captain of the drunken ship

they/them, 19 , goth almost too nerdy to function (definitely too much to list) sometimes I shout into the void about my hyperfixations/special interests (very sporadically)

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Adrian is comically obliviously to other people flirting with him. Just sees it as small talk when they are making clear advances.

The 11th Street Kids have gone to a bar and he’s leaning forward against it waiting for the bartender so he can order the next round. Someone next to him is leaning in closer. Giggling. Classic overt flirting gestures. Adrian just nods “Yeah, that is funny.” He says it seriously before grabbing the drinks, humming on his way back, and heading back to the table none the wiser to the other persons intentions. Taking it a step further if the bartender themselves was interested in him and wrote their number on his receipt he’d frown before getting concerned that it’s someone’s credit card information (even thought very clearly it’s not – and everyone’s confused why and how he thinks that) or that it’s their employee ID or something for a positive word/review (his busboy brain is firing too hard).

I don’t even think Adrian’s partner would necessarily mind. They know their boyfriend is cute and he’s just so oblivious you can’t really fault him. Of course, Adrian’s loyalty is so intrinsic they have absolute faith that even if he did realise he’d never do anything about it. It’s rather cute really that their slight himbo boyfriend doesn’t clock what’s happening. Even if his partner pointed out someone flirting Adrian would blink and not be entirely convinced. Adrian’s partner saying something like “You know they were hitting on you, right?” Adrian just blinking at them his eyebrows furrowing. “No we were just talking about animals. She just wanted to know my favourite bird.” His partner grinning “I think she might have wanted to be your favourite bird, sweetheart.” Of, course that would confuse him more. “She can’t be my favourite bird – that’s owls! Also people aren't birds, duh.”

Adrian and his partner going to the gym. A clearly very into the gym girl comes over and offers to spot him but clearly has other intentions rather than purely just reps and gains. “Oh no they usually spot for me.” He says pointing at his partner who’s heading over to the pair. “Yeah, they’re stronger than they look!” he brags proudly. Or if his partner is a little nerdy the guy working at the comic book shop starts trying to give Adrian extra recommendations and even offering that he’d love to ’discuss’ them over drinks. Adrian beams “Cool! My partner loves those titles. We can both come!” His partner would giggle when he relays this later “…Oh yeah, sweetheart. I’m sure he’d love that.”

But if he did actually notice because someone pushed it a little too far. If they touched his leg or otherwise got physically handsy or saying something too direct then he has zero tolerance for it. His voice gets flat and serious. “Don’t do that. I have a partner.” Or “No thank you. That’s my partner over there.” With almost an edge of protectiveness even though he’s the one being hit on.

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I've been curious since the trailer for how exactly Adrian would get in the situation where he's in his underwear with the beer getting poured over him. When I saw Harcourt's roof and recognised it I think I vocally said something like 'oh damn' knowing where it was leading to. But the fact we don't really know as it's kind of happening in the background is hilarious to me. I brainstormed a bunch of different reasons but I can't lie this is a very funny answer in a very random way.

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Still my full perspective on Adrian’s sexuality is incoming (in the queue imminently!) but as much as Adrian would enjoy sex with his partner and wants to have sex with them – personal physical pleasure/release isn’t always his goal or priority. Sometimes it’s more about emotional connection or enjoyment of fulfilling them.

Adrian loves positions and acts where he can admire and maximise the pleasure of his partner. Can’t get enough of going down on his partner for long stretches (to the point he gets worked up from how much he enjoys it then gets unconsciously wriggly). Positions which allows him to see their face? Perfection to him so he can see their reactions. Just being used by his partner whether that’s them riding him or grinding against him while he focuses on them. On a slight inverse he hates the idea his partner ever feels like he’s ‘using’ their body/them for their body or that their relationship is at all sexually transactional.

