Royalty AU - Marriage Law - every royal must marry a commoner chosen by the advisor to keep the bloodlines clean
Mythology - Foretold by the gods
Mythology - The prophecy said, so Person A and Person B are here to get hitched!
Mythology - Hades and Persephone AU
Regency AU - Either Person A or Person B is in danger of being ruined socially
Regency AU - Person A inheriting Person B’s father’s estate and the only way to keep Person B’s family out of the poor house is for Person B to marry Person A.
Regency AU - One of them compromised the other
Old West AU - Mail Order Spouse(Person A) to keep Person B’s house bc Person B is a dirty single person and a mess alone
Old West AU - Person A needs money to pay off their debtors, Person B needs a spouse for decency’s sake. Also, there are horses.
Old West AU - Person A’s parents sent them out west to marry someone. That someone is Person B and Person B is also the only sheriff round these parts.
It’s the law (Marriage law with chosen partners)
Medieval AU - To unite Person A and Person B’s houses
Medieval AU - Person A’s father chose Person B, also it’s the law
Medieval AU - to End a feud
Viking AU - Person A is traded to the Vikings for safe passage and is subsequently married to the jarl’s oldest child, Person B.
Pirate AU - Person A’s crew raided the village and their cut of the booty is a locked chest. With Person B inside.
Fae AU - Person A’s hapless parents promised them to the Fae King (Person B)
Fae AU - The Fae King (Person A) tricks Person B into eating something in Faerie.
“Don’t worry, I would never touch you.”
“We’re all the other has now, we’d do well to play nice”