#silco canonically applies makeup

[findmeinthelake]

Golden Mirror

Silco X Reader fic <3 (gender neutral)

Rating: G

TW: Injury/slight gore Contains mostly fluff/tension <3

It wasn’t supposed to go like this. 

It was supposed to be safe.

It was supposed to be secure.

But no.

Of course it went like this.

No one like you is allowed nice things.

Not for a minute.

You screamed, clawing at the mercenary that was sent to kill you.

It’s okay. This was expected. That’s what he said.

You knew the risks.

The cold blade slashed at your face, cutting deep and cutting fast. It burned, tingling as whatever substance was on the knife sunk into your skin. 

You thought you screamed before, but this was a new type of pain. A searing sensation that ran across your cheek, using your veins to spread the awful concoction across your body.

And the screams grew louder.

Were they yours? Or were they from the mercenary? 

A buzzing sound clouded your head, black filling your eyes as the blue dots danced around. 

Is dying supposed to hurt? Or is it oddly comforting like he says?

This was more confusing than comforting.

Everything begins to spin, around and around, jumbling your brain. The screams fade into shouts, and the searing pain is masked with a strange soreness.

Your hands hurt.

— — ( • ) — — 

“Wake up.”

You groggily opened your eyes, the green hue of the room too bright. It was weird. How did you get here?

He walks over. 

What’s his name?

Silco. How could you forget?

“You took a nasty beating.” He murmurs, waving the doctor, whom you barely remember, out of the room. “Hit your pretty little head.” He smirked.

You groaned, rubbing at your temple. 

“I thought I was-”

“Dead?” He hummed, looking over his shoulder at you. “Mm. Strange, isn’t it?” Silco paused, grabbing his syringe and injecting shimmer into his scarred pupil. “It feels out of body- like you are floating.”

“Yeah.” You nodded, your vision coming back to you.

Ah, yes. You were at work.

At home.

Silco walked over, tilting your chin up. “Singed isn’t the best doctor, but he is a genius.” He spoke, examining your face. He roughly handled it, his hands a comforting soft compared to your calloused face. 

“How bad is it?” You ask, wanting to see a mirror. Everything felt normal, so, it must’ve been numbed. 

He pulled the gold mirror from his desk. It was the one he stared at so many times while applying his makeup to conceal his horrible scarring. 

You looked. 

It was a gash from the side of your head to your nose, an ugly mark on your face. 

“I’m no stranger to facial scars.” He spoke, his demeanor growing softer than you’d ever seen it. Usually he was a stone cold man. “I’m biased, of course, but you don’t look bad.”

“You don’t look bad” Of course it was a half assed compliment.

With a nod, you accepted it. You knew the risks.

He traced his fingers along the mended wound. “I did the stitches.” He smiled, admiring his own work. “Singed handled the whole, well, chemistry.”

“Thank you.” You muttered, feeling the bumpy stitches. 

Why was he more talkative today?

He stared at you, a blank expression on his face. 

“Just remember to put ointment on it.” He muttered, walking away, pinching the bridge of his nose and scolding himself.

You slid off the couch, looking after him before he left the room.

Strange.

[riza-hawks-eye]

i just had this thought that maybe it isnt that silco isnt good at braiding. powder is the one who is highly uncooperative and stubbornly fidgets & jerks when he touches her hair too long because she used to only allow vi to touch and braid her hair

Admittedly, that answer on the iama disappointed me bc I love the idea of Silco being a hair and makeup guru and becoming Jinx's personal stylist.

I can accept that he probably tried his best but Jinx wouldn't stop Jinxing and is all around a hair dresser's worst nightmare. Jinx's fidgeting is probably why she ended up with such uneven bangs when she was a child. Vi also tried her best. RIP.

I never liked certain fandom headcanon where Sevika and Vi were the ones who actually did Jinx's hair and Silco would have nothing to do with it, it all feels very gender roles to me. It also doesn't represent the characters as they actually are in canon. Silco is the only character we ever see applying makeup, he has the slicked back hair and the expensive-looking tailored suits. Meanwhile, Sevika and Vi give off "it takes me two minutes to get ready everyday" vibes.

So I can accept that as far as hair went, Silco tried and failed. He probably asked Sevika to hold her down for him at some point and she was like "lol, nope." Vi was a lot braver and more determined than Silco and ready to go in on Jinx's hair even with all the fidgeting. It didn't matter if those bangs were gonna look bad and uneven, Powder was going to have bangs!

My other headcanon is that after he failed with her hair, Silco fully committed to her fashion. He carefully picked out all the clothes and makeup to give Jinx that whole gothic punk rock queen vibe. The reason League of Legends Jinx looks so terrible in her bright pink battle bikini, booty shorts, and the one stocking is because Silco isn't there to help her out anymore. RIP.

[findmeinthelake]

Self concious rat man

silco applies his lil concealer, and apparently draws on some of his hair???

he cares about his appearance

someone tell him its ok to have a screwed up face, i love all his imperfections <3