An adult in this AU, Sync has spent most of his life with his brothers - younger brothers (and his twins as a set of triplets) Florian and Ion, and older brother Orion. Originally growing up in an older church after their parents died, Sync had always felt excluded and unwanted, even though he loved his brothers dearly and they him. It came to a head in high school, when he attempted suicide, leaving him with a massive scar across his throat that is hidden whenever possible. Only two people know of its existence.
After spending his post-school life working his ass off to support his family, everything changed when Ion, always prone to sickness, ended up passing away. Sync's own depression threatened to spiral him into suicide again, if it were for finding one person who understood him entirely too well: Luke fon Fabre. Luke had his own problems that let him understand Sync's better than anyone ever had before, and out of nowhere it felt like, they ended up together on the same day that Ion passed. Sync still feels horribly guilty about that, but at the same time, he's thankful as anything to have someone like Luke with him.
There's been a lot of ups and downs in their relationship, but after a year or so, Luke pulled together the courage to ask Sync to spend the rest of his life with him. Sync could only say yes, having grown to love Luke more than anything. More ups and downs have followed, and they discovered from one of the worst downs that Sync has schizophrenia, something he also hides to the best of his ability. But with a little bit of help from Luke, he's getting it treated, and currently is actually enjoying his life, looking forward to the future he'll get to spend with the most important person in the world to him.
More detailed information on the changes from canon and background history of this AU can be found here.
End note: all modern AU variants pull from the starting section of this AU, before he met Luke
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After spending his post-school life working his ass off to support his family, everything changed when Ion, always prone to sickness, ended up passing away. Sync's own depression threatened to spiral him into suicide again, if it were for finding one person who understood him entirely too well: Luke fon Fabre. Luke had his own problems that let him understand Sync's better than anyone ever had before, and out of nowhere it felt like, they ended up together on the same day that Ion passed. Sync still feels horribly guilty about that, but at the same time, he's thankful as anything to have someone like Luke with him.
There's been a lot of ups and downs in their relationship, but after a year or so, Luke pulled together the courage to ask Sync to spend the rest of his life with him. Sync could only say yes, having grown to love Luke more than anything. More ups and downs have followed, and they discovered from one of the worst downs that Sync has schizophrenia, something he also hides to the best of his ability. But with a little bit of help from Luke, he's getting it treated, and currently is actually enjoying his life, looking forward to the future he'll get to spend with the most important person in the world to him.
More detailed information on the changes from canon and background history of this AU can be found here.
End note: all modern AU variants pull from the starting section of this AU, before he met Luke