Too Gay To Function

Then it basically becomes a romantic version of the “two Spider-Mans pointing at each other” meme.

“You….”

“You????”

Ok so. I'm really not an AU guy but I decided to expand upon this at least a LITTLE bit because I just came up with the angstiest idea in the *world*.

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What if it's a "you start to gradually see color when your soulmate is born, but you don't see the color of people's eyes until you see theirs for the first time" AU...and Cassie sees color for the first time when she's 22.

Which makes her spiral so hard and feel like such a pervert that it jumpstarts her addiction. She gives up on the concept of love because she doesn't want to be a creep, and she settles. And that's how she gets divorced. It's why she has Harrison. He's the only reason she gets sober.

Meanwhile, like many others whose soulmate is older, Victoria was born seeing color.

It's why her own eyes are always so wide. She's overwhelmed by the vibrance of it all. Hardly wants to blink when she meets someone, just in case she misses the last puzzle piece fitting into place.

She doesn't expect to see bright blue shining back at her on the first day of her ER rotation. She doesn't expect her soumate to be a mother - and how it makes her heart ache, because her own mother was never good to her.

OR

10 bits of opening dialogue.

" Jesus Christ, McKay. What are you doing out here, alone, chain smoking? I've been waiting."

"Javadi...I'm not sure that driving you home is appropriate on your first day. And you don't have to babysit my kid. It's been an intense couple of hours. Maybe we start fresh tomorrow? (Victoria, smiling at her stubbornly: "No. I like this version of us. Of you.")

"You've been staring at me for a reason, student doctor Javadi? I can practically feel your doe-eyes boring into my skin."

"Look. If your mother won't say it, I will. I'm really fucking proud of you."

"Cassie...Is it weird that you're the only person in my life I trust to tell me the truth?" Cassie: "maybe a little. but I don't mind. I care about you. Victoria: "Cool. So, do you want me, too? Now you can't lie, or you'll be a total jerk."

"Harrison likes you more than he likes me, Vic. Can you show me this uh, Roblox thing tomorrow night?"

"I really, really think we should go back inside, kid. I don't want anyone seeing us like this. Let me help fix your dress."

"I love you. Just so you know. You don't have to say it back, or visit me up in Psych, if you don't want."

"What's aura? Harrison said you had 500 and I have none."

- A job

- Good relationship with father

- Neurotypical brain

- Ability to top

It's kind of a contagious parasocial feeling where other people are going to get bummed out because they also fantasize about her being gay/queer. But she's a real person, and if you want to be bummed, you can do so in private.

Queer people have of partners of the "opposite" sex all the time. Not that it's our business "what" she is. I'll joke about it with everyone else and I have my suspicions, but it's all in good fun. We don't know her!

If you REALLY love her, you want her to be happy. The woman had a hard ass life. She's dating a *doctor*. Like, babygirl...good for you.

As a trans man, I'm sorry, but her being with a man doesn't make her dissappointing or dirty.

But only when all three ladies bring their older partners (which is usually only when Dennis can’t come, I mean, they aren’t jerks.)

This is one of those times. She’s standing by the bar waiting to buy her and Trin another round of shots, when an absolutely stunning woman sidles up next to her, looks her up and down.

Victoria looks back to check if Cassie is still watching her, leaning against the wall in an absolutely sinful leather jacket that was sewn together before the young girl was born.

She giggles. Smiles at the woman as she tosses an obvious come-on Victoria’s way. Offers to buy the shots.

“Sorry, I have a boyfriend.” She drops. Watches the woman’s face fall.

She doesn’t do this because she likes the attention, no. She does it for what happens next. She looks over at Cass, makes eyes that say “help, please”.

And then she gets to watch the women’s faces as they see the hottest butch in the room wrap her arm around Victoria as casual as breathing.

Gets to watch Cassie’s face turn flushed and hungry when the woman always says some variation of “you’re the *boyfriend?*”

And this time? This time Cassie does something extra thrilling.

a mcvadi arranged marriage a/b/o fic. you can find chapter 3 here(:

Okay so.

I don't actively ship them, but I adore them as a ship, if that makes sense.

The thing is, I think Mel is demisexual. Don't get it twisted - that doesn't mean she doesn't fuck. She's gotta fall in love a little bit first. So when she and Trinity start dating, they spend a lot of time getting to know each other. Watching movies while taking turns brushing each other's hair. Falling asleep tangled up in the couch, with the silly hairstyles still in. Mel kisses her for the first time over breakfast after one of these sleepovers, and Trinity melts into it, immediately trying to push it further, hands on the other girl's hips.

"Slow down, I'm not quite ready to - " Mel murmers, and at first Trinity is a little offended, or worried she'd misread signals.

But Mel keeps kissing her lightly, holding her hands in her own, keeping them both steady. Trinity hums against her lips. This is nice, just experiencing the moment. Living in it.

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One day, after they'd been dating for two or three months. Mel sits in her lap for the first time, smiling at her sweetly. Trinity finally breaks, when after a few minutes, nothing else happens.

"You...you're attracted to me right?" "Oh!" Mel responds, suprised, "Yes. I am," she says. Like it's obvious. Easy. "Because I feel like...sometimes," Trinity looks down, embarrassed, "I feel like you're my friend."

Mel takes Trinity's chin in her hand, tilts it up, and makes eye contact, which is typically really hard for her. But she wants to look her. Adores looking at her, even. She tilts her head, curiously, and replies simply,

"I am your friend, silly. Now, will you kiss me? I can also move, and we can play a card game or something, and make out later."

Trinity just...stares at her, trying not to tear up a little bit. Mel waits, puckers her lips jokingly even, as if she didn't just, with a few sentences, alter the other woman's entire world view.

Listen. If the rumors were true, Victoria was *not* going to stand for it.

Some nurse, barely out of college? With *her* Resident? She would laugh, if she didn't feel so angry, so jealous that she was almost sick with it.

She chased after Cassie the day after she heard the 'news', cornering her against her stupid mom-car in the parking garage.

"Some young 20-something, Cassie, really?" she asks, tone sharp and judging. McKay scrambles to hold onto the door handle behind her, leaning away from the vitriol being shot her way.

"Vic, I - I know you're young too, so you probably think it's inappropriate. I want you to know I would never - and I mean, she's 23, so it's not like - "

Victoria's eyes narrow. She scoffs, then starts giggling meanly. Juts out her hip and crosses her arms in a juvenile way that sets Cassie's teeth on edge and makes her crazy, that makes her want to be bad. Makes her want to forget her morals, her duty to Victoria as her student. Makes her want to fucking *bite*.

"You'd never what, take advantage of me? Clearly." Victoria retorts, like she's doing the oppsite of reading her mind. Cassie wants to take advantage of Victoria *yesterday*. That's the whole fucking problem!

She says otherwise:

"Wh - what does that mean? Of course I would never - "

Victoria takes a step closer, not listening. Not really. "I'm better than her. Whoever the fuck she is. You know I am. I'm so good for you. Is she good for you, Cassie?"

Cassie inhales sharply, both of her hands pressed against the side of her car now, itching to reach out and touch Victoria. She knocks her head back against the window to try and get away as Victoria continues to press in on her. And Victoria? She actually *laughs* at her.

"You can't run from how you feel about me anymore. I thought you felt guilty because I'm a baby, or something. But if you can do 23..."