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Merlin Headcanons! 

Oh Merlin should not be taken seriously. No one realises they’re Merlin just from their mannerisms. They’re just the slightly eccentric mage with the hamster fixation and the giant camel. If they don’t mention it, or even show off their magic, no one notices. I like to think that there is a legend about how Merlin lives in a constantly moving magical creature, but most people imagine it as a massive dragon or a turtle flying in the sky, not a cozy tavern on a sea-camel. 

In a relationship, I think they’re rather thoughtful. Giving you gifts you like, or telling you stories about their travels. When you talk, you know they are listening and taking you seriously. At the same time, they’re not above having a little fun, or teasing you. It’s like being in love with your best friend. 

I think Merlin appreciates knowing more about you, especially after losing their memories. They probably want to remember everything about you too. Especially since...

Well, it’s likely they’ll live far longer than you will. 

S/O wants to Touch Lorson and Byron’s ears

Bryson 

You can’t sneak up on him. Lorsan has tried, and failed, multiple times. It was surprisingly good practice for him. 

He knows what you’re doing, and he will dodge out of the way, and you might see a cute slight smile on his face. Oddly enough, Elona won’t warn him, and instead just turns to look at you whenever you try to sneak up behind him. If you’re his romantic partner, Elona probably trusts you enough not to harm her friend. But even with the handicap, he still figures out where you are. 

He compliments you on your efforts in a way that shows he absolutely knows what you’re trying to do. 

The best way is to ask him. He’ll tilt his head, nods and kneels gracefully, like a knight. 

His ears are rather downy, and your fingers sink into them, especially the tips, which are basically fur. They probably help with his hearing and his sensitivity to the wind. 

Touching him, his shoulders drop slowly, and he leans towards you. He starts to rumble in a mix of a low groan and…purring? 

CAW!

Elona ruins the moment because now she wants pets too. Thankfully, her feathers are also very soft. 

Lorsan 

He hates being called bunny ears, but you’ve seen him brush them meticulously during camp, and they look ridiculously soft. 

If you stare at his ears, he will preen and tell you about his routine to keep them as soft and as perky as they are. Wandering around for 3 years has apparently done nothing to prevent him from taking proper care of his ears. 

If you sneak up on him, or grab his ears while he’s talking to you, he squeaks and blushes. It’s adorable. 

With a pout, he pulls off your hands by their wrists and leans towards you. 

“If you wanted to touch them, just ask! And be gentle!” 

Lorsan’s ears are super soft, like velvet, and the pink areas are particularly sensitive 

Dude basically melts under your ministrations. Curiously, you scratch the base a little, and…his leg thumps. 

Both of you stop. He blushes even more now and flees. He won't talk to anyone for the rest of the night.

Blind Merlin! Feels the Wilder Boy’s face. 

Please let me know if any of this is disrespectful! I tried. 

Eironn 

Eironn is a little puzzled by the request, but he complies. 

Eironn respects you immensely, as Merlin, and as a person, so he bows to your request, quite literally, kneeling on the ground so as to give you better access. He knows he is quite tall, and thus, he felt it was best to allow you to have the full picture. He also tells you he’s kneeling. Should you ask him to stand up so that you have a better idea of his height, he obliges immediately. 

He doesn’t know much about how to accommodate blindness, but he’s very willing to learn and to listen to any requests you have. 

He feels how your fingers drag down his cheeks, feeling his nose and his brow, and does his best not to move. He’s a bit flustered by how intimate this feels, but he remains resolute. He’s rather gentlemanly in this way. 

He feels a bit awkward, he knows he probably shouldn’t move, but is it alright to blink? To move his face? He wants to make sure you have a complete picture. 

As you touch his antlers, and he feels you gasp in surprise, he jolts. “Is-is something the matter?” He says, worried, did you prick yourself on something? Or scared? Or worse…disgusted?

“I didn’t realise-“ Your fingers graze along the bone, “No one told me about how big your antlers are! They must be beautiful, and your hair-its so soft!”, You stroke his locks with your fingertips. 

He can’t help but smile as your hands go alll the way up his antlers, feeling the tips. You-you can’t even reach, that’s…adorable. Why is he so flustered by this? 

Should you compliment him on his features, he coughs in his hand, blushing. It’s not the first time he’s been complimented, but from you, with such sincerity, it feels…different. 

