#but justas this tiny extension of hsi personality; habits rather than... idk

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                                                     HEADCANONS                                                feral kae !

kaeya being half feral but it’s cutesy so he just has this inexplicable habit of running the inside of his wrist along someone.. anywhere within casual reaching distance. running it along the side of @bunnyshot​’s throat with the same ease that he brushes his knuckles along her jaw. hmm hmm. habit of tenderly nosing along people’s hair (ppl he’s close to obv djfjfdf).

a lil extra relaxed when he gets to wear smth that smells like smn he cares about; a resulting habit of sharing / swapping clothes with jean & co once they stop smelling vaguely of his cologne* or her coffee. ( *the burnt soothing dark of soot run through by the fresh breeze of calla lilies. if ur muse’s scent can’t give a scented candle a run for its money you’ve lost. ) if you give a tired overworked captain your coat while he’s struggling through the last of a batch of paperwork, dark out & a cold half mug of tea pushed to the edge of his desk... you’ll actually manage to comfort him a lil he’ll be so grateful & huddle into it (once ur gone lmao unless ur jean / diluc / albedo / ...maybe amber c;).

uhhh what else could he have that isn’t cartoonish... he do be growly. it’s not as impressive as actual animals etc, but it’s a lil more impressive than your standard human growl. it’s human plus a lil smth unsettling. & sure he’s got pronounced canines but plenty of ppl look half-vampire. his jaws are more animal (slightly): his canines snip into each other top and bottom, so he saves smiling his teeth bare for threats & funny times. casual smiles bare his top teeth so, that doesn’t give anyone pause. mondt’s populace don’t give a shit as long as his tits are out.

& of course he’d be half-feral due to the curse ... AND due to being a child abandoned in enemy territory to ingratiate himself so as to not be killed. so. mental trauma reflexes & the (confused) biological instincts of someone doomed to cease being human... ( or at least partially, if he has smth to protect him from the curse similar to dain. ) i always run into this bc tbh in all the ways that matter kaeya already is feral & it’s not fantastical at all. but also i’m so weak for growlies & fangs & not-(as-)socially-acceptable social behaviours.

me, sniggering: so is he into piss kink bc he needs to mark his territo-

definitely into biting & marking. also just bc he’s a possessive as fuck asshole & he bears + inflicts marks of ownership proudly. ( if you’re the first ever to offer to wear a collar for him & you’re not a one night stand, congrats you’ve got him speechless. momentarily. )

will physically drape himself all over a loved one he’s successfully protected, after the fact. let them recharge while prowling around them, fully focussed on...well, this innate need to be the one who ensures His Person is taken proper care of, by him. will stop hiding his not so normal aggressive behaviour (not animal, just trauma again) in moments like these bc it is honestly very effective for warning ppl away lmao. he knows he’s the most dangerous fucking thing in the room & that his loved ones are much too kind, so it makes all the illogical sense to just... soothe himself by becoming a physical layer of defence. :/ do not fuck with his dumb innocent babies.

anyway yeah half-feral & ‘realistic’ bc a) trauma b) applications of fantasy feral curse. ceases the ramble.