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Crow, chief, I gotta say thank you very much for creating some Sucrose content.

And anon, my respected individual, I gotta admit that I'm more than happy to provide. The lack of Sucrose content should be criminal, I love her and she deserves the entire world, as far as I'm concerned.

#answerin' asks #not yandere

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Drown

Summary: Maybe they are right when they say you can drown in your own misery. He wonders if you’ll go down with him, willing or otherwise.

Warnings: yandere character; implied violence and mistreatment; self-sabotage;

  As the years go by, Tiago feels like his memory is failing him.

  Not that he's that old or that he has some sort of tendency for forgetfulness, it's simply the passage of time taking doing its job. The mind only keeps what it finds useful or important after all, with many details ending up slipping through the cracks as life goes along. It's only natural. But it's so strange to think of a time that used to be so important to him now simply feel... Distant.

  He remembers. He swears he does. He swears he can still hear their sharp tones and see the amused glint in their eyes and feel soreness of his body and smell the mud tangled on his hair and staining his clothes. He swears he remembers his old friends. But then, why can't he recall their faces? Their specific voices? Why can't he pull from his memory the image of that space he spend so many of his years on? Why does everything he remembers feel like a blur?

  He swears he has met you before. But he hasn't, you have no idea of who he used to be. Sometimes, he wonders if you would have joined them back then, if you would've treated him the exact same way they did. Surely not, his mind is desperate to be quick to tell him. But anyone can be brought to do what they once considered to be the unthinkable, he never hesitates to then remind himself.

  You feel familiar, he finally decides. You feel warm, like that exact warmth he desperately tried to seek in others, that exact same warmth everyone was always so adamant to refuse him. You remind him of what he hoped friendship would feel like.

  He adores you, he truly does. You make him forget. You make it okay to forget. You make him feel like everything that happened during all those years is almost irrelevant, nothing more than a bump in the road. The road that led him to you.

  Maybe it's meant to be. Maybe you're meant to be.

  And then he laughs. And he laughs, and laughs until he's nearly out of breath and his throat hurts. No. You're not meant to be.

  You're meant to be far away from him, you're meant to find someone who can love you like you deserve. Tiago loves you, of that he's regretfully aware of. But in a way that's polarizing, selfish, basically terrified. He's scared. He's so, so scared. And he's so angry, with his hands shaking and his tone of voice betraying him. After so long, he finally got what he wanted, what he craved so badly. But it's not enough. How could it ever be enough? So he's going to take. He's going to take all you have to give and then still refuse to let you go.

  He hopes that your memory is starting to fail you as well. He hopes you forget. He hopes you forget what it felt like to be near and dear to anyone who isn't him. He hopes your memory blurs and that your time with him starts to become all that matters, all that truly matters.

  He hopes that neither of you have any place to go other than each other's arms.

  And he knows he's capable of bringing these hopes to fruition. But sometimes, just sometimes, he wishes he wasn't. What did it feel like when you still looked at him like a cherished friend? He doesn't know.

  Tiago feels like his memory is failing him.

#tw yandere #yandere x reader #yandere x you #yandere imagines #yandere oc #yandere character #tw violence #tw bullying #tw self sabotage #my ocs #Tiago

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I’d like to thank you for posting the yandere Cove Holden headcanons because I decided to play the game and ended up falling in love with Cove and bought all the DLC currently available and subscribed to GB Patch Games’s Patreon just so that I can see more of him 🥺

Hell yeah dude! I'm glad you enjoyed the game. It needs more love, and so does Cove, the sweet boy! And if my writing made you curious enough to check out the game, it only makes me happier!

#answerin' asks #not yandere

[ohthethingswedoforlove]

Hey! I loved your Yandere Headcanons for Cove Holden. Would you ever consider doing a part 2? Maybe when more of the game content gets released.

Well, thank you! Though, I wasn't really planning a part 2 since those headcanons were just supposed to describe how yandere Cove is in general, but I'm definitely not opposed to writing for more yan Cove given a more specific scenario!

And while I've been a bit out of loop regarding updates for this game, life’s busy and I also still have a backlog of other games to get through, I'm definitely interested in writing for Derek and maybe Baxter once their DLC routes get released.

#answerin' asks

[ohthethingswedoforlove]

Yandere!Albedo and Yandere!Sucrose sharing an s/o

Author’s note: Been thinking about these two a lot... I’m surprised that their dynamic doesn’t get explored more.

Warnings: yandere characters; stalking; sabotage;

  Sucrose is the first one to grow attached to you, and her obsession develops surprisingly fast. What started with a simple curiosity quickly went off the rails as she took to observing you from afar, way too nervous to directly approach you. As with many of the studies she conducts, Sucrose got quite invested in her research of you, finding you to be nothing short of wonderful. As she started to fill journals with every little detail she could note about you, she slowly began to seek your company more often, to the point of you being the only thing on her mind when she isn't busying herself with her work on bio-alchemy. And even then, she has found herself wishing to be around you during her busy hours, trying to gain the courage to ask you to come and help out around the lab, even if you yourself have little to no knowledge in this field.

  And that's around then that Albedo starts to notice that something seems... A bit strange. Well, he's used to seeing his assistant letting her unwavering curiosity control her actions and current studies of interest, that's really nothing new. 

  What he wasn't expecting ended up being the fact that the subject of her most recent research is not only a person, but also someone who didn't appear to have any notable traits, physical or otherwise, that could aid in her pursuit of bio-alchemy. Sucrose even commented on such herself, both in the lengthy volume she already wrote about you and under her breath during monologues she thought no one was around to hear.

  The bashfulness she shows around you might just be mistaken for her regular nervousness when presented with social situations. Hell, not even you might notice, even when you coincidently happen to bump into her several times a week, how she seems to always perfectly guess your likes and dislikes, how she just seems to know your thought process as if it were her own. And why would you even suspect Sucrose, of all people? Sure, she has her rather strange and awkward moments, but she's a completely harmless sweetie!

  But while most won't bother to notice, Albedo does. How could he not, really? He's the one who ends up spending more time around her, he's the one who has, even if rather unintentionally, gotten used to Sucrose and all her quirks. Though he's a bit confused as to why she seems so interested in you to the point she has reached, he also finds it... Endearing, in a way. 

  Albedo knows that Sucrose isn't the most competent when it comes to relationships, although he's also aware that he's not exactly one to talk. He can empathize with these struggles, as he has some of similar nature. Where Sucrose is terrified of all the unpredictability and little to no room for failure when it comes to social interactions, Albedo instead feels wary when faced with the realization of how much time and dedication needs to be spent on emotional connections, especially considering how much of his energy needs to be used in his pursuits of alchemy.

  So he can't help but let a ghost of a smile grace his features at the thought of Sucrose finding someone whom she cares so much about. It'll do her good, he thinks. And maybe he has gotten a bit too used to her habits, as he also doesn't find anything of concern about her literal growing obsession with you. Well, she's not harming you nor are you distracting her from her work too much, as she's way too passionate about her research to simply let it all go. So what's the issue? Or perhaps it's because he knows what it's like to lose himself a bit in his research, he can't exactly say. He just seems to have a sort of... Understanding towards the situation.

  Albedo doesn't confront Sucrose about all of this, at least not in the beginning. But he still finds himself wondering about just what's so special about you. It's only natural to be intrigued by something that breaks the usual mold, isn't it? And while you, at first glance, appear to be absolutely ordinary, he's sure that there must be something about you... There has to be. Perhaps he could conduct a bit of an investigation of his own? Nothing too intrusive or that would take too much of his time, but an investigation none the less. And so now it's his turn to let his curiosity lead him down... Questionable paths.

