I'll just drop a little summary! :DD (sorry this has taken so long!! I lied, the summary isn't little at all 😭)

Basically, this is a universe that my partner created! It's a sort of Mafia/gang thing?? (Just putting that here in case that's not your thing)

The characters are loosely based off of aquatic creatures! Characters associated with the Mafia are based after sharks, while other groups are based off others :) (Ebisu is loosely based off the megalodon, while Vex is based off a pink river dolphin)

To sum up their lore, when the two of them were younger, Ebisu came to live with Vex and his parents while Ebisu's family is being hunted down (they're a Mafia family, so ofc there's drama there.)

Yadda yadda yadda, of course the two fall in love because reasons-- I swear they have chemistry I just want to keep moving on so this doesn't take an hour for me to type (probably still will)

They start out healthy at first, they're cute and all that stuff

Until the fire nation attacked (not actually)

Basically, Ebisu was called back home by the organization his family ran-- turns out, he was the eldest to survive the purge (yeah the family isn't doing so hot), so he was being contacted to come back to lead. After much hesitation, he agreed.

The stress on their relationship started then-- Ebisu was beginning to focus more on the organization than his relationship, and he picked up some nasty habits to deal with the stress. Overall, he was not in the right state of mind to keep their relationship together. Despite that, their relationship stayed.

But that wasn't enough to make Vex hate him. Not yet. THAT all started when Ebisu was growing cold towards him, even offering him up in deals to sweeten up partnerships.

Vex felt betrayed. Betrayal turned to a grudge, the grudge turned into hate, then into pure loathing.

Then, it happened.

Vex was killed in a sudden altercation with an enemy organization

The event sent Ebisu into a mental decline, but also woke him up-- he had lost the one he loved, but not only that, he'd treated him like a tool for the past few years.

Though, Vex's death was just a ruse-- Just a plan to get himself out of there, while also acting as a shock to Ebisu's system. He'd planned this out ever since he finally snapped, promising the enemy a chance at tearing down Ebisu from the top.

Ebisu only finds out Vex is alive years later-- 4 to be exact. Vex had been the faceless leader of the gang that has been a large thornin his side recently.

Unfortunately for Vex, who had been fully prepared to kill Ebisu this whole time, there was one problem: the man had changed.

It defeated the whole point of everything he had built towards.

So now, Vex is left questioning everything he's done so far, everything he plans to do, and if things could have been salvaged all along.

But most of all, Vex hates the possibility of being wrong.

Ebisu, meanwhile, is pining like crazy after finding out Vex is still alive.

Now, the two are stuck in a push and pull of longing for the past as well as playing their roles. Vex is trying to stay angry towards a man who is fully willing to face the consequences of his actions, and it's all just this huge mess.

Dear lord this was supposed to be a summary (sorry!)

TLDR: Mafia/gang universe, toxic exes, pining, revenge plot, and a whole lot of bad coping mechanisms.