#edward nashton hcs

[finniestoncrane]

i've been thinking A LOT about the weird things that the riddlers would collect, because i know they all have at least three heaping collections, so here's my thoughts

arkham: vintage pornography of plus sized women

telltale: typeface stamps and letterpress drawers

gotham: buttons in one very specific shade of green

zero year: tijuana bibles preferably limited printings

dano: bottle caps from everything EXCEPT alcohol

unburied: cardboard bookmarks but only free ones

btaa: useless and tacky souvenir pencils

btas: museum pencil sharpeners

twojar: bootleg baseball cards NOT legitimate ones

young justice: vintage mcdonalds merchandise and happy meals toys

[partyboyx3]

you sghoyld draw medic and thew riddler like looking at eachothwer and then they kiss.,../

I hate how seriously I treated this... Inspiration struck, don't blame me

Okay I guess I didn't take it that seriously.

Feel free to send me art requests (can't promise they'll all be as high quality as this)

[trashmouthjr]

he smells like calamine lotion and depression :)

[skye707]

According to you, what would be the Riddles most and least likely to accept a sugar mommy/daddy? God, it's two in the morning in my country, why do I think it's a good idea to ask something at this time...

That's the best time to ask your questions because your brain is working without filters.

Unburied - You wanna give him free money? Sure, you're loss <3. He sees this less as a degradation of his character and more as a strategic move on his part. The openly giving affection part is just a bonus.

ZY - He got confused and thought HE was becoming the sugar daddy. Once he realizes this, he's absolutely livid that you would think he needs anyone's help in terms of money, affection, etc. HE's the biggest sugar daddy ever! or he would be...if someone wanted him to be.

Dano - This is a true war in his mind. On the one hand, he can't stand the thought of being the pawn of someone with expendable wealth. On the other hand, what better way to infiltrate high society to better bring about its demise. He might change his mind on the demise part if you're super nice, but probably not.

YJ - Yes, of course he'll be a sugar baby. Please take care of him. Please hug him and kiss him. He doesn't even care about the money part. He just wants someone to tell him how sweet he is and that they love him.

Gotham - It would have to be a very special person, but I do think he could be a sugar baby. Someone who truly has his best interests at heart and deeply cares for his well-being. And he'd like to have an allowance for his various criminal hobbies.

BTAA - Let him think about it. No. He doesn't need your money and he doesn't need your smooches. He gets plenty of both on account of his outstanding personality and brain. That's what he tells himself at least.

Arkham - Also confused as to what is happening, except he thinks you're just an investor dedicated to the success of his projects. Admittedly, he thought the requests for affection a little strange, but he'll take free money any day. You might have to sit him down and explain what's happening. Be prepared for a tantrum.

BTAS - Can you two be co-sugar mommy/daddy's? He'd like to spoil you as well, if you don't mind? Goodness knows he has enough money for that kind of lifestyle. The two of you might just end up the richest and most extravagant people in Gotham. A true power couple.

Telltale - This is a joke, surely. You didn't actually believe he'd subjugate himself to the humiliation of financial dependency in exchange for his affections? Yeah, I wouldn't even try it with this one. You might not see the light of another day.

[nshtn]

NSHTN Personality Sheet! (aka Incendiary Dano Riddler, or Incendi)

Music Vibes to Match > Ambience: 3 Tonal Tracks without Lyrics SHE - DIGITAL AMBIENT DESIGNS - BOOT DBOKEY - ASMR TOPRE KEYBOARD [LEOPOLD FC660C 45g] MINDFULNESS ON MONDAYS - CALMING UNDERGROUND LAKE Negative: 5 Tracks with Lyrics and 'Negative' Themes KEYGEN CHURCH - NEL NOME DEL CODICE

MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT - THE DEVIL DOES DRUGS

AYESHA EROTICA - SYNTHETIC [Slowed + Reverb]

VIENNA TENG - THE HYMN OF ACXIOM

KASANE TETO COVER - AISHITE! AISHITE! AISHITE!

>>Footnotes:

|BUSDRIVER - EAT RICH

|AESOP ROCK - DOG AT THE DOOR

|LAURA LES - HAUNTED

Positive: 5 Tracks with Lyrics and 'Positive' Themes BUSDRIVER - NEW AQUARIUM

OR[G]Y - OPTICON

COMBICHRIST - THIS SHIT WILL F C U K YOU UP

GABEMTNZ - GLITCH IN YOUR HEART

KAYLA RAE - MAD?

