[F4M] The Fracture | Post-Apocalyptic, Enemies to Lovers, Detailed Writing, Humans with Powers
Sixty years ago, The Fracture shattered the continents.
The oceans changed; portions of it rolled into subterranean faults, or simply boiled along with the live in it. Heavy mantle-gas scorched the surface. Earth is now a brutal, irradiated dust bowl in most of it's surface.
The few survivors who adapted to the gas mutated, developing what the wasteland calls "Twists"— impossible, often dangerous powers that some people were born with, decades after The Fracture.
Out in the wastes, the Cartels rule. Water is the absolute highest currency, and recently, rumors started spreading across the dunes about a girl in a remote Dust-Town with a water Twist. A living oasis. The Siphon Cartel didn't hit her settlement for scrap or supplies... They came specifically to burn the town to the ground until they found her.
The Characters:
Amelia (My Character): Amelia has a water Twist. She can pull moisture from the air and purify toxic sludge to make clean water. But she isn't just a walking canteen; if pushed, she can use her Twist to fight too. Using water as a weapon is a tricky thing, but Amelia was the type of person who has more than enough creativity.
However, using her powers this way comes with a physical cost, that she keeps a closely guarded secret.
Vance (Your Character, which you can name if you want xD): Vance is a lone-wolf mercenary or Cartel deserter with a highly destructive Twist of his own— something he called Seismic Rupture, the ability to manipulate kinetic energy on solids. He can shatter stone into shrapnel, trigger localized quakes, you get the image.
He has a map to "The Deep Void" (still working on those names xD) — a rumored untouched underground aquifer that could set a man up for life, and finally get him to live a life without worrying about his next cup of water or meal. But to get there, he has to cross a two-week stretch of dead, irradiated desert called The Ash Sea. He can't survive it alone.
The Hook & Dynamic:
Vance happens to be near Amelia's settlement when the Cartel attacks. He realizes who she is and what the Cartel is after. He doesn't save her to be a hero; he snatches her out from under them because she is his ticket across the desert.
What I'm looking for in the RP:
Enemies to Lovers: They start off bickering and hating each other. Vance thinks Amelia is a sheltered liability; Amelia thinks Vance is a violent savage who basically kidnapped her.
Mutual Dependency: Amelia needs Vance to do the heavy, brutal fighting against the Cartels hunting them. Vance needs Amelia to keep him alive when he’s bleeding out or dying of thirst. The power dynamic constantly shifts!
High Stakes: Gritty, realistic combat with actual consequences. Their enemies could have Twists as well that we can think of.
Character Development: Exploring the trauma of the wasteland, the moral gray areas of survival, and the slow, reluctant realization that they actually care about each other.
Send me a message if you want to brainstorm Vance's background or figure out exactly how he drags Amelia out of the Cartel raid! I'm very open to changes, so if you have ideas I'll gladly listen. I write via Discord, usually on 3rd person (I can change tho), and try to write at least 2 or 3 nice paragraphs, or more depending on the scene. I consider myself to be detailed. I live in the GMT-3 timezone, and can write a few times a day usually!
Regarding smut, I'm quite used to writing it lol. But since this is an Enemies to Lovers thing, I want the characters to bond and know each other before anything smutty. We can discuss kinks/limits though.
Hope to hear from you :3