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[zenryverse]

What are some things they don’t agree on?

Who is the big/little spoon?

Which member is more likely to accidentally spend $300 at Target?

Who stays up way too late and who tries to drag them to bed?

for zenry <3

lksjd thank you, Lizzie, I love you with my whole heart 🥺💖 Also, I,,,,sincerely apologize, I typed my answer out in a google doc first and it's legit just shy of 1300 words 🤦🏻‍♀️You kinda sent this at the worst time, cause I finally started my birthday prompts and I’m making progress for once, and I started DoD again and I think I might actually be making progress on that too, so I’ve been thinking about them again and my brain saw this ask and went “infodump!” and I’m trying to be chill but :/ I sincerely apologize for being this annoying. :/

OTP Questions

Okay, so What are some things they don’t agree on? and Which member is more likely to accidentally spend $300 at Target? kinda tie into each other so I’m gonna answer those first.

Who’s more likely to accidentally spend $300 in Target? Zack, hands down. Like, not that I think Henry’s really stingy or is someone with like, a meticulously planned out budget, but his impulsive spending might be going into to Target to buy one thing and coming out with a few more things he thought of that they needed and maybe one impulsive buy, the impulsive buy being like, $20 extra (which, don’t get me wrong, can still be a lot (like, that’s literally a make or break number for me tbh) but it’s not quite on the same level as Zack).

Henry knows better than to send Zack into someplace like Target by himself because he’ll tell him to just buy one (1) thing (“cereal. We just need this one brand of cereal. That’s it.” “Got it.” “Do you? Say it back to me.” “Just one thing: cheese puffs.” “Zack!” “I’m kidding, Swellview. I know you said cereal. Would you relax? I’m a grown man, I think I know how to buy something at a grocery store”) and then next thing Henry knows, Zack’s coming home with a giant TV that’s bigger than their living room and costs about as much as Zack’s last three paychecks.

And Henry thinks the TV’s really awesome at first so he’s not really thinking of consequences either, but then when the adrenaline wears off he finally remembers that they needed those paychecks for things like, idk. Rent?

So, to segue into What are some things they don’t agree on? I’d say money is like, the one “big” thing. (Although, I suppose it’s less of a disagreement, because Zack knows that they do, in fact, need to pay rent, but it’s more like. Something that’s likely to cause a fight.)

Like, especially when they first move in together, they're both going straight from their parents house to a shared apartment, so Zack's just not thinking about the responsibilities that come along with that, it's more like. "I'm making my own money and I live in my own place so Mom can't tell me I can't buy a TV that's as a big as my bedroom wall" and it's not really that Henry's saying no either, cause he's not about to tell Zack what he can and can't do with his own money, he just kinda points out that if Zack doesn't have anything leftover and they can't make rent, it's gonna get to a point where he has to move back in with Mom.

So, like, money can definitely be a make or break issue in a relationship, but they both have a solid relationship otherwise and they’re willing to do the work to make it work, so they eventually reach a happy middle, for the most part. The only time it really becomes an issue again is much later down the road, when Zack becomes successful in his new job (talent agent) and starts getting those commission checks laskdjf and Henry has to gently remind him that they have 3* kids and two pets to take care of so "buy the fancy watch, but maybe hold off on the private island shopping for now?"

(*probably 3. I have a name and a possible age and story for the third sibling, but I’m still just fleshing them out so I’m hesitant to officially introduce them just yet alsdjf)

I think besides that, most of the stuff is just petty things. Henry thinking one of Zack’s favorite movies is stupid and he doesn’t see the point of it, and Zack finding out Henry doesn’t like *insert food item here, i’m too lazy to think of one alsdkjf* and Zack just (jokingly, ofc) being like “I don’t know who you are anymore”

(to an outside perspective, their "disagreement" on things like Zack's favorite movie might sound like a legitimate fight, but they just have a very banter-y, playful relationship, so to someone that isn't familiar, it might seem like they're genuinely arguing/angry but to them it's just. normal. (like when Henry goes "it's stupid" and Zack goes "You're stupid!", Henry just smiles and rolls his eyes cause he knows Zack wasn't like. serious ladskjf) and they can literally go from that to being sickeningly lovey-dovey in two seconds flat)

Who is the big/little spoon?

It varies, really. I’ve seen it both ways in my head. I really think it depends on what mood they’re in.

Not to make it sound like they only spoon when one’s in a bad mood, but just to give an example like. In his bartending days, I can see Zack coming home from a long shift of dealing with shitty customers and getting lousy tips and given the job is demanding anyway, just feeling kinda :/, so he comes in the door and plops down on the couch next to Henry and just,,, buries himself in his side.

And, on top of that, Zack is kind of a baby (affectionate) so he sometimes will have a fine day (not good or bad, just neutral) but he still puts on his Whiny Baby VoiceTM when he walks in the door and is just like “my job sucks, and customers are horrible, and working is hard :(“ cause he knows that means extra attention and snuggles from Henry. Of course, Henry catches on after a while, and he can pretty much tell the difference between when Zack legit feels bad and when he’s just putting on a show, but Hen doesn’t really mind indulging him in either case.

(It’s only when Zack tries to milk it for longer than it's worth that Henry finally puts his foot down. Like, when Zack tries to claim that he still has a cold three weeks later even though his nose is all clear and Henry can tell he’s faking that sore throat, but Zack’s still trying to be like “take care of me :(“ (which translates to: “do everything for me') is when Henry is finally just like “no💖”)

I can see it from the other side, too. Henry having a rough day and just wanting snuggles.

Otherwise, I think it just depends on what mood they’re in, and who wants to be the Big Spoon that night. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Who stays up way too late and who tries to drag them to bed?

I think they both have a tendency to be night-owls. Not to bring everything back to Henry’s KD days, but I’d say his sleep schedule is pretty fucked from the occasions of being awake all hours due to late night missions, and when Zack's a bartender, he typically works the graveyard shift, so he’s not getting home until the early hours of the morning anyway.

I’d say when they’re older, and they have kids, and they work more traditional 9 to 5 jobs, it’s less them staying awake too long, but more, them falling asleep on the couch asldkjf and then little twelve year old Felix is the one dragging them to bed cause “if you don’t go to bed now, you’ll be cranky in the morning”

(Also, I just need you to picture Zack, still with his eyes closed, mumbling “carry me” intending to say that to Henry, but Felix thinks he’s talking to him, so Felix, who’s smaller than most boys his age, being like “okay” and wholly willing to try to carry his fully grown father to bed alskdjflkjsd)