Characters: Jade, Leona, Jack, Trey, Riddle, Vil, Floyd, Silver, Malleus, Kalim, Idia, Ortho

Cw// stimming in both safe and potentially unsafe ways (including hitting) uuuuh because i am stimming hard, also potentially triggering initial reactions because a lot of the stims are,,,,not generally accepted? And it’s based off of me,,, anyway brief spoilers for chapter 5 for ortho

P.s. I wrote this when I was trying to calm down from stimming too hard

Jade - patting

- Jade wouldn’t say he’s confused about what you’re doing, more so as to why. What happened to elicit some a reaction?

- He watches carefully as pat your hands rhythmically against your thighs, occasionally losing your pace and switching it to something different

- “May I ask why you’re doing that?”

- He actually feels a bit nervous when you look at him like he’ll think you’re insane if you tell him, and is quick to soothe

- “If you don’t mind answering, that is. If it’s personal, I do apologize.”

- It takes a moment for you to explain that you’re just….happy. You’re enjoying his company and it’s filling you with energy that you have to get out

- He’s honored that you’re so excited, and gives a very sweet smile in return.

- “How very sweet of you. I’m glad you find my company so pleasing. I was quite enjoying your beat as well.”

Trey - chewing on non-food objects

- Trey is quick to try and take anything that isn’t food out of someone’s mouth. He’s an older brother, and no stranger to kids doing that

- He’s a little confused when you look at him with a hurt little frown and move to put your hoodie string back in your mouth.

- “Prefect, that’s not food. Are you hungry?”

- When you shake your head and finally release the wet hoodie string and sigh, he’s honestly unsure what to do.

- “You shouldn’t chew on that.”

- “Why not?” You retort. “I do it all the time.”

- “Does it…taste good?” He asks

- You shake your head, “It’s for the chew, not the taste. I just need to bite.”

- It takes him a little to understand what you mean, but after some research he decides to offer you some chewlery instead, because your hoodie is probably not a sanitary snack

Leona - Invisible trumpet

- Leona was just vibin nearby when he hears you roll up with your headphones on, wandering through the botanical gardens

- You aren’t humming, which he appreciates because it means he can take a nap, but he’s distracted when he sees you wiggling your fingers in a way that looks almost painful.

- It’s sharp, jagged movements that look a bit similar to someone playing a trumpet, but not nearly as close to the face.

- He spends some time quietly observing you until eventually he just gives up and goes to sleep

- He doesn’t see any issue with the behavior, nor does he find it weird or anything and genuinely just. Doesn’t ever bring it up. But if someone else says some shit? No they didn’t because he will not be letting someone make fun of his herbivore

Jack - shaking leg

- “can you please stop shaking your leg?”

- “Huh? Oh, yeah, sorry.” You say. You manage to stay still for five minutes, then absentmindedly begin to shake your leg again

- It’s distracting for Jack, but he can’t bring it in himself to do it

- Eventually, you seem to remember, and mumble another apology to him

- Jack just wants to get through class man, but your shoelaces are snapping against the deck just right and it’s annoying.

- He begins to realize you’re not doing it on purpose, and decides to help

- “Hey, I’m trying out these new laces for track meet, I got you a pair! We should try ‘em together.”

- The new laces are basically just rubber bands that keep your shoes closed. No more smacking against the desk for YOUR aglets!

- He’s eternally grateful that he no longer has to hear that AND you still get to stim

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(I ran out of pictures 😭😭😭)

Silver - swaying back and forth

- Silver first learns of your swaying habit when you hugged him one time and he immediately fell asleep on your shoulder

- He learned of it again when he saw you standing around in the hallway, swaying from side to side as you chatted with Ace and Deuce.

- Silver, in honesty, had no issue with this. It’s just a quirk some e people do, it’s not a big deal.

- He soon finds, though, that swaying back and forth is actually really good for him though.

