromeda/Molly
Theme/Tone: Humorous and rather light. They didn’t expect to fall for each other, so suddenly it’s chaotic. Past angst welcomed.
26 - Prompt: The Golden Trio live out their Golden Age together
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Ron/Hermione
Theme/Tone: Humour, adventure
Additional Info: One more adventure in later life, for old time’s sake?
“We’ve still got it,” said Ron.
27 - Prompt: AU: in a non-Voldemort world, Remus was home-schooled and never met the other Marauders. But he met Harry through work they both did for werewolf rights, and asked him to become his son Teddy’s godfather. Remus has been single for ten years, so when a 17year old Teddy meets Harry’s godfather, Sirius, he thinks that it would be a good plan to set them up.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Remus/Sirius
Theme/Tone: Humour, meet cute, interfering but well meaning Teddy
Additional Info: Preferably no Tonks bashing, they just split up amicably, or she died tragically, or whatever…
28 - Prompt: As Severus and Sirius reach twenty-five years together, the last person in the betting pool loses their bet on how long it would take for them to (a) break up, (b) hex each other into St Mungo’s, or (c) kill each other
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Sirius/Severus with ensemble cast
Theme/Tone: Humour, flangst
Additional Info: I like the idea that they actually have a very strong, stable relationship but to everyone else, they look like a couple on the point of a vicious break up, and have done since the moment they got together…
29 - Prompt: years after the war they became friends but then they got in a huge fight and stopped talking now in their 50s they try to see if they can forgive and reconnect
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Oliver Wood / Cormac McLaggen
Theme/Tone: drama , comedy of errors angst
Additional Info: can be no explicit or explicit
30 - Prompt: Five times Nicolas Flamel thought about stopping using the philosopher's stone and the one time he did.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Nicolas Flamel, Nicolas/Perenelle
Theme/Tone: Character study / introspective
Additional Info: N/A
31 - Prompt: Neville as a teacher, runs into a kid with the same kind of problems he used to have.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Neville
Theme/Tone: fluff
Additional Info: Neville stepping into a inspirational roles ala Lupin/McGonagall's warmer moments
32 - Prompt: At a memorial marking the tenth anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts, Minerva and Andromeda end up seated next to each other.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Andromeda Tonks/Minerva McGonagall
Theme/Tone: bittersweet
Additional Info: I envision the two of them being acquainted but not knowing each other well before this ceremony.
33 - Prompt: The kids are grown, Ron has died (or moved on), and Hermione feels a powerful need to visit her now-retired Head of House.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Minerva/Hermione (can be a pairing or gen)
Theme/Tone: Some melancholy, some joy
Additional Info: N/A
[CLAIMED FOR FIC] 34 - Prompt: Teddy Lupin has finally graduated from Hogwarts. Remus realized he never made anytime to figure himself out outside of being a father. Severus decides to help him along the journey.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Severus/Remus
Theme/Tone: Humor, melancholy,
Additional Info: No character bashing, MCD
Multiple Pairings and Open
35 - Prompt: Character A is getting pushed out of their business and hires a ruthless solicitor/attorney.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Any slash or femslash.
Theme/Tone: It works out in the end.
Additional Info: No death or infidelity. Bi characters a plus.
36 - Prompt: Character A comes out as Trans on their 50th birthday.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Anything.
Theme/Tone: Supportive.
Additional Info: Good friends and family.
37 - Prompt: Characters A and B are neighbors and annoyed that the mailman/woman keeps messing up their orders and discover the other's kink (of what they ordered in the mail.)
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Any slash or femslash. Drarry/Nevile+Charlie preferred. Ginny/Luna, Luna/Pansy.
Theme/Tone: Embarrassment and intrigue.
Additional Info: Happy ending. No death or infidelity. Trans characters a plus!
38 - Prompt: Character A has been reading B's poetry for many many years and had no idea that B was actually....(this.)
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Any slash or femslash.
Theme/Tone: Poetry. Love letters.
Additional Info: Happy ending. No death or infidelity.
39 - Prompt: Pansy becomes an advertising intern at 50. She's the oldest intern at the firm. She's got a lot to prove. Especially to the big boss.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Pansy/Ginny/Hermione or Pansy/Parvati/Ginny
Theme/Tone: Cut throat advertising world.
Additional Info: Pansy is sexy as ever and Ginny's weak in the knees. Poly or open relationship w/ happy ending.
40 - Prompt: Character A and Character B decide to go into business together. Feelings happen.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Ron, Ginny/Hermione, Lavender/Parvati
Theme/Tone: some angst with a happy ending
[CLAIMED FOR FIC] 41 - Prompt: Growing old ala Sherlock. One was a detective/Auror, the other a paediatrician/Healer but they are now retired and keep bees. They are bored and get their grandchild to steal cold case files to solve from their rocking chairs.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: I was thinking Draco/Harry, but it could be any pair.
Theme/Tone: sweet old domestic bbys plus mystery!
42 - Prompt: second career
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Character A, Character A/B or A/B/C
Theme/Tone: happy, nostalgia (thinking about a darker past is OK so long as not ruminating on it)
Additional Info: Character A has done the same work all their life but decides it's time to do something new.
43 - Prompt: do-over
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry, Ron (or Harry/Ron, Harry/character B, Ron/character B)
Theme/Tone: funny, introspective
Additional Info: McGonagall invites the students from that wretched seventh year during the war for a special school year (during the summer months) at Hogwarts filled with feasts, homework and flirting. It's a good time to be going back to school!
