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blenderfulla-aus · 1 year
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dokhyuk/joongdok soulmate au but han sooyoung and the Goose of Soulmate Enforcement team up to get them to realize that yes they are soulmates and yes it is mutual
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innytoes · 6 months
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When a Soulmate Goose showed up, Alex didn't say anything. Well, that's not true. He said 'aaaargh' and 'oh got stop hissing at me!' and several other things. But when his parents handed him the keys to his older sister's car (the one she abandoned when she left for college, swearing to never return to their 'backward, podunk little town'), he didn't argue when they said something like 'go get your girl'.
Instead, he hastily packed a bag, grabbing the tote bag full of snacks his mother prepared for him and a wad of cash his father handed him, and set off, only swerving a little bit when he realised the goose - which he had definitely not let into the car - was in the back seat already.
Because Alex knew, just like his sister knew when she got her scholarship, that this was his chance to get out. Get out of their small town, with its prying eyes and judgemental stares. Get out before he could stop finding excuses why he didn't want to date the pastor's daughter, she has her eye on you Alex, and she's Good People. Get out before he had to come out, would be cast out.
So angry hissing waterfowl aside, he was actually pretty relieved. Even though the drive was a lot longer than he expected. Even though he had to sleep in the parking lot of a motel more than once because they didn't allow geese -soulmate enforcers or not - into the rooms. At least Geraldine was a pretty good deterrent from being robbed.
They worked out a system. Geraldine wouldn't bite him if he fed her parts of his meals and snacks. She's honk when he needed to take an exit, but wouldn't flap her wings at him while he was driving, after he nearly ran off the road. She let him take breaks and pit stops as long as he kept going in the direction she wanted to. And honestly, she liked Whitney Houston just as much as he did, and was a pretty good listener.
He was a little surprised they ended up in LA. He'd imagined going to a big city, but not like, one of The Big Cities. He gaped at the Hollywood sign until Geraldine did nip his ankles, and he started walking again. And walking. He got chased on a bus, their previous pact of food-for-civility apparently broken, but the bus driver was kind enough to just laugh at him and let him take a seat when he didn't have enough money or any idea where he was going. (Maybe Geraldine knew what she was doing.)
They ended up at the beach. He'd never seen the beach before, but Geraldine didn't let him enjoy it. Not like the other views. Instead, she herded him along the board walk, towards a skate park, and right into the path of a guy holding a small bouquet of pink and blue flowers.
"No way," the boy said, as Geraldine happily sat on top of his skateboard as they untangled. "The carnival fortune teller was totally right. I did fall for a beautiful blond fairytale prince today at sunset. You even have an animal sidekick."
"Oh you fell, alright," Alex snapped, before realising what the guy had said. He wanted to say something else, but then the boy took off his helmet, and a wave of beautiful long hair spilled out, and his entire brain blue screened.
Geraldine honked smugly, just once, before disappearing in a flash of green. He didn't even get a chance to thank her, but he was pretty sure she knew anyway.
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hereforanepilogue · 1 year
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Steve always knew that finding his soulmate would be a weird day - he didn't quite expect this.
aka I wrote a soulmate goose of enforcement au because nobody I talk to about it has heard of it.
AO3
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detective-giggles · 1 year
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Birds of a Feather
Yeah, Hi, Hello! So, I did a thing!  I have no idea how this trope works, but here’s my take on the Soulmate Goose of Enforcement.  @chaotictarlos, thank you for the beta and all the encouragement.
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“What are you gawking at?” Judd snaps. “I’d like to get back before shift change.”
TK sighs. He’s not normally one to slack at scenes but this damn goose just won’t leave him alone and it’s really starting to freak him out.
“What’s that?”
“What? They ain’t got geese where you come from?” 
“No… well, yes but.”
“But what?”
“They don’t normally…”
“What, kid?” Judd rolls his eyes and hands TK an armful of tools that need to be loaded back onto the truck.
“Nothing. It’s just… looking at me.” 
Judd sighs, “Did you feed it once or something?”
“What? No!”
“Well quit your staring contest and get back to work!”
“Yeah yeah.”
The goose takes a few steps towards TK and Judd lunges at the goose, stomping loudly in an attempt to scare it away. The goose honks and waddles sideways, seemingly to evade the large firefighter. He runs towards TK, gracefully, wings back and raised and Judd rolls his eyes and sighs loudly. 
“Just get in the damn truck, kid. And stay there until the bird is gone,” Judd mutters. “I don’t want to have to explain to your daddy how you got your finger bitten off.”
TK nods and scurries away.
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“Ma’am, I’m gonna need you to stay behind the barricade. The firefighters will let us know when it’s safe to let you back inside the building.” 
The woman makes a rude gesture and huffs as she stomps away. Carlos exchanges a look with his partner and shakes his head- smoke was still pouring out the windows and the roof- where did she think she would go? 
He rests his hands on his duty belt and takes a big step back. Hit foot hits something and his momentum carries him backward, and his butt hits the ground hard.
The something squawks and Carlos mutters, “Sorry.” 
Next to him, Lexi bursts out laughing. “Did you just apologize to a bird? You realize the bird tripped you, right?”
Carlos stares at the goose and the goose cocks its head to the side. It honks at Carlos, and when Carlos doesn’t seem fazed, the goose flaps its wings and makes a horrendous noise.
“Damn, Reyes, maybe apologize again?” She reaches down to help him up and the goose snaps at her. “That’s weird. You’re on your own.” 
Carlos stands and brushes off the back of his uniform. “No, what’s weird is this isn’t the first time.”
“The first time? How many times have you been attacked by geese?”
“I’m not answering that,” Carlos mutters.
The goose looks at Carlos and honks and then turns, flapping his wings in the opposite direction. He takes a couple of hops that way, then turns back to Carlos and honks again. 
“Are we really doing this?” He mutters, taking a step toward his new feathered friend. The goose turns and takes a couple more steps away before whipping its head around to see if Carlos is still following.  He is, albeit slowly, and the goose honks its praise and flies away. 
Carlos turns to his partner and shrugs and then continues on towards his patrol car.
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The goose squawks and lunges at TK’s ankle, and TK wonders why he got out of the damn truck. TK lets out a little yelp and jumps back and the goose lunges again.  He takes a few more steps back and the goose follows.
TK swears and jogs a few yards, definitely freaked out that the goose is still on his trail. Geese don’t normally attack humans, right? He’s definitely had more than his fair share of run-ins with the feathered creatures and he makes a mental note to Google Wild Geese in Austin when he gets home. 
He’s not entirely sure what to do or where to go and he panics a little. He sees a patrol car not too far in front of him and he hurries in that direction, the goose following closely behind.
The door is unlocked and the backseat is mercifully empty, and TK opens the door and hops in.  The goose squawks and flaps its wings in a way TK can only describe as angry.  The goose waddles away to watch TK from a distance and he sighs. 
Maybe he can sneak out from the other side of the car. He slides to the passenger side of the backseat and tries the door, feeling a rush of adrenaline when he realizes it’s locked and he’s trapped.
He slides back over and yanks on the handle and the door doesn’t budge. It takes him a second too long to realize he’s in the back of a police car, and he’s going to have to wait for one of Austin’s finest to come and free him.  
He doesn’t have to wait long, luckily, and the man coming towards him is fine. He saunters towards the police cruiser, unbothered, despite the fact that the goose honks loudly as he passes and flaps its wings, as if to encourage him.
