#basically-neroland

NERO:

"did it hurt when you fell from heaven?" *immediately trips over some rubble*

fr though he thinks you're so cool. obviously he was a little skeptical about the angel thing because he has experience with "angels" and they were literally just artificial demons

he warms up to it pretty quick because you have a very different aura from those angels. also he thinks you're gorgeous 🤭 might as well be an angel

DANTE:

would also ask if it hurt when you fell from heaven. PLEASE respond by asking if it hurt when he crawled up from hell, he'll laugh his ass off.

doesn't really believe the angel thing at first. like vergil, he believed they just straight-up didn't exist.

show him your wings and he'll just be like "well shit that's good enough for me. want some pizza?" 💀

VERGIL:

straight-up just doesn't believe that angels exist.

if you try to show him your wings as proof, he'll just say that doesn't mean anything 😭

obviously there's no cheesy lines from this guy

sorry i've literally never written anything for vergil in my life, i've always had zero interest in him 💔💔

nero is the patient type. very caring. he's completely sober because 1. it takes a lot to get him drunk and hates getting hungover and 2. someone has to take care of you.

dante is either drunk with you or doing his best to take care of you. he's... trying.

vergil is, like nero, completely sober. unlike nero, he's not exactly the patient type but he tries because he loves you

nico is drunk off her ass with you. you can't trust her to take care of you and whatever you do, do NOT let her drive. she's crazy on the road sober you don't wanna see her on the road drunk

kyrie is lightly buzzed at most. also the patient, caring type but if you're sober then pssst lemme let you in on a lil (non)secret... she likes being taken care of too...

trish is sober. she isn't exactly the caring type but she does keep you out of trouble

lady is drunk and possibly unconscious.

he's had them since his arm changed from normal and human to demonic (contrary to popular belief, he was not born like that!! according to deadly fortune, he was protecting kyrie and some kids a month prior to the events of dmc4, got injured and THAT'S when his arm changed.)

he hid his arm from everyone at first, including you, but you could see the sudden change in him

suddenly he was a lot more physically affectionate. lots of unnecessary touches, but you didn't think much of it

i've seen this headcanon that all the spardas scent the people they have interest in like a cat. that's basically what nero is doing by touching you, but he doesn't know it

suddenly strangely cuddly when you guys hang out. eventually he took a leap of faith and told you what happened to his arm because he put two and two together 😭

once you knew the truth and promised not to tell, he let loose and just cuddled you and started purring

with his new arm came the need to protect. he always had the need to protect the people important to him, but now it was way more intense. he was lowkey anxious and would periodically wonder what you were doing and if you were safe 😭

before AND after the events of dmc4, he always avoided touching you with his demon arm because he was scared of hurting you. idk if this is canon or not but the thing had a fucking lust for blood, so he always kept it as far away from you as he could

in general he's very gentle with you because he's scared he might accidentally hurt you (he's still like this even if you're a demon hunter too. he just cares about you so much, he'd rather fucking die than hurt you)

his purring is usually pretty quiet and kind of airy. he's just a chill guy! but it gets louder if you rub his head or his back or anywhere really. again, huge cat!

it doesn't matter where you cuddle, he loves you so much and you make him so happy that he just starts purring against his will

one of my fav headcanons i've seen that i chose to also headcanon is that he makes a little chirping noise just for you, and if you mimic it he gets so fucking happy even though it's physically impossible for you to perfectly replicate the sound. it's basically "i love you" on steroids. he gets even happier if you chirp first

not exactly related to demon instincts and stuff but here's a bonus!! i've seen this headcanon a couple times that nero's DT is literally an infant child of a demon even tho he's like 22 and i love that headcanon so. it's true idc it's just a baby

i hope these are what you were looking for!! <3 sorry if not 🥀

he definitely loves playfighting and wrestling and stuff!! you're so right teehee

he's so careful and gentle about it because he KNOWS he's big and heavy

he really doesn't wanna hurt you 😭

first time you started playfighting him, he had no idea what to do. he wanted to retaliate but he was really scared of hurting you

eventually he figured out how to fight back without hurting you

lets go so fast if you start saying "ow" or if you tap out and asks if you're okay

random (loose) chokeholds for no fucking reason. he just does it.

