#puzzle with rival exes or rival with pride exes dont hold the same level of drama in my mind

[romanceddawn]

i know you meant this for like au's and stuff, but i think it would work really well in canon-verse where puzzle obviously breaks up cuz atem goes to the afterlife and yugi tries to move on and just considers atem his lost young love sort of thing

but then atem doesn't move on in the afterlife because the afterlife is stagnant so he's still hung up on yugi watching him and kaiba slowly get together and is like "oh hell no, he's mine i had him first" and just keeps finding ways to come down or tear kaiba a new one every time he visits for a duel (maybe eventually kaiba proves to him he's worthy cuz he wont give yugi up though idk)

I have seen Puzzleship fics with Rivalship as exes but I never see Rivalship fic with Puzzle as exes, I wonder why. Atem certainly wouldn't be a toxic ex, maybe Family Stuff made them break things up- or idk, maybe Atem can be a toxic ex?? 🤔🤔 I want him to show up and be like the Final Boss Kaiba gotta deal with 😂😂