#fluff hcs

the life of a pro hero is a demanding one by its very nature. it’s one that, even within the most well established and well staffed agencies in the country, necessitates long exhausting shifts and a work-life balance that almost makes the word ‘balance’ in the phrase look entirely irrelevant most days.

it’s also a life that tends to be rather isolating for those who go down that path, even if it sounds almost absurd to feel lonely and unseen when you’re constantly mobbed by the adoring public and your name is uttered reverently in every household — because an increased public presence means an absence in the home and a breakdown of relationships as a result as the non-hero partner is left feeling abandoned, unseen, and overwhelmed

but when you and katsuki got together back during your last year of school, right before he was set to finally go pro, you were already well aware of what you were getting into and were ready to stand by his side as the best support he could ever ask for

(well, domestic support… the actual support people on scene were arguably going to be much more help for him during his work. but that’s just semantics!)

so the two of you came to an agreement, somewhere between your engagement and finalising the details of your wedding, that he’d be the main breadwinner and you’d be the one to take care of the home. because with the salary he was already on with his agency there wasn’t any real necessity for you to work, unless you wanted to work as a hobby — and, thankfully, you were of much the same mind, settling comfortably into the role of ‘house spouse’ shortly after you two got married

as far as house chores go, despite his demanding schedule bakugou does try his best to help out wherever and whenever he can. and that includes splitting chores evenly on his days off, taking over the less recurring chores so you don’t have to worry about them (vehicle maintainance, window cleaning, etc.), meal prepping with you during the evenings to lighten your load, and running any last minute errands for the household on his way home from the agency. because, yes, he recognises that as the breadwinner he could pull the ‘you’re at home all day’ card and just relax during his time off instead, but he was raised well enough to want to take care of you like you take care of the home — hence his very stubborn determination to help out as much as he does (and, no, you cannot talk him out of it but good luck trying!)

he makes a point of spoiling you whenever and however he can — either directly (like through buying you and some close friends slots at some all inclusive spa, or surprising you with some new jewellery/clothes he knows you’ve been eyeing lately), or indirectly through taking care of things he knows you were worried about or intending to do if you don’t happen to take well to being spoiled. and, because bakugou is bakugou, he will brush off all of his gifts as him just doing the bare minimum or by using some other such excuse that you both know is a complete lie

he’s a very strong believer in the ‘happy spouse, happy life’ school of thought and it shows. bakugou refuses to be one of those guys who leaves you hanging and neglects your relationship, even unintentionally, and he makes it very clear that he wants you to tell him how you’re feeling and what you need from him — be that more time off, more communication, or more help within the home, because he will always do his best to provide that for you. of course there’s only so much he can do, and there will be times where hero work leaves him so utterly hollowed out that he ends up withdrawing for a time, but it’s never permanent and on the whole he does keep a very strong level of communication with you — even if it’s just a few texts throughout the day to check up on you and complain about the ‘dumbasses’ he works with

and god help anyone he catches disrespecting you for the fact that you don’t work and handle all the domestic stuff instead, because they will be getting a very swift and thorough demonstration of the temper he’s done so well to quell since graduation faster than they can even finish saying the words ‘gold digger’

tamsy caines is a man who always seems to be a few steps ahead of everyone around him, someone who hides behind a facade of kindness and patience in order to keep others — especially his fellow cleaners — off the scent of who he truly is and what he’s actually capable of doing. and even once you become his partner it will take a very long time for you to get to see beyond the mask that tamsy wears, and unless you’re particularly perceptive you may just never end up completely understanding and knowing the man you’ve committed yourself to

