I’m tired and bored and I’m sending u an ask
do YOU have bartylily headcanons…
I do! (sorry this took a while ;-; ive been kinda brunt out) thank you for asking i love any opportunity to yap about them!! my absolute favs !
• to me, bartylily is always trying to cosplay a normal relationship. domesticity is their guise. despite lily's heavy aversion to her old way of life (christianity and bigotry) she is drawn to domescticity for its familiarity. old gods call and she comes running. she tried to make it her own.
• ^ they spend a lot of time enjoying quiet company. lily likes to watch the sunrise on the fire escape and she drags barty along too
• ^ he makes suicide jokes about jumping and she slaps his arm
• sometimes barty leaves hidden notes in lilys crosswords that she has to solve to understand.
• they stay up into the wee hours of the morning completing puzzles. barty hides the pieces from lily. when theyre finished lily likes to hang them up on the walls. they sign the backs of them after
• they play strip poker together at their kitchen table
• lily tied barty up with her pearl necklace once and she said if he breaks it hes gonna pay for it.
• barty tells dirty knock knock jokes to lily and she finds them ridiculous
• both lily and barty speak very fast sometimes only they can catch what theyre saying and no one else.
• barty will get on his knees and take off lilys shoes for her
• barty thinks lilys shitty paintings are pretty and he says that one day they'll be in a museum as a testament of human nature. and that means so much to her
• barty once hid lilys looks from her because she wasnt giving him enough attention
• barty looks up the most obscure words and then integrates them into his everyday vocabulary just so he can make lily feel dumb for not knowing them. his evenings are spent pouring over dictionaries just for the bit