Jaime knew his mate was standing right in front of him, eating all of his freeze-dried chicken whizzies and listening to Nightwings speech about keeping Mt. Justice clean. What he couldn't understand was why he wouldn't admit that they were soulmates. Bart came from the future, so maybe things were different there with soulmates.
Or maybe Bart was afraid of him. He was the big bad blue beetle after all. Maybe in the future, soulmates didn't, don't, won't matter as much as they do in the present. People choose their soulmates and don't pay any attention to the names on their palms.
Jaime Reyes. Khaji Da suddenly cut in. You should simply tell the Impulse your feelings. Delaying in doing this will only complicate the situation more.
"I can't just do that!" Jaime whispered. "It's more complicated than that! This is my soulmate we're talking about!"
I am also one of your soulmates, am I not?
Jaime smiled, glancing down at his other hand, where Khaji Da was written neatly. "Yes, Khaji, but- Bart is different, he's from the future and-"
Jaime Reyes. Bart Allen is also my soulmate. I understand how you feel, and am telling you that you should simply tell the Impulse how you feel.
"But, what if soulmates are different in his time, and he doesn't want to be my soulmate?"
"What about your soulmate?" Bart turned around, chicken whizzies spilling out of his mouth.
"Nothing, Scarab was just asking about soulmates," Jaime still hadn't told Bart Khaji was sentient.
"Mkay!" Bart turned around cheerfully and began listening to Nightwing's speech again.
After the procedure to cut all Khaji's ties from the Reach, Jaime needed to talk to Bart.
"So, hermano, what are soulmates like in your era?" He asked.
Bart suddenly froze and laughed, a high-pitched, not-real laugh that gave Jaime anxiety. "Just like here, uh, ya know, I'm gettin' kinda hungry, see you later!" He ran off, probably to some nearby fast food place, or maybe home.
See you later? See you later? Jaime knew that Bart came from the future, but did he really just say See you later? He ought to know that they were mates, false matings were just a myth. Jaime Reyes. Khaji's voice flooded his head. Your heart rate, arterial tension, and testosteroneproduction have increased. CALM DOWN. The Bart Allen showed high levels of adrenaline. Meaning he was fearful
"Why would he have to be afraid of me?"
Not of you, Jaime. The situation. The Reach are highly logical, perhaps infertile relationships were punished. Fear may be a conditioned response to the mention of his soulmates.
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Bare Love
Fanfiction-Keep in mind that Bart comes from a Reach ruled future, M/M would not be logical or productive, so it would have been punished- Bart Allen had done it. He'd traveled to the past, and now he was going to stop the Blue Beetle form causing the apocaly...
