convinced there are only 3 humans who could put aaron warner in his place and they're 1) laila bc he was definitely a mama's boy 2) juliette ofc 3)nazeera cause he's genuinely scared of her :D
YES‼️YES‼️YES‼️
he loves his mommy and Leila so much fr 🥹 he will/would do everything they say he’s a good boy 🥰🥰😝😝🥺🥺 naz is lowk terrifying so Aaron i get you 😰😰 do not cross my queen 😤😤
I desperately want Warnette to have a daughter but I don't want her to look identical to either of her parents. I want her to be a mix of both of them. Mostly because it would be so painful to them at times.
Because if that little girl looks identical to Warner, she would look just like Leila.
And if she looked just like Juliette, she would be almost identical to Emmaline.
My head cannon is that Paris Anderson (and Max and Evie) stole some of Juliette/Ella's power and put it inside of Aaron's mom. (Shatter me spoilers below btw)
Doesn't it make sense tho?
1) Leila Warner's powers are similar to Ella's but opposite. Ella can project her pain energy, but does not feel it herself, when she touches people. In contrast, Leila feels pain whenever she touches people because the Energy is on her skin - like with Ella - and since she is not immune to the power, she feels the pain when she touches her own skin or when others touch her
2) Delalieu is so sure that Paris did something to his daughter, but doesn't know what, and we all know that this is the kind of messed up shit that Paris would do to his wife. But this just shows that Leila's condition must've been a more recent one for him to never have suspected anything before
3) There must've been a time when Leila didn't have this power since she was able to have Aaron. I mean, sax-ophone with someone else and birth is a lot of skin contact. Plus, Aaron is older than Ella so it would make sense that she already conceived Aaron before getting injected with Ella's powers. Also, relating to the second point, if this was a condition that Leila had the entire time, how could Delalieu have never known about it? Imagine trying to hug your child everytime and she breaks down in hysterical tears from pain. Are you telling me that Delalieu and his wife never suspected anything medically wrong with her everytime someone just lightly brushes her and she is in pain?
4) We all know that the supreme commanders have been trying to extract powers to put them in other people (like with Sara and Sonya, and Adam) so it would make sense that they would have tried to put this very important power into someone within the inner circle cus we wouldn't want a secret like that getting leaked. Also, as mentioned, Ella's power is super important. They would want to try and imbue elsewhere to keep it, wouldn't they? I'm pretty sure that they failed this experiment with Leila and found out that the power can only be transferred to someone of similar blood or something which is why only Ella can take over Emmaline. (Aaron saying "Take me instead" lives rent free in my head)
What do yall think? Anything I missed out?
5) Side note, I think it would make more sense if Paris Anderson is the one with powers. I mean, 3 of his sons have powers that are all somewhat similar so it would make sense that it came from him - being the common denominator. Like, Aaron can absorb Energy, Adam can nullify Energy, and James can heal, which I think is like another form of using/coercing the Energy? Idk how to explain this part but I think you know what I mean - that the 3 brothers' powers are all pretty dang similar for them to have come from 2 different mothers. It's true that we know basically nothing about Adam and James' mom (other than she died - but hey, if Paris can fake his death, who is to say that their mom didn't either) but it can't be that much of a coincidence that the 2 women Paris chooses just so happens to be able to give his sons similar powers, can it? Also, you can't really argue that Paris specifically chose the 2 women to breed with since the reestablishment only found out about the powers from Emmaline and though I can't remember if Emmaline is older than Aaron, I'm pretty sure that they could not have been born that far apart for Paris (and Evie and Max) to be able to track down people with the specific powers that they want more of. But even if they could develop this technology that fast, we know that Emmaline and Juliette had some sort of childhood when they were young so it stands to reason that their powers only manifested when they got a little older - old enough for Aaron and Adam (at least) to be born.
What if when Aaron was constantly telling Juliette to touch him in Shatter Me, he just wanted to know what his mother was feeling?
What if he had just wanted to know what torture she was being put through?
And what if, once upon a time, Leila had had the same powers Juliette had? What if Anderson had found a way to turn them aganist her and turn it into self lethal touch? What if he wanted to do the same thing to Juliette but couldn't because of Operation Synthesis?
Well, it seems I did manage to convince myself to write warnette fic: cuz why not? This one isn't necessarily about the two but it indulged me and wish it works for the same for you. Inspiration for this comes out of this post.
Book: Shatter Me
Words: 1k
Pairing: None
With Warner unable to be contacted in the morning of chapter 56, Delalileu worries himself with reasons. None that matches when he learns the actual cause.
Delalieu's POV:
Delalieu almost did have an aneurysm.
He was promptly waiting for the Commander to show up at his usual time to discuss the doings of the day. With Commander Warner harbouring enemies of the state in his personal quarters, the stability and agenda that had been maintained since his appointment had been disrupted. Delalieu himself had overseen a part of this mission that could cost him his life at the least.
