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Jim tries to find love on a dating show.
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Sam goes on a dating show to try and find love
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Dean and Castiel are contestants on a reality dating show competition. Sam signed Dean up, and Gabriel signed Castiel up. Neither Dean or Cas really want to be in this three-ringed circus. As they try to escape the cameras and keep out of the competition, they keep finding each other. Maybe there is such a thing as finding love on a television show.
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- Part 1 of Scripted Reality
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You Can't Choose Who You Fall In Love With (oh wait, I guess you can) by writingonpostcards
Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV)
12 Jun 2015
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A dating show AU that was meant to be fluff but then wasn't.
"I came on this show because my mother has always wanted to see me fall in love and get married. Her and dad have this really great relationship you know, and she wants that for me. But things just haven’t been working the normal way I guess." Stiles shrugs like he’s making light of the situation, but Derek senses there’s more to the story.
There is. But Derek’s got more than one reason for doing this show as well.
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Letting out a long sigh, Derek turns away and braces himself for the next hellish filming segment. After all, apparently he’s going to have to smile while greeting twenty-five contestants. Shit, what if they try to hug him? Or, god forbid, kiss –
He doesn’t get any further with that thought, because a limo pulls into the driveway. He braces himself for the worst. The worst, who… actually doesn’t look that horrifying.
“I’ve been dying to meet you!” she exclaims as she catches sight of him.
Then, she flings herself at him and ensnares him in a bone-crushing hug.
Scratch that – she’s completely horrifying. And Derek’s pretty sure he can hear errand boy what’s-his-face laughing in the distance.
(Or: In which Derek gets roped into being the 'eligible bachelor' on a dating show and instead falls for one of the show's interns.)
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Good girl Sansa Stark wants to break out of her shell, she's looking for love and it's time to do something radical. With five days in the Summer Isles and three naked dates, will she find it?
[Inspired by the VH1 program 'Dating Naked']
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Kaidan gets dragged to a Dating Show he didn't want to go to.
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It had been a night for the books. But as the people just kept coming, like circus folk out of a clown vehicle or something, Dean could feel his charm simmering down. It was getting harder and harder to turn it off and on in between takes, and he was beginning to curse ever agreeing to this arrangement. He could have been back in his apartment drinking beer and watching some other sucker from his season managing twenty seven singles.
Dean is the Bachelor. But it's turning out to be a lot less making out with beautiful people and a lot more about managing the drama that occurs in the mansion. In between fights, love declarations, and all the high intensity situations that go hand in hand with reality television he meets Cas. Cas isn't a typical contestant. But Dean can't decide if that's a good or a bad thing. Dean also couldn't tell you why he keeps giving the dorky man roses.
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- Part 1 of The Bachelor Series
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It's Only A Game Show by Pouxin
Fandoms: The Eagle | The Eagle of the Ninth (2011), The Eagle | The Eagle of the Ninth - All Media Types, The Eagle of the Ninth - Rosemary Sutcliff
11 Apr 2016
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Dating show funtimes! Written for The Eagle Exchange. I pinched the idea from this prompt on the eagle kink: “One night Esca gets incredibly drunk with his friends and decides to nominate himself for a spot on a horrible reality TV dating show. The last thing he expected was to actually get on the show, or to fall in love with the same guy that everyone else is fighting for, Marcus Aquila”; but with plenty or reference to freckles and Marcus’ big hands, plus the other requests.
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After jeopardizing the reputation of his company, billionaire engineer Leo Fitz knows he needs to redeem himself in the public’s eye. So, against his better judgment, Fitz accepts the offer to become this season’s suitor on the popular reality dating show Cupid’s Arrow.
Cupid’s Arrow promises Fitz that he’ll find true love, but Fitz is skeptical- and he’s certainly not looking for love.
(Neither is assistant producer Jemma Simmons.)
