#tcp headcanons

[kaisdarling]

vivi duarte headcanons for funsies

she’s a lot more aggressive vocal in online spaces

she has punched a homophobe before and REFUSES to tell jude we all know she can and will add fuel to the fire

definitely a tumblr girlie, she runs a secret shitpost account that you’ll see on your dash from time to time

her love language is gifts/acts of service

mitski enjoyer, and conan gray and chappell roan AND-

she’s not an actual blonde she dyes it and keeps the roots dark (like janis sarkisian iykyk)

started binging minecraft let’s plays with heather after oak told her about it

absolutely hates being called by her full name is this cannon i don’t remember

[judesidepiece]

Jurdan after having kids

Jude: *Sees Cardan nodding at something Lady Asha is telling him while holding Jurdan baby* Jude, to the audience: Whenever Lady Asha tries to give Cardan parenting advice, he just does the opposite. It has worked out pretty well so far.

[maingh0st]

idk if holly has ever addressed the folk's origins but i have spent an unnecessary amount of time thinking about it and have decided they're immigrants

[necroromantics]

🌾 – THE COLD SHEEP HERDER

-kate was like toby in many ways, the two were different sides of the same spectrum. she was equally as ambitious, she fought just as hard, but kate kept to herself and had no interest in what could be.

-how could she turn her head up to the same heavens that tore her life apart when her feet touched the soft grass, and the mud stained her knees? how could she have her head in the clouds when that girl found friends in beasts more than gods?

-she grew up in a small village across the sea where she was raised by hunters. kate was surrounded by meaningless worship and sacrifice all her life, until one day her village had become plagued with sickness, and she barely made it out alive.

-the girl snuck herself on a boat heading for the mainland, and ended up on a family farm near the city of lathons where she began her days working tirelessly in return for shelter and food.

-kate realized quickly that no amounts of goats blood will ever make those who place themselves above you care for your suffering. and just as quickly, she learned to keep her feet on the ground at all times, never worrying herself with divinity.

-she had a farm to tend to, sheep to herd, crops to harvest. she had a life to build, things to learn.

-and she could taste that cold metallic sting in her mouth, the sweet victory, so close.

-kate never cared to make friends. she was deemed brutal, feral, beastly - a cold girl with a sharp tongue, and sharper teeth.

-but that feral beast of a girl was a hardworker, she was smart. she walked her own path and could tell you which birdcall came from what species, she could tell you which berries were poisonous. she could tell you the name of every animal on that farm she spent her years on.

-there was not an ounce of care for the gods in that girls head, but she loved the earth she walked on like she loved an old friend. in the same way dirt stuck under her fingernails.

[murasaki-cha]

Ok I'm going to say it I'll speak my truth

On would absolutely love reading The Folk Of The Air!

If I know my girl and I DO, she would devour those books. Jude would be her favorite character too. And she would love Cardan and the Bomb as her second favorites.

In a universe where she managed to read the books than I guarantee that she would just be beaming and going around all around the room while mumbling "Oh my god no way!" after finishing The Cruel Prince

When she reaches the end of The Wicked King, Cale would hear the most bone chilling, goosebump educing, rage filled "NO!!" ever screeched in the Super Rock villa. He flew to the room using SoW and just found On hitting the book with a pillow.

After she finishes The Queen of Nothing, On is caught staring out of a window longingly while hugging the book. She hasn't moved for 50 minutes now. Hong and Raon are getting concerned.

Ohn was found sobbing on a pillow halfway through How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

She read The Stolen Heir duology in two days. Did not sleep a wink. Choi Han happened to pass by her at 3 am once and was genuinely terrified for the first time in his life by the intense look on On's face lit up by the night lamp.

I just absolutely know she would love these books with all her heart!

[heaven-in-a-wild-flower]

Jurdan Headcanon (Jude Duarte and Cardan Greenbriar)

I’ve also published this on ao3 if you’d rather read it there, here’s the link. I’m making this a full series (Cardan in the Mortal World).

