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FF15 Failed Fates (Soulmate AU)
🕑 Added 2023-02-20 05:32:57 +0000 UTCI know, just what you want ANOTHER AU
This all came from hearing this song (Maybe my soulmate died but iamnotshane)
And then once I started thinking ot outloud is just snowballed
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xD
OKAY ANYWAY
Back to the soulmates
For ultimate angst
Because of Nocts position LOTS of people have tried to say theyre his soulmate because his mark is common knowlege
And it appears when you meet your soulmate but theyre all the same so there was no doubt with the boys because they all realised together
And theyve had so many fakes
and people claiming they had theirs appear when meeting the boys
And then you have Prompto who is legit and his appears
Im imagining they meet a bit later for the sake of the angst
So like he tells them and they scoff
And he's like 'But...the mark????'
'It's pretty good kid - i'll give you that but we have heard about Niff tech in that area so we don't believe you'
So he's pretty outright rejected
SO THEN
He and Noct end up in the same class and there probably is a pull to Prompto
But he's like 'actually screw you guys - I don't need a soulmate - I've managed this long
And he is civil but doesnt make any more efforts - his pride is probably pretty burned too
Imagine theres a moment later where the boys are collecting Noctis from school
And they catch a peek of Proms mark and theyre like 'you're still keeping it up??'
'Uhh, I can't exactly get rid of it can I?'
'Makes sense with my luck that I would get shitty soulmates'
'Excuse me???'
Maybe the boys are starting to feel a bit of discomfort
like the whole soulmate sickness thing but for them its minimal because they HAVE some of their soulmates
Prom on the other hand, he's not doing so good
Its probably a way of forcing the relationship
like you just feel so good around your soulmates that you cant help but want to be together
So like whenever Prom is around Noctis he improves
Noctis feels more at ease too
The boys are probably like 'WELL....telling us to fuck off at every opportunity is DEFINITELY a different approach...haha...haaa....'
theyre probably so happily in love with eachother that when they met Prompto they didnt notice that surge of happiness
or just thought it was them being saps for each other
But yes I imagine this has done wonders for Promptos self worth
MAYBE
Niflheim has been making tech for soulmates
But its more for ways to actually get rid of it
like - it doesnt make for the best worker drones when they're not able to be away from soulmates for a prolonged time
So like maybe theyre trying to phase out soulmates under the guise that it affects your autonomy
but really they just want their soldiers at their peak
But its also become useful for people in Promptos situation who were rejected by their soulmate
So they dont DIE from the sickness
like you often see fics where people are in happy relationships without meeting their soulmate and theyre not about to drop that person
So Prompto decides he's going to get his mark removed
and that could go two ways
1. they stop him before he gets it removed
2. he actually does get it removed
The boys realise too late
Maybe he does still end up with them
MAYBE A PARTIAL scrap was left and over time it regrew
or they just end up ina happy relationship because they are perfect matches
like both options are good - the dramatic WAIT STOP D:
but also the second is probably less cliche
Like a bit different to the norm
And also lots of angst because he doesnt have that connection anymore
Yeah honestly like
Imagine him missing from college for a week and he turns up and the mark is gone
And theyre like '....the ruse is over?? youre done playing??? D: '
'Nope - had it removed'
And he's also getting healthier so his true personality that is attractive to them would also be showing
i dont know that Noct would have noticed a differnce after the removal
I think they'd just realise that he literally never had any reason to lie
They probably already were starting to doubt themselves
the sickness would have been such a giveaway
so when they ask about the mark being gone its almost like hesitant
theyve probably had conversations about if they were wrong and he is - what will they do?
YOU COULD
WELL
>___>
DARE I
Introducing Ardyn
Prom getting the mark removed - Nocts is common knowledge
the surgeon removing it spotting this??
Maybe they KEEP the sample frozen
Like is there a way this could be used to affect Noctis in any way
But it also made me think of like
It being reattached and the horrible scarring around it
Like Lets put it this way
The story can end with the redemption arc and them getting together
but if you wanted to go more game route
You could also like
MTS and clones and the mark being applied there
They look like Prom after all
maybe Gladios scar is related to a messed up fake soulmate so they have good reason to eb wary
like i want them to have good reason to be so distrustful
imagine like teachers being like 'you dont have to come in when youre this sick kid'
'I ah....its umm....it's soulmate sickness - I dont want to miss any coursework'
'....oh....oh I'm sorry to hear that'
imagine 8D
a well meaning teacher who has seen the mark - pairing him with Noctis
probably kept him alive just by proximity
Comments
Luae
hmm...another level of angst? Soulsickness is the scourge in this AU...black sludge, as the soul withers away from rejection. i love soulmate au's, theres so much hurt/comfort/angst potential in them!
Thisismeonline
And then prom still doesnβt like them because they such and so operation beg for forgiveness begins in earnest >: D
Thisismeonline
Try loads of different solutions such as diluted bleach or makeup remover only to realise itβs the real deal
StopKiwiBea
That last bit in the story π makes me think that's what the second panel is. Cuz I see Prom trying to sit as far away from Noct as possible on a normal day. The appearance change too should have been a big red flag BUT they didn't bother to get to know him, to know that it wasn't just postering, before regecting him. Poor prom π (always love your aus and this one is delicious)
