Cleo will never take off the cornflowers tucked into her hair. No one ever sees her put them in either.
That would be Martyn, who rips through the code to visit her and replace the wilting cornflowers with fresh ones. Cleo does the same for him, gathering fresh ones to tangle into his hair before he disappears again on his travels with a parting kiss on her forehead.
Cleo will roll her eyes each time Martyn appears, as if ripped from the air itself. She'll joke - as she always does - if Martyn has the permits to be here. And Martyn will joke back - as he always does - that where's the fun in that?
Routine is important in those small things, when you never know when you'll see each other next.
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Martyn stood next to Cleo and said “I’m going to stand next to my soulmate” and then Cleo immediately walked away from him
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I still very much love the way Scar goes skipping and bouncing along the trail to his panda reserve all "Once you step inside, Cleo, all your stresses will wash away!" and practically locks her in there with Martyn.
Also the first thing he says when he sees Grian is rush to him yelling "Good news! I rekindled love!!"
Scar being a hopeless romantic while his own soulmate-ship is falling apart is so wholesome to me...
Still very hilarious that Martyn and Cleo walk away and the next thing that happens is him punching her off a cliff and killing them both.
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jimmy: wait– isn't your soulmate.. doing soulmate things, with another person?
martyn: yep! i've been cheated on!
martyn: they thought i was cheatin, and then they went and cheated, but actually i never did cheat, so actually, they're the cheaters!
martyn: [enters drama mode. voice gradually gets louder and thicker with emotion]
martyn: look at them buildin their happy little home, and oohhh, i'm in love with scott, and oohh i'm in love with cleo, and– we're best friends, and we have FLOWERS in our hair, and WE BUILD BRIDGES, and– stuff like that! WHEN IS SHE GONNA THINK ABOUT MENDING OUR BRIDGES?
jimmy: …
jimmy: [amused] bro, i reckon you build like a little bridge connecting– [trails off with laughter]
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Martyn is definitely too proud to admit that he froze when he caught sight of fiery red hair.
Or when piercing green eyes looked right through him.
Or when he heard a sharp comment that wasn't even directed at him.
To his defense (of nothing, because he didn't freeze), he had never encountered Cleo in a world like this before. One that isn't life-or-deathgame related, that is to say.
When they walked into the tavern of the Faction Isles, he briefly thought she had figured out inter-world travel just to kill him. Which, sue him, is a very real threat actually.
Lucky for him, Cleo didn't seem to recognize him at all. In fact, from what he gathered, they had been at the Isles for years. So nothing the matter. It made sense that there were more Cleo's out there, of course. He has met plenty of his friends in different worlds. This is nothing out of the ordinary. Just a Cleo, not his vengeful soulmate, who doesn't recognize him. At all.
All is well, Martyn can put all his attention on his mission and not think about Cleo anymore.
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Later, when Martyn's alone on his ship, laying on the deck and looking at the stars, he allows himself to think about it.
This Cleo doesn't know, doesn't remember their complicated history. When they look at him, they don't see their failed soulmate. She isn't worn down by memories, and he can pretend like he's just a normal prick. It's painfully easy to poke and jab at each other. To pretend they don't like each other but just as quickly turn it around on an unsuspecting third party, working together like they share a mind.
Maybe this is what it would have been like, if they had been proper soulmates. Or somewhat like it, at least. He still doesn't know what it's like to be on the receiving end of her undying loyalty.
This is probably as close as he'll ever get.
-•-
"You're a coward, Martyn."
Being magically frozen in place has nothing on the way Cleo's words hit him.
"You always have been a coward and you always will be a coward."
He thought he did everything right this time. Or, well, at least concerning her. And even if, it doesn't make sense. There's no history with this Cleo, there's no reason-- this isn't--
This can't be his Cleo.
They didn't recognize him. No snarky comments about abandonment. No jokes about his terrible math. Nothing to suggest any connection. She even complimented his looks.
It can't be.
And yet. Coward. She looks straight at him.
He swears he can feel a string tug at his heart.
But the world moves on. The pirates are shouting and moving and preparing for a fight and Martyn, Martyn has a mission to complete here. He has no time for thinking or for silly feelings. He needs to go. Right now.
So he reminds himself to breathe and takes off in the chaos of the battle that erupted while he pulled himself together.
-•-
Just before he steps through the portal, Martyn hesitates. If they are his Cleo...
Will they ever forgive him for leaving again?
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