at the very least, ik that holds true for this current brainrot of mine—

if you recognized that quote, you are so cultured ily (read: you share the same brainrot i do!!!?!!? mayhaps??!?) if not, please please please go watch "inception." this is your sign. i promise it's worth your time.

anyhow—
sth sth i rewatched inception sth sth brainrot sth sth made a tamitario au 😩
it's still in the works rn, and will prolly be for a while more (it's a looong boi so i might even split it up, except i wanna finish at least all of the first draft first). but i'm here with a little not-quite-excerpt, bc it won't make it into the final version, but i thought it's a good taste of the concept & what i have planned, so here ya go 😉

tags bc these r your ocs 😳 CityOfFragments Pleasenobodynoticeme twins101

hope u enjoy! (and if udk inception/the au setting, unfortunately you'll have to wait til the full fic, bc it's too much exposition for me to be providing rn 😔)

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Evelyn and what looks like two potential partners are already setting up when Ontario and Tamiyasu arrive. (Ontario is choosing to omit the 'in crime' part today; it's honestly just self-care.) One of them, a very tall Asian man with bluish-silver hair, glances at them briefly before doing a double-take; he straightens up and signs (to Ontario's understanding), "Hello."

"You know this guy?" Ontario asks, to which Tamiyasu nods. It's not all that surprising, he supposes — everyone is bound to know someone in this highly mutual line of work.

"I'll go say hi," Tamiyasu signs to him, before jogging off toward the other man. Ontario eyes the both of them as he walks over to Evelyn. "Who—"

"Who's that?" Evelyn cuts him off, smirking as if she knows something he doesn't. "Simply recruiting whoever's best for the job, are ya?"

"I am — thank you for your very shrewd observation." Ontario chuckles dryly. "How's this coming along?" He gestures to the various architectural models lying on the table, but it seems Evelyn doesn't want to change the subject just yet.

"How'd you manage to convince him?"

"How I did you."

"But I thought he no longer does team work."

"People change." Ontario hopes. There's a brief period of silence as Evelyn falls quiet and he starts to set up his own equipment.

"Well, I suppose I owe you a thank you," she says.

"What for?"

"I missed him too." Evelyn pats him on the back, then bounces off before Ontario can utter a word.

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i'm so sorry idt i can manage to replicate Evelyn's accent- 💀💀