He walks around to the far side of the vehicle and opens the door. Although the goose is on the other side, TK hesitates— until it flaps its wings and flies towards the window. TK scrambles to the open door and he tumbles out of the vehicle— and into the officer’s arms.
The other man is strong and quick on his feet and steadies TK before he hits the ground. 
“Hi,” TK says shyly. The officer is looking at him curiously, and TK wonders if he’s in trouble for sheltering in the patrol car without permission, but decides he’d rather risk the wrath of the officer, instead of the goose. “Sorry, I kind of broke into your car. Um, I’m TK. TK Strand.”
“I know. I’ve seen you around. The damn goose, too.” 
“Right? So I’m not the only one that thinks it’s weird?”
“No,” Carlos agrees, “definitely weird.”
TK laughs and gestures vaguely to the fire engine. “Well, I guess I should get going.”
The goose squawks and flaps and TK takes half a step towards Carlos. “Or we could talk a little more?” Carlos says. “I could give you a ride back to the station? You can even ride in the front seat,” he teases.
TK laughs a little and nods. “Thanks, I’d like that.”
Carlos opens the passenger door and then steps back. As TK starts to climb in, the goose honks, but definitely not as angrily as before. He flies around them— twice, and then flies off into the distance, leaving TK and Carlos looking bewildered. 
“That really is weird, right?”
“Oh yeah.”
TK shrugs and settles into Carlos’ SUV. Carlos shuts the door behind him and hurries around to the other side, anxious to get to know TK Strand.
Taglist: @noxsoulmate @chaotictarlos @tailoredshirt @plaidbooks @meditating-honey-badger
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thatmexisaurusrex · 2 years
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Okay, so you know how there are those soulmate goose fics? What I’m going to do for SamBucky AU Week tomorrow will basically be everyone has a soulmate goose except Sam and Bucky. No, they have a soulmate falcon. And nobody expects a BIRD OF PREY (THAT TALKS) to swoop down and corral you to your soulmate 😂 I think I might call it “That’s Not A Goose!” 🤣
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miiyumei · 1 year
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one single thread of gold [ao3]
sakuatsu | 45.2k | M
⟢ three chapters / complete
It all started with a goose. A goose and a boy with poorly dyed hair whom Sakusa Kiyoomi had the great misfortune of attending the same All-Japan Youth Training Camp with in his second year of high school.
or, the one where Sakusa Kiyoomi and Miya Atsumu are soulmates bound together by the soulmate goose of enforcement, who won’t leave them alone until they kiss, kiss fall in love.
[additional tags: soulmate goose of enforcement au; slow burn; angst with a happy ending; fluff and angst]
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originalartblog · 8 months
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have you heard of the soulmate goose of enforcement au, basically its a goose chasing you down until you meet your soulmate
i heard of this trope and i immediately thought of your art and goosamu. now let us imagine grebahara chasing down dazai, while goosamu chasing down chuuya.
i wonder how that would change their meeting... i keep imagining just two birds sitting in the background while soukoku are just fighting, actually no i feel like a honking fight might begin while they flap their wings.
I'm not suuuper familiar with the concept, does the goose just show up one day?? is the goose chill until it suddenly pushes you around and you know the Time Has Come?? does the goose vanish once you've met??
skk's soulmatism (of any flavour) transcends the need for goose enforcement. The birds just kind of silently hang out around them, and one day Dazai's goose honks like two seconds before Chuuya kicks him into a wall.
then the birds start pecking each other and poor Hirotsu isn't paid enough to deal with teenage soulmates on top of everything else.
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magicalrocketships · 11 months
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ok im ready to be converted. what f1 fics do u recommend to start my full brain rot?
EXCELLENT, my plan is working (make people like what I like). Here is a very small and somewhat random selection, mostly Daniel/Max except where stated. Extremely loosely grouped. I've said if they're focused on them racing (grid), even if it's an AU. I have not associated anyone's ao3 handle with their tumblr name, so apologies for that. Do come back and tell me your thoughts and feelings. (!!)
F1 TASTING MENU (Maxiel Flavour)
Amuse Bouche: an opening vid
maxiel x 2022 season - “i would just draw it at like, i wouldn’t say love” by @daniel-enchante
Starters (shorter (ish) fics)
Cool Things to Say to Your Soulmate - words by powerfulowl, art by loveleah (grid, E): Only dumbasses get goosed. If a Soulmate Goose of Enforcement comes to intervene in your love life, it is a clear sign you have fucked up. You’re so bad at navigating human relationships that the universe thinks a violent waterfowl impervious to damage and capable of walking through walls will actually improve the situation. 
i carry your heart with me by capsize (grid, M): “What’s up little guy?” Daniel asks – because like his car, Max’s heart is a boy too – and moves the heart from the desk into his lap. “Is Max not paying attention to you? He can be a bit of a cunt, yeah? No, I know.” Or, five times someone found Max’s heart, and one time they kept it.
Just kissed you hello by charlotte_stant (grid, M): Everything freezes for a long moment—and then Daniel’s heart is back to beating and it’s fine, he can see how funny the situation is. “Maximus, my brother, my comrade,” he says, “what the fuck, mate. I’m not gay, ok?"
Amuse Bouche: another vid
max and daniel at redbull by @love-leah
Main Course (longer fics)
Good To You by TheNorthRemembers (grid, E): Max walks and talks like he has a big dick. He always has, and it’s not like Daniel ever really thought about Max’s dick, but he just- He assumed, maybe. That the equipment would match the attitude. That at the very least what Max is packing, would be completely average. The fact, that apparently it’s not- Well. Daniel doesn’t know what to do with that information, in more ways than one. Or: Max a small dick, Daniel is into it; lots of sex and a bit of angst ensue
my kind's your kind by hardlythewiser (grid, series, E, Max/Kelly/Daniel, resolving with Max/Daniel): Max can talk about it now, out of bed, casual. Kelly helped him practice, talking about it like it was just another activity, like her tennis lessons or nights out with friends, ever since that first time. But she doesn't say anything now.
To the Victor Belong the Spoils by powerfulowl (hunger games AU, E): Daniel didn’t kill anyone in the arena. He’s the one untarnished Hunger Games victor. The beautiful boy who stole the hearts of Panem with a fishing net and a smile. He can kiss babies and sell sun cream and fuck who they tell him to fuck and suck on the fingers that feed him– he’s not gonna bite. But then Max wins the Hunger Games. Max bites.
Amuse Bouche: vid time
"what's going on between you and max verstappen?" by @love-leah
Dessert (where the focus is on sex)
Sweeter than I ever knew by purples_all_the_way_down (grid, girls, E): Daniel has never had an orgasm. Somehow (Charles, it's always Charles), Max gets involved. Things get complicated.
I just want to know you like nobody ever has by 33Max (grid, E): They are in the bathroom, Daniel had insisted that he needed a shower if they were going to do this. He’s still damp, Max hadn’t even waited for him to dry himself off before he was pushing Daniel against the counter and dropping to his knees behind him.
Coffee (something different)
both hands tied on the wheel by kayshea (George Russell/Toto Wolff, grid, E): George feels, stupidly, like a cat that’s been stroked. Like his skin is electric. It’s what everyone has been saying to him all day, but it feels different, somehow, coming from Toto.
if i should come upon your house lonely by withfeathers (Lewis Hamilton/Hanna Prater/Sebastian Vettel, grid, E): The summer after Sebastian's retirement, Lewis visits Switzerland for a week. Nothing about it goes as he expected.
