captain of the drunken ship

The 11th Street Kids have gone to a bar and he’s leaning forward against it waiting for the bartender so he can order the next round. Someone next to him is leaning in closer. Giggling. Classic overt flirting gestures. Adrian just nods “Yeah, that is funny.” He says it seriously before grabbing the drinks, humming on his way back, and heading back to the table none the wiser to the other persons intentions. Taking it a step further if the bartender themselves was interested in him and wrote their number on his receipt he’d frown before getting concerned that it’s someone’s credit card information (even thought very clearly it’s not – and everyone’s confused why and how he thinks that) or that it’s their employee ID or something for a positive word/review (his busboy brain is firing too hard).

I don’t even think Adrian’s partner would necessarily mind. They know their boyfriend is cute and he’s just so oblivious you can’t really fault him. Of course, Adrian’s loyalty is so intrinsic they have absolute faith that even if he did realise he’d never do anything about it. It’s rather cute really that their slight himbo boyfriend doesn’t clock what’s happening. Even if his partner pointed out someone flirting Adrian would blink and not be entirely convinced. Adrian’s partner saying something like “You know they were hitting on you, right?” Adrian just blinking at them his eyebrows furrowing. “No we were just talking about animals. She just wanted to know my favourite bird.” His partner grinning “I think she might have wanted to be your favourite bird, sweetheart.” Of, course that would confuse him more. “She can’t be my favourite bird – that’s owls! Also people aren't birds, duh.”

Adrian loves positions and acts where he can admire and maximise the pleasure of his partner. Can’t get enough of going down on his partner for long stretches (to the point he gets worked up from how much he enjoys it then gets unconsciously wriggly). Positions which allows him to see their face? Perfection to him so he can see their reactions. Just being used by his partner whether that’s them riding him or grinding against him while he focuses on them. On a slight inverse he hates the idea his partner ever feels like he’s ‘using’ their body/them for their body or that their relationship is at all sexually transactional.

Sex with his partner is emotionally validating. He’s the most satisfied when he can see and tell his partner is enjoying themselves. He internally equates their pleasure with his purpose which creates fulfilment for him. This makes his partner feel really special and treasured but they can worry he’s neglecting his own needs because he’s too focused on them. His goal is less so orgasm so he may sometimes end sex sweaty, entangled and not having finished but still feels satisfied and satiated (and so very proud of himself if he thinks he’s done a good job). This can frustrate his partner sometimes because they also want him to finish, and worry he isn't enjoying himself enough, but they get all soft seeing his big puppy eyes when he doesn’t understand their concern and seems so content.

He goes from calm and impassive to unravelling at the seams in a blink of an eye. Especially if he’s praised. Could be simple as being congratulated post-mission by his partner or something like 'you’re making me feel so good.' or a 'good boy' being muttered while they’re actually having sex. This unravelling comes particularly because he can have a slight hairpin trigger. To avoid finishing early he tries so earnest and deeply with such concentrated focus to hold back so he won’t ‘fail’ his partner. He just loves being given permission to finish. So he gets embarrassed about finishing fast which can turn to brattiness. He’ll pout, sigh and huff. ‘You tricked me! You knew what you were doing. That’s totally not fair.’ Which can lead to him sulking. Arms crossed, refusing to make eye contact until his partner to coaxes him slowly back. Then he can be equally quick to jump back up on his feet and start insisting on a second round so he can prove himself.

He is basically glowing at simple, even mundane compliments. Almost equal to be calling a ‘good boy’ he’s so excited to be told ‘you did a good job carrying all those groceries in with one trip’. If he did get complimented on something specific he’d make sure to do it twice as much and twice as well. He wants to buy more things at the grocery store to prove how strong he is and have more stuff to carry back inside – because then he’s doing an even better job. Or if he’s complimented on folding the laundry well he’s then just folding everything he can, everything in sight is now potentially a target. If the praise is related to his vigilante/fieldwork? A compliment about a clean shot or a smooth assassination from his partner and he’s bouncing off the walls for hours in sheer excited energy.

