#grisha headcanons

[serpentthecrow]

Sleepy time with the grishaverse characters

A/n: I... Don't even... Sorry about that. My executive dysfunction did its magic. But here you have this as a peace offering since you guys liked the crows one. I can't even believe how long it's been. I'm probably not going to keep writing too many fics, if any at all. But this one's mandatory. And short.

Summary: headcannons on the sleeping habits of (some of) the grishaverse characters.

Alina Starkov

Hear me out

The girl's out like a light

Exactly the type of person to roll around the bed, end up in peculiar positions, and mainly, accidentally slap you or kick you in her sleep

Isn't picky, but if she COULD choose- only the softest mattress, duvet and pillows

She's petty like that

Has absolutely no night routine. Like. NONE.

Owns no pajamas. Just normal clothes passing as sleep clothes.

Gonna use her sun summoner powers when getting up in the middle of the night to fetch water etc., only to curse profusely because ✨light sensitivity✨

Midnight snacks. No elaboration is needed.

Definitely owns a stag plushie. Cause poor thing.

Mal Oretsev

Sleeps like he's in a coffin

No honestly. Like, on his back, straight as a plank. Psychopath.

The nightmares tho.

The biggest duvet stealer

Never actually uses the duvet tho. Kicks it away every time

Can barely be bothered to change

Absolutely cannot be bothered to make the bed

Hasn't got a single idea how to put on a bedsheet

Red flag: eats in bed too often

Occasionally has a dream about Nikolai throwing him overboard Volkvolny and grinning down at him, saints know why.

Would fall asleep under any circumstance. Light, loud sounds, anything. Bang two pans repeatedly next to his head, and the guy will still fall asleep if he's sure he can afford to.

Has a phoenix plushie. Pun intended.

Aleksander Morozova

does this guy even sleep? Questionable.

But in case he does:

A side sleeper

Surprisingly heavy sleeper

Rarely sleeps in bed when unsupervised tho. Not uncommon for him to fall asleep in a chair.

Black silk sheets only.

Talks in his sleep

Seriously.

If someone walked in on him sleeping, he'd be long since executed for treason.

Absolutely unaffected by caffeine

Produces a whole lotta shadows before going to sleep, roused by the slightest amount of light.

The extensive night routine is canon.

Doesn't have a plushie. The only one in this hc series btw.

Nikolai Lantsov

my favorite sailor bo- anyway

(Let's ignore Volkralai for the purpose of these hc's)

A stomach sleeper. We stan.

A pillow hugger. We stan.

Mostly blue bedding, especially in the palace or the spinning wheel, since we all know he misses the sea.

Another one with a whole-ass night routine.

Reduced amount of clothes when sleeping- usually just pants

They're pajama pants tho

Has some trouble falling asleep on land, he's used to the rocking of the ship

nap king, especially as Sturmhond

Reads a LOT before bed

A night owl- has to be reminded to got to sleep

Sometimes starts to rant about some invention of his

C A N N O T fall asleep without cuddles. Like, he's physically unable

The biggest manchild about waking up early.

Has a fox plushie. A fact.

Genya Safin

babygirl has nightmares, okay? Gotta start with that.

lowkey got accustomed to some level of luxury in Os Alta

not the biggest fan of cuddling. For understandable reasons

a warm beverage before bed

fuzzy socks

tries to maintain an exact time to go to sleep but ultimately fails because she's got trouble falling asleep

probably improves on her sleeping habits once she becomes a part of the triumvirateonly cause she has to tho

overthinking before sleep queen

does she have a plushie? Does David count? You tell me.

[geekgirl531]

The Grishaverse OTP Candy Salad Pt 2

Nina: Well, after that cheery display, it’s my turn.

*flips hair and dramatically produces gummy bears from cleavage*

Nina: My boyfriend was trained as a living weapon to hunt my people, and he tried to choke me when I broke him out of jail. He also dreamt about killing me, and his pet name for me was Corpse Witch. Oh, and he’s dead too.

*dumps candy in and hurries off to Inej before anyone can tell she’s about to cry*

Inej: Hi, I’m the Wraith-

Leoni: Cut! Can she say that?

Kaz: My Wraith can say whatever she wants.

*glares at Leoni with “the stare”*

Inej: Hi, I’m the Wraith, and Kaz called me his investment. I brought watermelon Sour Patch.

*cut to Nina shaking her head at a red-faced Bastard of the Barrel*

*special outtake*

Inej, whispering: Are they gone?

Nina: Yep. They’re getting Jesper more candy. He ate all of his.

Inej: Good. Turn on the camera.

Nina: Aye aye, Captain Ghafa.