Byron 

Byron agrees immediately. He blindfolds himself for his own training voluntarily, but even he has Elona as a guide, and his skills as a wind whisperer, he holds a great deal of respect for you, and maybe privately talks to you about how you navigate the world without seeing, hoping to implement it to his own training. He even gives you his own tricks, should you wish to ask him. He also, perhaps, knows the most about any stigma against blindness, since so many assume he is blind. Heck, he’ll even lend Elona to you should you ask. She’s basically a trained seeing-eye bird already.  

His only wish is that it is to be done in private. He leads you to a safe place and bends low so that you can have better access. 

Otherwise, he treats you very normally, though he’s careful not to startle you. 

He’s rather silent as you touch him, only speaking when you ask him questions about colors or certain features. He’s as still as a statue, allowing you to touch his face at your leisure. He makes no remarks about how he feels, and no one can tell whether he’s affected by this interaction at all. 

It’s only when you reach the sides of his ears (You didn't realise they were so fluffy at the end!) that you tilt your head, something is…off. Oh. You don’t feel the cloth around his temples. And as you trace a line from the sides of his head to his brows, you still can’t feel it. 

“Did..you take off your blindfold?” You ask, gently grazing his eyelids. “Yes,” He says, his voice Low and simple, “I can put it back on again, if you wish.” 

If you ask him what color his eyes are, he obliges immediately. You likely have a clearer picture of his face than most people now. 

It’s been a long time since someone has touched his face like this, and he perhaps felt his heart go a little faster at your touch. Especially if you compliment him. But he’ll never tell anyone about what occured. 

Lorsan 

I think you broke him. Yeah, yup he’s broken. He goes very quiet, and his hands twitch. 

Lorsan probably describes everything around you should you ask, in lovely, flowery detail so vivid you can imagine it in your head. He’s not above playing pranks, or embellishing things (just a little!) to you, but he wasn’t expecting you to request to actually touch his face. 

“One second, magister!” He says, too cheerfully. He then pulls out his hairbrush and passes it through his ears, and his hair as quickly as he can. 

“Done!” He crows, throwing the brush back into his bag, and makes a mock bow towards you.

Dude is chatty throughout the whole thing, talking about any sort of thing he can imagine. It’s mostly to distract himself, If you tell him to shut up, he will shut up, though he might twitch a bit. 

Being touched like this was very…nice, he hopes you can’t feel the heat on his cheeks. His nervousness makes him anxious, and that’s why he moves around a bit. Thankfully, 

As your hands brush against his head and get to the base of his ears, you gasp, 

“What? What’s wrong?” He jerks his head back, concerned that he’d somehow hurt you. 

“I-I didn’t realise you had bunny ears!” You say, your hands go back to his head, and you lightly run your palms over his ears again. “They’re so soft!” 

Lorsan has the biggest grin on his face for the rest of the goddamn week. He is completely insufferable, especially if you talk about his ears to other people. 

I frickin love that snake man.

(This is going to be a running theme but I"M SO SORRY FOR MAKING YOU WAIT A YEAR)

Viperian x Reader!

When you ended up courting, dude starts reading romance novels he borrowed from others, and taking notes. It’s a full research topic. He gives you things that range from surprisingly sweet. (A graveborn black rose) to the strange (Your own set of robes, complete with a matching hood) to the macabre (Bones) 

You’re in a relationship with a very passionate man. Granted that passion is directed more at-well, frankly amoral experiments, but still, very passionate. He can’t help but feel incredibly happy should you listen and talk to him about it. Finally, someone who understands! 

It’s occasionally difficult to determine whether you’re his lover or his latest test study at times. The biggest telltale is the way his eyes narrow slightly in pleasure, or the way he leans towards you as he talks to you. 

He loves his work, and he might take you to his lab to show you his latest experiment. Hope you have a strong stomach! If you’re willing to discuss research, he loves it. 

His snake has a love-hate relationship with you. 

If you’re not a grave born, he sometimes watches you sleep with a strange expression in his eyes. Should anyone get too close to you, he sets his snake on them. 

Maybe something with one of you getting injured

This is more than six months late I’m so sorry.

He gets injured

- Byron felt the pain lance through his side, and let out a small, involuntary grunt of pain. How careless of him, he thought. Elona above him gave out a small, belated call. To admonish him? To call for help?

