#deadhoode

- When Lisa sits on Ramone's lap, she will purr praises and sweet nothings into his ear, but she also loves to twirl his hair around her finger. Whether they're at his VIP table, she will grab a strand of his hair and twirl it around her finger (don't worry, she's careful not to mess with his hair) and when she's done, he has a little superman curl afterwards. She'll also twirl any chest hairs that he might have. LIKE THAT IS HER SECRET WEAPON AGAINST HIM. Hypnotize him with her pretty snowy owl eyes as she climbs on top of him seductively as she twirls his hair between her fingers as she smiles (it is her genuine smile, she can't help it around him) and talks in that playfully sweet voice (NOT BABY TALKING, just very playful and teasing) if her Ray will do a teensy-tiny favor for her♡

- Vincent is still very physically fit and can fight. Like he does spar, he just needs a few medical things on stand by. Like an inhaler to catch his breath or something, but he most definetly still spars. AND ROBERT LOVING TO SPAR WITH HIM BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY TIME VINCENT WILL WEAR CLOTHES THAT ARE SOMEWHAT FORM FITTING. Like he's wearing a compression tank top and very shapely sports shorts as he and Robert spar in the temperature controlled room (cold enough for Robert but warm enough for Vincent). BUT ROBERT JUST LOVING TO SEE VINCENT FIGHT, even though he doesn't really need to. Meanwhile, Vincent doesn't go all out when he fights Robert partly because he doesn't want to deal with his whining but also he just...can't find it in him to be aggressive towards Robert. Yeah, he's calculating sadistic but it's actually very hard for Robert to get on Vincent's nerves or make him genuinely upset because Vincent finds everything about Robert endearing. LIKE OTHER PEOPLE TOTALLY PISS HIM OFF but if Robert was trying to annoy him, Vincent won't do anything be upset just because...it's his Robbie, you know? (This does cause him to be dismissive of Robert during arguments). SO YEAH, INSTEAD OF HITTING ROBERT OR KNOCKING HIM OUT OF THE RING TO LET HIM KNOW THAT HE'S OUT, Vincent will pinch his cheek or nose, or he'll maneuver to one of his tickle spots and tickle him until he falls down before he grins and says: "aaaand, you're out.~"

LIKE, THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS NOT GONNA BE A SMOOTH ONE, AT ALL. Vincent is the problem a majority of the time and Robert just kind of understanding why Blaise was the way she was. From Vincent's perspective: he's dying soon and he wants to leave a legacy, he wants to create something that will outlast him so he didn't just die as his parents failed experiment, but as someone who did something. But this causes him to be incredibly selfish because he's constantly thinking about what HE has to do to ensure HALT'S legacy/HIS legacy by any means. So he just gets annoyed when Robert argues with him about ethics and morals because it's the same things he's heard before and Robert is wasting his time.

And when Robert is all: "NO. I'm not coming back this time if all you're gonna do is be an asshole everytime! You always apologize but you don't mean it because YOU DON'T CHANGE." and Vincent frowns and he's all: "Robert, my time is very limited. I don't want to waste it to 'change' myself for you."

Robert: "YOU'D BE DOING IT FOR US. Vincent, we have been so miserable lately and this is exactly what happened with you and Blaise. The difference is that I'm not gonna stick around long enough for you to get bored of me."

And Vincent frowns as Robert turns away and he self reflects on that. Meanwhile, Robert just ignoring his calls until he gives him a genuine apology with some actual CHANGE. While Vincent frowns and sees Robert hasn't texted him back even though he sent him so many designer clothes and jewelry as an apology. After a few days, Vincent would be able to apologize and make a promise that he'll try to change but Blaise let him get away with so much shit because they were each other's first that its hard to adjust.

Not to mention that factor where Blaise was predictable, easy to read, and that Vincent knew everything about her and how it worked. From her thoughts to her body language to her reactions- She was easy. She was a predictable variable. Robert is still unknown to Vincent, which Vincent both lives and hates because while Robert is seemingly predictable, he obviously has his own complexities that Vincent has yet to discover and excites him. But then Robert has to remind him that he's not ACTUALLY a science experiment. He's a living breathing human being who is also HIS boyfriend. So Vincent sucks at being a boyfriend but he tries so hard.

BUT LIKE, ROBERT AND VINCENT ARE SO "NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED"/ "NO, ONE MOURNS THE WICKED." because people who meet Vincent genuinely see a mad scientist who hides his cruelty and sadism through a stoic facade but the truth is: no one on HALT is truly evil and they all genuinely believe they're doing something good, they just believe in doing whatever it takes to get what they want because they believe they have the best interest in the world.

And that's the scary and tragic thing about them. When Vincent tells Robert about how he designed the prison, he speaks of it so fondly and he's all: "Think about it, with all of these new metahumans coming out...wouldn't it be nice to give the world some piece of mind? Amanda only prioritized America but HALT? We're prioritizing the world. Wouldn't it be such a nice feeling, Robert? To know that you'd no longer have to live in fear of the next Starro attack or another threat from some galactic maniac?" and Robert just holding his hand and he's all: "Vincent...Sweetie...Most people think that what you're doing is cruel and wrong. Malhaven has done more harm than it has good."

