#might revisit this and write the idea out better when i'm sober lollll

[frenchiefie]

OMG i am def not a writer so this def won't be a fic but like... since shadow milk holds the power of deceit, I could totally imagine a fic where he pretends to basically like, revert to his previous self with no memories of his time as a beast, maybe even to the point where he deceives himself... he starts trying to get close to PV as a way to lure him in and use him, but starts to feel as if his time as a beast was just a bad dream, especially with how jumbled his mental state is from years in imprisonment, it's almost easier to write it off as a bad dream... the witches couldn't be *that* cruel, could they? Sure, he has more outbursts than he remembers, sometimes a crazed giggle escapes him when he sees someone get hurt... but it's easy to overlook when he has such an interesting cookie to focus on and talk with late into the night. He stays in the peaceful ignorance, till the other beasts eventually come to find him.

idk i had this a lot more thought out in my head but i'm drinking wine with my partner and i'm tipsy so hopefully this concept makes sense lmfaooooo

he does eventually regain full understanding of himself in the present but with a lingering, genuine feeling of connection (and perhaps other feelings he can't- or doesn't want to - dwell on) with that thief of a cookie who took his soul jam 😞

I'm just trying to decide if this would be more interesting as a concept before or after their initial encounter. Like is this PV's first time ever meeting SM face to face and doesn't know his history, or does he already know him and is somehow convinced that SM forgot everything he did as a beast 🤔

ANYWAY this idea is up for grabs if any writers want it. Like please I need more fics of them 😭😭😭