a boy goes missing, a girl is found
a girl goes missing, a boy is found
the day he first vanishes is the first day she is free
they're both made of magic: the mage, the sorcerer
they share the same love interest, who can only focus on one of them at a time
they wear the same clothes
his mother is overprotective of him
her father is overprotective of her
she pulls her power from the ground
he pulls his power from the sky
she was an experiment to the human villian
he was an experiment to the supernatural villian
they share trauma that none of their other friends could begin to understand
he thinks he is different, and she thinks she does not belong
he learns to accept and love himself, and she learns she is not the monster
they're terrified for each other; when one goes missing, they try their best to get them back (they both succeed)
18 months before the end of the world she lives in a cabin, training to take on the world
18 months after the end of the world he lives in a cabin, likely in her room, surrounded by her memory, and everything she sacrificed
all she ever wanted was family
they were supposed to fix things together
she'll never get to see the world, so he'll have to paint it in her honour