>>Footnotes:

|POWERCYAN - DISCIPLES OF THE NIGHT

|DORIAN ELECTRA - DADDY LIKE!

|DUAL CORE - HOSTAGE DOWN

Favorite Foods > Three comfort, three healthy, three high class Comfort: - Poptarts - Pizza - Goldfish Healthy: - Carrots - Steamed Zucchini - Sweet Potato Fries High Class: - Salmon with Lump Crab - Hambone Pea Soup with Herbs - Herb-Roasted Multicolor Potatoes

Political affiliation, beliefs overview > How do these beliefs affect their daily life? General Far left anarchosocialist. Anti 'three letter associations'. Pseudoskeptic. Atheist. 'Positive' Strong believer in personal freedoms. Water and housing should be mandatory for all. Workers should unionize. All people deserve plenty of time off to handle their needs. Government is shackles. 'Negative' - get spicy A bit of a tech bro. Poses a legible threat to people with power. Anti-psychiatry with an unfair bias to doctors. Overly-positive outlook on deeply illicit substances (also uses them). Anti-theocratic, headache to people who are religious. Privacy paranoid.

Personality > What words describe them? Contemplative, intelligent, shy, hypomanic, paranoid, unstable, obsessive, hyper-empathetic, witty, cynical, touch-deprived.

Game Vibes > Five games that have their vibe NIGHTDIVE - SYSTEM SHOCK DRIZZLY BEAR - HACKMUD CREATURES LABS - CREATURES: DOCKING STATION FACEPUNCH - GARRY'S MOD CHUCKLEFISH - STARBOUND

Collage Vibes > Cite your sources! Square image board collage.

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tagging: @danosrosegarden @sweetums0kitty

[couldtransitionsaveher]

EDWARD NASHTON/THE RIDDLER from THE BATMAN (2022 FILM)

JUSTIFICATION:

"One of my friends who looks almost exactly like Paul Dano came out as trans this year. Also she (The Riddler) dresses exactly like how I dressed before I came out." - @nellyfrommovies

Reminder: Submissions are always open!

[linxrouge4life]

So heres a random hc of my Arkhamverse OC absolutely no one asked for:

• Since Linx (Bloodshot) and Riddler have some serious beef, Linx is very good at hiding, sneaking in and sneaking out of diffirent places due to her supernatrual abilities, she sometimes sneaks in Eddie's hideout and she plays real life FNAF with him all around the orphanage, mostly just to scare him but also to just annoy him out of nowhere beacuse searching for victims in Gotham can get boring over time, especially in the time of Arkham Knight due to all cititens evacuating the city, the guilty ones with them.

[cm2tfemotd]

Todays Canon Male to Transfem Headcanon is Edward Nashton from the Batman!

she is a demiromantic asexual transfem that uses she/it!

[starshinesluvr]

:¨ ·.· ¨:⠀ `· . ୨୧ various edward nashton hcs & thoughts !!

contains: a mention or two about his killings in the movie, religious trauma, & drug usage. word count: 1.4k

writers note: hi friends! guhfhkj i am being brave and posting some writing on main.... ( ;´ - `;) here are a few headcanons and general thoughts that've been Marinating in my mind for a while. i felt like this was getting quite long, so maybe i'll have another post with some more soon.. because i have many thoughts..enjoooy! ^_^

♡ obviously he is obsessive. and loves repetitive actions and routines. his main special interest would be the renewal fund and the wayne family. (obviously) he has a big sense of moral justice. ⋆⭒ one of his main repetitive actions would be counting. he does this a lot with his fingers, the books on his shelf, or even the letters on a neon sign outside. just quickly under his breath. ⋆⭒ he also would sway. he usually does this in his apartment, when hes scrolling nigma or something. it really calms him. i think he would be too self-conscious to do it in public though. the King of masking. but occasionally he cant help himself when he's really focused at a café or something.

♡ but some of his other interests include: retro games, ancient civilizations, and general puzzle games. and god this man is a consistent minesweeper frequenter. heavy on frequent. loves 2048, sudoku, does the daily crossword on newspapers.

♡ half of the apps on his phone has to be games. 'games on his phone?' yes.

♡ i think he also has a undying love for pokemon. unsure what his favorite type would be, i think he would cycle through different types every single time the interest pops back up in his head again.

