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What does their bedroom look like?: I imagine a lot less neat than anyone would expect. Probably like…a reasonable level of mess; like the sort of “Dammit I’m too tired to pick any of that up right now” kind of mess. He was aiming for “clean lines and modern and everything’s from Ikea” though.

Do they have any daily rituals? I mention later that I headcanon him as OCD, so yeah, probably like every part of his morning is part of a carefully structured ritual.

Do they exercise, and if so, what do they do? How often?: Probably runs every morning, and casually lords it over everyone about how great running is.

What would they do if they needed to make dinner but the kitchen was busy?: Probably just not eat and then completely forget that he intended to until hours later. 

Cleanliness habits (personal, workspace, etc.): Personally, again, less neat than generally expected. Largely because he’s meticulously clean and organized at work.

Eating habits and sample daily menu: Like, the absolute worst. He talks a big game about like, nutrition and shit, but he never really has a set time to eat, forgets whole meal times, subsists on cereal and packaged noodles half the time. Every now and again he gets a spark up his ass and makes something substantial for the week, but he can never really keep it up too long. Probably has phases of time when he gets super attached to one specific thing, eats nothing but it for ages, and then can’t even look at it for a few months. 

Favorite way to waste time and feelings surrounding wasting time: Reading, uninterrupted, for hours at a time. He always feels really guilty, ‘cause he knows he could be doing something productive.

Favorite indulgence and feelings surrounding indulging: Questionably attained copies of really moody foreign films. He feels the same way about it as wasting time; guilty that he’s not spending time doing something towards self-improvement, work, or general productivity, but goddamn if the visuals of Etrange Couleur des Larmes de ton Corps aren’t arresting enough to distract him. 

Makeup?: Probably not.

Neuroses? Do they recognize them as such?: I’ve always headcanon’d him as having depressive issues and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but he’d never really recognize them for what they are, just see them as personal weaknesses that he beats himself up over. 

Intellectual pursuits? Botany. He gets really uppity whenever people describe succulents broadly as “basically impossible to kill” because he hates admitting that he has trouble keeping Faucaria and thinks that it’s condescending to people who put time and effort into caring for them.  

Favorite book genre?: High-Concept Sci-Fi and Super Generic Fantasy.

Sexual Orientation? And, regardless of own orientation, thoughts on sexual orientation in general?: Bisexual. Can’t imagine he’d dedicate too much time to worrying over other peoples’ sexual orientation. 

Physical abnormalities? (Both visible and not, including injuries/disabilities, long-term illnesses, food-intolerances, etc.): Deviated septum, atrial fibrillation that he never mentions to anyone, especially when he gets dizzy/faints. Probably lactose intolerant. 

Biggest and smallest short term goal?: Biggest: Actually scheduling the series of doctor’s appointments he’s been putting off all year.  Smallest: Planting that terrarium he’s had sitting around for a while.

Biggest and smallest long term goal? Biggest: Stop having to wear gloves all the time when he’s at work, at least. In general, being less weird and neurotic all the time. Maybe get Sebastian to AA. Smallest: Keep the nepenthes and sarracenias in the terrarium alive. 

Preferred mode of dress and rituals surrounding dress: He definitely seems like he’d prefer to be formal or semi-formal most of the time, since there are clear rules to how one dresses that way. Other than that he seems like the kind of guy who never really quite shook his emo phase, and it crops up in little details of his casual wear: combat boots, black everything, an unnecessarily ornate double-breasted coat.

Favorite beverage?: Green tea latte.

What do they think about before falling asleep at night?: Probably like, some weird mistake he made five years ago. Hypothetical conversations to head-off potential conflicts that never happen. 

Childhood illnesses? Any interesting stories behind them?: He was definitely a sickly kid that caught like, everything and anything. Bouts of pneumonia, pleuritis, asthma. It makes him really prickly about being seen as incapable or in need of help.