oh my god hear me out okay. byler au where they haven't seen each other in years since the gates were closed, they've moved on with their lives, etc etc. will never came out to mike or confessed his feelings, mike didn't realize he was queer until he was older (btw this is only for the purposes of this au . this is Not how i see it working in the show with him.) both of them are making valiant efforts to pursue relationships, though and failing so of course. they're on the same dating site. looking for people to go out with.
and of course. said dating site matches them and they start talking without having seen each others' faces. and, after talking for a while, they agree to meet in person. For A Real Date (disregarding how unsafe this is okay. but if i had to guess they let someone know where they were going in case things go to shit.)
cue them walking into the restaurant or wherever and seeing each other and hugging and being like oh!!! i haven't seen you in so long ☹️☹️☹️☹️ why ru here???? and after talking for a while. They Realize.
They Are Both Here For A Blind Date. and that blind date is each other.
I saw a bunch of comments on my Echo post saying stuff like "sorry for flooding the echo tag w citrus" etc etc and I felt really bad bc I don't mind the ship but all I see of it are modern AU goth couple stuff which is hysterical to me bc they're so.
Do you understand my vision. Neither of them should know what's going on ever at any given point in time with each other. Morro doesn't know what a fucking robot is and Echo is terrified as to how this Green Guy appeared randomly on his isolated lighthouse island and Morro is ALSO terrified because 'how the fuck can u see me I'm a fucking ghost' and NO ONE knows what is happening. Do u get it.