Some personal headcanons about Habit's behavior ⤸
I genuinely love it sooooo much when people write HABIT like a BEAST, 'cause he is one...
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In a way, I think Habit wears his emotions on his sleeve. You just have to disregard human ones for him.
He’s extremely body-language-centric in his communication. Words to him are a tool you use to manipulate someone, not to express yourself with. I don't think he'd find it useful (or want to) to say how he's feeling.
Habit’s mannerisms do that for him.
A lot of his behaviours and cues carry over from his true form. Tall posture, wide gait, a confident and cocky front that never breaks.
He adopts this slinking, slumping body posture when you scold him. It’s not quite submission, more of his metaphorical pout for when you’re angry.
Habit perks up when you say certain words or do certain actions, his back straight as if he still had a tail to wag.
He lowers his head when around you to display his trust. He doesn’t sleep like you would—not unless Evan’s body physically demands it—but he’ll lie in your bed with you and force you to curl into his side. He purrs, too, and sometimes makes these quick clicking noises that mean excitement or contentedness.
He bares his teeth at you as a warning when you cross an unknown boundry. He snaps his teeth towards you when you enter his personal space not on his terms.
Habit nips at your jawline and hands when he wants your attention and touch.
He tilts his head to the side toward you when you speak, a completely subconscious action awoken from the loss of his wolfish ears.
Eye contact is another big one. Habit rarely blinks and always stares at you with wide, usually unmoving, eyes. It’s unnerving when you think he’s zoned out only to watch his head smoothly track you from one side of the house to the other.
Like... he's not human, even if he's in the body of one. It doesn't make sense to write him human-coded. I dunno. Habit is strictly wolf-coded to me, and I can’t imagine him any other way.