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 2.5

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Previous Chapter (Chapter 7)

Chapter 8

Cardan’s POV

It is a day of rest at the Vivienne-Heather household and Jude is in light slumber with her head atop my lap. Oak is watching moving pictures upon the black cage (Jude has assured me many a times that this ‘Television’ is no cage but I shall say it as I see it). This moving picture is named ‘Despicable Me’ which features some atrocious yellow absurdly-shaped monsters following an even more absurdly-shaped man. However, I do have to admit that their antics are quite entertaining.

It surprises me when Oak tells me that Gru is seen as a villain in the world of the moving pictures. If I’d had a father even half as kind, it would’ve changed my world, why it would have changed the very essence of who I am today. I tilt my head down to hide the traitorous tear slipping down my face, and I see Jude’s face peaceful in slumber. I have only one warrior to thank for invading the thorny barrier protecting my heart and conquering it, scarred and rotten though it may have been. I kiss her upon her brow and promise silently that I shall never let her down nor waste the value she conferred upon my kindness, I shall be a good uncle to Oak, always.

I gently ruffle Oak’s hair who shakes off my hand and continues to remain seated on my legs and pretend he is riding a horse. I acquiesce to his commanding pats upon my shins and raise my legs to fully satisfy his rich imaginings. Suddenly he is distracted by Heather’s mobile device which chirps like a bird (Jude has also assured me that no birds are encapsulated within the devices, that it is merely ‘modern human technology’). He picks it up and begins tapping furiously at its surface. These mobile devices will be the death of humans, building up merely finger dexterity and no other useful fighting or survival skills.

“Uncle Cardan,” Oak calls. “Hmm?” “What would you be if you were a human?” He asks. I ponder the question. I am king in my realm, although that was entirely by luck (and Jude’s devious scheming), so I do not place much faith in my ability to successfully rule humans. However, I am skilled at entertaining and remaining fashionable in every realm. “An Influencer,” I reply, having recently learned of them from Heather, whose attention is often completely captured by influencers on her mobile device. Oak simply nods and continues swiping and tapping at the mobile device. I think nothing of the question, children, human or fae, have wild imaginations.

“Uncle Cardan, look, look!” He shrieks, shoving the mobile device right in front of my eyes. I squint at the image. It is an image of me wearing a gauzy purple top with loose white pants, my neck is decorated with swirling dark tattoos and my eyes are painted over with glittery paint. I cannot deny that it is a highly flattering attire (although all attire is flattering on me), but I am utterly confused how this image exists when I have never worn these clothes at all, nor commissioned any such painting.

“Oak, where did you source this painting of me?” “It is not a painting, Uncle Cardan. It’s AI,” he explains, laughing and confusing me further. What sort of witch is this Ae-Ai, is she divining the future?

All this excitement wakes up Jude, who frowns at me confusedly and mildly annoyed. She wears irritation as beautifully as every other expression but I quickly vanish it by placing quick kisses upon her nose and cheeks and lips. Her hair is a certified nest, but she wears this upon her head as grandly as she wears a crown.

“What are you guys arguing about now?” she grumbles. “And is it really worth disturbing my nap over?”

“I apologise a thousand-fold, my darling queen, but it is indeed of utmost urgency. I suspect a witch is plotting against me.” Jude squints at me and I pluck the mobile from Oak’s hand to show her the evidence. Oak meanwhile is rolling around the floor laughing and laughing, I have been sorely amiss in my duty of teaching him the appropriate royal etiquette.

“Cardan, babe, this isn’t a witch. It is, once more, just mortal technology. Oak put in a picture of you and this created what it thinks you would have looked like if you’d have been an influencer. Speaking of, Oak, save that image and send it to me,” she says trying to keep her face unmoving, but I see a twinkle of excitement in her eyes. It sparks an idea of my own, “Oak hand me the mobile device.” I quickly enquire what mortal profession is appropriate for one with Jude’s skills and the mobile device answers with the police, more specifically, the FBI. I type in my request and the Ae-Ai provides an image of Jude in a complete FBI attire. I stare at the image long enough that Jude leans over to see what has so fully absorbed my attention. She blushes at the image and rolls her eyes. My modest queen, able to make any attire seem magnificent. I whisper to Oak to preserve this painting as well and send it to Jude.

