Imagines and One-Shots (Book Three)

A Love Like This (Maxx Danziger) - Part 1

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aka an au where you have a streak of your soulmate's hair color in your own hair

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You remembered the day you met your soulmate like it had just happened five minutes ago; That moment replayed over and over again in your head from the second you woke up to the second you fell asleep – though, it did occasionally come up in your dreams as well.

You'd been in line at a music venue waiting to be let in to watch your favorite band perform. This wasn't the first time Set It Off had come to your city, but it was the first time since you started listening to their music. You were beyond excited to go – you honestly didn't think you'd be able to take the day off work. Your best friend Amira jumped at the chance to go to the concert with you – she started listening to Set It Off because of you – and the two of you were excited to spend the day together listening to your favorite band.

You weren't expecting to meet any of them, but you went outside before their set anyway to at least see them in person for a few seconds before the show. But you understandably thought you were dreaming when you actually got to talk to them.

Amira stayed to speak with Cody after you'd both taken your pictures with him while you trotted off to meet the rest of the band. You talked with Zach for a little bit after getting a picture as you did with Dan, honestly feeling like this was all a dream. But when you met Maxx, you found yourself actually wishing it was.

You didn't really look at Maxx as you got your selfie, feeling rushed by the fans still waiting to meet him. But after he signed your copy of Upside Down, your eyes finally met his, and you both watched the colored streaks in each other's hair disappear. You lost your breath the moment you realized what was happening: You had just met your soulmate.

And then your heart broke.

Growing up, when you were told about what having a soulmate meant, your takeaway was that no matter what, the pair would be together for the rest of their lives. And in a world where all you wanted was to find your other half, you'd spent the last 23 years dreaming about how you would meet them and what you would say... But you never imagined a situation in which your soulmate was already seeing someone.

You knew Maxx had a girlfriend and while you'd always been a little jealous that it wasn't you, you'd be lying if you said you didn't think they were cute together. So if you were him, you weren't sure it would be that easy to leave your partner either – even for your soulmate – but despite years of telling yourself nothing would ever happen with your favorite member of the band, now knowing that was actually a reality made you want to cry.

Maxx's POV

Maxx watched you force a small smile, thanking him for the autograph and picture, before going back to Amira as Cody moved to talk to someone else. But you didn't realize that the drummer could still hear you.

"Y/N!" Amira gasped softly, "Your hair is one color! You met your soulmate?!" You nodded and Amira went on. "Who is it?!" she smiled, "How did I not see it happen?! Why aren't you excited?!"

"It's Maxx..." you trailed off in a whisper. He heard your friend's shoes come to an abrupt stop in the gravel as she looked at you in shock, her smile now completely gone.

"Maxx is your soulmate...? But... Doesn't he have a...?" she trailed off.

"Yeah..."

"What are you gonna do...?" she asked, putting her hand on your arm and rubbing it in an effort to comfort you.