(which, naturally, tamsy would prefer to be the case — not out of a lack of trust, because he wouldn’t be with you if he didn’t trust you above anyone else, but because things are simpler this way and the last thing he needs is unnecessary complications getting in the way of his grand plans)

given the choice he will never completely open up to you about his interactions with the sphere and his investment in rudo’s growth and potential, but once you’ve been together for a long enough time he may start to hint at what he’s done and why he is the way he is. he’s still very intentional about what he shares and when, but this is his version of vulnerability and despite how calm he appears as he’s speaking it took a lot of careful deliberation and planning his words out before he finally came to you and opened up

while he can be very casual about physical affection with you, tamsy prefers to keep any and all pda to a minimum — unless he feels the need to passively stake his claim on you in front of someone that he deems is getting too close, or touchy, or flirty with you. when you’re alone, though, he’s not nearly as picky and will let you do whatever you want and will reciprocate unless he has something important that he needs to work on (at which point you will be gently removed from his person and encouraged to go entertain yourself elsewhere until he’s finished with whatever it is he needs to do)

his favourite places to kiss you are your lips, your palms, and the tips of your fingers — and while he isn’t particularly fussy about where you kiss him, he can’t deny that he quite enjoys it when you kiss him on his scar or anywhere on his neck

a solid 90% of the time he will just call you by your first name, or whatever name you choose to go by in your daily life, and he’s happy for you to call him the same in return. but every now and then he will call you something a bit more affectionate, like ‘my dear’ or ‘my love’, either to catch you off guard or just because he’s in a very good mood for one reason or another

yes he will let you play with his hair, but only when you’re alone. and he will be restyling it himself into his usual look when you’re done if he has somewhere else to be, so don’t get too attached to any braids you make

he absolutely pushes you to improve whenever you’re together — though, naturally, the methods he uses to encourage and facilitate your growth are much more gentle and gradual than those he used for rudo. and this is the case even if you’re not a giver, or just not someone who goes out into the field with the cleaners, because he wants you to be able to reach your full potential no matter where your strengths happen to be

getting into and maintaining a relationship with jiji after his fusion with the evil eye is, to say the very least, a rather complicated affair. not to say that he isn’t worth the effort or that he doesn’t try his best to meet you in the middle and make your relationship worthwhile for you both… just that constantly monitoring the temperature of the liquids you consume and needing to remain ready for a spirit to take control of your boyfriend’s body at any given moment isn’t the easiest thing to deal with. especially not while you’re all still in school and have other additional stressors happening around you at the same time

that being said, if you’re willing to take those risks then you’ll find jiji to be an incredibly sweet and playful boyfriend who does whatever he can to keep your mood up whenever you’re together. the type of boyfriend who has no problems with making himself the butt of the joke just to make you laugh, and who couldn’t care less about the opinions or stares of others just so long as he gets to keep seeing that smile and hearing that laugh

and evil eye, while certainly not a partner to you and barely even qualifying as a friend given his possession of your partner, can be similarly playful whenever he’s brought out. acting every bit the child he is as he clings to you and demands that you play with him — actually play, mind you, as he has never exhibited any desire to cause you harm and seems to genuinely view you as a friend… which is admittedly rather sweet, all things considered

jiji is very loud and proud about your relationship — even compared to his usual more theatrical nature — and as such there isn’t a single person in your school, and perhaps even your hometown in general, who doesn’t know that you’re together. which is great if you like being shown off, and less than ideal if you’re a more private person and not so keen to be stared at or asked about your boyfriend whenever you’re out and about

after everything he went through shortly after reuniting with momo and sharing a body with the evil eye, jiji has become a very protective partner. not to the point of being overbearing at all, but he wants you to feel like you can lean on him and trust him to keep you safe even in the most stressful and dangerous situations (which you’re sure to find yourself in given your close association with the ayase family through him). and, thankfully, the spirit sharing his body seems just as keen to keep you safe and willing to put his own extreme sadism and violent habits to use in order to do so

jiji is also an incredibly tactile boyfriend and has no problems engaging in pda with you, just so long as you give him the go ahead to do so. that being said, he’s not entirely inconsiderate and will back off, apologise, and change things up if you tell him you’re not as comfortable with touch and want him to… well… not be so touchy with you