- He tends to snap awake whenever he’s pitched forward too far, so swaying keeps him alert

- Now, whenever you two talk, you’re both just swaying back and forth like a couple of praying mantises

Malleus - spinning

- “Child of man, what is it that you’re doing?” He asks in a gentle voice

- There’s no need to panic around him - he’s in a club entirely dedicated to gargoyles after all, dude’s clearly not neurotypical - so you answer with a smile

- “I’m spinning! It feels good, and I’m happy. You should try it.”

- Malleus gives a bemused smile before shrugging

- He begins to spin. You’re spinning nearby, but you stop for a second to smile at him joining you

- Now you’re both spinning and Malleus seems to be enjoying it

- You have accidentally turned another person onto your stim. Congrats!

- Sebek is losing his mind because sometimes Malleus just begins to spin in the Diasomnia lounge and it is very hard to protect a personified spinning top

Kalim - dancing

- Kalim doesn’t even question what you’re doing, he immediately just joins

- He’ll even turn on some music

- You two have a dance party even if that wasn’t your intention

- If he ever finds you randomly dancing without music, he will immediately join.

- Probably gaslit a couple people into thinking music was playing and they were just deaf

- You’re officially adopted by the pop music club

Idia - arm/hand flapping

- Idia has been doing this since forever

- First time he sees it was when you were talking in the library with someone

- He’s genuinely surprised anyone else would do it, and so publicly

- He might be inclined to invite you over to his dorm room to watch anime or whatever

- He would be comfortable enough to hand flap in front of you as well

- This man’s stims hard dude. His hair gets brighter as well and he makes some lil happy stim noises to go with it

- You also have a buddy to infodump shit to now because he will DEFINITELY do that to you

- You will know all about his wifus and his games be the end of the week. You’re officially his friend now

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Ortho - vocal stimming

- Ortho is a little confused at first, but after some searches in his database, he figures out that you’re fine, you’re just happy.

- If you vocal stim a song, he’s glad to play it for you so it alleviates some of the brain tension

- If it’s an animal noise (for instance, meowing, barking, mooing, etc) he will do it back to you. This can go on for hours because he genuinely just enjoys seeing you happy

- If it’s an incomprehensible noise, he won’t make it back, but he might record it for future reference so when he hears it he doesn’t think someone’s murdering you

- If it’s chirping, he will chirp back. I know this because I am ortho-

- (Spoilers for chapter five) when Idia gives him his vocaloid voice he is one hundred percent using it with you at some point

Riddle - wiggling

- Riddle is immediately anti-stimming because his mother forced him to stop doing it as a child (that’s why he’s so anxious and angry all the time)

- Someone else (*cough*Cater*cough*) has to intervene and tell him to not comment on it because he always manages to say the wrong thing

- Cater also has to explain to him that you’re just doing it because you’re happy! It’s not against the rules, anyway

- He has to fight against a lot of ingrained shit until he plucks up the courage to not only apologize for being rude, but ask you about it

- If you explain it to him, he just nods along with a blank face for a while

- It takes him roughly a week before he comes back and asks you to teach him how to stim

- After learning how he’s immediately so much nicer and more chill. His face rarely even goes red anymore.

Vil - rocking

- “Spudling, please, we’re in public.”

- One look at your crestfallen face and the immediate rigid body language makes him regret what he said so fast

- He spends a lot of time thinking about why he doesn’t want you to do that, only to find that it’s all appearances and those don’t matter as much as you

- If he finds you doing it again, he’ll begin to gently rock with you. He pretends nothing is amiss, and is relieved when you notice and brighten a bit

- He won’t ever directly apologize, but he will try to make his stupid comment up to you and then proceed to educate himself

- If someone takes video and posts it, he will fight every internet troll and make sure you never see any of it

Floyd - hitting

- Floyd also has a lot of aggressive stims, the most obvious ones being squeezing and biting

- You’ve literally watched him get too excited while holding a soda can and it just. Exploded in his grip

- He’s not surprised that you stim as well, but he is surprised it’s so…violent

- You don’t hit others most of the time, but the fact that you’re smacking yourself is a little concerning to him.

- Don’t worry, he’s got the cure!

- It’s squeezing. He just wraps himself around you and squeezes you