kim ᶻ 𝘇 𐰁

Okay.

Maybe everyone could tell Wally was really into you. But that’s just maybe. Maybe Grayson even tried to make him fall on top of you, but you two air headed dumbasses whose brain seems to have short-circuited with your energy always think everything is a joke. Seriously.

The line between friendship and a true romantic relationship was blurry between you two. Blurred in between the races, the hugs, the late, hot summer nights listening to Fall out Boy, or even the surprisingly quiet nights you two spent together everyday since high school.

Nobody knew what you two really had, but to be fair, you didn’t either. Wether it was just a really intimate friendship or something that looked more like the honeymoon phase every couple goes through.

He knows you like the back of his hand.

You know him like the back of your hand.

The thing is—Wally has been planning this for a while. He’s gonna get you to lean down on his shoulder, he’s gonna kiss you, and he’s going to hold you so close.. and the rest of his fantasies aren’t for everyone.

However, every time Wally tries to do something serious, the world decides that, yeah no. You’re sick. Full on sick—so, so, disgustingly sick. Could that stop him? Unfortunately, no.

He’s got you just like he planned. Though he didn’t plan you’d be sneezing and sniffling every five minutes. But he just couldn’t resist your glassy eyes. You were just so beautiful.

Pretty, handsome, beautiful, godly—even.

His lips met yours in no time, and his hands held you just a tightly as he had imagined. This was his christmas miracle. A very early one.

He only stopped once he made sure his own lips were swollen and you were panting.

When dinner time came by, everyone one had a pretty good idea why both of you were sneezing like you had just gotten the plague. Blame Wally, he’s loud.

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rollo flamme is a young man who holds himself to extremely high and extremely rigid standards, both in his academic and personal life, and that rigidity and unwillingness to alter anything about his life or routine by even the slightest degree makes it very difficult for you to get close to him — unless you’re stubborn enough to basically barge your way into his daily routine with enough frequency and patience that you become another part of it and he becomes more open to and accepting of your presence in his life. though you will have to accept that this will be a very slow process and will take a lot of persistence from you given how above and beyond he goes to avoid any sort of temptation that could interfere with his ability to uphold the same standards that the righteous judge once held… which involves an aversion to any sort of romantic relationship (prior to you, anway)

once you do finally manage to catch his eye and he overcomes his personal hang ups about temptation enough to start pursuing a relationship with you, you can expect things with rollo to follow a very slow and traditional approach to courtship. slow enough that it will take months before he’s willing to even consider engaging in any form of physical affection with you, and only slightly less time than that before he feels comfortable enough making your status as lovers public knowledge. don’t take this as him not wanting to be with you, because he truly does, he just has a very specific view of how he’s meant to court and date you and, as with most things in his life, he refuses to sway from that very rigid approach

he has very high expectations for you and holds you to the same strict standards that he holds himself and his classmates to. fortunately for you, however, he has significantly more patience for you as his lover and is willing to set aside some time out of his busy schedule each week to personally help you get into the best possible position to achieve each of the goals he knows you’re capable of achieving — and, yes, that means he will help you study, but it will just be a study date (no funny business so don’t even try, he is much too principled to give into such things)

you get to experience some very blatant favouritism from him in many different ways, with the most obvious being how much more tolerant he is of you being disorderly and chaotic than he is literally anyone else. of course he’s still very fond of maintaining a strict and orderly and clean environment for himself, and he still has his limits and will tell you outright when you’re starting to get on his nerves… it just takes him a lot longer to get to that point with you, that’s all

he is very firmly against any and all forms of pda — both verbal and physical — to the point where the only sign that he actually likes you and enjoys your company is the fact that he chooses to stand and sit close to you whenever you’re out and about. oh and the nasty glares he sends towards anyone who tries to flirt with you when he’s present to witness it… especially if the person flirting with you is a villain another mage

as his partner you’re the only person who ever gets to see the depths of his hatred towards mages and magic in general, as well as his more complicated feelings towards his own status as a mage — at least up until the fire lotus incident. and in return he encourages you to be just as open and vulnerable with him: to vent and rant and rave about the things that bother you in return. it’s only fair, after all, and as your boyfriend he feels it’s his duty to support you in this way (in addition to all the other ways he tries to support you, of course)

he does trust that you’re competent enough to handle matters on your own, but rollo does also have quite the protective streak and is more than willing to step in and punish anyone who he perceives as having caused you any degree of harm. mage or otherwise. and who can blame him for being so quick to act after the horrendous loss he suffered in his youth?

the vast, vast, majority of the time rollo will just refer to you by your first name. but on the rare occasion where you’re both completely alone and he’s in a fine enough mood he might just call you something more affectionate — though the terms of endearment he uses are all very traditional and old fashioned (e.g. ‘beloved’, ‘my dear’, ‘dearest’, etc.), so don’t expect him to call you anything more modern or cutesy… though given how he carries himself it’s a mystery why you would think such pet names would even be on the table with him…

there’s no such thing as ‘spontaneity’ with rollo flamme and he insists on scheduling all of your dates in advance, blocking out precisely the right amount of time to engage in the activity you agree upon (with some allowance for travel) and not a minute more — lest he, of course, be tempted to forgo the other important parts of his routine, like studying and tending to the bell of solace. the lack of spontaneity doesn’t make your dates any less enjoyable, though… not unless you value being surprised over anything else, that is

while it’s certainly not obvious to others, and barely even noticeable to those who know him the best, rollo’s demeanour does considerably lighten whenever you’re around him. his eyes soften, some tension leaves his shoulders, and he almost seems to lean towards you when you talk (like a flower seeking out the warmth of the sun) — though he is usually quick to straighten his posture again if he catches himself doing it

his parents are, naturally, very supportive of your relationship and appreciate how happy you make their son — and in fact they always ask after you in the letters they send to him when he’s away at noble bell college. it’s sweet, of course, and he can appreciate why they’re so keen to see him enter a relationship so he has no qualms indulging them with more information about your relationship and about how you, in particular, are fairing. just don’t be surprised when you start receiving letters from the flamme household as well…

he’s the type of boyfriend who would drape his coat or cloak across your shoulders if you’re cold and have nothing to cover yourself with… but not without lecturing you about being ill prepared and neglecting to check the weather and to choose a more appropriate outfit for what the forecast predicted. so, in other words, he can and will be attentive but he will not be soft about it

you are the only person who has ever been able to truly catch him off guard and fluster him — which he was barely able to hide by covering his mouth with his handkerchief (though that did nothing to hide the flush of his neck and ears). but for as fun as it is to mess with him, and as cute as he may look when he’s flustered, just know that the more you flirt with him the better he gets at maintaining a poker face and not reacting to your words so less really is more if you’re looking to keep on getting a response out of him for more than just the first few weeks

his favourite places to kiss you are on the backs of your hands, across your knuckles, and along each of your fingertips. his favourite places to be kissed in return are his forehead (especially after a long day of work and studying where he can feel the beginnings of a headache starting to settle in), and on his lips