#childe: oh my god she's so cute she thinks she can manipulate me thats downright adorable

[teabutmakeitazure]

Wait! So I know Childe just likes to lay on reader’s bed and just watch them but i keep thinking if it were me I would lowkey get upset when anyone messes up my plushie arrangement 😭

And then I imagine once reader moves into his room 😵‍💫 like the pillow between them was one (slightly) cheeky thing but if I wake up and find my Cinnamoroll plushie on the floor I’m in my feelings all day.

Also want to add your writing is soooo good. I go back and reread your fics and feel like I have the biggest brain when I catch something. The line where you said (paraphrasing) he keeps the muzzle on and hands you the leash (?) keeps me up at night (affectionate) BECAUSE HE ACTS WEAK (er sorta?) ON PURPOSE AND LETS YOU HAVE (some) PEACE OF MIND WITH (most of) YOUR AUTONOMY ??! Yea in my head rent free

I don't have plushies so I didn't specify them because not everyone sleeps with plushies but for those who do,

yes. he punches them when you're not there. wdym they get to cuddle you and he doesn't???? sometimes he purposely doesn't smooth out their faces so you can see the after effects of the punch and when you angrily call his name and confront him when he saunters into the room, childe just gives you his best puppy eyes and goes, "well, that's what they get for hogging you."

if you find any of them on the floor, he will not confess. he'll just say something like "oh it must've fallen down when we moved in our sleep," knowing damn well he chucked it across the room in the middle of the night.

and yes!!! that's precisely what that line conveys! childe is just acting tamed. it's fun to see you think you have control over him, and it helps him catch on when you subtly try to manipulate him (like how it was mentioned in the second part that he doesn't respond to reader's subtle manipulations anymore). he knows you, and he knows what you're doing. he just lets you get away with it so that you feel comfortable <3