♡ AND GUYS GENUINELY HERE ME OUT. i think he helped code the club penguin rewritten website . im So. so serious on this one.

♡ OH OH. OHHH!! one of his longest lasting special interests? languages. how this starts? i imagine young edward back at the orphanage, already finished reading every single book he could find... every single english book, that is. maybe he'd sneak into the library. he's sure those books have riddles that can only be solved if you understand its language first. ⋆⭒ he finds interest in the progression of languages especially. how they change over time, and the origin of words and their sounds. ⋆⭒ though i don't think he would be a polyglot. but he'd know a lot of random words here and there, and some slang words no one would expect him to know from many languages!

♡ but a language he especially would like is ASL. he'd have a heightened interest of any form of communication that doesn't involve words. like, the font wingdings y'know? any kind of 'code.' ⋆⭒ he'd especially love learning ASL on his own during his younger years, since he struggled with speaking more often back then. he doesn't talk to anyone much now a days anyways, unless its small talk. (okk i see you selective mutism representation! >_< )

♡ he is sadistic. not a headcanon, just fact. this can be seen in his killings in the movie. though he primarily killed to give a point to the city of gotham, and to become a symbol much bigger than himself, he never gives these people quick and simple deaths. he enjoys these killings. cutting off the mayor’s thumb while he was still alive, sticking rat poison in officer savage, and sticking his head in a rat cage, waiting for them to eat him alive shown for everyone to watch. these were thought out, and he enjoyed watching. he enjoyed putting on a show, and their deaths were his entertainment.

♡ though outside of being the riddler, edward has a lot of self hatred. this fronts as anger, standoffish and anti-social behaviors. he doesn't mean to be mean, its just deep rooted. a combined hatred of everyone who'd hurt him prior.

♡ even though he hates himself, he also thinks of himself as better than anyone else. he feels as if he is worthy, and he has the intellect to show it. he consistently searches for small, daily positions that keep him in power.

♡ has a love/hate relationship with his own intellect. he wishes he wasn't cursed with his knowledge, sometimes he just wishes he could be blind and stupid to the darkness of the city. but he prides himself in being smart, especially in being good with numbers. its something he knows he can actually do correctly. he loves the certainty of numbers, how they never change or lie.

♡ i think would mostly hate how smart he was when he was younger. he hated how it distanced himself from genuinely everyone, and at one point he wasn't sure if he just enjoyed being reclusive or if he simply just got used to it. ⋆⭒ he would hate how the other kids or his classmates would only talk to him when they needed answers for their work and how they would expect him to know everything. (he sadly did.)

♡ he loves consistency. but hates complacency. he knows things can change, things could be better. but he finds comfort in his routines, even if it makes his world grey.

♡ due to religion being constantly drilled into his brain throughout his childhood, he experiences severe trauma. when he does something that is not pleasing to the beliefs he was taught, he self deprecates. lots of talking down on himself. he still can remember a few memory verses and prayers, and sometimes obsessively recites them to himself. ⋆⭒ he knows some of his fears are honestly a little irrational, that maybe one day he'll just be struck down. he's trying not to let them take over his logic, but he struggles. he is constantly upset that he still has these childhood fears that bind him.

♡ speaking of his time during the orphanage: his dirty unkempt upbringing and the long lasting effects of it could be seen in his living space. the chaotic and 'dirty' environment is almost comforting to him. sticky notes with ramblings of riddles and math problems. besides, his brain works too fast to care where things were placed in his home.  

♡ despite his messy apartment, he hates feeling dirty. this is also thanks to the orphanage. he’s well kempt. everything is messy, not dirty. the orphanage was sadly, both. he looks like a sopping wet rat, it doesn't mean he smells like one though.

♡ he also has a fear of smelling bad, despite knowing he thoroughly washes. ⋆⭒ i think he would smell like soap or just his laundry detergent. he wants to try different scents, he kind of likes the idea of having a 'signature scent,' but honestly some smells give him a headache if they're too concentrated. and he can't have that while doing his everyday activities. ⋆⭒ its the kind of scent where you can only really smell it on the person when you hug them, y'know? which is kind of fine to him, he'd rather smell like nothing than something bad.

♡ he absolutely despises drops. any kind of heavy drug really he stays away from. he knows just how easily it can unravel a person, after constantly watching kids as young as 12 years old become addicted to it. his intellect would go to waste if he ever decided to start using.