poseidon is a very difficult god to catch the eye of, and a borderline impossible one to impress, but should you manage to beat the odds you’ll find him to be a deeply protective — and surprisingly doting — lover. one that treats you like you’re the only thing in creation worth existing, and who has absolutely no problem making his favouritism obvious to anyone and everyone around you

his favourite places to kiss you are your wrists, knuckles, and your lips. and his favourite places to be kissed are his lips, jawline, and his knuckles

he has absolutely zero tolerance for any sort of disrespect towards you, your domain, or even the things or people that are important to you, and he excels at shutting such things down swiftly, and violently should the need arise — he is a very skilled fighter after all

being his lover means that you’ll never be left wanting for anything and all of your needs, no matter how trivial or minor, will be met the moment they arise — but he never makes a big deal out of the gifts he gives you as he sees them as the bare minimum that he can do for you

even with you he isn’t the most talkative person, but whenever he does speak up it’s usually either to offer you some thoughtful response to a question you asked or a genuine compliment — otherwise he much prefers to just listen to you talk (and while he rarely responds he does look at you and make it clear that he’s listening to you, lest you think he’s being neglectful)

poseidon always shows up for you when you want him to be there… even if his presence is so intimidating that he usually ends up frightening the rest of those in attendance into stunned silence (or derail their conversations into being about how the poseidon is there… but rest assured his focus is entirely on you)

again, it takes a great deal to catch his eye and once you have his heart he is fiercely and unwaveringly loyal to you — in fact, it’s like pretty much nobody aside from you and his brothers exist to him to the point of it almost being comical how blatantly he will ignore or brush off anyone who tries to flirt with him

i d i a s h r o u d

loathe he is to admit to having such a cringe death-flag worthy flaw, even idia can’t deny just how prone to jealousy he gets whenever he catches wind of you getting particularly close to another guy. especially if that guy is more conventionally appealing than he is as idia is, for most of the early stages of your relationship and every so often even as he fully settles into it, perpetually swinging between the two mental extremes of joy (for managing to bag an ssr level partner despite being a shut-in) and paranoia (because you could do so much better and he’s waiting for you to realise that and leave)… which… isn’t really great for his mental health as you can imagine

the amount of shame he has about his jealousy also means that he’s incredibly unlikely to go and talk to you about it unless he’s literally dragged to you kicking and screaming and forced to confess under extreme levels of duress. so a solid ninety nine perfect of the time he will end up spiralling on his own in his room, or to a very sympathetic ortho, while mentally simulating every possible bad ending that could arise from either his jealousy or from you getting too close to whoever he’s jealous of. oh and his spiralling extends well beyond just mentally torturing himself as he starts to try and figure them out and brainstorm ways to try and get you to stop paying so much attention to them. and this includes things along the lines of:

stalking all of their online accounts, as well as any accounts of people they are at all linked to, as a means of creating a more thorough profile on them. and he spends hours at a time obsessively deep diving into them and mapping out their complete digital footprint to such an extent that even the most dedicated of obsessive fans would be stunned… though it came at the cost of absolutely wrecking his already atrocious sleeping schedule, much to his younger brother’s very vocal chagrin

utilising the open access he has to all of the cameras on campus, and the access he grants himself to various cameras all over sage island, to stalk their every movement to get a better feel for their personality and schedule. including all of their interactions with you, which only serves to make him feel even worse about the situation… but still he can’t bring himself to stop

and sending ortho to do recognisance in person to fill in any remaining gaps in idia’s understanding of the other person. also maybe to threaten them into backing off from you in ways that idia simply cannot pull off (he doesn’t exactly have laser cannons at his disposal unless you count ortho’s) unless the other person also happens to be chronically online and, thus, idia has the chance to rip them to shreds with the full strength of his untapped gamer rage in all the ways he’d probably struggle to do in an in-person confrontation unless severely provoked

oh and you can bet every thaumark and sorcent in your account that he spent every moment of his endless stalking and ‘research’ verbally ripping this person to shreds — both to himself and to ortho — for every teeny tiny flaw he could find. and his shit talking can get mean as hell when he’s motivated enough… so… perhaps it’s for the best that the things he said never left his room because sevens know he’d be getting an earful for both the vulgarity and the threats… one of the many perks of being a chronic shut-in

and sevens forbid the other guy has qualities that, to idia, make him objectively more appealing as a love interest — or that are otherwise highly reminiscent of the typical protagonist figures from the media he and his brother grew up on — because that will make his spiral even worse as he becomes almost dead sure that this is his death flag event and you’re sure to pick this new person over him, because who wouldn’t?

