Winterpapen Headcanons cus I’m in a romantic mood
Richard will brush Henry’s hair off of his forhead whenever he gets the chance, ie leaning in for a kiss, admiring Henry’s sleeping face while laying side by side in bed
When Henry’s got a hold on his waist, Richard, in turn, likes to grasp at his shoulders. It feels like completing a unit, closing a feedback loop.
In disagreements, Henry isn’t the type to yell. He may be icy or sharp, but rarely does he raise his voice. This is very appealing to Richard.
After having a little bicker Rich might flip Henry’s tie over his shoulder to bug him.
Richard worries he’s only a passing fancy to Henry; a dalliance that will burn bright but fast. Henry’s devotion and intensity regarding their relationship do nothing to placate him as Henry is intense about everything.
Before leaving for work, Rich’ll come up behind Henry while he’s working at his desk to press a quick goodbye kiss to the side of his neck.
Its Henry who says “I love you” first, it made Richard smile so hard even he didn’t believe him one bit
Loving and being loved by a man goes crazy with Richard’s daddy issues.
Rich likes to hit Henry with an ironic “Honey, I’m home” at the door when coming from his dorm or back from work.
Richard will use the bath at Henry’s cus the dorms have only showers, Henry’s not really the type to want to take a bath together tho (he’s too big for that, it wouldn’t be practical) but he will pull a kitchen chair up next to the tub and read so they can still be together.
Henry likes to take Rich’s chin between his thumb and forefinger and direct his gaze, Richard likes the intense way Henry looks at him when he does this, his face so enthralled despite the motion being a controlling one
A blush is more pronounced through Henry’s pale complexion.
Henry will non verbally tell Rich to chill by reaching for his face with one hand and smoothing over the furrowed line between his brows with the thumb of his other before toping it all off with a little brush of a kiss over that spot.
Similarly, Richard will push Henry’s glasses up onto the top of his head, lean in and graze his lips over each eyelid in a kiss before pulling back and replacing the glasses back on his nose once more
Henry doesn’t always make eye contact when speaking to someone so on occasion when Rich finds their gazes suddenly meeting, intense eyes locked into him, it makes him forget what he was going to say.
Henry’s got the impulse to constantly groom Richard, ie smooth down his shirt collar, reach over and brush a leaf or speck of lint out of his hair, wipe away any smudges on his face.
Henry finds deep satisfaction and contentment in the weight of Richard laying on his chest and the warm flutter of his breath against his skin.
They take walks together in the morning, side by side, hands in their coat pockets, either deep in conversation or silent in parallel contemplation.
Henry’s not above holding something over his head to keep it out of Richard’s reach.
Henry enjoys when Richard answers the phone and you can still hear sleep in his voice.
Richard tries twice as hard to appear apathetic regarding Henry in front of the rest of the Greek class in order to conceal their dynamic and compensate for his intense feelings.
Most of their misunderstandings stem from Richard intentionally keeping his feelings to himself to avoid having to be vulnerable and/or Henry assuming his own feelings were obvious when in fact they were not.
Henry: control freak, Richard: like herding a cat
Henry inquires after every little one of Richard’s experiences: “Tell me what you thought of…,” “How did you like it?” “Would you do it again?” “How did it compare to…?” This is him flirting