muse a and muse b used to date in high school—a pair of sweethearts who everybody thought were going to make it someday. but muse a was always trying to make it big in hollywood and despite muse b’s insistence that they shouldn’t push it too hard, especially since college was something they would have to bee looking into soon, muse a made every attempt to get their career off the ground and struck gold with an agent. though both muse a and muse b were ecstatic, it didn’t last long when muse a broke up with muse b, saying they didn’t want fame to be the reason they ended their relationship and they wanted to focus on making it big so they could provide for them one day. and so they ended their relationship on good terms, years passing as muse b watched muse a soar into fame on tv and occasionally talked to them, but losing contact after about one year, meanwhile struggling to keep up with college and a job and stay stable financially. until one day, when they’re leaving classes to head to their night job and find muse a waiting for them—ready to finally deliver on the promise they made when they parted ways: that they would take care of muse b. it’s all vacations, shopping, staying in hotels, and falling in love again for them.

some plots based off of kpop music videos—(linked!)

• because they end up missing their train, the train porter takes them in for the night because he and his wife have extra rooms. but only for married couples. so guess who’s suddenly married? and at dinner when everybody’s kissing their wives and the men are teasing muse b to kiss his ‘wife’  and he does it to shut everybody up...guess who ends up nearly making out at the table? and also guess who has to share a room and a bed that night? talk about awkward. but they bond cooking dinner together and muse b gets muse a to let down her hair a lil, and muse a kind of....likes it.

plot inspired by the film blue valentine;; a choose your own adventure plot!

• muse a and muse b both come from dysfunctional homes. muse a grew up in a house with both parents, but their marriage is too toxic for them to believe in love,,so she’s in a mediocre relationship, and in college. the only joy she gets is caring for her elderly grandmother. muse b grew up with their dad, their mother walking out on them at the tender age of 10. dropping out of high school altogether, muse b is a dreamer who always tries to see the happier side of things—what they lack in sensitivity to others at times, they make up with  charm and people skills. currently working at a moving company, muse b meets muse a as they’re moving things for a client into a nursing home, catching a glimpse of muse a, who’s helping their grandmother. so starts a whirlwind of romance—muse a is opening up from their usual bitter and rude disposition, muse b finds themselves actually believing they could get married and have a family, even though it’s not what they initially planned for themselves. muse a and muse b’s relationship is going rather well, muse a even introduced muse b to their family, who doesn’t think that badly of them. however, things come to screeching halt when muse a discovers they’re pregnant—with their ex’s baby. right before they had met muse b, muse a and their ex had unprotected sex and well—their current situation. their ex doesn’t know that they’re pregnant, and muse a has just broken both pieces of news to muse b, who doesn’t take it well. but in the end muse b decides that it would just be easier to marry muse a and take care of and love the child. however! four years later with a toddler and married, things aren’t looking so good and muse a and muse b are on the fast track to divorce.

• the movie blue valentine moves in two ways—the present and the past. the past being muse a and muse b’s romance, and the present being their current rocky and falling apart marriage. take two fc’s for each muse and each time period and play out both situations! the fluff of a budding flurry of a romance in their twenties, and the angst of a barely there spark in their early thirties struggling to hold onto their family. insert sobbing and evil laughter.
• muse a and b have been married for about four years now—their baby is now a thriving and active toddler, adapting the same playful nature as muse b. however, things are rocky for the couple—muse a is working a full time job, muse b is working painting houses, they’re managing to make ends meet but the romance from their early twenties is gone. one weekend muse b forces muse a to take off so they can get away, and while picking up alcohol, muse a runs into muse c, their ex and also the father of their child. muse c now wants to be apart of their kid’s life, and while muse a is okay with that, muse b isn’t.
• four years later with one child, muse b is now frustrated by the fact that the marriage they didn’t even think they would have is falling apart—and part of that is because they want a child of their own. so they try and persuade muse a to have a kid with them, but muse a isn’t having it.
• unable to patch up their failing marriage, muse a and muse b decide to get divorce, much to muse b’s disdain. muse a has full custody of their child and muse b opted for regular visitation rights. but in their separation, muse b starts to get their life together again, and once more, a romance slowly starts to bud between the two adults. but it’s much more painful—old wounds, a child, and will they be able to move past and not repeat what lead to their marriage falling apart the first time?