Heather strolls into the room and states that she’s found another Ae-Ai witch, this one’s skills lay in extending eyelashes. Jude seems uninterested but self-proclaimed fashion connoisseur that I am, I decide to accompany her to test this witch for myself. (The earlier one’s skills have left me quite intrigued).

“Babe, your eyelashes are long enough already,” Jude grumbles. “Only the better to bat them at you, my sweet villain,” I reply, winking at her. She blushes once more and kisses me goodbye.

We ride in the metal monstrosity that Heather chariots, Vivienne holding her hand in the front seat and I lounge in the back. We pass through a food tunnel, I have no other description for this ‘McDonalds’ Drive Through’ and I munch on some French fries (the French are talented chefs in every realm).

We arrive at the witch’s lair. It is decorated quite beautifully, I concede, in gleaming white marble streaked through with a rainbow of colours, although it must be to lure in victims. A woman, presumably the witch’s minion (This minion is not yellow unlike in that ‘Despicable Me’ picture), explains the process. I zone out as I look around the space, wondering what the witch uses to extend eyelashes and whether I can abduct her for my own kingdom.

Finally, it appears to be time for the witch to do her magic. Vivienne and I enter a different room, while Heather opts to wait outside with a cryptic statement, “I’m not letting any technology near my eyes, god forbid, I’ve watched enough final destination movies.”

The room is sparsely decorated with plain white walls, however, there is a giant technological monstrosity in the middle of the room. It has pincers like a crab, although made of metal (What are crab pincers made of, I wonder) surrounded by a glass cage and a bed below. The human woman directs me to lay down on the bed.

“So, this is Kate, our eyelash extension AI. You’ll just have to lay here while she does her work. We recommend taking a beauty nap because the process will take between 15-20 minutes. I’ll be controlling it remotely, so you don’t need to worry.” I nod, not that I need sleep to enhance my beauty but I wouldn’t mind the rest. She also adds, “The metal parts are magnetically attached so they can’t pierce your eyes, if you bump into them, they’ll simply fall off and get detached.” I sigh softly, not that I was worried at all, but Jude likes my eyes, it would be a shame for them to be wounded.

“As you wish. I am ready to begin.” I lay down and the witch, Kate begins her spellcasting with a low hum. I must have fallen into a light slumber because I am woken by the human woman announcing that the work is complete. She smiles and exclaims, “Wow, you look amazing. Are you a model? Or influencer?” It is easier to merely agree than explain that I am the High King of Faerie (I attempted it once and the woman I explained it to was extremely angry with me because she believed I was jesting and Jude was not pleased either).

She places a mirror before me and I am indeed impressed. My eyelashes look significantly longer, closing and opening my eyes nearly has the effect of waving a fan. They now skim the tops of my cheekbones, highlighting my face structure pleasantly.

“Would you mind if I record a reel?” The woman asks, pointing her mobile device at me. I reply that I do not mind, although unsure what a reel is.

After paying the human woman, we all set off back to Heather’s abode.

Jude’s POV

They return quite late from the eyelash extension parlour. I’m half asleep when Cardan joins me in bed and I’ve forgotten all about where he just came from. I just squeeze myself into his arms and fall right back asleep.

In the morning, I wake up to Cardan’s face in the sunlight. It nearly infuriates me how beautiful he looks, but he’s mine so I can’t complain. And his eyelashes leave me speechless. They look like those annoying pixies’ that used to be always fluttering around him when he wasn’t mine, who’d enhanced their beauty with magic. He opens his eyes and it’s a whole show. He blinks those long lashes innocently at me and it makes me blush so hard, I kiss him so he doesn’t notice. He seems surprised at the sudden affection, but is soon to reciprocate and thread his long fingers through my hair.

