#cypher headcanons

Astra

Astra probably doesn’t define herself purely within Western queer discourse

Despite this, she’s one of the best to talk about general queer crises as she’s very secure in herself— she’s always there with a grounding comment

She’s very open with her love

If she did identify with something, it’d probably be sapphic because she likes the ideology behind it

Breach

Breach figured out pretty early on that he was queer

Being an international criminal definitely gave him room to experiment, though not always in the safest ways

Like Astra, doesn’t really care about the specifics— he likes who he likes. Likewise, definitely down for a poly relationships

Part of the reason he was drawn to Raze when they met was not just because they were fellow engineers but because queer solidarity

Brimstone

Bear— need I say more?

This man definitely had a relationship/ pining with the guy in the photos in his office

The majority of the time he served, the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy was in place, and it weighed heavily on his mind as a gay man

If he has to act like he’s attracted to women, I want him to act like Captain Holt (B99)

Chamber

I saw the post about Chamber just being an “America-core Frenchman” and I agree so hard

Yes, he may put on airs of arrogance and superiority, but this man is the whiniest. Bottom. Ever.

He’s always so perfectly in control, in his manner and appearance, he enjoys letting go sometimes. Would enjoy being tied up and gun kink (enough said).

Also, trans (“Vincent” literally screams Victorian child wannabe)

Would use gold tattoos to decorate his top scars

Cypher

Omnisexual/ bisexual— I think the true tragedy of Cypher being forced to hide his identity is that he can’t have relationships/ hookups with everyone he finds attractive (which is, to be fair, a lot of people)

Though, assuming Nora is his wife and still alive, Cypher would remain faithful

He isn’t above flirting with other people though

Very slight voyeurism kink

Fade

Definitely a lesbian catgirl

Contrary to her abilities, I doubt she’s into BDSM/ heavy kink— she’s experienced so much horror in the eldritch realm, I imagine she just wants really caring sex/ relationships and isn’t as much into control play

Does really subtle things to celebrate pride, like rainbow studs or painting her nails rainbow

Jett

Jett would likely take a long time to come to terms with her sexuality, with her parents being a bit more conservative (let's go Asian parents!!)

Being at the VP was her first opportunity to really experiment and naturally, she latched onto the person she had grown closest with— Phoenix

My favorite HC is that Jett and Phoenix getting together was what made both of them realize that they prefer the other gender

I think Jett would like to be a bit more flexible with her own label, seeing herself as a sapphic

KAY/O

Kay/o gives demisexual vibes, as he would take a long time to process that he even liked someone and that it was possible with his programing

Given the theories about Kay/o being based off one of Brim’s old friends (and with all the imagery of them carrying each other) — perhaps romance could bloom there?

If he found he enjoyed sex, he would be incredibly disappointed he can’t give oral (like really just absolutely torn up about it)

Killjoy

Panromantic asexual— I think KJ is just someone who’s not that interested in sex, but romantically a lot of people

Obviously, I love KJ and Raze being girlfriends, and so I think Killjoy would be willing to have sex/ enjoys pleasuring Raze as she’s not sex-repulsed, just wouldn’t seek it out if her partner didn’t want it!

Would be interested in using different toys to see how Raze reacts

Neon

Bisexual queen— enjoys relationships with all people

Also trans, using she/they pronouns! It took them a long time to come to terms with being bisexual and trans, but they’re truly happy now, being able to do the work they love and be themself

Despite her electric fast abilities, Neon’s a hopeless romantic and enjoys taking relationships slow

A bit of a classic bisexual in that they’re constantly worrying that they’re faking it— what if they’re actually straight? Or just gay? All she knows is that she loves who she loves and tries to find solace in that

Would try to paint her surge protector rainbow

Omen

Omen is genderqueer (using all pronouns)— as their old life fades from their mind, I think they could find solace in gender expression and how they present. They’ve been called a lot of things— demon, a hollow shell of a man, but none of those feel quite right. Being genderqueer gives Omen a sense of control and for the first time, a label that feels right to them