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rwrbficrecs · 9 months
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Readers' Choice Rec List Part 2 of 7
Part 1
Love is Thai food and crepe paper by @clottedcreamfudge
anon: FOOD ! AS ! LOVE ! LANGUAGE ! absolutely beautiful and wholesome and made me bawl my eyes out
Alex. by 6_impossiblethings
anon: i need everyone to read this !!!! its beautiful and has jane austen and henry would absolutely love it!
to repair a hollowed heart by @coffeecatsme
anon: everyone go and read every fic from billie im so sorry they're just so talented
Red, White & Royal Goose by fairestfaerie
anon: ITS THE SOULMATE GOOSE OF ENFORCEMENT AU AND ITS BEAUTIFUL!!!! when you need to laugh or you're having a bad day, this is the perfect fic for you
Menace Meet Cute by @cricketnationrise
anon: david acting as matchmaker, do i need to say more???
@space--potat0: David POV!!
when i need to get home by @smc-27
anon: alex accidentally inherits a house and its just as wholesome as it sounds.
it's you and me by @smc-27
anon: incredibly wholesome au where arthur and ellen are besties and their families spend holidays/summers together!
Not Even At All by ifigo
anon: 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU AU I DIDNT KNOW I NEEDED UNTIL I STUMBLED UPON IT AND NOW IT HAS CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER
Déjame Ver Cómo Es Que Floreces by @14carrotghoul
anon: henry meets alexs extended family and its as chaotic and wholesome as it sounds
@suseagull04: This fic is everything I didn't know I needed in terms of Henry learning about Alex's Mexican heritage, it's beautiful!!
You Fill Up My Senses by @indomitable-love
@elegantlyloquacious: THE junora fic
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eldrigeonsss · 7 months
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ahh, but consider,,
FnC Goose Enforcer of Destiny soulmate au??
Dude,,,,,, oh my god.
No bc i can work with this actually- ignore the fact I had to google what the fuck a Goose Soulmate AU was, read a couple articles, and realized it’s exactly what I thought it was. You’re telling me there’s an ENTIRE trope where a goose gets the love interests together?? HELL YEAH
okokconsider,
The Albatross docks on an island to resupply, thinking this would be a normal stop. But when the crew steps off the ship, they instantly notice an overabundance of geese, just absolutely everywhere.
Gillion is a bit spooked by the sheer amount of “cobra chickens”, and is entirely convinced that they’re venomous, to which Chip and Jay reassure the geese are (mostly) harmless. And then Chip promptly gets chased back up the ship by one.
After a little dialogue with some locals, the trio comes to learn that this island has a deep-rooted love for geese, as there is a legend surrounding them. They learn that the main village used to be two failing townships, owned by two nobles who absolutely hated each other, who’s hatred bled into the entire island, and made the two townships completely incompatible. It was said that if the two worked together, they could save their people from starvation and sadness, but their pride stood in the way of the good of the people. For whatever reason, though, a goose appeared one day, and began harassing the noble to the leftmost township, chasing him and biting him and making his life completely miserable. Eventually, that goose chased him to his enemy’s homestead, and despite his pride he pleaded with the other noble to let him in. He complied, on the condition that the other apologize for all his misdeeds on his life. And after that, the two began talking. It was slow, and rocky, but whenever it looked as if the two were going to part ways, the goose would return and harass one of the nobles until they folded and apologized, and communicated.
After years of this goose’s antics, the two nobles did something that no one expected, and fell in love. Soon after, they combined the two townships into the village they see today, and wrote a decree that all geese be cherished and protected.
Chip did not know why these feisty things ever needed to be protected, but whatever. He’d be bit by that same goose from before when he voiced that opinion.
The legend continues on to say that if a goose takes particular interest in a person, it is because their soulmate is nearby and that person is past due their confession.
Chip also thinks that’s ridiculous, but he mostly keeps that to himself.
The rest of the time spent on that island would be sprinkled in with Chip getting harassed by a particularly feisty little goose named Marco, an adorable little creature with a bell around its neck and a bite force that should not be on a bird. Chip often times finds himself hiding behind Gillion from Marco, because for whatever reason, whenever the little prick is around Gill, it gets all lovey dovey and sweet, and that sure beats the alternative.
Cue gay moments.
Once their time on the island comes to an end, Chip is washed over with relief as they pull away from the dock, now equipped with a new fear of geese, free from the ire of the birds. Until he turns around and sees Marco sitting on the deck, watching him with those evil beady eyes. Cue the goose.
Not sure how it ends buuuuuut you see the vision, hopefully :> what do y’all think?
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suzukiblu · 9 months
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speaking of new soulmate AU concepts, have you heard of The Goose of Soulmate Enforcement? I first encountered it through Your Fucking Goose by thefourthvine but it is apparently a Thing and delightfully cracky
I have and I love it, haha, though I've never tried writing it myself. It is an EXTREMELY funny concept, though. ❤️
Knowing me, if I ever try it I'll make it weird and angsty, but that's the power of being me lol.
(honestly picturing, like, early-days Clark DESPERATELY trying to preserve his secret identity while a goose looms ominously behind Lois is BEAUTIFUL though.)
(also Tim Drake's increasingly convoluted plans to avoid his own goose.)
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itsfeckinwimdy · 2 years
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*HONK*
c!Karlnapity x Reader (Romantic) (Soulmate au)
Reader Pronouns: They/Them
Summary: The quartet are soulmates and need help finding their way back to each other. What's better to help them than the Soulmate Goose Of Enforcement?
Warnings: Duck hybrid Quackity, Blaze hybrid (blazeborn) Sapnap, DSMP family canon, Y/n is Phil's kid and Wilbur sibling, angst, mentions of fighting, mention of war, mentions of exile, mention of previous death, ambiguous/open ending, and finally unconscious people who don't want tea.
Word Count: 5.3K (5379 words)
DSMP Masterlist
Published: 22/10/2022
(started writing: 29/05/2021, yes it has taken me over a year to finish this)
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Everyone had a soulmate. Sometimes it was easier to find them and be with them. Other times it was more complex and took a bit of time for everything to fall in place.
At least, that's what Karl told himself. But if he was being truthful, it was partly his fault.
The brunette kept hiding secrets from the people he loved. He claimed it was to protect them and that he would tell them if they needed to know, but honestly, he was scared. He was scared his partners, well now ex-partners, would judge him, and that if he told someone about his memory problems it would only worsen. That he would have to face reality, that he would have to stop time travelling, that he would have to stop trying to find a way to fix everything, that he would have to stop before he lost all his memory. Before he lost his partners. His soulmates.
But a part of him knew it was too late.
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The night before the Pogtopita-Manberg war, the four had holed themselves up inside George's castle, knowing that two of them would be fighting against the other two in the morning. It was something the four of them were trying not to think about, knowing there was a chance that any of them could be getting injured or losing a canon life.
The entirety of the quartet was tired. Quackity's wings were killing him from being buried under his shirt all day, Sapnap was itching to set something on fire, Karl was fidgety with nerves as he didn't want to fight tomorrow, in fact, none of them really did, and Y/n was cold from their bath they had taken to strip all of the soot and grime from their skin, due to Pogtopia not having the best living conditions.
Y/n's brother, Wilbur, and themself were the cause of all this mess. The two of them teamed up once he arrived on the server to cause chaos but ultimately made a power grab and created L'Manberg from a simple drug van and the shared thoughts and beliefs of others.
But then they lost it.
