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Summary: Everyone had a soulmark, a special shape on their body that formed during childhood and was meant to lead each person to their soulmate. 

Unfortunately, Derek’s soulmark is shaped like a snowflake, and that fact has been actively ruining his life since he was six years old.

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While it wasn’t unusual for soulmarks to take years to fully form, Derek broke his family’s personal record when his didn’t finish developing until he was around six years old. In a rare turn of events, the exact date of the transformation was unknown; despite the fact that the entire Hale family had been waiting impatiently for his mark to come in since he’d turned five, the eventual change in the dark blot on his wrist bone went unnoticed for weeks. The oversight was understandable; unlike his parents’ (soulmarks shaped like a flying bird) or his sisters’ (a crescent moon and a four leaf clover) his soulmark didn’t look much different from the circle of color it had originally been.

To everyone’s surprise and confusion, his soulmark looked just like a snowflake.

“Do you think it means he’ll meet his soulmate in the winter?” His mother asked curiously while she held Derek’s wrist gently on her palm. Her own soulmark, nestled at the base of her thumb, looked wild and free when compared to his.

His dad shook his head, looking uncertain.

“It might just mean they meet somewhere colder…well, colder than California. Or maybe his soulmate has a winter birthday too. It’s hard to tell.”

His mother sighed, the sound like frustration. Derek didn’t really get the point; he was almost seven, and as far as he was concerned, the mark didn’t look like an army man or a vicious wolf, and so was mostly boring.

“Well. I guess we’ll have to work with it.” She looked at him and smiled sweetly. “Derek, honey, how do you feel about skiing?”

Derek made a face.

“I hate it. Can we go ice skating instead?”

His parents smiled and nodded in encouragement, but Derek didn’t get it at the time, not really.

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