In a universe where everyone is born with numbers on their wrists counting down to when they’ll meet their soulmate, send me 00:00:00 for my muses reaction to their numbers hitting zero when they meet yours.
it hadn’t stopped when they first met—as kids in school. it wasn’t the right time. yes, it was the right person, but the true concept of a soulmate hadn’t fully developed.
   no, the clock was a clever thing, and it ticked away,    slowly bearing down until it was midnight on a night    it was too cold to go stargazing in the astronomy    tower, and yet there they were. usually, sophie would    give it a glance or two, but she was distracted.
their little meeting went on until they hovered near each other’s lips and finally, finally those lips pressed together. he pulled her onto his lap and they had to break apart for air. something possessed sophie to bring her wrist into view. he saw it and his was at the same little blinking numbers
            00:00:00
       ❝ oh, i should have known. ❞
and they were kissing again, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â not quite just to forget about the cold, either.