That caused the new leader to exile Y/n, Wilbur, and the teenager, Tommy, who looked up to Y/n and Wilbur as older sibling figures, knowing the three would fight for their country back, even if they no longer had any jurisdiction over it.
This led to them fleeing, Wilbur losing a canon life along the way as he dived in front of Y/n after Punz attempted to shoot his younger sibling. That night Punz feared for his life after Sapnap threatened to kill him if he ever tried to hurt his partner again.
After setting up base in an abandoned ravine, their dad's old friend Technoblade joined them, promising to help destroy the government.
Whilst planning for this upcoming war and having Tubbo as a spy, for which he, unfortunately, got executed, Y/n would try to spend as much time with their partners, that being difficult to do so as two of them lived in L'Manberg and Quackity was forced to work ridiculous hours for the drunken president.
Therefore, the castle became a safe haven for the four.
This led to Y/n spending most nights closer to the impending day of the war there. They were glad they could sleep in a proper bed with the people they loved, and that they got to have a break from the bickering between Wilbur and Tommy.
Noticing Karl fighting the urge to get up and start pacing again, Y/n shuffled closer to Sapnap, letting the blazeborn's naturally high body temperature warm them up, and they wrapped their arms around Karl's midsection, pulling him into their torso.
Reaching forwards, they managed to get Quackity to join to cuddle pile, Sapnap wrapping his arms around the three of them, or at least trying to.
That night, the four made a promise to always stick by each other's side and to never let each other go. To always talk and resolve problems and that they would be truthful to each other. After all, they were now fiancées.
As they made this promise, the sound of an achievement rang through their communicators.
'The Soulmate Bond' it simply read.
That night they knew it was meant to be.
But then again, that wasn't the right saying on this server. What was it again?
Oh yeah,
It was never meant to be.
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Sapnap was worried. And he had every right to be.
First, it was Y/n. After the death of their brother, they had started to pull away from the other three, becoming seemingly distant and only really there at night to sleep, disappearing for hours on end.
Quackity had followed them one day only to find them sitting overlooking a cliff. Apparently, it was where Y/n first took Wilbur on the server, where the two saw their first sunset together. Y/n would sit there as the hours would pass, watching the point on the compass spin, it no longer pointing to their bother. They began to snap back into their old self after Quackity sat with them, becoming who they used to be but more willing to fight.
Then Tommy got exiled. Sapnap and Karl believed they already knew, therefore not bringing it up, and Quackity simply didn't tell them. That sparked one of the biggest arguments they had ever had.
Y/n stayed with Phil that night.
Everything seemed fine for a while, with Y/n coming back home and then the quartet creating Cedar Rapids. And then Ghostbur came back, making it easier for Y/n to move on. Everyone was happy.
But then came the butcher army. Y/n refused to let their dad be pushed around and stepped in, earning themselves house arrest, by orders of Quackity.
That night they left. Sapnap remembers the conversation he had with them before they went. It was seemingly normal, Y/n saying they were staying with Phil for a few days. Except they didn't.
It was two weeks later they returned, hearing that Technoblade had killed Quackity. They helped the stubborn duck with his recovery. The blazeborn remembers the amount of shouting and the arguments that happened that week.
Looking back, he should've stepped in more. But he couldn't have known what was going through Y/n's mind at the time.
See Y/n was planning to blow up L'Manberg again. To finish their brother's job. They had realised how corrupt it had become, now wanting to get rid of the power the people who ran it had.
Sapnap should've seen it coming.
After doomsday, there was the final argument. Tensions were still high, and Quackity still couldn't see why Y/n chose to blow it up. Why Y/n would choose the side of Technoblade. The side of Dream. They explained why though. How L'Manberg was originally a power grab. How it was their idea to blow it up in the first place and that they were just finishing what that had started.
Sapnap should've stopped the fight. He should've stopped it before the words tumbled out of Quackity's mouth, before Y/n and Quackity exploded on each other, before Y/n walked away for what he thought was good.
Everyone's heart broke a bit that night.
Second, it was Karl. He started to disappear for a few days at a time, and when he returned? It was like his brain was scattered, and then he'd started to forget stuff.
At the time Sap had chalked it down to Karl's already bad memory, to his forgetful nature that his fiancée had. It began as small things. Karl forgot what day it was, where he left his book, what time he was meant to be at a certain place, and whether or not he had a meeting with the rest of Manberg's cabinet that day. But then It got worse.
Looking back, Sapnap realised that there were some days when Karl wouldn't say his or their partner's names until someone else said them. He had just thought Karl was messing around at the time, him just being cute and just wanting to call them by pet names but looking back at it, he should've realised sooner.
He should've realised when Karl came up with the idea of creating a new place to live, Kinoko Kingdom, because he said Cedar Rapids held no significate importance to him. Before he said it held no real value and that it was just where he lived because Sapnap lived there. Not because Sapnap, Quackity, and Y/n lived there, but because Sapnap lived there.
He should've realised before Karl completely shut him out. Before Karl would hole himself up in his library which he was forbidden from going in. Before Karl would forget him completely and call him by a stranger's name.
He should've helped Karl sooner. His heart cracked again.
Third, it was Quackity.
See the duck hybrid was stubborn, there was no denying that. Sapnap learnt this early on. If Quackity had his mind set on doing something, then there was a small chance, a very minuscule chance at that, of getting him to change his mind, the chance decreasing if Quackity was the one with the power to do what he wanted to do.
One morning, Sapnap had woken up alone. Karl had gone off again, who knows where, Y/n had just left maybe four days ago, and now Quackity had disappeared.
It stayed like that for a month. Quackity and Y/n were nowhere to be found. Karl occasionally disappeared and returned with his memory shot. Sapnap, probably wouldn't have minded so much if Quackity had told him where he was going, but after another month of no contact?
His heart broke again.
And the worse thing was? Karl had no idea what Quackity or Y/n meant to all of them.
And Finally, it was himself.
He could feel himself slipping away. With Karl coming and going, and no word from either Y/n or Quackity, Sapnap was stuck.
It wasn't like he had anyone to go to. His brother was locked away in a heavily armed prison, rightfully so; his Aunt Puffy was busy trying to deal with the fact one of her sons was locked up and also trying to solve this problem with the egg; his dad had been possessed by said egg, and was currently trying to take over the server; and his best friend was in some sort of deep sleep, only occasionally waking up.
He didn't know how much longer he could be there for Karl. As much as it broke him to ever think about leaving the Jacobs boy, he didn't know if it was worth it anymore, not without his partners. His first love and his third.
He didn't know how he could continue like this.
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About a month after the fight, Y/n wanted to go back. Even if everything wouldn't go back to normal, they still wanted to see them, to check that they were doing okay. Because if their partners, well ex-partners were okay, then they'd be okay.
Or at least that's what they kept telling themselves.
The day they went to leave, Y/n climbed down the ladder leading to their room, only to be met with their dad, Philza, in the main room. As they made their way towards the front door and began to pull their cloak on, he stopped them.
"What are you doing?" he asked, nursing the warm mug between his hands.
Y/n sighed, not wanting to have this conversation with their dad but knowing he wouldn't let him go without telling him first, "I'm heading to Cedar Rapids, why? Is something wrong?"
Phil's face fell slightly, "There's a blizzard. You won't be able to make it Y/n."
Y/n's face dropped, and their heart sank in their chest, "How long will it last?"
They hoped it wouldn't be more than a few days at most, however, they were wrong. They ended up spending the next month trapped in the Arctic, unable to get to where they needed to. Unable to apologise for the shit they said.
