SAD SOULMATE AU

[crimeson]

[So hey, Kaine is being released from prison! But first he's gotta meet his parole officer. Of course, Kaine is in a pretty high security class, so they probably assigned him some hardass who'd shove him back in prison at the drop of a hat...

But when he's brought to the meeting room, the door opens on a handsome redhead balancing his chair on two legs, hands folded behind his head. He's in uniform for now, looks pretty nice all buttoned up, but his vibes are still so casual when he brings the chair back down on all four legs and raises a hand in a wave.]

Heya!

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[crimeson]

Yeah? What was Louise like?

[he's assuming a breakup,]

[markofkaine]

She was... first person t'say she loved me. I thought, she... she was my light in the darkness.

[Peering into the glass like. where did the alcohol go? why isn't there more. Despair.]

Then I killed her.

[crimeson]

[oh

OH]

...What a shitty thing to have in common.

[markofkaine]

[Whimpers drunkenly,]

I HAD to.

[crimeson]

[slides down off the couch to sling an arm over Kaine's shoulders.]

I'm sorry.

[markofkaine]

[Oh. he's being touched.

without even meaning to, he leans into it - hungry for even half an embrace, like it was the only blanket in a snowstorm.]

Was just more darkness. S'no light for someone like me.

[crimeson]

[oh. okay, no, turns so he can hug Kaine properly.]

Mm. It's hard. It... might not always have to be that way, but I do get it.

[markofkaine]

[warm........]

S'cause I don't have a soul.

[crimeson]

What makes you say that?

[markofkaine]

Y'don't get a soulmark if you have no soul.

[crimeson]

Is that how it works?

I told you I was expendable, yeah?

[markofkaine]

Mmmm. Merc.

[crimeson]

[Randy pauses to tug off one of his fingerless gloves with his teeth, loathe to actually fully let go of Kaine. What he reveals is a burned out mockery of a soulmark on the back of his hand, more scar than mark at this point. It's hard to even tell what its shape was supposed to be at this point.]

I killed my soulmate.

[markofkaine]

[Kaine stares like he's not even really sure what he's looking at. He doesn't have his own to compare it to, so it take a second to sink in.

And really, what could you really say.]

...you shouldn't do that.....

[crimeson]

[a hollow bark of laughter]

Yeah! Can't advise it.

[markofkaine]

[mumble mumble]

half a soul... n' no soul...

[crimeson]

Seems we're pretty well matched, honestly. Between that and our body counts.

[markofkaine]

...

Y'shouldn't be so nice to me.

[crimeson]

That's your takeaway?

[markofkaine]

What if I kill you?...

[crimeson]

Dude, you're seriously overestimating my will to live.

You'd prove 'em right though, and fuck them.

[markofkaine]

...Ben believed in me. But he's dead.

[crimeson]

I'm sorry. Truly, I am.

[markofkaine]

You shouldn't die either.

[crimeson]

Then don't kill me. I know it might not be easy, but... Give it your best shot, yeah?