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What if in every universe Pen and Jo were just not meant to be? What if they were two souls that the world always tore apart?
What if that was just how the universe wanted it?
Despite the wanting and the longing and the constant love that these two souls could never avoid when meeting... what if they were just never meant to be happy with each other?
What if in every universe that they meet they will always fall in love... and cause each other heartbreak?
Whether it's a break up, a death, or simply the conventions of that life wearing them out.
They could meet at some university and fall in love. Have a happy few years. Then somewhere along the line one of them will be more scared of losing their family than losing the girl they love. Somewhere along the line they break up. And somewhere along the line one of them marries a boy and has kids and cries herself to sleep everytime she remembers the other's embrace.
They could meet in the middle of a war and one of them could end up shooting the other for betrayal. The other will stay there, frozen, before crumbling to the ground. They will weep as they crawl to their lover and hold her lifeless body as she bleeds out on the cold marble floor.
They could meet at a school for supernaturals. Fall in love at 15. Feel butterflies and see every color love has to offer. Taste every sweetness they can savor from each other. Then maybe one is a little bit too selfish and the other is a little too selfless. Maybe their relationship starts to fray. Maybe it rips apart just a little bit every day. And then maybe an unstoppable cosmic curse tears apart what's left of them.
They could meet in the midst of a rebellion. They could find whatever joy life has left in each others company. They could find peace in each other's arms despite the gunshots and screams they wake up and fall asleep to. Then maybe one day a particularly heartwrenching scream wakes one of them up. Maybe she reaches over the other side of the bed to find it empty. Maybe she runs out of her room to find her lover's dad cradling the the cold carcass of her lover. Maybe her lover was killed in the embrace of a beloved sister.
Maybe in every lifetime that they meet they will love each other to the point of breaking. Maybe the best they can hope for is a brief moment of bliss before the universe pulls its strings and spins its luck out of their favor.
Maybe Josie and Penelope will never get a happy ending. Maybe the universe just wants it that way. And maybe the universe will always win.
But Josie and Penelope will love each other anyway.
Because the universe may be against them but before the universe can even think of tearing them apart they will make sure that they will love each other to ruin. They will love each other until they have no love left to give.They will love each other like they're in a race with the universe to see who wins their heartache first. They will make sure they win.
That their heartache will follow them throughout multiple lifetimes like a permanent scar.
That their heartache will be so deeply rooted in them that when they meet again their hearts can't help but twist violently away from the familiar beginning of future devastation.
Because the universe already set itself to breaking them apart and if they were meant for ruin then they will make sure that their hurt is haunting.
They will make sure that their heartache will last until the next time they are destined to ruin each other.