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maxphilippa · 1 year ago

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You guys wouldn't understand my vision. Hear me out.

This is kind of a long post but. I wrote an scenario of this cause I think that Pepper can do better than Salt (still like their ship tho, don't get me wrong, this is just an scenario I was thinking about).

Like Pepper has always been there for Salt, and seeing how she would never love her the way she loved OJ, was heartbreaking to her. Pepper was starting give up and was just like "I have a feeling, a terrible fear encroaching, that I'll never love someone, the way I loved the ocean" because that crush has lasted for years.

Eventually she just. Gives up and probably thanks to Knife, decides to stop talking to Salt until she recovers and tries to make more friends, new relationships. Because she was already in a complicated mental space.

That's when she ends up bonding with Soap and Pepper the most. Like. The people she would have probably never think of ever becoming friends with.

One is a "weirdo obsessed with cleaning" and the other one is... well, Bomb. She never took enough time to know him deeply, other than him being a good friend for OJ and Paper, and having a liking for plants.

But she gets to know them anyway. She ends up finding out that they're more sweet and considerate than... you know, anyone she ever met.

Soap was much more than a girl who's obsessed with cleaning. She relaxed after she got to the hotel. Always there, wanting to help others, generally having good relationships with everyone (maybe even with Trophy himself, just before he started to become a better person), and how Bomb was generally just a great guy. She knew that he took Knife to the tour when they won. Got his friendship, and being friends with Knife is in itself a great achievement. He was kind, loving, sweet, caring. A bit too energetic at times, but was generally a good guy.

And what surprised Pepper the most is that she liked them. A whole lot. Loved spending time with them.

They made her feel seen. Feel loved. Not as if she was just a shadow for them, but as her own person.

She started being more genuine and calm with them.

They start growing on eachother, and... there's feelings that blossom.

But Pepper doesn't know if they'll ever love her back the way she does. Because first of all, Bomb probably has a thing going on with OJ and Paper. Secondly, she doesn't know if Soap is into girls or anything. She's scared of rejection, because that's what always happened with Salt. She knew that Salt could never love her, but, she clinged onto that hope, because she ached for her best friend to maybe love her back.

But she didn't and she never will.

Eventually, Pepper takes courage and tells them about her feelings.

And surprisingly,

They don't reject her.

Instead, they just gently held her hands, smiled at her and said "We love you too".

But this time it felt like a genuine "I love you".

Not the type of "love you" that Salt would say when Pep asked her if she loved her. A genuine "I love you".

That makes her start sobbing and just ends up being held by them gently.

They love her.

And she loves them.

And like. As the relationship goes on, she learns, she grows, she's herself. She's just enjoying her life at the fullest.

...

And like. She maybe also had a certain dislike for OJ. Because of Salt. But when she got to know him properly thanks to her partners, they actually became pretty good friends. He's a pretty good guy, just, needs a rest. So she tries to help him.

Became pretty close with Paper too.

For the first time in years, she felt so very loved and wanted.

Even by OJ and Paper who aren't her partners, they made her feel loved as well, because they know how much she means to Bomb.

Bomb and Soap make sure to always remind her of their love and she's just. Living her best life.

Perhaps her love for Salt is still there. But maybe it isn't. Maybe she moved on. But for once, her heart stopped aching.

And just as that happens, Salt realizes that she fucked up badly with Pepper. Ever since they stopped talking, she couldn't help but feel like there was something missing. She stopped being focused on OJ, and wanted to talk to Pepper again badly, and tried. But Pepper didn't want to do anything with her anymore.

And just as Pepper blossoms and gets in a polycule that. Adores her completely, Salt realizes her feelings for Pepper.

And she wants to go and tell her, but Knife stops her. It's unusual for him, but he was changing thanks to a certain person as well. Salt asks him why he was doing that, and Knife goes "Can't you see that for once, after so many years, she's finally happy? That she's finally herself? That she's loved? Do you really want to ruin what she has with your realization? She's finally herself. You just realized your errors. That's something that no amount of 'I love you's' is ever going to change", and Salt with the most heartbroken voice says

"But... I love her" .

"If you really loved her, you would let her go".

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