#wayne headcanons

warnings ✩° : mentions of being hurt, mentions of fighting scars, mentions of fighting, slight argument?, little angst?, wayne being .. wayne.

pairing ✩° : wayne mccullough x fem!reader

authors note ✩° : hey guys.. i’m back after sm months but i’ll try to be consistent, i need to get back on the grind...

And Sgt. Stephen Geller is so real for the (kind and gentle) way he absolutely reads him in episode 10 because no you are not a barbarian you are made of love

Bc even in episode 1 he's so receptive to it the moment he feels safe with someone

let's get miscellaneous

wayne's ring gets stuck on his finger within the first three months of wearing it

they actually didn't tell like anyone in their life that they got engaged, much less married, except for their close friends

Maureen makes her monthly call and asks if Wayne and Del have been up to much and he's like,, no not really. .... oh we got married.

she freaks out

One of Del's work friends does a double take one day when she sees Del in the break room, ring finger visible.

"what'cha got there?"

"... coffee."

despite how they were living pre-adulthood, their home is remarkably clean for a number of reasons

the main one is just that acts of service is a fundamental of their relationship on both sides

like oh my wife's really stressed right now I should clean up the dishes and the counters so she doesn't feel like she has to when she wants to get a coffee or something because i love her

my husband's gonna be really tired when he gets home from work maybe I'll do some decluttering around the house so he can just feel relaxed when he's home bc i love him

but also I think Del guilt cleans

like

particularly when they're younger, she's often frustrated for a variety of reasons and the world is shit and she can be angry and sometimes she gets a little snippy because of that

and Wayne knows that it's just her frustration building up and nothing to do with him so he kind of just wanders off till she cools down

but she feels AWFUL every time she does because he's really good at not lashing out at her like ever ever and she loves him so much

and as above, it's easier for her to just like do some chores to decompress and she just wants to feel like she's not making his life harder

but she says sorry and he says thank you and at the end of the day they cuddle up on the couch and watch like Law & Order SVU or something

I think they're the kind of couple that watch TV shows and movies together,

the most heated argument they'll have had during any given week is usually because someone started a show that the other wanted to start together

They watched Squid Games together when it came out and Wayne watched like 30 minutes of an episode before realising Del was asleep.

She huffed and puffed about it for the rest of the day.

I think they'd want to be parents one day

I don't know if that's a hot take or like what

but I think they're both made up of a lot of love and protective instincts

and Wayne as an adult is sooo girldad coded

I also just really like @random-gay-writer's Cool on ao3, Dawn is so real 2 me

they're weird and kind-hearted so kids love them

I think they end up going on more dates when they're married than they did when they were dating

which mathematically makes sense but I mean on average

Cause being an adult means they have a lot less time to just do stuff together

obviously they live together but sometimes it's nice to go out for dinner together instead of having dinner on the couch together

like either way is fine and wonderful but it's just nice to have time set aside to do something new or unusual.

At some point in his adult life Wayne started going for runs in the morning bc he's an early riser and needs an outlet like he gets the zoomies sometimes and needs to do something physical now that he's not beating the shit out of people anymore

And at some point she asks him if she can join

So most days, not all of them because she doesn't particularly enjoy getting up at 6 in the morning and in fact is quite tired very often, she gets him to drag her out of bed so she can spend that time with him

It's actually really great

just walking and being one with whatever environment they're in and talking to each other

watching the sun rise eating breakfast muffins on a bench together

I think as a married couple whenever they have fights they instill a sort of rule where they have to hold hands the whole time

It builds mostly unconsciously

Del is prone to storming off and Wayne needs something to do with his hands or he's worried he's gonna break something

So one night, they're like 26 and they're arguing about whether or not they're going to some get-together a friend of a friend is having and it's not that severe but Del is getting more and more overwhelmed and so she goes to grab her jacket

and Wayne just takes her hand. and doesn't give it back.

which helps soothe that frustration because now she's just confused and amused and slightly softened by the touch.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"Don't go."

Her stance deflates a little and she sets her jacket back down.

"Okay. I won't."

...

"You planning on letting go?"

"Not yet."

And they have the rest of that conversation there.

it works because it reminds them that they're still a team. It helps remind them that they're with someone who they can be soft around and that they love and care about

they don't fight super heaps or anything but it starts becoming precedent to the point where Del initiates it whenever things are turning from a disagreement to an argument

it just helps them feel secure.

When they're a lot older, by which i mean like middle-aged, I like to think they have a vow reading because they kind of actually didn't write any

because they were pretty young and didn't want it to be a whole big thing

And they have a lot more people in their lives then, maybe more family,

maybe even a kid that would sooo want to go to a wedding-like ceremony for them

they actually own formal clothes