he playfights with kids too, whether you guys have kids or he's just volunteering at the orphanage

he's SO careful with them and lets them win like every time. he acts so defeated so they'll feel like they actually won lmaooo

he's always down to shower with you, no matter what. he loves seeing you naked, but it's completely innocent (unless you guys are getting 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 that is), he knows how to keep things pg. he just loves everything about you, he thinks you're beautiful with zero imperfections.

he's holding you and touching you all over, he canNOT keep his hands off you. he loves skin-to-skin contact more than he'll ever verbally admit

groans and protests half-heartedly when you try to push him off so you can actually wash yourself 😭

but he lets go real fast if you say you'll wash his hair for him 🤭 his head is his weak spot

he loves hugging you from behind and kissing your neck and shoulders. he's super slow and lazy about it, he gets all weak when he gets that much skin-to-skin contact

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he's much more of a shower guy, but if you ask him to take a bath with you, he will. it really doesn't take much convincing LOL. he doesn't care that it's super uncomfortable for him (tall 🥀), if you wanna take a bath with him he'll do it (he's whipped as fuck)

he used to be super shy about anything involving either of you being naked, but once he gets comfortable, it just isn't a problem anymore.

his favourite thing is cuddling naked—innocently. again, he's knows how to keep things pg ✨ just 100% skin-to-skin contact? he's so down for that at all times

oh he gets so clingy. please cuddle him to death. when he has a bad day he usually gets extra clingy

honestly he just wants your love and affection

he's actually content with just laying his head in your lap and you pet his head while doing something else. he just needs physical affection

kisses!! kiss him all over, he loves it

he'd be so happy if you decided to shower with him—sfw, he knows how to keep it pg! he just loves being with you, this calls back to the clingy thing lolz

wash his hair for him, he'll appreciate it so much. devil hunting is tiring and he likes when you touch his head/play with his hair!! it's his weak spot fs. plus he's not super used to being the one being taken care of, he's used to being the carer, so he feels rly loved when you do stuff like this

sometimes he doesn't feel like talking and stuff. it's rare but sometimes he won't get all clingy so it's best to let him shower and then you just sit in the same room together

even when he has a bad day he rarely snaps at you. he hates himself so much when he snaps at you, he's genuinely more upset about it than you are whenever it happens 😭

basically just cuddle him to death and he's happy!!

falls asleep fast as fuck most of the time

he totally sleeps shirtless most of the time. he overheats easily and wants to prevent that

he either sleeps on his stomach or clings to you, there's no in-between

he definitely snores a lot of the time, but it's super quiet and isn't obnoxious

he also drools a little sometimes 😭

he's usually an early riser! if you aren't a morning person, he's usually out of bed by the time you wake up

he's a light sleeper unless you're around. if you're with him he sleeps like a fucking brick and good luck waking him up 💀🙏🏼

that being said, if you get out of bed he'll wake up pretty quick

has a hard time getting back to sleep after having a nightmare, especially if it's a nightmare about you

if you guys are engaged or married, he'll just fidget with the ring on your finger to remind himself that you're safe, alive and breathing right next to him

sometimes he'll give up on sleeping and go watch tv or something in the living room. sometimes you find him passed out on the couch in the morning depending on how tired he was

sometimes when he wakes up and you're still asleep, he'll stay in bed a little longer and just cuddle you while whispering how much he loves you and how much you mean to him

sometimes you'll actually be awake when he does this but you pretend to be asleep so he keeps talking. he isn't very verbally affectionate when you're both fully awake, so you just enjoy it while it lasts. you pretend it never happened so he doesn't get embarrassed <3

i said it before and i'll say it again—he makes the cat activation noise if you wake him up while he's dozing off!!

sometimes starts purring in his sleep if you stroke his hair or rub his back or something. again, he's just a big cat

he doesn't get drunk often, but when he does...

he's the giggly kind. like he's laughing so fucking much, everything is funny to him

but he can also be the emotional type. he has all these walls up and doesn't rly talk about his feelings but once he's drunk he'll start rambling about how much he loves and appreciates everyone and he might even start crying juuust a little

dante knows opening up is hard for nero, so he never teases him about it once everyone's sober again

he's so especially clingy with you too, he does NOT want to let go.

he's telling you how much he loves you and he's kissing you wherever he can reach at that moment. at some point he'll hug you so tight you have to tap out cuz you can't breathe 😭

then he'll be super apologetic for hugging too tight like. he looks like a kicked puppy, he feels so fucking bad even though it's not that big of a deal LMAOOO

overall, as with all things, he's extremely sweet and loving and you should give him a million hugs and kisses 🤭