Roommates AU
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| Trope · Genre | |
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| Synonyms: | Housemates AU, Flatmates AU, Apartment AU, New Girl AU, Friends AU, Living Together |
| Related: | Alternate Universe, Canon Divergence AU |
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Roommates AU is a fanfic trope fairly common in various fandoms, where the stories are in a universe where a group of characters or at least two characters are roommates in an apartment or a house. This was probably influenced by the television shows Friends and New Girl. It's often mixed with another alternate universe tropes such as Modern AU and College AU. Roommates AU is often used as a way to get a pairing together.
Example Fanworks
- to build a home by manycoloureddays, Bellamy/Clarke, Clarke was here doing these three boys a favour; the only person to answer their ad online asking for “someone with no criminal record, a steady paycheck, and some goddamn common sense”. She didn’t need to be judged by Bellamy Blake. (New Girl/Roommates AU, Witch!Clarke)
- This Is How (our walls came down) by SapphireBlueJiyuu, Ward/Simmons, Boundaries are meant to be crossed... rules are meant to be broken.
- You Irritate Me by Nat. The band's female best friend shares an apartment with them; things get sexual.
- catalyst to your own happiness by usoverlooked, Scott/Lydia, Scott wakes up to his doorbell and opens the door to find Lydia Martin perched on a large suitcase. (Futurefic)
Various combinations of the 1D boys often live together in fics:
- Keep Holding Me This Way by mentalistecbm. College AU, Zayn and Harry are roommates.
- Red Brick Heart by hazmesentir). College AU, all of them live together.
- we're afire love by soleilouis. Harry moves in with single dad Louis.
Links
- Alternate Universe - Roommates/Housemates tagged works at AO3
- Roommates AU tagged works at Tumblr