The day they were finally able to get to Cedar Rapids, it was empty. The land was barren, but the buildings still standing. Their shared house was empty of the majority of everyone's belongings, only a few of theirs and Quackitys left behind.
Where was everyone?
As they stumbled out of the house, tears trying not to fall from their eyes they hit a solid object. Their hands came up to steady themselves, something grabbing onto their biceps. Looking up they saw the face of one of their fiancées.
Pulling back from their grip, Y/n wiped away their tears, wrapping the arms around their torso curling in on themselves. Their fiancée's wings drooped in response and his arms dropped to his sides. The two noticed the obvious distance between them, both physically and emotionally.
Choosing to break the silence between them, Y/n spoke up, "Hey."
Quackity stood still, having an internal malfunction. He was trying not to say anything he didn't want to say, not wanting to screw up again. His wings tightened up behind him, the slits in his shirt allowing his wings to come through, as he stood defensively. His instincts were screaming at him to comfort Y/n.
"Hey."
Looking up at the duck hybrid, Y/n locked eyes with his, and anyone could practically see the awkwardness between the two.
"So, uh," Y/n began, eyes still locked with his, "How are you?"
Quackity's wings fluttered slightly, "I'm alright I guess?"
His response came out as a sort of question, confusing Y/n slightly but they choose not to question it.
"How're the others?"
Quackity paused and Y/n could see them visible tense and him trying to form an answer but not knowing what to say.
"Quackity?" Y/n began, taking a step closer to him, "What happened?"
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Hopping through the nether portal, Y/n grabbed a bunch of snow and hurled it at the goose that was following them, it letting out an exasperated honk and flapping its wings in annoyance. They stood up letting out curse words at the animal, beginning their trek back to their shared home. The white feathered animal biting against Y/n’s cloak and pants, attempting to pull the human back towards the nether portal.
The door slammed shut as Y/n walked through it, shrugging off the snow that had landed on their cloak. It felt like their ears were ringing, their mind spinning even though they could see clearly.
"What do you mean you left?"
"I did exactly what they did. What you did-"
Phil looked concerned at them, wondering what had happened, as his kid nonchalantly discarded their cloak and bag.
"What do you mean by that, Q? Where's Sapnap and Karl anyway, shouldn't they be around?"
"Well I wouldn't know, I came back one day to get them only to find they had disappeared along with all their stuff and most of ours."
"What do you mean disappeared?"
Phil's confusion began to grow as he heard the patter of webbed feet on his floor.
"Like gone. I don't even know where they are."
"Y/n," Phil began, walking closer and seeing the white goose standing next to his child, the goose attempting to pull on his kid's pant leg, it hissing at them when they shooed it off, "What's that?"
"This?" Y/n looked down at the goose, letting out a hiss in response to it honking at them, "It's a goose. And it won't leave me alone." They began frustration seeping through their voice, "Apparently it won't die, no matter how many times you push it into lava. So now I'm guessing it's some sort of immortal being that's come to spite me for my wrongdoings."
Y/n turned and climbed the ladder to the upper part of the house, the goose nestling down by the stairs, ruffling its feathers before it seemingly began to settle down.
"It's a soulmate goose."
Philza's head snapped around to face the voice, him calming once he realised that it was only Kristin. She made her way towards him, resting her hand gently on his shoulder, Phil leaning into the touch he could barely feel.
"The soulmate goose of enforcement only appears when there is an obstacle a soulmate pairing needs help to overcome," She continued walking over to pet the goose before it vanished, "It seems as if our little crow needs some help after all."
Upstairs, Y/n stared out of their window, watching the snow gently fall as they played with the three rings that were attached to a necklace around their neck. Each one with an engraving that referred to each counterpart in their past relationship.
"What do we do?" Y/n asked sitting down next to Quackity on the ground. The duck hybrid had finally stopped pacing and was now frustratedly pulling strands of grass from the ground before throwing them down, "How are we meant to find them?"
"I don't know," He began, "I don't know. I just- I keep thinking if we hadn't... You know... Then everything would be okay."
The two looked down at the ground, not noticing the goose begin to materialise in the distance. The silence between them was awkward. Neither of them knew how to continue and say what they wanted to.
"I came to apologise," Y/n spoke up, beginning to rip grass up from the ground. "I tried to come a month ago, but then there was a storm. But-"
"It would've still been too late," Quackity cut them off. Y/n looked up at him only to see him staring at the ground, refusing to look at them. "I left because I thought you weren't coming back, and then I had this idea-"
"What do you mean you thought I wasn't coming back? Quackity, I made a promise and so did you and the others! That we'd never walk away. Ever."
"Well, I'm sorry for thinking that then! It's just after the shit we both said I thought you were leaving this time for good! That you'd finally given up on us!"
"Can we not argue for once?"
"Oh, says you."
He stood up, taking a few steps backwards, before groaning in disdain.
"What now?"
"That fucking Goose is back!" Quackity sighed out, "I swear, it won't leave me alone."
"Okay, and what does that have to do with finding Karl and Sapnap?"
"I don't know okay! It's just this fucking thing won't leave me alone and keeps trying to drag me through nether portals." Quackity sighed, clearly frustrated.
"I'm sorry," he grumbled out, "I'm not good with emotions sometimes."
"I know," Y/n replied before standing up and taking Quackity's hands in theirs, rubbing their thumbs on the back of his palms when he didn't object or try to pull away. "You'd think the blaze hybrid would be the most hot-headed out of the four of us. Turns out, he's the least."
Quackity let out a small smile at their words before enveloping them in his arms, his wings fluttering and encasing the two of them.
“We still need to work stuff out,” Y/n said, voice slightly muffled, from where their head was buried in Quackity’s shirt.
“I know sweetheart, I know.”
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Sapnap was outside.
And he was touching grass.
This wasn’t unusual for the blaze hybrid, him liking to sit in the flower fields surrounding his house.
When Karl choose the leave Cedar Rapids, Sapnap couldn't help but follow him, not wanting to lose the last of his partners, even though it felt as if he had already gone. Like Karl had slipped through his fingers and there was nothing he could do to stop it.
He thinks that may be the reason why he subconsciously chose this place to live. The flower fields reminded him of the unproblematic childhood he had and the first home he knew.
The loud honk, which came from his left, startled him enough that he dropped the flower crown he was absentmindedly weaving, fire igniting around his horns. The amber flames swirled before dying down.
The goose waddled over to him, attempting to bite onto his sleeve and drag him. Sapnap attempted to swat him away only for the goose to hiss at him.
After a least a minute of this happening, Sapnap sighed at the animal before grabbing it over its wings and lifting it into his lap, the goose immediately settling down but now gnawing on his hand.
“Why do you have a Soulmate Goose?”
Sapnap didn't tear his eyes away from the creature that was nestled in his lap, it was still keen on trying to bite his fingers off.
“Nice to see you too Drista,” he said back, “What do you want?”
“To know why you have a soulmate goose? Duh?”
Spanap gave her a deadpan look, “Well I don’t know. Shouldn’t you know, aren’t you like a god or something?”
The teenager glared at him from where she was floating in the sky, “Just because you’re best friends with my brother doesn’t mean I like you.”
Sapnap rolled his eyes in response, returning to pet the animal in his lap, the softness of the feathers reminding him of the nights when Quackity would let them help preen his wings. The duck usually ends up curled up on his lap, his head on Sapnap’s chest listening to his heartbeat letting out soft chirps of appreciation. Sapnap's heart clenched at the memory.
