Challenge: Write a fic inspired by the prompt "The Beauty and the Beast"

You may interpret the prompt however you like:

• A remix of the fairy tale?
• A tale of (not) judging a book by its cover?
• A tale of an arranged marriage?
• A tale of a person stranded in an alien world?

It's up to you how to interpret the prompt "The Beauty and the Beast".

Rules:

1. The fic must be at least 1000 words.
2. The fic must ship two people of different species, whether romantically or sexually.
3. Non-sapient partners (bestiality) do not count.
4. Uncertain or dubious sapience is okay, for example if Character A does not know whether the tentacle monster fondling her or him is sapient.
5. The fic must be written for this challenge.
6. All fandoms are welcome.
7. Deadline is January 31st 2010.

The challenge takes place on the beautyandthebeast collection hosted at the Archive of Our Own. If you do not have an account, sign up for the AO3 now, so you will have the account in plenty of time to meet the deadline.

I encourage you to repost this challenge to your own journal, or link to this post, if you are at all interested in writing a fic for this challenge, or reading fic written for this challenge.

If you post a fic to this challenge, I will guarantee you ♥♥♥ glorious feedback ♥♥♥ at least from one person ^_~