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The Soulmate? Jamjar?? Meme

So whatever you were doing - sleeping, eating, dying - you've been whisked away to a strange place. Well, no, actually it's a pretty cozy-looking apartment, it has an entire fridge and everything - but it definitely is not where you were. You should not have woken up in this apartment's only bed, along with somebody you've never seen before.

After you stop having hilarious misunderstandings with your bedmate, you may make your way outside only to find: it's pretty nice out here? Very 21st century suburbia. Some of the buildings seem a little out of place, like someone requested a jousting arena and a virtual reality room and the Angel did their best to fit them in-

Wait, back up a second.

The giant angel flying by (white wings, halo, radiance, the works), upon seeing you gawking, will happily inform you that this is your new home, and they brought you here because your soulmate was tragically born in another world. But now you're here together, living peacefully with nothing to stop your love from blossoming!

And no, they won't send you back. You'll be much happier here once you get used to it. Living side by side with your soulmate and being encouraged to get to know them, or get to know them, what else do you need?

Options, because we like options:
1. Soulmates are a known thing. Apply all the soulmate tropes you wish - not seeing color until you meet your soulmate, having your soulmate's name written on your body, etc. You can tell that at least the Angel's claims about this person being your soulmate are true. It doesn't necessarily make things less awkward.

2. Soulmates, what hogwash! Soulmates aren't a thing that everyone knows about and everyone has where you're from. You might believe in them, but you also believed in Santa when you were younger. Or you might think this whole thing is stupid, and your growing attachment to your 'soulmate' is just a coincidence.

(Post with character name/canon name/shipping preference. Due to the nature of this meme, cross-canon CR is encouraged and almost essential unless you have some alternate universe shenanigans in your canon.)

Comments

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ oops. ]

Ah— I'm fairly sure I can't...? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...

[ trailing off ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[Hug. He's sorry to worry so much, but he can't help it.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ oofs quietly and presses her palms to his back, gentle ]

...Sorry. I like to... mm, take the seriousness out of it? It was...

...well, obviously it was traumatic. But I wouldn't go back and change it, and I don't think that it was terrible that it happened to me, if that makes sense. It's why I'm who I am now, so if being myself is something worth enjoying, then dying is something I'd rather laugh at than regret.

[ patting him. ]

But if it bothers you, I'll keep the jokes to myself.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Unhugs just long enough to write.]

If it helps to make light of it then I shouldn't stop you
But I don't like thinking of anything painful happening to you

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ shifting a little to one side and leaning into him ]

Well. The good news is there's very little that can really hurt me now, and what's already happened...

...nothing can be done about that. But I wouldn't be here if it hadn't happened. I wouldn't have met you. So there's that.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Making him blush right now is rude??]

I'm glad we met

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ distraction: successful. lean: continues. she hums at him in agreement ]

Anyway. I don't know about you, but I'm strongly considering the merits of being lazy and spending the rest of the day in my pajamas. This is your fault, you made me too cozy.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Well, alright then.]

I think that's a great idea

"I should tag back dbd" I say and instead my brain hands me a tag for this

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ picking up the blanket, shaking it out, and then throwing it around both of their shoulders. join her in coziness ]

Well, if you don't mind me being ominously optimistic all day.

[ because of course that's how she interprets her top. ...she does kind of wish she'd opted for something cuter, though, all things considered. the ridiculous "librarians do it in stacks" set would maybe be a little too much right now, but. maybe for White Day—

no actually she's not thinking about that. nope! no. ...even if it would be a good distraction— aaaaa ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[Who is having sexy thoughts right now?? He doesn't know these sexy thoughts of which you speak.]

Can we cuddle

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ they aren't even really sexy, it's just the fact that her thoughts are going in that direction at all is a fairly recent development she really doesn't know what to do with. why. help?

...that request is definitely not help. what happened to being the easily flustered one, Suga! ]

Aren't we sort of... already...

[ ...this does not stop her from quietly reaching to get a grip on the hem of his shirt— not to do anything with it, just to hold on to. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[He's touch-starved, okay. Let him live.]

I wanted to be sure it was okay

[After a second, he pets her head.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ time to lean her entire body into that, and into him in general. ...all thirtysomething pounds of it. ]

It's okay—

...no, it's good. I'm just not used to...

...I'm usually the one getting in other people's space, is all.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Writes something, turns red and crosses it out. Not like that!!]

I like touching being near you

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ ...she tries not to laugh, really. a genuine attempt is made! unfortunately, this just means making a really undignified noise before the giggles bust their own way out anyway. ]

That's a nice save— no, I'm sorry, I'm being mean— um. I. Like both, so...

[gemuinemanagement]

[Hey??? He hides his bright red face in her shoulder, she's bullying him :<]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ she counters by sticking her face in his hair. ...and almost immediately regrets it a little, because that leaves her to contend with the urge to go full cat and rub her face into it to get a better idea of the texture.

...putting one arm around him is probably safe, especially since she's more off to the side, so she lets go of his clothes to do just that. ]

I'll keep that in mind, though. Fair warning, I'm pretty handsy when I have permission.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Writes an answer without lifting his face.]

I don't mind

[ghostfromthemachine]

Then I hope you're ready to be climbed on~. It's been a while since I've gotten to pretend to be a koala.

[gemuinemanagement]

That sounds nice
You're really light, you should eat more

[He is a concern?]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ "that sounds nice"? this is the true proof that they're soulmates. ]

Well, if you insist...

I'm light because I want to be, though, not because I'm not eating enough. I'm like the opposite of an obariyon.

[gemuinemanagement]

Oh
Good, I was worried

[He can't help but fuss about her.]

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ she hesitates, and then reaches over to smooth some of his hair out of his face before looking away in embarrassment. ]

...You don't have to. I mean— not in the sense that I don't appreciate it, but. There's genuinely not too much that can go wrong with me. ...Outside of times like last night, anyway.

[gemuinemanagement]

[Leans a little into her hand.]

It's hard not to worry
But I'll try

[ghostfromthemachine]

[ ...pets him. ]

Oh no, you'll just have to relax. Terrible.

[ she's looking away again, though, chewing idly at her lower lip. ]

Though... I can, um. Tell you what's actually worth fussing over, if you want? Not that I want you worrying, but that might be better than letting you feel anxious all the time because you can't tell what's wrong and what's not.