  Sucrose suddenly found herself surprised with how it wasn't just her anymore that requested your presence, now even Albedo started to seem interested in having you around the lab. From asking to perform small tests on you (that he never elaborates on why they're necessary) to requesting your assistance or opinions, you started to spend a lot more time around these two than you ever expected. 

  It's... A bit hard to refuse Albedo, after all. What are you supposed to do when the Chief Alchemist of the Knights of Favonius himself asks of your presence? Say no? Well, you could try, but he always seems to have the perfectly sensible excuse to make you stay just a little bit longer every single time. And he's also never one to fail in leaving you with some sort of compensation for all your work. Besides, as he usually adds, Sucrose seems to enjoy your company, he's sure that she's really happy to see you as well.

  But, though certain social cues might go over Albedo's head at times, it's undeniable that he has a very sharp eye. He notices. He notices how Sucrose gets more fidgety, more prone to accidents, seemingly unable to stop staring at you and him work. He truly doesn't wish to distress her. So, during these times, he tries to give you small nudges for you to go over and offer your assistance to her instead, even when he knows that it's not exactly assistance, per se, what she needs. Perhaps if he didn't know of Sucrose's... Affections towards you, he would have missed all of this completely, or simply considered it a rather peculiar curiosity. But Albedo... Feels like he has come to understand.

  He has yet to find the exact reason why his assistant is so fascinated by you, well, at least from alchemy standpoint. You don't produce any particularly unusual or interesting results as a subject of experiments and you still have much to learn if you were to aim to truly be useful around a lab, though Albedo does see a lot of potential in that regard. But even he can't deny... You're wonderful company. More than he could have ever hypothesized.

  Maybe he has truly come to understand. Albedo can't help but be reminded of certain notes Sucrose had neatly written about you in her journals and how clear they've become as he gets to observe you in his own time. Not that Sucrose ever handed him one of her volumes or even dared to mention them, but... Well, while she does her best to keep them hidden from most prying eyes and isn't exactly one to leave things unorganized, it's inevitable that small things slip through the cracks. A misplaced page, an absentminded comment made out loud, certain mannerisms... Eventually Albedo grew to know more than Sucrose probably ever anticipated him to.

  But maybe the secrecy has gone on for far too long. So, he rationalizes, wouldn't it be for the better if he and Sucrose worked together? He can admit that if he were to share this objective with anyone else, Albedo would've felt... Apprehensive. For a reason even he himself has yet to decipher, he just doesn't like the idea of you being too far away from him or for you to leave with other people. 

  Time is already so scarce... If he doesn't know where you are and who you're with, then how is he supposed to feel assured that you're safe and sound? How is he to be sure that he can spend his already limited time with his dear friend? No, he doesn't like that idea. But Sucrose? He knows he can trust her, he respects her and he's very aware that said respect is mutual. It would be hard to not be aware of that, either way, considering how transparent Sucrose is when it comes to her admiration for him.

  So Albedo finally decides to confront her.

  Now, Sucrose has been terrified of this very moment ever since Albedo started to show interest towards you. As she watched you two grow closer, slowly but surely, she couldn't help but also feel a pit growing in her stomach alongside this development. It's not like she doesn't trust Albedo, that's not it! There isn't anyone else she could trust more! Mr. Albedo is a gentleman, a brilliant mind and a wonderful person, of that Sucrose doesn't have any doubts. But... That's exactly why she's terrified. Why would you care for her at all when you've got Albedo showing interest in you? Why would you ever choose her, should the situation ever arise? She already believes to be replaceable when compared to many others, but when faced with Albedo of all people? How could she even blame you for preferring him, no matter how much it hurt?

  She was so, so scared when Albedo came to her about all of this, holding one of her journals in his hand. To say that she panicked at the sight would not do her genuine terror justice. Not only because of her previously mentioned fears, but even with all the excuses and reasoning she offers herself, Sucrose is still aware that what she's doing isn't exactly... Commendable. It's wrong, it's an evasion of your privacy... She was convinced Albedo was about to show his disgust and disappointment, only then promptly out her to you.

  So you can imagine her surprise when Albedo instead offered to help her. And, while confessing that he also does care for you in a similar way, told her he also has no intent of chasing her away from you. Quite the contrary, actually...

  It took her a while to recover from her panic induced stupor, even with Albedo trying reassure her as logically as he could, but she was quick to accept his offer once she finally managed to somewhat settle herself. She felt... Unbelievably happy. And so incredibly relieved. And honored to keep working alongside the person she admires so much, especially now that it means she can keep you safely with her and someone she trusts with all her heart! Albedo also felt pleased about this arrangement, like a weight he didn't even know of had been suddenly lifted from his shoulders. And so Sucrose continued to be his trusted assistant, now with a new added objective to their collaboration.

  Sucrose is more emotional and sensitive to what others might feel, she can offer you comfort and affection, even if with a bit of awkwardness. But she's nearly powerless in confrontation. She's timid and tends to not have a lot of courage to approach you in certain situations, especially when she doesn't have the time to carefully analyze and scrutinize every single possibility, even as she grows more confident with her knowledge of you.

  Albedo, on the other hand, is more direct. While still a bit reserved, he knows what to say to make you stay. It's not like he manipulates situations to his favor, at least not always on purpose, it's that he's honest and intelligent and so reasonable that you just can't bring yourself to question him. But his difficulties mostly come in the form of closeness. While he has come to adore your company, he... Doesn't really know how to express it. Sure, he has told you many times about how much he appreciates you, but he feels like you deserve so much more than that... He's just glad that Sucrose is more open to showing affection than he is.

  They are both awkward in their own ways, but together they make quite the team. They've come to a silent understanding of each other.

  Maybe that's why you never tried to escape. Why would you try? This dynamic comes so naturally to them that it almost seems like there's nothing out of the ordinary. There's nothing to concern yourself with. It's just Sucrose and Albedo. And they are your friends, you're more than happy to spend time with them and assist them as necessary. And they keep you busy, way too busy for you to have much time to think of other things (or people).

  Though, as you come to spend most of your days around Mondstadt’s two most infamous alchemists, you would have to be incredibly oblivious to not notice that something's... Doesn't quite sit right. Sucrose clings to you almost like she's an extension of your being, always trying to keep you content in a way that, while sweet and genuine, feels... Carefully perfected. It reminds you of how she searches for the correct alchemical reactions in her experiments.

  And Albedo, always seemingly serene and distant enough to leave you wondering what's going on behind those barely visible smiles, never fails to have an unflinching gaze trailed unto you. He's a busy man, he doesn't manage to always be there, but it sure does feel like it... You swear you always just seem to feel his gaze on you even when you've not located him in the near vicinity. He certainly has become comfortable enough to share how most of his recreational sketches nowadays seem to involve you in some way. He manages to capture your likeness onto the canvas with a nearly unnerving precision, and there's no shortages of drawings to go around for you to verify that for yourself. And Sucrose never fails to compliment him on his artistic skills and enthusiastically comment on every little precise detail Albedo manages to capture.

  No matter how much you trust them, it always feels like there's something they're not telling you. There's definitely an agreement here, and it's not one you're part of, but instead one you ended up being the reward of.