Thanks for the ask and you're totally right!

Oh that man loves Roblox and is continuously arguing with kids. He’ll only play games though where he plays the ‘good guy’ or who he sees as the good guy.

He’s always live explaining to those around him what's happening in his game. Bragging about the arguments he’s won. ‘I got called cringe by this one kid but then I killed him in game so I won the argument really’. Chris also gets lowkey addicted to Roblox and they’ll play while the others are sorting missions (and Chris will play while high). Adrian on voice chat get ragebaited by 12 year olds and the 11th Street Kids will hear him shouting ‘NO, YOU sound like a virgin!’ or ‘I don’t live in my moms basement – I live in the proper upstairs house!”

He’ll be fidgeting and his partner will hand him their phone to keep his hands more still and he’s suddenly enthralled in playing Jetpack Joyride or Temple Run. He likes those ones because a) he’d love to have a jetpack (and a matching one for Peacemaker especially because it’s Chris’ dream as well) and b) it’s basically all the core vigilante skills necessary so he’s argues it's basically training . But he refuses to play Subway Surfers because he will not ‘even pretend to be a criminal’. He just can’t sit still without proper stimulation so a phone is his hand keeps him satiated and keeps everyone else's sanity a bit more intact.

He likes the classic phone games, but he loves weird games. Which his partner is half convinced are actually computer viruses he’s managed to download. He’s completely hooked on the most random games and wants to tell everyone his high scores and they don’t even know what he’s talking about.

He shamelessly asks the other 11th Street Kids if they have games on their phone. When they ask why he doesn’t play on his phone either the answer is it’s dead or he didn’t bring it because ‘then duh my phone could be tracked and my secret identity leaked!’. They’ll just hand over their phone just to shut him up (even though most of them don’t have games on their phone – but Adebayo definitely does). Economos downloads some games for Adrian on his phone and secretly plays them as well but he won't admit that and especially not to Adrian.

Adrian will do small little romantic gestures which aren’t quite usual. He’d definitely change his phone password from Chris’ birthday to either his partners’ birthday or to something similarly meaningful – possibly a bit weird like instead of a typical relationship anniversary he might put some obscure date like the first day they smiled at him. He can be totally dorky but his heart is so full and so in the right place. Even when he makes nonsensical playlists which he then has to spend the time it takes listening to it to actually explain why he made it like that in the first place.

He'd scribble down tiny notes for his partner on anything he can find – receipts, napkins, post it notes – they’d be anything from silly little doodles to random thoughts to short hand messages like ‘u smell good’. Adrian just slips them towards his partner like their passing notes. If his partner was in the 11th Street Kids he’d love to do it in serious meetings and get a bit giggly and watch his partners’ face the entire time they’re reading them. On the occasion he slips them into his partners pockets or bag and will entirely beam when they find them or be over the moon if they slip a response back to him.

He's prone to overexcited fumbling. He sometimes just gets a bit too excited, too quickly. He rushes himself with his eagerness. Trying to jump right into something with little preamble. Will just start pulling down his partners underwear after a couple kisses without any other build up – like a teen scared his parents about to come knocking at the door or who’s too keyed up on prom night. It can make his partner laugh or giggle sometimes but it’s just so adorable, kind of contrasting the situation itself, but he’s just so enthusiastic and genuine.

Adrian has never been the best about articulating his feelings, nor his affection, in normal terms and he doesn’t really know how to (or even that he does it a little oddly). For a partner or for a friend he shows his love and appreciation through action and dedication (and then also dedication to actions for them). It’s just that the actions Adrian takes fit into his unconventional skill set so maybe he’s not cooking complex meals but he will, without a second thought, get blood out of your carpet (or murder someone who’s wronged you – both are equal effort to him).