{ a } and { b } have had a rough relationship. what started out as an inseparable romance turned sour after eight months, but neither are willing to let go of each other. { a }’s destructive habits are partially to blame, getting drunk til they pass out in random places and { b } is called to see them at the hospital. { a } is ruining their health, and constantly belittling { b }, who refuses to give up on the person they once knew. until one day { b } ends up in the hospital diagnosed with an illness, and their family, who have long been telling { b } to leave { a }, take the opportunity to end the relationship for them, moving { b } back home and cutting all ties with { a }. for three months, { a } frantically searches for { b }, realizing that the only person who cared about them even though they treated them like shit is gone, while { b } is told by their family that { a } didn’t care about them and didn’t even come to see them when they were hospitalized. so when { a } finally tracks down { b }, they’re ready and willing to fight { b }’s family for keeping them apart, ready to be the partner they were to { b }, ready to give up everything they have to get { b } back in their life. however, { b } doesn’t seem to care anymore at all. 

• { a } has always had an issue keeping a relationship—they feel things almost too much. they wear their heart on their sleeve and more often than not it comes back to bite them in the ass at the worst possible moment. after their last relationship ends in a tornado of a mess that their partner blames { a }’s constant over emotional state for, { a }’s heart turns to stone and eventually they become emotionless, using people for mere hookups and refusing to get attached again. until they come across { b }, who is just was emotional as { a } was. something about them irritates { a }, only seeing their past self when they look at them. but eventually { a } comes to love { b } to stop { b } from becoming like them, and slowly { a } begins to return to the person they used to be and realizes that maybe being over emotional isn’t such a bad thing anymore.

• { a } isn’t the most likable person around, actually most people they meet don’t really really like them due to the fact that they’re finicky and awfully stubborn. they’ve dated here and there, but relationships are short lived and they don’t really believe in love. one night at a party and out of sheer boredom, they strike up conversation with { b } and they end up sleeping together. things that night go so well that the two decide to strike up a friends with benefits relationship, but eventually things start to change. neither of them are leaving right after the sex is over, instead cuddling and sharing long stories and other intimate thoughts. { a } against their own will is starting to fall for { b }, who in all honesty seems like a good person. as time goes on { a } builds up the courage to ask { b } if they could start a real relationship—only one day to see that { b } is already in a relationship and though they like { a }, they don’t think { a } is really somebody they can see themselves in a relationship with. so { a } starts dating { b }’s best friend to prove that they can be in a happy relationship as well as to make { b } jealous—and to prove to themselves that they are indeed somebody who can be loved and not just fucked.

• { a } had been in a relationship for a long time—the best friends turned lovers story that everybody knows so well. but as things happen when people grow up, a person can change and that can change a relationship. { a } is no longer happy in the relationship with their best friend and breaks up with them as nicely as they can. however, while their partner takes it well in front of them, when they leave the ex starts to spread all types of nasty rumors and stories about { a } including the intimate thoughts { a } had ever divulged to them before they began dating. it isn’t long before { a }’s reputation is ruined and nobody wants to talk to them anymore, even their friends have taken their ex’s side. eventually { a } becomes a loner and is falling into deep depression being alone all the time. until { b } comes in. { b }, who had always been a loner and quiet themselves by mere choice, finds { a } having a crying fit alone and comes to { a }’s aid, calming them down and taking them to { b }’s home to care for them. eventually { b } becomes { a }’s only friend and their relationship starts to turn for the romantic, but { a } is so broken and guarded because of their ex they refuse and { b } has to try and put { a } back together again through a gentle and quiet love.

