#ok im sorry this is long i just uuuuhhhh i wanna sleep but i can't????

[artsy-alice]

YOUR OC'S ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!! can you tell us more about Tim and Zoe? the inktober drawing looks so good and their description was so intriguing!

OOOOOO OC QUESTIONS! hiiii! i posted that sketch days ago though, so sorry if this might be a late reply!

Tim and Zoe are characters from my ‘Volunteers’ series (that’s… a working title i swear) which is basically just… uh, this kind of loose X-Men AU of sorts? I think they’re just my mutant OCs hahaha. Like, these people born with ‘gifts’ and are being hunted and this group goes around helping them blend in or hide. They’re not superheroes per se, but they just call themselves volunteers.

It’s basically the mutant underground from The Gifted lmao thanks Fox for the nice adaptation.

They appear shortly - really shortly - in these stories:

A Soft Place to Land

Valentine’s Day

And this is them, being the cuties they are:

Zoe is my main character, and Tim is her best friend. They’re both kids who lost their city/families in the ‘searches’ and were taken in by the volunteers. They met when they were taken to the same safehouse and grew close because they’re from the same age group and had the same experiences.

Interesting tidbits under the cut!

Zoe is an ordinary human, but she’s mighty smart and quick to pick up on things. Sometimes her mentors wonder if it’s actually hyper-intuition, or if she’s just that quick. Zoe is deaf and usually uses hearing aids but she can lip-read and a lot of people in their safehouse know sign language.

Tim is gifted with heat manipulation abilities, and is very athletic and a competent fighter.

They’re both positive-thinking, loyal, and fiercely protective of each other and their found family.

They joined the main team together as soon as the older members allowed them to, eager to help. It’s mostly road trips and supply runs, but sometimes they do get in trouble and have to fight back. They’ve seen their fair share of fights, and young as they were, they’ve already seen some of their older members fall.

The description in my inktober drawing basically sums up what they are to each other, really. The golden boy and the golden girl - because they’re both determined and worked really hard to excel in what they’re good at. You can say they’re the ‘favorites’ as they were growing up and training. Brute force and strategy - their roles in the team. Partners - they work best together. Best friends and family!

Those matching bracelet things they wear are little presents they got from their mentor and the leader of the team when they joined. They both really looked up to him and he treated them like his younger brother and sister.

Their relationship stays platonic - they already see each other as siblings and both have separate romantic interests down the lane. And they’re both bi! Solidarity! Weeee!

So that’s them! I really haven’t written anything else about them, but I’m real fond of them both.

Thanks for the messages!