Athelstan & the Lothbroks headcanons (s1 centered)
Athelstan rocks Gyda in his arms and sings lullabies in Old English when she cant sleep (Bjorn, who sleeps in the same room as her, pretends to be annoyed by it but secretly loves his songs. will never admit it though).
Weeks later after gathering enough courage Athelstan asks Lagertha to teach him lullabies in Old Norse. She laughs, and he mentally curses himself blushing up to his ears in embarrassment, but then she agrees and they spend evenings practicing together.
Gyda teaches him how to make flowers crowns, Lagertha how to braid hair and sew, Ragnar how to carve wood and fight and Bjorn… well Bjorn tests his patience quite a lot. He learns a lot from that, as well.
Him and Gyda go on walks and stop to stare at every pretty plant/insect while Athelstan whispers fun facts in her ear. Gyda doesn’t understand Latin and she knows that she certainly won’t remember most of the names he’s saying, but she always listens and waits for him to be done before starting to walk again.
He is slightly allergic to cherries, but Lagertha loves them, so every time she seems sad he walks to the market in Kattegat and gets a bunch, washes them carefully, and waits until shes not so caught up in work to bring her a little bowl of her favorite fruit and cheese (His neck and hands are going to be itchy for the next couple of days, but he tells himself that the woman’s soft smile makes it worth it).
One day Ragnar accidentally cuts him badly during training, which lead to Athelstan biting down on cloth so hard he feels his skull crack as Lagertha cleans his wound with fire and salt. Ragnar is also there, but he doesnt do much other than wipe the sweat off his face and tell him how cool that scar is going to look once healed.
Ragnar likes to tease him by calling him by many names, but if there was one which annoyed Athelstan was “little goat”. He didnt get it at first, thinking he was just insulting him, until Ragnar explained that: “You remind me of a goat, yes. Goats look dumb and weak, but they hide great intelligence and courage behind their silly round eyes”. Athelstan didnt know whether to feel even more insulted or flattered.
Lagertha and Ragnar realized that he has nightmares often pretty soon as, since the first days he arrived at the farm, they could hear him toss and turn and grunt and even cry in his sleep every other night. Sometimes Gyda hears him too and wakes him up gently, offering comfort, but when it gets really bad Ragnar picks him up in his arms and carries him to their bed. Most of the times he manages to sleep the rest of the night peacefully.
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Last year or the year before, I had posted both Donkey Kong and Young Link in their Zuran Garbs for my Project Arcana stories. Bowser is finally here with his. I originally going to have all of them (minus Chibi Teddiami) to look more like fantasy adventurers; However, with what I am planning to do with Project Arcana, I am going to go with fantasy with a few viking themes with some characters. I can't wait to play around with these guys.
Art and design © Franchesca Huerta aka Chibi Brugarou
Bowser © Nintendo
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