“Aunty Jude, Uncle Cardan!” Oak shouts running into the room. I frustratedly pull myself away from Cardan turn towards Oak. He has leaped onto the bed and is excitedly showing us something on his phone. “Look, look! You’re famous!” We watch a reel of an eyelash extension parlour showing off Cardan’s face, and the hundreds of thousands of likes and comments it has accrued. ‘Step on me Daddy’, ‘Cut me to ribbons with those cheekbones king’, ‘Why do men get the prettiest lashes ugh’. I agree with the last comment but I stop reading them for fear that they’ll make me angry at all these shameless men and women fawning over my king.

“Aha! I was right to assume I would make a successful influencer, wouldn’t you agree, my sweet god,” Cardan gloats with pride. “I suppose your vanity in your appearance is only going to grow from here,” I reply, fake disappointedly.

“Indeed, perhaps I should begin an account of my own,” he replies. He leans into my ear and whispers, “but no matter how many people gaze upon me, I will always be only yours to touch.”

Tagging @jurdanhell @nee-naw-nee-naw-beepbeep

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[wish-i-were-heather]

CARDAN GREENBRIAR ON TIKTOK HEADCANNONS?

okay so this is gonna seem really chaotic and random but i've been wanting to start making hcs for a while so i figured i should start somewhere. heavily inspired by this post

THIS IS A REPOST OF MY OWN POST, I'M REPOSTING IT BECAUSE MY BLOG GOT DELETED AND I WANT TO HAVE EVERYTHING ON THIS NEW ONE. Thank you everyone for helping me get all this back!

ok so cardan would always steal vivi's phone whenever he visited the mortal world

he would post the most random things ever

just like having fun exploring the features of tiktok

that one filter where it gives you a letter and you have to say the first word that comes to mind

but it's always related to jude

like it would give q and he would say "queen"

m and he would say "mortal," h and he would say "high queen"

and so on

or the filter that turns your head into a horse

except it's complete silence until he opens his mouth and absolutely screeches

the cutoff would be so funny

when oak was a kid he would obviously get him to participate

oak would even know some things and teach it to cardan

(from stealing vivi's phone in the past because she would never let oak use tiktok)

they would do so many stupid dance trends together

"you're spinning me around, my feet are off the ground"

vivi would have 100ish followers but a random video of them doing the "twin where have you been" trend would go viral

and suddenly everyone follows her account

it would be like those random accounts of grandmas who for some reason go viral

in that same way he would post random videos of his face with those audios

just imagine cardan staring into the camera confused with like "this aint texas" in the background

(he would say "wtf is texas" and stop the video there)

or with fancy makeup or hair filters and say like "ooh i'm sexy"

him using an elf ear filter (even tho it wouldn't make a difference) and saying like "damn this is pretty realistic"

and every time vivi tries to make a normal post the comments are like "where's cardan?"

(he accidentally said his name in a video which made jude mad)

(they would never leak oak's name tho, vivi cares too much about his internet safety)

speaking of jude tho she would get mad at him but also find these posts hilarious

she has to go through all the tiktoks he posted before they go back to elfhame in case she doesn't approve of one

because once he was drunk and somehow accidentally posted a thirst trap

idk he was shirtless and then tiktok did the choosing its own audio thing and it was some hot edit song and he posted it without thinking

it blew up within like 6 hours but jude took it down the moment she saw

he got a very long lecture and his phone privileges taken away when drunk :(

but he would also force her to participate

cardan would teach jude the "tell ur girlfriend" dance and she would be willing to post it

but the moment they start recording she hears the audio and is like "wtf do you mean 'don't tell ur girlfriend?' are you hiding something from me? what kind of song is this?"

long story short he's not allowed to listen to that song anymore

she also banned him from doing the baba trend

i probably shouldn't keep going this is long but imagine cardan going live-

[gay-strawberry]

i dont understand how can someone read tcp and think jude is some skinny tiny little delicate girl instead of a massive thick strong muscle woman. like i know her back is twice cardan's back

[cruelprincae]

PE is Cardan's least favourite class out of all ( math included ) because he has close to no muscles, he is really thin and shallow boned due to being a Fae and most likely he gets swipped up by the ball everytime the class is instructed to play dodgeball. he is the first one to go. sometimes he will just walk out on his own to save himself the embarrassment.