all of that being said, though, if you don’t get clued in by ortho or figure it out on your own first, idia will inevitably end up cracking under the pressure and snap at you with some snarky remark that will immediately let you know just how much your interactions with a certain person have been bugging him. and while he will initially panic and backtrack out of a fear of pushing you away or being judged, with enough pushing from you he will relent and say outright what his problem is so you can work to fix it

and then after being reassured of his place in your life and the fact that you’re not going anywhere all of his insecurities and fears become replaced by an intese flare up of his ego. and a lot of bragging about how he’s clearly the better choice and even more shit talking about the other person to just about everyone he can speak openly to in a way that manages to be as endearing as it is obnoxious

… please let him have this. yes it’s a bit cringey but he’s been struggling with his jealousy for so long that all of this bragging is kind of needed for him to get back to normal. he’ll be over himself and back to his usual self soon enough, don’t worry

m a l l e u s d r a c o n i a

dragons, and thus dragon fae like the draconia family, are deeply possessive and territorial by their very nature — the type that stake their claim on objects and places and people and defend that claim with everything they have at their disposal. and in your dear boyfriend malleus that particular trait manifests in a very prominent jealous streak (though if you were to ask lilia about it he’d amusedly claim that malleus’ shows of jealousy are hilariously subtle when compared to his late mother… who was known to regularly call down lightening or sink her claws into whoever she perceived as getting in the way of her courtship with raverne…)

and unfortunately for the general population of wherever malleus happens to be at the time, his jealousy always ends up impacting the local weather — to the point of manifesting severe thunderstorms and resulting in monumental levels of flash flooding if it isn’t caught and addressed quickly enough. of course malleus doesn’t want this to happen, he’s not cruel, but he can’t exactly control his emotions as much as one may expect him to given his very neutral resting expression and, as such, that means he is in no position to stop any oncoming storms on his own. not until his horn his broken and his direct link to the weather is dulled enough for him to not risk bringing forth torrential rain at random, anyway

of course despite the literal environmental consequences of his emotions, malleus will still deny being jealous of anyone if you ask him outright. because he’s the heir to the throne of briar valley, malleus draconia, and thus obviously above such petty emotions like that. and to his credit he does have a pretty decent poker face and excels at acting unaffected to the point where if you didn’t know him as well as you do, and if you couldn’t see the impending storm brewing overhead, you may have actually believed him

but, again, despite his protests and claims of complete ambivalence, there are still plenty of signs there to clue you in as to precisely what your beloved dragon prince is feeling. as long as you know what you’re looking out for, of course

such as his habit of glaring holes into the heads of whoever is ‘stealing’ your attention away from him — though his resting face can come across as intimidating enough on its own so there’s every chance that the person he’s jealous of may not actually realise the source of his ire and just assume that he hates them in particular for some odd fae-specific reason. but if you know him well enough chances are that you — like lilia, who knows that boy better than he knows himself — are able to pick up on the subtle differences in his expression (the shrinking of his irises, the furrow of his brow, the displeased downward tilt of the corner of his mouth, etc.) enough to tell that he’s clearly bothered by something this person is doing and he’s clearly holding himself back from acting on that displeasure