♡ BUT! definitely smokes weed, or just in general he smokes. he probably tried it for the first time in his early twenties, hated it and dropped it. but he CANNOT continue handling his anxieties raw. so he picks it up again in his thirties. only occasionally... kind of.

♡ he loves LOVES animals. i like to think he had a little hyperfixation on animals and the general care for them when he was younger, so despite never having a pet, he could definitely at least recommend what to feed your average household pet.

♡ not only that, but he finds interest their internal structures, and the similarities to the human body. (i honestly don't know where these hcs came from, but bare with me here.) ⋆⭒ he loves dogs, but he's found himself liking cats a bit more recently. especially strays, he finds their resilience to continue living despite their circumstances to be admirable. ⋆⭒ he'd love to adopt. but he can hardly keep track of his own health, not to mention the state of his apartment. and don't even get him started on the extra expenses. ⋆⭒ though, i think he'd be pretty scared of interacting with any stray, maybe just animals in general he'd be pretty hesitant of being around. he doesn't like the uncertainty. and hates remembering his bad experiences with animals when he was younger. ⋆⭒ i think he'd bring himself to a cat café for one of his birthdays after weighing the pros and cons, after a day that was especially rough on him or something. he usually doesn't care for the date, but he honestly just likes using it as an excuse to go out somewhere whenever he feels like it. (he probably cried either from the animals' cuteness or the fact that he was there alone, maybe a bit of both. poor employees probably didn't know what to do.) ⋆⭒ i also think it would be funny if he was allergic, but obsessed. constantly sneezing but he can't help but want to cuddle up with them. but he doesn't have to be.

[cannedbeefaroni]

random LMAO but any hcs about which dano characters would do what drugs?

TIMOTHY KLITZ IS ON ADDERALL BABY HE HAS CLINICALLY DIAGNOSED ADD HE CANNOT FUNCTION MENTALLY!!!!

edward nashton takes xanax because he gets random panic attacks. idk what kind of antipsychotics they'd be pumping into him at arkham but i think it would be an unethical quantity. also, in the movie he refers to having done drops, which is a fictional drug in the batman universe

calvin weir-fields seems very much clinically depressed so he definitely takes antidepressants

joby taylor. uh cocaina.

pierre bezukhov. opium.

louis ives wouldn't smoke but she should. give her some boof it'll calm her nerves.

[bruniciobrunaldo]

Hello, my name is Bruno, I'm 21 and I'm trying to get back on track with writing (also lost my old account) I'm thinking of using this account to express my love for all the fictional characters I love (not only Ash)

Either way, I write for different fandoms, being my thing writing for male readers and readers under the trans umbrella mostly

Who I write for

Slashers

Michael Myers (RZ's too)

Jason Vorhees

Freddy Krueger

Candyman

Leatherface (Bubba Sawyer)

Leatherface (Thomas Hewitt)

Chop Top Sawyer

Nubbins Sawyer

Pinhead

Billy Lenz

Ghostface (Billy Loomis, Stu Macher and Mickey Altieri)

Brahms Heelshire

Vincent Sinclair

Bo Sinclair

Lester Sinclair

Pennywise (1991 and 2017)

Leslie Vernon

Josef (Creep)

Kurt Kunkle

Norman Bates

Martin (1977)

The Creeper (Creepers Jeepers)

Albert Shaw/The Grabber

Marvel

Steve Rogers/Captain America

Bucky Barnes

Bruce Banner

Loki

Mantis

Nebula

Peter Quill/Starlord

Scott Lang/Ant-man

Deadpool

Quicksilver (any)

Jack Russell

Steven Grant

Arthur Harrow

Khonshu

Peter Parker (any)

Doc Ock (Olivia or Otto)

Hobie Brown

Gwen Stacy

George Stacy

Miles Morales

Pavitr Prabhakar

The Spot

DC

(movie or series versions)

Bruce Wayne/Batman

Edward Nygma

Edward Nashton

Arthur Fleck

Joker (Ledger)

Oswald Cobblepot

Jonathan Crane

Abner Krill (Polka Dot-Man)

Harley Quinn

Barry Allen/Flash (movie only)