• { a }’s life isn’t great by any means. it seems like every time their life starts to take a turn for the good, they’re pushed back into the dirt and have to pick themselves back up and try and make things better. their parents have such a hard time taking care of them that eventually they’re shipped off to a foster home where things don’t go much better with any of their foster families. every new school, every new relationship ends up in shambles, and every time they think their parents will finally get their shit together and get them out of there, it never happens. at their last home, they meet { b } at school, who isn’t that happy with their home either, due to having pressure constantly put on them to be the best and leading to { b } having a breakdown and just barely maintaining their sanity enough to get through school. but they become each other’s saviors—becoming closer than friends even though everybody around them disapproves—{ a }’s foster family has never gotten along with { b } or their family, and { b }’s family doesn’t think { a } is good enough for { b }. with just weeks bearing down to graduation for both of them right around the corner, and with { b } already having a car and driver’s license, the two decide to take an roadtrip for their spring break to be somebody other than who they’re forced to be for while—to maybe escape the push of life and all its dirty tricks for a while. but will it work? will they find the freedom they’re looking for? will they develop the love everybody says they can’t have? or will they both be pushed into the dirt this time?

• { a } is on a fast track to destroying themselves, though they manage to hide it. the golden child of their family, held in highest esteem, looks like the perfect child inside and out to their family, friends, and school mates, but things are much different late at night when they sneak out of their home. nights are filled with mindless drinking, too many drugs, and too much unsafe sex with partners they don’t know and never will know, just to numb the pain they feel from being pressured to be perfect. until one day when they have a health scare (pregnancy/std) and are sitting petrified in the waiting room of a clinic miles away from where they live. { b } is volunteering at the clinic for community hours for a school project and recognizes { a } looking nearly scared to death, hands shaking as they fill out the form and carefully offers a hand in filling out the form—trying to hide the shock they feel that the school’s perfect kid is nearly crying from fear. when { a } is too scared to go home after the tests are performed, { b } takes it upon them self to take care of { a } for a couple days seeing as their parents are out of town. { a } is grateful for the help, but after they return to their own home, the destructive behavior doesn’t stop. until while in the middle of drunken sex in a random person’s house, { b } storms in and drags { a } out of there, screaming about how they’re destroying their life and how they’ll let everybody know unless { a } agrees to clean up their act. { a } is in shock—they hardly know { b }, yet this person is showing more concern over them than their own parents. and they don’t know how to quite handle that other than fighting it—which { b } isn’t having. { b } refuses to let { a } ruin their life, but why?

plots based off songs from melanie martinez’s debut album crybaby;;

• { a } & { b }  have always been at odds—both being the smartest kids in their grades but having completely different opportunities. { a  } was born into a poor family and therefore family takes priority over grades and they fall behind constantly. { b } was born into wealth, affording all the tutors and generally having it easy and picking on  { a } who they usually have to tutor so they can catch up. eventually { a } drops out of school to work for their family and { b } graduates top of their class. but a year later they both run into each other and things are different— { a } is still working but earned a ged and is now moving into a new apartment, and { b } is struggling after being cut off financially and now with no place to stay—not to mention they’re knee deep in college debt now. { b } is now in desperate need of { a }’s help, but will they help them after so many years of teasing?

• { a } & { b } were once really great friends who told each other everything, who could call one another at one in the morning and know the other person would pick up. however, { a } felt something more for { b } and as easily as they could, confessed to them. { a } now feeling smothered and pressured, said they didn’t feel the same way and { b }, hurt, cut off all communications with them. years later at a party, { a } sees { b } drunk and ignoring them at all costs. when { b } drunkenly stumbles outside,  { a } corners them and demands to know why they’ve been avoiding them for long, generally getting more and more upset until   { b } drunkenly yells that they’re still in love with them and never got over a broken heart before passing out. { a } takes { b } home with them, and the next morning { b } wakes up in { a }’s apartment, hungover but with the blaring memory of what happened the night before. they try to escape, but { a } won’t let them leave their life again. because just maybe....in the years when { b } ignored them, { a } realized they were actually in love with { b }. but seeing how { b } completely hates them now, doesn’t know how to say it.

