#the heart killers style

[heretherebedork]

Fadel learning to rest next to Style is the most powerful thing because even when he's sure he shouldn't trust him, even when he doesn't want to trust him... he does. Style makes him want to rest, to put down the weight he carries, to close his eyes and trust.

[skinzchoerim]

Do you think we're gonna get arrested?

It's been a good night. I don't want it to end.

[operadsaremyhappyplace]

Style: *kisses Fadel's cheek*

Fadel: What was that?

Style: Affection

Fadel: Disgusting

Fadel:

Fadel: Do it again.

[dramalove247]

Can not stop thinking about this.

Style thinks there is a 50/50 chance Fadel will kill him. That means two things:

1) Snark and confidence are Style's sword and shield

2) Style is willing to die for a chance at forgiveness

Style knows he messed up. He knows he hurt Fadel. He knows Fadel is capable of killing him and has reason to. Still, he doesn't resist and goes willingly, even if he's scared, because he loves Fadel and he wants a chance to fix this. So he literally gives Fadel his life and hopes it is enough.

Even when Style is being confident and cocky to Fadel's face, deep down he fears love might not be enough. Even if he believes Fadel loves him, he knows love is not a guarantee that he will be forgiven. And in moments when he is sincere, and tired, and still, and has nothing to distract from the weight of his situation, his brave mask slips, and we can see the doubt and sadness Style works hard to ignore. Style doesn't want to die, but he will if that's where their love story ends because he refuses not to try.

Still, Style is going to Style. He's going to be over confident, flirty and snarky as hell because that's who he is. And if he's annoyed, you're going to know it. Style has already made the decision to see this through and he told Fadel he wont run. Style doesn't need a gun in his face to understand the situation he is in and he's probably pissed to be reminded.

Personally, we think Fadel wanted to believe he was 50/50 as well, but he was just lying to himself. In the end, Style got what he wanted and Fadel got what he needed. And now they get to love each other completely open and honest.

We got confirmation of this Unpopular Opinion in Styles own words!

Special thanks @tortibomb and @aprilblossomgirl for the perfect GIFS!

[khathastrophe]

nuff said

[oyeixcher]

"I'm just making sure I'm still at the top of the game."

[chinzhillas]

fadelstyle matching pfps 💥

[londonfogbrained]

the heart killers headcanons:

Fadel is canonically 27, Bison is 24– tmk Keen’s age hasn’t been revealed but Keen is absolutely the middle sibling (I’d say 25/26).

11 year old bison knocking on 14 year old Fadel’s bedroom door face streaked in tears after waking up from another nightmare about his parents’ death. It becomes such a regular thing he doesn’t even have to ask to sleep in Fadel’s room anymore, Fadel just makes sure he’s got extra blankets.

13 year old Bison asking Fadel if he can take him to the nearby Catholic Church on the moped 16 year old Fadel saved up for so he can pray for his parents on the anniversary of their deaths. It’s the last time he steps foot in a church and he can barely make it through his prayers before running out in tears. On the way back, Fadel stopped at a Buddhist temple to light incense for his parents as well. They never spoke of it again, but Bison still has his mom’s favorite rosary and Fadel has his father’s mala beads.

Fadel tried, with Keen. To have what he has with Bison. He remembers a sniffly, quiet, 12 year old Keen with his dorky glasses and slight lisp. He remembers spooning extra meat onto Keen’s plate when he wasn’t looking. Despite Bison always being the smallest, and the most viscerally emotional, Keen was always seen as the weakest, even at that age. But it was after Ruerat’s confession that Fadel realized how Khun Lilly separated them. Deprived them of each other. Subtly turned them against one another. Where he and Bison were praised for their physical capabilities, Keen was always the one behind the scenes— even when Khun Lilly acknowledged his work for the family, there was always an undercurrent of comparison between the 3 brothers.

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Style was 13 when his mom died. She’d been sick for years, pretty much as long as he could remember. Cancer. In and out of remission, until it eventually metastasized and there was nothing the doctors could do. Style tries to visit her grave as often as he can, especially on her birthday. He won’t admit it, especially not to his father, but he’s starting to forget what she sounded like and it terrifies him. His dad still writes “from mom and dad <3” on his birthday presents.

Kant and Babe were almost separated by the state, and that’s why Kant started jacking cars— a local gang known for their connections to the cops said they’d help him forge the papers needed to look like there was an adult who had custody over the two if he helped them. He was 15. Babe was 3. As soon as he turned 18 they forged a death certificate for this fake relative and Kant won legal custody over Babe, but he didn’t stop stealing cars until he was well into his 20s and the gang leader was eventually arrested by Capt. Christ.

