Who do you think is more clingy when asleep? Boris or Cuphead?
I'm personally inclined to say Boris due to how he's the only one who really sleeps between the two
I'll also accept just general sleeping hcs if possible ๐๐
anon u came at exactly the right time. you've just given me free will to be annoying as fuck again. thank you
this started because of @oc-alley art go blame them for this
very oversimplified version: boris snores louder than anyone else could possibly snore and cuphead can't sleep with silence
there's always going to be a lot of intimacy and vulnerability in literally sleeping with someone, you have to turn your back to them and trust they don't do anything while you're possibly in your most VULNERABLE state. that's why I think it's so fun to think abt! especially with these two!
we already know cuphead is not the most emotionally open person ๐๐๐ (understatement much) so I think it would take a looong while for him to get comfortable even sleeping near people who aren't mugman. not to mention the nightmares... and if I haven't already made a post about those then my moot @coelhodestro probably has and he's said it all better than me anyway so go find it
but boris sleeps anywhere anytime anyplace, I truly don't think he sees sleeping as that deep. and I think cuphead finds an odd comfort in that, if im making sense? if boris is fine snoozing anywhere at all, then he most likely won't be doing anything to hurt cuphead while he's asleep. if he's so open about it, then... maybe cuphead can try the same? it's a lot of unspoken nights together and lingering touches that's all I'm saying. plus... the waking up together part... seeing each other's morning routines and getting dressed.... having to act like whatever strange fragile intimacy they had didn't matter even though it'll come back and they both WANT it to come back... I'm getting side tracked hold on
when it comes to clinginess: I feel like they're both clingy but in different ways so it's hard to determine WHICH is actually clingier.
like boris isn't Usually clingy but he gets so used to being in the same bed as cuphead, and having someone next to him that as soon as cuphead leaves in the middle of the night or just doesn't come to bed at all he's like, Disturbed and Wrong. he feels a disturbance in the force and drags himself out of bed to go find cuphead so they can both sleep. this accidentally does wonders for both cuphead's insomnia and bad habit of wandering to bad places when he feels shit/gets bored (also....partly it's wolf instincts. why isn't his mate safe in the den with him๐ค that must be fixed immediately)
cuphead already has sleeping issues, and on some level boris DEFINITELY helps with those. the knowledge that boris is safe and sound right next to him, that he can roll over and feel his breathing and hear his heartbeat at any time, always puts part of cuphead's mind at ease. and boris is usually his go-to after a nightmare, unless it's one of the nights where cuphead can't stand to be touched by anything but the cold night air and the broken glass stump of a bottle. even on those nights, though, it's boris' bed he always comes back to. sometime it just takes a little longer.
AND if cuphead gets so used to being near boris in such a vulnerable state, if boris is ever just not there or they have to be separated for whatever reason I think his sleeping issues come back with a VENGEANCE. he spent soooo long getting comfortable with boris and trusting him and trusting that boris will always be THERE, so when he isn't... cuphead usually ends up pulling all nighters then passing out on the floor somewhere. long story short they're a bonded pair do not separate
boris is probably the worst sleeper ever. heavy as fuck, snoring, will roll over and flop himself on top of you and CRUSH you if you even DARE to share a bed with him. fatass wolf. boris can also probably fall asleep anywhere at any time
I feel like boris probably sleeps on his stomach (projecting here) but moves around so much it doesn't even matter in the end๐ I also think it's IMPOSSIBLE to wake him up if he's reallyyyy sleeping deeply enough you would have better luck raising the DEAD๐
cuphead sleeps star-fished out or in the most crooked bent origami position that he SWEARS ON HIS LIFE is comfortable. I think he's particular about his sleeping conditions, he can doze easily but to REALLY fall asleep he needs to feel completely comfortable and safe, which... it's cuphead. so what do u think. usually he takes alcohol and blood loss as a shortcut to sleeping but we all know boris isn't going to let that slide right ๐๐๐ speaking of boris, if cuphead ever starts thrashing around from a nightmare or what not, boris will probably be laying on him like a giant wolfy weighted blanket to counted that ๐ญ cuphead isn't going ANYWHERE
god..... pupcup nonsexual intimacy... cuphead's need for touch.... cuphead tracing boris' scars and adam's apple and the inner of his arm with his finger.... to watch someone in the quiet of the night and not have it be on a debtor hunt or a life or death situation for the first time... two grown ass men in a bed way too small for them... yearning ultra pro max edition... cuphead the gold medalist in yearning without even knowing what he's doing yet... I'M GETTING DISTRACTED AGAIN SOMEONE STOP ME!!!!!!