Even though he can struggle with corporeality sometimes, he really enjoys giving hand jobs— it gives them something to focus their form on (though if Omen gets really excited, he might disappear into smoke a bit)

They are the ultimate malewife in the relationship

Phoenix

As said with the Jett HC, they were their realizations that they were queer

On Phoenix’s half, I see him as bisexual, with a leaning toward men (as for Jett, it just wasn’t the right fit— but it was being with her that made him realize he had a much larger potential for who he could love)

He would bug Yoru into showing him his drag fits and want to try it out

Raze

Lesbian all the way! Raze loves the deepness and explosivity of relationships with other women

Very respectful of KJ’s asexuality and they’ve had long talks about what each of their needs are

Doesn’t want to push KJ to have sex with her, but finds it amusing that KJ can make sex enjoyable for herself by making Raze the test subject

Not to get into explicit detail, but let’s just say Killjoy has definitely kept Raze up way longer than she expected

Reyna

While she may not identify as the term exactly, I think Reyna could be a graysexual lesbian, in the sense that she isn’t attracted to men, and doesn’t entirely enjoy sex

Headcanon that she faced a lot of pressure from being a conventionally attractive, authoritative latina— which pushed her into realizing she doesn’t enjoy male attention

If she is sexually attracted to someone, she’s into switching. She finds being top fun, but it’s a turn off if that’s expected of her all the time. Sometimes Reyna just wants to be taken care of :(

I think the Reyna/ Sage pairing is cute and could make for an interesting “coworkers to enemies to lovers” dynamic. They clearly have a lot of emotions toward each other, and their powers poetically contrast each other

She can be a bit of a sadist, especially if it’s a hookup, but tries to tone it down for Sage as their relationship develops

Sage

Didn’t think about sexuality for a long time, with pressures from her family and work

Following the first light incident and the awakening of her radiant abilities, Sage begins to finally self-reflect internally and honestly

Identifies primarily as gay/ queer. For all the nuance of Sage’s advice to others, she finds it enough to acknowledge that she loves differently and whom she loves is not who her parents expected of her

At the same time, Sage is the most likely to read up on queer discourse— she finds it interesting to see how others have grappled with the questions she has and how perspectives have changed over time within the LGBT+ community

Surprisingly really enjoys being a top and in control. It helps her relax and gives her a feeling of agency

In a pre-relationship to Reyna, perhaps Reyna was the first to realize her feelings, yet still acted aggressively. Sage took a long time to unwrap her identity and then eventually reached back out to Reyna, healing their past relationship

Skye

Queer and polyamorous— Skye loves to just go to a bar and meet others, have an adventure

While she doesn’t have particular kinks, she’s a very flexible and caring partner, would be happy to experiment with whatever

Most likely to settle on a farm with her partners, two dogs, and a myriad of other animals

Sova

The sort of person who always secretly knew he was gay. Also could see Sova as nonbinary, using they/he pronouns!

Didn’t really have to work through a lot of toxic masculinity to get to these realizations, as while sexuality/ gender aren’t really discussed where they’re from, it just wasn’t the focus

His hometown was so far north and cold that whoever brought in food was appreciated, regardless of gender. Survival and family was the largest emphasis

Enjoys wearing fur heeled boots as a treat to himself (also just when it’s cold enough to even warrant the boots they have from home)

They’re definitely either the gentlest top, or a power bottom

While enjoying some classic vanilla sex, is also into being tied up

Viper

Not asexual, but highly touch starved from isolating herself in her work

Bisexual, with a leaning toward women/ nonbinary folk. She’s had relationships with men but they just don’t satisfy her the same way (also she’s tired of being underestimated in science because she’s a woman)

Strong dom, takes care of her partners well (as meticulous as she is, not a detail goes out of place with aftercare). Also would be into breathplay

