jerome valeska x reader who likes collecting random things and oddities!!
pairings: jerome valeska x reader
warnings: jerome being jerome and.. dolls i guess?? and i suppose if you donât like things that are out of the ordinary or youâre gonna judge people for liking them then pls leave lol
(ok maybe just MAYBE iâm writing this for my own benefit. i love collecting weird shit myself and iâm specifically a massive horror and living dead dolls collector. from trinkets to replicas, i love em all. and whoâs to say jerome wouldnât try and boost my obsessions, hm? REALLY HOPING THIS REACHES A TARGET AUDIENCE BRO)
⢠Right, first of all, if you think Jerome wouldnât be into all your odd and peculiar little obsessions.. man youâre LYINGGG
⢠Jerome is open to anything thatâs out of the ordinary. He himself considers to be someone with flair and major differences to others. Hence why if youâre shy to show him the weird things you like collecting, he might tell you to genuinely shut the fuck up then give ya a big olâ smooch! (Heâs the least bit predictable we know)
⢠The word ânormalâ doesnât even exist in Jeromeâs manic vocabulary. He sees no true definition for the word, and overall just thinks itâs stupid.
⢠Ok perhaps he wishes he couldâve had a ânormalâ childhood but thatâs a totallyyyy different can of worms..
⢠When Jerome pops into your home from time to time, heâs so heavily fascinated by all the things you have placed in different areas of your room. And the fact itâs so⌠neat??? (He could NEVER)
⢠If youâre into taxidermy and collecting bones, Jerome is ecstatic to see your collection!!
⢠He actually finds it quite adorable how much you love the preservation of life. Despite the madman he is, he appreciates that you decide to love the unloved. Hm. Maybe thatâs why you fell for him?
⢠He finds it satisfying to watch you go through the bone cleaning process, though the smell of different products always burns the shit out of his nose.
âDo you want a mask?â Your muffled voice asked him. Your poor carrot topped boyfriend seemed to think he was invincible after coming back.
Jerome squinted. âMmmmmm.. nahhh. Just lemme watch.â
Heâd sit and happily stare at you outside, chin resting atop one of his hands. Watching the bones slowly turn white again after past discolouration was so oddly satisfying to him.
Then youâd hear him gag.
âJeez it fucking stinksâŚâ
⢠Sometimes youâll be trailing your fingers down his back, all the way down his spine, and heâll start blurting stuff out.
âHeh. Maybe one day itâll be my bones youâll be cleaning, gorgeous.â
⢠Now one of the things you collect, Jerome swears heâd die for each and every one of them.
⢠Youâre certain he wants to buy them more than you do at this point. Youâve caught him many times just sitting gazing at them standing on your coffin shelf, his eyes darting back and forth between them all.
⢠He has such a fondness for Squeak. She was one of the first Living Dead Dolls you ever got. Her little pig mask and pumpkin bucket for trick or treating made Jerome fall in LOVE.
⢠He now secretly loves watching people unbox their Living Dead Dolls on TikTok. And when someone unboxed Squeak with ICPâs âPiggy Pieâ overlapped on the video Jerome almost died. Again.
⢠If you ever start yapping to him about a new Living Dead Doll youâve seen and now want, heâs already off to find out Oswaldâs credit card details and random packages just start turning up to your house rapidly.
âAWWW!! TOXIC MOLLY!!â You squealed, throwing the rest of the Ebay package to the side.
âLEMME SEE HER, LEMME SEE HER!!â
⢠Yeah ok, he can proudly admit he loves them more than you do now. Itâs just the concept of them. A Living Dead Doll with an exposed brain? He wants it. One with half a face? Itâs his.
⢠The two of you certainly donât plan on having kids, so why not claim all your Living Dead Dolls as your children anyway?
Well, thatâs the way Jerome sees it.
⢠Jerome was so SOOO happy finding out youâre a massive horror fan.
⢠Nothing beats the two of you sitting and watching some classic horror flicks, but you having merch? MERCH???
⢠Oh this man fucking LOVES you bro.
⢠Jerome sort of sees himself as your in real life Chucky. Except youâre his doll.
⢠Seeing both of the Chucky and Tiffany Neca replica dolls sitting in your bedroom just made him think how thatâs quite literally just you and him.
⢠His favourite horror merchandise you have is by far your Terrifier stuff. Youâve had to buy him multiple Art hoodies because he kept trying to steal yours (despite literally not fitting into them whatsoever)
⢠When Terrifier 3 came out, you had to sneak him in so he could see it. Jerome was really well known even way outside of Gotham. The two of you almost got kicked out though because he kept stealing shit from the pick n mix, and was chaotically howling with laughter at anyone who started walking out of the screening room due to Artâs handiwork getting a little bit too much to handle.
⢠Yeah, Jerome idolises him. Badly.
⢠He also digs your Texas Chainsaw Massacre stuff too. Jeromeâs constantly going around looking for new Leatherface things.
⢠Heâs always picking you up cool new keychains and pins for your bags whenever heâs out on a spree. He finds most of the comic and collectorâs stores so fucking expensive, that is until the owners are held at gunpoint..
⢠Those are the small details he finds the cutest. From a lighter with the Bride of Frankenstein on it, to a 3D vampire lip phone socket, heâs obsessed with finding this shit.
⢠Jerome somehow managed to have an obsession with Fugglers after seeing your black bat one. He gave his own a nose bridge piercing and multiple staples??
⢠This guy fucking hates Labubuâs though.
⢠According to him Jeremiah looks like the green Labubu.
⢠His beef with Labubuâs is so personal but he just hates the fact everyone stopped the love for Fugglers and switched to Labubuâs đ
⢠Thereâs another thing you love, and itâs the Alice: Madness Returns plushies by Plushie Dreadfuls. Jerome wishes they were trending instead of those âfuckass Labubuâsâ as he so kindly put it.
⢠But then it ended in the dumbest argument with Jervis because he claimed to be âgatekeepingâ those plushies from the whole of the internet. (The games are still popular Jervis my guy, of course people want merch)
⢠Again with prices, Jerome is baffled by the amount of money vintage shirts go for online. Mainly band and movie tees. Which is something he knows a shit ton of people collect. And yeah⌠heâs influenced. He saw a Murderdolls shirt he really wanted but can he justify over ninety dollars for a shirt?
But will he dox the person until he gets it?
⢠Overall, Jerome is quite literally the last person youâd be embarrassed to show off your collections to. Majority of the time, heâll snap his fingers and get his cult to show/tell him more about what it is and where he can get his hands on it for you. Either that, or this man will now fully compete with you on who likes what you collect better.
And you wouldnât change that for the world.
i feel like this was kinda short (headcanons are supposed to be short ik I JUST YAP OK) and lacked maybe a few details but okay yeah this was more thought of for my own benefit. but yâall if you fw this or agree then yay iâve reached the people i wanted to reach đđ