#tw yandere #yandere x reader #yandere x you #yandere imagines #yandere sucrose #yandere sucrose x reader #yandere albedo #yandere albedo x reader #yandere genshin impact #yandere genshin impact x reader #tw stalking #tw sabotage

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Fandoms Masterlist

Portal

General Yandere!GLaDOS and Yandere!Wheatley headcanons

More Yandere!GLaDOS and Yandere!Wheatley headcanons

Genshin Impact

Venti

Freedom in exchange of you, wholly | Venti one-shot

Sucrose

General Yandere!Sucrose headcanons

Group anecdotes

Yandere!Albedo and Yandere!Sucrose sharing an s/o

OFF

The Batter

General Yandere!Batter headcanons

Our Life: Beginnings & Always

Cove Holden

General Yandere!Cove Holden headcanons

#tw yandere #masterlist #yandere x reader #yandere portal #yandere genshin impact #yandere off #yandere our life beginnings & always

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OCs Masterlist

Canden Pines

Who is he? (Profile)

Headcanons lists

Canden with a sympathetic s/o who suffers from peer pressure

Canden with a depressed s/o

Short scenarios/ imagines

(None yet)

One-shots

(None yet)

Tiago Silva da Cruz

Who is he? (Profile)

Headcanons lists

Tiago with a s/o who also speaks Portuguese

Tiago with a s/o who has a hard time trusting others

Tiago reacts to his s/o moving away and becoming distant after their partner died

Short scenarios/ imagines

Tiago reacts to his s/o witnessing him killing their partner

One-shots

Your best friend (should never lie to you) | Tiago one-shot

Rose garden | Tiago one-shot

Drown | Tiago one-shot

Gabriel Butterfield

Who is he? (Profile)

Headcanons lists

(None yet)

Short scenarios/ imagines

Gabriel reacts to a s/o who's deathly afraid of needles

Gabriel reacts to his s/o bringing up the 300% mortality rate surgery during a conversation

One-shots

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you | Gabriel one-shot

Group anecdotes

Canden, Tiago and Gabriel react to their s/o kissing them on the cheek but then getting extremely flustered and running away

Canden, Tiago and Gabriel react to a s/o who's also stalker/yandere like them

Canden, Tiago and Gabriel react to their s/o confessing to them

Canden, Tiago and Gabriel react to his s/o accepting someone else's confession

Canden, Tiago and Gabriel react to their s/o purposely flustering them

#tw yandere #masterlist #yandere x reader #my ocs

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These are the OCs I will be writing for on this blog. Because I’m taking inspiration from love-toxin, and also because the alternative was multiple posts, I’ve put these guys and their information in this document.

All of their Picrew links are inside, but in the case that those are all you want, I’ll list them in order: Elijah, Owen, Alucard, Aria, Emery, Ashe, Lauren

Well, that’s that. Hope they’re up-to-standards. ^-^;

#others' cool stuff #these are some nice yan characters honestly #I really like them! #specially #owen and ashe my beloveds

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How the yanderes react to Y/N teasing them? Y/N just like to make the yandere very fluster cause they have such a cute face reaction.

Cute! Some wholesomeness here and there does us all good, after all. Though, sometimes, even the most wholesome of affections can feel just like adding fuel to the fire, don’t you think?

Warnings: yandere characters; implied stalking;

  Canden will most likely be the only one who wouldn't have that much of a reaction. Or, more accurately, he would just not have the reaction you're probably trying to get from him. Sure, it will come as a surprise to him, and you'll definitely see his face briefly going red as he completely stops whatever he's doing just to process what he heard, but before any form of embarrassment can make itself known, he's already way too giddy to care.

  He's cute?! Really!? Well, he's also a bit confused as to why you think so, but that's just a side effect of never really being treated as such before. But it doesn't matter, because the fact that you seemingly think of him as endearing is all he's going to concentrate on. Will definitely start being way more open about how he feels about you, at least verbally, as he takes this as a clear sign that you must like him. This can end with you also becoming flustered by his confessions or... Kind of creeped out by what he has to say.

  Welp, this sure is a way to catch Tiago completely caught off guard. Even if you start to make a habit out of this, he would still never fully recover from the first time you pulled this on him. He just... Wasn't expecting it? He's genuinely embarrassed, which is something that he usually doesn't particularly... Appreciate. But, then again, this is a very direct show of affection from you. You think he's cute? Well then... He supposes he can keep playing that role, especially if it results in you keeping to pay this much attention to him. He'll also try to "retaliate", trying to be smooth and say things that might fluster you just as much, but he'll just end up tripping over himself to get to the point, completely unable to stop the redness of his cheeks from spreading to the rest of his face. He actually gets pretty shy when you do this, though he'll be dead before he admits it.

  I would still be wary, however, if I were you. If he catches you showing this side of you with anyone else other than him, even if in a joking tone, he's going to start finding it difficult to humor your whole shtick. Wasn't this supposed to mean that he's special? Does this mean there's other people you like as much, if not more than him? Oh, no, no, no... That just won't do, now will it? I hope you do take a hint when he not so subtly starts mentioning how you seem so at easy treating others with such familiarity. You should be really careful of what you say around others, you know? They might take it... The wrong way.

  Gabriel would be the most fun to get a reaction out of, mostly because he'll just instantly melt into a pool of embarrassment and shyness. He doesn't really know how to react or what to say, as he'll stutter through his way to give any sort of response, which ends up being mostly incoherent as he desperately tries to hide his face in between his hands or behind some piece of his clothing. If you have any sort of mercy for the guy, you'll probably reassure him that you're just teasing him, but you could also just keep persisting until he accidentally starts to blurt out that he thinks you're cute as well.

  Afterwards, he'll not stop thinking and rethinking about what you said as the rest of the day goes by, and he probably won't even sleep properly that night either. Gabriel will, though a bit unconsciously, start to expect this kind of familiarity with you, as his tendency to follow you around will only increase. Though it comes a bit at the cost of his embarrassment (as he even feels a bit stupid for his inability to properly respond to this type of thing), Gabriel might just start to seek out this kind of interaction with you or even try recreate whatever prompted you to start it. If nothing else, this whole thing will definitely heighten his delusions of how close you two are, no matter how true (or false) those assumptions might be.

#tw yandere #yandere x reader #yandere x you #yandere imagines #yandere character #yandere oc #tw stalking #my ocs #Canden #Tiago #Gabriel

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YOOOO I never thought I'd see a yandere Cove story!!! I see you're a man of culture as well 😌

Well, you know what they say: great minds think alike!

But, actually, I wasn’t expecting a lot of people to care for yandere Cove! Mostly because I just wasn’t sure of just how many people who had played the game would also happen to like yanderes or just darker stuff (and vice versa), but I ended up being pleasantly surprised.

#answerin' asks

[ohthethingswedoforlove]

Yandere! Cove Holden headcanons

Author’s note: Another entry in “I was trying to crawl out of writer’s block so I wrote stuff for random characters I could remember off the top of my head”. This time from a game I played ended up liking way more than I was expecting.

Warnings: yandere character; vague mentions of violence; stalking; some spoilers for the game;

Cove Holden

Let’s just get this out of the way: Cove loves you wholeheartedly.

He’s just… So thankful towards you. For being his friend, for always having been there for him, for accepting him… Honestly, the list could go on.

Over the years you’ve spent together, you became one of the most important people in his life, if not the most important.

He can barely even remember his old life, the one he lived before he came to Sunset Bird, the one he lived before he met you. And he’s okay with that.

It’s… Funny, in a way.