or his — admittedly rather unsettling to those who don’t know him quite so well as you and his family — habit of hovering awkwardly around you whenever someone approaches you to talk and treats you far too casually and lightly for his liking. though this only really occurs when your time with him is interrupted by another person that he happens to be jealous of, and as there are blessedly few people in the world that want to risk invoking malleus’ temper this is a very rare occurance. but that doesn’t make it any less easy to make note of when it happens (for you, anyway)

and then there’s the ways he leverages his heavy reputation and naturally intimidating presence to try and silently ‘encourage’ the person he’s envious of to back off of their own accord. including casual shows of his magical prowess (e.g. casually summoning fire from his fingertips, or a collection of briars if he’s feeling especially threatened), behaviour that intentionally highlights his draconic heritage (e.g. flashing his eyes, sneering in a way that shows off his fangs, flexing his hands so his claws catch on the light, growling even if he feels pushed into a corner at all), and other such terribly childish attempts to get the other party to back away from his mate

and sevens forbid you deny him the pleasure of your attention and affection for too long because then he will start inventing reasons to get you to leave with him instead of staying to entertain the other party. reasons which range from reasonably plausible (e.g. he’s found a new ruin and he simply must show it to you immediately), to the more absurd and unlikely, bordering on desperate and only kept from being as such by his stoic delivery (not that anyone but you, and lilia, would ever dare accuse him of being dishonest, of course)

that’s not even to mention his behaviour towards you the second you finally acquiesce and follow him away from the other person because he just gets so pouty and clingy (and prone to showing off far more than usual, like he’s trying to prove to you why you chose him as a mate) that you’d have to be actively trying to remain ignorant to not notice his jealousy

so… um… yeah. for the sake of the island maybe go and hug your dragon and assure him you prefer him over the other students before he causes a severe flash flooding incident… for the second time this week…

v i l s c h o e n h e i t

now vil is naturally a very confident person — he kind of has to be given the amount of scrutiny he comes under on a regular basis given his popularity and his work — and that of course extends to how he acts within and towards his relationship with you. namely in that he implicitly trusts you enough to know that you won’t step out on your relationship, and he’s assured enough in his place as your boyfriend to know that you won’t be able to replace him easily — he is vil schoenheit, after all… forgive him for letting the fame get to his head, but you get the picture

but despite his base level of confidence and his prominent ego, as well as his own regular insistence to the contrary, vil is not above getting jealous. not even remotely, in fact. not in his professional life (sevens, his envy of neige literally fuelled his overblot!) and certainly not in his private life either. he is, however, very good at hiding it (he wouldn’t have made it this far in his career if he didn’t excel at feigning his emotions, after all) and, equally, very difficult to push to the point of getting properly jealous — have you seen the general population of night raven? frankly he’d applaud you if you somehow managed to find a single person who was able to rival his beauty amongst them…

though, again, emotions aren’t rational and there will be moments where vil’s jealousy gets the better of him. and even if he puts on a show of perfect neutrality and poised politeness in public, he will make sure that you know just how much he dislikes the other person — not to say that he’ll confess his jealousy (sevens know his ego is much to inflated to adjust to such a glaring flaw) but his jealousy will show in his behaviour in ways perhaps he may not realise but that you, as his partner, will be able to pick up on with ease (well, you and rook but that’s pretty much a given with anything that involves vil… so…)

it shows in his face: in the way his eyes grow colder and sharper, in the way his smile falls and his lips draw tight and thin and disapproving, in the way his usual expressive features give way to a carefully constructed mask that looks too neutral to be true, and in the way his brows furrow ever so slightly in the middle in such a way that it’s almost like he dislikes the other person so very much that even a lifetime of acting isn’t enough to help him truly hide it from the world. easily missed or easily excused as something more unassuming if you didn’t know him as well as you do, but a dead giveaway to at least the idea of him not liking whoever he’s looking at once you start to know how to read him properly

it shows in the curt way he speaks to them — in his tone (carefully neutral bordering on critical when he sees something he can get away with ‘correcting’ to their face), in his words (clipped, intentional, spoken with the intent of getting the interaction over with as soon as he possibly can), and in the way he dismisses and greets them (passively, disinterestedly, giving the feeling of disdain despite his carefully apathetic facade in ways that you can easily pick up on if you know the signs)

