#if it is a true soulmate thing

[acowardinmordor]

The muse of angsty plot bunnies who only visits when I’m trying to go to sleep has arrived. Wretched thing.

Omegaverse secret identity recluse mildly scent-mate situation here.

Pulling from a base I used for something else, Eddie was with Chrissy, hanging out for the first time. She was convinced someone was following her but never saw anyone and thought she was going crazy. Goes to Eddie because he looked scary but shes desperate, so she asks him if he can get her a gun. He definitely cannot, but he does have drugs. Meet up later that night, a young Henry really was stalking her; she’s killed in Eddie’s trailer.

Eddie is the only suspect no matter how much he swears there was someone there. Eventually the state throws the case out. Never even goes to trial because there was dna under her nails that didn’t belong to Eddie, and the DA dropped it.

It doesn’t matter. It was one of those highly visible cases because the pretty young omega and the super senior alpha? Of course he killed her. Everyone knows that.

Eddie becomes a recluse. Barely even talks to his uncle because he doesn’t want to get his uncle tied up in the hatred the town has for him. Very, very occasionally, he goes into town, keeps his head down, and gets out. Usually goes super super early in the morning.

Enter Steve. Omega, moved to town with his family not long after the murder. He saw all the press coverage, knows the name, knows the face, but has never met or spoken to Eddie. He’s working some awful job with Robin, and from time to time, he’ll catch just the barest trace of a scent he wants to follow. It’s unpredictable though, and he’s never managed to find them. He’s not even sure if whoever this alpha is has ever noticed Steve’s scent.

After a few months, Steve happens to get scheduled for an opening shift on a day Eddie is there. Before they even make eye contact they both have that sudden moment of “oh, I found them.”

Then they actually see each other. Eddie sees a beautiful omega he immediately, instinctively knows he would love forever. And Eddie sees when his potential perfect mate recognizes him. The hopeful smile collapses, and Steve backs into a display as he tries to get away from him. Eddie runs.

And Steve… look. He’s a romantic. He always wanted to find a scent mate, but it’s not like this is a one time thing. It’s more like a stamp of approval from the universe that it’s a divine requirement. He could have another chance. You know, not with a violent murderer.

Eddie makes sure he won’t cross paths with Steve again. Doesn’t even have a name, just a tiny moment of hope about this omega, but he knows that hope is DoA. Smothers it.

Not long after that first encounter, Steve starts getting a weird creepy sensation. He feels like he’s being watched, but never sees anyone. Robin keeps an eye out too, but nothing. Obviously Robs knows about that encounter with Eddie, and they both, logically, assume that’s who’s watching.

They even dig into some of the less publicized I formation from five years ago, and see the notes from Chrissy’s friends that talk about how scared and paranoid she was.

Proof positive, right?

Stobin talks to Hopper, one of the few people in town who is confident that Eddie Munson, once arrested for trespassing because he got high and wanted to hug the kittens at the shelter, did not kill anyone. He has a duty though. Visits Eddie, who honestly is not doing great. Then add in Hopper asking questions about whether Eddie’s been following Steve? Yeah. Eddie’s not having a great time. All he can think about is what Chrissy told him back then.

So Eddie, a fool, and desperate not to let someone else die because he failed to help them, starts actually stalking Steve. Only as security, but yes, technically it’s stalking. Steve is increasingly terrified, Robin is worse.

Worst of all? Every time Steve smells any trace of Eddie, he gets all Omega-y, and emotional, and he yearns. He isn’t going to go court a murderer, but his stupid omega instincts don’t care.

I don’t know the steps between, but this is obviously heading towards Henry coming after Steve, wanting the same thing as before. He wants to steal an omega, and this time, has a plan so he won’t have to kill his chosen when they fight him. Maybe Robin is there when it happens. Maybe Steve does get grabbed at first, and she runs to Eddie because she now knows it wasn’t him. Maybe she wasn’t there and when Steve goes missing, she goes to Eddie to find Steve. Maybe she’s there but before Creel can do anything, Eddie arrives.

