#the aus are all elaborate ways to have slimeriana fall in love in different ways

[poltergeist-coffee]

i love my friend so much

we;ve just been bouncing au ideas around all day. so far we've talked about actor au, ice skating/hockey au, spy au, witchcraft au, medieval au and now a vampire au with qsmp people

[sannylity]

Toxic and Infidelity AU for Slimeriana.

I’ve given them way too many sweet and fluffy prompts and AU’s. It’s about time I feed into the toxic couple agenda™️ lol

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Charlie and Mariana are childhood sweethearts.

They loved each other as long as they’ve been friends since kindergarten, ever since Mariana shared him his food since Charlie didn’t have any. Sometimes his dad forgets to pack him food, but that’s alright. Mariana soon ends up asking to pack food for two.

Ever since then, they became inseparable. Attached to the hip. You rarely see them without the other.

No one was surprised when they got together in middle school. They were each other’s firsts. First kiss, first date, first boyfriend, even losing their virginities to each other. At some point, they have exchanged promise rings, vowing to replace it with a shinier and more meaningful bands of gold in the future.

Unfortunately, they were also each other’s first heartbreak.

Charlie had to move away.

For some unexpected reason, Charlie is moving an entire ocean away and he is being taken away from Mariana, his everything slipping from his fingers.

They both thought of doing long distance. But they were discouraged by what happened to Quackity and Wilbur, a relationship like theirs turning sour the longer they kept the unattended phone calls and forgotten anniversaries.

So, they decided on one thing.

They’ll wait.

They’ll have to wait.

Mariana promised he could wait for Charlie, even if it takes forever. And Charlie promised the same.

Forever only took five years.

But five years is enough for everything to change.

Charlie comes back to his hometown, to his childhood bedroom and to the same people who welcomed him back with wide open arms.

He asks about Mariana.

The crowd turns quiet.

That’s not reassuring at all.

It was Quackity who stepped forward and told him he’s on his way with his fiancé.

“Fiancé?” Did he heard him right? The music was too loud inside and traffic isn’t any better outside. He was going to ask again, because he honestly just misheard.

Before he even opens his mouth, the front door swings open.

It’s Mariana.

He surely grew into his features, taller and more handsome than ever, but the same exact guy Charlie is still in love with.

“Mariana!” He drops whatever he was going to say to Quackity, choosing to tackle him into a tight hug instead.

The same warmth, the same scent, the same body. Everything felt all too familiar. It’s the first time Charlie felt truly home.

At the same time that he’s tightening the grip around his waist, Charlie fails to notice the stillness of the room and the other man next to him.

Mariana pulls away first, taking a firm step back, which is weird. Charlie was gonna quip and say he promised he didn’t bring any sickness with him.

But then his eyes landed on the other hand Mariana is holding and it stays at the different ring on his finger. And it burns and it burns and it burns.

Mariana is talking. Charlie can hear him talking, but it’s like he’s submerged underwater. He can’t hear anything besides his own blood pounding in his ears.

Suddenly, Charlie remembered his own hand. He hides them behind his back, casually removing the promise ring that he still wore. Suddenly, he can’t find his place in the small town he grew up in. Suddenly, he feels like disappearing, quickly regretting his decision of ever coming back, getting mad at himself in the process for being so naive.

Charlie forces a smile on his face.

“Quackity told me,” He doesn’t have to elaborate before regarding the other guy. Also taller, also more handsome, also better than him in every way. “Congrats to you both.”

He excuses himself quickly. Mariana’s calls falling into deaf ears as he left his own welcoming party just like that.

Charlie ends up at a bar. Of course he does. He wallows in his self-pity. Ignoring the worried calls of his friends. It doesn’t matter. They’ll probably say the same thing and tell him to move on.

That’s not what he needed right now.

He just got back. And this is how he finds out that the love of his life is someone else’s.

Out of his own volition or maybe he’s just so drunk, he ends up wallowing to the bartender like he’s a therapist. Charlie cries for being too late, he cries for the one love that matters to him, he cries for how much he still desperately loves.

But one thing was certain. It wasn’t his fault that he was threatened into cutting ties with everyone, that he was made to believe the future of the people he cared about would be ruined if he doesn’t follow. His grandfather is just the right type of rich and powerful to pull that off.

With a deadbeat dad who has died and the reason for why Charlie had to move, he had hoped for a silver lining that was Mariana.

Maybe he’s been in this bar for hours, maybe he’s been complaining too much. But the bartender gives him a piece of advice that for once sticks right through the marrow in his bones.

“He’s not yet married, isn’t he? He’s engaged, sure. But coming over to see you when he didn’t have to? There’s still something there,” The bartender, a blond and muscular man with a thick Brazilian accent pours him another glass. “If you love someone, you fight for them no matter what. Even if it makes you crazy, even if it makes you the bad guy in the story. You fight for what’s yours.”

Cue Charlie’s attempts to rekindle things with Mariana. Cue infidelity issues because even if their trust is broken, their attraction is so much stronger. Cue their secret affairs, the lies they tell everyone just to keep each other. Cue pretending to be friends while in public, but drive each other mad with jealousy and lust in private. Cue being found out, the decisions and sacrifices they have to make. Cue the dramatic confrontations, the slamming of doors and the tearful drives and breaking of plates. Cue tragedies and happy or sad endings.

Would Charlie and Mariana make it?