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baneofpaley (baneofpaley) wrote in rockthatmeme,
@ 2016-01-14 01:14:00

soulmate tattoo meme

Maybe you're completely blindsided, or maybe a little part of you knew all along. Maybe they're a complete stranger, maybe they're your best friend or worst enemy, but that doesn't matter anymore. What does matter is that you saw a very familiar mark somewhere on their person, the same mark that you were born with, and you know that can only mean one thing.

How to Play:

This is a soulmate tattoo meme, which means that when two people share a mark, they're meant to be together. Always.
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Either leave a blank comment or clarify which prompts you prefer or would rather avoid.
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PROMPTS.

1. BEST FRIENDS: You've been best friends for a long time, maybe you're entire life, but this is the first time you've seen their mark, whether it be because you walked in on them changing, decided to take a dip in the pool, or you just haven't been paying attention until now.
2. WORST ENEMIES: No, not them. Anyone but them. You're going to do everything in your power to deny that this is even happening at all.
3. REJECTION: Soulmate marks are stupid, it's way too unrealistic to assume that you'll find one other person with the same tattoo when the human population is in the literal billions. So when you do find them, it would make you a bit of a hypocrite to really do anything about it, right? Right. Hopefully they feel the same way.
4. STRANGER: You're just walking to work or hanging out in your favorite coffee shop when you see a familiar mark on a very unfamiliar person. What do you do? Do you chase them down? Be sure not to embarrass yourself! First impressions are everything.
5. PLATONIC: Just because the word 'soulmate' has romantic suggestion to it doesn't mean it has to be romantic. Maybe the person you share your mark with loves you in a different way.
6. UNOBTAINABLE: You're just minding your business, watching the Oscars or MTV or a documentary when you see your mark on the body of a celebrity. Most awkward fan mail ever.
7. WILDCARD: None of the prompts catching your eye? Make your own!

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lynnemasters
2016-01-15 12:58 am UTC (link)

The answer that he gives feels like a punch in the stomach. It sounds rehearsed and she supposes that she can't really fault him for that considering the forum in which she's asking. But it still hurts, because it's so neutral and almost unwittingly cold. She lets out a soft sigh, chewing on her bottom lip and nods, eyes downcast, assuming that's the end of his answer and that's her sign; let it go.

But then he gives an addendum to it and she looks up again. The crowd is already uproaring with more questions but she screams to make herself heard. "WAIT!" The crowd takes a moment to settle, the quiet rippling outward from the epicenter that is Lynne and when it's quiet again, she presses her lips together for a moment before speaking.

"What would you do if you found her? Then what?" Her face is burning and color is creeping its way up her chest and neck and into her cheeks, but she doubts that he can see it from where he's standing. Her hair is down around her shoulders the way she usually wears it, just in case any super-fans who'd taken notice of his were hiding in the nearby portion of the crowd. She doesn't want anyone to see it. Just Steve. If he wants to.

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wrongbusiness
2016-01-15 04:58 am UTC (link)

His gaze goes back to Lynne when she yells. He hesitates to answer her question - because he's mostly not sure how to. He glances her over and it slowly dawns on him that this woman was probably not a reporter. There was no little notepad, or phone held out to record an answer to transcribe later, nothing. Steve could feel his mouth grow dry a little as he looks her over. He's been asked before, of course, the whole idea of having fans was still so weird but he'd been told it came with the territory. And while Steve tries his best not to judge people, the woman asking now seems to not have the same sort of look - which he realizes does make him sound like a jackass - as the others.

He clears his throat a little before he speaks again. "I'd uh - " a pause as he weighs his answer. Again there's the answer and then what is appropriate to say given the circumstance. "I'd apologize that she got saddled with a workaholic," he finishes lamely and hopes it comes off at least a little bit jokingly. Steve averts his gaze, suddenly feeling hot under the collar while holding hers and nods towards Tony beside him.