What matters is this. Eddie has spent five years hating himself, simmering in failed alpha instincts, and now a potential omega mate is in danger? He’s definitely going to do something stupid about it.

[precedex-files]

Twin Flame, trauma bond, codependency, soulmate, one in 5 billion, constant, touchstone

[canisalbus]

Okay I just realised this but Vasco's two moles under his eyes reminded me of this old saying that two moles directly under the eyes mean you get bad luck in relationships. Intentional or not, this detail is a nice little easter egg to his relationship with Machete and any he had beforehand!

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[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads

The Spider And Her Demons

YA Australian urban fantasy/horror

about a Malaysian-Chinese girl who’s half spider-demon, just trying to keep her head down and survive high school

when she accidentally kills and eats a man in front of the most popular girl at school, they strike up a strange friendship and she starts to learn more about herself and the supernatural world

aroacespec/sapphic ish

[lovingdabeessss]

Yang xiao long has her mothers eyes when she is desperate and her lovers when she is kind welcome to my ted talk-

[infinite-orangepeel]

steve canonically wears a locket with a pic of eddie on one side and a pic of robin on the other 💌

[dykephan]

dan saying the reason he doesn't want a dog is because he's afraid of loving them too hard and being destroyed when they die is maybe the most telling & honest thing he's ever shared with us

[wow-an-unfunny-joke]

I fucking hate soulmate aus! But hear me out- skk soulmate au, Chuuya doesn’t have a soulmate for arhabaki reasons, Dazai doesn’t have a soulmate either for like other reasons, he’s just unlucky or smth idk. They find eachother, they skk it up, one of them is like ‘idk if I’m human man, I don’t have a soulmate’ and the other is like ‘yo me too????’ And then they KISS

[canongf]

you can call more than one f/o your soulmate. you can have multiple characters, multiple soulmates. you can have a character that was your soulmate then and another character that is your soulmate now. you can decide you were wrong when you called another character your soulmate before. you don't have to feel like you're locked down or you can't go back. however you feel is right.

[sophiejanefostersilver]

They say a true love's kiss can fix everything

So why Achilles keep kissing Patroclus' lips and his eyes are still close?

[benasabrina]

Just… a little something I had to do!! Phoenix and Maya kept their promise they made after all these years!!

However… Why is the magatama glowing?! You decide!

[salty-an-disco]

just had a realization as to why I find the Leave as Gods ending pretty chill and something I’d actually wouldn’t mind doing–

I’m nonbiney, xenogender, and relate more to abstract concepts than my own body, becoming a concept too great for anyone but yourselves and your literal soulmate to understand is literally my dream lmao.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[theyaremycrocsyoudonut]

Look, I dislike the thought of Mickey being romantically with a dude other than Ian as much as the next guy, BUT I have to admit that I wish he got another relationship in the show. Hear me out. Every single aspect of Mickey's life was ultimately defined by Ian. Every single plot line he had was around his and Ian's relationship, maybe except for his pimp era. Think about it. Him going to juvie, him going to prison vol.1, him impregnating and ultimately marrying Svetlana, him going to prison vol.2, him escaping from prison, him going to prison vol.3 and the list goes on. His entire life after he meets Ian is completely centered around him. I think that they should have given us something more. Like Ian had Caleb and Trevor and, as much of a Gallavich fan as I am, I did enjoy Ian experiencing life, you know. Mickey should have been given the opportunity for character development in that way. He was his own autonomous person and character and we should have seen him functioning without Ian way more than we did. Having said all that, of course Ian and Mickey would return to each other, but now having more experience and personal growth. I don't know I would have enjoyed that I guess.

[dwobbitfromtheshire]

Robin: *affectionately* Mrs. DINGUS.

[thoughtsofapessimistttt]

Love is about being willing to stay and fix things so the relationship gets stronger, so you know that the other is willing to put it all on the line for you because they see that you are worth it. It is about being able to be vulnerable with them even if it scares you. It is about looking at someone and seeing a future and doing anything you can to have it with them. Love can be scary when you have to do these things but that’s also what makes it so beautiful 🩶

-A