The teenager let herself land on the ground, sitting down amongst the flowers as she stared to mess with the grass.
“My brother told me about them.”
“Who, Dream?”
“No, XD,” she glared back at him when he interrupted her, “He used to say that sometimes the humans would need help to be with their soulmate and that he and some of the other gods created this being that would help them, the people giving it its name.”
“The soulmate goose? Really?”
“That’s not its full name, idiot. It’s the Soulmate Goose of Enforcement,” Drista deadpanned. “Anyway, I wouldn’t have thought you would end up meeting it, you know. You get along so well with Karl, Quackity, and Y/n, therefore you wouldn’t- Oh.”
Sap looked down away from the teenager, returning to give the now quiet goose more pets.
“Yeah,” Sapnap whispered in response.
Feeling really awkward about the situation, the teenage god thought it would be best that she left, “I’m going to go and find Tommy, bye Snapchat!”
And with that, she teleported away leaving the blaze hybrid alone in the field.
Sapnap began to think about his choices again. About everything that had happened, about everything he didn’t say, about everything he could’ve, no should’ve done.
He knew he should’ve stepped in and stopped Y/n and Quackity from arguing. He knew he should’ve helped Karl more before he began to forget everything. He knew he should’ve helped himself, to stop himself from walking away from his home.
Yes, Kinoko Kingdom may be where he lived, it may be his, or partly his, but it wasn’t his home. Cedar Rapids was more his home, if anything, the Dream SMP was more of his home than this place.
His fiancées are his home, not here. Not anywhere else.
Not this place he ran to when he was scared. When he was terrified of losing the last person who meant something to him.
A few tears escaped his eyes, but he quickly wiped them away as the Goose in his lap let out another honk.
Unbeknownst to him, a figure started to approach him, coming to a stop a few feet in front of him, gentle cawing being heard a lot more.
“She was right you know,” The woman said, Sap looking up at the person standing in front of him, not recognising the figure. He tensed up, ready to fight the unknown person, but only if it came to it, "I didn't expect you four to have him."
"I'm sorry, but who are you?" he asked only for the woman to gently smile in response.
"I'm Kristin, Goddess of Death-"
"You're Y/n's mom," Sapnap interrupted.
"I am, amongst other things," Kristin sat down in front of the young adult, "It's nice to finally meet you Sapnap. Y/n talks about you quite a bit."
One of the few crows flying around came and hopped down on the ground between the two, dropping Kristin a shiny rock, letting the goddess pet them before flying off and joining the rest of its brethren.
"Sapnap," Kristin began, letting the blaze focus his attention back on her, "The best thing I could do is give you advice. Don't spend time dwelling on what needs to be done. Go, find Y/n and Quackity, and talk. If you keep bottling up your feelings, it's going to get you nowhere, and this guy here is just going to get more mad at the four of you for being idiots."
"They left," Sapnap replied, voice cracking slightly, "They left us-"
He tried to continue talking but sobs left his mouth as tears started to fall. His shoulders shook with each shuddering breath he took, his horns lighting with a dull blue fire once again.
Kristin shuffled forward, wrapping her arms around him, letting his head fall onto her shoulder as she ran a hand through his hair, comforting her almost son-in-law.
And as Sapnap let the tears fall from him and his emotions run, he knew he couldn't continue like this. He knew something had to change.
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The rain was bad that night.
It didn't rain much in Las Nevadas, it being in a warmer part of the smp, but when it rained, it poured like hell.
It was mainly when thunderstorms would happen in the main part of the greater smp that the weather would really be affected. It was like a cycle. Heavy rain that would cause the river to rise where L'Manberg once stood meant that light showers would last an hour at most and thunderstorms would cause heavy rainfall that would soak anyone to the bone.
Quackity knew it was a bad storm because even Slime was holed up inside.
He had managed to zone out the sound of rain hitting the window, the continuous drone allowing him to block it out as inherent background noise. The occasional flashes of light caused his wings to twitch in anticipation.
There was something wrong.
Quackity didn't know what exactly. It was more of an inherent feeling creeping up behind him, causing the occasional shiver to run down his spine. He just couldn't put his finger on it.
Slime was sat by the window, looking out across Las Nevadas. He personally likes the rain, just when it gets too heavy it affects his viscosity too much and throws him off. 'There's always the fountain', he thought, his fingers tracing the raindrops across the window.
Slime was following the raindrops as they fell, his finger reaching up to trace them before he remembered what his friend Quackity had told him the last time he did that.
Slime knew that he was a goopy guy but sometimes he would forget. He knew that he was bones or that he had to be but sometimes his brain didn't connect and say that to his goop. It was something he was working on because he had to seem like a human and that he had bones, even when it was a no-bones day.
Anyway, ignoring Slime's partial existential crisis, the goopy guy in a shirt and pants, and basically an identical outfit to his friend Quackity, he continued to stare out of the window before ultimately attempting to return to his previous task.
Quackity was not paying attention. The paperwork in front of him had been read at least twelve times but he still couldn't take the information in. Something was disrupting him and he couldn't work out what. It was an itch in the back of his mind, an annoying one at that.
He let out a sigh as he dropped the pen onto the table, leaning back against his chair and pushing himself away from his desk. He let out a puff of air, blowing the strands of hair out from in front of his eyes. Quackity really needed another haircut.
He stared up at the ceiling, his mind starting to wander.
How long was it going to take purpled to find Karl and Sapnap, surely not another week right? He couldn't keep living like this. In denial and regret, it was drowning him.
Even if the two decided they never wanted him again, then at least he would apologise to them. It was the least they deserved.
The shadowy figure in the distance continued to draw closer, forcing Quackity, who had unfortunately noticed its presence earlier but chose to ignore it, to rise up out of his seat and head towards the window. It was a person he was staring at, carrying a bundle of something in its arms, but for the life of him he couldn't work out who.
The rain was cascading down now, affecting his vision and the lights of his city did little to unmask them. His heart clenched at the sight of it; that same nagging feeling saying something was wrong hit him tenfold.
He turned to face Slime, having made up his mind he would go see if the masked figure was okay only for the doors behind him to be flung open.
It was Y/n soaked to the bone.
"Q," they began, terror etched onto their face. It made Quackity's feathers ruffle and stand on edge, wanting to wrap them in his arms and protect them from whatever they were afraid of.
"Q, it's Karl."
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The fire flickered casting light across the room. It was the only source of warmth alongside the abundance of blankets piled across the four of them.
The bundle held in Quackity's arms was no stranger to him, the mop of brown hair that usually covered his forehead pushed to the side allowing the damp cloth to rest there and lower the Jacobs boy's raging fever.
The duck's instincts kicked in and the other two stepped aside to allow him to swaddle and care for Karl. They knew he was in safe hands and that Quackity was better at dealing with sick people.
Y/n had propped themselves against the wall, a blanket thrown over their shoulders and wrapped around them. The cloak they had donned earlier was in a pile alongside some of the other wet clothes of both Sap and Karl.
They looked down at the duo huddled on the floor, Quackity's wings furling around the star-eyed boy in a protective cocoon. Chirps left his mouth as he changed the water on the rag before smoothing it over the brunette's unconscious forehead.
There was no guarantee that he would wake up. Y/n could only pray that the gods of prime would help him. They couldn't lose him.
"What happens now?"
