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24. How do their personalities affect their relationship? Do their characteristics compliment each other, or clash often?
Without checking the ask game, I saw your message and assumed "oh that's the breakup one isn't it" but their conflicting personalities is even more Them.
They're more alike than they are different. Two extroverted dudes who love fighting, explosions, and booze--but because their personalities rarely clash, they're less equipped to handle it when it does happen. (Most of their fights revolve around minor, pedantic things that they solve quickly. They're usually just excuses to get jokingly worked up and then put the other in a noogie until he admits he's wrong.)
Early in their relationship, Demo would have a lot of Bad Days where he'd act reclusive and snappish for no reason. Soldier was very understanding, letting Demo take his time and being supportive in his own Soldier-y way, but as Demo's built up a better emotional support network (Soldier + his own team) the Bad Days have gone down, Soldier still tends react that way to every minor sign of non-enthusiasm. Demo's every so slightly less outgoing than Soldier, and some days he does just want to hang around the mansion relaxing; Soldier gets ruffled, thinks its a Bad Day, which leads Demo to getting annoyed because it feels like he can't have a single moment of downtime without his partner fussing over him. Sometimes he vents that frustration, but he also knows this is coming from Soldier really really caring about him and trying to make sure he's not backsliding, so it doesn't come into a full blown argument very often.
Soldier tends to be more reserved with his emotions, especially in public. He spends every team meeting, every acquaintance introduction, every time they're waiting in line at the mall in his stiff, at-attention stance. Face completely unmoving (plus his resting disgruntled frown.) However that doesn't mean he isn't still a ball of sunshine under the surface. He may be stone still while Tavish explains a bunch of random facts about swords and quenching them to make sure they're not too brittle, but inside he's going "By George Washington...he's so handsome. I love him so much. I'm a lucky Soldier." Demo's somewhat disappointed Soldier won't be as affectionate with him while they're in public--even the casual camaraderie he does for everyone with, Soldier won't react when he slings an arm over his shoulder--but he learns to deal with it not being reciprocated. He's never been asked to stop, so he carries on like that.
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