• before they were even a couple, { a } and { b } were always known as the shy kids, so when they got together, nobody could resist admiring how cute they were as a couple. from blushing every time they looked at each other, to the gentle way they touched each other, even how they always teased and poked fun at each other when they never did it with anybody else. they’ve always been on the surface of a relationship, but { a } is ready to take it further—they feel that they’ve been ready to go father, but { b }, who suffers from low self esteem after a previous bad relationship, has always been the reason they’ve held back. when they decide to take a small roadtrip together, { a } hopes to use this time to get closer to { b }, emotionally and physically. they’re staying in old hotels and sharing beds, stealing each other’s clothes and all both of them really want is to be with each other, no matter what happens.

• { a } and { b } have been friends for a while, and there’s always been something more bubbling under the surface, but neither have ever acted on it until both got drunk at a party and admitted it and then slept together. after that day things have always been a bit strange between them, but they kept their stance as friends. but when { b } starts dating another person who { a } personally can’t stand, things turn sour between them. and when their partner lets out their ugly side and lashes out at { a } and { b } does nothing to defend them, { a } decides they want nothing to do with either of them. until { b } shows up crying at their door.

• { a } is born into family where looks are everything—their mother is a beauty queen, so are their sisters. their father is deemed attractive, voted the most handsome in high school and still now is complimented for his good looks. { a } from a young age is forced to believe without good looks you’ll have nothing, and has been groomed from a young age, participating in beauty pageants where they always take first place. nobody looks at the person { a } truly is, and they themselves are forced to hide away the truer parts of them that would rather curl up in sweats and write stories, something they’ve been doing forever to handle the pressure. along comes { b } a journalism student, who comes across one of the stories { a } leaves behind after a gala and is impressed; always having the idea that { a } and the rest of their family were rather stuck up and annoying. the next time they run into each other, { b } returns the story along with a book they’ve always enjoyed. as time goes on, the two develop a cute relationship, leaving notes for each other in books, sneaking around and { a } sneaking out from galas and parties just to be with { b }. { b } is seeing { a } for who they are, not because of their face, and that in itself makes { a } want them all the more.

Muse A is down on their luck. Things aren’t going well at all, and they’re all too close to just giving up on life. In steps Muse B, somebody Muse A has never met, never seen, but is comforting them through their hard times and always telling them it will get better. Muse B makes Muse A see the good things in life, the small things that amount to happiness. Muse A begins to call on Muse B anytime they feel like giving up, and even starts to fall in love, but one day Muse B disappears. Muse A tries to live by the things Muse B has taught them, but falls apart again. And just when they’re barely hanging on for life, Muse B shows up again, and Muse A tries everything to keep them from leaving again.

• when muse a has been telling their parents they’ve been seeing somebody and finally say they’re engaged to get them off their back, and then surprise!! the whole family ships out to meet the lucky person and they gotta suddenly scramble for a fake fiance/fiancee
• when the person they ask is their friend and muse b has been secretly hiding that they actually have feelings but say yes just to get close to muse a and hopefully get rid of the feelings but god knows that doesn’t work
• the moving in together and having to get used to sleepy faces and sleeping in the same room and awkwardly brushing their teeth in the morning but it eventually becomes very familiar and natural
• meeting the family!!! listening to embarrassing stories and cute naked baby pics while muse a sits around moping bc “mooomm why are you showing these i asked you to burn these”
• having to practice being affectionate so it looks real
• “what do you mean kiss? right now? in front of the whole family?”
• “kiss me right now in front of the whole family”
• what becomes normal hand holding and touching even when they’re not in public
• mom/grandmother bringing their old wedding dress and insisting muse b trying it on and it’s huge on her but the mom/grandmother is crying and muse a comes in and the dress is literally falling off muse b and their family members are crying in the corner
• the family throwing a bridal shower and the couple casually cheating to win the newlywed game
• actual bridal dress shopping!!! when muse b tries on ‘the dress’ and everybody is like omg…and muse a is like “shit shit these are real feelings ABORT MISSION ABORT MISSION”
• when the family leaves and the two try and go back to normal but deny there are any real feelings :(
• when muse a starts dating somebody else and their family is like “they’re okay but i liked muse b better”
• A N G S T

