#.notes

this is in the same vein as yoshinobu frequently speaking about how he’s been very lonely in los angeles, how it is one of the hardest things he’s had to deal with. that he had to move three times in his first year in the majors alone while dealing with an injury and the aforementioned nerves, and how that made it very difficult to navigate the change from playing in japan to playing in america. i like that he says these things considering there are so many baseball players who do not talk about it at all, or would rather talk about how their wives are breeding cows or whatever the hell, because young men also deserve people to look up to and role models that communicate their burdens in a healthy manner.

Decided to go with Ghost and Headcanons!! Hope thats okay!

Ghost x Civilian! Reader hcs

Warnings: Possibly ooc Ghost, and ends kind of abruptly?? That's about it??

Where do I even start?

He's not emotionally distant but he isn't exactly the type to tell you how he feels straight up unless it's something serious. Subtle hints and vague remarks are to be expected instead

Adding onto the above – Ghost isn't very affectionate? He's sort've like a cat, just happy to exist in your presence as long as you treat him well

He's more or less closed off for the first few months of the relationship when you two start dating; He's used to losing people, so he doesn't want to get attached to you straight off the bat

But the more you're together, the more comfortable and confident he is about the relationship, and dating you as a whole. He starts to find himself getting attached

Now onto general things;

Whenever he comes home from deployment, he brings you flowers or a small box of sweets if you enjoy those types of things!

He'll attempt to get you something else if you don't like/are not a big fan of flowers or sweets though!

Also he doesn't wear his balaclava around the house or else it'd smell (lol)

He's like the dad that didn't want the cat but ended up bonding with it anyway

Man has a sweet tooth. Give him sweets!!

He's always happy whenever you cook or bake together!

Not the best at it but hey, he's trying and learning pretty quickly otherwise

If you ever think of marriage in the future, he doesn't plan to have kids. Not that he doesn't like them or isn't good with them, he just doesn't plan on having any, married or not

In a handful of cases, we actually see the reverse: The approached human strikes at the Dog in fear, the Dog is unphased or vanishes when struck, and in some instances, the human suffers the consequences for the attack.

Which isn't accurate to my family's case. The dogs from my encounter appeared and had my dad on the ground before we had any idea what was happening. There were some similarities to the accounts I'm reading - I remember hearing chains immediately before but...

There are also some amount of regional differences to account for. Quite a lot of Black Dog stories originate from the English Isles, across the ocean from where I'm living. Over here...

Many of the stories I'm more familiar with relate to truck drivers, like the long-distance transport type. There's a sort of folkloric belief among some of them that suggests that seeing a Black Dog on the road is a sign that they need to pull over because a serious accident is imminent.

that you can take with a grain of salt

Want to develop your OCs and their relationships with one another but don’t know how? have a vague idea for how they’re like but don’t know how to describe them? having a difficulty fleshing them out even though you’ve already written a thousand and one profiles for them?

Try writing dialogues! or not even writing, just imagining them. Interactions!!! Have them talk to your other OCs! Have them talk to you! Imagine situations and have them react to that!

It may be difficult for the first time because the reactions might end up sounding like you, because technically this is just you talking to yourself and your imaginary friends but that’s where all those character profiles would come in handy. In the end, they’re all just guides for your main piece.

Or if you’re having some difficulty with that, try using models from TV shows or other books that have roughly the same personality as your OC! Mix and match traits!