me: you know I probably could write an AU where Touko ends up as a hired killer, relying on a powerful and influential client to keep her safe from the Hand. it would ultimately be a sad story as she not quite able to escape the thing she was made for; sure, she's not killing for the Hand, not made into their weapon and vessel, but she's still mostly a killer. I would just need to figure out who has hired her that has that influence and wouldn't sell her out to the Hand
my brain: hey u know Iv @telltalebatman has a whole OC who ends up a leading maggia figure and you've discussed Frankie and Touko interacting before
me:
Using this as a spring board for a maeko AU bc of course. Anyways Touko who works as Frankie's personal assassin/part of her protection detail. Frankie sends her to "case" this one extremely fancy resteraunt that she's gonna use for a "business meeting." (In reality, she's just setting Touko up for a nice dinner bc that's her friend and she rarely ever treats herself) And then while there, she spies a very beautiful woman, dressed to the absolute nines, sitting all alone.
Meanwhile Mae is trying very hard to not to cry in a lovely establishment because she's been stood up on a date she was very excited for, when a handsome woman who isn't her date asks her if she can sit with her.
(Mae leaves with a scribbled number and arguably more excited than she was for the original date. Touko leaves cautiously optimistic and gets lightly grilled by Frankie later)
