Rex robin soulmate au but its first proper physical or the most memorable touch soulmark marking - when you touch your soulmate you leave a print on them on the body part that touch usually is bare skin but i want to be super mean to retro here- and im jusy thinking of retro taunting and hurting rex robin being time loop makes u crazy after all and he doesnt really care that much that yhis rex is slightly differnet just wanting to get it over with and he finally chokes red and freezes - feels the throb of something and rex groans as he drops him before he can do his suicide boom and retro is staring at him and rexrobin feels burning in his throat, and just hisses when retro grabs again this time gentler and pulls at his costume down: Multiple little fingeprints that soon follow a handshape around him, and retroâs hand that choked him is stained with color too, rips the fingerless glove and its indentix ro the one on rexrobins throat. A soulmark. Their soulmates and now rexrobin is just wondering what his role is gonna be - bonus if rexrobn is soulmates with main mark, who rushes to come in save him or maybe they just arent super touchy at all, much to marks displeasure and yearning. Its the most memorable touch then its probably going to be when he saves rexrobin or smth else. Anwyays i give u soulmate au with rex robin because i love that shithead robin the person u are i need u so bad they wanna call me mark grayson too
Ahhh soulmate AUs, my weakness. And I love the first touch/memorable touch soulmate trope - I've seen it done in some fun ways! So I've gone with both being a thing in this AU, to maximise 'what if' yearning after the first bare skin touch failed lol
It takes longer than it should for you to realise what the burning on your neck is.
You start off on does he have some freaky fire power? Is he gonna burn my throat out? Gnarly and then the abrupt drop several metres does not help with the available thought processes. Processors. Thinkies.
So-
So, in your defence, itâs very reasonable to forget soulmates are a thing in this universe - and then connect that to this feeling.
Youâre more concerned with oooouch and clutching at your side, where the biggest gusher is. You grunt as you put the pressure back on it, even though itâs fucking pointless now. Youâre about to heroic sacrifice it up in here and- Wait.
Whyâd he drop you?
You lift your head, part of your fringe falling into your face, and squint up at VHS Invincible. HeâsâŠstaring at you, alrighty. Looks pretty horrified, actually, and your stomach squirms uncomfortably because- yeah, this is an evil version, but he still looks like Mark.
Shit. You need him closer if youâre gonna add the murder to that murder-suicide.
âHey, dickhead. Whatâs the holdup- fuck.â You jolt when heâs suddenly there, on his knees in front of you. Too many years of fights sends you trying to scramble back, but he grabs your shoulder and- the hell, pulls down the zipper of your suit and rips your cowl open where it covers your neck and whoa dude did we switch genres or something-
One of the lenses are smashed, so you see how wide his eye is as he gapes at your neck. âYouâreâŠHow is it you?â
You as inâŠRex?
No, he knew that. Duh. And isnât like Rexâs most identifiable trait is an attractive neck (though you would argue that it is a hot neck. Like, objectively. Youâve received plenty of compliments, and only some of them were blatantly creepy or threatening). So what the fuck is he talking about?
âŠDid he always have those black stains on his fingers?
âOh.â His fingers. Your neck. The burning. âOh. Youâre myâŠâ A startled laugh escapes you, which hurts, but so does everything right now. âHoly shit, the universe has a fucked up sense of humour.â
âI almost killed you,â he says, and huh, he sounds upset about it. Angry, and confused, but mostly like heâd have been devastated if he did kill you. Wild.
âWell, I was gonna blow us both up, so I guess fairâs fair. UnlessâŠAre you still planning to kill me?â
âNo!â He grabs your shoulder, and thereâs no burning this time, but it feels- weird. Like, your body is all super aware of him all of a sudden. Way more than the usual âIâm fighting a hot dudeâ awareness, or even just the âfighting a dangerous, insanely strong enemyâ awareness. Distinct variations, and this is a whole new one.
âNo,â he says again, a bit calmer. Or, more composed? Heâs been overall more of a cold fish type, but this is some freaky combo of that, and the manic focus on you. âYouâre my soulmate. Iâm taking you with me, Rex.â
Ohhh. That seemsâŠbad. âUh, counter-offer? You couldâŠstick around here? With me. We could get to know each other before anyone kidnaps anyone else, how about it?â
âYou seemâŠâ He strips his fingerless glove off, hand turning as he looks at the black soulmark covering a lot of his skin. Everywhere he touched you for the first time. No, this was the memorable touch one, right?
Yeah. Thereâs two kinds of soulmark in this world. Either itâs the first of any bare skin contact, or, it can be through clothes and whatever else but has to be considered memorable contact. Haha, canât claim this wasnât the latter, Christ.
âYouâre more accepting than the Rex in my world wouldâve been,â he says, gaze back on you again. Makes you feel like a bug under a microscope. âHeâd have made a fuss over his soulmate being a man.â
âNot the evil part?â
âThat too.â He leans in, still holding tight to your shoulder. But his hand is gentle when his fingers wrap around the back of your neck this time, his thumb tucking under your chin and, shit, the lightest brush against your soulmark sends a rush of heat through you, wow.
You blink fast, lick your lips, and he stares at them. Licks his own, leaves them shiny and slightly parted. You could blame the dizziness on blood loss, but youâre too familiar with that to fool yourself. Fuck.
Wait, no, donât fuck-
Wind lashes at your face as someone rockets on stage, and Retro is flung away from you. The force unbalances you, makes you realise you were leaning in when you start falling forward. But youâre caught against a muscular chest, a worried, âRex? Are you okay?â just starting to clear your head when-
A different hand settles on the back of your neck, and your skin burns for the second time.
You freeze. Mark freezes.
âŠYou guess this also counts as memorable, but Jesus fucking Christ, did they have to collar you between them? No cool, man. So not cool.
Makes you pretty grateful you pass out then and there.
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What would Retro have done if he had met Robin in his timeloop world?
Would she loop with him? Or would she exist in only 1 timeline? Either way how would he react?
Ooh if it was a one timeloop scenario that'd absolutely terrify him. If she's a classmate/works at Burger Mart the same as EP, it'd be immediately obvious this is a change; proceed with Mark spiralling out over the fact if he dies, the loop will reset and she'd be gone.
I never fully decided the longest loop he's survived in, but if it's a few decades or more that'd help him calm down a bit - but he's going full obsessive, lock her away in a metaphorical tower mode.
Using every single thing he's learn from previous loops to keep her safe, even if it means completely abandoning Earth for some distant planet he knows generally gets left out of any wars/Viltrumite expansion post-conquering Earth. And also using that same bank of knowledge for how to prolong her life.
All while very clearly one tap away from losing his shit entirely, even if he's surprisingly good at self-control overall. If he manages to convince himself he can do this right, he might at least go for a slow start since he does want his soulmate to love him - not fear what he is now.
Between blasts, the colours of his suit seems faded in comparison to the more common vivid cyan and acidic yellow. Like a VHS of an old cartoon thatâs been rewound one too many times.
Hehe thanks! I love tossing in lil details/references like that, I think it'd be kind of fun too if Retro is also suffering some sensory overload from how much brighter/louder everything feels outside his world. Just to add to his foul mood lol
He did give up repeatedly on ever meeting his soulmate, but always loops (;D) back around to wanting to find them. Sooo it's completely terrifying to meet her in *this* scenario - no do-overs, no second chance at a first impression, no control.
