#sorry reblogs off i might delete this later i'm still so shy about sharing them with the crowd LOL

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glimpses from the Soft Launch pinterest boards

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An anon requested BTAS/TNBA Dork Squad meeting their spouse from the future who saves them from a fatal accident. I was trying to fix the tags when Tumblr posted the edit as a reblog which I deleted. Only to find out it WAS the original post so. It's gone now. 🙃

This is my best attempt at redoing it. I was thinking of the BTAS version when I wrote it, but I think it could work for TNBA as well. I am so sorry for the inconvenience, Anon.

EDWARD NYGMA

His life flashes before his eyes. To think he would die so young.

Or not, as a mysterious(rather attractive) stranger comes to his recue at the last moment.

When you tell him that you're his spouse from the future, he's more than skeptical.

In fact, this man laughs in your face. "Pull the other one."

At your insistence, he decides he'll humor you. "Prove it," he challenges. "Tell me something about myself that no one else would know."

You actually give him a few examples.

His childhood stamp collection. The one that 'accidentally' got thrown out when his father 'mistook it' for trash.

The faint scar he has on his thigh. Result of a cat he once had digging its claws in too hard as it sprang off his lap.

The fact he talks in his sleep.

He didn't expect to get even one example out of you so... Consider him a believer.

We've seen how BTAS Eddie reacts when someone shows interest in him. He can't flirt worth a damn and now that he knows this is real, he's awkward and shy.

He already found you attractive, not to mention the fact you risked your life for him. Knowing that someday, you'd be his... He just knew you had to be special.

He does manage a quiet, "If you're what my future holds... I'm very lucky."

He insists that you don't give him any more details. He's afraid that knowing too much too soon would alter the future and doom your relationship.

When he finally meets your present self, he wastes no time in asking you out.

He's a flustered mess about it. Fortunately, you find his awkward demeanor endearing and accept.

As time passes and he gets to know you, he slowly becomes more confident in his approach. Soon enough, he's romancing you like a pro.

Just under a year of this culminates in him approaching you with a puzzle box. You solve it, discovering a diamond ring inside. "You always were a bright one," he compliments. "Will you marry me?"

You say yes.

He spares no expense to give you your dream wedding. Anything you ask for, he's on it.

Decorating will utilize each of your favorite colors. If you share his taste in colors, it will be a very green wedding.

If you thought his Riddler suit was fancy, wait'll you see what he's wearing to the wedding. Still green, of course.

He never does tell you about that fateful first encounter with your future self. Not until you've lived the experience.

Again, he doesn't want to risk altering the future. He's still afraid he might lose you as a result.

JONATHAN CRANE

He always knew he would go out like this. Well... Not exactly like this, but he expected it would be violent.

He's ready to accept his fate when a total stranger comes to his rescue. So... Who are you, exactly?

You explain, but he doesn't believe you. Not even for a moment.

If you try to prove it to him, he's not going to listen. Best to just cut your losses and go back to your own time. He'll come around on his own. Eventually.

You can bet future!Jon is retroactively apologizing to you for his brusqueness that day.

It's a few months later when Jonathan meets you again in the present day.

You're a new server at the diner he goes to for his evening coffee.

He recognizes you almost immediately, but... No. You're clearly younger. You can't possibly be the same person who saved his life that day. Can you?

Out of curiosity, he decides to approach you.

He's not going to broach the topic of that first meeting. He knows it would make him sound crazy(not that he's exactly sane).

He just wants to talk to you and confirm his suspicions. If you're appearance wasn't enough, your voice and mannerisms tell him all he needs to know.

He's not going to be weird about it. But seeing as he's a regular here anyway, he knows he'll be seeing you again.

He must have left a positive impact, because you recognize him from your first(his second) meeting. After a few visits, he quickly becomes a favorite customer of yours and you, his favorite server.

Oh. Oh no...

He's actually developing feelings for you.

Fuck it. There's no sense beating around the bush. He shoots his shot and asks you out. You accept.

It's a slow burn from there, but he develops a kind of bond with you that he's never experienced before.

It's a crisp, Autumn evening when he proposes.

The absolute madlad has trained a crow to bring him the ring on his signal. Yes, really.

Naturally, you agree to marry him.

The wedding is very... Goth. Probably held on Halloween and you're both dressed in black. The decorating is just as dark with some red for a splash of color and jack o'lanterns for lighting.

Wedding dirge.

He does tell you about the encounter with your future self. He doesn't know what effect it might have on the timeline, but he loves you and wants to be open with you. He's taken aback when you believe him without question though.

"You've never lied to me before, Jon," you say. "Of course I believe you."

JERVIS TETCH

It isn't fair. He'd lived a lonely, miserable life and now here he is facing a violent, miserable death.

That is, until his mysterious savior arrives.

He can't think of a time anyone had put themselves on the line for his sake. And yet here you are, as if from nowhere, in his direst moment. Curioser and curioser.

That said, he's still in shock, almost in tears. The near death experience has left him shaky.

When you explain to him that you're his spouse from the future though, the residual terror starts to fade.

Unlike Ed and Jon, he chooses to believe you right away. He's overjoyed!

The mere thought a future where he's happy and loved by someone like you fills him with a kind of hope he hasn't had in a long time.

He bombards you with questions, eager to know all about your life together.

You give him a few small details to sate his curiosity.

The majority, however, you stay quiet on. "Wouldn't want to spoil the surprise," you say with a coy smile and a wink.

The day he finally meets your present self, he approaches you right away. What reason does he have to be shy? You two are destined for each other!

He'll keep that little detail under his hat though, so to speak. You might not believe it as quickly as he had.

You find him... Odd, but his theatrical introduction entertains you. Charms you, even. So you decide 'why not?' and agree to go out with him.

He kisses your hand before he leaves. "Until then, my dear."

When date night arrives, this man woos you. We're talking a huge bouquet of roses, expensive chocolates, reciting poetry... All a bit much for a first date with a man you just met, but you find yourself enjoying the attention.

Before long, you're just as enamored with him as he is you. You guess this is what they call a whirlwind romance.

You're the eccentric couple. The type people stop and stare at on the street.

You don't care what any of them think though. You're happily and unapologetically in love.

The day he proposes is like something out of a fairytale.

He drops to his knee, declarations of love falling from his lips. At the end of it all, he produces the ring with a flourish and the most dramatic, "will you marry me?"

You agree.

"O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!" He's planning the wedding immediately.

Oh, how he wants to marry you right here and now! But, no. The big day must be perfect.

A Wonderland wedding. Wall to wall red and white roses and a long table with the most beautiful spread for the after-wedding feast.

The venue itself is gorgeous. 'But nothing, nothing,' Jervis thinks, could ever be magnificent enough to distract from the true jewel of this wedding. His betrothed.

He tells you about the day your future self saved his life. When he decides the time is right.

Imagine his relief when you believe him.

"It makes sense, actually," you tell him. Now you understand what made him approach you with such fervor so quickly.