[thejudeduarte]

‼️THE COURT OF SHADOWS HEADCANONS‼️

Liliver and Van would give Cardan regular updates on Jude during her exile because ofc he'd be worried sick abt her

Liliver, Van, Garret and Cardan would all play EXTREME truth or drink but because they can't lie is extra serious and ends up with a very annoyed Jude

Frequently during the exile Cardan would get super drunk and tell Liliver and Van about how much Jude means to him and when he got her the dress, write her name all over the paper and when they kissed in tcp ect ect. Liliver would probably end up crying herself to sleep that night (I don't blame her)

Liliver loves noodles and when she introduces Cardan to them he gains a new obsession with Chinese take-away

Liliver would make funny harmless bombs or potions to put people to sleep or something and plant them in Lady Asha's room. For fun, of course

Jude would braid or do Lilivers hair for her often

Cardan would help apply Lilivers make-up sometimes

Cardan insisted on putting on a party or celebration for Liliver and Van so he brought funny party hats and stuff from target and threw a party in their base

All the new recruits would be too scared to talk to Cardan (I know I would be)

The court got Cardan a pet snake/snake toy as a joke for his birthday one year and he wasn't very impressed

Liliver and Jude would often have 'girls night' but instead of doing face masks or whatnot they would throw daggers at targets and talk about the best way to kill someone with minimal damage. And gossip, of course

Cardan would go to Van for life advice a lot

I've never done hc so I hope you like them!! And I love the court of shadows so you knew they had to be my first lol

[felixbobelix]

Presenting the head canon Jude is actualy quite bad with technology esspecialy around the time of TCP. Like shes passable with using it, but I love the idea of there being major gaps in her knowledge, even going back and forth between the fairie world. Esspecialy if we also consider the headcanon Vivi loves keeping up with mortal tech.

Jude getting self conscious when she finds out Vivi's old I pod nono is considerd outdated or thinking songs from a few years ago are relevant. Jude not understanding how to work a smart TV at Vivi's flat, or being lost when pop culture refrances are made. Jude being completely thrown when she goes to get take out, and is asked to order through the app.

I love all thease little things fueling Judes Isolation from the mortal realm and fueling her drive to ingratiate herself deeper in to Fairie.

[kaisdarling]

headcanon that cardan greenbriar has seen mean girls (2004). think about it, we all know that he had an obsession intrest in jude sometime post-canon tcp. he took a surface level dive into mortal media (as seen with his copy of alice in wonderland) can we also assume that he’s somehow watched movies as well?? this man has seen cult classic films. also, in a deleted scene holly wrote that he had a name for his posse (i don’t have screenshots rn trust me it’s there) and didn’t tell anyone. he has most definitely seen mean girls and wanted to akin to the plastics SO BAD.

[judesidepiece]

Jurdan Couple Q+A Headcanons

1. Who is most likely to embarrass the other while drunk? 

Cardan (duh). Mf flops all over the place when drunk and Jude becomes the embodiment of smh.

2. Who is most likely to steal most of the covers while asleep?

Probably Cardan again lol. Though he is a romantic at heart and is very caring for the ones he loves, he is also a royal from birth and a high maintenance one at that. Jude, on the other hand, is used to compromising comfort, and she would either wrestle it back or just wiggle under his arm before going back to sleep. 

3. Who is most likely to cook dinner in the evening?

They are both terrible cooks. Neither has ever had to worry about it so they just never bothered to learn. In the instances when they are in the mortal world and no one is around to help, they take up the challenge of cooking together but fail miserably before ultimately either another family member comes and helps or they order takeout. 

4. Who is most likely to get jealous over something trivial?

C a r d a n. He is possessive and isn’t afraid to show it. 

5. Who is most likely to leave clothes all over their bedroom floor?

Definitely Jude. While Cardan is extremely cleanly, she is always so busy that picking up after herself is the last thing on her list. However, she has been working on changing the habit ever since her and Cardan got together (she feels bad when he does it before her even though he has reassured her multiple times that he doesn’t really mind).

