What Type of S/O Chrollo Would Be Attracted To
Here’s more Chrollo hc’s nobody asked for! I’ll probably do one of these for each of the Phantom Troupe members. Well, maybe not each of them, but, like, most of them. Anyways, enjoy!
•In order to catch the eye of Chrollo Lucilfer, you have to be different from others. Point, blank, period. I’m not talking physicality either. You could be out of this world, or you could look just like anyone else. The point is, there’s something different about you, and you know it, and Chrollo knows it. But most importantly, Chrollo knows you know that you don’t fit in, and that’s why you’ve caught his eye.
•It doesn’t matter how well you mask it, or if you mask it at all. There’s this certain aspect of self-awareness you have, this introspection that is oftentimes hard to find in others. Chrollo is a cold and methodical man, but even he wonders sometimes what it might be like to meet someone half as, for a lack of a better word, conscious as he is. When he finds that in you, as unexpected as it might have been, he feels this undeniable pull towards you.
•What starts off as simple intrigue begins to become something much more potent as Chrollo gets to know you better. Not only are you different, but there’s also this sort of resilience that burns brightly in you. Chrollo would be absolutely enamored by an s/o who seems to carry a light with them wherever they go. Even if it’s not the brightest shining light in the room, it simply refuses to fade or burn out, and like a moth, Chrollo can’t help but want to claim this light all for himself.
•On the topic of resilience, another trait that Chrollo would adore in his s/o is if they seemed to just see right through him. Chrollo knows that you’re different from others, and he knows that you know this, as well, but if you were able to tell the same thing about him without even having to know him too deeply, it really would just make him that much more attracted to you. In his eyes, it’s further proof that the two of you were fated to meet one another.
•I often see it written in fan fiction that Chrollo would have an s/o who is almost some sort of perfect damsel in distress, but I really do not believe that to be the case at all. If Chrollo was attracted to the sort of person he could easily manipulate, then he would be with anyone, because it’s not like it’s a hard task for Chrollo to manipulate another. No, he would prefer an s/o that just knows there’s something off about him. Maybe they have proof, maybe they don’t. Maybe it’s their intuition telling them that they need to keep an eye on him. Actually, if it was just your gut feeling that made you distrust Chrollo and nothing more, that’s all the more reason for him, in his eyes, to be attracted to you. It means you’re aware, which, again, is something that Chrollo likes in an s/o. You know things without even having to piece the puzzle together, and that fact alone is absolutely addictive to him. It leaves room open for mind games between Chrollo and yourself, which you know already is something that he enjoys deeply.
•You still don’t trust him? But, darling, look at how well he treats you. He speaks to you so softly, so reverently, and smiles at you as gentle as a spring breeze. But, still, you have this feeling… And it’s just a feeling, but when you go too long without reciprocating Chrollo’s unusual interest in you, you swear you can see his mask drop, if only for a second. The eyes are the window to the soul, and there’s just something so uncanny about the way he looks at you when he’s trying to figure you out. It’s akin to how a predator might look at prey over a fence, trying to figure out how best he can get to you so that he finally latch on and sink his teeth deep into your flesh. It’s not a matter of if with him, but when, and you only feel more certain of that fact as he smoothly replaces his calculating gaze with another one of his charming smiles.