#eclipse!au

A birthday fic for @cinensis because he is awesome and deserving of good things on his great day. And I’m bringing together the best of both worlds!

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It had been what some might call an astronomical anomaly: a strange combination of gravity fields and heavenly alignments and stray, confused energies, tangling and turning and taking entities that should have been in one place and moving them elsewhere. To a normal mortal living their day-to-day lives, it may not feel like anything was out of place, but for beings and guardians who exist within the realm of such an event, it was...a very bizarre day.

Bizarre, because at some point when the storm was at its apex, Genos the Sun God opened his eyes into inky darkness. Not the emptiness of space, but another kind of solitude, and it felt like an entire world was on top of him. Water. He was under a great ocean, at its very deepest. And…

Genos?

At the sound of his name, he turned, and the shadows were broken by colorful lights, glowing and blinking. Between them, particles danced, suspended, and the creature with too-familiar eyes was coming towards him, floating through the water, fin swaying through the depths.

“Saitama?”

He approached him immediately, hands moving to touch his face, and Saitama flinched. He looked so different...at first he thought that he might pull away, but after a moment, he reached forward as well, touching the jewelry and tattoos around his eyes. His hands were webbed and even despite the slickness of scales he knew him. He would always know him. Is this really you?

“I think...I believe that I am Genos from another time. Another plane of existence, coexisting with the Genos of your space.”

Saitama just stared.

“Mostly, yes.”

He nodded slowly, and then his mouth curved up in a way that must have been a smile. I’m not going to say that I get it, but...I’m always happy to see you.

Genos smiled too, softly running his finger along the glowing orb on Saitama’s forehead, smooth and warm. Saitama took his other hand as his eyes closed, bubbles escaping from the gills on his neck. A content sigh.

“I feel the same.”

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“Dude, what happened to your legs?”

“I am an underwater research cyborg, Sensei. They help me to propel through the water for an extensive period of time, and they have been made to withstand great amounts of pressure, and...um...Sensei?”

Saitama had walked behind Genos and grabbed his ponytail, running it through his fingers. “Your hair is really long,” he mused.

Genos reached back to remove his hair tie, careful to keep it grasped in his hand. He still had no idea how exactly he had wound up on the moon, but he wasn’t about to try any tests as to when the gravity would affect him and when it would not. For now, he seemed to be able to sit on the large moonrock while Saitama wandered around him, inspecting him thoroughly.

“It’s different. I like it.”

As Saitama returned to stand in front of him, Genos touched his robes, fingering the beautiful, light fabric before finally resting his palms on his waist. He had always wondered what Saitama would look like, as a human, and now that he was here - well, a version of him anyway - it was interesting, but...his Saitama was perfect just the way he was.

When he glanced up, he realized that Saitama’s eyes were full of tears. “Sensei,” he said, gathering him close, rubbing his back gently. “Please forgive me. I know I may not appear as you are used to seeing me, but…”

“Shut up, idiot.” He still stroked Genos’s hair, drying his eyes against the strands. “I don’t care about that. I just don’t get to see you enough.”

Genos squeezed him tight. Some things seemed to be consistent no matter where he was.

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“You were a fish, Saitama.”

“...what?! How could I be a fish? How the heck would that work?”

Genos...you glowed so bright. And you were warmer than anything I’ve ever felt.

“I can be warm too, Sensei...”

got inspired by David Bowie’s Space Oddity and lovely Bee King @cinensis ‘s Eclipse!AU

Omg, yes, totes gotta do the Eclipse!AU one. Just for funsies.

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“What are you doing?” 

Looking up information about space. Oh, the lengths I will go for batarou...I’m just not great with science. When someone says ‘STEM,’ I say, “I cut most of that off of my broccoli, so...”

There was no response from the stranger who was kicking a piece of polar ice at his feet. Across the expanse of the red planet, it was the only sound in that moment - a progressive chnk, chnk, chnk - other than the grinding of Badd’s teeth and his knuckles tightening.

“Hey, asshole!” he barked.

