Malachi

@dukeswonderousmenagerie ZoeyBaby where Baby makes a deal with a devil to give Zoey everything she’s every dreamed of while they’re teens and dreaming of being famous but in return he had a limited amount of time to live.

So he spends their youth making her every wish come true, travel, fame, love.

They’re so young but he knows she wants to get married, he figured he has the time and he proposes, thinking if he can marry her and have some kids with her then his passing won’t be too hard on her.

But on their wedding day the demon comes to collect what he’s owed and Zoey holds him in her arms as he lay dying.

And all he says is that he’s sorry he made her cry on their wedding day.

In her eyes, its a mercy. Hunters get told time and time again that Demons die when their weapons are used against them. In her eye's, killing him saves him the horrors of what Gwi-ma would potentially do to him and the others if they lost the battle at the Idol awards. Zoey always did care deep down for the Demons, she always was the most understanding, the most open minded. She always hoped they did die, she could never imagine being stuck under such an oppressive thumb. None of the girls know that doesn't happen. They don't know that Demons that fall to their weapons just go straight back down into the Underworld. We saw it with the Demons on the plane. They don't die, they just get sent back. And whatever happens when they do is up to chance and whether or not Gwi-ma is in a good mood, 9/10 he's not but. . .And turning the Honmoon gold also doesn't help because that just traps demons in the Underworld, leaving them unable to escape the hell Gwi-ma sets on them when they fail. . .sure he's weak now after the awards (thank you Rumi) but nothing stays weak for long, it's only a matter of time.

She thinks killing him is mercy, setting him free it's not He just never had the heart or chance to tell her But that's ok.

She looks happy Safe. . . She's not alone That's alright, he can live with that

You know that trend with the people spinning around his head?

Obvs Rumi would be the only one to be anywhere near romantic but I love the idea of these four being so comfortable with each other that the hugs and playful arm punches and forehead bumps now extends to Jinu after they’ve all become best buds. I think it’s really cute!

Awww wait this is so cute to think about

Ok so obviously Rumi would be the most romantic, so cheek kisses and holding hands are standard but I feel like they’d hug each other from behind a lot, randomly, and they both do it so imagine Jinu is doing dishes and Rumi comes up behind him and hugs him. Or Rumi is brushing her teeth and Jinu comes up behind her and hugs her, and since he’s taller he just rests his head ontop of her.

For Zoey I’m extremely Raven Siblings pilled so I feel like she’d grab his arm a lot or get piggy back rides from him often, not because she can’t walk but I mean if she has the chance to be carried? She’s gonna take it. And Jinu lets her because that’s his annoying little sister.

Mira feels like a punchy type of affectionate, in public, so they shoulder jump each other, elbow each other or she just straight up punches him. But inside the penthouse it’s nicer, he’ll ruffle her hair sometimes or she’ll lean on his shoulder if they’re watching tv, since Mira comes up to about his height-ish I feel like she’d rest her chin on his shoulder a lot for no real reason.

OK so basically, within Gambit, im keeping as much of Baby’s backstory as vague as humanly which is a lot easier said then done when you come up with ideas and each one doesn’t typically flow together, but they also make for an interesting concept.

One such concept in this instance being,

The idea Baby's not ACTUALLY suppose to be bound to Gwi-ma…While I wont go into too much detail, all I will say is that Gwi-ma was not truthful about the “deal” he made with him and much like with Jinu, there is a very high chance Baby was tricked.

To be frank, he most likely was.

Especially if given to the idea/fact that much of Baby’s prior history was spent in times of less then stellar mental stability. After all, its proven that it’s not all that hard to convince someone suffering from a manic state, of new ideas/influences, solely because mania fundamentally alters a brain’s chemistry, reducing cognitive function, impairing judgment, and suspending the brain’s ability to process negative consequences. As a result, some people can be easily influenced during a time of mania/hypomania.

The question is though…

What DID Gwi-ma promise him…

Was it fame?

Fortune? Maybe But for who

After all, Zoey and Baby were both childhood friends with dreams of success. Part of it because of their talents. Another part was to prove to their parents that they COULD make it despite their high expectations/low support. They both dreamed big, they both wanted to get big together. It’s a dream they both had strived for. A dream they wanted to accomplish together. Even now at that time, so far away from her, he still thought of her…so is it so simple or easy to think that that is what Baby had wished for, wanted most… Even though, at the time, he had no idea what he was giving up for it. But also, the possible idea of him not caring what ever happened to HIM. Him all but giving up, nothing works out right for him, nothing ever has, his bones hurt, his heads a mess, it would be worthless to waste a dream, especially one so glamorous, on someone like him, so at least give the one sense of serenity in his life a chance, that's all he wants. . . give it to her

Baby giving up his soul to make her dream come true actually guts something in me

Like he has the ability to make a deal with someone who promises to give him anything he wants but what he wants isn’t even for himself

It for her