alley_skywalker | Loumand Exchange Prompts

I just love Loumand so much!! The high romance of like every scene they have in Paris, but then the tragedy of them loving each other and that not being enough (for Armand to trust it; for them to not end up splitting up even if they did almost make it, etc…) So much of their tragedy is that they keep miscommunicating/talking past each other in Paris and that their hang-ups get in the way – Louis can’t/won’t commit for too long and refuses to acknowledge the danger the coven presents and by the time he does, Armand is too insecure and the moment it seems like Louis is back to disregarding his fears/feelings/boundaries (Mad’s turning) he lets that fear be a deciding force when he’s put before an ultimatum. Aghhh. But I do think they stay in love, even post-trial. Like, clearly, from the SF flashback, they go through a looooot but by Dubai? I think they reach a place where their relationship is settled and comfortable and maybe stagnating/troubled, given Louis’ continued depression and various trauma neither of them has dealt with but. I don’t think it’s all an act for Daniel? Like, ok, the holding hands like teenagers and sitting in each other’s laps is a bit of overkill performance, perhaps, but everything about the way look at each other and touch each other, just screams love and intimacy to me….

So, with all that said, I would absolutely love a canon divergence fix it where things just. Work out in the end for them? I’m actually surprised there aren’t more of these, especially of the “no betrayal variety.” The other thing I adore is hurt/comfort scenarios, both physical and emotional. I admit to having a preference for Armand as the hurt party, but either works really, as long as it's super tender and touchy and sweet! Anyway, here are some actual ideas:

AU where the trial is averted in one way or another, most likely by Armand telling Louis about the coven’s plans. How exactly this works depends on when Armand tells him. Does he tell Louis right away? Does he waffle for a while, but then warns him before Claudia comes to visit? Is it a last minute change of heart after he hears from Maddeline the confirmation that Louis does love him deeply. (Maybe they have to fight their way out?! Maybeee Armand is hurt in the process?) And what is the fallout then? What do they do after? Are there complications or difficult conversation? But would love to see the happy ending too!
Related to the above, but a somewhat different flavor, maybe Armand just tells the coven no when they confront him? How does that go?? Armand is powerful, but would he be able to fight of 13 other vampires when they’re possibly prepared for a possible fight? Would def love some whumpy situation where Armand is held prisoner by the coven and Louis has to save him. (Fanfic is for tropey wish fulfillment, ok? Lol)
What if Louis and Armand do break up after the confrontation with Lestat (ala the 1990s film) but are then brought together again later? I do kind of feel like maybe if they had taken some time apart at the very start it…could have been a disaster for sure, but could have also maybe helped them (re)start rom a healthier place later, where Louis had worked through some of his grief and feelings for Armand and Lestat and decide that he would be willing to actually work on/try to forgive Armand. (So…a bit like book!verse and Trinity Gate…) I’m open to various scenarios of them meeting up again: willingly coming back together because they miss each other, accidentally meeting again because they both have something to do in the same area/social circle, getting thrown back together by dramatic circumstance… Wherever you’d like to go with it!
Them getting back together Post-S2.Elements I particularly enjoy here are them missing each other despite themselves, especially Louis missing Armand even though he doesn’t want to/tells himself he doesn’t. Jealousy, particularly from Louis, and Louis being really hit in the face with all the ways Armand and their relationship mattered to him. The tension between being justifiably angry and still loving his ex. Love all the potential of Louis getting mixed up in Marius coming back – maybe he’s worried about how Armand is taking it, maybe he’s just flat out feeling jealous/possessive.
AU where they don’t break up in the 2x8 Finale. Maybe Daniel doesn’t get the script from the Telemasca (I know, I know, Louis deserves to know all of it, etc) or maybe all the stuff comes out but…they end up figuring it out somehow…
AU where Louis meets Armand earlier – specifically I’d love a scenario where Louis meets Armand before he meets Lestat. (Maybe the TVD go on tour in the States or something?) Still crazy chemistry, still falling in love – but now Louis is human. Does he find out about Armand’s vampiric nature? How does he feel about that? Armand is very against making new vampires and/but then he’s also got the coven laws to deal with, so how does he navigate that? If he’s not pushed into it, would Louis end up wanting to be turned (so he can be with Armand)? It would be a somewhat different dynamic from canon, and I’d be interested to see how that would play out.
Armand finds out he’s (mostly?) immune to sunlight while out looking for Louis during one of Louis’ drug bender disappearances and gets caught outside at dawn + Louis’ reaction/the fallout.
As mentioned above, any hurt/comfort scenario with Armand as the hurt party. For emotional hurt/comfort, maybe something to do with…any part of Armand’s many traumas. Clearly at some point even prior to SF they shared a LOT about their pasts with each other. I love scenarios where one character has nightmares and the other comforts them after, and maybe the comfortee is kind of…embarrassed/reluctant initially. Or maybe Armand gets triggered by something, idk. Maybe even something he and Louis are trying to do in bed? Would especially love if the trauma he talks about isn’t Marius-related, or only tangentially (i.e. maybe something from the brothel, the CoD days, or the way he had to watch all his friends burn during/after the CoD attack). I actually kind of imagine/have this like headcanon that Armand takes the burning of the TVD pretty hard, in part because it triggers a lot of memories for him re: the CoD attack and no saving/helping people who looked up to him/relied on him/he felt responsible for. And the tensions there are super juicy – he can’t tell Louis everything because he doesn’t want to appear sympathetic to the coven in any way, but he’d appreciate the comfort for the rest of it.
For physical hurt/comfort with Armand, feel free to go hard. Vampires need to sustain quite a bit of damage for it to be significant/put them out of commission for a while. And like…I especially love putting Armand in some situation where he’s far too fucked up to even think about controlling a situation or being to do so. And then he just has to…trust that Louis will stay/take care of him. A novel concept for Armand lol. It’s very iddy to me.
But again, I don’t mind Louis being the hurt party, perhaps it’s something set post-suicide attempt or drug withdrawal, etc. Love a clingy Louis in that case, Louis who maybe doesn’t want to need Armand so much but absolutely does.

Ah…I feel like all of the above came out super serious and/or kinda angst? But it doesn’t have to be! If you’re really feeling some fluff and/or domesticity I’m good with that too! Just these two being in love and being dorks together is great:

Banter and flirting! Kissing!
Picking out each other’s clothes/dressing each other.
Armand talking Louis’ ear off about blenders or gadgets or whatever.
Being cunty/snarky about people they see while out on the town.
Louis gets them a couple of puppies/kittens as pets/emotional support animals and the chaos that ensues. In the server someone mentioned once them getting a couple of dogs that Armand names Estelle and Eglee – love that idea!