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Lynne Masters is putting herself back together (lynnemasters) wrote in rockthatmeme,

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In spite of the fact that she's always put a lot of stock into the soulmate marks and what they're supposed to mean — mostly because she really loves the idea of it and genuinely wants it to be real — Lynne hasn't ever considered the possibility of finding her match. There's so many people in the world and her mark is so small and simple that she's convinced that there's no way she'll ever find them. That mark could be anywhere on anyone and if it was somewhere more private than her own — which settled against her hairline behind her right ear — then she might never see it. She likes the fantasy of finding her soulmate, but she's not such a naive dreamer that she believes she ever will.

So when she sees it while watching the spot on the news about Manhattan's latest destruction the previous day, from the safety of her apartment in Brooklyn, she's not really sure she's actually seen it. She pauses the DVR, rewinds, replays; goes through the process several times before finally being able to pause it on just the right frame and she moves closer to the television.

There it is, right there on the television screen, peeking through the torn and bloodied uniform of Captain goddamned America on his side. ...and her heart sinks, because there's no way. There's just no way. How is she supposed to be with her soulmate if he's Captain America?!

There's supposed to be a press conference in front of Avengers Tower this afternoon to reassure the city that, once again, they are safe and the threat has passed, so she hops on the subway and goes. It's worth a shot, isn't it? And if she can't reach him today, then she'll take it as a sign and just give up on the dream and move on forever.

Lynne manages to get near the front of the crowd, but she can't get right up there. It's good enough, she decides, because maybe the universe will just...will them closer. Captain Steve Rogers is giving his speech and when he finishes, he opens for questions. Her hand goes up into the air just like everyone else's in the two rows in front of her and she doubts she'll ever get picked, but he chooses people one at a time and one by one, hands go down.

Please, please don't let this be a sign that I'm an idiot...