as well as the disparaging way he speaks about them the second you two are alone, or he’s with rook watching you interact with them while being out of earshot — highly and almost obsessively critical about every single aspect of their person, with lots of very personal and poisonous insults thrown in there as well (much to rook’s very open excitement). like if anyone overheard him they may be convinced that whoever he’s talking about committed some heinous crime from how cruel and disrespectful his spiel gets as opposed to them… just being someone he happens to be jealous of. but vil is very careful about where and when he lets his worse habits show so there’s pretty much zero chance of him getting caught during moments like this, hence how much he’s willing to insult the source of his jealousy directly

it shows in his almost obsessive overcorrection of your appearance the second you separate from them — almost like he’s trying to decontaminate you of the other person’s touch, presence, scent, and influence. of course he’s always been the type to correct your hair and clothes and makeup for you when he has the time, but the lengths he goes to in moments like that, despite his excellent acting out of being the unbothered but attentive boyfriend, more than clues you in as to precisely how bothered he actually is

and it definitely shows in how he seems to somehow find new ways to make himself look even more elegant and beautiful and perfect to the eye as you get closer and interact more with the other person. because vil schoenheit doesn’t beg for scraps or simply ask for your attention, he makes his presence so demanding that you have to pay attention to him… and compliment him, and stop paying attention to that hideous little spudling instead of your beautiful, charming, loving boyfriend. yeah he does well at playing this all off in front of the dorm but to you (and rook, and at this point probably epel too) why he’s going to such extremes on such a regular basis

so… yeah. of course he’s subtle and careful enough about how he acts as to not risk causing any sort of damage to his public image, but to those closest to him it is clear as day that he very much so does not like this particular person, and to you and rook precisely why he does not like them. which is absolutely mortifying for vil to realise as he’d rather not be caught engaging in such undignified behaviour by anyone, let alone his partner

first and foremost, being muffet’s lover does not automatically entitle you to any sort of discount at any of her bake sale locations — but it does mean that you are her main taste tester for any new items or flavour variants before they officially go out to the public, and it means that she will automatically be handling the catering for any events you happen to host (free to you if it’s your birthday, but otherwise not and never free for any of your guests)

you’re the first person she goes to whenever she or one of her vendors happens upon some particularly interesting gossip from somewhere in the underground — especially if that gossip happens to involve someone you both know or someone that she knows you’re on bad terms with

‘dearie’ is still her go-to term of endearment for you, and always will be no matter how long you’re together for, but she does occasionally throw in another equally cutesy old-fashioned-ish pet name every now and again whenever the mood strikes. like ‘sweetheart’, ‘my love’ and the like

if she’s in a particularly clingy mood for some reason, or you’re sick/injured and refusing to take care of yourself to a standard she is happy with, muffet will just straight up tie you up and keep you captive in her web until she decides that you’re good to go — and yes it can be as frustrating as it sounds

she loves being able to take care of you whenever she gets the chance, but she’s also mindful enough of her saving and spending that she doesn’t spoil you or her spiders as much as she would like to — but rest assured she is saving for a nice vacation for all of you, so just be patient with her okay

her pet loves you almost as much as she does which means that you’re the one she trusts with it whenever she has to go out for work… congrats?