"If there's any other questions, Mr. Stark will take them," he excuses himself and steps away from the podium set up. Steve moves to walk out of the area set up for press, but pauses near a security guard at the side and glances back toward Lynne in the crowd. He can be seen talking with the guard before he ducks inside Avengers Tower after asking the guard to escort Lynne inside.

Steve's watching a live feed of one of the news channels in the lobby and turns when he hears Lynne walking up behind him. "The last woman who asked me about soulmate marks tattooed a bald eagle on her arm," he starts and shrugs sheepishly. "Please tell me you didn't tattoo a bald eagle on yourself."

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lynnemasters
2016-01-15 05:24 am UTC (link)

The way he tosses a casual joke back in response gets a laugh out of the rest of the audience, but Lynne's not laughing. So, that's that. He's Captain America, so he has a public facade to upkeep and he's been humoring her for the sake of saving face. She really can't blame him for that, but all the same...it's disappointing. Lynne looks away when he does and runs her hand through her hair, shaking her head and turning to try to make her way out of the crowd only to find herself largely trapped. This was a stupid idea. She knew she'd set herself up for disappointment if she came here and she big, fat did it anyway.

Finally, Lynne finds a break in the crowd and attempts to wiggle her way through it, only to be stopped halfway by security. "I'm not...I'm just trying to leave," she explains, realizing that she's wormed her way closer to the podium just by following the natural spaces she could find.

"Come with me, please, ma'am," is the only answer she gets and she can't read whether or not she's in trouble for interrupting the press conference with a personal question — which, what the fuck? Everyone else was asking way worse ones — or because they're worried she's trying to follow Captain America — which she isn't, because now she feels like an idiot and if she never sees him again, it'll probably be too soon — but either way, she heaves a dramatic sigh.

"Fine. I'm just trying to get out to go back to the subway," she insists. "To go home."

"Captain Rogers would like to speak with you," is the response she receives next while the man is holding her arm in one hand and expertly weaving through the crowd with the other. Lynne's stomach drops. Literally the last thing in the world she needs or wants is a lecture for inappropriateness by Captain America himself. But she goes and when the security guard all but pushes her through the revolving door at the base of Avengers Tower, she makes her way inside slowly, quietly, and nervously.

Steve's voice catches her off guard, because she doesn't see him at first, her eyes having been at the reception desk under the assumption that they'd lead her to some conference room with heavy surveillance or something, and she startles a little, turning toward the sound. "N-no. Um...no." She chews her bottom lip and her finger makes its way to the back of her ear, rubbing at the mark without her consciously meaning to do so. "No, um, it's...my brother called it my shark fin when we were kids, but I always felt like it looked more like a wave, like in the ocean. It's just...a line, it's not anything fancy like an eagle..."

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wrongbusiness
2016-01-16 04:51 am UTC (link)

Her description of her own mark definitely leaves him looking a little shell shocked. Lynne wasn't the first woman to ask him about marks, it hadn't been an exaggeration when he said someone had actually tattooed themselves with what they thought his might be. The whole business of it left him uncomfortable most of the time - and this, well, this also left him uncomfortable although for dramatically different reasons.

It all seems so surreal, standing there in front of this woman - he doesn't even know her name he realizes in that moment. Put him in front of aliens invading the earth and he's good to go, but this, well, he's more than lost.

"Can I - " he trails off for a moment looking hopelessly lost. "Do you mind if I see it?" he asks finally and it's hesitant in a way and so unlike the man who had just been fielding questions only minutes ago.

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lynnemasters
2016-01-16 05:02 am UTC (link)

Her hand falls when he asks if he can see it. She has no idea if this is a good idea or a bad one and she doesn't know if he really believes in this stuff or if he was just trying to sniff out whether she was a crazy person that ought to be arrested for being some kind of creepy stalker. Or for ruining the press conference. ...or both.

"Uh, yeah. Yeah, sorry, it's..." she turned her head to look away from him and pulled her hair back away from her ear. "It's just...here," she said, using her free hand to tap at it gently.

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