Been wanting to make a TAOME/Murder Drones crossover AU for a while now, mostly because my two ride or die ships have similar vibes
Solver-infected Worker meets hella jaded and hella traumatized Disassembly Drone burdened with Knowledge™ trying to avoid a power struggle in his squad. What could go wrong?
They would be the same age as Uzi and N in this AU (about 18)
Act 3 Marisol is so funny because it’s non-existent but also Sollux you traded Mari over for narrative freedom stop thinking about her kissing you that’s cringe
In my head they work at the same company or smth when a bunch of serial killers (Amberose and his gang) break in and kill everyone. Both of them are dissatisfied with their jobs and lives and deal with it in different ways, Sollux through pretending to not giving a fuck and Mari through being a menace, so naturally they don't agree with each other, only able to see what's surface level. While taking out the different serial killers and trying to get out, they start realizing that they're not so different and grow fond of each other, cover each other's backs (Sollux is good with tech and knows the building like the back of his hand, Mari is a good fighter and resourceful when it comes to surviving) and eventually come clean about their own desires and wants. Big final battle against Amberose, they both get their asses beat but win, touching reunion in the hospital and then maybe Sollux gets that kiss before they go their separate ways to pursue the lives they wanted but felt they couldn't (and deal with the trauma of the event that brought them together). They reunite later on though so it's fine.