Sex with his partner is emotionally validating. He’s the most satisfied when he can see and tell his partner is enjoying themselves. He internally equates their pleasure with his purpose which creates fulfilment for him. This makes his partner feel really special and treasured but they can worry he’s neglecting his own needs because he’s too focused on them. His goal is less so orgasm so he may sometimes end sex sweaty, entangled and not having finished but still feels satisfied and satiated (and so very proud of himself if he thinks he’s done a good job). This can frustrate his partner sometimes because they also want him to finish, and worry he isn't enjoying himself enough, but they get all soft seeing his big puppy eyes when he doesn’t understand their concern and seems so content.

Aftercare is almost his favourite part sometimes. Getting up and pottering around. Bringing his partner a drink and getting them cleaned up. Stealing their clothes which are strewn across the room to clean/launder (if his partner falls asleep of course they’ll find their clothes freshly washed and folded next to them on their bedside table). This man loves pillow talk!! Yes he will finish sex and ask you to quiz him on animal facts (spiders and owls included of course!).

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Beyond the more transactional nature of his threesomes with Peacemaker - Adrian is a bit inexperienced when it comes to proper relationships and intimacy. Sidenote: he’s a lover and a fighter but also definitely wasn’t taking his mask off during those encounters so then just wasn’t kissing them at all?? Which I think is one of his favourite parts – the slightly messy and intense making out part drives him crazy.

He goes from calm and impassive to unravelling at the seams in a blink of an eye. Especially if he’s praised. Could be simple as being congratulated post-mission by his partner or something like 'you’re making me feel so good.' or a 'good boy' being muttered while they’re actually having sex. This unravelling comes particularly because he can have a slight hairpin trigger. To avoid finishing early he tries so earnest and deeply with such concentrated focus to hold back so he won’t ‘fail’ his partner. He just loves being given permission to finish. So he gets embarrassed about finishing fast which can turn to brattiness. He’ll pout, sigh and huff. ‘You tricked me! You knew what you were doing. That’s totally not fair.’ Which can lead to him sulking. Arms crossed, refusing to make eye contact until his partner to coaxes him slowly back. Then he can be equally quick to jump back up on his feet and start insisting on a second round so he can prove himself.

The inexperience meeting with the excitement of a relationship leads to it physical pouring out in snap moments. His partner smiles affectionately and calls him their ‘perfect law-abiding citizen’ when he stops at a red light while he rants about someone who just blew through the same one. He’s then kissing them. Hard. Ignoring the steering wheel digging into his side from the awkward angle enforced by their seatbelts. Or if his partner gives him a small compliment while they’re cooking dinner then he's suddenly hugging them from behind with no intention of letting go.

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Adrian has an utter praise kink and it comes out in different ways with his partner. The praise he receives he ties directly back into his actions, it’s all performance-based. Any compliment just fuels him more. Then he has to immediately live up to it.

He is basically glowing at simple, even mundane compliments. Almost equal to be calling a ‘good boy’ he’s so excited to be told ‘you did a good job carrying all those groceries in with one trip’. If he did get complimented on something specific he’d make sure to do it twice as much and twice as well. He wants to buy more things at the grocery store to prove how strong he is and have more stuff to carry back inside – because then he’s doing an even better job. Or if he’s complimented on folding the laundry well he’s then just folding everything he can, everything in sight is now potentially a target. If the praise is related to his vigilante/fieldwork? A compliment about a clean shot or a smooth assassination from his partner and he’s bouncing off the walls for hours in sheer excited energy.

His partner can also corral him through praise like nobody else can. Using positive reinforcement and carefully timed words of approval to their advantage. A simple hand to his thigh rubbing slowly and hidden under the table (with a few soft words in his ear) has him sitting still at a briefing. This has the 11th Street Kids eyeing them like they’re in the Twilight Zone – but they know better then to ask.