As a child he was so convinced that he would never get used to his new life, that he would never hold this place or the people who live in it dear to his heart. Back then, he swore that the first chance he got to go back to his old life, he would take it without hesitation.

And he knows, deep down, that if he hadn’t met you in Sunset Bird… He probably would have.

It took him a while to realize- or maybe it wasn’t really realizing as much as it was coming to terms with it- that he can’t he even fathom a life where you aren’t a part of it.

He had seen people, friends, even family come and go often over the years. He never liked the feeling that came along with it, but he can barely even think about you leaving before he starts feeling nauseous.

And as such, Cove has developed many… Peculiar habits over the time he spent with you.

The most infamous one being how he got used to entering your house through your bedroom window.

This one started on that fateful night where he felt really conflicted about the news of his mother coming back, and due to you being two reckless teenagers at the time and how much he truly had needed your company and someone to vent to, neither of you saw really much of concern about his little stunt.

It even became a bit of an inside joke between you two, with him nowadays not even bothering to enter your house through the front door most times, since he mostly ever comes over to see you, either way. He grew used to it and so did you.

What you don’t know, however, is that, as the years passed by… These visits became way more frequent than you were conscious to remember.

Usually when he visits during the night, he wakes you up, since it became kind of an unspoken rule that it’s only when he has something really important or urgent to tell you that he even comes knocking at your window at such a late hour.

Well, that is as far as you are aware, anyway.

At some point, Cove isn’t exactly sure when it became the norm, he started to come over to see you as usual, finding the window unlocked due to you being so used to letting him in through it, and he simply… Stays. And observes you. Many times during the whole night, only slipping away barely before the crack of dawn.

He knows he shouldn’t be doing this. It’s one thing to do that while you’re awake and aware and actively letting him stay, but it’s another thing entirely to be in your bedroom while you’re completely out cold.

He feels like a creep for doing this.

Why can’t he just wait for the next day to see you? His house is right in front of yours for crying out loud, why can’t he just wait a few hours?! Hours that he could very much use to rest himself and focus on other things!

But he can’t. Not anymore. It only grew more difficult to be apart from you as time passed, and now he can’t even feel at peace when you’re not safe and sound near him.

Cove stalks you. More than you’ll probably ever notice.

He doesn’t always find the need for it, since you two end up spending so much time together, but he has his moments.

And being your neighbor, your very attentive neighbor, he always has a pretty good notion of where you are and when you’re leaving the house.

The moments when he isn’t with you are agonizing to him.

Back when you two were younger and had school, he would always hope you would be in the same class, and if you weren’t, he would stick to you like glue whenever he got the opportunity.

But, no matter the circumstances, he would always breathe a sigh of relief every single time summer finally rolled around, feeling way more content when he knew that most of his days could be spent in your company without fail.

But now that school has finally started to feel more and more like a nostalgic memory, he has been feeling… Scared.

Beforehand, you two had something, aside from your friendship, that kept you inevitably together. But now, now both of you are expected to move on, to maybe even move away from Sunset Bird, to finally leave your old lives behind.

But how is he supposed to move on from what you two have? How is he supposed to move on from you?

While Cove realistically knows that you two could keep in touch through calls and occasional visits, that this shouldn’t feel like the end of the world, he… Doesn’t want to leave you behind in Sunset Bird. He doesn’t want to leave. And he doesn’t want you to leave.

He will throw away all of the possible plans for his future in a heartbeat if it means he could make sure you two won’t ever need to be apart, that you’ll never get separated.

And speaking of things that could possibly separate you…

Cove doesn’t take lightly to people trying to divert your attention away from him.

It’s one thing if said person is family or a mutual friend that he’s also close with. Then the most he does is be a bit clingier or almost comically grumpy if he feels like he’s being ignored.

But otherwise, Cove doesn’t really like humoring obstacles.

For someone who you’ve grown so used to being warm and caring towards you, Cove can get surprisingly cold and borderline venomous towards others.

He’s not violent, Cove would never physically harm anyone in his right mind, no matter how much he dislikes them. Only if someone were to intentionally harm you, then it’s an eye for an eye, right?

But he’ll use the closeness you two have to get away with as much as he can.

He isn’t really subtle either. Cove, ever since he was a child, always has been extremely easy to read.

He’ll get in between you and whoever he sees as a threat as much as possible, with no ceremonies or politeness, being extremely direct and confrontational.

And, when he gets the chance, he’ll also constantly remind you that you really shouldn't get any closer with said person, trusting that your familiarity with him will make you believe him over the other.

But if push really comes to shove, that’s when the blackmail and threats start to come in.

He’ll make sure that whoever has their eyes on you will never want to go near you or even just the town of Sunset Bird in general, even if it’s simply just so they won’t have to deal with Cove ever again.

But normally, Cove is an extremely affectionate and gentle towards you, and will do his best to keep his more… Questionable or aggressive habits away from where you can see them.

He doesn’t want to worry you. Though, some things will definitely slip through the cracks due to how transparent Cove can be with his emotions, especially when around you.

But he does his best to keep you happy, to keep you safe, to accept you as who are and want to be, to love you with everything he has.

It might take a while for him to finally confess how he truly feels about you, and to confess that he does wants a future with you, either with you two being together romantically or simply as the inseparable friends you’ve been for years.

Cove has always been afraid of change, afraid of moving forward, afraid of being left behind.

If he could, he would indefinitely live on in his own little bubble of nostalgia and memories of you two, keeping you with him, completely forgetting about the rest of the world.

He just wants to be sure he’ll never lose you, that you’ll never leave him.

And, if he can help it, you never will. You’ll never leave.

You two are meant to have a life together.

You were always meant to. Since the very beginning. He’s never been so sure of anything in his life.

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And so the saga of ‘Tiago commits atrocities’ continues. Somebody ought to teach the guy that murder might just not be the best way to earn your love. But hey, I’m not exactly an expert in the affairs of love, so what would I know?

Warnings: yandere character; manipulation; death; you just straight up don’t get to have a good time;

(had to delete the original and post this again because it wasn’t showing up in the tags for some reason, let’s see if it works properly this time)

  Well, then there would be nowhere to hide, wouldn't you agree? Tiago's... Success, I guess you could call it, hinges a lot on the fact that he manages to keep people oblivious to what goes behind closed doors, behind his carefully closed doors. He's a good liar and an even better actor, but he's also... Quick to anger. Emotional, perhaps way more emotional than he'll ever be willing to admit. He's bound to make a mistake at some point.

  And oh boy, what a mistake this one was.

  Everything crumbles so fast, so unexpectedly. What's he even supposed to do now? He's a murderer and you're a witness... If he doesn't stop you, then- Then... He's going to have to get rid of you too.

  Well, at least that's what he'll tell you. Tiago will threaten you, tell you that it's better to keep this under wraps, unless you want to end up just like your dear partner, lest you don’t keep your mouth shut about this. He'll make a show out of it too, you won't be able to tell what part of his erratic behavior is real anger and intent to hurt and what part is the exaggerated act that only serves to scare you into compliance. And honestly... It suddenly hits him that neither does he. He's furious, he's terrified, he's about to lose everything! And it's all your- No... No. It's their fault. The one who tried to ruin everything, to take you away from him. They're to blame. Tiago did this for you. He did this because he loved you... Because he still loves you. Because if it were all that simple, if it really were just about the violence, about the betrayal, then he could truly just cut this trouble right by its roots. But he won't... That's what love is, right?

