#“King's Flame; Fuoco”... WHAT DOES IT *MEAN*

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It just occurred to me... Fuoco's full boss title... is King's Flame, Fuoco.

... Romeo... Romeo I have QUESTIONS...

[prismatic-starstuff]

Romeo x Fuoco: general headcanons

When it's possible, Fuoco spends any free time he has in the presence of his king; not to distract him with chatter, not to ask anything of him... just to look, to admire, to bask in his presence. And Romeo is aware of this; never surprised when he sees that familiar flame flickering away in the corner, finding his chest growing warm as he realises he's never trulynalone.

He never means it maliciously, but Romeo cannot help but fluster his Flame. He takes great joy in the way Fuoco's mechanical voice stutters when he asks him to dance; admires the way the flame in Fuoco's furnace brightens any time he praises his faithful puppet's work.

(Romeo has absolutely taken note of the things that make Fuoco's flame burn brighter and more intensely, and he absolutely does those things on purpose. Lots of extra praises and fond words; in his eyes, Fuoco's earned them anyway.)

Speaking of dancing; Fuoco absolutely did not know how to at first. He wasn't built for that, and he never had any reason to. No, he learned solely because his precious king enjoys it so; and although Fuoco doesn't understand dancing, he does understand the way his springs tighten when he sees Romeo's smile, the way he feels like he would give the King the whole world if it would only make him happy.

When he's not in the armour, Romeo likes to seat himself on Fuoco's arm, or just plain right in the large palm of his one hand. For his part, Fuoco sees it as an honour to carry his king; being near Romeo is a high and precious honour, so getting to touch him? It's like a gift from God.

And speaking of God... it took Romeo a while to get used to Fuoco's religious fervour over him. At first, he'd tried to reassure his faithful puppet that there was no need to praise him so highly; that he was no better than anyone else, that he was just another person... But his humble words just seemed to make Fuoco even more fond of him, and in turn inspired more praises, and in the end Romeo gave up; his faithful puppet was so happy, he didn't have the heart to argue.

By nature, Romeo is bright and playful and comforting. By nature, Fuoco is terse and serious and single-minded. Romeo admires Fuoco's attitude, even if he can't help but want to cheer him up and get reactions out of him; and Fuoco, fittingly enough like a moth to a flame, is confused by yet also utterly charmed by Romeo.

On some level, Fuoco does not believe himself worthy of his king, and he feels as though he will always come third in Romeo's heart to both that long-lost friend and the puppet who resembles him. Whether or not this is even true, he is adamant to bring that puppet to his king; for no matter what, the king's happiness is his top priority.

Romeo isn't afraid to speak candidly to his puppets, to level with them, to express how he feels... though he understands that, as their leader, he needs to be strong for them; to be, well, their king. However, he speaks the most openly with Fuoco; of his dreams, of his hopes, of his worries. He knows he can rely on his Flame; knows he can trust his faithful puppet with even his fears. In those moments, he feels just a bit more like himself than usual.

And in Fuoco's moments of self-doubt, Romeo is the first one to reassure him; to casually place himself on his Flame's arm, to gaze up at him, to tell him with all the fondness in the world and absolutely no roo for question: his faithful puppet is precious to him and utterly irreplaceable.