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It’s just… It’s just that Louis recognises those feet, he thinks. And those long legs. And the thighs, too. And… okay, yeah, he definitely recognises the-
Louis goes on Channel 4's new dating show which involves choosing a partner based on how attractive you find their naked body. Harry just so happens to be one of the contestants. Harry also just so happens to be Louis' ex boyfriend.
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Came Here to Win by huxduxtuxlux
Fandoms: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Dredd (2012), Undercover Boss: Starkiller Base - SNL Sketch, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
20 Sep 2025
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Six young men are competing for the affections of a wealthy bachelor on an exciting new reality TV show. They didn't expect, however, for their bachelor to be quite so...ancient.
74 year old mogul Rutherford Snoke is looking for a new companion, and ambitious Armitage Hux and validation-hungry Kylo Ren are the frontrunners for Snoke's affections. However, Hux and Ren have their own sordid history to sort out. Meanwhile, the other contestants are turning their affections elsewhere, and the charming host Poe Dameron may be caught in the middle of the drama.
Offstage, producer Phasma Thorvaldsen is doing everything she can to produce the juiciest drama ever to air on television. It's tough, though, when her crew his distracted with their own infatuations: The sound guy and the camera tech won't stop staring at each other, and her Production Assistants keep winding up in bed together.
Competition. Sex. Drama. Love. Anger. Drunk Fights. Throwing Sand at People.
What a fucking mess.
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- Part 1 of Came Here to Winaverse
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playing for your heart by umjis (umji) for SevenSoulmates
Fandoms: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS
03 Jun 2017
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Jungkook should have known something was up from the way they were acting, they had been unusually quiet all night, sharing looks across the room when they thought he was caught up in his game. He didn’t quite know what he was expecting them to say - maybe they were going to elope? That seemed like something the pair of them would do - but he was certainly not expecting them to tell him they had signed him up for a dating game show.
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Kinga decides to take another crack at igniting a beloved MST3k ship, with her new mid-season, spin off dating show, Mystery Science Shipping 3000. With "tens" of shippable MST3k main characters, she has some familiar faces rejoin the crew of the SOL to help things along.
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The One is America's #1 dating show!
Twenty contestants will spend six weeks competing in tasks, to show the American public they should be picked to marry the suitor.
Over the six weeks, they'll be voted down till just The One remains...Dean Winchester is this year's suitor. A 34 year old firefighter from Kansas he isn't entirely sure why he applied to a dating show where he has to get married at the end.
Especially since he'll never have met (or seen) anything about his future lawfully wedded whatever.
But just who will be voted The One?
(Alternate POV's, unbeted, already written)
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- Part 1 of The One
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When Courfeyrac signs them both up for a dating show, Enjolras expects to have one of the most frustrating summers of his life. What he doesn't expect is to have his world shaken by a pretty, snarky blue eyed producer he can't stop fighting with and yet... still finds himself wanting to be around.
In this behind the scenes look we get a closer look at the drama, the chaos, and the challenges of falling in love where you least expect it.
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You Thought This was a Dating Show? by TheSpace_Dragon for Pechat
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
29 Dec 2017
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First, we have Lance, a new-minded corperate-worker for Voltron Inc., takes some much needed time off to find himself--on a reality tv show. Let's just say he's had better ideas than that.
Then we have Keith, who was only meant to be a stand-in, to get voted off super early in the show, but there was this one guy he butted heads with all time and the audience liked them? What kind of twisted reality show was this?
Well, turns out that Altea's Juniberries brings people together, no matter if they win an all paid for, expense-free wedding.
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To raise money for a charity 20 riders and 1 tv presenter agree to take part in a special episode of Take Me Out...
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It's a Date! by Mara97
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
23 Jan 2018
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“Nervous?” the guy asked. Yup, that was Jason. “You’re trying to stare in a hole in the wall, which usually happens when you have a lot on your mind, and you tend to overthink when you’re nervous.”
