#thymander

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1 and 9 for the summer fest asks!

Aw, thank you!! :D

1) who’s into PDA and who’s super shy?

Mhmm. Thyme enjoys PDA but he tends to do it pretty lowkey himself because he doesn’t like demanding attention from people. He’s the type to rest his head of your shoulder (or vice versa) and loop his fingers through belt-loops and bag straps while they’re waiting like in crowds or on a subway. Nothing major, just little notes of ‘i’m here, hope that’s okay’.

Oleander on the other hand is a very private individual when he’s out in public. He doesn’t mind Thyme’s little gestures  and when it’s later at night, he may reach out from Thyme’s hand but that’s basically the extent of his PDA game. He’d just rather wait and shove Thyme against a wall when they get home, lol.

9) can you picture them getting married? what would it be like?

Oleander and Thyme, totally! I do think they get married down the line though because Thyme would love to get married and Oleander wouldn’t mind getting married to Thyme and would love planning an atrocious wedding so so much! I don’t think it would greatly change their relationship either. They’d still be dorky fools totally in love with each other, screwing around and playing games and being supportive and happy. :D

Thyme would just get to call Oleander his spouse and Olea would get to say husband and they’d both blush red beet for at least the first twenty years of marriage because that’s such an unreal idea of both of them. They’d love it so much.

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My mind is refusing sleep once again so enjoy this quick doodle of Olea and Thyme I never finished and never posted~ ✨

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And, hey! Since the last post was a neat segway, why not! I’m not sure I know I’ve said this before, but I always like the way Oleander and Thyme communicate their feelings and how it works out so well for them.

Thyme isn’t really someone who enjoys chasing after people loudly. He greatly prefers subtle displays of affection, ones just ebb the surface to show he cares but it’s never loud enough to be distracting or like he’s demanding your attention. Thyme likes hooking his fingers through Oleander’s belt loops when they’re hanging around, like on subways or whatnot. He likes resting his head on Oleander’s shoulder too. A little note, I’m here and I like you.

On the other hand, he adores getting loud displays of affection. He likes being noticeably wanted and desired. And that’s exactly what Oleander does best. He likes being loud and a bit messy for his affections because they’re his and he’s free to give them to who he wants. He doesn’t like public displays of affection much, but at home, he’s very handsy with Thyme. He loves pulling him into kisses, light and harsh, and he loves playfully annoying Thyme too. It’s nearly impossible to ignore him when he wants his attention, poking Thyme like an unruly child. I’m here and I want you.

But Oleander despises being demanded in return, almost spitefully so. If Thyme ever pulled him into a kiss like he does in the early stages in their relationship, he would’ve flat-out end their whole affair. And even in the later stages, he’s still gonna get annoyed because no.

Oleander has very rigid boundaries that he’s also very vocal about. If Thyme does a thing he doesn’t like, Thyme will (politely) heard about it and Thyme will absolutely not overstep it unless Oleander changes his mind and says so. That’s actually why Oleander goes so ‘heart eyes motherfucker’ for Thyme in the first place. Kid respects the boundaries he puts up and never fucks with them, and that is ridiculously attractive to Olea.

Really, they just work well together and I love them. c:

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11, 15, 19 for the LI questions? For Oleander and Thyme :3

:D :D :D! Thank you, thank you!! These were really fun questions for them too, heh.

11. Do they have any inside jokes?

They have a bunch, maybe too many at times?? Looking outside in at their relationship, I’m sure some people get the impression it’s extremely superficial given how much these two just joke and screw around~~

One of the more common ones is ‘so, hey. do you wanna go [blank]’ though. Like it starts after Oleander has a bad day and just spills a lot of his feelings all over the floor and he’s not an emotional person by nature and everything just feels too raw and surface-level and he doesn’t know how to move on to the next conversation because direct and honest is how he talks but not when it concerns himself soooooo~. He just turned to Thyme and in the most monotone voice ever, goes:

‘So, hey. Do you wanna go make out?’

Was it the best way to kinda ask out his kinda crush? Absolutely not! But~! It worked for them and now they use it as a kinda jokey ice-breaker after awkward moments, both intensely emotional ones or like massive second-hand embarrassment, always in a monotone voice and generally detached from the previous situation at hands. It’s not really chuckles kind-of joke either, but it puts a smile on the other’s face when they’re down and that’s what counts, yeah?

15. Does their view of themselves differ from their partner’s view?

Of course! TToTT! Both of them are definitely better at seeing each other’s strengths than their own, and both are better at highlighting their own flaws too.

Thyme sees Oleander as a snarky solid rock, someone who is nothing short of himself but also still tries to improve himself too (which is so stupidly attractive to him?? Like fuck people who think they know the right words, the right acts, the right ideals and never apologize because they’re simply right. He’d so much rather someone who fucks up and who can knowledge that and learn to do better next time.) Oleander though only sees him as a weird sarcastic ball of bitter rage and a freakin’ abomination too?? He doesn’t have a damn what he is, let alone who he is and that’s just a shit feeling all around.

On the other hand, Oleander sees Thyme is just bright source of warmth, someone is just hopelessly kind and who always tries his damn best to add a dose of good to the world every day. Yeah, sure, he fails and probably fails a bunch but how can you not be in complete awe of someone who tries and doesn’t give up even when people keep shoving you down! Thyme however only sees someone is an anxious wreck, a complete idiot who hurts things because he just can’t stop and just think, nope! He needs to do instead.

And neither of them is wrong in their views either, it’s just different sides to the same coin.

19. Describe how they communicate

Oh!! I totally answered this before! :D However, let’s continue with this because I have a lot feelings about how these two talk and try to talk to each other.

In public, they joke around. Intensely. Always. There’s lots of snickering and playful taunts and stupid harmless friend fights because they don’t feel like they really have to act around each other. They just like to have fun together, so fuck it. They’re doing that.

Thyme is pretty touchy-feely with Oleander too. He just loves hanging off the kid, holding his hand, slipping his fingers into Oleander’s belt loops or even just resting his chin on top on his head because the height difference between them is perfect. Every touch is like it’s own secret message: I’m here. I like you. I hope that’s okay. And of course, it is. Oleander likes his quiet presence because Thyme never demands his attention. It’s just there when he wants it.

In private, the joking still exists but it tones down. It’s quieter joke, idle chit-chatting and much more silence because they’re both comfortable just hanging around each other. The touching tones down too at least on Thyme’s end, probably because Oleander gets more physical when they’re out of sight of other people. He just… really likes showing Thyme how much he likes him, to be kisses and shoving him back against a couch or just curling up against him and poking Thyme like an annoying little gnat. It’s fun and he knows Thyme likes to be wanted, so he gives him lots of kisses and pokes that say ‘Hey. Hey. Hey. Listen. I love you’.