Style and Kant met in high school, when they were 16 and 17 respectively. Kant, outside of jacking cars, had managed to get a tattoo apprenticeship at a local parlor and Style would babysit “little nong Babe” during his afterschool shifts at the garage. It got to be such a normal thing that new customers thought Style was either Babe’s much older brother or a very young dad, based on how much Babe would cling to the leg of his jumpsuit. Style may have used Babe as a chick (gender neutral) magnet a handful of times but it never worked.

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Fadel and Style switch, quite regularly actually. It was a learning curve for Fadel, opening himself up like that and learning to trust Style with his body in such an intimate manner. Fadel is not at all open about their sex life because why the fuck would he be, his only friend is his brother and he would rather die than discuss such things with Bison. Style on the other hand has shown up at Kant’s tattoo parlor for the sole purpose of “hey man does this hickey look normal to you” at least 4 times.

Kant confesses that he’s really not all that into kink or bdsm and it does make Bison crash out a little bit (he locks himself in the bathroom and cries for like an hour convinced that he’s a horrible, abusive boyfriend and that Kant thinks he’s a disgusting freak, total domdrop moment) and it takes Kant sitting outside the door and talking to him the entire time before Bison opens the door and they sit on the floor and cry together a bit more. It opens up the door for Kant to say that he does actually like when Bison takes control and he may genuinely want to try such things again but not so intense so quickly (Bison almost starts sobbing again when he remembers the whole “don’t say penguin too soon” comment and it takes another hour of Kant explaining that he’s not upset and they were both in the wrong that time)

On that note both Kant and Bison have literally only ever had vanilla sex before bc 1) Kant has never shown a real interest in kink and 2) Bison has a strict “never engage in kink with a stranger” rule

Fadel is not into kink or bdsm in the capacity Bison but he does think a silly roleplay can be fun outside of the “I can’t pay for my mechanic work” thing and it always makes Style laugh (Style won’t admit it sober but he’s got a thing for Fadel in a suit and glasses a lá ep 10 Ruerat scene and wants to do a professor/student thing)

Style has jokes about engaging in kink but has never actually because he’s never felt safe or comfortable enough with someone to do so; however he absolutely would if Fadel asked and being with Fadel has made him realize some... things about himself

[kittycaths]

please give me more flustered fadel

[wonfunky]

fadelstyle twitter headers ☆

[heretherebedork]

The little tongue. Style goes blep and I love it.

[skinzchoerim]

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[operadsaremyhappyplace]

Fadel: I'm going to take you out!

Style: Great, it's a date!

Fadel: I meant that as a threat.

Style: See you at five!

[dramalove247]

Confirmed

Style gives himself a 50/50 chance of survival. So all this "confidence"...

Gifs by @nick-nellson

It's just Style not being able to stop himself from being a cocky flirt. He's trying real hard to manifest this shit. And it worked.

We all knew Fadel couldn't do it. Even Bison knew. But Style didn't. And Fadel didn't want to believe it. He was trying to convince himself he was 50/50, but he was just lying to himself.

[tranquil-i-tea]

The important thing to remember about Style

This perfect little monster right here, is that he comes from a long a proud line of unhinged and devoted (depending on the production) Baby Girls:

We're not just looking at Patrick here, we must look back through the history of Petruchio to truly get the full picture of all his clown energy.

Sometimes I forgot the source material as I was watching, but then I saw Style go full sugar daddy at the end. And yeah, Petruchio can be played in a not okay way, but also when he is played as devoted, the energy is peak Style. I fucking love it. I love when I remember where this story came from.

[maryjane-4mj]

I’ve noticed some people feeling a bit upset or frustrated that the show used Popcorn and Jimmy (as Fadel and Style’s emotional parallels) to address their feelings without explicitly discussing them. And honestly, I get it. What Style did must have hurt a lot—no question—but Style has always made such a big deal about reassuring Fadel that he’s ���his only one.”

It makes me wonder if Fadel’s reaction is tied to his past, particularly his ex (instead of only related to Style's betrayal). We’re already eight episodes in, and we still don’t know what happened between them. It’s driving me crazy, not gonna lie.

[Novel spoiler warning, but it might not be relevant to the show anymore since we’ve moved past this point.] In the novel, it’s actually Style who’s paranoid that Fadel might be cheating on him. The entire reason Style discovered that Fadel was a hitman in the first place was because he was trying to “prove” Fadel had a secret girlfriend.

That’s why it’s so interesting to see Fadel react so strongly to a story about a couple where one partner keeps cheating. Maybe I’m overthinking it, but it really stood out to me.