Adrian keeps a little diary where he methodically writes down the totally awesome and epic recounts of his patrols with Peacemaker and now also his missions with the 11th Street Kids. But most importantly it’s now got all the crucially important things his partner says to him. He sometimes writes down compliments his partner gives him in a little notebook, which is his diary, that he keeps tucked into his back sometimes and all around his room like he’s 17 and hiding it from his mom (with the latter being actually true). He rereads them later but not in an entirely corny way. He keeps track of things they compliment him on – especially clothes that they compliment him on (‘they said I looked good in the light blue polo’ which he scribbled down hastily when his partners back was turned).

His love of praise does kind of invert and spiral into performance anxiety and overdoing things. He’s too reliant on the approval of others which can concentrate on his partner (as it has previously on other people he highly values like Peacemaker). In bed this can translate to trying too much at once. He overthinks and tries stuff he’s heard about (which means he read about it online god only knows where or Chris relayed it to him). It’s not always even that he’s doing a bad job but he’s so worried about it that if he’s not getting ‘right’ and getting an obviously affirmative response then he thinks he’s doing it wrong and messing it all up. This means he’ll, on the occasion, start muttering to himself in the middle of having sex with his partner. What he says is somewhere between trying to hype himself up and trying to adjust his strategy. His partner has to ease him through learning that a lack of immediate praise isn’t a lack of enjoyment – and definitely not a lack of love! – and that even if he was doing a bad job that doesn’t reduce their feelings for him.

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In response to Adrian being an IPad kid, this dude would definitely have Roblox on his phone and you know he argues with children on there 😭

Thanks for the ask and you're totally right!

Oh that man loves Roblox and is continuously arguing with kids. He’ll only play games though where he plays the ‘good guy’ or who he sees as the good guy.

He’s always live explaining to those around him what's happening in his game. Bragging about the arguments he’s won. ‘I got called cringe by this one kid but then I killed him in game so I won the argument really’. Chris also gets lowkey addicted to Roblox and they’ll play while the others are sorting missions (and Chris will play while high). Adrian on voice chat get ragebaited by 12 year olds and the 11th Street Kids will hear him shouting ‘NO, YOU sound like a virgin!’ or ‘I don’t live in my moms basement – I live in the proper upstairs house!”

Also please send asks! I really enjoyed doing this one and I love hearing your guys' thoughts :)

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Adrian is a total iPad kid.

He’ll be fidgeting and his partner will hand him their phone to keep his hands more still and he’s suddenly enthralled in playing Jetpack Joyride or Temple Run. He likes those ones because a) he’d love to have a jetpack (and a matching one for Peacemaker especially because it’s Chris’ dream as well) and b) it’s basically all the core vigilante skills necessary so he’s argues it's basically training . But he refuses to play Subway Surfers because he will not ‘even pretend to be a criminal’. He just can’t sit still without proper stimulation so a phone is his hand keeps him satiated and keeps everyone else's sanity a bit more intact.

He likes the classic phone games, but he loves weird games. Which his partner is half convinced are actually computer viruses he’s managed to download. He’s completely hooked on the most random games and wants to tell everyone his high scores and they don’t even know what he’s talking about.

He shamelessly asks the other 11th Street Kids if they have games on their phone. When they ask why he doesn’t play on his phone either the answer is it’s dead or he didn’t bring it because ‘then duh my phone could be tracked and my secret identity leaked!’. They’ll just hand over their phone just to shut him up (even though most of them don’t have games on their phone – but Adebayo definitely does). Economos downloads some games for Adrian on his phone and secretly plays them as well but he won't admit that and especially not to Adrian.

If someone, even Adrian's partner, tries to take the phone back mid-game he’ll get all whiny as if he’s 9. “Wait, wait- no- just let me finish this level! No- but I’m so close!”. He also has games on his own phone and gets mad if anyone touches his saved progress. He begs his partner to download a Tamagotchi-style pet game. Then he gets way too emotionally invested in his pet. But yet still his pet manages to die and he sulks like a kid and they have to have a funeral as if it’s a real pet.

