#<- me yelling in agony over having an au of my au /j /lh

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Reversed Au Au roles... Sun as the rival sounds like a whole new monster to deal with. Too much energy for the night shift in an endearing way. I can see it now, if Robin ever got hurt on a mission Sun would be so concerned and kinda overbearing with how much he may care.

If the roles were reserved though, does that mean Moon may be the one in a suit instead? Or something close to that. Going around and getting information in a calm collected way that chills your bones.

Would this be Au Au Au?

Okay so, by the time you sent this I was already neck deep in an au au au ramble on discord, so it turned out a bit differently from this!

Robin is the one who changes shifts - less parkour for them (though they're still really good at it), but they are still a star agent, just doing the day shift's undercover work!

Sun and Moon/ Dawn and Dusk keep their job as is - Dusk just may end up a bit more bored with it all, since Dawn seems to be hogging all the entertainment (:

Rest of the rambles under the cut, because BOI this got long:

First off, link back to the ask that sparked this insanity with more details on the dynamic between Y/N and Moon!

So civilian Y/N got their earnestness going for them, though they definitely wouldn't share as much about their beef with their coworker with Moon - dude seems kinda reclusive, and they can respect that. no need to prattle on about work trouble if the other party isn't a "oh god whats the polite level of small talk when I cannot talk about this small talk topic uhhhhh lets just be super vague about it all" type of person

Maybe some time down the line he lets some concern slip - they look tired, everything okay? and they just laugh softly and explain it's fine, just a coworker that's testing the durability of their nerves

He's more subtle (sheepish) about caring, but does ask more and more from then on, just quick check ins and at some point quiet reassurances Y/N hears and interprets them as "hey, we're friends now!" and starts doubling down in their approaches, too - Moon gets a very special emotional cocktail when Y/N first gets him some cool crafting supply they saw while running some errands, made them think of him! They get a craft back unreasonably quick, where some of the material is incorporated, as a thank you. Lot less verbal about it though, because he still feels like he needs to keep that distance to not put them at risk

Post reveal Y/N gets whiplash with how comfortable he suddenly is lmao

They might ask Moon about his get up at some point, asking if he's into parkour or something, and he just freezes. After that, climbing park date SO real for these two <333

Dawn and Robin rivalry? Oh god. Oh god oh god oh god. Sun's secret agent persona does not fuck around, so it's a lot more tense. Dawn enjoys it much more than Robin would assume, and they're very frustrated with how suave he always reacts. They're more hotheaded, but also a lot more smug when they do feel like they get a "win"

Dawn quite enjoys teasing Robin, might lean into calling them a little thief, with them insisting that Robin Hood was a good thief, and they're a damn good agent, so!

Dude definitely gets a kick out of showing off, though he would never admit that it's that. The higher ups notice the tension here, too, but also realize that putting Dawn and Robin on missions together just makes them push each other to even greater performances. So they do that. And just assign them the same undercover missions. Lots of tense smiles and under breath jabs as they pretend to be whatever cordial cover they slipped under this time. (Fake dating/ relationship undercover missions is what I'm saying) (Also tense dancing scenes where they bicker the entire time? Please Oh god) (they get a mirroring scene post reveal when Sun invites Y/N over, cooks for them too <3, and just dance to some tinny radio song in their casual outfits - as far as Sun's is casual lmao)

Dawn doesn't mention Dusk at all, because in the end their job is to collect intel, what happens with that then isn't their responsibility anymore. So it just drops off the radar.

He tells Moon a bit about their little rival, and Moon's reaction is basically just "poor Robin, lmao. Good luck to them they need it" and that's that - he knows Sun, and knows that he sticks to the rules given to them by the agency, so everything happening is perfectly fine by their standards

But when Y/N gets hurt on the job? Oh no. Oh no no no. No one gets to do that. That's his little rival. Possessive protective Dawn? Check. Whatever fuck hurt Robin doesn't even get the time to regret it, really (even though Dawn is tempted, maybe). Robin is just extra confused bc ouch, stab wound, and what the fuck is up with Dawn, what's with the sudden attitude shift? Soft, concerned, almost hesitant to get close to them with his fingers fluttering all over them

They just blurt out a "Go back. Can you go back?" and startle him, but then he laughs, caresses their (masked) cheek, and tells them "We're getting you back to HQ, and when you're fully recovered again, I'll be just the Dawn you know. Promise."

Moon also gets that appendicitis message - and honestly, with Sun just wordlessly frantic in his head and Y/N out of commission, he kinda wants to bang his head against a wall. Has the idea of get well soon baskets - and Sun is MUCH more enthusiastic than canon Moon. Definitely also adds a card like "Better not get hurt again, or next time I'll add flowers. The time after that, the most embarrassing balloons I can find" and Y/N just gets that card and an embarrassingly elaborate gift basket (and a more appropriate one, with some of their favorite snacks, some new bedsheets in their favorite color, and a good book, from Moon) and is VERY close to ripping up the card. Comes home and just goes "thanks for the gift basket and not being weird about it" and doesn't further elaborate with the stormiest expression.

Moon just goes ??? and later DOES get them to admit that they got another from their coworker that bothers them, but not how he was "weird" about it

The reveal I don't wanna touch yet for this bc it would give away too much about the canon one, but post reveal?

Y/N and Sun just this weird dynamic of "STOP being so sweet it's weird" "Make me (:" and immediate return to being genuinely caring and they just are so thrown off their rhythm, but after the initial acclimation period just realize that it's all him - the bastard, and the caring neighbor, and they throw in a joke about how well he can separate his off time and work, and gets one way too smooth "There are some things I do enjoy in both" back

Moon post reveal also over the moon, similarly to alt reveal Moon. He's so so happy about not having to hide anymore, and he gets Robin on missions now, too! Ideal world for him fr. Probably started with calling Y/N dove pre-reveal, maybe after the bird feeder scenario, and then just very much enjoys that he can now continue calling them bird names on the job, too. They race a lot, and Robin kinda gets used to menace Dusk easier than suddenly sweet Sun - mostly because they can jab at him for it, meanwhile it feels strange trying to apply their rivalry rules to sweet neighbor Sun

Also, I officially got attached - I might just adopt this as AU AU AU (because yes, of course! <3) and do some comics/ drabbles for this on the side along with the main AU stuff. I'm just a little sucker and happen to love the reverse dynamics a lot, too