#c4ec apollo

➤ Marvin June

Growing up with The Split, Marvin knows what it’s like to experience yourself in ways that other people don’t understand.

If your kintype has instincts or behaviors, he finds them endearing instead of strange. She adjusts around you without making a big deal of it.

If you’re having dysphoria, Marvin isn’t always sure how to help, but he’ll stay with you until it passes. She does her best, having experienced gender dysphoria herself.

Marvin admires you for how you live as yourself so freely and unapologetically. Sometimes he wishes he had that kind of confidence in himself.

Marvin doesn’t care what you are, you’re still the person she loves, and that’s not going to change!

➤ Apollo June

Apollo is incredibly curious. The idea of otherkins never even crossed his mind before! Because Apollo asks you so many questions about what it’s like, he learns a lot about you and your experiences.

He and his siblings understand what it’s like to live as something nonhuman, so he’d never judge you for being otherkin, even if he doesn’t entirely get the concept. He’s learning through you!

He researches your kintype because he wants to understand it better. Apollo wants to show you he cares.

Apollo’s especially enthusiastic if your kintype is aquatic! He tells you all about his favorite aquatic animals, especially sharks.

He’s relieved to know that he’s with someone who wouldn’t see him any differently for his different appearance.

➤ Adonis June

Adonis is super excited about the whole concept. It immediately wants to know everything, though his questions are more rapid fire than Apollo’s.

It gladly takes the chance to proudly show off his cat arm prosthetics! They’re one of his favorite things, and he’s happy you like them too.

Adonis constantly boosts your confidence, he could praise you all day long if you’d let him! It helps you feel more assured. Just make sure you do the same for him, he needs it too!

Adonis is sure to match your enthusiasm when you receive any new gear. He’s big on making sure he doesn’t make you feel like your feelings are small.

More than anything, Adonis wants you to feel like you can exist without hiding.

➤ Artemis June

Artemis accepts it almost immediately. To him, it’s just another thing about you, but he’ll tease you affectionately, as he does with just about everyone.

If you’re birdkin and fluff your “phantom feathers,” he’ll grin. Birds of a feather flock together!

Artemis takes any serious mockery personally. Nothing ruffles his feathers (pun intended) more than seeing people mocked for harmless self expression.

If your instincts make you act differently, he doesn’t make it weird. He’s a bird, he has instincts that make him act differently too! It’s something for you to bond over.

If it’d help you to feel like you can fly, he’s glad to pick you up and take you soaring through the sky! It’s also a good way for him to show off, which he loves doing.

➤ Eurydice June

Eurydice understands completely! Having a friend who has an experience somewhat similar to hers makes her feel understood, too.

Working with animals has made her incredibly patient. She knows every living thing communicates differently. Because of that, she never expects everyone to express themselves in the same way.

Her knowledge of mythology occasionally overlaps with your experiences. Eurydice likes telling you about stories that remind her a little of what you tell her.

She invites you to a wildlife rehabilitation center after getting permission from the staff. Nothing makes her more happy than making others happy!

➤ Marvin June

When he finds out you’re a marine biologist, he thinks of AD. While it makes him a bit sad, it only makes him fall further in love with you.

As she slowly unpacks her trauma surrounding what happened with her childhood love, it gets a little easier for her to talk about. She tells you: “You would’ve gotten along with someone I knew…”

Marvin loves to see you happy, which is why he’ll be taking you out on a private boat to look at all the fish you wouldn’t normally be able to see!

She’ll come with you to the aquarium, however she’s not exactly the type of person to read the information signs. She’s far more interested in the sea creatures. You have to give her small fun facts as you go around the building.

You’ll never go hungry during long shifts with Marvin as your partner. He packs you a full lunch box the night before your shift, and he’ll even leave you a note inside!

➤ Apollo June

Though he appears to keep a straight face when you tell him what you do for work, Apollo’s squealing with joy on the inside. He loves sharks, you two are a perfect match!

He asks you plenty of questions, especially about sharks. Before you, Apollo thought he knew just about everything there was to know about sharks. Being with you has given him the chance to learn more about his special interest.

Apollo enjoys sitting in the aquarium and sketching the marine life he sees inside each tank. When he’s done, he likes to gift you some of his drawings!

He loves receiving updates on rehabilitation cases. If you tell him about an animal you’re helping, he’ll ask you how it’s doing a few times a week until it’s fully recovered.

After work, Apollo likes taking you out to grab a cup of coffee while you sit in a comfortable silence. Work can be exhausting, and he fully respects your need for space.

