“holy moly I'm baaaaack... once again, thanks for doing my Flower request, it along with the rest of your stuff's great. Hopefully I'm not requesting too much! Anyways, this time I was thinking maybe x reader headcanons for Lightning? He was always really underrated in my opinion, and I can't lie I tend to relate to a lot of his struggles myself. I can imagine reader gets booted out before him, only for him to practically be at his lowest after his outburst (who can really blame him, I'd be pissed too) when they finally get to see each other again after he gets eliminated?
(Also on a side note Tumblr glitched and closed the last time I tried to write this. Idk if it sent it unfinished or not but if it did my bad)”
YAYYYY MORE REQUESTS!! I’m gonna be honest, I don’t know that much about Lightning mostly because he didn’t get a lot of screen time so I kiiiiinda had to read his Wiki page 😬 BUT I’M ALL CAUGHT UP NOW AND THINK I KNOW ENOUGH NOT TO MISCHARACTERIZE HIM!! Anyway I hope I did good with these!
Lightning x EarlyBoot!Reader HCs!!!
After Lightning was sent away in episode 7, he was sent to Two’s Eliminated Contestants Suite. He was teleported into a room. That was the moment he found you, sitting on the empty floor of that room. That was also when he learned that he was going to be your new roommate.
You had to calm him down a bit after his sudden scenery change, luckily you’re one of the people who can calm him down the best.
After his anger subsides, he starts breaking down. He hates the fact that he can’t hold you close because he’s made of lightning.
You hold his hands and reassure him that everything will be ok.
He manages to collect himself after a little bit.
After he steadies his voice, he tells you about everything that happened.
After that, you just comfort him, chatting about your time in the suite.
You guys spend most of your days just chatting, and to be honest, Lightning wouldn’t have it any other way. He really lucked out having you be his roommate.
Being together, he finally had to confront something he was dreading.
He finally had to tell you about his crush on you.
On one hand, if he told you and you refused, then it’d be tragically awkward given you two are stuck here together until TPOT ends.
On the other hand, it’s getting harder and harder to hide his feelings for you.
One day, he decides to just go up to you and quickly blurt out that he loves you.
He’s quite genuinely shocked (heh, get it?) that you feel the same way.
He’s has incredibly low self esteem, so this really helped him.
He REALLY hates that he’s made of lightning because he wants to just hold you so bad. But he can settle for holding your hands.
While dating, not a lot has changed. You two are usually very affectionate with each other anyway.
You made his life worth living. He had struggled a lot after his elimination and you really brought him out of that low point. He loves you with his whole heart and you’ve changed him for the better.
Lightning WILL have plot relevance in the defeat one arc. MARK MY WORDS. They need this so bad bro I cannot anymore... IT NEEDS TO BE RELEVANT. IT HAS TO BE.. MORE SCREEN TIME.