*turns camera on *

Inej: Hello there. My name is Inej Ghafa, and I may be Kaz’s investment, but the real love of my life is Nina Zenik.

*Nina blushes, tucks a strand of hair behind her ear meekly and touches Inej’s hand softly*

Nina: I don’t have candy, but my love for you, Inej, is priceless.

Jesper: WHAT???

*Inej freezes, Nina is unfazed*

Nina, flipping her hair: You heard her loud and clear, Fahey. I’m the love of her life. Jealous?

Kaz, walking in: Nice to know.

Nina: Oh, please. We all know you’re in love with kruge, Brekker.

Kaz, reaching for the camera: Okay, we’re done here.

[catapparently]

Kaz Brekker Headcanons

Cat entering her hc era thanks to my maid of honor @x-liv25 . Please go read her TIG headcanons!

MASTERLIST

Kaz once said "you shouldn't make friends with crows," "why not?" "they don't have any manners." I headcanon that he tried to feed a crow and actually be nice to it but it bit him so now he forever holds the grudge

He has a stack of makeup in his desk drawer in case he needs to change his face up a bit for a job and he's excellent at it

At some point, when he was still struggling with finding a job after Jordie's death, he stole someone's purse and found bronzer/contour that he used to draw himself abs to look strong and "hirable".

He doesn't mind touching animals without his gloves

He realized that when he tried to save an abandoned kitten in the rain when he was younger

He felt bad for it because it reminded him of him and Jordie

He saw it as a debt-ish to Jordie to save the kitten

It once brought Kaz a mouse as a gift and Kaz genuinely appreciated the gesture

Kaz POV: "What a distinguished gentleman who knows I'm worthy of great gifts and appreciation"

Kaz knew he couldn't really keep a cat in his line of work, it'd be a weakness, so when it was old enough, he snuck it into Pekka's office and watched the vicious little feline tear Pekka's stuff to shreds

"A cat after my own heart"

When Kaz got the Dregs tattoo, he didn't want the artist to touch him, so he tattooed the logo himself. It was a bit shaky but then he hired a Tailor to fix the edges without touching him

Alternative solution to the bad edges: He fixes them up with stolen foundation whenever he isn't wearing long sleeves or something that would cover it up.

They day he first saw Inej and she snuck up on him, he had a panic attack but hid it well

At this point in his life, he was used to being in control, to knowing everything. Having Inej sneak up on him (and knowing that she could have potentially killed him without him having time to retaliate had she been trained) freaked him out. He felt weak, Kaz Rietveld again.

Kaz spends half an hour every other day locked in his office without his gloves, lathering his hands in hand cream.

Whenever he'd grab someone by the collar or any form of violence with contact, the last thing the victim could think about is why his hands smell nice. Nobody ever lived to tell the tale.

He's a sucker for a good chocolate cake.

He absolutely HATES ice cream. It makes too much of a sticky gooey mess for him.

He also probably has a sensitive throat so he doesn't really eat cold/frozen stuff or drinks

Once he made a deal with Nina which resulted in him going to a café to buy her a pumpkin spice latte. Once he sniffed Nina's, he quickly bought another one for himself and chugged it before he could get back. Obviously he did that in a dark alleyway so that nobody could see him and use it as blackmail.

Once he used (obviously stolen) paint to decorate his very own set of cards.

He then made another elaborate plan of his and managed to auction them off for a grotesque amount of kruge.

Probably forged DeKappel's signature on the back of each with perfect precision

For those that forgot, DeKappel is some famous painter in the series. Kaz stole a DeKappel oil painting from Van Eck.

Help I didn't realize how fun HCs were, I could make a thousand of these

[xstawqtys]

HES SO CUTE LOOK AT THIS TINY LITTLE THING☹️☹️☹️♥️♥️♥️

[somnidasha]

nikolai lantsov is this type of man who has literally million playlists for every possible situation (and, as we all remember, there's not such word as "impossible" in his lexicon) and another million playlist that blended with his friends. and zoya is this type of woman who just plays her liked songs. and she definitely stole his spotify account even before they started dating. and nikolai's never mind because "i told you, zoya, i have the best taste"

[nine-is-not-a-ten]

jesper: cmon matthias, youll love poker!!

matthias: Ughh. Fine. I'll try.

*in the middle of the first round*

matthias, telling the truth: SERIOUSLY, I HAVE 2 RED THREES, 1 BLACK FOUR, AND 1 RED SEVEN!

poker players: *chuckling* Yeah, right. Good bluff. *folds*

jesper: youre really good at bluffing, matthias!

nina from behind matthias, mouthing: he's got four aces

[blessedsweetgirl]

Kaz, Inej, Wylan, Jesper and Nina deserve to grow old and live their life happily after the shit they have gone through, they deserve PEACE. Plain and simple.