➤ Adonis June

Adonis isn’t as invested in your career as Apollo is, but don’t think he doesn’t care! Adonis quickly comes to love “ugly” sea creatures, such as anglerfish. He knows how it feels to be judged for your appearance, so he gains a particularly soft spot for them.

Adonis still asks questions, however they’re much sillier than the ones Apollo does. It’ll ask you things like: “Can octopi get lonely?” Or “If a whale liked me, could I keep it?”

Taking it to an aquarium can be a bit of a challenge, since the fish swim away the moment they spot it staring through the glass. Guess they’re just not a fan…

Adonis personally assigns each fish a personality in his head. Somehow, he always remembers which fish has what personality.

He enjoys having his head pet like a cat while you tell him all about your day at work. He always ends up asleep within just a few minutes.

➤ Artemis June

To be honest, Artemis thinks about eating the fish. He never acts on it, but there’s a small urge to do it.

Artemis likes to give you fish themed gag gifts for the holidays. You’ve received a hideous pair of sandals that make it look like you’ve stepped in actual fish. He’s surprised when you end up using them for outdoor work.

Being with you allowed him to find his favorite sea creature: the sea slug! He doesn’t quite know why he finds it so fascinating, he just knows that he does.

Sometimes, he’ll tell you “facts” that he knows are wrong just so he can hear you correct him. Artemis doesn’t typically like to be wrong, but hearing you get so passionate about your work makes it worth it to him.

Like Marvin, Artemis would pay for you to go on exclusive trips out onto the ocean. Although he can’t necessarily sightsee with you, being by your side is enough for him.

➤ Eurydice June

Eurydice meets you during a rehabilitation mission. She’s always happy to make new friends, especially ones who love animals just as much as she does!

Your “conversations” are usually just the two of you infodumping to one another back and forth until one of you has to go.

She’s consistently one of your biggest supporters. She always tells you that one day, you’ll do something extraordinary that’ll get you recognized in the field!

Eurydice gets really emotional over the animals she cares for. You’re a shoulder to cry on, which is really helpful when she’s taking a loss particularly hard.

Even when you meet up outside of work, Eurydice is always wearing some kind of fish themed accessory, like a hair clip. She only does this for you.

➤ AD

You’re truly a match made in heaven. Finding out he’s a conservationist made you feel like you were in one of those cheesy romcoms.

When you’re with AD, work isn’t so exhausting. You’re doing what you love with the person you love, what more could you ask for?

AD hopes to propose to you on a warm beach during the sunset once you guys aren’t so busy traveling for work all the time. He daydreams about the moment often.

You like to have playful competitions over who can recall the most facts related to a certain topic. While AD will typically let you win, he doesn’t play around when it comes to sea turtles. He beats you in that area, and it isn’t even close.

Apollo learns your patterns long before he says anything about them. He doesn’t make a big deal of it, he simply quietly adjusts things to your needs. He closes doors around the house softer, he does his best to warn you before any loud noises, and he lowers the brightness in rooms he knows you like to be in.

He’s quick to shut down anyone trying to infantilize you for your autism. Being autistic himself, he knows how insulting it feels, so Apollo is sure to put a stop to that behavior.

He adapts easily when you’re nonverbal. Apollo’s started encouraging you to keep communication cards on hand, that way you can communicate your needs without having to speak.

He isn’t all that big on eye contact himself, so knowing it’s not an important thing for you makes him feel a bit better. He often worries that people think he isn’t listening to them solely because he isn’t really looking directly at them.

Apollo doesn’t force anything on you when you’re having a meltdown. He gifted you a weighted blanket to use when you need pressure to help calm you down. He keeps a comfortable distance between you unless you ask him to sit closer. Though he’s not the best with physical comfort, he doesn’t mind rubbing your back or giving you a small hug if that’s what you need.

When he’s grocery shopping, he makes sure to get foods that he knows you can tolerate. He enjoys cooking, so he doesn’t mind looking up recipes that use your safe foods in them.

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Apollo struggles with asking for reassurance from you directly, so he tries to get around it by asking you these oddly specific questions. You’ll be able to tell when he’s worried you’re upset with him because he’ll ask you things like “Did I upset you earlier?” or “You would tel me if I was becoming too much, yes?”

His favorite form of intimacy is parallel play. He enjoys when you draw while he grades papers, or when you game while he reads.

