Hawks | Takami Keigo - Fluffy A-Z Headcanons
Again. Literally no one asked for this. Not you. Not the responsible version of me that’s currently tied up and screaming at me to study. No one.
But here it is. Based off the fic for Hawks I’m working on. And also lowkey inspired by Yagami Yato’s Heart String Symphony for Hawks on Youtube. She’s a fantastic VA, go check her out!
A = Attractive: what do they find attractive about the other?
What attracts him most is your honesty.
For someone living the life of a hero, someone who’s always in the spotlight, whose life is borderline controlled by the hero commission, knowing someone who can speak the truth so easily strikes a chord in Keigo. He loves it, every blunt statement, every uncomfortable truth. He eats it all up.
He also loves your patience.
Let’s face it: Keigo Takami is not an easy person to love. The constant presence of fans and paparazzi, the secrets, the lies. He enters the relationship intending to enjoy it while it lasts, but ultimately expecting it to fall apart within the first few months. So when you push down your irritation and try to be patient with him? When you try to be understanding rather than snap at him? He falls in deep, and he’s scared that he won’t be able to claw his way out.
(But there’s also a part of him that thinks, quite desperately, that he doesn’t want an out. That he is, in fact, exactly where he should be.)
B = Baby: do they want a family? why/why not?
If you ask him, he’ll dodge the question. The topic of children makes him nervous, mostly because he knows that hero work is dangerous business. This, along with the fact, that he feels very controlled by the hero commission, makes him nervous about any kind of talk that involves the future, particularly a family.
In those rare moments though, where he lets his mind wander?
The man has baby fever and he’s got it bad.
Keigo sees a kid and his eyes practically pop out of their sockets. He’s the type to make faces at a random child on the street just to make them laugh.
He’ll sometimes stare at you when he thinks you’re not looking and wonder: what will your kids look like? Will they have your hair? His eyes? Will they inherit either of your quirks? But these are things Keigo doesn’t share with you, or anyone for that matter, and he hides them deep, and tries to convince himself that it’s more than just a pipe dream.
C = Cuddle: how do they cuddle?
The man goes all in when he cuddles. Hugs you like he’s trying to suffocate you, puts his freezing toes on your legs for warmth, covers your face in kisses. Particularly loves using his wings to cover the both of you and make the outside world disappear from view.
(He’ll never admit it, but he likes it, the idea of closing out the world and being the only one to see you.)
D = Dates: what are dates with them like?
Dates? Dates? Unfortunately, Keigo doesn’t have time for dates, poor birb. The hero world needs him way too much, and he’s always rushing along hither and tither. The moments you spend with him feel stolen and fleeting; him walking you home because it’s along his patrol route, a hurried lunch just before his break ends.
He feels horribly guilty about it and often tries to make it up to you, whether it’s through extravagant gifts or working extra hard so he can have an extra day off.
E = Everything: you are my ____ (e.g my life, my world…)
Peace. Keigo’s got a busy life and an even busier brain. He’s always being pulled in ten different directions. On those rare occasions when he isn’t working, his brain is still going a mile a minute. When he sees you, however, all that falls away and feels like he finally gets some rest.
When he’s with you, he feels the world grow quiet and everything just stills.
Being with you is the moment of the day where he can rest his tired wings and not think about anything. Run your fingers through his hair and he’ll fall right asleep.
F = Feelings: when did they know they were falling in love?
Very early on. Keigo is surprisingly introspective, and tries to be honest with himself. He’ll notice it when he starts thinking about you all the time.
On break during patrol? He’ll start thinking about how you would love this view.
A grateful citizen gives him homemade cookies? He can’t wait to share them with you.
At some point, he’s going to take stock and realize just how much you haunt his thoughts and just how much he wants to spend time with you. And it’ll just click.
G = Gentle: are they gentle? If so, how?
He holds you like he’s terrified that you’ll disappear if lets you go. Holds you close to him as if it’s the last time he’ll ever do so. Because in his mind, it could be.
He’s hyperaware of how dangerous his job is. Beyond this, he’s terrified that the commission will find out about the relationship and order him to terminate it. He holds you like he wants to leave claw marks, a lasting reminder that your relationship existed.
H = Hand: Hold how do they like to hold? how do they like to hold hands?
In public? No. Definitely no. He’d want to keep your relationship a secret both from the public and hero association.
In private, however? All of the yes. Anything that keeps you in close contact with him, he’s definitely into. Hand-holding, tapping his fingers against your arm, placing his hand on the small of your back. He loves all of it.
Sometimes you’ll catch him looking at your entwined hands with a big, sweet smile as if he can’t quite believe it’s real.
I = Impression: first impression/s
You meet him during a meeting with the hero commission: a pro-hero with an almost unrecognizable name due to your work in the underground. You make your report to the commission: clipped, precise, almost curt. You snap at the board members not to interrupt you while you’re talking, and before he knows it, he’s smiling.
Smirking, more like. And you arch an eyebrow at him from across the room.