Both their own and Sapnaps heads snapped up to look at Quackity, he having the courage to break the scared silence that had overcome them all.
Y/n looked to Sapnap, the blazeborn looking worse for wear. It looked like he hadn't gotten an ounce of sleep in the past years, like he was soon to be death-walking. Just like Karl.
His shirt was clad against his chest, the white material somewhat see-through but now drying allowing them to see the runes that lined his body. He was hunched forward, his own blanket lying over his shoulders as his hands were clasped together in his lap.
Figuring that he wasn't going to speak up, Y/n pushed themselves off the wall and moved to sit between Sapnap's chair, and where the two were huddled together on the floor. They grabbed the blazeborn's hand in their own and placed their other upon Q's shoulder causing him to sway towards them slightly at the affection.
"We talk." They spoke out, the three awake sharing glances at each other.
A distant honk sounded as the goose settled itself into Slime's lap, the goopy guy petting the animal before it began to fade into dust, blowing away into the sky.
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wangxianficfinder · 2 years
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Soulmate AU
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a spellbound heart (our souls are love) by Anzie (anzie) (T, 14k, wangxian, JC/LXC, LXC & LWJ, soulmates au, canon compliant, reincarnation, hurt/comfort, angst w/ happy ending, eventual modern setting, bittersweet, fluff & angst, devotion)
nothing you confess by PorcupineGirl (T, 31k, wangxian, soulmates au, soulmate-identifying marks, golden core reveal, depressed WWX, WWX has PTSD, LWJ & JC in friendly terms, hurt/comfort, recovery)
The Cruelty of Fate by Procrastination_Sensation (T, 16k, wangxian, major character death, canonical character death, soulmates au, angst w/ happy ending)
What if you're making me all I was meant to be by WishingStar (T, 12k, wangxian, LSZ & LJY, soulmates au, time travel, angst w/ happy ending)
No Matter What I Do I Feel The Pain (With or Without Goose) by Trickster_Angel (T, 3k, wangxian, soulmates au, crack, the soulmate goose of enforcement, humor, first kiss)
An accidental kiss by deliciousblizzardshark (M, 4k, wangxian, soulmates au, soulmate-identifying marks, fluff & humor, marriage, non-explicit sex, no angst)
❤️A Mother’s Curse (A Mother’s Blessing) by  Eudoxia (E, 34k, wangxian, ABO, omega WWX, alpha LWJ, no sunshot au, huli jing wangxian, intersex male omegas, case fic, arranged marriage, misunderstandings, smut, Mojo’s post)
the heartlines on our hands by occultings (microcomets) (E, 47k, WangXian, Soulmates, Angst with a Happy Ending, Mutual Pining, First Time, Canon Divergence, Canonical Character Death)
First and Last by kat8cha (T, 3k, XiYao, WangXian, Angst, Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, nhs and lwj are minor parts, CH 1 and 3 are JGY and LXC, Ch 2 is LWJ and WWX, Tragic Romance, Hurt No Comfort)
leading tone by silencemostofall (G, 32k, WangXian, Modern AU, Soulmates, with a lil twist, Eventual Happy Ending, Music, Orchestra, [Podfic] Leading Tone by silencemostofall by Beria1021)
pastel by antebunny (G, 6k, WangXian, Modern AU, College/University, Soulmates, Heavy Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Found Family, Self-Esteem Issues, Misunderstandings, Angst with a Happy Ending, Unrequited Love, but not actually, no courtesy names)
Fate and Choice by Winglesss (T, 6k, WangXian, Modern AU, Soulmates, Modern with Magic, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Magical Tattoos, Moving Tattoo(s), Tattoo Artist WWX, Angst with a Happy Ending, First Meetings, First Kiss, Strangers to Lovers, Light Angst)
I’m So Glad It’s You by spring_snowflake (G, 6k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Pre-Canon, Soulmates, Red String of Fate, WWX gets adopted into the Lan Sect)
My Soulmate's Account Balance is Very Concerning by glowingreverie (G, 4k, WangXian, Modern AU, Soulmates, Comedy, Fluff and Crack, characters outside of wangxian only appear briefly)
The fear of not knowing you by Linisen (T, 9k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Soulmates, Glömska, Memory Loss, Grief/Mourning, Reunions, Fluff, Speedrun falling in love, or mayhaps realising you're in love, Happy Ending)
it goes like this by moonsteps (T, 15k, WangXian, College/University, Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Timers, Humor, Fluff, Oblivious WWX, in which wwx is jealous... of himself, some drunken lwj shenanigans, two idiots in love, side sangcheng)
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you and me, bound for eternity (the first) by Supernova_Sage (M, 8k, WangXian, Post-Canon, To An Extent, Canon Divergence, Modern Era, Reincarnation, Soulmates, Meet-Cute, meeting your soulmate for the first time multiple times, Passage of time, First Meetings, Getting Together, Falling In Love, Romance, Fluff, Implied Sexual Content, Eternal Bonds, Mention of blood, References to Canon)
I could be the one to set you free by fyredancer (T, 27k, WangXian, Modern AU, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Mutual Pining, not quite love at first sight)
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Deconstruct by flowercity (FaoriE) (T, 11k, WangXian, Soulmates, Canon Divergence, Fluff, Light Angst, Mutual Pining, they're so in love)
Come Hell or High Water by countingcr0ws (T, 29k, WangXian, Modern AU, Reincarnation, Soulmates, Fate & Destiny, Red String of Fate, Matchmaking, Blind Date, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Kid Fic, Adoption, Diyu | Hell (Chinese Mythology), Chinese Mythology & Folklore, Past Lives, Cloud Recesses, Canon Divergence, Footnotes)
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to arrive late is better than not to arrive at all by Moominmammashandbag (M, 34k, WangXian, Angst with a Happy Ending, Happy Ending, Soulmates, Chronic Illness, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Hanahaki Disease, but as a curse, Feelings Realization, obsession with interior design, Angst and Fluff and Smut, Family Angst, sibling angst, Wedding, Motion Sickness, sect politics, Marriage Proposal)
A Perfectly Mismatched Set by mondengel (T, 2k, WangXian, Angst, Soulmates)
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In this and other lives, I would choose you by ThatOneGirlBehindYou (T, 78k, WangXian, 3Zun, Minor ChengSang, Minor ZhuiLing, Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Oblivious WWX, Canon Divergence, Family Feels, Fix-It of Sorts, Canonical Character Death)
Of Fates, Time, Chemistry, and Location 天时地利人和 by Anonymous (M, 9k, WangXian, Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Soul Bond, Canon Compliant, Canonical Character Death, Romance, Growing Up)
The Marks on my Skin by Missty0foxx (E, 18k, WangXian, A/B/O Dynamics, Alpha LWJ, Omega WWX, Teenage LWJ/Teenage WWX, Matchmaker LXC, Red String of Fate, First Kiss, Pining WangXian, Fluff and Smut, Abusive YZY, Weddings, Marriage, Wedding Night, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Rutting, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Mating Bites, Blow Jobs, Self-Lubrication, Marathon Sex, Knotting, LWJ Has a Big Dick, LWJ Has a Biting Kink, WangXian Have a Breeding Kink)
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a-mere-dream · 9 months
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I have two works lined up for QiJiu week. No spoilers for the second, but I can tell you that the first one will be a Soulmate Goose of Enforcement AU :3
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's entries!
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jmrothwell · 6 months
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AU mixing: Soulmate Goose Of Enforcement AU + Zombie Apocalypse AU because it's so funny to me.
