#thank you guys for enabling the rookanis brainrot tonight

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6 7 and 12 for the Rook and their partner ask! xx

6. What is their favourite thing to do together? Do they share any hobbies? Does your Rook teach their partner their own hobbies? Does the partner teach Rook theirs?

Honestly, their favourite thing to do together is probably napping. They both spent the better part of Veilguard being severely sleep deprived messes that they're probably going to spend the rest of their lives catching up on all that sleep debt. Plus, Spite enjoys it when they sleep, because it leaves him free to roam around a little bit (not too far) from Lucanis and explore/do his own thing.

They both love to read, and that's something they often do together post-veilguard. They're not always reading the same thing, but if they do, they have their own little book club in their home and like to discuss the novels afterward. Spite is often around and asks questions about why there isn't more stabbing involved in the romance stories.

Madeleina never really learned to cook - she could make basic things and bake bread like her mother used to, but nothing fancy. She's always wanted to learn and Lucanis has been pretty happy to involve her in cooking their meals! Madeleina didn't have a ton of time for hobbies (wasn't really a lot of time, growing up in a military family her life basically revolved around studying and working out, and then being shipped off to the Circle) so it's mostly Lucanis involving her in his. She does really enjoy teaching him to speak Tevene, and loves pointing out the similarities between Tevene and Antivan, since they both have some words with common roots.

7. Are they a physically affectionate couple? Are they fine displaying those affections in public or do they prefer to be in private? If they're not, how do they prefer to show their love instead?

I do headcanon them as being physically affectionate, but it takes them awhile to be comfortable with any kind of PDA lol. They'll hold hands, hug, and maybe steal a kiss on the cheek, but rarely more than that. They prefer to save most of it for when it's just them together :')

They are however, fairly comfortable with being verbose about how much they love each other later on in their relationship (unfortunate for anyone within earshot). You basically never hear them refer to each other by their names. it's always 'Amatus' or 'Cara mia' or 'Tesoro mio' or something like along those lines hehe.

12. Any inside jokes?

Answered here:

So, Madeleina (while they're both hardcore crushing on each other but haven't made anything official yet, pre-almost kiss) still vividly remembers walking in on Lucanis leaning against the wall of the pantry, just kind of staring off into oblivion, noticing she's there, and then saying the iconic line "Rook... we're out of onions", when she thought he was going to say something a bit more romantic. And now "We're out of onions" is code for "We need to go on a date it's been awhile"