#otp: hoji tomasu/marika 'jasmine' reimon

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@blue-sappir​ After spending several days thinking about the dynamics of Hoji/Jasmine, I’m set on finishing this one fic before the year’s over *prays it’ll end my bitter struggle with writer’s block*

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10 Years After but with Hoji/Jasmine tweaks

They require a casual setting to consider another stage to their relationship, because the workplace is where they first became a combi and got comfortable with each other, and where they got closer to other people and stopped working less as partners and more as teammates. Distance makes the heart grow fonder doesn't quite work on them, and pairing them for investigations again won't make a difference

Umeko was the unwitting instigator of change, because after Ban got transferred, she decided to make team outings in their off-time a regular regular thing. So Hoji and Jasmine often sat together during dinners, or paired up for games. Eventually they went from saying goodbye at the nearest intersection to Hoji walking Jasmine to her front door. Neither of them comment on it, but Umeko - proudly in a relationship with Sen since 2007 - does. Among others

However, Hoji's scar over Teresa and his stubbornness (like the matter of dating a co-worker, for one) + Jasmine being accommodating and not one to rush things is why Hoji doesn't suggest they should have dinner alone until 2010. He doesn't blame Jasmine for the huge sigh of amused exasperation/relief she makes (because even she has limits)

Ironically enough, they tie the knot a year later. Sen caught the bouquet

Their son was born in 2012; a year before Doggie was framed and comatose. An ESPer like his mother, his power of transferring things doesn't just involve teleporting physical matter, but temporarily transferring feelings and ESPer powers. This can be accomplished if there is a mutual bond of trust and love, hence why Jasmine was able to teleport in this version of 10 Years After. Their second child, a daughter, was born in 2018. She is not an ESPer, but she's got enough kindness and empathy for a dozen people

Hikaru Hiwatari had joined the Space Police Academy, but eventually decided he wanted to personally help ESPer children who were discriminated or abandoned like him. Hence, he left to set up an ESPer daycare/orphanage called SUNFLOWER. He is the Tomasus' go-to babysitter for when they're both needed at work, and he considers it an honour to help the woman who saved his life, so he doesn't mind the abrupt notices

After the incident, Hoji seemingly sunk into depression and spent more time in the computer room, and Jasmine started working as a teacher in the Space Police Academy on Earth. Rumours (often distasteful) started to spread about their marriage being on the rocks, but the careful observer would see that both of them arrive to work within minutes of each other and leave at the same time; Hoji is barely in the neighbourhood of the apartment he supposedly moved into; Jasmine never says a bad word about him; and they still wear their wedding rings

The first thing Jasmine tells Hoji before she teleports them to Ban and Umeko? "Take a shower when we get home. You might get too comfortable, smelling like a [insert some pop culture reference]." Hoji agrees (just because he's thawed doesn't mean he likes neglecting his appearance on purpose)

They have barbeque when everything's over - as a family

Bonus - Space Gavan

Jasmine introduces herself as Marika Tomasu. I don't need to state this but I want to

What a day it is for Hoji to witness Jasmine's excitement at someone barging into a wedding for her, even though her husband is right next to her. He's never related to Sen as much as he did that day

They take their son with them to Sen and Umeko's wedding (also because Ban explicitly "mentions" he wants to see the kid, partly contributing to Hoji's ire when Ban texts he can't make it). So when Jasmine gets pulled out of the church by the space sheriff, Hoji passes his son into Doggie's arms, and there's a fifteen minute side special where Doggie discovers he, the Watchdog of Hell who can cut 100 foes, is exhausted from babysitting (1) energetic ESPer. Also he's fond of him

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When I finish Dekaranger I want to write a Hoji/Jasmine fic because Hoji is the most stubborn man in the universe and I can come up with a few things that can turn this into years of yearning

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Honestly I was going to stop at the alternate 10 Years After fic and something I noticed about Jasmine's gloves for Hoji/Jasmine because I was short on ideas, but after reading a pre-series Christmas fic...there's a gold mine there. I love writing missing scenes - and the knowledge that Jasmine was so very different as a rookie (i.e. meekness rooted in trust issues) appeals to me. I want to explore that

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Maybe if I stare hard enough, these two will share the spotlight in a future episode

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This was a great Jasmine and Umeko bonding session (complete with their own ending song!!) but did you see how Hoji put his hand on Jasmine’s shoulder, like he’s trying to say that they’ll work around the drunk!Umeko problem together

But then he draws his hand away when she looks at him and I can feel the sheer vibe of “now you know how I felt, seeing a pro like you get turned into gyoza and I had to come up with something”

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A couple of hours ago, I was pretty sure I didn’t ship anything yet, but after diving into what little Dekaranger fic there was on AO3 and then searching through Livejournal for a shipping manifesto - I caught myself smiling over Hoji/Jasmine

....*puts Hoji/Jasmine on my list of WIPs*