Soulmate Twist fic
S, if you write this for me, I will build golden statues in your honour.
Sam/Dean, Dean meets his soulmate (Castiel).
(AU where Castiel's non-human? Humans and their non-human partners, which makes it all the more rare and coveted.)
Inspired by prompt: I would like a spin on the soulmate trope.
I'm not a big fan of the idea of soulmates, so I'd like to see a story where Jared and Jensen have been dating for a few years now. They live in a world where the concept of soulmates has become common and socially accepted to the point that people are expected to just drop their current partners when they meet their soulmate and are seen as weird when they don't.
When Jensen runs into Jeff and instantly realizes that Jeff is his soulmate, Jared doesn't wait for Jensen to dump him, since it hurts enough to know that Jensen is going to leave him.
Only to be surprised when Jensen does come home and not just to pick up his stuff, but to stay. Because soul mate or not, Jared is the one he chose to live and whom means everything to him.
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Dean and Sam in an established relationship, and they have their ups and downs: but in the end they really love one another. Then Dean meets Castiel. Castiel is not just new, he's complementary in all the right ways. He's strong, and has a dry sense of humor, and rolls with Dean's hot-headedness better than Sam ever did, and is completely interested in the same things as Dean. Cue Dean, completely conflicted, secretly meeting up with Castiel (who' s completely understanding). Dean in denial, thinking they could just be friends, friends maybe.
Sam finds out about Castiel (without Dean knowing.), prods Dean a little to see how in love he is. Then Sam goes to Castiel, vets him out. Realizes how perfect they are for each other, and does what he would for the man he loves. He lets Dean go.
Then Castiel lets it slip that Sam knows. And Dean confronts Sam about it, asks why he'd let it go on, and Sam says he wants Dean to be happy. Sam understands. He's already got a place in mind to stay, to move out of their apartment.
"He's the one, Dean. Your other half."
"Yes, but I met your first. And I don't need soulmate. I have you, and that's good enough for me. It perfect for me."
"You deserve it. You deserve better than me."
"Sam, you idiot. I don't care who the world thinks I should be with. I decide who I want to spend the rest of my life with, and that's you. I chose you, because I love you."
Because Sam was there when he'd needed it. Sam had brought him through his father's death, away from alcoholism. Soulmates could go fuck themselves.
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There's a mark that those with soulmates have. A soulmark, an intricate design that is believed to be a physical/visual representation of the soul. Researchers and scholars have spent years trying to decipher the lines and symbols, with little success. There are soulcode guides in self-help sections. Like tea leaf divination, people try to see things within: animals, trees, shapes. Lions mean your soulmate is brave. Darker, bolder marks mean your soulmate is strong-willed. Large marks equals a large ego/heart. There's little actual proof. Marks can be all over the body, though commonly on the chest, arms, hands, sometimes the face or neck.
A faded mark means your soulmate's dead. A blank slate. A loose end. A lone wolf. Solo. Stag. Blanks. Unbonded.
Unbondeds still hooked up with markeds, but were generally prepared to be dumped. Sam was unbonded. Dean was marked, but hadn't met his bonded for a long while.
Sam/Dean, Dean meets his soulmate (Castiel).
(AU where Castiel's non-human? Humans and their non-human partners, which makes it all the more rare and coveted.)
Inspired by prompt: I would like a spin on the soulmate trope.
I'm not a big fan of the idea of soulmates, so I'd like to see a story where Jared and Jensen have been dating for a few years now. They live in a world where the concept of soulmates has become common and socially accepted to the point that people are expected to just drop their current partners when they meet their soulmate and are seen as weird when they don't.
When Jensen runs into Jeff and instantly realizes that Jeff is his soulmate, Jared doesn't wait for Jensen to dump him, since it hurts enough to know that Jensen is going to leave him.
Only to be surprised when Jensen does come home and not just to pick up his stuff, but to stay. Because soul mate or not, Jared is the one he chose to live and whom means everything to him.
--
Dean and Sam in an established relationship, and they have their ups and downs: but in the end they really love one another. Then Dean meets Castiel. Castiel is not just new, he's complementary in all the right ways. He's strong, and has a dry sense of humor, and rolls with Dean's hot-headedness better than Sam ever did, and is completely interested in the same things as Dean. Cue Dean, completely conflicted, secretly meeting up with Castiel (who' s completely understanding). Dean in denial, thinking they could just be friends, friends maybe.
Sam finds out about Castiel (without Dean knowing.), prods Dean a little to see how in love he is. Then Sam goes to Castiel, vets him out. Realizes how perfect they are for each other, and does what he would for the man he loves. He lets Dean go.
Then Castiel lets it slip that Sam knows. And Dean confronts Sam about it, asks why he'd let it go on, and Sam says he wants Dean to be happy. Sam understands. He's already got a place in mind to stay, to move out of their apartment.
"He's the one, Dean. Your other half."
"Yes, but I met your first. And I don't need soulmate. I have you, and that's good enough for me. It perfect for me."
"You deserve it. You deserve better than me."
"Sam, you idiot. I don't care who the world thinks I should be with. I decide who I want to spend the rest of my life with, and that's you. I chose you, because I love you."
Because Sam was there when he'd needed it. Sam had brought him through his father's death, away from alcoholism. Soulmates could go fuck themselves.
--
There's a mark that those with soulmates have. A soulmark, an intricate design that is believed to be a physical/visual representation of the soul. Researchers and scholars have spent years trying to decipher the lines and symbols, with little success. There are soulcode guides in self-help sections. Like tea leaf divination, people try to see things within: animals, trees, shapes. Lions mean your soulmate is brave. Darker, bolder marks mean your soulmate is strong-willed. Large marks equals a large ego/heart. There's little actual proof. Marks can be all over the body, though commonly on the chest, arms, hands, sometimes the face or neck.
A faded mark means your soulmate's dead. A blank slate. A loose end. A lone wolf. Solo. Stag. Blanks. Unbonded.
Unbondeds still hooked up with markeds, but were generally prepared to be dumped. Sam was unbonded. Dean was marked, but hadn't met his bonded for a long while.