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4. What does their life look like together today? (unless they aren't alive this year)

Because I'm in charge of how I get to answer this question I'm taking "life looks like together today" to mean in a canon-compliant universe: i.e., not any of my omegaverse/modern/ghosthunting aus. so like okay.

First off, they are totally the 'it' couple of Ketterdam. They are diabolical together. Kaz keeps Wylan ruthless, Wylan keeps Kaz merciful, and together they are cracking their knuckles and diving into bringing forward the changes they want to see in Ketterdam. They're lobbying for disability rights and resources, they're holding Merchers accountable for their actions, they're cleaning the streets of the Barrel and providing room for a new age of infrastructure that Jan Van Eck could only fucking dream of from his grossy icky cell in Hellgate. Together they make Ketterdam the kind of place they had both dreamed it could be when they were children. Together they make it a city for children to be safe in, which was something neither of them got to have.

Kaz reads to Wylan (obvi), Kaz writes for Wylan (both in the professional sense for their work, and also to stay in touch with Jes and Inej sailing the seas together, Nina in Fjerda, Kuwei in Ravka, etc, etc). but I want to be very clear too that Kaz is Wylan's muse. Yes, Kaz is Wylan's literary crutch, but he's also a deep source of inspiration for Wylan. Paintings and charcol sketches of a familiar scheming face line Wylan's art studio, music swirls around the estate fast and loose just as Dirtyhands is known to fight like, Kaz's favorite mug is a lopsided mess of a creation that Wylan had made for him the first time he tried throwing something on the potter's wheel. Kaz is as much of a fixture in the joys of Wylan's life as he is in the necessities of Wylan's life.

Kaz and Marya are very close as well, and he has a weekly brunch date with her to gossip and drink tea together. I don't think Kaz can remember much of his own mother, but he finds Marya to be a brilliant and steadfast woman that he comes to trust just as deeply as he does Wylan.

I also think Wylan and Kaz slowly start to build up on Kaz's skinship phobia, but I feel like Wylan has a uniqueness to him in that he understands how to live life around a disability, and while touchphobia is not a disability in the traditional way I feel like Wylan would get very creative to show how much he loves Kaz while making an effort to remove the pressure Kaz would feel to reciprocate physical intimacy. If Kaz was willing to learn Wylan's music-theory approach to labeling his chemicals in the lab, Wylan could in turn learn how to reach a boy who feels utterly unreachable.

They're both smart as shit. Even if it takes them the rest of their lives, they will come to map and cherish every inch of each other - inside and out.

20. Where in the world would they travel together?

I know it's a cop-out for me to give the same answer that I gave for Kaztthias, but I feel like with the money these two have to spare they travel the world. Especially since their closest friends are spread out all over the world as well, trust that they'd take every opportunity to visit Pirate captain Inej and her first mate Jesper Fahey, they'd go visit Colm in Novyi Zem (and they'd take Marya too, so she could see some of the world outside of Jan's shadow for once), they'd visit Nina and Kuwei (just so Wylan could show off his hot boyfriend), they'd just... they'd allow themselves to see the world unafraid now that they have fought against their demons and persevered.

22. What are their bedtime habits and how do they sleep together?

I wish I could draw you a diagram of how they sleep but I imagine it goes like this, because these dudes are so fucking neurodivergent and you KNOW they have a routine. Like, okay, to be fair - they don't have a schedule, because Wylan's mind and his cptsd keeps him up at odd hours tinkering away in his lab or painting or whatever else he feels he needs to do and Kaz is a literal demon who is always up to something. They do not run by any man-made timetable, but they do have a routine.

I feel like whichever one of them makes it back to the Estate first starts a kettle boiling, gets the tea blends ready to steep, feeds their cats, water their plants, so on. Whoever shows up later is the one to turn down the bed for the night, locks up the house, and cleans up any messes. They always make sure to shower together though so that they can wash each other's hair and rub each other's backs, though sometimes Wylan makes sure to wrap his hands with the towel so his wet skin doesn't brush against Kaz's. They get soft and cozy in their jammies and sit in bed together. They give each other status reports of everything that had happened since they'd last seen each other, Kaz combs Wylan's curls so they remain healthy and springy, Wylan does a face mask and begs Kaz to join him (he will not, he does not need goo on his face thankyouverymuch).

I think sometimes Kaz would read to Wylan, or sometimes Wylan would sing for Kaz, but sometimes they just sit together in comfortable silence until they fall asleep.