But also some people need to chill cuz Leigh Bardugo said that "bad things will happen to the characters you love" but everyone is acting like she said that "one of them is going to die 100%"

[smolandweirdwriter]

unpopular opinion but i really think inej would change the name of her ship. she told kaz herself that she didn't want to be the wraith anymore. she and her ship would be the Jackal, the suli's holy animal

[crowsmischief]

in another life matthias and nina are very happy and very in love eating waffles in their farm taking care of trassel and growing yellow tulips, not in this one tho because leigh hates me.

[exosalt]

eren: dad why can't i go into the cellar what are you always doing in there??

grisha in the cellar at 3am:

[kazcreates]

Heartrender Kaz

Hmmm… Heartrender Kaz who subtly uses his powers every day. To detect when people are lying, to make each hit hurt worse and do more damage, who is able to push himself further by stitching the damaged muscles in his leg back together just enough to get through the job. And in turn, Heartrender Kaz who grows more and more powerful without even noticing. It only adds to his reputation as the demon who just won’t die. Mortal wounds seem to never be quite fatal enough. Dirtyhands can kill a man just by looking at him. They die of pure fright (or so they say). It’s only when it becomes evident that he isn’t aging quite as he should, that Kaz realizes the consequences of his actions. He should be 60 now, but he looks the same as he has since the day he turned 20. The horror that seeped into his veins as he watched the years appear in lines on the faces of his lover and his friends. The boy who always regretted surviving would outlive them all.

[geekgirl531]

Grishaverse OTP Candy Salad Pt 3

Kaz: Do I have to do this?

Nina: Yes.

Kaz: I don’t take orders from you, Corpsewitch. Greed is my god.

*glances at Inej, who smiles expectantly*

Kaz: *sighs* My name is Kaz Brekker. I brought sour worms.

*dumps candy in*

Nina: Ahem.

Kaz: *glances at Inej and sighs* And my Wraith is the most deadly spider in all of Ketterdam.

Inej, looking disappointed: Oh.

Kaz, barely audible: And my girl is the most beautiful, woman in the world with a heart of gold.

Jesper, from off-camera: HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TOP THAT????

Wylan: Hi, I’m Wylan. My boyfriend kissed the wrong guy. But it’s alright, because he got shipped to another country, and I brought Jolly Rancher gummies :)

Jesper: OH COME ON

[papabirdurskeks]

Grisha for A1!

He's seen some pretty stupid things in his day, but when a new one comes around he doesn't know if he should be surprised or outright disappointed.

One thing is for sure, he's VERY done xD

[applecidersstuff]

I think we don’t talk about how badass Wylan is, so let’s talk some more.

Wylan might have not been able to lie to Kaz in the CK but for some reason we don’t talk about him tricking Kaz and Inej and them being clueless about it.

I’m talking about Wylans dyslexia, we see that Kaz and Inej don’t know about it until Wylan tells them. And Inej tells Jesper that she heard the reason for Wylan being on the streets is him making out with his tutor, but it doesn’t sound like she believes it. She specifically said that it’s a rumor.

But the problem is, there’s no one who could’ve spread that rumor. Inej mentioned that servants in the mansion were paid well enough so they couldn’t bribe them, and based off the things Wylan says about his father, it looks like Wylan was absent from most of the events where he should’ve appeared as merchant’s son. So merchants wouldn’t spread any rumor like that, they just never had any reasons. And servants just knew the truth so they had no need for that either.

But Wylan had. If not people who lived in the barrel, but stadwatch could’ve recognized him. Not that there was anyone looking for him, it could’ve been by accident. But Wylan might have been brought to his father and killed, so he created a myth. He would get into conversations about merchants and as if by chance mention that Wylan Van Eck had been kicked out by his father, for having an affair with his tutor.

As Matthias once said “if demjin and the wraith couldn’t figure it out, then no one could” and Wylan made sure of it.

[xstawqtys]

zeke was such a shortie🥺:3

[starryaugust]

Some characters who are Jewish because I’m Jewish and I said so

Nico and Bianca Di Angelo

Lily Evans

Peter Pettigrew

Remus Lupin

Mary McDonald

Luna Lovegood

Neville Longbottom

Peter Parker (more specifically in the mcu)

Literally the entirety of the dc universe

Tamar Kir Bataar and Tolya Yul Bataar

Jesper Fahey

Wylan Van Eck/Hendriks

America Singer

Adam Young

Gregor Samsa

Izzy Hands

Steven Meeks

Jackie Taylor

Taissa Turner