  And people do crazy things for love.

  Besides, he- He can make this work... Right? It's going to be fine, it's going to be fine! You might be terrified of him now, but who cares? Who cares! You're going to stay with him, no matter what you want. It's done. It's over. What's the point in denying it? He's awful, isn't he? But that doesn't matter. It doesn't. He loves you. That's what truly matters.

  As long as you refrain from seeking "rescue" how silly, that you would even think that you need to be rescued from him, nothing too horrific needs to happen again. Though he supposes he can always teach you how to play his game, how to play pretend, if you show to not be as... Familiar with this type of arrangement. And worry not, you'll learn to love him too.

  Just like he learnt to love you.

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Rose garden

Summary: With shaky hands, he’s abruptly reminded of an old incident that somehow feels more distressing than the corpse at the bottom of the stairs.

Warnings: yandere character; death and a brief description of gore; animal death (there's no description of it getting hurt/dying, but still, be wary if even just the implication makes you uncomfortable); manipulation;

Author's note: This one is built off of this ask and this ask right here, because after writing those I found myself wanting to expand on the whole "Tiago lowkey commits murder accidentally, but is it really an accident?" scenario.

  "The cat ran away while we were playing outside."

  It's... Funny. Funny how there are certain things that people don’t really question, no matter the circumstances.

  There was so little hesitation behind his words, that Tiago nearly caught himself off guard. It was easy. So, so easy. It rolled off his tongue almost as if it had simply been the truth all along. Granted, it was a rather simple statement to make out loud.

  "The cat ran away."

  Of course it did.

  After all, cats are independent creatures. The one belonging to his family being no exception. And it's not like it had been the first time this had happened. His parents tiredly sighed and did their best to console him in the face of the predicament. The cat’s going to show up soon enough, they reassured him. The cat will come back home, even if it takes a bit longer than usual, they reminded him.

  Oh, but he knew better.

  The cat wasn't coming back.

  Of course, telling the lie is the easy part. Keeping it believable is what makes the liar wary. He had to go around looking for it, ask his parents to help put up missing posters, make sure that a glimmer of hope was visible in his eyes every time one of the neighbors claimed to have seen the cat. They hadn't, he knew very well that they hadn't, but he still had a part to play. And, besides... In the very back of his mind, there always was this... Hope, this thought that was desperately trying to sound comforting... That maybe, just maybe...

  Maybe the cat had ran away.

  But his parents started to grow increasingly worried by the time a full month finally passed by. They came to realize that they wouldn't be able to find their son’s pet. So they panicked, a certain feeling of guilt weighting them down, and doubled their efforts to try and find it. And then, when they inevitably exhausted themselves into a dead end, they offered to get him a new pet. They didn't want to hurt their son's feelings, to make it seem like his companion was easily replaceable. But they also couldn't afford to keep this going any longer.

  He was grateful, he really was. Even to this very day he still is. But there was truly nothing they could have done.

  Nothing could have brought Tiago's friend back.

  He stopped coming over after this incident, after all.

  Even though they were neighbors, even though he was Tiago's friend, his only friend at the time, he seemed to completely lose interest in coming over to see him. "The cat ran away" Tiago told his friend when he curiously inquired to know where Tiago's pet was. A disheartened "Oh." was all he offered as a response, not even trying to hide just how disinterested he felt to be in Tiago's company for the rest of that afternoon. And then he left.

  Well, Tiago... He was well aware. The sole reason why he could even call that kid his "friend" was because of the persistence from his and the other kid’s parents. And of their pity towards poor little Tiago, who used to be such social butterfly, so full of life, and who now can't even keep a conversation going to save his life. But it was no secret (at least to Tiago himself) that his "friend" and everyone around his age thought of him as weird, boring, a waste of time that could be spending with actual friends. The only reason he even humored Tiago in the slightest came in the form of his love for animals, and Tiago just so happened to have a fluffy little companion that had been gifted to him for the exact same reason the neighboring kid had been basically forced into this friendship.

  He knew from the start, he really did, even when he tried to delude himself of otherwise. The cat would still be here if Tiago didn’t know that his friend preferred it over him. He tested his theory, and he came out with the exact same results he had been expecting from the start. But that didn’t make the guilt, or the anger, any more bearable.

  Either way, Tiago wasn't exactly expecting to have to create yet another false narrative so soon, but life tends to have a funny way to turn us around.

  "I accidentally broke it while I was messing around in the garden... I didn't want you to get upset, so I hid it... I'm sorry."

  He still remembers the exact words he told his mother when she finally found the shovel.

  She thought it to be strange, to say the least. Tiago had never really shown much interest in helping her or his father with the backyard, but she couldn't deny that lately he had keeping an eye on it, more than either her or her husband had the time to. She didn't get mad, of course she didn't, reaching the conclusion that her son had simply been trying to take his mind off of things by keeping himself occupied. And Tiago agreed. In way, she wasn't too far off from the truth.

  She then made a suggestion that left him a bit surprised.

  Why doesn't he choose a type flower to plant and take care of, wherever he wants in the backyard? Maybe he could develop this into a new hobby! It could be good for him, it could keep him entertained!

  And Tiago... Well, he didn't really give it much thought. Feeling a bit fidgety, he accepted his mother's offer, pointing to the spot in the garden he hadn't been able to stop thinking about ever since the cat ran away. And when she asked him what type of flowers he wanted to plant there, he once again didn't really think his answer through.

  "Roses."

  Why... Why roses?

  Well, if Tiago had to guess, it's because it's an easy and obvious choice. Why not roses? Besides, he never paid much mind to flowers beforehand, so it's not like he knew many more choices out of the top of his head. Still, his mother felt happy about her son's newfound past time, even when he refused to let her help him any further than she already had. After all, he really didn't want her digging around the spot where he planted his roses, or for her to find out why his flowers seem to be growing a bit better on the soil of his chosen spot than anywhere else in the backyard.

  He was... He was fourteen at the time, if memory serves him correctly.

  It's funny. Funny how one can remember so quickly and unexpectedly during certain circumstances, even after years have passed.

 "It was an accident!"

  No. No, it wasn't.

  Just like the cat didn't run away.

  He's lucky. So incredibly, stupidly lucky. No one had been here to witness this "accident". It's late, most people are at home eating dinner at this hour. And even those who aren't, they managed to not be strolling around these parts at the wrong time. Well, people don't really frequent this area around night time, either way.

  He's standing at the first step of the stairs, shaking, holding onto the handrail as if his life depends on it. This wasn't supposed to happen. He wasn't supposed to hurt them. They weren't supposed to be at the end of the stairway, neck bent at an angle it was never meant to reach and body unceremoniously slumped against the old rusted gate that led to someone's quaint little garden.

  A garden. With some familiar flowers peeking just behind the intricate design of the metal gate. A garden... A rose-

  A surge of nausea hits him suddenly. After standing motionless when faced with his own crime scene for what felt like an eternity, the abrupt need to run, to get out, finally consumes him whole, as if those accursed flowers fill him with more fear than the corpse he left behind at the bottom of those stairs ever will.

  "It was accident! I- I was passing by and barely had time to react when they slipped and fell... It... I-It was horrible... I couldn't even help..."

  Of course it was an accident.

  After all, he has an alibi. There were no witnesses. And, above all, there's no reason for people to doubt him. Him, of all people. Who nowadays holds the pristine, clean, innocent reputation that he does.

  No one will doubt him.

  And he can only hope that you won't as well.