Ratcatcher 2

Rick Flag

Chris Smith/Peacemaker

Adrian Chase/Vigilante

Disney

Quasimodo

Judge Frollo

Dr. Facilier

Scar

Lottie LaBouf

Jim Hawkins

Madrigal family

Dead by Daylight

David King

Jeff Johanssen

Ace Visconti

Jane Romero

Kate Denson

Felix Richter

Mikaela Reid

Vittorio Toscano

The Trapper

The Nurse

The Doctor

The Huntress

The Legion

Oni

Trickster

Skull Merchant

Other characters

Ash Williams

Carrie White

Dewey Riley

Robert Van Helsing

Coach Boomer

Jareth The Goblin King

Willy Wonka (Chalamet's)

Renfield

Dracula

The Janitor (Willy's Wonderland)

Steve Harrington

Eddie Munson

Jonathan Byers

Dewey Finn

Beetlejuice (Keaton's)

Hellboy

Abe Sapiens

Prince Nuada

Oc

Mostly for nsfw purposes (mainly monsters)

Yes!

One-shots

Hcs

Drabbles

Nsfw

Freaky nsfw (the monsterfucker kind)

Gore

No!

Long fics

Omegaverse

Scat/Puke

[riddlerxl]

OOOOO what do you think is the weirdest thing Edward would be into? Followup, how creepy do you think he'd be about it?

HELLO!! Thank you for asking this. ily.

I have a lot of ideas for the weird shit he’d be into.

Honestly, here are my full head canons of what he’d be into:

MINORS DNI. 18+ ONLY

voyeurism. lil freak would probably sneak into your apartment and watch you undress from the closet. He’d probably not even tell you that he’s watched you prior to you two getting together.

panties. Edward is the type to steal your panties and jerk off into them. You can’t find your favorite pair? Maybe it fell into the void of your apartment… or Edward’s apartment; But hey, maybe he’d even try them on and wear them around.

smells. I say this as in he is totally the type to sniff your used panties at the end of the day after you’re done wearing them. This dude loves the smell of you and it drives him wild. Edward Nashton is the type of guy to sniff your armpits. Which would lowkey creep you out at first but he'd be like "no bb u smell good"

mask kink. He would totally fuck you wearing the mask as it gives him some crazy confidence. Seriously. It's like putting on the mask possesses him to become this super feral/primal motherfucker.

video taping. This falls under voyeurism in a way. He would record you undressing from his spot in the closet. BUT he would also love to record the two of you having sex so he has jerk off material. Honestly, he'd probably post it to his hardcore followers to be like "fuck u i actually have sex"

piss. Yes, I didn't want to bring this up BUT he is the type of guy who would want to pee on you. As much as I personally am not into piss, Edward would want to just to 'mark his territory'

blood. As in, he would totally have sex with you while you're on your period. (for my AFAB ppl)

Of course I have more HCs for what he'd be into but these are the list of odd ones/unusual ones that come to my head. Hopefully I answered this correctly!

[xxdedwolfyriddlerxx]

My riddler/Edward nashton headcanons (idc if these are unrealistic I love him sm. And btw there are gonna be some fluff hc)

• he likes to hold onto you just about any where you guys go to (like he will latch onto you like a leech)

• when he's out and about by himself he likes to get little things and trinkets for you. (Especially from shows, movies, and games you like)

• he likes to touch your tummy and thighs a lot. Like he'll lay his head on either and will be in literal heaven.

• he gets really shy when you compliment him (he'll do his cute little smile)

• he will do everything he can to help make you feel better when being sad, sick, or just not feeling well in general

• when ever you have electronic problems you ask Edward and he is there at the speed of light to help you.

• he keeps pet rats and let's you name them (he also finds cute things to do with them that makes you laugh)

•everytime you enter a room his eyes light up like he's just seen a God/Goddess

• he likes to get very intimate and vulnerable with you. He trusts you a lot and talks about childhood trauma with you

• he liked when you teach him something new and always shows you what he's done with that subject

I think I might make a hc for alex/barry jones from prisoners bc he's my sweet little baby and I love him with all of my heart <3

[trashmouthjr]

youre gonna tell me this isnt how it was? well.. you cant, bc this is how it was.

[skye707]

Who's that most ticklish out of the Riddler's?

Unburied - So ticklish. Like a little baby. But he runs if you try to tickle him because it’s not very good for the whole brand thing he’s got going on. Hard to be a hardened criminal when you giggle if someone touches your sides.

ZY - He is ticklish but he’s got an unfortunate reflex: punching/kicking. Last time someone tried to tickle him, they ended up with a black eye. He was in fifth grade.