6. Who is most likely to say sorry first?

I feel like they can both let their pride get the best of them but once they have had some time to think after a disagreement, Jude would verbally say ‘i’m sorry’ first, but Cardan would be the first to approach her because he doesn’t like being apart for too long. 

7. Who is most likely to make the other partake in their hobbies?

As many know, the High King is an avid reader. He particularly loves romance novels and Jude reads them with him because he always lights up when they talk about them together. 

[necroromantics]

🏛️ - THE CREEPYPANTHEON.

"In the beginning, there was everything, and there was nothing. The Everything had eight arms that cradled the universe in its entirety, creation of everything that ever was and will be held in the flexed muscles of its tendrils.

But the Everything wasn't alone. Outside its static hymns of still creation, there lingered the Nothing. The two existed, circling and enveloping each other, until the Everything severed two of its arms. From these arms birthed light and dark, two brothers, children of Everything and Nothing, Gods who mankind would later name 'Liu and Jeff'."

The CreepyPantheon (TCP) is a Creepypasta AU reminiscent of Ancient Greece society and mythology. It takes place in a fictional country that is a mixture of the Classical era (Rome, Greece, etc), and some more modern features to create a unique universe that the characters exist in. It is fairly canon-divergent, but it stays true to canon in spirit.

There are 7 main deities as pictured above, Ben, Liu, Nina, Jeff, Jane, Jack, Clockwork, and there is also a cast of humans and other entities that will be introduced later on.

The story follows the human boy Toby and his accidental involvement in the divine, cults, magic, and the end of the world. More information about the AU will come out soon, including a website thats a work in progress.

Ask box is open for any questions or anything of the sorts regarding this AU. Fanart, headcanons, etc of TCP versions of the characters are allowed with credit. I hope yall enjoy as much as I do making this AU :]

(All art is drawn by my girlfriend, @clockeyedtoy)

[honestlyvan]

for the headcanon meme - mindmeld sex?

(Note: Red is one of my best friends so ne gets special treatment and gets multiple answers in one)

Transformers: 🙂I genuinely have a lot of fun with it, but it's left on the level of "yea okay" because I have other headcanons that contradict it heavily that I'm more invested in. Like, from a computing-based framework it's probably my favourite of the porny options for the entire franchise even if it doesn't really make as much sense on a "I know computers" level as people think it does, but I'm someone who tends to prefer the more magitech versions of Cybertronians so. Whatever. (Now, if you consider sparkmerging to be mindmelding, which I don't, that's a full 💯😍)

Xenoblade 3: 😍 it fucks and I've only seen it done once or twice. More weird Ouroboros orgies please, if you'd have the chance to feel all the pleasure of two bodies at once wouldn't you be on that shit all the time? Because I would be on that shit all the time!

Infinite Dendrogram: 🙂 This is very ship-dependent, and I already consider Master-Embryo ships to be basically self-cest anyway, but definitely a thing certain Maiden's Masters probably have a lot of fun with. Also, with all of sensation in Dendro being simulated, I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't sex mods that let you do that shit over TCP/IP. The future is a wonderful thing

.hack//GU: 😍 Literally how else am I supposed to read volume 4. To quote the best thing I ever wrote that got no attention: #are you bruised from where you fell entangled or is that rope burn from the red string of fate

[heaven-in-a-wild-flower]

Jurdan Headcanon (Jude Duarte and Cardan Greenbriar)

I’ve also published this on ao3 if you’d rather read it there, here’s the link. I’m making this a full series (Cardan in the Mortal World).

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 2.5

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Previous Chapter (Chapter 5)

Cardan in the Mortal World (Chapter 6)

Whips, Hazelnut Pumps and Green Brains

Cardan’s POV

I’ve been waiting at this tiny table for an eternity now, but the small clock on my hand says it’s only been 15 minutes. The door to this eatery keeps opening with a jingle of the bell on top but none of those who enter are my sweet villain. This establishment has a peculiar name ‘Starbucks’ however it displays neither stars nor buck horns as décor, nor some elusive creature named starbuck.