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Following from my previous post about Adrian being teenage in his relationships because of his lack of experience but with a few thoughts focusing on the romantic/relationship/fluff side a bit more.

Adrian will do small little romantic gestures which aren’t quite usual. He’d definitely change his phone password from Chris’ birthday to either his partners’ birthday or to something similarly meaningful – possibly a bit weird like instead of a typical relationship anniversary he might put some obscure date like the first day they smiled at him. He can be totally dorky but his heart is so full and so in the right place. Even when he makes nonsensical playlists which he then has to spend the time it takes listening to it to actually explain why he made it like that in the first place.

He'd scribble down tiny notes for his partner on anything he can find – receipts, napkins, post it notes – they’d be anything from silly little doodles to random thoughts to short hand messages like ‘u smell good’. Adrian just slips them towards his partner like their passing notes. If his partner was in the 11th Street Kids he’d love to do it in serious meetings and get a bit giggly and watch his partners’ face the entire time they’re reading them. On the occasion he slips them into his partners pockets or bag and will entirely beam when they find them or be over the moon if they slip a response back to him.

He’s never ashamed of PDA in public at all in the slightest. He will absolutely cling. Always wants to be holding hands. Will full on kiss in parking lots. Would totally try grab their ass while shopping at the grocery store. Grins from ear to ear if others notice. He just hasn’t figured out how to quite be chill and casual while in public with his partner (and won’t for awhile).

He treats late-night hangouts or drives like they’re sneaking past curfew – he sort of is if he is living with him mom still. He is practically giddy at the idea of gently breaking the rules but also might 180 and panic that breaking the rules somehow equates to breaking the law and will nee to be calmed down by partner as they encourage him that this is totally normal and good rebellion as well as freedom (which he lacked as an actual teen).

Even though they aren’t in high school if they were he’d totally be the type of boyfriend to be all over each other at their lockers. In the present he walks his partner everywhere. Hand in hand. He’s a hovering clingy boyfriend who begrudges his shifts as if they were classes getting in between him and his partner. Even if it’s a quick trip to the deli across the street he wants to tag along like he’s their very chatty shadow and their partner teases him about it but never shuts the door behind them as they head out as they’re always waiting for Adrian to tag along invited or not.

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I’ve mentioned a couple times the way that Adrian is in relationships is very directly related to his social experience (or lack thereof). Combining his gap in social and sexual experience, also Adrian just being Adrian, comes together to make him sort of teenage in the way he does certain things. He didn’t do all the trial and error of having a partner in high school and all the awkwardness that has to be worked (or fumbled) through then got Chris in his ear about sex and relationships which certainly didn’t help his perception of them. He’s been set at a utter disadvantage to grasp normal but his oddness around this is endearing as all of his other odd Adrian-isms – that is to say very endearing.

He's prone to overexcited fumbling. He sometimes just gets a bit too excited, too quickly. He rushes himself with his eagerness. Trying to jump right into something with little preamble. Will just start pulling down his partners underwear after a couple kisses without any other build up – like a teen scared his parents about to come knocking at the door or who’s too keyed up on prom night. It can make his partner laugh or giggle sometimes but it’s just so adorable, kind of contrasting the situation itself, but he’s just so enthusiastic and genuine.

Adrian does also have a bit of a hairpin trigger sometimes. His lack of gradual experience and overall adorable puppy-like excitement means he can get wound up and without slow control to keep himself at bay – well you can imagine. He can go from pretty stoic to entirely undone so fast. Especially if there is praise involved. He can find it frustrating. Sometimes, more so on occasion where he finishes with no warning, he gets a bit embarrassed. Leading to him trying to be utterly focused so he can make sure he holds himself back – and prevent feeling like he’s ‘failed’ his partner who certainly doesn’t feel like he’s failed them. He just gets overstimulated and hyped up. He’ll mutter to himself during sex like he’s psyching himself up saying “okay, not yet, hold it, hold it—fuck, no—” and then loses it in seconds. Then after he’ll blush from his face to down his chest and apologising try make it up to his partner. His partner will work around it or help train him up with some better control (it isn’t every time that it happens but enough to make Adrian flustered). In the mean time his partner reassures him that it was in fact hot that he finished that quickly.

