#Coastshipping

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Does Lynn know that she is resulted of a one-side love affair?

I haven’t thought too much about this, but it stands to reason she would eventually figure out she was the result of an affair.  While Jasmine has primary custody, she does see her father and step-mother fairly often.  While they avoid the subject as much as they can while she’s younger, at some point the details would come out. They can try to sugercoat it, but Lynn would be able to read between the lines and figure out what happened.

Due to the fact that even they would realize the truth will come out eventually, as much as they are able, they avoid lying about the topic and simply try to stall until she’s older. By the time she’s a teenager, they would confess the truth to her if she were to ask.  Although they do dance around straight up calling it an affair.  Probably tell her something to the effect of Jasmine and Chuck having feelings for each other for a time, but then deciding they were better off as friends.  It would really be on Lynn to press them on the fact that Chuck was married to his current wife when this happened.  To which they would be honest, but they aren’t flaunting that detail.

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CoastShipping: Chuck/Jasmine

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So, what cause to Chuck to have a affair with Jasmine ?(BTW i love your blog)

(Thank you!!! ( ˃̣̣̥ω˂̣̣̥ )  That really means a lot to hear! Also, sorry I info-dumped. Whenever someone asks something that even tangentially relates to the omegaverse headcanons I keep hidden, I tend to go…overboard).

Tbh, Chuck having an affair with Jasmine has less to do with there being canon evidence to support the idea and way more to do with me deciding I needed more diverse family situations. They were just the unfortunate pair I chose. That being said, there’s a specific headcanon I have about how cheating would be viewed in an ABO setting that I wanted to explore with this pair, which sort of relates to what causes Chuck to cheat on his wife with Jasmine.  

In this specific version of ABO, when someone goes into their heat or rut, it’s not quite to the point where they’re completely out of control (which is a thing in some interpretations of ABO).  While the urge to have sex is very strong and decision making is certainly impaired, the person is still conscious and can make choices.  It would be incorrect to say they have no free will, and you wouldn’t be able to use that as a defense for something you did during your heat/rut (well, you could try, but whether people would buy it is another story).  

However, because an alpha exposed to an omega in heat is affected to the point that, they too, have impaired decision making, people are more willing to overlook people cheating in this type of situation. Essentially, it’s a ‘less bad’ form of cheating.  Not everyone has this viewpoint, and it’s arguable how accurate it is, but it’s still something I think would come up in an ABO setting.

Related to this, Chuck’s wife is a beta, while Chuck is an alpha.  As such, they can’t form a mate bond, which, if they could, would actually work towards keeping Chuck from being as strongly affected by an omega in heat.  One of the (debatable) benefits of an alpha/omega couple forming a mate-bond is it causes each member to not to be as affected by other people during their heat/rut.  When they do go into their heat or rut, instead of a more generalized lust for anyone, it’s all focused on their mate.  It has the effect of making them more clear-heading around other people, but it’s also more stressful to be separated from their mate.

As such, there’s an additional underlying bias in society about pairs that don’t fall into the alpha/omega dynamic.  Other types of couples aren’t actively discriminated against, but they are viewed as being prone to being less stable.  To some, an alpha/beta or omega/beta pair is viewed as the alpha or omega settling, and at the most extreme, viewed as being doomed to fail and the alpha/omega just waiting to find a better partner.  I’ve always seen Johto as the region that would have more conservative values and beliefs, so the above biases would be more common in that region over the others.

To actually answer your question though, Chuck and Jasmine’s short lived affair results from Jasmine’s heat hitting at an unfortunate time and the two just going for it.  While the two don’t know each other very well during the events of HGSS, over the years of working together as fellow Gym Leaders, they slowly develop a friendly relationship. Past seeing each other at conferences the Gym Leaders have to attend yearly, they do talk and occasionally meet up (always in Olivine though, never Cianwood).  Usually it’s because Chuck needs to come to the mainland to get something (and of course he’s going to check on his fellow Gym Leader while in the area, maybe she’ll even be up for some battling if she’s not busy), but sometimes he’ll bring her things from Cianwood.  The next time Jasmine finds herself in need of medicine from Cianwood, it turns out it’s easier to call up the Gym Leader there instead of waiting for a kind, 11 year old passerby to help you out.  

In some ways, they do have a bit of an emotional affair going on before anything physical happens.  They both find themselves enjoying the others company more than they probably should.  While Jasmine clues in on their relationship being more than just friendly before Chuck does, she always tells herself nothing is going to happen because he’s married.  And even once Chuck acknowledges to himself that he’s attracted to Jasmine, he doesn’t plan to do anything, because he does love his wife (even if the two don’t spend that much time together, with him always being busy with the Gym or training).

So when Jasmine’s heat come early while Chuck is visiting her in Olivine, it’s actually Jasmine that suggests sleeping together.  Initially, once she realizes her heat is starting, she makes some hasty excuse and is ready to head home alone, but then stops herself.  Part of her is tired of being so shy and withdrawn all the time. She’s use to just going along with others and not pushing for what she wants. And really, she’s tired of being alone. So, not truly thinking Chuck will accept, she throws the invitation out there. Would you like to head over to my place with me?  And to her surprise, he accepts. They both know it’s a bad idea, but Jasmine’s heat makes for a good excuse to just give in.

They continue to see each other for a while after that, but once Jasmine realizes she’s pregnant (not from the first time they sleep together, it happens later), she calls the affair off.  She informs Chuck about her pregnancy and tells him to go back to his wife, she’ll be fine raising the kid on her own. But Chuck refuses to let her raise the kid by herself (plus, as unfortunate as the situation is, he’s not opposed to the idea of being a father. Once the dread of the situation lessens, he might maybe even be a bit excited).  Jasmine is very firm about them not being involved romantically anymore though, so the possibility of Chuck leaving his wife for Jasmine doesn’t come up.

Obviously, Chuck has to explain the situation to his wife, Tara. Unsurprisingly, she doesn’t take it very well. Really, the main reason she doesn’t leave him ties in with some of the headcanons I discussed above. From a certain viewpoint, some would say what Chuck did wasn’t all that surprising. And again, since Johto is the conservative regions (and Chuck’s wife seems like a traditional, conservative woman), she would be influenced more by these biases than other people might be.  Their marriage is extremely strained for some time after this, but the two do ultimately stay together, taking steps to try to repair their relationship.