  Oh, poor you.

  It must be truly heartbreaking to lose your lover in such sudden and cruelly unforeseen circumstances. Tiago can't even begin to tell you how sorry he is, how he feels terrible to not have been able to help them in any way, and how willing he is to do anything he can to help you from now on.

  It might take a while for you to fully come around to him, especially after such a traumatic incident, as he himself does his best to keep moving forward with a new added weight to his shoulders. But he's patient. After all, telling the lie is the easy part. Keeping it believable is what makes the liar wary.

  You know, when Tiago lost his cat, he promised himself that he wouldn't have pets ever again, both out of guilt and a certain feeling of betrayal. Years later, he promised himself that he wouldn't delude himself of others' friendship, that it would be for the best to keep everyone at an arm's length. A few weeks ago, he promised himself that he wouldn't even bother to admit that he's in love with you, that it only leads back to these horrible thoughts. Just yesterday, he promised himself that he wouldn't hurt the insufferable bastard that confessed to you, that nothing good would come out of it.

  But sometimes he doesn't even know why he bothers taking his own word for granted.

  He's a liar.

  That's all he's ever been.

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Yandere!Sucrose headcanons

Author’s note: Sucrose really managed to just steal my whole heart, huh. I just Care Her... So much...

Warnings: yandere character; stalking; sabotage; spoilers for Sucrose’s backstory;

Sucrose

Sucrose is, by nature, someone driven by her curiosity. Even when faced with something that most would see as completely ordinary or taken for granted, she always manages to find something of interest about it, asking the questions others wouldn't even bother to ponder.

Although this unwavering curiosity more often tends to be applied to her field of research in some way, it's honestly not much different when a person manages to catch her eye.

I doesn't really matter what it was about you that initially caught her attention, be it a trait you possess that could be of interest to her studies of bio-alchemy or a more simple interest of realizing that you might be someone she would actually enjoy talking to.

Either way, her curiosity is peeked and after some careful consideration on her part, Sucrose decided that she wants to approach you.

But... Well... She has never been the most competent when it comes to social interactions. At least, that's how she perceives it.

There's just so many unpredictable variables to conversations and relationships alike, no matter how casual and inconsequential they might appear.

And there's so very little room for failure when it comes to these topics, quite the striking contrast to the trial-and-error nature of her experiments.

Sucrose feels extremely anxious and unsure of where to even start with getting close to you.

So, as she usually does when she has to satisfy her curiosity, she resorts to observation. Preferably from afar, where she can avoid all the possible unpredictability.

It's not stalking, she swears! She doesn't wish to make you uncomfortable, but observation is such an important part of the study!

During this meticulous and rather long period of her research, she mostly tried to keep her distance, intrigued and entertained enough by learning all she could from observing the way you live your day-to-day life. Though you two still ended up clumsily interacting a few times. It's a bit inevitable, after all, considering how small of a city Mondstadt actually is.

And Sucrose did end up coming to a conclusion from her methodical observations: that you might just be one of the most wonderful people she has met. That she truly wants to get closer to you.

But she also quickly realized another thing.

Sucrose is scared. Scared that you won't find anything of interest about her, scared that you'll find someone better, ten times more charming and confident which wouldn't be hard, scared that she'll inevitably say or do something that will cause you to dislike her before she can even get on your good side.

Feelings and opinions are such fickle things, after all. Sucrose is mortified that she'll somehow destroy all her chances to gain your affection with just a simple miscalculated response or misinterpreted gesture.

So she'll double all her efforts to learn literally anything she can about you, making sure to keep an organized, precise and excruciatingly detailed journal about every little thing she can note about you, as she would with any other of her researches.

Actually, it will probably reach a point of it spanning across multiple journals, even rivaling some of her most extensive volumes. Learning more and more about you... Might just be one of her most beloved researches to date.

And besides, if... If she were to know nearly all there is to know about you, the possibilities for failure or misunderstandings would only decrease... Right?

Though, she’s aware that even when you supposedly know all about someone, even when they seem to be the ones closest to you... It can all come crumbling down just as easily.

She can’t allow for that to happen ever again, and specially not with you. You can’t leave her... Please... Please don’t leave her.

Sucrose will do her absolute best to apply all she learns about you to every single interaction she manages to start. From hanging around places she knows you frequent, always managing to be in the right spot at the right time for you to bump into her, to constantly bringing up topics she knows you enjoy, to trying to understand the intricacies of your occupation and hobbies, even if they're completely different from her field of expertise.

Sucrose worries a lot about you. Always trying to keep an eye on your health, both physical and mental, to then act accordingly.

Making sure that you get proper rest (even though Sucrose herself barely gets any sleep due to her work), she'll try to cook special nutritious meals for you (if you can ignore the fact that all of the dishes she offers both look and are named like they could be alchemy experiments), and even going as far as doing things like experimenting with a particular species of flowers you previously mentioned to like, creating a variant that would assure she could make a bouquet of your favorite flowers that would basically never wilt, just to present it to you when you were feeling particularly down one day.

You better be ready for some particularly worried and lengthy lectures when she notices that you aren't taking proper care of yourself, that's for sure. Not that she minds helping you in that regard… It’s nice, to feel like you need her.

Though, despite the spike in confidence she'll develop as she becomes more and more knowledgeable in what makes you tick, she's still everything but elegant during her time with you.

She's just so nervous around you, a simple smile from you is enough to leave her a stuttering, blushing mess, more often than not causing her to trip over herself to do or say things she thinks will please you. If you even just show a hint that you are enjoying her company or, Archons forbid, you actually compliment her or go out of your way to show her affection, her brain will literally short-circuit.

You'll probably just chalk it up to her being as shy and slightly awkward as everyone in Mondstadt knows she is, while she'll be left wishing she had the courage to tell you just how special you truly are.

And you being just so special to her, Sucrose will absolutely panic every time she sees someone else near you, no matter how quick the conversation was or how insignificant the interaction with said person might have been. She's so, so scared that you'll grow to prefer someone else and quickly get bored of her.

Though in the beginning she might not have the courage to do anything and end up suffering from afar, as she grows more used to being near you, she'll start planning distractions for every time anyone tries divert your attention from her.

Her distractions appear innocent enough most of the time... But if she's feeling particularly desperate, her experiments might perhaps become... Conveniently explosive. Not that she wants to hurt anyone! But... It might be enough of a scare to get the intruder to back off and for you to worriedly stay in order to "help her".

You've become so important to her... So it's natural for her to wish she can become just as important to you, right?

Childish and selfish, she can admit... But natural.

She’ll emotionally cling to you like her life depends on it, if you let her. Well, even if you don’t let her, that won’t exactly stop her from constantly pining after you.

Sucrose wishes to be able to make you happy. And to maybe even become the person who makes you the happiest, though she’s always scared that’s she’s simply not good enough and that she might never truly be.

As such, her biggest dream, the one that led her down the path of bio-alchemy, the one of being able to create her own paradise, her very own wonderland... Now seems more important than ever.

Before it was to fulfil a childhood dream, to honor the memory of two old friends who are no longer in her life, but now you are also part of the equation. She feels like she’s the only one capable of offering you that fairytale, it’s the only thing that she and no one else can accomplish or is even trying to accomplish. Now Sucrose knows that she wants to create a paradise where you could live happy, safe and free of worries, right by her side.

Just you and her...

Sucrose truly believes that could finally be her long awaited happily ever after.