Keigo finds you later, just outside the building and asks for your name. To his surprise, you tell him without any hesitation.
“Surprised?” you asked. “Sorry. I can be pretty catty when I’m talking to those corporate assholes.”
And he is smiling again. He can’t quite give you his name, but he gives you his hero title, and a silly, sweeping bow that makes you laugh.
His feathers ripple at the sound, at the way it vibrates across the air. .
Oh, he’d like to hear that again
K = Kisses: how do they kiss?
Depends on his mood. Most of the time, it’s playful little pecks on the forehead, the cheeks. Maybe a teasing bite that’ll leave the impression of his teeth on the curve of your shoulder. He’ll tease you until you’ve had enough and grab him by the shoulders so he can give you a proper kiss.
(And oh, does Keigo love the feeling of being wanted.)
Sometimes though, when he’s feeling melancholy or anxious or scared, he’ll kiss you, long and slow until you are practically melting against his heated skin. He’ll nuzzle you and press his mouth against your shoulder, all the while praying, praying that he can have more of these moments in the future.
L = Little things: what little things do they love/notice?
I have a headcanon that the hero Hawks and how he appears to people, is designed for maximum appeal. The commission is always instructing him on things he can and can’t say, how he can and can’t dress in public (and that he finds his little victories by bending these rules as much as he can).
So when you’re checking in on him and not how he looks, how he’s projecting himself? Straightening his feathers after a long flight or running your fingers through his messed-up hair or getting that ugly-as-sin sweater he wanted? He can’t help but fall in love all over again. He loves the things that you do that makes him feel more like a person and less like the commission’s project.
M = Memory: their favorite moment together?
It was the dead of winter and you are sitting at a table in Hawks’ penthouse, poking at the remains of a breakfast that had long since grown cold. Hawks isn’t eating either; he’s talking. So fast that his words seem to trip over themselves.
You weren’t listening. Instead, you were thinking. You were thinking about how it’s cold, and how the sun hasn’t shown itself in almost three days, and you were thinking about the fact that Hawks was lying again.
You didn’t mind, not at first. He had his secrets: his work with the commission, certain missions he couldn’t talk about. You let him keep those, figured that it was all a part of dating the Number Two Hero, Hawks. You thought that with enough time and patience, you’ll manage to peel back the layers and see him for who he actually was. But it was just more lies upon lies upon lies.
He’ll bail out on a date using some half-baked excuse and come back to you, stinking of blood and gunpowder, and he’ll smile and tell you that he was all right.
A jagged scar that ran from the edge of his shoulder down to his hip was just from a scuffle with a minor villain.
And his name. Whenever you’d ask, he’d give you a roguish smile and change the subject. You’d given him your love and your time and your patience, and he couldn’t even give you that.
And now this, he is talking about a trip and making it sound like a vacation, but there is unhappiness stamped in every inch of him. His shoulders were slumped. His wings drooped, the longest feathers brushing against the floor. There were dark circles under his eyes.
And you couldn’t help it, you couldn’t be patient and understanding like you promised yourself you would be.
“Hawks,” you said. You wonder at what point did his title taste like ashes on your tongue.
“If you want me out of the city, I’ll go. If you want to send me somewhere far away, I’ll do it. For whatever reason. I won’t even ask what it is if you don’t want to tell me. All I’m asking for is that you stop lying to me.”
And he looked at you with the most heartbreaking expression on his face. He looked like he was going to spit in half and you thought, He’s hurting, too.
All these secrets were killing him.
When he speaks, his voice cracks, like glass. He said a single word.
“Keigo. My name is Takami Keigo. I’m getting you out of the city because there are people after you. And I’m scared that they’re going to kill you.” And he is reaching out across the table to pull your hand to his lips so he can kiss each knuckle. “I won’t let them.”
You let him because he looks honest and he looks scared, but also, for the first time since you met him, he looks free.
N = Nickel: do they spoil? do they buy the person they love everything?
Y E S.
Keigo lives to spoil you, from flashy, expensive gifts that make you blanch to consider the price to little trinkets that caught his eye at a street stall. Expect heaps and heaps of gifts. During the early stages of your relationship, he’ll go overboard, trying to make up for the fact that he can’t spend as much time with you as he wants to.
He had to back out of a date because of the sudden appearance of a villain on the other side of the city? Expect some flashy jewelry the next morning.
He hasn’t seen you in a month because he’s been flying across Japan, trying to curb the rising crime rate? The next time he sees you, it’s with an armful of souvenirs from every place he’s visited during your time apart.
It will almost seem he wants to buy your affection at times.
It is a symptom of something deeper though. They’re a white-knuckled grip on a relationship he’s become scared of losing. Keigo knows that he’s not treating you as well as he should, he knows that he’s putting you in danger by being with you. And instead of talking about it, he’ll ply you with gifts and hopes it’s enough. Love me this one seems to say, I’m sorry, says another. Please, please don’t leave.
