Couldn’t help but imagine what if they had met as teens?
(also wow it’s been a while since I felt like watching a series a thousand times)
I had thought something like that too, like Cait is the one caught by the explosion and they see each other, then Vi feels guilty and figures out who she is to check on her, but Cait catches her in the garden and they build a tentative friendship, then Vi disappears and they just meet again in the prison… (because this show clearly needs more drama and trauma…)
I’m tryna figure out how to elevator pitch this au and put all the stuff i have for it in one place. Lucrezia’s a Good Mom but still the other. Agatha and Tarvek are arranged to be married. They hang out alot. They get to be teens together and it goes about as well as you’d expect.
Agatha isn’t a fan of marrying Tarvek just on principle. Part of this au involves Mamma Lucrezia being very against her darling daughter hanging out with Those Horrible Wulfenbachs. So naturally Agatha is into Gil on principle too.
This is possibly the worst case scenario for Tarvek.
When Aaron arrives at the farm on his bike, Robert’s heart does that little flip he knows well enough by now whenever he sees his boyfriend. Aaron‘s face is blotchy red and the shirt clings to his body, drenched in sweat. Robert steals a quick glance at Aaron‘s toned body and good god. He‘s so fucking hot, no pun intentended. The sight is mouthwatering and basically the stuff of Robert‘s wet dreams.
“Hi!”
“Hiya,” Aaron replies, breathless from the ride.
They are standing there, only three feet apart, staring at each other with shy smiles on their faces and slightly swaying. Robert wants to kiss him so, so bad.
“Ready for the last day?” Robert asks.
Aaron pulls a face, but then he shrugs. “Guess so,“ he mutters and Robert definitely hears a question mark there. “So what are we doing today? D‘you have any plans?“
Robert starts grinning with giddy anticipation because indeed, he came up with a plan. “Come,“ he says ominously.
He leads Aaron across the yard and when he turns around to tell him something, he sees Aaron‘s eyes snapping up to Robert‘s face. Aaron was checking out his arse!
“Like what you see?“ Robert asks cockily, with a confidence he definitely didn‘t have a few months ago which is entirely an Aaron effect. Having a boyfriend is doing wonders for Robert‘s self esteem.
“Seen better,” Aaron shoots back, but his reddening ears are telling a different story.
Robert laughs and shoves him playfully and remembers only then where they are, in the middle of the yard, on display, where his dad or Andy could see them right now. As subtle as possible he takes a step away from Aaron again, the smile dying on his face.
“Alright?” Of course Aaron is taking notice anyway.
“Sure!” he replies cheerfully and adds: “Now come on.”
When they reach the stables a moment later, he opens the gate for Aaron to go in. His boyfriend hesitates for a brief moment before he walks past Robert. The temperatures are bearable inside and Robert takes a few deep inhales of the strong smell of hay and horses that he always loved and that will always be connected to his fondest childhood memories.
“So, uh, what are we doing here?” Aaron shifts on his feet, hands stuffed into the pockets of his shorts.
“We are going for a ride.”
“Yeah. No.” Aaron shakes his head. “Nh-nh. Nope.”
“Come ooon!” Robert grins teasingly. “It’ll be fun, I promise.”
Aaron looks at him like he lost his sanity. “You have a weird definition of fun. I’m not getting up on…” He points with his thumb to Vic’s horse. “…that.”
“No, you aren‘t” Robert agrees and then he smirks. “You’re getting up on that one.” He means Dumbledore, his stallion, who is huffing and nodding his head just like on cue.
Good boy.
Robert pats his neck and cheek.
“Are you kidding? This one is even bigger!” Aaron takes a step back and stares at the horse, his face a mixture of fear and disbelief. “I’m not riding a horse, Robert. I’m not. This is my final word.”