Relaxing a little, Nico offered Jason a grimace. No reason to play nice. “Hazel signed me up for this, not me. I don’t want to go on a date with a random guy at Olive Garden, and I don’t like being on stage with many people watching me — I didn’t become a writer to entertain a crowd by being unlikable and awkward. I leave that to Percy. He is good with crowds, and they eat him up.”
“You can use this as experience for writing,” Jason offered. “I recalled that you said you were struggling with the romantic scenes, so maybe this will help with fleshing out the feelings of the characters. Plus, it’s for charity.”
Nico is forced to join a dating show to support the local charities. The experience turns out to be way better than expected (and hey! Now he has a boyfriend).
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The Bachelor: Tony Stark Edition by MagicalGirlHell for cptxrogers (valdomarx)
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies), Captain America (Movies), Thor (Movies), Doctor Strange (2016), Black Panther (2018), Marvel Cinematic Universe
16 May 2018
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Tony resorts to going on a dating show in search of a boyfriend. The contestants? A couple of best friends, a couple of WWII veterans, some royalty from Earth, some royalty from space, some asshole from space, and everybody's favorite Sorcerer Supreme.
It goes about as expected.
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That time Stiles and Scott "competed" for Allison's love on a reality TV show by otter
Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV)
13 Nov 2013
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The thing is, Stiles has no interest whatsoever in going on a TV dating show. Deep down, in his heart of hearts -- and publicly, to anyone who is foolish enough to bring up the topic -- Stiles thinks it's kind of pathetic. Because it's all fake, for starters, like all "reality" TV is fake, but also he thinks the people who go on those shows are more interested in attention than love, so what's the point? It's like narcissistic masturbation with some television exhibitionism thrown in for good measure. And letting the entire nation -- nay, the world -- mock your lack of pick-up prowess? Noooo thank you.
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Derek doesn't exactly understand how he ended up as a contestant on a dating show. He knows that it started with a lot of whiskey and a late night phone call to his sister and mockery. Lots and lots of mockery, because Laura never lets anything go, no matter how old she gets.
(Because what the world really needs is more Omegaverse!dating show fic in it. Right?)
Now in gif form: OH MY GOD! LOOK AT WHAT WAS MADE FOR ME FOR THIS FIC: LOOK!
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This week on Millionaire Matchmaker: Supernatural Edition - Derek Hale, a thirty-year-old millionaire venture capitalist and beta werewolf, finally gives into his sisters’ pressures to start dating again and reluctantly agrees to use the services of a supernatural matchmaker. Stiles Stilinski, at age twenty-five, just sold his start-up to Google for undisclosed millions, and ends up on a reality dating show when his true alpha best friend tries to help him get over his broken heart.
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The last thing anyone expects is for the two eligible bachelors to fall in love with each other behind the scenes.
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Letting out a long sigh, Derek turns away and braces himself for the next hellish filming segment. After all, apparently he’s going to have to smile while greeting twenty-five contestants. Shit, what if they try to hug him? Or, god forbid, kiss –
He doesn’t get any further with that thought, because a limo pulls into the driveway. He braces himself for the worst. The worst, who… actually doesn’t look that horrifying.
“I’ve been dying to meet you!” she exclaims as she catches sight of him.
Then, she flings herself at him and ensnares him in a bone-crushing hug.
Scratch that – she’s completely horrifying. And Derek’s pretty sure he can hear errand boy what’s-his-face laughing in the distance.
(Or: In which Derek gets roped into being the 'eligible bachelor' on a dating show and instead falls for one of the show's interns.)
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Letting out a long sigh, Derek turns away and braces himself for the next hellish filming segment. After all, apparently he’s going to have to smile while greeting twenty-five contestants. Shit, what if they try to hug him? Or, god forbid, kiss –
He doesn’t get any further with that thought, because a limo pulls into the driveway. He braces himself for the worst. The worst, who… actually doesn’t look that horrifying.
