What brings our favorite characters together?

Is it a suave pick up line? A chance meeting at a coffee shop?

Or maybe you prefer the one where one character spills coffee all over the other, interrupting the most terrible pick up line imaginable?

Whether it’s a meet-cute, or a meet-ugly, or a slowburn for the ages after a steamy one-night stand, this exchange is dedicated to all the ways we love to watch our faves get together over and over (and over) again.

2025 Links

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2025 Schedule

Nominations Open: March 23, 2025 11:59 am CST (UTC -6)
Nominations Close: March 30, 2025 11:59 am CST (UTC -6) 
Sign-up Opens: March 30, 2025 9:00 PM (or earlier) CST (UTC -6)
Sign-ups Close: April 6, 2025 11:59 am CST (UTC -6) 
Assignments Due: May 25, 2025 11:59 am CST (UTC -6)
**UPDATED** Works Revealed: July 5, 2025, 11:59 AM CST 
Creators Revealed: July 12, 2025 11:59 am CST (UTC -6) 

TL;DR

• Mod Email: ao3modball+pickup@gmail.com
• This exchange uses OR matching, and matches on: Fandom, Relationship, Additional Tags (freeforms), and Rating
• This is a fanfic only exchange; word count minimum is 1,000
• There are no eligibility requirements for Fandoms to be nominated
• Freeforms must be related to the inciting incident that leads requested ship(s) to their Happily Ever After (HEA)
• Request Minimums: 1 Fandom; 3 unique Fandoms required for gift guarantee
• Offer Minimums: 3 unique Fandoms
• Prime Directive: don’t be an asshole
• You must be 18 or older to participate in this exchange

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