Yoru

I’m sorry, but he gives “you’re gay because you like men, I’m gay because I hate women, we are not the same” energy

With his interest in fashion and makeup, Yoru would enjoy drag, putting his own spin on it with Japanese culture— he’s more flattered than he’d like to admit when the other queens compliment his outfits and makeup

Honestly, he would struggle a lot with dismantling internalized homophobia and the toxic self expectations he has for himself— this would come out in inadvertently being an asshole on dates by accident

“Well this is certainly an interesting predicament,” he laughs, looking over at you, “It’s not what I had in mind, but it will do. After all, I’m in the presence of such lovely company,” he chuckled. You cleared your throat awkwardly, shuffling backward. “I uh…I know you need space to set up, so I can sleep on the couch,” you said gesturing to the small sofa in the corner.

“Nonsense,” he shook his head, “There’s more than enough room here for the two of us, and I definitely don’t mind sharing with you.” You blinked, suddenly at a loss for words, not knowing what to say or how to react. “Oh,” you could feel your face heating up as you looked away trying to think of an excuse. “I starfish on the bed so I wouldn’t want to accidentally hit you or knock you off,” you blubbered out, shrinking back as Cypher approached you. Though you couldn’t see his face through the mask, you could sense that he had a smug smile on. “Now now, there’s no need for that, like I said there’s plenty of room,” he said, guiding you towards the bed. “Get some rest, I’ll alert you if there’s any activity in the warehouse, or if Brimstone was just a tad too worried,” he mused, humming softly to himself.

Letting out a shaky breath, you settled underneath the covers, shutting your eyes.

[.....]

Looking up from his hastily built setup, he looked back at you, his expression grim. Gently, he brushed a strand of your hair out of your face, checking to see if you were asleep. You barely stirred as he pulled his hand away. Your chest rose and fell slowly, your breaths coming out in short puffs. You hugged a pillow tightly, your brow furrowed and your body curled away from the screen. He laughed softly, pulling off his mask, his features hidden in the shadows of the dark room.

“So unguarded,” he murmured, “If I wanted to I could just….” he didn’t finish his sentence, growing quiet as he stared at you, the glow from the computer screen illuminating your face. Cypher stared down at his hands examining them in the low light, “What these hands have done…what I have done…I hope you do not need to bear the burden that I do myself,” he chuckled softly. “Sleep well, my rose.” he mused, turning back to the screen, rotating between each of the cameras set up.

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Astra:

No voice lines I could find

Cypher does not know Astra very well, and they do not spend very much time together without another agent that knows both of them

When they are alone, Cypher mostly just finds Astra annoying

Breach:

Breach! Breach! I took a servo from your arms for my tripwire. Don’t be angry. Breach…

Breach and Cypher love making trouble together

Their conflicting personalities and abilities have given them great synergy

At the same time his height, bulkiness, and general scariness terrifies Cypher and he is always careful to not pass any boundaries around Breach, but he will mess with Breach’s things

Their favorite things to do together are mess with other agents - using tripwires and flashes and concusses to confuse everyone

Brimstone:

Let me see if I can hack into that Brimstone's bracer. If he's anything like our Brimstone, he won't know how to fix it, haha.

Brimstone is considered a party pooper by Cypher

While Cypher enjoys being with Brimstone, Brimstone is often keeping Cypher from acting out his ideas.

Brimstone and Cypher spend most their time together training

Cypher is constantly pranking Brimstone by messing with his electronics

Jett:

Fly my wind assassin, do what you do best.

Jett annoys Cypher, but he also loves her sense of humor

The main thing they do together is play board games: Cypher loves chess to see all the angles, but Jett prefers classics like Clue because she thinks they’re more fun and doesn’t want to do strategy

Neither of them really likes card games so they don’t usually play those

They have a really strong bond, one of the strongest within the Protocol, and that can be seen by their synergy on missions

Killjoy:

Little engineer, I borrowed one of your transmitters for my camera. I'll pay you back, probably.

