Lovataar, who is "the Blood Empress's most beautiful daughter" and her mother's favorite, also serves as her mother's poster girl. The glory she shines with is all for her mother’s sake.
Her social media accounts are run to support her mother's business(and politics), but now that she's met her left-wing lover, she probably won't be able to use them the way she used to
now this would have to be a modern/no powers au where she follows the given modern lova backstory : her mom is a massive business woman, controls a huge empire, lova grows up with everything she could ever need. her parents are constantly forcing her to find a Good Man who can help the family business.
and she tries. she does really try. but every valedictorian she brings to a corporate event, ever first son she goes for coffee with, every sleazy guy in law school just leaves her empty. but its not like she knows of any other options. so she keeps telling herself she hasn't found the right guy yet. it will happen, just be patient.
then she goes to college. her parents force her to go into law, so she goes into law. probably harvard or something. she gets intrigued by a virology course on her first day and decides to take some classes. it cant hurt, she thinks. maybe she'll find a rich guy there studying ebola, or rabies, or any of the other viruses she's been obsessed with for years
thats when she meets ion. they get paired up for a project. what it is doesnt matter. ion is a polyamorous, genderfluid leftist and is not shy about any of this. the most androgynous person you've ever seen. afab in this canon. they don't particularly like lovataar at first, but respects how she's always on time, never skirts her work.
theyre going over slides together, and the microscope is giving lovataar such shit. its a completely new one, and she may as well be using an entirely different type of microscope, with how convoluted it is. in typical rich girl fashion, she pawns the task off to ion, who struggles for a second, but then gets it.
they show lova how to do it and of course. Of Course. it all makes sense now. offhandedly, ion says "good job" and goes back to whatever they were doing.
lovataar cant focus now. she's been told good job by practically everyone her whole life, why is this different? what is it about ion that makes her see them when she closes her eyes? she ignores all of this and throws herself into dating, and into her family business. school as well, but moreso law.
everytime she sees ion now, which seems to be constantly, she feels so weird. nauseous almost. but good? what the hell is good nauseous?? not to mention ion has been weirdly nice to her lately, offering to go see a movie with her once they wrap the project.
lovataar sees the text when she's at a high end bar with... a man, just some man. tall, square jaw, 6 figure income as an undergrad. he's everything her parents have been telling her to shoot for. hes funny, charming, and surprisingly respectful for a man in the early years of college. he holds a nice conversation, he works out often, he wants to go into family law with the explicit intent to keep children safe. he wants two kids, but hes both willing to wait a while, and negotiate on the number. he should be perfect!
she excuses herself and goes to the bathroom. a quick scan reveals no one is there. she lightly grasps the necklace her father gave her when she turned 18. she bites her lip. she looks back down at her phone and sees ion has sent another text
its cool if you dont want to go, but im enjoying doing these labs with you. you may be like the richest person ever and def act like it but... i like being around you. maybe if you dont want to go to the movies, we could get a drink?
she looks at the door, imagining her date getting impatient. she wants to say yes to ion, she knows she does. but... can she? most of the time ion is a woman, or non... whatever the neither option is. her parents would be horrified if she brought ion home.
shed be horrified if she brought ion home. shes not amazingly close with her family but theyre still her family. she cant possibly consider ruining all that for the person who shes always looking for in their few classes together, who she's always sending dumb memes with the caption "thought youd love this", who she...
would really like to go on a date with.
lovataar sends a quick reply to ion before touching her hair briefly, and going back out. she tells her date her stomach is acting up and that she needs to go home. he offers to drive her, to at least keep her company, because hes such a good fucking guy, but she waves him off.
all she can think about, with a tentative smile, is her response to ion :
how about we get pissed and then go see a film? seems like the best option to me
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