glow off the pavement
For the Soulmate AU square for @obiquinbingo
There was a black ring on the centre of Quinlan’s back. It was small, the standard size. Sometimes he’d step out of the shower and look at the ring on his dark skin and wonder. He was 26 now. He’d spent his childhood hearing stories of how Tholme and T’ra Saa had met, and their various friends. He’d often imagined what his own soulmate would be like, but then he met Aayla. Raising a child didn’t leave much room for wishful thinking, and by now he was content with his life. He’d had boyfriends, flings, one-night stands. His life was complete.
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“Good morning Quinlan,” Siri shouted as she came storming through the backroom.
Quin mourned the loss of peace and quiet. He put down the cloth and turned to face Siri. Today, her hair had pink streaks through it and she was wearing an apron with a giant cupcake on it, a total eyesore.
“No need to be so loud,” Quinlan groaned, rubbing his temples.
“Poor baby,” Siri said, voice in mock sympathy, and patted him on the shoulder, “Was someone out too late last night?”
She moved to switch on the ovens, grabbing the bakery batch for the day.
“Aayla had a project that needed to be done all for today, that they’d apparently only gotten yesterday,” Quinlan rolled his eyes, “As if I couldn’t see the date of the assignment. She wanted to go to this craft store, and then that one didn’t have the right stuff, so we had to go to the next and then the next,” Quinlan sighed, “She better get an A+ on this project.”
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