Like Leota's relationship with Keeya - and all of that heartbreak. Both of them having clear, reasonable sides but not being able to bring them together. Or Economos' feelings of emotional distance (building on his beard based reveal of the first season finale) from the others coming from his life experience of generally lacking close relationships and chronic anxiety. Also the fact Leota can see that and empathise with him is just so sweet. She is such an emotional heart to their groups at times (so is Adrian but this isn't centering him right now given all my other posts right now do). Harcourt being so proud, to her own detriment, yet displaced after the world has accepted her in one form and moulded her for one purpose. Then of course there is Chris. I'm not going to start on him right now as well - that's a whole different long post and I'm trying to be restrained as it is already right now.

Adrian has a complete rivalry with his partner’s phone. If they’re just scrolling on it then he’ll inch closer and closer letting out louder and louder sighs. Then he can’t help himself but blurt out. “You’ve been looking at that thing for like…forever. For hours! I’m right here! I’m so much cooler than that brick.” He’d say with the most dramatic pout on his face. Adrian would then double down if his partner laughed or showed any sign of amusement. “No seriously, I can do so much more than that thing. I can pull funny faces and like…blow stuff up? And I could totally do a cartwheel right now.” Even though there’s definitely not enough room and it’s entirely impractical to do two of those things.

If his partner is sat there engrossed in a book, then he’d try poking his head over their shoulder or over the top of the pages. “What can be so good in there? It doesn’t even have anything that good in there. I know plenty of better stories…like the time Peacemaker and I took down…” and off he goes on a tangent sprawling in his partner’s lap. Content to replace the book that had been occupying them.

Anything work related is in danger of taking twice as long if Adrian gets wind of it. And anything mission related is going to take even long. It’s not even as intentional as the book or the phone. He’s trying to be helpful. Incredibly earnestly. He hovers and makes little comments or asks random questions (sometimes not even about the files/paperwork you’re sorting or doing).

Adrian who still is just a bit suspicious of compliments even from his partner. When someone else compliments him sincerely or flirts with him he thinks it’s a joke or completely misses the tone or sincerity of the action. Even when it’s his actual partner saying it he’ll pause and go ‘Wait do you actual mean that? Like are you being actually serious or do I not get the joke?’

Adrian whose eyes practically turn into cartoon hearts looking at his partner because they’ve gone so wide and dreamy. Adrian who doesn’t even bother or try to hide it. Everyone knowing *the look* he gets not only when staring absentmindedly at his partner but even if he just *thinks* about them. They can tell exactly what and who he’s daydreaming about from a glance at his expression.

He blushes at any contact his partner gives him. Public or private. Lightly taking his hand walking around town or under a table? Pink. Leaning their head on his shoulder? Definitely bright pink and now entirely rigid as if moving will destroy the moment. His partner kissing him anywhere from cheek to jaw to neck and beyond? He’s gone. He’s stopped. Frozen as if he’s just been shot. Every part of him which can go pink, has gone pink. PDA makes him giddy. Physical intimacy in general is shocking to him. Because it’s the frequency and intensity of it. Not just holding hands or occasional pecks but continuous and regular contact with intention. Maybe a kiss to the cheek blows his mind but his partner nonchalantly climbing into his lap – god forbid grinding into him with clear enjoyment – is bordering on too much for him physically and emotionally.

They have weekly movie nights and Adrian loves when they pick a scary movie. Often they have more weapons and gore which is totally his thing (he gets ideas like his excitement about killing something/someone with a chainsaw and many, many more from these movies) but even more than that he loves to pretend to be too scared and cuddle up to his partner. He does a bad job actually acting scared though especially throughout the entire movie (he leans in close to jump scares he’s so enthralled).

Adrian having a partner who just likes to touch him all the time. Sexual or not. But often it’s more teasing, flirtatious or grounding. They like to sit between his legs on the couch or tuck themselves against him even just for a casual conversation. Immediately he just adjust so they can fit into his space whether that’s holding them, letting his fingers trace their spine or propping up lightly the back of their head. He would not be able to stop blushing if they just placed a random kiss to his jaw while in normal conversation – even if there was nobody else around.