Do reassure him and keep him confident in your affection. The birb is not as self-asured as he projects, and a part of him is still that little child whose sole redeeming factor was his quirk. Convince him that he doesn’t constantly have to earn or buy your love.
The gifts get less extravagant when he becomes more secure in your relationship, and he’s no longer paranoid that you’ll leave him, but they never really go away. No longer expensive jewelry, it’s a mug that caught your eye at a store or quality matcha that you like. He’s no longer trying to buy your love, but the thought of being able to provide for you and make you smile is still highly appealing to him. Wear one of the clothes he gives you and he’ll practically strut around like a peacock.
O = Orange: what color reminds them of their other half?
If you ask, he’ll say blue because it’s a peaceful, calming color and that’s how he feels when he’s around you. But, in reality, he has this image in his head of you wearing nothing but a few of his red, red feathers and he just. can’t. shake it.
P = Pet name: what pet names do they use?
Has a million little nicknames for you: little bird, dove, chickadee. Likes to test them out to see which one will make you blush the most.
Q = Questions: what are the questions they’re always asking?
Keigo is surprisingly (or perhaps not so surprisingly) interested in the more mundane aspects of life. His favorite conversation topics are the ones that have nothing to do with hero work, and he picks up gossip and bits of conversation like a magpie. He’ll ask about that bitchy coworker you’ve been having to deal with, the overtime you had to pull the night before, even that tv show you’ve been binge-watching lately. Nothing is too mundane for him. Particularly likes leaning on your shoulder and closing his eyes, letting your words wash over him as you talk to him about your day.
R = Remember their favorite memory of each other.
The first time he took you flying with him, he brought you to his favorite point in the city. That moment after your nerves had disappeared and you ran, to the very edge of the roof, confident in his ability to catch you should you fall. You were excitedly pointing at the various landmarks: the park, the new skyscraper that was being built, your house. But Keigo wasn’t looking at the city, he was looking at you. At the fierce joy on your face that reflected what he felt the first time he flew up here. And he is thinking about your smile and how beautiful you look, and he is thinking about how he wants to see that smile everyday for the rest of his life.
S = Sad: how do they cheer themselves/each other up.
Hold this birb and whisper all the sweet nothings in the world. On bad days, Keigo doesn’t need to hear you try and fix his problems or tell him that everything will be okay. Sometimes all he really needs to hear is the sound of your even breathing, and the reassurance that you are here and that you love him and that you’ll stay.
T = Talking: what do they love to talk about?
I have a headcanon that Keigo is a bit of a people watcher, and likes making up little stories about people he sees during patrol. Most of the things he tells you are surprisingly mundane and unrelated to hero work like a public fight between a couple or a person with a fortune-telling quirk setting up a street stall.
Whether he notices it or not, a lot of his stories revolve around children: watching them playing, learning how to ride a bike, or building sand castles on the beach. During these conversations, he’ll lean in close, cupping his wings around the two of you, like he’s telling you a secret and he’ll get this sweetly blank expression on his face. Seeing children have an actual childhood makes him happy and it ties with his own desire of having children.
V = Very: ___ they’re thoughts about each other?
Keigo is always thinking about you, and it’s mostly things he wants to share or talk about with you. He loves the idea of having someone to talk to and share his day to day life with.
He loves that sweet smile on your face when he takes you somewhere with a nice view or when he presents you with a shell he found you on the beach. (Lowkey, the birb is a magpie, decorating your room with small trinkets he has given you.)
W = Why: reasons why they love each other
As mentioned in A, he loves you for your honesty and patience with him. On your side, you love him for his selflessness and his ability to make you laugh.
X = Xylophone: What’s their song?
For the Dancing and the Dreaming.
Y = You: the ___ to my ___
You are the wind beneath my wings, and he’s cheesy enough to tell you so.
Z = Zebra: if they wanted a pet, what pet would they get?
When you first bring up the idea of a pet, Keigo is charmed at the idea of adopting a cute, mewling kitten with pure white fur. He entertains himself at the idea of having something small and sweet twisting itself around his ankles, begging for treats. Maybe he’ll even buy a matching bow for the two of you.
To his horror, however, you choose a fat, furred monstrosity. She’s blind and scarred in one eye, and she’s already looking at Keigo like, “What is this bird doing in my house?"
The cat loves you and only you and she’s got a jealous streak a mile wide. It constantly competes with him for your attention.
Keigo asks you to help clean his wings? The cat inexplicably gets something tangled in her fur.
He’s cuddling with you on the couch and watching a movie? The cat will plop her fat little body on your lap and start mewling for attention.
Keigo’s pretty sure that the cat is already plotting his death so she can keep you all to herself. Several times, he has woken up in the middle of the night to find the cat sitting on his chest.
He swears she’s evil and tries to get you to give her away, but his complaint falls on deaf ears.
Eventually, an uneasy truce forms. Keigo will stop trying to give her away, and the beast will stop pissing in his shoes or trying to shred his wings. She will still compete for your attention though, but Keigo can’t really blame her for that. After all, she’s as hopelessly in love with you as he is.
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