Cypher doesn’t particularly like Killjoy, and the feeling is absolutely mutual

They do sometimes geek out together over scientific discoveries

The activity they do most together is hacking people as mission prep but Cypher hates it because he’s the hacker and she’s constantly trying to correct him when she doesn’t know what she’s doing

Omen:

No voice lines from Cypher to Omen

Cypher doesn’t really like Omen, and Omen is relatively indifferent to Cypher

They don’t spend time together, though Cypher is intrigued about what exactly Omen is

Phoenix:

Phoenix, oh, you are really aggressive, I’m impressed and a little scared.

Cypher really likes messing with Phoenix

Phoenix is so gullible that Cypher can convince him to do anything

Cypher is also smart enough to make it look like he had nothing to do with it

Phoenix usually knows Cypher is messing with him but he finds it funny to go along with whatever Cypher says and keeps doing it

Raze:

Izze, don’t tinker with my gadgets. I don’t need exploding cameras again. The cleanup was so messy.

Cypher really enjoys being with Raze, even if she destroys his stuff!

She has this really positive energy that he loves being around and he can’t help but smile when he’s with her

He also appreciates her music taste and whenever they get drunk together they end up blasting music in one of their rooms for hours

She also makes great cocktails and is a great person to talk to

Reyna:

Reyna, jeez! Leave some for the rest of us... Or don't. Haha, I-I am sorry.

Similarly to Breach, Reyna terrifies Cypher

At the same time they’re really playful together!

Cypher has spent a lot of time observing her in an attempt to better understand her behaviors and the root of her anger but hasn’t been able to figure it out. Reyna knows he’s been doing this but doesn’t care since he’s not doing it in a way that threatens her.

When Raze and Cypher go drinking, they often take Reyna because she’s a riot when drunk - she usually ends up throwing around blinds and talking in fluent Spanish and the other two love being with her when this happens

Reyna and Cypher talk. A lot. They basically vent all their problems to each other and it feels like they new each other for years before either joined the Protocol.

Together, they give off the vibe of exes who are still great friends

Sage:

So, Sage, you can bring people back from the dead? Anyone? No constraints? Interesting. 

Cypher and Sage have a, well, complicated relationship.

Cypher is very intrigued as to her powers, but she does not want anything to do with reviving Nora

Due to this, they do not have a friendship, just a purely professional relationship.

Skye:

No voicelines from Cypher to Skye

Cypher thinks Skye is... well, a bit weird

They play card games sometimes, but they have a strange on-and-off friendship

No one knows why they have this strange friendship, but they do

Sova:

Ah, Sova, my friend, that was amazing! 

Cypher likes Sova.

He enjoys going out for drinks with Sova, but they never go drinking with Raze or Reyna

Kinda like with Jett, Sova has a love for tabletop games, but he plays card games

Cypher doesn’t usually play card games due to his casino past, but if Sova gets him drunk enough he’ll play poker

They also play Pool and watch other sports when they’re drunk together

Sova is also the kind of person that you can just share anything to, and they do that all the time

One of the other things they do a lot is go to animal rescue centers and meet all the animals, Sova loves to see how all the animals love Cypher and Cypher just likes meeting the animals

Viper:

Viper, who's birthday is March 20th? I found it when, uh...Haha, okay, okay, I have everyone's passwords.

Cypher loves pranking Viper because she’s so uptight and angry all the time

But at the same time, he also helps her a lot - he’s the one that designed several of her items, so they have a good relationship

He knows a lot of her secrets but would never share them because he secretly likes her a lot

She also secretly likes him a lot and is never really angry with him, it’s more of a show for other agents

When there’s nobody around they often go drinking or out to have fun together

Yoru:

No voicelines from Cypher to Yoru

Cypher hates Yoru, he’s too arrogant and selfish.

Cypher does his best to not be alone in a room with Yoru because Yoru will start a conversation and Cypher can’t stand talking to Yoru