not counting your lips, her favourite place to kiss you is your hands — specifically either your knuckles or fingertips. and in return she loves it when you kiss any of her hands or wrists

ruggie has never made any secret of his upbringing, of the difficulties he faced growing up and the habits and behaviours he developed as a direct result of them, if only because he sees absolutely no reason to do so. and that fact, that unshakeable confidence in himself and unwillingness to let anyone else step over him just because of his supposed social status, only made him that much easier to admire from your perspective

and, frankly, how could you not look up to him when he embodied pretty much every trait you so dearly wished you had and did his best to help you out on top of it all? really, you had half a mind to call him your prince charming, only stopping yourself since you knew that his views on the actual prince charming-esque characters at r.s.a were… less than positive to say the very least

he’s confident to the point where he takes absolutely no shit from anyone in his life unless he’s actively being paid to keep his mouth shut and his words polite — and even then he’s never been the type to hold his tongue when his boss (a prince, mind you) is acting out of line and being selfish. and that’s not even to mention his smooth and self-assured use of his signature spell and his confidence that he will get what he wants out of people, even when doing so runs a significant risk to his person or his reputation… because he knows that he can handle any situations that arise as a result of his mischief and magic, a trait that you so dearly wished you shared with him

he’s resourceful — far more resourceful than anyone you’ve ever met before him, in fact — to the point where he’s able to make a meal out of things you’ve never even considered bringing to the table. things like the hundreds of dandelions dotted around campus (which make a surprisingly good soup when cooked correctly, and that he taught you how to make one day after seeing just how empty your fridge was), the foragable mushrooms in the nearby woods (even being able to tell the ‘true’ edible mushrooms from their ‘false’ and poisonous counterparts with a single sniff of his sensitive nose, and tossing them to you or back to jade accordingly), and the scraps of food that others around school would throw out without a second thought (because food doesn’t have to be pretty, it just needs to be food… a sentiment which it seems only you two share for whatever reason), and much much more

he’s hardworking to the point where you rarely see him not working on something — running errands for leona, clocking in for a shift at the lounge, helping sam stock the mystery shop, or otherwise performing some sort of paid labour around sage island — and between all of his paid work, his club work, and his school assignments on top of that you find it impossible not to admire him for his work ethic. and for the amount of money he sets aside from all of those gigs to either send back home to support his family or to buy gifts for his grandma and the kids she cares for… if only your own loved ones were as selfless as ruggie (they’d only ever pressured you into giving them what little you had, and you can’t imagine him ever doing that to his family or community)

he knows his worth and won’t let anyone tell him otherwise be they celebrity, prince, teacher, or some other child of privilege. and that unwillingness to let others walk all over him and push him around because of his background is both what initially drew you to ruggie and is the biggest reason you find yourself jealous of him even long after the two of you become a couple — though now it’s more of a lighthearted thing than it used to be, helped in large part by ruggie’s own uncompromising efforts to build up your own confidence and help you develop the hardworking, scheming, and community oriented nature that all hyena beastmen tend to have (though the success of those efforts are, naturally, entirely dependent on you… so…)

he also understands you and your background in a way that most people just… couldn’t if they hadn’t lived it, and for as much amusement he gets out of messing with or taking from others ruggie has never once made you feel judged or like you’re somehow lesser because of where you come from. he’s also never used his signature spell to take any food from you despite regularly raiding the plates of your friends… but that’s surely just a coincidence, right?

and once you two become a couple he starts going above and beyond to take care of you and look out for you since community is everything to ruggie, and family even more than that. and that includes everything from sharing the food from his plate just because you look a little bit hungry, to sticking up for you the second anyone tries to take advantage of your kindness, to sharing everything he knows about deals and foraging so you never have to worry about going hungry even when you have nothing left to spend, to hooking you up with work through his own gigs to give you the chance to support yourself and build up both a good set of skills and a solid amount of savings so you’ll be in an even better place when you graduate — almost treating you like his apprentice and lover at the same time… not that you’re one to look a gift horse in the mouth, though!

ruggie also tends to get upset on your behalf a lot, usually when he hears about others taking advantage of you both at night raven and in the years before you ended up here, and while he has absolutely no qualms with messing with the guilty party as a means of getting revenge for you (and hopefully warding off any future attempts of theirs to take any more form you in the process) he will hold off on that if you’re particularly desperate not to make a scene… until you’re preoccupied with something else, anyway, because in his mind it’s fair game to get his kicks licks back when you’re not there to scold him for it (he just cares a lot about you, okay?)