Jake Muller Headcanons (+ Sherry)
I love Jake Muller and more people need to appreciate him.
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶ♱ ྀིྀAlways Keeps His Hair Shortـــــــــﮩ٨ـ
The longest it ever has been was when he was little and it barely brushed his ears.
Shaved it for the first time after his mom got sick because he couldn't take care of it himself.
He decided to keep it that way when his mom's illness caused her hair to fall out and he didn't want her to feel ashamed about it.
The longest it gets in his adulthood is about 3-4 inches of growth from his buzzcut (Sherry loved it and couldn't keep her hands out of the locs).
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶ♱ ྀིྀApples Are His Comfort Foodـــــــــﮩ٨ـ
Apples were often the only food his mom could afford on a whim.
His mom would cut one up into pieces and they would sit together and share.
Sometimes, if Jake was sneaky enough, he could nab a jar of honey from the markets and they would have Honey & Apples as a rare treat.
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶ♱ ྀིྀThey Didn't Talk About Weskerـــــــــﮩ٨ـ
Jake could count on one hand how many times he asked about his father and his whereabouts.
'He's a deadbeat who skipped out on us. What else is there to know?'
On one of the rare occasions that his mother didn't try to change the subject; she would simply say that she "still loved him" and "it just didn't work out" between them.
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶ♱ ྀིྀPansexual & Demiromanticـــــــــﮩ٨ـ
Figured out he liked both guys and girls in his teens when he was jumping between various paramilitaries for work.
He didn't trust people after what happened with his first Unit, so real relationships were out of the question.
Quick flings for stress relief were common.
Never had romantic feelings towards anyone until he met Sherry, and that scared the shit out of him.
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶ♱ ྀིྀNatural Side-Sleeperـــــــــﮩ٨ـ
He and his mom shared a bed growing up, so he would curl up beside her and she'd pull him close to her chest to cuddle.
Hands curled up under his chin type side-sleeper.
Even pulls his knees up into the fetal position when he feels really safe (or really upset).
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶ♱ ྀིྀPrefers Loose Fitting Clothesـــــــــﮩ٨ـ
Assesses clothing by the amount of movement it allows him.
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶ♱ ྀིྀLoves To Learn New Thingsـــــــــﮩ٨ـ
After settling down with Sherry, Jake finds himself with a lot of free time on his hands and needing ways to fill it.
He buys himself some cookbooks (with cash) and goes to town on them.
Sherry is NOT complaining about coming home to a full course dinner with homemade pie.
Sherry: *trying to do work from home*
Jake: *coming into her office, holding a wooden spoon* Try this.
He has a baby blue apron he got for himself as a gag gift to surprise Sherry after work. Now he uses it regularly.
At some point, he becomes confident enough to sign himself up for community college classes. No intention of getting a degree, but he enjoys the general classes.
Finds out he enjoys reading and writing.
Does NOT like Biology (given his father's history).
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶ♱ ྀིྀLikes Being Outdoorsـــــــــﮩ٨ـ
Climbing trees, swimming in lakes, swinging off a rope into the river, etc.
All stuff he couldn't do as a child.
He has a f*cking field day at the beach; digging holes, throwing himself into the ocean against the waves, he even helps some kids build a big ass sandcastle.
Sherry watched as she tans.
Jake throws sand on her to be annoying and it ends up with them full on wrestling each other in the ocean.
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶ♱ ྀིྀCuddle Bugـــــــــﮩ٨ـ
He blames Sherry for making him all 'mushy'.
She'd pull him down on the couch, or the bed, on top of her with his head laid on her shoulder or chest.
Toss a blanket over them both and he melts.
Always sleeps with an arm, leg, or his whole damn body wrapped around Sherry.
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶ♱ ྀིྀParanoidـــــــــﮩ٨ـ
Though he settles in with Sherry (househusband-to-stay at home dad) he's still worried that his past will catch up to him.
Rouge militia forces he was in, the U.S. government, anyone connected to Albert Wesker...
Checks the windows and doors at least three times a night.
Keeps at least four guns stashed around the house as a "just-in-case".
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶ♱ ྀིྀ21st Birthdayـــــــــﮩ٨ـ
Because of his upbringing, he was introduced to alcohol at an early age, so the hype died out for him fast.
So for his 21st birthday, he decided to get his ears pierced.
Jewelry wasn't something he ever got to own for himself. His mom had a pair of earrings, a necklace, and a few rings, but that was it.
He picked out a simple pair of silver hoops and silver studs for himself; the only things he's willingly bought, clothing-wise, that doesn't have a practical use alone.
Sherry gushed about the piercings and immediately bought that matching pairs of earrings.
𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶ♱ ྀིྀPretty Good At Drawingـــــــــﮩ٨ـ
He picked drawing up as another hobby after moving in with Sherry.
Always has a pocket-sized sketchbook and pencil on him now, in his back pocket.
He'll draw anything he thinks is interesting: bowel of fruit, a bird outside the window, Sherry posed like one of those French Girls━
━those ones stay in their shared office/studio.
He tried to draw his mom once. He couldn't remember the details of her eyes or nose...
...Sherry came home to ripped up canvas papers scattered around their apartment and Jake, eyes sob-swollen, curled up in their bed under the covers.
