Author's Note: Hello! This is my first attempt at a Star Trek Fanfiction! This is going to be a Leonard x OC x Khan story. Leonard will always be my favorite no matter if it's from the movie or the television series, but after I saw Khan in Into Darkness (especially with Benedict portraying Khan) it was very hard to choose between the two, does anyone else have that problem lol so I wanted to give this story a try. This is a SoulMate AU! And a test run, since I just got back into writing again due to this pandemic. I wanted to be productive instead of doing nothing all day.

Disclaimer: I do not own Star Trek! All rights belong to JJ Abrams (movie references) and Gene Roddenberry (TOS references). The cover photo was edited by me, but the model in it I have no claim. I only own my OC Allyson DeLuca! Any grammatical errors you see I'm so sorry and I hope you can still easily read my story. Happy reading!

Prologue

What are SoulMates? By definition: a SoulMate is a person ideally suited to another as a close friend or romantic partner.

Since the beginning of time when a child is born, they are born with a name tattooed on their body. That name was said to lead them to a specific person they are destined to be with for the rest of their lives. The only person that would and could truly make them happy and complete.

Each name on every person had their own unique features: every name was written in their own fonts, most were colored and some even had a little tiny image incorporated into the name, possibly something meaningful related to their SoulMate. Almost like a tiny description, a guide on how to find their SoulMate when they get older. Just like snowflakes, every name was special and unique in their own way. No two were ever alike.

Sometimes, there were incidents that a SoulMate would die. The name on the person's body would bleed red and very rarely would another name show. There were some cases that a person found another name on them after their SoulMate had passed on, but the thought of giving themselves to someone else kept them from loving another.

But that was then, now people didn't care much for the name written on their body. They would try and make it work with the very first person they found interesting, and if it didn't work out they would move on. Some even went their whole lives never meeting their SoulMate, never bothered to search for them. That was the time I was living in. Children would fantasize about the names on their body when they were little, and slowly as they got older, grew out of the phase, it became just that...a fantasy.

I remember every child being excited during the school year. Everyone showing off their tattoos. Gloating about how pretty their marks were, how they couldn't wait to meet their special someone, making plans for what would happen when they meet them, etc. I wanted to be like the other children, gloating about my mark and how amazing I thought it was, but my parents told me to always keep it hidden.

I didn't understand why, I was simply a child then. So, I showed my mark to my best friend at the time and that was when I learned the harsh reality.

What I thought would be met by amazement and excitement, I was judged and bullied. The kids would talk behind my back, the teachers and parents of my classmates would talk in front of me as if I wasn't around...as if I didn't understand. My parents were angry at me, scolded me physically and mentally until it was jogged into my head to be ashamed of my marks.

Because while others only ever had one name...I had two.

Two unique, beautiful names that I loved so much and not one of them had bled. Meaning both were alive and well. Soon, these names that I held so dearly became scars I had wished to erase.

This is the story of how I went from being so alone in the universe to being loved by two amazing people I've ever met in existence. And it all started...when I wished to touch the stars.

This is the prologue! A small introduction to the backstory of Allyson! Just a heads up, this story if I decide to continue if people enjoy it as much as I'm writing it. This story will cover all three movies along with some side chapters in the end to explore the relationship between the three. =)

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-SO