Does Meirion also have a Santo Crystallos AU (since he’s from Rexinar)? Was very curious!
He does! He's more grounded there though since he had to be Penny's 'active parent' really early on since Austron (Penny's father, and his as well in this AU---he and Penny are stepsiblings here) wanted nothing to do with her care after her mother died during childbirth. So they're a LOT closer in this version, more so than they already are.
It's the AU this version of him and Penny on after-school pickup (she's wheedling him for McDewotts) comes from:
(His nickname for her is 'Heulwen' ie. 'Sunshine', and the bagpack is his first-day-at-school gift for her. He's actually listed the primary contact at her school for her since they do notice that their dad never comes for anything outside of Parent-Teacher day, and she visibly shuts down when the man is around)
Here he is as an adult in this AU (Very GoT Starks vibe)
And him taking Penny to get treated after their dad struck her across the face (there are reasons he couldn't get her out of that situation faster, mostly related to him being a bit of an outsider and S.Crystallos' deeply patriarchal system favoring their high-class dad which is ALSO why he's a lawyer here rather than a tailor---he's a lawyer in two AUs---but he goes overdrive into getting custody of her after this).
Feat. Vin from @tiakaneko who drew this piece (he's a doctor rather than a scientist/inventor here).