With a fem partner he has a total teen-esque tits fixation. Yet, again he’s so genuine about it. He can’t stop staring when his girlfriend changes. No matter how long they’ve been together. He doesn’t even mutter to himself. Just at a normal volume will start narrating his thoughts out loud shamelessly. Completely awestruck he’ll say something like “God, your boobs are so crazy. Like actually insane.” He loves everything about them and any kind of contact. The man is obsessed with low cut tops to the point he’ll walk into walls and door frames if she’s wearing one around their place.

It’s definitely the Peacemaker influence but he definitely has some random or odd misconceptions around sex (the act itself or how people act around it). His idea of sexy can be so directly from what could be a porn script or over-exaggerated locker room talk. He’s trying to up the mood via his dirty talk or even positions but it sometimes catches his partner so off guard they’ll just blink at him confused before starting to good naturedly laugh. He'd be so delighted if it actually worked on one occasion.

Because of his difficulty socialising he hasn’t had much relevant relationship experience which means that when he does get a partner lots of things are new and exciting for him.

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As much as Adrian was pissed off with Peacemaker for not inviting him to the orgy and only asking him over because he needed his help I can't help but think of how he kind of has a homemaker streak when it comes to just the casual way he comes over to help Chris in S1 and S2. Like in the first he just unprompted started cleaning up Chris' trailer and in this season he comes over with his full body dismembering and clean up kit ready to help. Adrian is all about acts of service (which he does like a homemaker even if they are unhinged like disposing of a body).

Adrian has never been the best about articulating his feelings, nor his affection, in normal terms and he doesn’t really know how to (or even that he does it a little oddly). For a partner or for a friend he shows his love and appreciation through action and dedication (and then also dedication to actions for them). It’s just that the actions Adrian takes fit into his unconventional skill set so maybe he’s not cooking complex meals but he will, without a second thought, get blood out of your carpet (or murder someone who’s wronged you – both are equal effort to him).

So in his own way him coming to help Chris chop up a body – with no questions asked about the situation or the identity of the person – or him just automatically beginning to clean up his trailer even while Chris isn’t in a good mood/being receptive to that kind action is his way of saying ‘I care about you, I love you. I’m here better because I can make it that way and that means I want to take care of this mess, so you don’t have to. I want your world to be’. Some of this also comes from the fact he hasn’t had much normal social bonding and just casual hanging out so doing something for the people he cares about makes him feel more valuable (whether he consciously realises or not that’s why he does it).

When it comes to having a partner, he’d always be bringing them things they didn’t think about for themselves. He’d grin brighter than the sun if they gave him a little bit of praise even just a ‘Thanks Adrian, you always know what I need’ and quite possibly explode if they gave him a kiss to cheek as a reward. He’d always be quietly fixing little things around his partner’s place or adjusting them in his own. Like putting their favourite coffee/tea/drink in a place slightly easier to reach if he noticed them struggle even slightly. He’d definitely instinctively clean up after sex. Also his whole subby service top thing (which will be further elaborated on in imminent posts don’t you worry – especially with all the acespec Adrian thoughts I’m having currently at this second)

The orgy reaction (crazy phrase I know) is very interesting and deeply Adrian. He’s not mad about being invited over to help clean up. He’s annoyed that he wasn’t invited to both be involved in the orgy and also clean up. He wants to be included overall not just when useful. He wants to be around for things whether they are intimate or messy or weird which for him is what both orgy or crime scene clean up can be categorised as. He wants to feel useful, valuable and wanted (How a partner could do that and how he would respond is a completely different and long post).

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The way that James Gunn balances all the characters in Peacemaker is so special to me (and just all the characters are so precious to me). I love following all their different threads in the story and they all tug on my heart strings so much.