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Can I request Tiago react to Y/N moving away from town? Because after their lover's death (cause by Tiago), Y/N feels better to move away. Which people understand that because your lover is dead by a terrible aaccident. Also Y/N becomes more distant because of the accident. Y/N just have these sad eyes.

Well, well, well, if it isn’t the consequences of his own actions. How’s Tiago gonna deal with this predicament? 

By making things even worse, of course!

Warnings: yandere character; manipulation and gaslighting; death;

Tiago

He should have seen this coming.

He really should have had.

But perhaps Tiago was feeling a bit too overzealous about forgetting the whole situation with your recently deceased partner, because he was... Somewhat expecting you to get over it. Well, maybe it wasn't exactly expecting as much as it was hoping.

He felt confident enough that he would be able, at the very least, to keep you around and make you feel like you needed to seek his company during this... Unfortunate situation.

Hasn't he been playing the role of the good friend who's doing his best to comfort you well enough?

It's... It's not about that, is it?

Tiago's very aware that it's not about that.

Of course you would need time to grieve, you just lost someone very important to you. They were your partner, after all. Tiago feels a surge of disgust and anger pass through him every time he needs to remind himself of that.

He can tolerate understand that you need some time for yourself, to process things, to get used to the idea that your partner is no longer with you, nor will they ever be again.

But all of this...? Moving away, growing so distant, so... Empty and unmistakably grey. Did the bastard mean that much to you?

But just as he did, you need to understand something as well: he's not going to let you get very far from him.

And especially not after what he already did to prevent exactly that from happening in the beginning.

He can't exactly stop you from moving away, at least not in a way that wouldn't be intrusive. But then again, it's not like he can't easily find you. Even if you don't tell him personally for whatever reason, he has ways to find out where you're planning to go. Be it your family, friends, or even just passing acquaintances... People just can't keep their mouths shut when tragedies like this happen, even when they supposedly mean well. He'll always find his way to you.

And besides... Tiago has a feeling that directly trying to push his luck and your trust right now might not be the brightest of ideas.

While everyone involved, yourself included, truly believes that the death was but an unfortunate accident... Tiago knows very well that it wasn't the case.

He has blood on his hands, and he would be lying if he said that he isn't worried about somehow being caught.

He's in the perfect position to not be, he knows that, but he also knows that he's guilty. And that's more than enough for the paranoia to start settling in.

And he would rather not think about the corpse he left at the bottom of those stairs.

Tiago also knows that trying to constantly force himself into your life right now, even if under the guise of someone who just wants to help, could only make you wary of him.

But maybe...

Maybe he can approach this from a different angle.

You just seem so attached to your dear lover... Even with them now dead and buried. You truly must have held them in such high regard...

So how about we knock that pedestal right from under their feet?

Let's say, oh I don't know, that you happen to find out that your wonderful, lovely partner this whole time had been nothing more than a lying, cheating bitch after all.

How would you react, then?

Oh, you will probably be devastated.

You will most likely refuse to believe it too, already way too caught up in the pain of losing them. How can anyone even come to terms with that revelation, considering what came before it?

But there's only so much time you can reject that idea, especially as you start seeing carefully curated evidence surface and people around you seemingly becoming so aware of that apparently being the truth?

What can Tiago say? People just can't keep their mouths shut when tragedies like this happen.

And him? Well, where else would he be, if not playing the role of the hero? If not being one of the very few people who seems sensible enough and actually comforting to be around?

This won't make the situation any better for you, of course, quite the contrary.

But this isn't about making you feel better, not really. It never was.

Tiago can be incredibly selfish when he wants to. This is about ruining your perception of everyone around you but him.

You have to understand, you really do.

There isn't anyone you're meant to hold on a pedestal other than him.

You're the only one he truly loves, and he wants to show how it's truly for the best for you to only love him equally as much.

Though... There's a part of him, always weighed down by the guilt, the awareness, the panic of knowing what he did... That part knows that this is awful.

You don't deserve this. Hell, neither did your partner, though Tiago still doesn’t particularly feel bad for them. All they did was love you. Not only did that end in their death, but also in the slander of their image after they were no longer here to defend themselves.

But... It's the way it goes. It's how this has to work, it's how it has always worked, as Tiago can attest.

Those who less deserve it will always get taken advantage of.

Tiago would know.

And oh, trust me, does he know.

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hello!! can i request some yan edelgard headcanons?? thank you so much, i hope you're doing well <33

yes!! of course !! i really hope you like them, thank u sm for the request!! <333

yandere edelgard headcanons

[21.10.20]

i don't think edelgard would have a particular type in a lover the way others do. for her, it's moreso about someone she could have a deep bond with and those feelings ending up escalating. throughout her entire life and especially as she gets older, i think she's always lacked someone who genuinely understands her or someone who she can truly see eye to eye with. hubert is endlessly loyal to her, of course, but if anything that's more detrimental to their relationship and it's certainly nothing close to the kind of connection she actually longs for.

the moment she gets to know you, something about would seem... different, somehow. like you're more important more than anyone else, no matter your actual status or position. there's just something about you that draws her in.

while it takes a while before she allows herself to even hope you might one day be what she's been longing for, the possibility does show itself in small ways from the moment you two begin to grow closer - the fact that you seem so much easier to trust and confide in than anyone else, or the way you always seem to get exactly what she's trying to say, how you've always spoken to her as not her position but truly just another human.

she becomes fiercely protective over you. to you, it's not too noticeable at first - none of her behaviours are - but anyone paying attention to the way she treats you would be sure to notice that something is up.

when edelgard does realize just how precious you are to her, there is no turning back for her anymore. apart from just how much she cares about you as a person, you might be the only person in the world with whom she could ever have this kind of connection, ever be equals with. there's absolutely no way she could stand to lose you.

as much as she still tries to let your relationship progress naturally... she knows how it's going to end, and any idle talk by now seems like nothing but a waste of time.

even though its not at all what she planned for the two of you initially, her feelings and feaes end up overwhelming her and all of it culminates in her having you kidnapped.

it's not violent, of course, and the room she keeps you in is more comfortable than any home you've ever had, but the betrayal itself obviously drives quite the wedge between you two, and it's not long until your heart holds barely any of the warmth for her it used to have. to you, her betraying you in such a manner entirely breaks apart the bond you two had, and you don't know how to feel about her anymore.

where the two of you were once entirely honest with each other, now every word she speaks seems to have some kind of hidden intention, and every little thing she does or makes you do feels like a lie. like you're playing pretend - from the moment you wake up locked inside an unfamiliar room, from the very first time you see her after your kidnapping, she doesn't seem to hear anything you're saying at all. if you ask her why she's doing this, panic and scream at her to let you out, break down at her feet... nothing seems to faze her.

on a surface level, initially seems to treat you as a... puppet, in a way - she's fond of dressing you up, organising past time activities with you no matter how you feel about any of them, constantly doting on you and giving you so many compliments they become entirely meaningless.

it's horribly frustrating - at night, when she's vulnerable and her emotions are harder to control, she always insists that no one knows her the way you do, that the connection you have is the most valuable thing in her entire life... and yet it feels like she doesn't know you at all anymore, like you could be almost anyone and nothing about her words would change.

she constantly oversteps your boundaries. not because she's not aware of them, rather it's a conscious effort to wear you down, get you so used to her presence and her touches that you'll stop minding them. it's not something she enjoys doing, but as long as it pays off in the long run, as long as it means that one day you'll realize who she should be to you... she doesn't mind stepping too close every now and then.

