Neil Josten is absolutely fucking incredible narrator.
He has his priorities straight and does not pay attention to anything else.
Do we know Katelyn's surname (well now we do)? Do we know ANYTHING about her appearance? Do we know anything about the appearance of HIS MOTHER? Yeah, she was short and ... and what? And NOTHING, THAT'S IT. She was short and paranoid. I'm sure we know about his father ONLY because they were similar and Neil had a couple of breakdowns because of it.
But let him start about Andrew's fucking broad and solid shoulders-
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Andreil soulmate au:
Background
Not everyone has a soulmate
To have one you need to fall into a very specific category of people
To put it simply “in order to have a soulmate you and your partner have to choose each other in every universe in existence”
This is a very rare occurrence
Like one in of every million people have a soulmate
You know you have one when you are born with a picture of something that holds meaning to you and you soulmate in every universe
There is only one way to make the marks disappear (when they do you are no longer soulmates in any universe)
“If romantic feelings are expressed and unreciprocated”
As long as there is a possibility for a relationship there is a bond
So all it takes is a no that is genuine for the bond to break
(So if affection is felt by one but never expressed then your still soulmates until the other party rejects you)
(If both parties hold romantic feelings for the other but are unable to be in a relationship then the bond is still there)
It’s basically a “yes, until it’s a no”
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Nathaniel Wasinski was born with a soulmate to the delight of absolutely nobody. His father hated it for the soul reason of it being a potential joy for his son. He will go on to attempt to rid his son of the mark via a hot iron.
His mother hated it for being a distraction. Years after she would hate it for the fact that frankly, it’s too recognizable. Too distinct.
Abram likes it. In his eyes it’s something to latch onto. “In another universe maybe I’m not constantly in fear of the mob coming to kill me.” It’s hope but hope is not something he has room for so he doesn’t dwell on it.
Alex, Stephan, Chris nor any of his other identities have a soulmate. Abram’s soulmate is his and his alone. He only allows himself to acknowledge his mark in the dead of night locked in motel bathrooms. He traces the lines of the key, watching himself do so in the mirror. He doesn’t acknowledge the multitude of scars surrounding it. In those moments he lets his mind wander to all the possibilities. Who is his soulmate? Are they happy? Do they have a mom that rips their hair out too? Will they ever meet? If they do, could he even feel the types of feelings necessary for them to stay soulmates? Would his soulmate like him? He hopes so. It’s the only thing he lets himself hope for.
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Andrew Doe was born with a soulmate, his twin brother was not. That distinction played a major part in Tildas decision. She knows the attention people like that bring. If she’s already going to have to deal with a snotty crying shit maker, she wants to do it in peace.
You’d think a child with a soulmate would be easily adopted. It is already rare for a child to be born with a soulmate let alone one that’s being put up for adoption. But Tilda’s track record for abandoning then subsequently coming back for said child put a bad taste in potential adopters mouths. So Andrew gets passed around from one hellhole to another, each with a new and exciting type of trauma for him to experience.
Andrew when he was young liked that he had a soulmate. He’d been abandoned so much but the idea of someone actually choosing him not just once but in every universe gave him hope.
All hope he had died when he was seven.
By the time Andrew Minyard is his legal name he no longer looks at his mark with any emotion at all. It was apart of him but he felt nothing for it. Or at least that’s what he tells himself.
He definitely doesn’t get an intense feeling of longing when he catches a glimpse of the key on his forearm. He definitely doesn’t ever think about his soulmate. who he is, what he’s doing, if they’ve met, how they could meet, what he look like. Is his life just as shitty as his own? No he definitely doesn’t think about that.
Except Andrew is only a liar when it matters and this doesn’t matter. So yes he thinks about his soulmate far more than he’d ever admit out loud ,But it’s not like it matters to him. His soulmate is a pipe dream, something to thinks about but never something he can have.
He’s too broken for his soulmate to choose him anyway.
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neil josten the champion of demisexuality imo because my boy gets so agitated for two books straight anytime some dares to imply he might be interested in attraction when there's EXY right THERE just WAITING TO BE PLAYED... and then the VERY FIRST TIME him and andrew actually, really kiss (in andrew's room, not the roof scene) he drops the absolute HEATER of a line "everything about Andrew was hot, from the hands holding him down to the mouth steadily taking Neil apart" like are you fucking... are you kidding me right now. excellent work everyone. excellent work to Andrew as well, god knows he deserved that make out session LMAOOOO
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