 Muse A and Muse B were childhood friends, inseparable. But over time, Muse A got into show business and made it big in the entertainment industry, and eventually they fell out of touch. Years later, they run into each other again while Muse A is visiting family, and their friendship progresses into a relationship. Muse B is hesitant to get in a relationship with somebody so high profile, but Muse A assures them that no matter what, they’ll always love them. Muse A eventually persuades Muse B to move in with them for a couple months so they can truly show how committed they are to their relationship.  But when the media is on their tail at every second and Muse A has a hectic schedule and even more hectic fans, will Muse A be able to keep their promise?

• 001. { A } and { B } are both brand new teachers—young, fresh out of school, and filled with new ideas. however, the school they are placed into is set in it’s ways and many of the teachers resent the changes they try to bring. when they finally meet up, they become best friends—talking in the teacher’s lounge, having joint class lessons with their students, hanging out when school’s out.
• 002. { A } is a brand new teacher, who’s just been sent overseas to teach in a completely different country. they have difficulty settling in, but { B } who is a native of that country, helps them out and love blooms while { B } teaches { A } all about their country’s customs and traditions. but just as feelings are admitted, { A } must go back home. ( plot twist A/B asks the other to come with or stay with them instead. )
• 003. { A } just moved into a different state and is now starting their new teaching job, but they’re having a little difficulty settling in, especially when faced with an empty classroom they have less than twenty four hours to decorate and lesson plans that need to be on the principal’s desk before day’s end. while agonizing on how to get it all done, { B }, who’s doing some late night grading, pops in and offers to help a frazzled { A } decorate. in the late evening,when many teachers are going home, { A } and { B } are eating pb&j sandwiches and cutting out apples from construction paper and kind of falling for each other.
• 004. { A } is an elementary school teacher who’s been having issues with one of their students, who’s been acting disruptive in class and not doing their homework. when { A } calls for a parent-teacher conference, they’re surprised to see { B }, a teacher from the high school just a couple streets over. { B } explains that they and their significant other just got divorced and thus why their child is acting out. they beg { A } to please help them out with the child’s grades because they’re busy at the high school preparing for testing. in return, { B } bashfully offers to take { A } on a date.
• 005. { B } is a strict teacher. they’ve been labeled by their students as a hard ass and when students see their name on their class schedule, groans ensue and half of them run down to the guidance office for a schedule change. nobody knows why { B } is so strict—it’s just one of those things that just are. { A } however, is the teacher everybody runs to. while they take teaching seriously, they have fun with a lot of it. review games when it’s time for state tests and finals, allowing extra credit, taking the best interest of the student. { A } and  { B } have never really seen eye to eye, but have no choice when they’re both put in charge of their grade’s annual school trip. when they get together to plan, { B } is difficult, but  { A } is determined to break down those barriers, and after a while,  { B } is surprised to find how much they really love  { A }, but don’t know how to show it.
• 006. { A } and { B } have been flirting the whole school year—everybody knows it. they use their students to send each other stupid notes with their lesson plans, are always seen talking on lunch duty, and generally buddy up when needed to chaperone school dances. even the teacher’s ship them together, always making small ways to have the two of them together, or teasing them. the only thing keeping them from dating is the school policy, which says teachers are not allowed to have romantic relations under any circumstances.