Closed // howling-alpha
It wasn't fair. Everyone else had found their twin when they went through puberty. Derek didn't know what went wrong. He was in his 20's and he hadn't found other-Derek, and his family was starting to talk. 'Never going to find him', they whispered, 'stunted development, he's always going to be be so surly and quiet', they said behind closed doors. It was the main reason why he didn't have many friends. He didn't want to get close to somebody and still know that they weren't his soul mate.
Damien wasn't well off either. Their species was dying off, and he had been taken into a merfolk conservatory in the local aquarium. It wasn't bad. He got fed, entertained, socialized with the other creatures, something was just missing.