He wasn't sure why he had always been so willing to sacrifice his life and work for members of Anderson family. Many a time he had been on the wrong side of power, a young man lost in the sense of manifestation. Perhaps he still was on the wrong side of power while he had seen much, he had lost more.
This way of devotion towards Commander Warner, his grandchild was his way of asking forgiveness to his daughter, Leila. Forgiveness, he would never deserve. He had seen the crimes committed by his own against his own and he had silently let them happen, overseen them at times without questioning the morality and insanity of it.
Delalieu was a man lacking in courage when it came down to crossing the lines of duty and relation, in situations when it was a need to put his blood first he had failed to do so.
It had taken multiple years to gain Warner's trust. An odd sort of bond that goes nowhere- there's respect between the two, born completely out of sincerity and years of seeing each other. What relation he had with Commander Warner could be carried with any other Lieutenant had Paris decided to appoint another.
"Family should be close," Paris had said, smiling wickedly to him the day he had been appointed.
Here at Sector 45, he worked both for the Commander and the Supreme, not letting his interactions with either mix. Delalieu was that tie between the two that secured that they were far more isolated than nearer.
Pulling himself away from his thought he glanced at the huge wall clock.
7:14.
The Commander was late by 14 minutes. If experience and memory served him right, Commander Warner was never late- not on a sick day, not when he was shot in his arms, not when Miss Ferrars was dying. Aaron Warner was a punctual man that valued his time more than people. Seeing how he had been running late for over 16 minutes now seemed to surprise him beyond his wits.
He diligently decided to wait before jumping to conclusions about the Commander's whereabouts. Patiently waiting for further 10 minutes before he decided to give in to his unease.
Delalieu called for his office, assuming that the Commander had decided to spend his morning drawing plans for the aftermath of this rebellion. No one answered the phone, as his request was met with an automated attendant. He pinches his head in worry trying to find a single reason why Warner couldn't be contacted.
Trying to calm his nervous tick, he searched for the boy on the base surveillance. Nothing. He needed to check whether Warner was out to his house in the sector like he preferred disappearing to. Alone. To keep an eye on correspondence and locals. When his search came back with no signs, he rang the operators instead.
"Where was the Chief Commander last seen ?" He asked masking his worries with an emotionless tone.
"Last night entering his quarters."
"Time?"
"2050."
"Any activity outside his quarter?"
"None noticed, sir."
"Any tanks put off from surveillance? Lost signal with any soldiers?" He asked not wanting to give away any matters for the soldiers to divulge in.
"None, sir. "
He hung up on the phone and sprang out of the door within seconds.
The time read 7:48 am.
Last sighted in his quarters which did not have any cameras as per his request and command. Delalieu knew it was stupid and naive to give in to the demands of a 19-year-old boy and foregoing protocol. With no surveillance inside the ward, Delalieu had no way of knowing what harm Warmer might have undergone.
Warner was housing revolutionaries on the base, a floor away from his quarters. Castle and his band of refugees were too deep in grief to be hosted as allies. One never knew when feelings of revenge came to the surface. Them living a floor below him gave them a perfect opportunity to do away with his cruelty for once. Delalieu berated himself for not trying to talk the boy out of his decision.
Stupid mistakes taken out of desire. Aaron was doing so much to save the girl's life only for her and her refugee of friends to take advantage of his kindness. Delalieu reminded himself that Aaron was more than capable to take care of himself but when it came down to the girl, Juliette Ferrars he failed to meet his own assessment. Love bedazzled him, like always the girl made him forget everything else. Made him do things he won't do for anyone. Ella always blinded him.
He had walked on gun ready, his card swiped in to let him enter. His mind was numb with scenarios he might come across and his body operating purely on adrenaline and years of practice.
He stepped inside the room. Only to see a sight be hadn't quite expected- clothes were strewn around everywhere. It took him about ten seconds to register the scene and now his mind was buzzing with the need to be out of the room, eyes wide in horror and cheeks flushed with humiliation. He quickly stepped back into the elevator, pressing the button to move down to his floor. As the elevator doors closed on him he had unintentionally glimpsed enough to confirm his suspicions. The two sprawled on the bed. Huddled over each other.
Back in the safety of his own office, he sighed. Not so much out of relief. There was so much past to uncover for the two.
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A/N: Hope it wasn't much disappointing. I just wanted to write someting new and my old wips have haunted me for months and I wrote this down in a day instead. Taking asks for warnette now if you all can be so kind as to send them.
No taglish cuz don't know mutuals that are into this book. Do mention if you want to be tagged in future works.
It's been a while since I read Shatter Me. I still think about something that makes me sad. Why did Warner's mum die? Warner researched extensively, right? She was always on his mind, right?Around the time she died, Warner had known that his brother, Adam, had the ability to nullify abilities. Like how he could touch Julliette. Later, we see machinery created by him that nullifies abilities. Couldn't this have stopped his mum's ability? Wouldn't that have saved her? How did he not think of that possibility? If someone knows, please tell me.