44 - Prompt: the counselor is in
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Luna, Hermione, Ginny
Theme/Tone: happy ending
Additional Info: A former Hogwarts students complains that the students never really had an outlet for any of their problems or worries. Headmistress McGonagall invites them to come back to Hogwarts for a year to implement a program of their imagination. Chocolate therapy? Magical sex ed? What do they come up with?
45 - Prompt: forgiveness at any age
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Voldemort, Harry, Hermione (or up to you!)
Theme/Tone: angst
Additional Info: AU where Harry lets Voldemort go free but banishes him. In his late 70s, Harry is having reoccurring nightmares of Voldemort pleading for help. Or are they really dreams at all? Voldemort seems to be asking for mercy but what does that involve and what must Harry do?
46 - Prompt: After their husbands have passed, they decide to move in together. Romance blossoms.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Luna/Ginny, Luna/Hermione
Theme/Tone: Light, fluffy, poignant moments perhaps
Additional Info: N/A
47 - Prompt: When newly retired Head Auror Harry Potter comes back to Hogwarts to teach, it's a free-for-all trying to get in his pants.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/anyone at Hogwarts from McGonagall to Neville to Hooch to Filch
Theme/Tone: Humor
Additional Info: You can take it more seriously if you prefer
48 - Prompt: Grumpy old men puttering around Grimmauld Place (or wherever)
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Remus/Sirius, Remus/Severus, Severus/Sirus or all three
Theme/Tone: Humor
Additional Info: N/A
49 - Prompt: After Teddy broke up with Victoire, he made it his mission to sleep with each of the Weasley/Potter cousins at least once. It's taken him nearly forty years, but he's finally seduced the last one.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Teddy/any of a number of characters like Rose, Lily Luna, Fred II, etc.
Theme/Tone: Fluff, humor or maybe gritty & dark
Additional Info: Take it wherever you want!
50 - Prompt: Moving into a new house
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Luna/Ginny, Luna/Harry, Luna/Neville
Theme/Tone: Fluff,
Additional Info: Luna has her own ideas of what needs to be done when moving into a new house with a new partner, later in life.
51 - Prompt: Harry's denial when it comes to his first health scare leads to a rough spot in his marriage and tension with his family.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Ginny + canon kids (or Harry/Whoever)
Theme/Tone: drama, angst, fluff
Additional Info: happy ending preferred
52 - Prompt: Second chances are a wonderful thing
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Harry/Parvati, Harry/Cho, Harry/Luna
Theme/Tone: smut and fluff
Additional Info: N/A
53 - Prompt: Percy comes out as gay or ace later in life.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Percy/Oliver, Percy/Kingsley, Percy/no one
Theme/Tone: Anything as long as it doesn’t end unhappily
Additional Info: Could be character study of Percy realising his own nature; could be his family’s reaction (or them gently suggesting to him that he might be [gay/ace]); could be a humorous story of Percy trying to dip his toe into the gay dating world in later life… you pick.
[CLAIMED FOR FIC] 54 - Prompt: In the Old Folks Home for Witches and Wizards, someone keeps stealing Character A's pudding, and by gosh, they're going to find the culprit or die trying!
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Any
Theme/Tone: Humorous and silly
Additional Info: Basically old folks home low-stakes antics where the character in question takes it very seriously.
55 - Prompt: it's a Hogwarts reunion they are all 50+ and catch up
Suggested Characters/Pairings: the whole of Slytherin house, Draco, Blaise, Theodore Nott
Theme/Tone: upbeat, any rating
Additional Info: any pairing within the house
56 - Prompt: After they retire, Characters A and B decide to share a cottage. They do not get on as well as they'd hoped.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: McGonagall and Sprout; Slughorn and Flitwick; Hooch and Pomfrey. Can be pairings or gen as you prefer.
Theme/Tone: Humor, but not crack
Additional Info: N/A
57 - Prompt: Character A is widowed (or alone) now, and so is Character B. One or both of them starts to wonder if they should pursue the spark they always felt when they were at Hogwarts.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Neville/Luna; Neville/Millicent; Seamus/Dean; Hooch/Pomfrey
Theme/Tone: anything but crack
Additional Info: N/A
[CLAIMED FOR FIC] 58 - Prompt: Tis the eve of Headmaster Snape's retirement. He's feeling a bit sentimental.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Severus/Harry, Severus/Remus, Any
Theme/Tone: Introspective, Character Study
Additional Info: No character bashing, MCD
59 - Prompt: Character A and Character B decides to take a senior bus tour around the country.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Severus/Harry, Severus/Remus, Any
Theme/Tone: Humor
Additional Info: No character bashing, MCD
[CLAIMED FOR ART] 60 - Prompt: The neighborhood tomatoes growing contest (or floral, anything garden related) is a mecca for gossip, backstabbing, and blackmail. Character A, who just moved into the neighborhood after retiring, has no idea what they are getting into.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Neville, Pomona, Severus, Any
Theme/Tone: Humor
Additional Info: No character bashing, MCD
61 - Prompt: The grandchildren walked in on them doing the deed. Now, how do they explain it to the parents?
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Any
Theme/Tone: Humor
Additional Info: No character bashing, MCD
[CLAIMED FOR FIC] 62 - Prompt: Character A decides to write a 'tell-all-book' and has fun making up entries about their lives -- from the war to their jobs to their love life. Character B took the wrong hint.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Any
Theme/Tone: Humor, Angst
Additional Info: No character bashing, MCD
63 - Prompt: Character A tries to take an interest in their grandkids' activities. But the things the kids are into nowadays are very modern, and very Muggle.
Suggested Characters/Pairings: Any
Theme/Tone: Humor
Additional Info: No character bashing, MCD