#alex isn't german because owen is

[saladbroth]

willkommen to german alex headcanons! //part 1

what qualifications do i have? am german, queer, mentally ill, and i've been to the US once for two weeks

his mum definitely grew up in West Germany before the reunion, and met his dad while in germany

she's probably from southern Germany, so bavaria or baden-württemberg

also christian, probably a catholic but not too devout, she's just part of the church

alex spent most of his childhood in Germany, and thus learned german as his first language, spoke basically only German with his mum (Mama) and dad

was absolutely the fucking Christkind at every Krippenspiel, he's got blonde hair and blue-ish eyes (krippenspiel = nativity play and the christkind is baby jesus)

he has a younger sister, who went to ballet and he joined her, until his dad made him go to football (soccer) practice, which he dislikes

they move to the US when alex is 10 years old, so he knew basic english from school, but wasn't really good at it

his parents hired a private teacher but it still took time to get most of the german accent out of his english

new student with weird accent = boy gets bullied, and that shit is a main root of his anxiety

he develops anxiety about speaking in front of others and while grammar is less of an issue some 'th's and 'w's are really hard for him to pronounce, which he gets mocked for a lot

isn't allowed to speak german with anyone but his Mama because 'he needs to learn'

meets the boys because luke & bobby square the fuck up when some bully makes fun of him again, and he's eternally grateful

they immediately band together and make sure to make alex feel included because they get ~exotic~ german snacks at his house and also he's nice and interesting

he's extremely pissed of that Kinder Eggs aren't legal in the US and complains about that whenever he gets the chance

they all get their specific nicknames from him, in german, and he regularly insults them in german as well

bonus willex: alex calls willie all the sweetest nicknames in german, his favourites being Herzblatt (literally: heart-leaf, means piece of heart) and Perle (pearl)