Apollo has a large collection of pictures of you in his phone. You think it’s silly, but every last one matters to him. There’s blurry photos, photos where you’re mid sentence, and even photos where the lighting is just terrible. Still, he thinks you look great in every one.

You help him understand that usefulness isn’t the same thing as worth. It’s not uncommon for Apollo to overwork himself in the relationship. He worries that if you don’t find use in him anymore, you’ll leave.

He hovers quite a bit. You’ll be on the couch scrolling through messages, having no idea he’s been right behind you with a soft smile across his face until you turn around.

When you compliment something about his appearance, he’ll do his best to make it stand out in the future. You once told him you thought his hair was nice, and the next morning you found him applying extra amounts of hair care products to it.

Even if you’ve grown apathetic or careless about your condition, Apollo stays on top of things, always trying to be as helpful as possible. He doesn’t let you downplay your symptoms or struggles.

He spends time researching everything he can about your condition. Apollo reads medical articles late at night, keeping up with any new breakthroughs.

He helps you build routines that are tailored to your needs, and if you worry, he reassures you that you’re never a burden for needing help. Together, you set medication times, meal times, decompression time, and hydration reminders.

Apollo pays attention to triggers, the things that make your symptoms flare up. He learns what helps, what makes things worse, and when you need to rest.

He’s careful with physical touch, especially when you’re in pain, but if you want it, he’s there. He holds your hand, rests a hand on your shoulder, or gently pets your head.

He carries any emergency medications with him at all times. Apollo hates feeling helpless and prefers to be prepared.

If you’re ever hospitalized or things get worse, he helps you advocate for yourself. He doesn’t let doctors brush your concerns aside.

He’s happy to cook warm meals. He had to learn when he was younger, so he’s had plenty of time to get good at it.

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When Apollo finds you, the first thing he does is hold you close. He holds you tighter than he’s ever held anyone else before. He can’t contain himself. He cries into your hair while he rubs your back. Apollo never wanted to imagine losing you, and now he almost did.

Apollo doesn’t verbally comfort you because he isn’t the greatest with words under stress, but he’s absolutely there for you through his actions. He brings you water while you sit on the couch, wrapped up tight in a blanket.

“What on earth would possess you to do something like that?” Apollo would ask. Just like before, he wouldn’t be angry with you, but he’d be scared. He doesn’t want to lose someone he loves and cares about so much.

He sits with you and listens, holding you closely to his chest the whole time. Apollo isn’t normally a very affectionate person, but in the moment he knows that you need someone to show you that you matter, so that’s exactly what he’s going to do.

Apollo doesn’t force you to explain immediately. He lets you cry for as long as you need to. It’s understandably a very overwhelming experience for you. When you’re ready, he does want at least a couple of answers.

He apologizes to you for not noticing what you were going to do sooner. Apollo promises that from here on out he’s going to be far more vigilant. He tells you how happy he is that it didn’t succeed. He couldn’t bear living in a world without you. You’re his everything. Apollo loves you more than you know.

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He wouldn’t be angry. Far from it. He would never, ever be angry with you for something that’s so hard to control. He’d be disappointed, but not in you, more because he’s upset that your suffering has reached this point.

Apollo understands how it feels. While his self-harm wasn’t typically intentional, he still hurt himself by pulling his own hair out in moments of high stress or by starving himself in favor of monitoring Marvin.

Apollo wouldn’t talk over you. He most certainly wouldn’t put you on blast for “making him worry.” He’d listen to you, because clearly you need someone to hear your struggling and help you do something about it.

One of the first things he’d do is try to help you find alternatives. Self-harm is an addiction. It’s not something you can just quit cold turkey and never think about or do again, and he knows that. So he offers things like rubber bands to snap against your wrist or suggests grasping ice in your fists whenever you’re feeling the urge to hurt yourself.

Apollo doesn’t shame you if you relapse. Of course he wants you to quit, but he understands that recovery isn’t linear and that it takes time, as well as a lot of patience. Patience which he’s happily willing to extend to you when you need it most.

When you go long periods of time without self-harming, he helps motivate you through small rewards, such as treating you to your favorite place to eat or taking you to the aquarium.

Helping you helps him as well. He learns to give himself more grace and time to heal from his own struggles with self-harm, and that while setbacks may occur, they don’t mean you’ll never recover or feel any better.

Apollo wouldn’t do any of the corny, guilt-tripping stuff that people show in the movies. He’d never tell you to quit for him, he wants you to quit for yourself because you deserve to be happy.

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