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[chocobothis]

Alternate love interest ask: Nico x Leon

We're gonna start with I have art of it. The specific era for this is when Nico's having an Crisis and dyes her hair auburn. The basic idea for this is group date with her, Claire, Leon, and Javi.

Them as each other's On Paper Spouses would be such an adventure worth documenting.

Nico is a successful journalist! She has multiple awards including earn some big ones in her early career for Kijuju. It means she's a wonderful wife on paper. The fact she's survived multiple bioterror events means she doesn't believe the government's bullshit for a second. She likes Hunnigan and eventually Helena. Another thing is she's really protective of Her People. So seeing Leon getting treated like garbage means she's Saying Something. Her self-worth wildly oscillates from okay to so far down it's a tripping hazard in hell. But, don't try that shit with her loved ones. (Leon more than returns the favor.) She does encourage (force) him into things like Self-Care. Because turns out you feel happier if you actually eat a real meal and crawl out of the depression hovel.

Leon frets over Nico a lot. It's not that he thinks she's incompetent, far from it in fact, but she's supposed to be a civilian. Her life shouldn't be consistently surviving bioterrorism events and cleaning up after various factions because she cares about people. He worries so much that he'll make her a target; it's not unfounded after Nikolai used her (poorly) as bait. There's also the deep worry that'll something will happen, he'll die, and she'll be alone. Or, that honestly she'll mouth off to the wrong official (Simmons) and it'll go horribly wrong.

A lot of things honestly doesn't change with them though. Because they're not married in the typical canon but they are dating seriously. It's an entire polycule of a mess that requires multiple diagrams to explain. But, the most "basic" breakdown is Claire-Nico, Leon-Javi, Jill-Carlos, and Chris-Jake F. Somewhere in there fits Rebecca, Piers, and Ethan to varying degrees.

Send me an OC + an alternate love interest for them and I’ll tell you what I think of the idea

[kravicle]

my personal theory on why jonathan seemingly disappears on The Boys' visit to renfield on oct 1st goes as follows:

1. doctor jack "malpractice" seward fumbles the bag on the introductions being caught unawares by renfields request. he is just very used to introducing arthur quincey and VH as his companions and has known jonathan for all of two days so he goes on autopilot mode and forgets to introduce mr harker. he is Too Awkward to correct his mistake and lose face in front of renfield

2. Jonathan is similarly Too Awkward to ammend seward's mistake. what is he going to do, interrupt the doctor/patient exchange and say "umm and actually, i am here also 🤓 if you couldn't tell 🥺"?? he didn't write it down but i can bet anything that afterwards he was worrying about seward not liking him

3. from renfield's POV, who the fuck is this Other Guy just standing there not even getting properly introduced?? idk who tf he is i can't include him in my "Top Ten Reasons Why I Am Sane And You Should Let Me Out, Effective Immediately" powerpoint presentation. ok well ill just ignore him (though to renfield's credit i think if jonathan had gotten an introduction he would've been able to run with it, something like Ah Surely The Husband To So Fine a Lady as Mrs. Harker Must be Similarly Brilliant and Kind, You Should Convince Doc Over There to Let Me Out)

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