Author: rocketshiptospace (x)
Relationships: Luke Hemmings/Ashton Irwin, Michael Clifford/Calum Hood.
Summary: Ashton knew this whole timer thing was absolutely ridiculous. He knew there had to be flaws in the whole ‘your timer will stop when you look your soulmate in the eyes for the very first time’ thing. After all the timers have been around since practically forever. There’s bound to be cracks in such an ancient system.
He just would’ve preferred it if the universe hadn’t confirmed his suspicions by pulling this stupid stunt.
This stupid stunt being Ashton sitting on the couch, in front of his TV at 2 am in the morning, watching MTV, staring dumbly at his timer that has just hit zero. The flickering lights of the TV throw shadows over the thin white lines of the zeros and no matter how Ashton holds his arm, the zeros stay.
or, Ashton discovers a flaw in the soulmate system and spends the upcoming years pining over someone who doesn’t know he exists.