- He falls down to his knee, clutching his side as blood starts to well from the wound.

- When he heard you call his name, that was more jarring. He’d heard it before, from Lorsan, Lucien and Lyca during training and countless battles. Back when he’d been but a child trying to find his footing.

- But your voice, filled with fear and horror-he hated that the most.

- “Get back!” He barks, too loudly. Gritting his teeth.

- His consciousness faded as he hears the familiar sound of your footsteps.

- After the battle, he sits while you fuss over him. There’s an odd prickling in his chest, and he’s turned away from you. This was different from normal. Usually it was Lyca, Eironn, or Lorsan. But when it’s you…

- This isn’t the first time he’s been injured in front of you. He is a messenger and a fighter, after all. But this had definitely been the most serious. He’s rather quiet as you patch him up. Dudes reflecting on himself, really. You, him, this new dynamic.

- After you’re finished, he asks to train with you. Team maneuvers, so that this doesnt happen again.

- Man is pretty grateful though, he asks to sleep next to you that night, and does try to take it easy if you insist.

You Get Injured

- Byron heard your pained scream, and his blood turned both hot and cold at the same time.

- The man practically flew over the few feet that had separated the two of you. The enemy? Gone. Obliterated by either you, Byron, or Goddamn Elona.

- Then you’re picked up in his arms. He can smell your blood, feel it seep into his hands. And the both of you vanish with but a gust of wind.

- Blood, he can smell your blood. Byron’s no field medic, but he knows how to patch up a wound. He does so quickly, Elona fetches him herbs and medicine. He can’t bear to be apart from you now.

- After the patch up job, he takes you to the nearest medic. If he’s kicked out by the doctor for his constant questions and bouts of intense silence, dude is standing watch outside the door.

- He watches you as you rest afterwards, yes, watches. He takes off his blindfold to inspect you closely, wary of any sort of complication that might occur. He can’t afford to miss anything.

- Someone, likely his friends, have to pull him away to eat and rest. Or more likely, give him food.

- How could this happen? How could he have been so careless?

- When you wake up, he’s acting as normal. But he’s become an ever present shadow in your path. And might start asking to train with you.

Lorsan 

Lorsan is a dork. But at least he’s your dork!

Whether that’s a good thing or not is up to you. 

Lorsan canonically loves flower crowns, as a child. As an adult, he won’t admit it but should you give him some fresh wildflowers, he melts a bit at the gesture. Maybe he’ll make you a crown, though it might be a bit messy from lack of practice. 

He does his best to woo you with his words. Many of his compliments, however are pure poetry, and he’s an expert in romantic letters to make you swoon, then he ruins it by praising himself too much. 

Don’t be fooled, he’s a romantic at heart. You can see the effort he puts in to sweep you off your feet. 

He enjoys making you blush, sneaking you kisses on the cheek when you aren’t looking. 

If you take your revenge while he’s talking, he continues talking until he registers the kiss and his voice trails off. It’s a great way to get him to stop talking for a bit. 

Dates with the dork are fun! He likes to explore new things with you, or to show you his favorite pretty date spots, he’ll take you to the prettiest, iconic date spots in the Dark Forest, like Lovers’ Wish. (“Though they don’t hold a candle to you, darling”) 

Oh, get ready for the pet names. All of them, sometimes in the same sentence. They get cheesier the more mischievous he’s feeling. 

Lorsan is your protector, should you need it! It’s sometimes difficult to remember that Lorsan is a skilled Windwhisperer and warrior in his own right, but he’s very good at making people remember. 

All of the tension goes out of him when you two are alone, he’ll nuzzle against you, boneless and tail twitching in happiness, kissing your cheek with his lips and his nose. He’s a cuddler, through and through. 

Lucius 

This man be a himbo. A relatively sophisticated and well-bred himbo, but a himbo all the same. 

Dude was straight up missing for two weeks trying to help people. He be himbo

Canonically, most of his advice involves exercise or horses. I don’t think he understands romance. At all. 

Lucius is a noble, so his ideas of romance are kind of centred around what he heard growing up. So he courts you, basically, in his own way. He gives you gifts that are simple, practical and beautiful. Bouquets of flowers, jewellery, whatever you asked for him. Service is also a big thing. He’s your literal knight in shining armour, dude will carry you across the globe princess style should you ask him to. 

he takes you to his favourite restaurants, they are simple, plain fare. Though with how loved he is by his country, the servers and owners always do their best to make it a good experience. 

