if you could assign love languages to the oou characters that aren't the main ones what would they be? like something that you think a character does to express their love for people that is kind of unique to them?
ooo i love this question so much! i feel like my answers fall under the 5 love languages but i like the specificity of these ones
she never fell out of the habit of writing notes for people that she developed in middle school before she was allowed to have a phone, so when she wants to tell someone something quickly, she writes it on the corner of a paper in her notebook and tears it off to hand to someone. after some time, it becomes something she does for people she loves: slipping love notes into the pockets of nateâs hoodies, writing words of encouragement and affirmation for addy and cooper, and even just writing âi love youâ on a napkin she hands to her sister. every single notebook bronwyn owns is filled with torn up pages and scraggly ends but she wouldnât have it any other way.Â
nateâs not very loud when it comes to loving people â he doesnât really tell people how much they mean to him. so instead he just makes sure to be in the stands when cooperâs got a game, or in the audience when bronwynâs playing piano at a concert. he even starts going to knoxâs musicals. and when maeve has a bad day, heâs there at the entrance to bayview high with his motorcycle and an extra helmet so that they can get far enough away for Maeveâs problems to disappear.Â
cooper:Â âiâm here if you want to talkâ texts
a big thing for cooper is making sure that his loved ones know theyâre got someone in their corner no matter what because for a long time cooper didnât feel like heâd be supported because he didnât fit the southern jock mould. so now, whenever he thinks someoneâs upset heâll text them and say âhey i noticed you were a little off today, itâs okay if you donât but iâm here if you want to talkâ and to this day he still doesnât know how much people value those texts. he really is just the sweetheart of the group.Â
addy:Â âthis made me think of youâ gifts
this girl knows people inside and out. sheâll walk past a stationery store and instantly go inside to find a new notebook for bronwyn, a set of highlighters for knox, and pens for kris. every time she goes to a grocery store she picks up red vines for cooper and chocolate for phoebe. she loves going into jewelry shops to find new earrings for maeve, and she loves gift shops because they always have fun potholders or cooking spoons that she can give luis.Â
kris: saying âtext me when you get homeâ
every time, without a fail, when kris and his friends part ways to go home kris will remind them to text him when theyâve safely returned. it doesnât matter if itâs the middle of the night or midmorning, he has to make sure that his loved ones know that he cares that theyâre safe. and he will call after an hour if someone forgets to text, and everyone thinks that his friends would be annoyed by the constant reminder, but they actually love knowing that someone is out there worrying about them and their safety.Â
never once has anyone payed for coffee when luis makes it. itâs his way of telling people that he cares about them. making food has always been easy to luis, and a show of affection. over time he learns that knox prefers vanilla lattes over caramel ones, but maeve is the opposite. or that phoebe always gets decaf because caffeine gives her a headache. and he knows exactly how much sugar kris takes in his coffee, and how pale addyâs coffee always is. he knows coop prefers light roast and nate takes dark, and that bronwyn hardly ever drinks coffee so instead heâll give her tea.Â
in both books maeve has given many people rides, and itâs just her way of being there for people. like nate, sheâs not openly affectionate, but she is more than willing to drive someone somewhere. when addy had a concussion and a broken ankle, it was maeve who drove her to school every day. after emma stopped going to school, maeve was the one who picked up phoebe so she wouldnât have to walk over a mile. when nateâs arm was in a sling, maeve took him to doctorâs appointments.Â
knox: accompanying someone when theyâre nervous
knox understands what itâs like to feel anxious about things, and he doesnât want people to have to go through that too. so if someone has a drs appointment (see: maeve and her blood tests) heâll go with them and sit in the waiting room, or if someone doesnât know how to get somewhere heâll go with them. heâs good with public transportation so heâs always willing to take the bus with a friend.
she's always so willing to sit with someone in the waiting room at a doctor's appointment, or in line to make a purchase, or after an event that's run long so that the person she's with doesn't have to go home in the dark alone. she just makes sure that people know that they've got someone who will stay with them when they otherwise would be left to their own devices.
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