I finally decide that to entertain myself while I wait, I might as well treat myself to the delicacies of this eatery, which I’m starting to realise might be more of a tavern because the focus is on drinks rather than food. I join the line to order. The menu looks marvelously confusing, with delicacies I’ve never heard of (what creature’s meat is called a frappe?). The person ahead of me chants out at least 50 words, which the man behind the counter dutifully types into his screen (I heard him mention something about a whip, but I must be wrong, otherwise what sort of establishment has Jude brought me to?). It is then my turn and I mutter some of the words I heard the person say.

“Grande, no-whip, mocha...5 shots, with 2...of hazelnut, oat milk on top.” The man, Jake, as his tag reads, looks slightly confused but mercifully accepts the order. He asks for my name. I consider what purpose he has to know my identity and before I can ask him, I hear a name being shouted by another worker and realise the purpose for the name-asking. I give my name and pay him with some leaves I glamoured to look like the valuable green paper and take a seat.

My drink has been prepared and I bring it back to my tiny table. ‘Card On Green Brain’ the drink reads and I’d be outraged at how they have butchered my name but I find my mercy when I think about mortals and their miniscule intelligence. I take a sip, and immediately scrunch up my face. It tastes sweet when you expect bitter and bitter when you want sweet. It is a horrible, horrible drink but almost without my will, I keep sipping at it as I wait for Jude.

15 minutes later

Jude’s POV

I’m rushing through the streets because I’m a little late but with Cardan in the human world, even a minute is a chance for disaster. I burst into Starbucks, looking for my imbecile husband and find him sitting at a table looking suspiciously normal (for him). I approach and sit across from him trying to find some proof of whatever shenanigans he got up to without me there to help. The first thing I notice is that there are at least 8 cups on the table, all empty. Once I notice that, all the signs start showing themselves. His eyes are wide and shinier than usual, his usually elegantly stretched out legs are jingling beneath the table and he’s talking a mile a minute.

“-and then I decided to try another and another and I did not even like the taste at first, but then I suddenly started enjoying it. What is this white cloud on top of the drink? And also where are the pumps where they extract hazelnut syrup from? I think the pixies would love it. And why is this place called Starbucks, where are the bucks-”

“Okay! Okay, I’ll answer all the questions, could you just look straight into my eyes for a moment.”

He does and I almost lose myself in that intense stare as usual but then he starts blabbing again, “Your eyes are so beautiful, my darling god, my sweet villain, my WIFE-”

I put my hand on his mouth and wait for him to stop talking. I know I’m blushing but I ignore that and wait for him to calm down at least a little. Then I grab his hand and take him home because Cardan on a caffeine high feels like a dangerous thing to leave wild in the world.

We lie down on the bed, cuddling and he’s tapping a quick beat onto the back of my feet with his.

“Okay, you can ask me all the questions you’ve been hoarding up till now.”

He giggles gleefully and starts thinking so hard I’m worried he’ll break something. “Why does that tavern have such complicated drinks?”

And that is one question I have no answer to, which I tell him. He doesn’t even seem to care much for the answers, he just wants to ask questions. “Why do people have to clarify that they do not want a whip?”

That makes me laugh out loud, and I explain that it has to do with whipped cream not whips. He looks like a child, mouth forming an ‘o’ and eyebrows climbing to reach his hairline.

He asks questions and nods and nods and nods when I answer. And once when I can no longer resist the urge, I kiss the tip of his nose and he smiles so wide, it makes me blush.

Cardan’s POV

Jude falls asleep after sometime however my mind simply cannot simmer down. It races and races and I spend this gift of wakefulness to admire Jude when she’s asleep and at peace, one hand clutching his and the one crumpling his Wars of Star tunic. He kisses the top of her head and settles in for a long night of staying awake and refusing to move even one inch lest he wake Jude. It is the happiest, most delightful inconvenience he has ever experienced.

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