He’s very sappy, make him something, no matter how stupid or silly it looks, and he wears it with pride in public, proclaiming you as the maker. He gets a bit confused should you get embarrassed. 

He likes taking you on horseback rides, he’s named every single one he’s ever ridden, and remembers their temperaments, so it will always be a pleasant experience for you. 

He won’t talk to you about his troubles, he’s had to keep it to himself so long that it’s tough for him. He’ll open up to you very slowly, after some needling. 

He’s also very hesitant about affection, he won’t initiate it unless you give your permission. He’s very gentlemanly in that regard, though it can be frustrating. 

Eironn doesn’t quite know what to say when you ask him the question. 

His eyes go wide, and his lips part. His hand go up to his horns. 

He’s not offended, far from it! But he didn’t expect the question at all. 

Many people, wilder and others alike, had told him his antlers were impressive or request to touch them. He’d denied them. But if it was you… 

He nods and your smile alone is worth the embarrassment. 

Eironn is a very good model, very patient and sits still as you work, even leaning down to let you get a better angle. His only flaw is that his eyes are completely fixated on you and that his blush never fades. 

If you start a conversation, he’s happy to talk with you, but he’ll be a bit distracted, is all. 

It’s a chance to see your features, and it’s amazing to see you so hard at work. Your face glows with a mesmerising determination. Is this how he looks when he’s training? (Yes)  

Eironn is surprisingly neutral about any direction you go in decorating his horns. It is an artist’s best and worst outcome: an empty canvas, an easy client. He stares at you with such open, trusting eyes. Don’t betray him with something too silly, ok? Well, if it is silly, he’ll wear it anyway in public with no shame, so that might backfire. 

He does prefer more natural decorations, like plants weaved into his branches, but give him something with a bit of gold, to go with his hair, and he looks so regal.

Hand him a mirror, and he will stare at himself in awe. Eironn has never seen himself as beautiful, per se, despite how people talk about him, but with your efforts, he looks…there is a bloom of warmth in his chest. He feels proud, you made him see himself as something…more. And…it’s like a claim, his heart hammers in his chest. 

He thanks you with such gentleness, with such awe, like a blessing from Misarte herself.

Hogan HCs! (I'm so sorry for being late)

Hogan is a busy man, unfortunately. He hates not being at home with you. 

At the same time, he’s also a workaholic. You’re probably the only reason he takes vacation days at all. He guards those days with his life. 

You are considered the Guard Mama, and are given special privileges whenever you come over, or if the guards see you walk around Holistone. Salutes all around. 

If you just started dating, the guards are kind of gobsmacked that Hogan of all people has a lover. And they keep trying to find out more about you. Hogan is a solid steel wall in the matter though, even if his face gets tenderly soft thinking of you. 

Hogan is a very gentlemanly-if a bit awkward-lover. Kind of the sort of man who is strict on the outside and melts whenever you’re around. Dude is a dyed in the wool bachelor before you came around, too busy with the military life to really get into relationships. Please be patient. 

Dates are very simple, quality time sort of deals, sometimes it’s just the two of you in his office, sharing kisses as he works and you do your own thing. 

Not a PDA starter, and can be a bit iffy about you starting it, but that’s mostly because his face gets a bit too red for his liking when you give him a kiss on the cheek in a crowd.

The most he says is a firm “I love you.”, but it’s stated as such a fact that it’s very flustering. The farther into the relationship he is, the more direct he becomes, and the more likely this happens.

Very affectionate behind closed doors. Also a big spoon. He likes to protect you. 

However, there are nights where the pasts of war come to haunt his dreams. He’s very grateful if you cuddle against him. 

On that note: Super protective! But not in the way you’d expect. He’s the sort to want to be your bodyguard, or pack your bags and make sure you’re safe. You’re one of the reasons why he remains as Magistrate. And any concerns you may have are investigated by him personally. To an extent, of course. Can’t play favourites too much. 

In terms of marriage, on one hand, he’s not getting any younger. On the other hand, he’s not sure you two even need to get married. He’s already devoted his life to you, after all. He has a long conversation with you about the topic. Depending on what you decide, he gets a ring that very day.