Hi again! :D So I've had this idea for a while. Can you write a Genie AU where Marco is the genie and Ace n Sabo are helping Robin excavate a site. They get trapped and ended up rubbed the lamp at the same time so they both get 3 wishes instead of 6... And the first wish was 'I wish you would just marry me so we can get this over with.'
Ace stares across the ditch to where Sabo is leaning against the wall, wondering if this was some sort of irony or poetic justice the universe thought he deserves. Yes, he has been dying to have some alone time with the blond but that didn’t mean he wanted to die alone with him!
The excavation wasn’t supposed to go this way. When Robin offered to pull enough strings to allow him to come along on the excavation despite not being an archaeologist or even a student in that field, he had jump at the chance.
Some people weren’t too pleased with him taking one of the three openings but they couldn’t say much when the Professor was the one selecting. It may be favoritism, just a bit.
He had been her TA for her art history class as an Arts Major for nearly three years now and through it, he got to met Sabo, an archeology major, who had claimed his heart since the first class.
The fact Sabo’s application was the one selected as a student aid was a giant plus.
Now it wasn’t that Robin brought him along on a College Fund excavation simply because he was love-struck- that would be a waste of her grants and time- but he really did enjoy the history behind all art.
Ace was able to identify a lot of different eras based on styles, forms, and cultures which Robin thought would be helpful. The site had multiple drawings and carvings, not to mention they were unearthing some items that needed identification.
Robin did her best to push them together but really Ace was more brute strength than the gentle mapping Sabo was in charge of, so there wasn’t much time they spent together. There were times where he would be studying the carvings and images, careful not to damage any of the wall markings and Sabo would be right there, doing his own work on how the markings were placed up there.
But he would look over, see the blond next to Koala- the other student aid- and long for him to look at him the same way Ace looked at him.
Sometimes it felt like they were worlds apart.
Maybe that’s why the universe decided that they needed to be trap in a cave when the two found some new markings leading into a further part that the rest of the team wasn’t aware of. So naturally when they were poking around the rocks fell and they barely managed to avoid being crushed.
“Guess we are going to spend the rest of our lives together” Sabo jokes. His face is still red from attempting to push the large boulder that had them trapped. “The rest of the team would find this hilarious.”
“Yeah,” He says cringing at the fact the whole team made jokes about his feelings. He glances up at the ceiling aware the team wouldn’t know where they were but hopefully already noticing their absence. “If we’re lucky they get us out before they start thinking we eloped or something. As if we would ever wed.”
Sabo’s smile turns strain. “Would it be so bad to be my husband?”
Ace blinks at him confused by the question but Sabo has already looked away rubbing at his arms. It’s rather cold in here, with the night approaching and even he, who is normally warm, was starting to feel the effects.
They sit in silence for a while, the temperature dropping with every passing second. Ace desperately wants to start a conversation but he can’t find how until suddenly Sabo stands. “We should cuddle”
There is a pause before the blond hastily adds on “For warmth! Cuddle...for warmth...even with the protective gear we can get..the cold illness that starts with h...”
“Do you mean hypothermia?”
Sabo's cheeks turn redder. “Y-yes.”
Ace’s already warm face gets even redder. They don’t actually need to cuddle just yet, after all, it’s cold but nowhere near levels of hypothermia. Still, this was a chance to be close to Sabo so who was he to pock holes in his worry of freezing to death. “Come here then”
Sabo plants himself next to Ace, fitting under his arm that he held out as an offering and the two press together. Sabo’s pulse is underneath his forearm, quick enough that Ace’s own speeds up. They shift around a little attempting to get comfortable.
Unknown to them, with their lights have been damaged, they were rubbing their backs against a small lamp stuck into the wall Ace had been leaning on. Their shifting activating ancient magic.
“So...when do you think we will be rescued?” Ace starts hyper-aware of Sabo leaning on him.
“Knowing Professor Nico soon,” Sabo answers, his head resting on his shoulder since the other had been tired. His breath hits Ace’s neck and sends a shiver down his spine.
“Maybe. But if she thinks we got lost toghter she’ll wait it out. She ships us.”
Ace bites his tongue. Crap, his nerdiness shone though. “Ugh, it means she wants us as a couple. She’ll proabley wait a long time before looking for us. You know, in case we’re really are eloping.”
They fall silent then at the same time they speak “I wish you would just marry me so we can get this over with.”
Ace’s cheeks stretch into a smile as Sabo chuckles, his warm body shaking at his side.
Suddenly there is a loud bang and the two scramble to their feet as the wall carvings around them start to glow. The rock they were leaning on starts to crack and break apart until a small bronze lamp is free. It spins and spins gathering dust around the room leaving the two young men coughing.
“Your wish is my command yoi” A voice shouts and suddenly...a ring appears on Ace’s hand. “You now have two wishes left.”
The smoke clears to show an attractive male with burning hair floating in the air. He grins at them bring attention to his half-lidded eyes and strange hair cut. “I am Marco the Phoniex Genie, my dear masters. At your service for the remainder of the two wishes.”
“I think I hit my head. Do you see a..um a-man who claimes to be a...you know..”
“Genie, Master Sabo, yoi” Marco offers helpfully folding his legs under him to sit in the air cross-leg. “I do have to go over some rules. But your first wish of being married has been completed. In all legal and informal ways, you are now married.”
“Right.” Sabo sees and in the dim glowing light coming off of Marco, Ace can see a silver ring gleam on his hand. Holy Monkey Schreeches. “Do you see the genie Ace?”
Ace closes his eyes and wills this away so he can go back to cuddling Sabo “No. I don’t see the insane illusion”
“That’s rude Master Ace. I’m very real”