“I’ve been dying to meet you!” she exclaims as she catches sight of him.
Then, she flings herself at him and ensnares him in a bone-crushing hug.
Scratch that – she’s completely horrifying. And Derek’s pretty sure he can hear errand boy what’s-his-face laughing in the distance.
(Or: In which Derek gets roped into being the 'eligible bachelor' on a dating show and instead falls for one of the show's interns.)
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I would watch the Bacherlor if it were like this.
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Letting out a long sigh, Derek turns away and braces himself for the next hellish filming segment. After all, apparently he’s going to have to smile while greeting twenty-five contestants. Shit, what if they try to hug him? Or, god forbid, kiss –
He doesn’t get any further with that thought, because a limo pulls into the driveway. He braces himself for the worst. The worst, who… actually doesn’t look that horrifying.
“I’ve been dying to meet you!” she exclaims as she catches sight of him.
Then, she flings herself at him and ensnares him in a bone-crushing hug.
Scratch that – she’s completely horrifying. And Derek’s pretty sure he can hear errand boy what’s-his-face laughing in the distance.
(Or: In which Derek gets roped into being the 'eligible bachelor' on a dating show and instead falls for one of the show's interns.)
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Letting out a long sigh, Derek turns away and braces himself for the next hellish filming segment. After all, apparently he’s going to have to smile while greeting twenty-five contestants. Shit, what if they try to hug him? Or, god forbid, kiss –
He doesn’t get any further with that thought, because a limo pulls into the driveway. He braces himself for the worst. The worst, who… actually doesn’t look that horrifying.
“I’ve been dying to meet you!” she exclaims as she catches sight of him.
Then, she flings herself at him and ensnares him in a bone-crushing hug.
Scratch that – she’s completely horrifying. And Derek’s pretty sure he can hear errand boy what’s-his-face laughing in the distance.
(Or: In which Derek gets roped into being the 'eligible bachelor' on a dating show and instead falls for one of the show's interns.)
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Derek doesn't exactly understand how he ended up as a contestant on a dating show. He knows that it started with a lot of whiskey and a late night phone call to his sister and mockery. Lots and lots of mockery, because Laura never lets anything go, no matter how old she gets.
(Because what the world really needs is more Omegaverse!dating show fic in it. Right?)
Now in gif form: OH MY GOD! LOOK AT WHAT WAS MADE FOR ME FOR THIS FIC: LOOK!
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Derek's sister works for a television network with a dating show that claims that they are able to find someone's True Mate. Cora steals a scent sample from Derek and matches him to an Omega applying to the show with a 99% chance of them being mates.
Which means Derek is now a reality dating show star. Shit.
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Louis laughed. “You think you can convince some random guy to want to go out with me?”
“Oh baby,” Jay chuckled. “I can convince all of the UK to want to go out with you.”
Or, a Meet the Parents AU where Harry is the man of Louis’ dreams, and it’s up to Jay to convince him to date her son.
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Letting out a long sigh, Derek turns away and braces himself for the next hellish filming segment. After all, apparently he’s going to have to smile while greeting twenty-five contestants. Shit, what if they try to hug him? Or, god forbid, kiss –
He doesn’t get any further with that thought, because a limo pulls into the driveway. He braces himself for the worst. The worst, who… actually doesn’t look that horrifying.
“I’ve been dying to meet you!” she exclaims as she catches sight of him.
Then, she flings herself at him and ensnares him in a bone-crushing hug.
Scratch that – she’s completely horrifying. And Derek’s pretty sure he can hear errand boy what’s-his-face laughing in the distance.
(Or: In which Derek gets roped into being the 'eligible bachelor' on a dating show and instead falls for one of the show's interns.)
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First Dates AU. Louis Tomlinson is a thirty-year-old divorcee whose friends have signed him up for the Channel 4 show First Dates. Harry Styles is a twenty-eight-year-old lawyer who has never been in a long-term relationship. They are filmed going on their first date.
