So this is going to be a new collection of drabbles, one shots, and maybe a connected piece here or there. My goal is to write a little something everyday in February based on a flower prompt challenge. Similar to Counterparts, the ratings for each chapter will be different. I thought about just throwing them into Counterparts, but if all goes well, there is going to be 29 of these.

The next chapter of Dragon has been started, so look out for that in the near future.

Primroses - Early youth

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we fell in love at an early age

The first time they met, he was wearing a suit. Which was sort of adorable on a ten year old. He kept tugging at the collar of his shirt as though it were choking him and his tie had been loosened considerably, much to his mother's chagrin because she kept trying to fix it and each time she turned around it was yet again loose and crooked.

Maka loved her fancy little green and white dress. Her mama had picked it out for her. It had pockets too, so she had been able to stuff a few of her tiny fairy books into them. It was good to know that if she got bored she could always go read somewhere. She wasn't too fond of the shoes though, they pinched her toes.

Now, Maka was not a picky eater by all means. Fish was one of the very few things that was totally off limits. But, as it so happened, most of the buffet had fish things. Fish everything. Fish eggs on crackers (EW!), slices of fish on tiny bagles (why would you do that to a bagel!?), whole gross slimey disgusting looking things that people were slurping on (GROSS!).

She had been scouring the food table while her parents talked with some very important looking people when she bumped into a boy who looked like he was about her age. Maybe a little older. The silvery hair made it kind of hard to tell. But mostly it made her think of stars (what would happen if she made a wish on him?). He shot her an ugly look, which Maka did not appreciate because manners!

"Excuse me!" She said as haughtily as she could.

"You're not excused. You nearly made me get cocktail sauce all over my shirt." He was holding a plate piled high with all of the gross fish things. Maka made a face.

"How do you eat that stuff? It's so gross!"

The boy looked at his plate and then grinned. Huh. He had shark teeth. Maka would know, she just finished reading one of her animal books all about sharks. She liked whale sharks the best, they were like gentle giants. For her birthday she wanted to go swimming with them. Mama had said maybe. Which usually meant no.

Except, if he was some kind of shark it would make sense that he was eating fish stuff.

"It's good. Plus my mum isn't looking so I can take as much as I want."

Maka looked over the table again. So far the only things that didn't look like they had fish in or on it were golden fluffy looking muffins, but they were too far away for her to reach. Damn her short arms!

He must have seen her eyeing them because he reached up and grabbed her two, putting them on her plate with a sigh. "There. I was nice to you. Even though you bumped into me."

Despite his rude comment, Maka gave him a big smile (Mama said she could only stomp on toes if people were mean three times, he had only been mean twice). "Thank you! My name is Maka, what's yours?"

"Soul."

"That's a really cool name. Do you want to go hide under a table with me?"

"Hell yeah." he said.

It wasn't until the party was nearly over that their parents realized they hadn't seen their children in far too long. Wes was the one who found them under a table by the windows, passed out and surrounded by dessert wrappers. His little brother was propped up against one of the legs of the table with a little girl's head in his lap, using him as a pillow. He made sure to grab a picture on his phone to show their mother. And also tease Soul with later. Because he was a good big brother like that.

When Spirit picked her up and carried her away, Maka gave a sleepy wave at the boy also being carried by his father. Soul's entire family had silvery hair and they looked so much like stars all together that she made a wish that she'd see Soul again someday.

(They made sure at their wedding that there were pillows under some of the tables and food that was a little be more kid friendly. Also a lot less fish type food.)