Headcanons ; Hyde/Dolly ֶָ֢𖹭
• Hyde enjoys playing with Dolly because he loves seeing her cry.
• Hyde gives her things that he steals from his victims: rings, handkerchiefs, ribbons. Dolly keeps them.
• Dolly always prays, for herself and for Hyde’s soul.
• Once, Dolly read the Bible to Hyde because he asked her to.
• Hyde is sickeningly possessive, especially when it comes to Jekyll.
• “I sent you to deliver him a letter, not to look at him like that.”
• Even so, Hyde would get angry with Dolly no matter how she behaved. If Dolly is cold, Hyde hits her for being disrespectful. If Dolly is sweet, Hyde hits her for flirting.
• “I shouldn’t have hit you… I should’ve done it sooner.”
• Hyde hits her if she calls Jekyll “Doctor Jekyll.”
• Jekyll is kind and gentle with Dolly.
• “But the doctor treats me like a person.” / “You don’t need that. I treat you like what you are.”
• Hyde is jealous of Dolly’s dead children because she cries for them. Dolly should only cry for him.
• Dolly wears a bandage Jekyll gave her. Hyde tears it off. “You don’t need it.”
• “He can pretend to be a man. I don’t pretend.”
• Hyde buys her small things only to compete: a necklace, a coat, a cup. “He doesn’t give you anything.”
• Hyde hates that Jekyll is tall. He feels it as a physical humiliation.
• “You’re too good” is an insult.
• Dolly hums softly while she cleans.
• “Mr. Hyde.” / “Say it like you fear me.”
• Hyde hates when she fixes herself up.
• “You shouldn’t look in the mirror. You’d start believing you’re pretty.”
• Hyde sometimes brings horrible visitors: prostitutes or terrible men. Dolly only serves the tea.
• Soho is decadence, Hyde is decadence. Dolly is sweet, clean, and neat.
• After Carew’s murder, Dolly burned the handkerchief and kept part of the cane.
• Dolly read about Carew’s murder in the newspaper. “You know how to read, girl?”
• “if you betray me, I’ll drag you down to hell with me.”
• Dolly learned to recognize his footsteps. Fast means he’s furious. Slow means he’s drunk. Silence means something horrible happened.
• Dolly learns to tell whether Hyde is coming “good” or “bad” just by the way he shuts the door.
• Hyde never whistles… except when he’s dangerously calm.
• Dolly learns that the worst Hyde isn’t the furious one: it’s the silent one.
• Hyde doesn’t allow many candles or mirrors in his house. He doesn’t break them, he only covers them. Still, Dolly has a mirror in her bedroom.
• When Hyde disappears for days at a time, Dolly waits for him by the window.
• Dolly can’t go out alone. Hyde believes she’ll run away.
• When they walk together, Dolly stays behind.
• Hyde doesn’t allow the curtains to be opened.
• Hyde buys strong perfumes.
• Dolly has to bend down to speak with Hyde.
• Hyde always smells of old rain, cheap tobacco, and something metallic Dolly never names.
• Hyde drinks from the same cup Dolly uses just to “mark” his territory.
• Dolly’s hands are always cracked from coal and cold water.
• Hyde notices those hands more than he should.
• Hyde doesn’t sleep much. When he sleeps, he looks dead.
• Hyde laughs when Dolly flinches at his laughter.
• Dolly thinks Hyde is a punishment she deserves for wanting to die on the bridge.
• Hyde thinks Dolly is a punishment he deserves for wanting to live.
• Dolly learns that Hyde’s affection lives in ugly details: staying home instead of going out, not shouting when he could, letting her breathe.
• Hyde doesn’t invite her to sit with him, he simply tugs her wrist, as if it’s obvious she belongs at his side.
• Hyde detests Dolly having thoughts of her own.