obviously, being locked up all day limits your social contact, but she purposefully isolates you, too. no one but her is allowed to enter your room and on the rare occasion she allowed to you leave - never without her beside you, of course - no one is allowed to speak to or even look at you.

there seems to be a kind of disparity between the way she treats you when she's being genuine and the way she treats you when she's trying to achieve something. you can tell when she's honestly trying to spend time with you and when she's only with you to further condition you, to speed up the development of your relationship and push you to accept her once more.

despite the way every word seems like a lie, always seems to hold some kind of hidden intention... you're also the only one she's ever vulnerable with. she trusted you before, too, but now it's almost like she needs to trust you. like she needs to be able to tell you everything, to come to you when her duties overwhelm her. as though that illusion is all that keeps her together.

the core of all of that, whether you really realize it or not, is just edelgard's desperate, overwhelming desire for intimacy. for someone understands her, someone who can hear her unsaid words and see her for who she is as a person, not her status or her position or the power she has over them.

the way she acts on this desire is entirely mislead, of course, but she doesn't know that - she couldn't actually name what about you is making her feel or behave this way. if you do realize what the root of her behaviour is, however, that changes how you see her once more. when you know all she really desires is intimacy and a true, honest and equal bond... well, she's told you of her past. you know all she had to endure, and seeing her now... she's trying, you can tell, and you know she means well. it's hard to hate her entirely when she clings to your hand after waking up from a nightmare, when she wraps her arms around you and tells you that you're the only thing that keeps her heart from growing cold...

she insists that you call her El. you used to, back when you two were just close friends and your relationship wasn't tainted by the horrible obsession that seems to rule over edelgard's heart, but now that she's asking - ordering, really - you to use her nickname, it feels... wrong. like a lie, again. once more it shows her desperate wish for an intimacy she could never truly withstand, intimacy that would never be able to flourish in the confines of your broken relationship. she asks for it so desperately that you have to wonder if, somewhere deep down, she also realizes that all that would be doing is furthering the lie, once more only reflecting a bond you no longer have.

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notes:

oh would u believe i struggled w this!! especially bcus. yk the person who requested this is one of my absolute favourite writers on here and !! they were a huge part of my inspiration to make a writing blog in the first place !! so of course i need this 2 b absolutely perfect ahjsjsj but really i hope its any good at all i tried so goddamn hard <33

#others' cool stuff #edelgard's characterization in this is just so good #this is so well written #well anyway #*saves this so i can proceed to re-read it for the next 2 hours straight*

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Yandere!Batter headcanons

Author’s note: While I was trying to crawl out of writer’s block I wrote stuff for random characters I could remember off the top of my head, to see if it would help. Though it’s been a hot minute since I last played OFF, I actually liked out this one came out quite a bit!

Warnings: yandere character; vague mentions of violence and death; religious themes; some spoilers for the game;

The Batter

From the very beginning, your relationship with the Batter was clear.

In this strange world, you're akin to a god, while he is but a vessel assigned for you to control.

A puppet and his puppeteer.

You two have a purpose, a mission. And it's one that the Batter regards as extremely important.

He never gave it much thought, really. About the whole "you being able to control his actions" thing.

It felt... Natural. Almost obvious. As if it was always meant to be this way. As if he had been created with the sole purpose of carrying out this mission, right alongside you.

Nothing else matters.

The Batter has a one-track mind. He does what he believes must be done. And what must be done should, preferably, be accomplished with as little setbacks as possible.

But, for some reason, he can't find it in himself to question you or your actions.

Even when you spend way too much precious time racking your brain around a puzzle that he could easily solve in a matter of seconds by himself. Even when your curiosity leads you (and consequently him) around each Zone in an almost leisure exploration, halting the progress of your mission as a result. And even when you obviously hesitate to command him during certain battles, as if you yourself didn't know as well as he did that his mission meant that he had to purify everyone and everything deemed necessary, no matter things such as "pity".

He... Doesn't understand you. He doesn't have to, he tells himself.

But he finds himself wanting to, strangely enough. Even when that technically isn't even necessary for the completion of his mission.

He's an individual of few words, as straightforward as one can be. However, for someone who started by being rather quiet and preferring to not talk to you directly unless it was to refer important information; he started to request for your reasoning behind certain actions and quirks of yours. Not in the sense of showing aversion to them, but instead out of genuine (and rather blunt) curiosity.

A fool's request, he's aware, as you're not able to talk to him. Or to any creature in this world, for that matter.

Though he can't lie that it's indeed a bit... Amusing to see you struggle to communicate through any way that you can. You're creative, he'll give you that.

You might even, perhaps, who knows, get to see him crack a small smile due to your antics. They're short lived and most of the times you don't even notice, but they're are there, for all that's worth.

He undoubtedly prides himself of his so called "holy mission", he always did from the very beginning of your journey as you two were let out on Zone 0, but he also started to pride himself in the fact that it is him who also holds the honor of being in direct contact with you.

Only him.

As it should be. He's the only one who's worthy of such a role. He's the savior of this world, after all.

Every time one of the peculiar and miserable inhabitants of this world ask him about you, curious and sometimes even in awe that there could exist an entity such as you, he nearly swells with pride. It's actually reached a point where his admiration for you is painfully obvious, since he states it in such a matter-of-fact way.

Oh, but he absolutely despises it when someone tries to speak to you.

It's something that he gradually grew to hate, as in the beginning he had no problem when others would address you directly. They could offer important information or even guidance on your journey, after all. But now... He's sure he's the only one you need, just as you're the only one he needs.

Which brings us to the only two who dare to actually question the Batter about his own actions, and that also do have a preference to speak to you instead of him. The Judge and Zacharie.

They aren't stupid, they can tell something's... Not quite right.

Zacharie is the first notice. And to comment on it.

The masked man is usually optimistic towards most things that happen around him, as he does prefer to do his own thing and sell you those weird items of his that he swears are going to help you on your so called quest. But he couldn't help but start to comment, always with a bit of humor, about how strangely attached your dear Batter seemed to get, asking if you weren't even just a bit worried that a character could possibly derail from their intended role in the story and cause some unexpected damages.

The Judge, on the other hand, was way more direct.

The feline started to try and warn you that your puppet's behavior was getting alarming. And that the Batter's mission... Well, it was starting to look less "holy" by the second, even though before all of this the cat seemed to be completely uninterested in the mission you two set out to accomplish.

One thing's for certain, between the warnings coming from those two and the violence that was starting to look more and more unnecessary each time the Batter successfully "purified" a Zone, you started to doubt the validity of this mission. And of the Batter's supposedly good intentions.

And the Batter can tell.

It's hard for him not to notice, after all, with your newfound attempts to both convince him and actively trying to control his actions in hopes to get him to stop.

And, oh, is he furious.

Not at you, at least not fully.

But those two, no, not just them... But this whole world... It's trying to lead you astray. To stop the mission you two must accomplish. To take his very purpose away from him.

He mustn’t let them reach their goal. No, he'll purify them all before they can. Not only for the sake of this very world... But for your own as well.

He... Isn't sure when you, as an individual, started to feel as important as his actual mission, but... He's strangely not opposed to that.

It feels... Natural. Almost obvious. As if it was always meant to be this way.

A puppet and his puppeteer.

And what kind of devotee would he be, if he didn't carry his god's mission to the very end?

And when that end does inevitably come, how wonderful will be a purified world where only the two of you stand to exist...

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