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Retail AU
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| See also | Mundane AU, Coffee Shop AU, Flower Shop AU, Flower Shop and Tattoo Parlor AU, Tattoo Parlor AU, Alternate Universe |
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Retail AU is a type of alternate universe in which characters work at or own retail stores or malls.
Features
They are typically Mundane AUs.
Retail covers a broad variety of stores; clothing stores and food stores/restaurants are very common (though restaurants may be considered more in the grouping of Coffeeshop AUs
Examples
- Would You Like To Try This, Archived version by SputnikCentury (MDZS fanfic published in 2020)
- Chapter 7: Mall Goths and Other Undead Creatures and sequel, Archived version by polynya (Bleach fanfic published 2020-2021)
- "Y/N.... do you want to gaslight our manager by drinking all the baja blast out of the fountain while I, DIO, stop time, so they think they didn't refill it", Archived version by spageddy and britnxyspears (JJBA, and other fandoms, tumblr post 2021) --this one is also a joke/commentary on Readerfic
Links
- Alternate Universe - Retail tag on AO3