Flynn had known life was going to change when she graduated high school. Gone were the carefree days of childhood and now she faced the daunting prospect of having to live through adulthood. As if that wasn’t already a hard enough prospect all on its own. 
Except the world had decided to go to hell before she ever even got the chance to move into her college dorm. No one knew for certain what was going on. At least that was the official story being broadcast on the scattered radio and tv stations still operating. Flynn knew better, she’d seen enough zombie apocalypse films with Carlos. 
Surviving long enough to get back home to her family was complicated enough. Then the god damned goose showed up. 
Flynn had no idea why the thing had turned up, squawking and screeching at her and ruining her resupply attempt by notifying every zombie within the immediate vicinity. That was also the first time she tried, and failed to kill the unwanted nuisance. If it weren’t for how it nearly just got her killed with all its noise she would have been sure she’d imagined it up. 
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The goose continues to pester and bother Flynn as she makes her way back home. Trying to navigate a zombie apocalypse and figure out what the goose is and the hell it wants. 
It calms down slightly when she eventually reunites with Julie, but it doesn’t go away. Flynn takes the opportunity to lose it (something she has also tried and failed at doing before). After a couple of days she’s fairly certain she’s succeeded until the goose shows up again and begins acting aggressive not just towards Flynn but Julie as well. 
Long story short, it’s a soulmate enforcement goose for the Greater Polyphantoms Polycule, and it will calm down after each new GPP member that gets added to their party. 
Carlos theorizes that maybe an old relative was reincarnated into the goose, Tia is certain it's a demon, or just a goose because you never can tell with some geese.
Carrie accidentally runs into the group, along with Carrie and the Goose gets pissed when they both try to leave again. Carrie reluctantly tries to bring everyone back to her Dad's bunker. However a combination of too many people and the goose make staying there permanently not a viable option.
Eventually they split the party, Tia refuses to leave the bunker, and Carlos and Ray also decide to stay, Carlos a bit more reluctantly.
Alex nearly gets taken out by a zombie and the goose proves somewhat useful by going after the zombie. Probably thinking ‘I need to finish my job.’ Reggie does try to supply the goose with armor after that. There is a massive debate regarding supplying the goose with a knife, eventually it is decided the goose does not need a knife. 
After they meet up with Willie, the last member of the GPP they find, the goose goes silent. And it takes less than a week before someone goes “wait a second, where the fuck did the goose go?”
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i'll always prefer the og but this iteration is entertaining
📚 STUFF I READ 📚
😍 The Old Codgers Greatest Hits Album (AggressiveWhenStartled, author; quietnight, narrator) - 57K series, canon-divergent stucky co-starring peter parker. Reread of this hilarious forever fave where first teenage peter is forced to deal with two body-swapped geriatric supersoldiers and then bucky is forced to deal with two teenage spidermen trying (and failing) to stealthily rescue their "dog". Great podfic by quietnight, absolute hilarity
🥰 History of American Capitalism (Zenaidamacrouras1) - 85K, shrinkyclinks college AU with superstar QB!Bucky & history nerd Steve - incredible found family dynamics, can't believe @zenaidamacrouras1 made me actually really get into an AU that involved both undergrads AND football. The nerve! The talent! (the fic is single POV but there's an amazing companion piece that's Bucky's convos with this sister that give a his POV on some of it and it's equally amazing)
💖💖 +347K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖
Half sleep, half waking (softestpunk) - The Sandman & Rivers of London crossover: dreamling, 8K - amazing crossover! I wish there was 60K of this for me to read
Road to Joy (Oddree13) - Stranger Things: steddie, 25K - latest chapter in this omegaverse steddie series that I absolutely adore
Knit One, Purl Two (mollus) - MCU: stucky, 32K - reread; forever fave WS recovery fic with lots of softness in the form of: knitting, dancing, soap making and senior citizens
Red, White & Royal Goose (fairestfaerie) - RWRB: alex/henry, 7K - I just love a good Soulmate Goose of Enforcement fic
This Sunlit Land (eyres) - MCU: stucky, 38K - wonderful canon/timeline-divergent WS recovery AU
📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺
Resident Alien - s1, e1-3
QI - series S, ep 7-9
D20: The Unsleeping City: Chapter II - "The Fall of New York City" (s7, e1)
D20: The Unsleeping City: Chapter II - "Heaven and Hell on Earth" (s7, e2)
D20: Fantasy High: Junior Year - "Stress Tested" (s21, e7)
D20: Adventuring Party - "A Negroni and a Bowl of Spinach" (s16, e7)
Ghosts (US) - s2, e16-22; s3, e1-2
🎧 PODCASTS 🎧
Vibe Check - Hey, Sis: featuring Kimberly Drew
The Sporkful - Can A Restaurant Makeover Make Diners Spend More?
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Boston’s Blue Hill
Short Wave - The Life And Death Of A Woolly Mammoth
Desert Island Discs - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cellist
I Said No Gifts! - Jay Jurden Disobeys Bridger
The Assignment with Audie Cornish - Where Does Fani Willis Go From Here?
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - World’s Loneliest House
⭐ Switched on Pop - Adult Contemporary, but make it cool (with CHROMEO)
Shedunnit - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Green Penguin Book Club 1)
Up First - Julian Assange Extradition Hearing, Egypt Buffer Zone, Louisiana Special Session
Today, Explained - The Panama Canal is drying up
It's Been a Minute - Jada Pinkett Smith, the artist
Vibe Check - Welcome to Tip Check
Outward - True Detective: Night Country’s Lesbian Subtext
⭐ Code Switch - Why menthol cigarettes have a chokehold on Black smokers
Short Wave - When The Sun Erupts
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Stone of Destiny
⭐ 99% Invisible #571 - You Are What You Watch
Films To Be Buried With - Tyler James Williams
Ologies with Alie Ward - Black Hole Theory Cosmology (WHAT ARE BLACK HOLES?!) Part 1 with Ronald Gamble, Jr.
Off Menu - Ep 226: Noel Fielding
NPR's Book of the Day - 'Thank You Please Come Again' pays homage to Southern gas station food shops
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
The Assignment with Audie Cornish - Jake Tapper on American Political Scandal
⭐ Throughline - Dance Yourself Free (Throwback)
If Books Could Kill - The Better Angels of Our Nature
Our Opinions Are Correct - We Don't Give a F*ck About Canon
⭐ Today, Explained - Fight at the Museum
The Sporkful - Deep Dish With Sohla And Ham: Bagels
Dear Prudence - My Friend Has a Master’s Degree in Lying. Help!
What Next: TBD - The Coasts are Sinking
Short Wave - Didn't Get A Valentine's Love Song? These Skywalker Gibbons Sing Love Duets
Endless Thread - Endless Thread: The Musical
⭐ Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Industrial Musicals
Strong Songs - "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden
You're Dead to Me - Queen of Sheba [turned out to be really perfect timing to have this knowledge right before getting to certain relevant bits in my current read The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi]
It's Been a Minute - Have we hit celebrity overload? Plus, Miyazaki's movie magic
Simply Reflecting - Did You Say Delusional?
Under the Influence - Seeing is Believing: The Power of Demonstration Commercials
Hit Parade - The Bridge: Bon Soir, Barbra
🎶 MUSIC 🎶
Chromeo
Living Colour
Chicago House Foundation
Presenting Soundgarden
Swing Fever [Rod Stewart & Jools Holland] {2024}
Adult Contemporary [Chromeo] {2024}
Campfire Classics
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