#HOW am i supposed to handle this when they're so goddamn adorable

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3 4 13 15 18 for Ragnar/Floki/Athelstan 😊

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3. Scars or painful spots

Ragnar still has a HELL of a scar from Haraldson's raid on his farm, and this is one that loves will spend time petting when they're curled around him, especially Athelstan, because Ragnar got this partially protecting HIM.

Floki has many scars from a life of fighting (Biggest is from when Borg straight up hit him in the chest with an AXE) but his most specific pains are actually his joints. He's got that leather piece on his wrist in season one (possibly past that but I CANNOT REMEMBER) that I like to think it's a wrist brace, especially important as a ship builder since it'd be easy to hurt his wrists in his line of work.

Athelstan of course has his hands after his crucifixion. That's the kind of injury that may heal but it's ALWAYS going to hurt, and of course it's scarred over. He can still use them but they're always going to be fragile and easily hurt. If he writes or draws for long periods of time he needs to have gentle hand rubs.

4. Best places to kiss on their body

Ragnar would probably be a little shit here and say the best place to kiss him is his dick, something guaranteed to make Athelstan choke on his water and Floki to happily pipe up that HE ONLY NEEDED TO ASK.

Floki I think I've done previously for this question specifically but since he's very ticklish it's best to kiss him on spots where it'll tickle him and get a giggle. If you're not making Floki giggle when you kiss him what are you even here for?

...As you know, I am down for the 'Athelstan gets chubby after finally being well fed' headcanon so. Kiss that tummy. Kiss his belly and remind him that he's gorgeous please. (Also, cheek kisses will get him adorably red faced so these are also a favorite)

13. What gets them flustered

Ragnar can be thrown just by the presence of unexpected things, but it doesn't manifest as being flustered as much as... curious. He's very curious when something doesn't go the way that he expected. (This is part of why he took Athelstan home after all. He was nothing like Ragnar expected.)

Floki doesn't get flustered so much as INTENSELY EXCITABLE. The only things that really throw him off are when people do question his faith but then it's not like.... is it flustered if he's mostly just very very mad?

Athelstan gets flustered by ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. BLUSHY BOY. FLUSTERED AND GAY AND NEVER KNOWING HOW TO HANDLE IT. Once he gets a little more settled he gets less easily blushy fluster but early on, goddamn. It's everything.

15. What it takes to make them cry

Ragnar says he's an angry crier which is true but that's only a technicality because he gets angry every time he's sad. So like YES he is an angry crier but he's also only mad because he's SAD. Anyway for what it takes to get him here, Ragnar Cannot Handle loss. The thought that people and things he love can be taken away from him and he might not be able to change it or fix it? Absolutely not he CAN'T deal. There's not supposed to be anything he can't fix.

Floki probably cries the easiest out of the three because he actually does cry when he's frustrated and while he's normally in a perfectly fine mood, occasionally his brain DOES try to eat itself and he gets worked up and Cannot calm down and this is when he starts the frustrated tears.

Athelstan is actually the LEAST likely to cry I think, at least where people can see him. He is an EMOTIONAL REPRESSION boy, always ready to slam down his own feelings and try to ignore them. He'll only start crying when he's reached his absolute limit (so, when all his brothers are dead and he realizes he's stuck here for REAL and finally starts crying at the river.)

18. Things they’ll never admit

Ragnar won't admit fault, even when he KNOWS he's done something wrong. He'll be able to recognize privately that this is his fault and he'll try to make up for it in various ways but actually looking at someone and saying 'This is my fault and I'm sorry' is just. Challenge level impossible.

Floki...... does not have something lol. Literally he admits anything and everything because refusing to admit something means having something he's ashamed of people finding out and TRULY HONESTLY he does not know what shame feels like.

Athelstan meanwhile has ALL the shame, all of the shame one person can fit into their being, but he also feels guilty when he hides things so only the worst things (he thinks) are things he'll never admit. I have a headcanon that he had a crush on another monk when he was much much younger and this monk died of illness at some point and anyway, Athelstan still feels like somehow he killed him with the sin of having had a crush.

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We've mentioned BB Bucky being insecure about his thighs and I would like to piggy-back off of that BC y'know how when couples get comfortable around each other (like the honeymoon phase) they sometimes end up not being as fit BC they're so comfortable (which is v cute). I was thinking about how maybe Bucky would gain a little weight through that but for whatever reason all of it goes to his thighs and ass. And Steve LOVES it. (1/2)

Daddy would have a hard time not touching him if he can't have his head between his legs he just sorta unconsciously touches Bucky all the time in fascination. Especially when Steve first notices and he coaxes Bucky into his lap so he can leave some fingerprint or whole handprint bruises BC goddamn. Surely there'd be constant compliments and dirty talk BC daddy can't have his baby feel bad, especially when he looks so, so mouth wateringly good. A penny for your thoughts?

As someone who gained some love weight after they got comfy in their relationship I love this, haha. It’s making me appreciate my extra love chub a bit more. 😅

Listen, if Bucky gained any kind of weight Steve would be tickled because that just means there is more of Bucky to love and squeeze on. He’d have to go through the different stages and loving partner checkboxes of needing to make sure Bucky was comfy and accepting of himself.

I don’t know if gaining any kind of weight is easy for anyone (I know for me it is and has always been something difficult) so I bet there is that moment where Bucky is looking in the mirror, pinching at his sides, furrowed brow and a pout to his lips. Steve knows it’s coming, has noticed the extra plumpness of his Buck before he has, but it still makes him coo when Bucky turns to him and says, “Steve am I... have I... filled out?” 

Just buckets of reassurance are given, oh lord. The snugs and lovins’ and squeezes and kisses. I feel like Steve would maybe try and act a bit nonchalant almost, like “hmm maybe, m’not sure.” He would want to validate Bucky and not lie to him but at the same time he can’t respond with, “Yep looks like it, sugar.” 

What a thin line to ride but if anyone can do it it’s Daddy Steve

Daddy’s gotta show him through actions. If Bucky has even the slightest of worries about his thicker thighs or his bitty bunch’a rolls on his belly, Steve has got to show him that he adores them. And I bet through making sure he is reassuring enough to Bucky is when he comes to realize... oh... but Steve kinda loves these extra parts of Bucky. 

Steve becomes quite keen on the way Bucky feels softer under his hands, that Steve can get such a good fucking handful of Bucky now. He’s always been a touchy feely Daddy but now he is always squeezing, always getting a bit more carried away during couch makeout sessions or what should be innocent snuggles. He’d love those thighs around his waist, would love his face between those thighs even more, hands squeezin’ on Bucky’s sides and his tum with his mouthful of Bucky’s hard little prick. 

Don’t even get Daddy started on the way that fucking ass fills out even more. How in the fuck is Steve supposed to handle that?

Steve would love it but the most important part is that Bucky is happy. If Bucky wants to start focusing more on what he’s eating and getting up in the morning to run to lose the few pounds he’s gained, that’s okay. If Bucky is comfy where he is after seeing how much Daddy loves it, in turn making Bucky himself come to enjoy it, then that’s fine too. 

Whatever Bucky wants. Steve will love him no matter what he chooses. 🥰 I lub me a thicc little Buck. Thank you, nonnie. These thoughts will live rent-free in my head for quite some time.