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omg yes soft bonding moments <3

Like when frenemy cats in the same household groom each other after terrorizing and chasing each other around all day. He seems like the type who’d ham it up too when it’s someone he’s comfy with, he’d have like a mild headache and whine to lay his head in her lap and have her massage his temples lol, just basking in the affection while denying he needs it. What about Meallana? Does she have any ailment or something she comes to him for?

akhsjhbsjhbd omg yes

I always headcanoned Neloth to be like... he hates you 99% of the time but in the 1% he likes you and enjoys your presence, he's super annoying lmao. If he wants something, he will keep bothering you until you comply. He definitely over-dramafies things to use people to his advantage, so chances are if he does have headache and wants some sort of relief, he'll make it seem like he's in urgent need of assistance so the person in question will either dote on him or do shit for him.

Though he's such an independent person, I think being comfortable enough around someone to be that vulnerable would be a huge deal for him. Very very few people will ever get that privilege.

And yes he'd definitely bother Meallana at the worst moments too, she could be in the middle of writing some super important scroll or something and he'll walk in like "I am in excruciating pain. I am incapacitated. I writhe in agony every passing moment. I will die without attention. Pamper me." And she sort of just sighs in mild annoyance and gives in so she doesn't have to deal with His Bullshit. She knows he's full of shit, but secretly she enjoys it and understands and even though he's mostly acting, it's a real moment of transparency where he can let his guard down for once.

Tbh Meallana herself probably doesn't go to him when she's in pain. She's very reserved in that sense and prefers to handle it herself, because she gets irritable when things aren't handled in the exact way that she likes. It's obviously not that she doesn't trust Neloth, he just tends to blatantly ignore other people's instructions. She probably gave up going to him after the 5th time he totally disregarded her very specific directions and left her even more annoyed than before. She'd be more likely to go to Teldryn for assistance -- he's much more competent and they've been through all sorts of unimaginable danger together on their travels, so he'd know exactly what to do

She would probably go to him when she’s feeling really down and unmotivated, though. She goes through depressive episodes where she basically goes into hermit mode and does absolutely nothing, losing track of crazy amounts of time. Neloth’s not so great in the comforting husband department, but he’s very good at distracting her. He’s always busy, always doing something, it gets her out of her funk and helps her get back into the groove of things. She’ll help him out around with his experiments, or he might make up some crazy story about how he desperately needs this super rare thingamabob from all the way across Solstheim, just so she has an excuse to get out and take her mind of things. It’s a good dynamic for them, his insanity keeps her (somewhat) sane in a way (even though they’re both a little off their rockers lol)