#headcanons..

Flashy flash is frankly ass with emotions

that doesn’t mean he won’t put a little effort for someone he cares about though

If you’re visbily upset and he catches on, he’ll be very upfront and bluntly asks you what’s wrong

If you decide to tell him what’s wrong, he’ll patiently listen to you then he’ll just… stare at you silently for a bit with furrowed brows.

its slightly unnerving but bear with him, he’s evaluating what to do/say

The next bit depends on you personally,

He’ll attempt to comfort you depending on how you personally like to be consoled,

he’ll give you a hug, or buy you food, kiss you, give you a few awkward pats, sit with you until you feel better (unless he has something important to attend to. He’ll finish it in a flash then come right back, though)

if you want him to give you advice… don’t ❤️

He tries his best but his advice is rather… ignorant, if you will.

He simply doesn’t understand normal people issues so he might say something to the equivalent of “Just don’t be sad.” “Just ignore it.” “You’re being a bit dramatic.”

But even he’s aware of his incompetence when it comes to these things so he’ll try his best to keep his thoughts to himself.

If you don’t tell him what’s wrong and give him an abrupt “I’m fine.”, again, he’ll stare at you with a frown then go

”…okay.” Before going back to whatever he was doing.

He’ll check on you later, and won’t bring up the matter if your demeanor is back to normal. But if he senses that you’re still agitated, he’ll start pressing on about whats bothering you.

If you still don’t tell him he’ll get a bit frustrated, but will collect himself and will get you some of your favorite food/drink to subtly make you feel better.

zip-zap, a gust of wind and he’s holding up a bag of your favorite delicacies before you.

Now in the scenario that he catches you crying, his reaction would be stiffer but inwardly frantic.

again, ASS AT EMOTIONS

I don’t think this man even knew that communication was a thing before getting into a relationship, unless its about communicating where his next hero assignment is, maybe.

“Hey, what’s wrong?!” Typical.

He’ll fetch you a box of tissues and tenderly hold you until you’re able to collect yourself.

He is going to be bothered if you get snot on him, but doesn’t say anything about it of course. Not the time nor place.

Again, will let you rant about what’s bothering you without interjecting, maybe a few questions and comments here and there.

”Honestly. That’s not worth your tears. You’re above that.”

He does NOT like seeing you hurt, it bothers him a lot because it feels like he had failed you somehow, even if the reason was inevitable and wasn’t remotely his fault.

That being said, he’ll try his best to prevent whatever (or whoever) is bothering you from happening again, but he’ll do it in a kind of, ‘behind the scenes’, type of way, yk?

Now, if you don’t tell him what’s wrong, he gets more frustrated. How can he possibly help you if he doesn’t know what’s going on? Especially if you’re this affected by it?

Once you’ve relatively calmed down, he will really try to push you to talk to him, in an almost overbearing sense.

He’s read the concept of “some people just need to be comforted, not to have you fix their problems.” before, I mean, that’s how he’s been able to do all this, but he just doesn’t understand.

He felt useless, honestly, not being able to help you.

Maybe one day he’ll finally come to truly understand that him just being there and trying his best, even when it’s challenging for him, is helping his partner enough.

I digress, if he feels like now he’s being troublesome to you by his insistence, he’ll stop and then focus on making you feel better, even if it still bothers him a bit.

I should preface this by saying; he’s stiff in every single bullet point. He’s not TOO stiff, but he’s a little rigid nonetheless.

This is simply new to him.

still, stiff or not, handles you very gently and fondly

Also, when he does succeed in making you feel better, it WILL boost his ego. Very prideful man, naturally becomes more prideful at any new accomplishment. Especially when it comes to you. A bit of humbling is necessary.