Hi guys. Hope you enjoy this. Its going to be a long one, but I'm excited for it.

Keith loved his soulmate, though he barely ever thought about him. Ever since his dad died, he just tried to survive the endless foster homes and school bullies. But His soulmate was a safe haven, communicating through a shared seascape. He worried about him, seeing as it was hard to ignore the parallel lines covering his thighs that he definitely hadn't put there, or the intense moments of panic that occasionally overtook him at seemingly random times. See, every pair of soulmates was different. Bonds manifest uniquely, though there were similarities.

As far as he could tell, Keith was linked to his soulmate by scars, intense emotions, and occasional dream telepathy. Other pairs had heterochromia(one eye their original colour, the other their soulmate's), matching soulmarks, shared birthdays, or ink(whatever one soulmate drew on themselves appeared on the other). But there were two constants-'Soul Possession' and 'Scarring'. Scarring is the term for when your soulmate dies and a black, heart-shaped scar appears over the survivor's heart. Soul Possession is the term for when, in a random day within the year a soulmate turns 18, Soulmates switch bodies.

Keith had turned 18 two months after the Kerberos Mission was pronounced Lost. He hadn't thought too much about it, trying to remain calm and not get kicked out of the school Shiro had worked so hard to get him into. But he had eventually boiled over and threw a flight manual at Iverson's face, resulting in his expulsion and permanent damage to Iverson's eye. Now he was living in a shack in the middle of the desert, all alone except for the few telepathic conversations he had with his Soulmate when they were both asleep.

His soulmate's name was Virgil. They rarely talked about their personal lives. Keith didn't even know what Virgil looked like. But he could pick his voice out of a line up-rough, sarcastic, and usually accompanied by a self-deprecating laugh. Keith loved listening to him drone on about his favorite bands, and Keith felt comfortable talking about Shiro and how much he missed his brother-figure. The scars were never mentioned.

Virgil cared a lot about Keith. He sometimes felt bad for pushing all his anxiety attacks and self-harm scars on his unexpecting soulmate, but Keith always assured him that it was okay. Sometimes Virgil got flashes of loneliness and anger from Keith.

One night, once he had finally fallen asleep, he heard keith's Voice echoing through the dreamscape(a dark space with millions of stars thinking as he floated).

"Virge?" Keith's voice floated around Virgil, almost visible.

"I'm here."

"I need to tell you something important." Virgil's stomach clenched at the serious tone. "I found Shiro. And now I'm in space, and I don't know if I'm ever going to meet you now, because i've been dragged into a war that I know nothing about. And I just want you to know that no matter what happens, I love you Virgie."

Virgil couldn't process the information. Shiro? Space? War? "I...I don't know what to say." he took a deep breath. "I love you too K." and the connection began to dissolve, leaving Virgil alone in his dreams.

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-Feathers