#cr : elle & tony ;; ever carry the weight of another? for how long?

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👀 / mac | 👀 / zetta | 👀 / elle | and for giggles, prelim 👀 / riley

insert CR/ship, receive 3 headcanons ;; still accepting | @shellheadtm

lord here we go

>  maccready & tony

1: for a long time, maccready insists on calling the cat “killer” even as tony’s out there never calling it anything other than “fatass.” maccready is the only reason why anybody remembers the cat had another name originally. but he can’t hold out against the curse of permanent tony nicknames. he tries, but he can’t. even he gives up and just calls the cat primarily “fatass” eventually. by then, the only time he calls it “killer” is when duncan’s in the room. … for all the good it does, but the first time duncan says the word “fatass,” maccready glares daggers at the back of tony’s head for like, two weeks straight

2: you know that hc i have about elle and maccready splitting sweets? with tony, mac does this with alcohol. he’ll split a bottle of pretty much whatever with tony during downtime, even as they’re clapping back at each other nonstop

3: you know how i said that the first time maccready kisses the faceplate is after tony’s woken up from a night terror and anxiety-called the suit? i’m pretty sure that eventually, maccready trying to do normal shit when tony has the suit on is just going to be a regular occurance. not that the suit gets a lot of air time in the wasteland, but like. “man, that was cool, HIGH FIVE” post-combat? stupid and reflexive attempts at affectionate touches? That One Time MacCready Went To Punch Tony’s Arm On Reflex Because Tony Said Something Stupid Only To Regret His Entire Life? you fuckin bet. also, the words “take that stupid thing off, i want to kiss my stupid boyfriend” come out of his mouth at some point

>  zetta & tony

1: i know this has been a regular topic lately, but honestly, i really do want zetta to punch someone square in the face on tony’s behalf at some point. it doesn’t have to be an important or named character, it can be some rando npc they’re having to deal with. or, hell, it could be myrna for all i care — zetta hauling off and decking ppl for her loved ones is one of my favorite things, and i’m appalled i’ve only been able to write it the one time. yes, zetta knows tony can mostly take care of himself, but it’s gonna happen during one of those times where he really isnt taking a proper stand for himself, and she’s gonna flip. (though in this circumstance, it probably wouldnt be myrna, huh…) listen, we know it’s a whole Thing for her when one of Her People wont or cant defend themselves, so she over-compensates when it happens right in front of her. but i feel like it’d be especially bad with tony, given how much they’re same hat about… almost goddamn everything. and the things they don’t share, tony shares with riley. i’m just saying it’ll be a HUGE problem, okay

2: zetta’s going to borrow one of your graphic tees one of these days, tony. without even asking. and yes, it’s real borrowing, she’ll give it back, and she’ll even wash it first, god. but it’s definitely happening. and she’ll deserve every “did you guys fuck again” joke that’ll happen when she does. (and probably maccready cranking up the snark factor with her as a result, oops.) but it’s gonna happen

3: speaking of, at some point during their one-night stand, when they’re still in the stages of drunkenly bantering and flirting, zetta absolutely quotes at him, dont hand me no lines and keep ur hands to urself, purely to be a little shit. i have a feeling that may be what escalated shit, because they’re both fucking stupid. that is the single stupidest reason for them to have a “their song,” but i’m pretty sure that’s exactly how that works out. rifp you morons

>  elle & tony

1: i’m bringing back the old headcanon about elle making stuffed animals for the people in her life. you know, the really unfortunate-looking ones. what one does tony get, you ask? well…

2: there is definitely some kind of codeword/inside joke phrase used when one of tony’s jokes goes over elle’s head, and elle takes it way too seriously. i have no idea what it’d be, but it’d cue elle in that she’s absolutely missed the joke. sometimes, this trick is necessary when elle starts getting legit upset about something because she’s too caught up in the “what if”s to notice tony’s just being stupid

3: you know what i hate? the fact that tony will literally never escape the random fucking footloose references, thanks to our goddamn movie theater gang idea and how that’s apparently gonna be canon any time elle and tony are in the commonwealth together. obviously, elle will have never seen the movie prior to that, but like. there’s no way she wouldnt think its the greatest thing EVER and wouldnt make jokes and references to it very regularly afterwards. tony escaped iw, but he didnt escape footloose. i’m sorry, tony. i’m genuinely sorry we’ve done this to you

>  riley & tony

1: i know i’ve said this before, but seriously: one of the earliest things riley does is figure out what foods tony likes most and how to prepare them. this is just… y’know. a thing he does with everyone he starts becoming friends with, and… everyone he wants to like him. and he’s really good at cooking, and noticing what people like, and doing things without being asked. so, uh, be prepared for riley tackling the “make sure tony eats food” problem in a very hands-on way, and then get really shy when called out on it or thanked

2: riley has an interest in old music, and music in general, but this means that a lot of tony’s “vintage” tunes are ones that riley would know, and know the lyrics to, and information about the bands… so don’t be surprised if riley gets caught singing along to tony’s playlists, and definitely don’t be surprised when riley starts offering up bits of trivia like a dog trying to bring a people toys he thinks they’ll like

3: listen, okay… riley would love moe. he would ADORE moe. he would relate to moe. he’d absolutely go out of his way to check on him and make sure he’s doing okay and asking if he needs anything, even though it should be the other way around. and he’d make sure to bring codsworth around in hopes that they’d be able to be friends, which… i’m not actually sure how that’d go. something tells me it wouldnt be as well as riley would be hoping, though… (yeah technically this hc isnt about riley and tony, but it’ll get there when we inevitably talk about this in DMs, i know us)

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