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Take Sherry Squires — he truly only liked the idea of her. He liked the fantasy of being with the ‘most popular’ girl in school to compensate for the bullying he’d been tormented with. His affections were, ultimately, shallow. He claims ‘it’ was all he’d ever wanted when she leaned in to him, not that ‘she’ was all he’d ever wanted, after all.

He is emotionally stagnant and cannot cope with negative feelings without resorting to violence or revenge. If he feels as if his partner betrayed him in some way, their relationship would come to a rather melodramatic ending fairly quickly.

He likes someone he can insert himself into—a woman, or a man who has deep turmoil of their own. Someone who holds the same rage he’d been bottling up since his high school years. That, and someone intelligent. He won’t bother with an individual who holds no interest in literature and the finer things in life—he needs someone who can keep up with him intellectually.

With handwriting as elegant and formal as his, he only deems it a satisfactory ego boost to write and send his partner love letters, signed by various aliases to give some extra personal flair. His words are flowery and poetic, and he’d much rather prefer a sonnet than holding hands. In his letters, his more intimate, true feelings show. He’d be simply enraged if they didn’t keep them.

He doesn’t mind sitting silently with the person he’s fond of. Playing chess, cooking, or organizing ‘things’ are his ideal date ideas. He can’t afford to take his partner out, but might begrudgingly take them somewhere on a special occasion.

Doesn’t tolerate insults in relation to his partner for a multitude of reasons. An insult to his ‘better half’ is an insult to him, and therefore an insult to the master of fear himself. Some part of him, additionally, can’t stand seeing someone he’s fond of go through the same treatment he’d been through. He won’t dare have himself humiliated again, and the same can thankfully be applied to his love.

He’s got a quick temper, but is quick to ‘apologize’ in his own way—with overcompensating acts of affection. He cares, but isn’t sure how to care about something that doesn’t revolve around his own desires. He can be stubborn, but his stubbornness is only as strong as his need for his partner.

The more his partner stays with him, the fonder his heart grows. The more he catches himself thinking of them without the need for something specific.