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Steve Rogers, captain of a losing NHL team, has taken so many bad penalties this season he's worried he's going to get set down to the minors as punishment. His agent comes up with a plan to make Steve irreplaceable to the fans--a reality dating show. Where the contestants want to date Steve.
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Stiles, an Omega, has been approached to star on 'Tying The Knot', a long-standing reality TV show pairing Alphas, Betas and Omegas together in the name of true love. Stiles has nothing going on right now and figures 'why not'.
Pairings are tagged in alphabetical order as to not give spoilers. Additional pairings will be added as we go, in order to keep the mystery alive until after chapters are posted.
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Dean has a good life, really. Sam is doing well at Stanford, and Dean has settled in for his second year as a mature engineering student at Kansas State. His best friends seem to think he must be lonely being single and living alone, but they don’t know his secret: Dean already has a crush on his online friend and mentor AngelOfBees, but he's not been brave enough to tell him the truth.
Unfortunately, Dean underestimates his geeky, meddling friends and his crafty brother. Before he knows it he is a stand in contestant for Ready Player Two, a nerdy dating show hosted by his best friend...
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First Comes Marriage by SnowWhiteKnight for SassyEggs, devilsbastion
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, Game of Thrones (TV)
22 Aug 2018
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Tonight on “Married and Scarried”, six brave couples are jumping into the social experiment of their lives. Twenty-four hours ago, they were complete strangers, and now they are meeting for the first time on the day they say “I do!” They have been scientifically matched based on extensive surveys, in-depth interviews, evaluations from professionals, and a state of the art computer algorithm.
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Kim Seokjin loves acting. That's what they'll put in his obituary, probably, right after his family details, because that's the only thing that matters about him. That, and that he's gay, and that his temper snapped one time and ruined his entire career before it had a chance to be what he knows it could have become.
His last chance to prove himself comes in the form of a reality TV show, a Bachelor-style outing that will show he still has the softness to be a romantic lead. And it's embarrassing, and messy, and full of quirky guys and their weird habits and fame-seeking and secret agendas that he doesn't have the energy to deal with. But it's just a job, and Seokjin never turns down a chance when it's offered, and the biggest comfort of playing the starring role on Destined Hearts is that Seokjin knows his own heart will never be destined for anything but the screen.
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Derek doesn't exactly understand how he ended up as a contestant on a dating show. He knows that it started with a lot of whiskey and a late night phone call to his sister and mockery. Lots and lots of mockery, because Laura never lets anything go, no matter how old she gets.
(Because what the world really needs is more Omegaverse!dating show fic in it. Right?)
Now in gif form: OH MY GOD! LOOK AT WHAT WAS MADE FOR ME FOR THIS FIC: LOOK!
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It's a Date! by Mara97
Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
23 Jan 2018
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“Nervous?” the guy asked. Yup, that was Jason. “You’re trying to stare in a hole in the wall, which usually happens when you have a lot on your mind, and you tend to overthink when you’re nervous.”
Relaxing a little, Nico offered Jason a grimace. No reason to play nice. “Hazel signed me up for this, not me. I don’t want to go on a date with a random guy at Olive Garden, and I don’t like being on stage with many people watching me — I didn’t become a writer to entertain a crowd by being unlikable and awkward. I leave that to Percy. He is good with crowds, and they eat him up.”
“You can use this as experience for writing,” Jason offered. “I recalled that you said you were struggling with the romantic scenes, so maybe this will help with fleshing out the feelings of the characters. Plus, it’s for charity.”
Nico is forced to join a dating show to support the local charities. The experience turns out to be way better than expected (and hey! Now he has a boyfriend).
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Dating show. Lou Ellen pretends to be a contestant. Will is the bachelor.
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garden of earthly delights by weatheredlaw
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
18 Nov 2019
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tell me what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
or: a collection of good omens au stories