Jasper☆🪓

☆ Hes neurodivergent because I'm neurodivergent...He has a horrible time reading social cues and hates being around people in the first place. He also let's himself get overstimulated easily because growing up with his rowdy family, he doesn't know when to separate himself from a stressful event

☆ Kinda piggy backing, he is super quiet (I mean duh) but not in the "oh hey talks when hes close to you!!!" No. He does not. You could be his favorite person and he still says maybe two sentences to you daily

☆ Baby made him watch My Little Pony with her once. He saw Big Mac and went "omg this guy's me fr"

☆ His favorite seasons are probably the transitional seasons (fall and spring). Winter makes him want to hibernate, he gets less motivated and doesnt get anything done. Summer is nice but since he doesn't know when to stop, he gets heat exhaustion easily. Fall and spring are perfect for his moods and his work

☆ Speaking of seasons, Rufus gets chubbier during the colder seasons. Hes literally like a bear. Due to not working as much, he gets lazy and gains some weight. In the summer and spring, he starts building his muscle back

☆ I think hes a Junior mainly because one, he most likely looks more like his absent father because he clearly looks nothing like Mama, and two, his dad is just a selfish piece of shit. I would absolutely love to know more about Rufus's actual biological father and how he plays into the story instead of it just being Earl

☆ He gets his feelings hurt easy. Even if he doesn't physically show it, hes sensitive. If he feels that Mama or someone else is upset with him, he completely shuts down and wont interact with anyone or anything until said person's mood is brightened. This especially happens if he has a s/o

☆ Another dating hc, he loves to be bossed around. It makes him feel like hes wanted/needed and hes doing something right. Tell him to do anything, either it be fixing something or literally just handing over the TV remote

☆ Hes an absolute foodie. He knows all the good places to eat, eats all throughout the day/night and will literally sit his ass down on the couch and eat a whole tub of ice cream

☆ I've mentioned in past posts that he does try to keep his hygiene good, he can't take showers. He wants to, but most shower heads are too short for him so hes stuck in the bathtub. Unless it's one of those removable ones, he'll just hose himself down with the shower head

☆ He can barely spell anything. He gives you a grocery list? It looks like its in ancient Egyptian. He can read but hes very slow about it, unless its a car manual

☆ He most likely doesn't have friends, hes the definition of "doesn't get out much". Hes too antisocial and scary looking for people to come up to him willingly. The most conversation he gets is from customers who's car hes towing

☆ Hes...really stupid. Absolute Texan himbo. You can ask him a simple question on a car and he'll describe it to the very bit but you ask him how to spell something and he completely blanks. He didnt know how to spell his own name until he was like 8, probably spelled it like "Roofus" or something idek 💔

☆ Hes banned from Spauldings gas station. Why? He kept knocking shit over on accident because he doesnt understand his own size. After knocking another shelf over, Spaulding kicked him out

☆ He eats a lot of chocolate, he LOOOOVES chocolate. He will slam a whole bag of Ferrero Rocher chocolates in 5 minutes

☆ He was the type of kid to bring wild animals inside. Birds, squirrels, lizards, rodents, cats, maybe even the occasional baby coyote or fox

☆ Also probably the type of kid who shot himself or someone else with a BB Gun on accident. Well if Otis was the person he shot it probably wasn't but who knows

☆ If you're dating him or trying to, hes very skittish. Yes hes huge, yes hes probably 3x your size, no he will not let you near him. He loves you a lot hes just not good with feelings

☆ Listens to mostly old fashioned country/folk but does like classic rock like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith and The Eagles. No this is totally not going off of the fact when he got in his truck in the movie, the radio mentioned Led Zeppelin. Okay? Okay

☆ Another dating headcanon, he will stare at you. Not the cute "look of love" like he is burning holes in the back of your head. Maybe hes trying to explode you with his mind. But its really just because he loves you

☆ He has his own little space in the house, not like a bedroom, more like a garage. He has a shit ton of tools in there, car parts, stuff for his truck, ect. His own little "man cave"

☆ He will fix random things around the house for you, you dont even have to ask. Door knob is wiggly? Fixed. Something creaks too loud? Fixed. Drains clogged? Fixed. Car issues? Of course fixed, hes a mechanic!

General Headcanons

☆ Starting off, I think Rufus is one of the cleanest members of the Firefly family. Of course this doesn't make him actually "clean" but compared to someone like Otis, hes not horrible. I think he showers at least once a week, or tries to

☆ He is a HUGE Mamas boy. Very protective over Mama Firefly and absolutely loves and adores her

☆ Also very protective over Baby, will not hesitate to hurt someone who is getting too touchy feely with her. Thats his little sister and he cares a LOT

☆ Has tattoos, I feel like he would have a tattoo of like deer antlers on his back or something

☆ This MIGHT just me being biased because of me myself being a gay man, but I feel like Rufus would be gay or bisexual with a heavy male preference

☆ His hair has terrible frizz, he has no clue how to take care of his curls/waves. Baby has tried to help him over and over but he genuinely cannot put the time or effort into his hair, nor does he care that much

☆ He loves his family, but MAN do they stress him out. Thats the reason why hes so silent and seen doing his own thing usually, he likes his peace and quiet and clearly his family likes the exact opposite

☆ Hes absolutely like a bear, he eats a lot and gets chubbier in the colder months. He works out and tries to get leaner during the summer...again maybe I just really need chubby Rufus in my life

☆ Permanant pout/resting bitch face. He smiles and Hell has suddenly frozen over

☆ You would absolutely be introduced to his Mama first. He has to get her approval/blessing first

SPECIFICALLY x male reader headcanons

☆ When he first figured out he was gay, he immediately went to Mama. He didnt know who else to talk to, he thought something was wrong with him. Of course Mama proceeded to accept him for who he was, thats one of her babies after all

☆ Tries to keep you secret from Otis for as long as he can, he knows Otis is a creep and doesn't want you being uncomfortable

☆ Pretty openly gay, even if its Texas. He'll just kill a homophobe if they bother you, its an easy fix

☆ No matter how big you are, it is no issue to him. The man is almost 7 feet tall and built like a bear, he can handle you just fine

☆ Sigh...more me being biased, he is very interested in alternative boys. I think he wants someone who is the opposite aesthetic of him because he feels like he needs to be the more macho one in the relationship

☆ Expresses his love through touch and gifts. Hes not a big talker and fully believes actions speak louder than words. Either that be a hand on your thigh while you're in his pickup truck, a hand in your back pocket while you're doing something or just straight up cuddling

☆ Absolutely will worship you, he wants you to know he loves you and you mean everything to him. Also goes along with his need for physical touch

☆ Going back to him being macho, I feel like thats why he would be more interested in men. He sees it as a good challenge to prove that hes more manly, even over other men. Of course that wont ever change his views about you