#I thought grant knew darryl and Henry kissed cuz it was mentioned during forknights but maybe I’m wrong

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Nick headcanons for you:

There were several days with the twins and Nick as the only kids in the tower, and the level of crap the three put the o-dads through in just those few days is why the kids were split up the rest of the time until they were rescued.

Nick harassed Willy and especially Bill whenever he could in the tower.

TJ took being the oldest kid very seriously. Nick as the second oldest did not and playfully harassed him over it constantly. He never outright said it, but Nick did feel more comfortable goofing off when he knew Terry Jr. was watching out for everyone.

Nick started to imagine the other kids as cousins to him and tried to keep everyone in a good mood when he could.

Nick imagined his dad’s commentary as he read Red Badge of Courage, and mental Glenn and Nick both agreed that the protagonist should get out of the battles.

Nick told Grant that Darryl had kissed Henry, but Grant didn’t believe him.

:0 ty for the good hcs !!

While imo I don’t think any of the kids actually messed with the odads (I don’t doubt Willy would’ve been abusive at subtle signs of misbehaviour tbh) I think Nick was absolutely the type to like. Tell his friends how he’s gonna fuck with them, only to completely not do it cuz he’s scared lol. To me, Nick is absolutely all bark and no bite. If he tried he was shut down very quick.

I don’t think that fully applied to the twins though, since I feel Barry was insistent that his conditions with being involved maintained his control for his kin- they were a little less punished

Nick was absolutely the boy to try and lighten the mood in the dire situation tho- love the book hc too sobs… I’ve never read the book so I will trust ur judgement on what they’d think lmao !!