Young Murdoc Headcanons (from about 5 upwards)
T/W for mentions of bullying, brief NSFW mention, brief mention of child sexual abuse, brief mention of child abuse- your usual Murdoc stuff.
- He had an interest in robots from a young age. Model robots, mostly those old little kits that's all thin wood. He still has the first one he built. But then he started being forced into the talent shows, and so any hobby or interest fell to the side.
- He had his hair longer until one day Tony Chopper pulled it, and told him he looked like a girl, so he hacked it all off with a flick knife he nicked from Hannibal. His dad found him in the bathroom surrounded by his cut hair and he was in a fair bit of trouble.
- He was always good with birds, even before Cortez. Coaxing pigeons over the school fences, climbing trees making whistling sounds. He used to run to the nearest park and sit and watch the birds. Or sit on his windowsill, early hours of the morning, and listen to them waking up. He liked how free they looked.
- He was always coming home with scuffed knees and was often in trouble for ripping the knees of his trousers. Eventually, Sebastian gave up and started only getting him shorts- on the rare occasion Murdoc wasn't clothed in hand-me-downs. He was always running or climbing, chasing or being chased, or sometimes doing a knee slide with air guitar, and ended up with busted, bleeding, bruised knees almost every day.
- After the incident with the dinner lady, at 9 years old, Murdoc changed. He stopped being interested in birds and robots and everything else. That was when his aggression issues actually began to appear, because until then he was able to handle his father and the bullying through childish innocence.
- He was 11 when he actually won his first fight against Tony Chopper. And it was only because he'd nicked his brothers flick knife again. That was his first encounter with the police, and it wasn't his last.
- In fact, by the time he was 15, he knew all the members of their local police station personally. Knew their first names, last names, wives and husbands and children's names. He had his own overnight cell whenever he was in trouble. Because the Niccals charm was genetic and he was mentally older than most kids his age.
- However, authority was a problem. Especially in school. He didn't get along with teachers, all except for his English Literature teacher, who treated him like an adult because the connections he made and analysis was so in-depth and unique, it was fascinating. Depressing, though, because Murdoc's take on life by then was far from the naïve, half-arsed answers others gave.
- The first time he slept with another lad was when he was 16 (keep in mind the age of consent in England is 16, and many people don't wait) and it was Hannibal's best mate. He did it out of spite, and eventually the lad was visiting under the guise of hanging with Hannibal, but really would be there for Murdoc. Murdoc never told his brother, but it gave him great satisfaction to think about every time a homophobic slur was hurled in his direction. Hannibal's mate ended up falling for Murdoc, and that was when he decided to cut it off.
- He started stealing cars at age 14, learned how to hot wire and drive from his brother. Then he started participating in drag races with older kids, and got in several scrapes. His farther was none the wiser but he gave it up after dislocating his shoulder on his 12th race. He usually won them, and it was a brief period in which him and Hannibal got along.
That's all I have right now!!! Feel free to add or discuss or argue with me.
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