#dake headcanon

Definitely not, I have no problem writing for a male!candy at all! And that’s actually a good question, what DO we call male candies?? Mike and Ike’s?? Idfk xD

(Also these aren’t like super romantic but I assumed you guys were dating? Hope that’s okay! And this came out more gender neutral than male!candy than I wanted it to, sorry about that!)

Dakota

Dakota looooves all things marine life, and because of this I feel like he may be very interested in the mythology of mermaids. I don’t think he believes in them, but he definitely thinks they’re cool.

That being said, since he is a lover of the ocean you’re really going to have to come out with some sort of excuse as to why you won’t go swimming with him. You could go and just get your feet wet but Dake would want to take it further and start trying to splash you or drag you further into the water. So just say that you’re scared of the ocean or something, make up some story behind it lol he’s convinced he can make you get over that fear.

BUT a really cool job for you to have that would also make him really happy to see is being a merman for the local aquarium! Idk what it’s called exactly but those places where they have the person dressed as a mermaid swimming around in a tank to entertain the kids? He’d love seeing you do that! You invite him to come and see you, using your employee discount to get him in lol. And he goes to your section of the room and is just so in awe. Your tail looks so… real? The way the scales reflect off of it, the way you seem to handle it so well. Just remember to breathe through your oxygen tube every once in a while so that he doesn’t realize anything fishy (HA) is going on. And it doesn’t contradict anything because he understands that a controlled tank of water is a lot less intimidating than an ocean, which can get really aggressive at times.

He’ll wait around for you until your shift is done just walking around the zoo for a while, which works out because that gives you time to change back into your human form in your changing room. When you finally catch up with him he’s just like “Babe that was absolutely incredible, I don’t know how you manage to swim so freely in that tail. And your form is perfect!” He’s so proud of his fish boi.

If you want to tell him that’s up to you but in this scenario I feel like he’d find out by catching you out somewhere lol like maybe it’s really late at night and he decides to go for a walk on the beach. He invited you to go with him but you aren’t answering the phone. He takes his usual route, straight down the beach. He gets to his usual spot, but then feels the urge to go a little further for once. He sees a bunch of rocks and boulders, climbs on top of them to get a nice view of the ocean. Such a beautiful moonlit night. And as he’s basking in this view, that’s when something catches his eye further out in the water. Did he just see… a tail?? He brushes it off as just an abnormally large fish, but then a few minutes later it comes up again and he’s like aye mate what the FUCK?? Lmaooo he climbs back down and is about to rush towards the water when he sees a pile of clothes. Very familiar looking clothes at that. Are those… are those the clothes he saw his boyfriend wearing earlier? He looks out again and waits to see if something will come up again. And after a few moments, he sees a head poke out. It’s dark, and yet he still knows thats it’s you. “Y...Y/N!?” And when you frantically turn around and the dip back under the water, it’s confirmed for him lol

You’re out of the water now, you haven’t fully dried off so you’re still in your mer-form. He keeps looking back at you, back at your tail, back at you. “....So this is why you don’t go swimming with me…” he’s not even upset about you not telling him he’s just extremely shooketh. I think a good way to get him used to the whole thing is to just take him for a dive. Kind of like riding a dolphin but… a merman instead lol. Take him as deep as you can go, he’ll really enjoy being able to see all that marine life up close and personal. More points if you rush to the surface and leap through the air, he’ll have the time of his life.

Lysander

Lysander has never been too interested in mythology. He does enjoy reading the different beliefs and folklore stories from around the world but he isn’t an avid myth believer. Just not something that crosses his mind too much.

And honestly you don’t have to try too hard with him when it comes to making up excuses as to why you can’t go swimming or something, because he’s just a ‘go with the flow’ kind of guy. He likes swimming and he does enjoy playing around in water sometimes, but he won’t push you to go swimming if you don’t want to. If he’s at the beach he’d much prefer to just relax on a lounge chair with a good book or his journal, the environment gives him a nice motivation boost to write! Maybe some nice fruity drinks from the bar with you by his side, just enjoying each other’s company. He does, however, find it really strange how panicky you get when it starts to rain very hard, so good luck finding an excuse for that one lol. He’s like, it’s just water? Get an umbrella and go it’s fine??

One thing he does find ironic yet also really likes about you is your love for the sea. He goes to your house and there’s just so many insane looking seashells and pictures from underwater (which he assumes you printed offline somewhere lmao). You’ve also got a box full of what you like to call “lost things”, and he thinks that’s pretty cool. It’s full of items that people have lost in the ocean. Earrings, pendants, sunglasses, bracelets, etc. he’s kind of in shock at some of the things you have in there because some items look SO expensive! Why you haven’t sold them and became a millionaire, he isn’t sure of lol. Just say you found them on multiple beaches though because how are you going to explain how you dove into the ocean and found a real pearl necklace??

I think your best bet with Lysander is to just tell him that you’re a merman. Of course he’s not going to understand where you’re going with this so just like, take him into the bathroom and sit in the tub. “Y/N what are you doing??”

“Just give it a few minutes, you’ll see Lys!”

And so he waits, kind of wanting to chuckle at you because he thinks you’re playing but also waiting because you seem to be very serious for some reason.

A few moments go by, and he’s about to say something again when he notices it. Your legs are..molding together? You’re growing scales, and FINS??? What is happening? And you guys know that face Lysander makes when he's really surprised or embarrassed by something? Imagine that but like 10x. Lysander rarely ever gets freaked out but right now? He is NOT okay.

“Lysander, I know it’s a lot to handle but please just calm down.”

“H-how are you…???”

Honestly just give him a moment to process everything. He’ll eventually calm down on his own and be okay enough to speak to you but for now just let him sit down and take it all in. I mean, can you blame his reaction? You’re a literal MERMAN. HALF HUMAN HALF FISH. He doesn’t know what to think. When he finally can speak, you can feel a little relief off your shoulders because at least it’s not a deal breaker. He’s actually kind of satisfied knowing all of this now, because now all of your strange behaviors have reasoning lmaooo “So that would explain why you hate people who eat seafood so much.”