Vincent: "So then I improve, I make it better. It's not evil, I assure you, but not all villains can be reformed and not all of them can just be left on the streets. That's how people die."

Robert: "Vince...people think you're a sadist."

Vincent: "Those are people who never had to pick up the pieces of families who were destroyed from villain attacks. Robert...Schatz, you know me, I'm not a cold man...figuratively and metaphorically, that is. Literally, I very much am so."

and Robert hugs him and says: "That's not how people will remember you, Vinny."

and Vincent hugs him back: "They don't know whats good for them. Besides...I don't care abiut what they remember me as. Not when I know that you'll always remember me for what I really am. An optimist...a genius...a lover.~"

and he kisses Robert along his neck and Robert chuckles and clings to him before he sighs softly and just feels such heavy confliction in his heart. AND LIKE, ROBERT KIND OF GETTING DEFENSIVE ABOUT VINCENT WHEN HIS TEAM SAYS SHIT LIKE: "That fucking apathetic freak." or describes him as "heartless" or "uncaring" or make jokes about how Robert could love someone who acts more robot than an actual robot. Like, Rosario just talking shit and Robert clenches his fist before he swings at Rosario and yells: "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. AT LEAST MY BOYFRIEND TRIES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. YOURS IS JUST SOME CONVICT WHO TALKS FANCY." and Rosario just glaring at him and they have to be pulled apart before they fight (Robert is not winning that, I'm sorry, it just has to be said) but Robert walking off and he's angry because they don't know Vincent.

Not like he does.

Chase: "GOOCH!?"

Blaise: "RIGHT!? I almost die on multiple fucking planets fighting monsters like these and he names it GOOCH."

Vincent: "I'M SORRY, I LITERALLY CREATED LIFE AND YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE NAME."

Troy: "Why did you name it that?"

Vincent: "I dunno."

And he just works on his latest gadgets or he updates his HALT security program but then he sighs and he just runs his hands through his own hair and tears form in his eyes before he just sits up and comes out of his lab and immediately just looks for Robert and hugs him tightly.

Robert: "...No good news?" and Vincent just sobs and hugs him a little tighter and Robert hugs him tightly. And Robert turns around and hugs him and says: "It's okay, there's always next time. Okay?"

AND LIKE, sometimes he'll just say a bunch of depressing stuff. Like, he and Robert are having dinner and Vincent says: "Would you want to get married?" and Robert blushes: "Why? Are you...well, are you thinking about it?"

Vincent: "Yeah, why not? It'll be a win-win for you. If I live and we work out, you get a fortune and if I die, you still get a fortune and I'll at least get piece of mind knowing you're taken care of." and Robert frowns: "Vincent, if we get married, I want to get married because it feels right to us...not because you're having a crisis."

Vincent: "I might not have a lot of time to figure out if "things are right" at the rate I'm going."

Robert: "Vincent, we know that your health has taken dives like this before. You always find a way to get better so please stop talking like you're about to give up!" and Vincent looks at Robert and just taps his top lip with his napkin.

Vincent: "...You're right...I'm sorry, you know how I get rather macabre. It's just....frustrating. I take one big step forward only to take a step back and it's not...it's not fair. I'm not going anywhere and I just...I'm tired of fighting this."

Robert: "I know, I know but please...keep having hope. Please don't leave me if you can help it."

BUT LIKE, IMAGINE HOW PRETTY HE'D LOOK WITH FROZEN TEARS. Obviously Robert doesn't like to see him cry but he does look absolutely gorgeous. And like, Robert just admiring because Vincent truly looks so beautiful when he cries. And like, Vincent knowing its kind if weird but Robert gently talking off the ice that has frozen onto Vincent and kissing him and Vincent just cuddling closer next to him and hugging him and he's all: "Please, don't leave me alone right now." and Robert smiles and kisses his head.

But Robert just playing and trying to throw a snowball at a kid but then he accidentally hits Vincent and Vincent just stands there and looks at Robert and Robert is all: "BABE, I AM SO SORRY, I-" and Vincent just kinda snickering before he starts breaking out into laughter and he just wipes the snow off his face. Robert just being terrified that his boyfriend has fucking lost it but then Vincent just looking up at him and Robert can actually see some vibrant life in his dead eyes for once before Vincent is all: "What do you think, kids? Should I get even?" and then he uses his powers to summon a snowball in his hand and it's a HUGE one and Robert just being all: "BAAABE, C'MON!" and Vincent chasing him down and all the kids try to corner Robert and Robert being all dramatic and is all, "FINE! I GIVE UP!" Vincent just walking up to him and bopping his nose with the snowball, not crushing it in his face, but Robert scrunching up his nose and sighing in relief but Vincent winks at him and he's all: "Scared ya, didn't I?~" and Robert just blushing because he's never seen Vincent so playful and happy before.

and Vincent is all: "Oh...I did not mean to give you that impression...I rather enjoy spending time with you but I also find joy in noticing small details and mistakes in movies."

Robert: "Pfft, you have a funny way of showing it."

And Vincent just looks at Robert and sits up a little and leans closer to him, like one arm is around his shoulder, and Robert is totally confused but he's leaning closer to him too BECAUSE HE LIKES WHERE THIS IS GOING. When Vincent closes his eyes and puckers his lips, Robert smiling brightly but pressing his lips against his and it's not a little peck on the cheek.