I love that no matter what universe we’re talking, whether it’s canon or...whatever...introductions are usually the same. Or similar at least. Endless affection, prefaced by irritation.

Finally, the being stopped and turned, thumbs hooked into a thick sash tied around his waist. Badd didn’t recognize the other creature as he regarded him with what seemed like a bored expression, small blue crystals clinking on the garment that crossed his broad chest. Gold eyes narrowed at him from under a dramatic upsweep of white hair. “Hm?”

“What the hell are you doing?” Badd stepped forward, slapping his weapon - a short black metal club (walk tall and carry a big stick. Well, carry a big stick at least) - in the palm of his hand. It was one thing that there was a strange entity in his domain. It was another thing that he was there and disturbing the planet’s landscape.

“Being beautiful. What are *you* doing?”

“This can’t actually be ice, can it? Since when do you have ice?” He gives it another petulant nudge, like it’s somehow offensive to him that there is ice on Mars.

“Since…I don’t know, always?!”

“Hm. Well, then, I don’t think you should call it the ‘red planet.’ Just saying.”

LITERALLY ME WHILE DOING RESEARCH. “Whattaya mean Mars has ice??? Every pulp science fiction novel cover has been LYING TO ME.”

Badd could feel his already low patience dwindling. He stepped in front of the figure and gave him a shove back. “Who gives a shit what you think? Who the hell are you?”

The way that he was eyeballing him, Badd felt like he was being sized up. Pale fingers reached out to poke at the armor across his chest and shoulder, following the curve of the symbol there. (I can never resist handsy!Garou. Touchy touchy touchy) “Garou. You’re Badd, right?”

“Yeah, that’s right.” It dawned on him at that moment as he rapped Garou’s knuckles with his bat how he knew that name. “Oh, you’re that dickhead from Pluto, aren’t you? What, you think just because you figured how to break ties with your planet that you can just do what you want? Huh?”

I love writing Badd in this AU, because I have a HC that he picks up a lot of radio waves and stuff from Earth, which is why he sounds so crude and uses slang and whatnot.

Badd had heard the news about Pluto during a visit from the white dwarf (he says, even though he’s shorter than everyone...poor Badd) that came by from time to time. Frankly, when Z told him about how Garou had somehow figured out how to leave his planet, Badd’s first reaction was to roll his eyes. “If a planet doesn’t have a guardian, how’s it even a planet? How would that work? You’re jerkin’ my chain.”

“I’m not kidding,” Z had said. “And evidently, it’s catching on in Mumen’s neck of the woods, too. The humans are saying that Pluto’s not on the same level as all the other planets. Like he doesn’t count 'cause he’s so small. If you see him, don’t mention it. He’s pretty sore about it.”

I know a number of humans who are sore about it...lookin’ at you, gen-x-ers.

“Being able to leave my domain for a time has nothing to do with me being me. That’s all natural.” Garou’s grin was smug and self-satisfied. I’M JUST A GUY WHO’S A PRICK FOR FUN.

“How about you move along then, yeah? This planet ain’t big enough for the both of us.” Don’t.

“Tch. It’s not very big at all is it?” GODDAMMIT. His face was suddenly close to his. If 'cold’ could have a scent, that would be how he would describe him. Compared to the warm tan of Badd’s flesh, Garou was practically a light blue, and his aura was one of frost, of the deepness of the universe far from light. And to make things worse, he was easily half a head taller than him. As almighty writer and hamster master, I’ll never cease lording Badd’s shortness over him. NEVER. “I mean, I’ve only been to one other planet that’s smaller than yours, Badd-chan.” Damn, son. Rude. Very rude.

Phew, managed to finish this right before midnight ^^; (at the time before posting)

I can’t tell you how much i love Eclipse AU, at first i followed Joshua for Mob Psycho, but then discovered this AU and pretty much fell in love with it (also celestial bodies have always been my fave, and am still lowkey a huge space nerd)

Sun Boy

Check it out, I made a playlist for @cinensis and @stickydoona‘s Eclipse!AU

“I’ll be here, waiting, but this will not be a good-bye it’s only a see you soon.”

Photo taken at AR’16