#headcanons !!

boothill / when he wants your attention

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• He's never been subtle about it. If you've been reading too long or looking at something that isn't him, he'll cross the room with those heavy deliberate footsteps, spurs clicking against the floor, and plant himself right in your line of sight. Doesn't say anything at first. Just stands there with his arms crossed over that silver chest plate, hat tipped low, waiting. And when you finally look up he's already grinning, sharp teeth on full display. "Took ya long enough, darlin'."

• Sometimes it's the hat. He'll pull it off, rake his mechanical fingers through that long white hair, and drop it onto your head before you can protest. It's too big. You can't see anything with the brim swallowing your vision and he knows that. That's the point. "There we go," he says. You don't have to see his face to know he's grinning. "Now I got your full attention."

• The man will just pick you up. No warning. One second you're focused on whatever it was you were doing and the next his arms are hooked under your knees and behind your back, lifting you clean off the ground. His grip is solid, mechanical joints whirring soft against you, and he's looking down with that crooked smile like he's already won something. "C'mon now, you've been ignorin' me a whole five minutes. That's about five minutes too long."

• He'll start talking. Loudly. About nothing. Just rambling in that drawl of his about Bart 17 Years or some bounty he's chasing or how the IPC are a bunch of muddle-fudgin' shirtbags, and he keeps going until you finally give in and look at him. The second you do he stops. Grins. "There she is." Like that was the goal all along. It was.

• When he's feeling theatrical about it he'll drop into a crouch right in front of you. Elbows on his knees, chin propped in one hand. That black eye with the targeting reticle fixed on your face, waiting you out even though patience has never been his strong suit. "Y'know," he says, voice low, "I ain't exactly used to bein' ignored. Might hafta start takin' it personal." He won't move until you give him what he wants.

• Or he just shifts his weight from one boot to the other so his spurs clink against the floor. Once. Twice. Keeps doing it until you look over just to make him stop. He tips his hat when you do. Grins but says nothing. Doesn't need to.

• If you're standing somewhere he'll come up behind you and hook his chin over your shoulder, arms loose around your waist. His chest plate presses solid against your back. He doesn't say anything for a while. Just hums, low and content, until you turn your head. And then he's right there. Close. Black bangs falling messy over his right eye. "Well hey there, darlin'," he says. Casual. Like he didn't just spend the last five minutes figuring out how to make you look at him.

— connor really likes public transport and kevin fucking hates it (“why is the bus going so slow. doesn’t it know we have places to be”)

— connor is a horror movies person and kevin decidedly isn’t

— they still watch them together (kevin hides under a blanket the whole time)

— they have conversations which probably make no sense to anyone else because they just . Make up words/meanings

— they communicate nonverbally a lot; i feel like they Get what certain gestures or touches mean

— kevin very much treats connor as his personal weighted blanket

— unfortunately the most judgemental people ever. they watch dancing w the stars and connor spends the whole thing bitching about dance execution

— i love kevin not necessarily being Talented but really enjoying arts/crafts. he makes connor a homemade birthday card :)

— kevin being rlly big on doing things that prove like look we’re not lds anymore !!!!! and connor is like kevin please i am not going with you to amsterdam just for your sin checklist (they go to amsterdam)

stan doesn't typically clean by choice, he's the kinda guy who needs a little bit of a push. like "hey, there's a lot of dishes-" and he'll be like yeah i'll get there eventually. and to his credit, three hours later he walks by the sink and he's like well... i don't have anything else pressing to do. so he'll do a load, and then clean up the counter or w/e afterwards. he'll also do the Heavier Action cleaning stuff like vacuuming or yard work, but he finds those actually fun, so they're less work to get him to do.

kyle, like i said, cleans in a mania way. he's generally tidy, doesn't let stuff fall into bad disrepair, but sometimes he just has his Moments. where 'there's too much dirt on THIS specific object and i'm going to kill everything and myself" until he's got it cleaned to the point of sparkling. it makes everything else look messier in comparison but at least that one object is good. (haha, no, he hates that everything else looks messier but he's exhausted the manic energy already and just sorta spot-cleans around it, fans out the cleanliness almost like a gradient around that object)

eric is cleaner than you'd think. he values having a good space to be able to make a mess. he can get bad sometimes, just, like fuck. his room can end up a DISASTER, but he does actually clean up nice. he's always cleaned up nice, even if a lot of it is 'shove it under the bed/in the closet'. at least it looks good! he's not big on using actual cleaning supplies, more likely to fucking spit on a spot on his desk and rub it off with his sleeve. whatever, gross, but it looks clean! he wants to look clean.

kenny hates cleaning their own space, but is more than happy to clean for other people! not big on chemicals either; but is willing to at least use soapy water in a spray bottle. maybe some awesome if they have to. if asked, and let loose, they'll clean a whole place top to bottom because its cathartic and fun? gets nervous around fragile or sharp objects, but isn't like. going to freak out/not clean something. will just take their time. so methodic and quiet. most of this is mysterion doing it, he loves being able to methodically go through something.

i would love fanart of my designs!! 💞💞 i dont have like full ref sheets for them, but i can give you what i've got! putting these under a cut because i'm on mobile and can't properly format things, here's a lil lineup of them though!!