Dano - Scrunches up to escape the tickle. Again, it’s a natural reflex. Being ticklish is a sign of weakness and he is not weak! But if you do manage to unscrunch him, he rolls around in a fit of giggles.

YJ - At first attempt, it would seem that he is not at all ticklish. Sides, tummy, and neck get no response. However, a gentle brush of a hand on the bottom of his foot is enough to make him leap three feet in the air.

Gotham - Not ticklish. Has learned how to turn off that behavioral response. But if he sees it’s making you sad, he can get a chuckle going just for you.

BTAA - Very ticklish in his sides. You’ll get a couple of giggles out before he leaps away and threatens to throw you off a building if you try it again. Another who’s trying to keep a reputation going.

Arkham - Ticklish on his tummy and no where else. If you can manage to corner him and get the laughing fits going, he’ll sporadically swap between giggling and screaming in your face about how unprofessional this all is.

BTAS - A little ticklish but not too severely. Honestly, having someone tickle him feels good in a way? Like a muted tingling along the arm, something akin to white noise, that eventually dulls the senses.

Telltale - Questionable, because it has been over a decade since someone has gotten close enough to try and longer still since someone has made an attempt. Would you like to be the next to try?

[nshtn]

Edward Nashton Period Caretaking HCs

for my au, Creep Ed. GN Reader

tw: kidnapping, being his namesake (you are into it), blood

Edward cannot help the way he is drawn to his dearest kidnappee when they moan and tumble and the heady, feverish scent of their blood wafts from their abdomen. It’s natural, he thinks, to be in this position and to have a wolfish glint in your eye at the sight of it. It's appropriate - him as the predator, you as his prey.

There is only one problem.

It is an awfully penetrable problem, big and heavy on him, weighing him into the territory of guilt.

Edward likes you. He likes you very, very much, and beneath his wandering gaze, and his sweaty palms, and the way he squeezes them together and stares at you like he’ll devour you whole right there and then, is a servile, flowerly man. He cannot bear the sight of your suffering.

That's funny to him, because he can bear anyone else's. As you let out a shaky breath, the hole in his chest twitches. Do something. Don't just sit there.

And just like so, he’s sickeningly sweet, relishing in how you now, more than ever, must put your situation aside and allow him to caretake over you.

- He brings you mounds of chocolates, unlabeled, many flavors and brands, presenting them to you on a plate more befitting to be served by a butler than the man who has you bound up in a room. Cast your eyes on what you want and his long fingers will pluck it from the plate and ask you, softly, gently, with prideful cadence, to ‘say aah’. Oblige him and eat your fill as his eyes nearly glaze over. This is the favorite part of his day. He will memorize the grooves of your chapped lips and the way your nose crinkles when you open your mouth and show off your pearly white canines in a way that is both horrifyingly perverted and strikingly soft. You really would make a great partner in crime, but he knows you’d never agree, so instead he’ll keep you here… safe.

- He offers you acetaminophen at first, blindly, then retreats to return with ibuprofen. The label is yellow and splotchy, but the pills inside are all normal. He’s meek, which is rare with the power he holds over you, and he looks sheepish as he tilts it back and lets you take as many as you need. Four, five, even six – he doesn’t mind, he’ll chide you about stomach damage past five – but, then, wrap around with sympathy, “I’ve, uhm, done it too, you know. I get it. I do. ‘M sorry.”

Your mind is filled with images of The Riddler covered with lacerations from gory fighting and it makes you gulp unsteadily. “Sorry. Sorry. I-- sorry. Sorry.”

He repeats it over and over until you calm down, then fixes you a plate of dubious eggs to ensure your stomach won’t reject the pills.

- He’s got plenty of hotpacks, an unnatural amount, as if ordered in bulk… He stacks them nearby eachother on his bed for you and lets you get on it. It’s mostly clean, aside from pencil shavings and the pile of crosswords and journals on his end table (and an impressive stack next to it that itself becomes a surface for an empty cup ramen).

You, in spite of yourself, hum quietly in thought and some bewildering bemusement as you lean into the hotpacks that cradle your form, relieving your pain greatly.

You can’t deny that you feel your cheeks sizzle and pop appreciatively at the length he goes. Most normal people didn’t do this much for one another, let alone in this kind of situation. Though it had always been clear to you that your role was… oddly in touch with Lima syndrome from the very start, you had expected he would lose interest and slaughter you at some point or another.

You waited for an inevitable that never came.