Disclaimer: As you all know, these characters aren't mine. They belong to Dick Wolf and NBC.
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Day 16: Guest reviewer Moi asked for a backstory to Day 15, so here we go!
Universe: The Incredible Adventures of Aerodraft and Invisigirl (Superhero AU)
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They meet for the first time at eleven years old when they are assigned each other's roommates at their school for gifted children.
Keeping with the tradition of the old Natural Abilities vs. Technology debate, they are not friends. They both believe that is the way it's meant to be.
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At thirteen, Alex creates a device that can produce winds up to 75 mph. As she is demonstrating this new contraption, Olivia breezes in, creating a Level 5 hurricane.
Even after they are both lectured about the safety hazards of creating storms in the gymnasium and assigned the task of cleaning up the debris, they are not friends.
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At fifteen, Alex creates a cloaking device that saves Olivia's life.
One sunny day in April, the school's Frankenstein Club (a group of students that specialize in creating living beings out of just about anything they can get their hands on) creates a being out of car parts, and while Olivia is working on bending wind to her will on the football field it comes after her at full speed.
Luckily, Alex is standing nearby, testing a new cloaking device, and she is able to attach it to Olivia before the car-being has a chance to get to her. Now invisible, Olivia is able to whip up a wind that dismantles the car-being, much to the dismay of the Frankenstein Club.
After everything has settled down and the car parts have been relocated to an area where they can be destroyed safely, Olivia saunters up to Alex and hands the cloaking device back to her. "Hey," she says. "That was…uh…That was really cool what you did for me back there." She looks across the football field, making sure her eyes never meet Alex's. "I mean, I know we're not friends or anything and you could've let the car thing kill me, but you didn't, so thanks for that."
Alex nods. "Yeah," she says. "You're welcome."
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At sixteen, they start eating their meals together.
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At seventeen, they start spending time together when school is not in session.
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At eighteen, they graduate. That night, they get drunk with their friends and end up making out by the reservoir.
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They don't start dating until they are 23 – between saving the world and having actual day jobs, there just isn't time.
However, once they finally get together, it is obvious to the both of them that they're meant to be.
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