#he has a Tomagotchi on there that Alphys gave him their first week after meeting and he has kept it alive for several years

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Woah! Timeless AU stuff? Wild...

AYO??? Baby pics???

Jk jk lore under the cut but not much because I'm eepy.

Timeless AU is just an AU where Gaster never died! He revived Asriel after the whole squabble with the royals divorcing, and he rizzes up Asgore in the meantime. Nah nah.

Gaster was already working on a personal project to create monster souls (children) without a large strain on the one donating magic. This just happened to line up shockingly well with Asriel's death. So when Gaster's test (Sans) worked and he survived a few years, Gaster offered to help Asgore bring back his son through a lil science and a lot of love (but not LOVE).

So Asriel was back, Sans was a toddler, abd a few years later Gaster went and Made Papyrus too. Everything else lore-wise is kinda the same? But Gaster abd his Team aren't forgotten, and Sans and Paps were co-parented by Asgore. Sans followed his dad into the science work with the Core in the lab, but he's the best of the siblings at being social and charming. He's just very skilled in the art of interaction. Eventually he takes up position as Judge after an accident with his magic breaks through the 4th wall and he learns he can see LV w/o checking.

Asriel follows his original life path. He's the prince, the hope of the underground. People coddle him and fear another human coming in contact with him lest he be killed for good, but he's a confident and polite young monster who can't be held back by the fears of his peers. He trains in combat with Asgore abd goes through all the lessons to be a good royal, but... he envies that Papyrus gets to train with Undyne all day and that Sans gets to work in the lab and learn with Gaster! He's not ungrateful, he's just naturally curious!

Papyrus and Undyne train alongside Azzy in combat. They learned to fight, were trained from a young age, and Undyne became Captain of the Royal Guard! Papyrus was 'en route for that position first, but he was abrupt, haughty, and often was accidentally Too Much (in a bad way) so he decided that he would simply be Undyne's right hand instead! Most of the time he's acting as Asriel's body guard, despite him not really needing one.

Thanks to Gaster and Asgore's relationship, these three are like brothers. Asriel and Paps both regularly pick Sans up out of habit. Sans is always the one they run to when they have a problem (he has answers). Papyrus looks up to both his brothers so much! He wants to help them as much as he can!! He wants Sans and Gaster to stop going to Grillby's after work, it's bad for their health! Asriel wishes he could tell his brothers how much he loves them (he does, it's just not enough) he loves to give them big bear-hugs Asgore-style. Asriel picked up 'Howdy' from Asgore, but curses in Wingdings like Gaster. Sans loves helping Asgore garden and has several plants in the lab he's trying to grow as a surprise for Asgore's birthday. Papyrus cannot ever decide which dad he's more like, because they're both so cool! Papyrus has been known to Suplex Asriel when he's not paying attention, or announce him when they're entering a room (Asriel wants to kill him for it every time-). Etc. Sibling/family shenanigans.