also i was literally about to send these goldfish hcs until i got distracted by the birdfeeder trio post lmao
headcanon #1: Nufuli liked stargazing. he'd do it when he couldn't sleep a lot of the time. when Leo came around, they would stargaze together, and Leo started to like stargazing thanks to Nufuli
headcanon #2: Nufuli started to have dreams about getting killed during the Director arc. when he told Leo that he was having dreams (and thinking about) getting killed, Leo would always low-key brush his concerns off in a way that seemed like it was meant to be reassurance that he'd survive the Director
headcanon #3: both of them kept mementos that reminded them of the other. when Nufuli died, Leo took his belongings and kept them in his office. he put most of them away but he kept a few select things out/on his desk
rip goldfish duo im still not over them
hi anonalous do you hate me or why would you just drop this much angst in my inbox and leave
headcanon #1 and #2 would fit together, maybe Nufuli always liked the stars, and when they had to spend days and nights chasing after their bounty he'd look up as they travel, enjoying the quietness and light of the stars
he'd been having those weird nightmares for a long time, even before meeting Parrot, but they only began to make sense when the Director's attacks started and his nightmares became worryingly common. he'd go outside the BAT headquarters and just sit down on the roof, looking up at the stars to calm himself down
it was during one of those many nights that Leo found him, he knew Nufuli used to sit there when days and nights were rough, he reassured him nothing would happen to anyone in the team, not Parrot, not Leo, not him, and Nufuli believed him. they spent so many nights under the starry night sky until they didn't feel the same if either of them wasn't there, even though the other was just a few blocks away
Leo always reassured him those dreams were just that, dreams, and was confident they would eventually outsmart the Director and go back to their bounty hunter lives. needless to say, that didn't happen, and Leo keeps looking up at the stars wondering if Nufuli would still be alive had he just listened, if there was something at all he could've done differently to save his friend from the end he was so sure was his fate