Like Leota's relationship with Keeya - and all of that heartbreak. Both of them having clear, reasonable sides but not being able to bring them together. Or Economos' feelings of emotional distance (building on his beard based reveal of the first season finale) from the others coming from his life experience of generally lacking close relationships and chronic anxiety. Also the fact Leota can see that and empathise with him is just so sweet. She is such an emotional heart to their groups at times (so is Adrian but this isn't centering him right now given all my other posts right now do). Harcourt being so proud, to her own detriment, yet displaced after the world has accepted her in one form and moulded her for one purpose. Then of course there is Chris. I'm not going to start on him right now as well - that's a whole different long post and I'm trying to be restrained as it is already right now.

I write and post a lot about Adrian but I have some Harcourt x Reader drafts and ideas in the works. I have other thoughts around the first 2 episodes (and I'm sure many more about the following episodes). Just these characters make me ache and I want to crack them open with my bare hands because I feel I understand them but I wish to understand them more.

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Adrian doesn’t get jealous quite in the normal sense. More frequently than getting jealous of actual people. He trusts his partner. But when it comes to inanimate things he gets so totally jealous of them. The idea an inanimate thing is getting more attention from his partner then he currently is. It’s utterly abhorrent to him.

Adrian has a complete rivalry with his partner’s phone. If they’re just scrolling on it then he’ll inch closer and closer letting out louder and louder sighs. Then he can’t help himself but blurt out. “You’ve been looking at that thing for like…forever. For hours! I’m right here! I’m so much cooler than that brick.” He’d say with the most dramatic pout on his face. Adrian would then double down if his partner laughed or showed any sign of amusement. “No seriously, I can do so much more than that thing. I can pull funny faces and like…blow stuff up? And I could totally do a cartwheel right now.” Even though there’s definitely not enough room and it’s entirely impractical to do two of those things.

If his partner is sat there engrossed in a book, then he’d try poking his head over their shoulder or over the top of the pages. “What can be so good in there? It doesn’t even have anything that good in there. I know plenty of better stories…like the time Peacemaker and I took down…” and off he goes on a tangent sprawling in his partner’s lap. Content to replace the book that had been occupying them.

Anything work related is in danger of taking twice as long if Adrian gets wind of it. And anything mission related is going to take even long. It’s not even as intentional as the book or the phone. He’s trying to be helpful. Incredibly earnestly. He hovers and makes little comments or asks random questions (sometimes not even about the files/paperwork you’re sorting or doing).

He’d totally get jealous of a blanket. What does his partner seriously think that a blanket can provide better for them than he can? “That blanket is basically useless! What’s it got that I don’t? Warmth? Softness? I do all that! And I have real arms to hug you back!” He tries to wrestle the blanket off them and throw it off the bed so he can wrap himself around them instead. Anything that his partner is fixing is enemy Number 1 in his mind. Doesn’t matter what it is. Car, motorbike, weapon, household appliances? It’s all the same to him. Seeing them both give so much thought and focus to something – that isn’t him – but also be so tactile with it is just too far.

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I already posted a bit about this but Adrian Chase who still is in shock that his partner chose him haunts my thoughts. Also Adrian who’s so helplessly head over heels for his partner.

Adrian who still is just a bit suspicious of compliments even from his partner. When someone else compliments him sincerely or flirts with him he thinks it’s a joke or completely misses the tone or sincerity of the action. Even when it’s his actual partner saying it he’ll pause and go ‘Wait do you actual mean that? Like are you being actually serious or do I not get the joke?’

Adrian whose eyes practically turn into cartoon hearts looking at his partner because they’ve gone so wide and dreamy. Adrian who doesn’t even bother or try to hide it. Everyone knowing *the look* he gets not only when staring absentmindedly at his partner but even if he just *thinks* about them. They can tell exactly what and who he’s daydreaming about from a glance at his expression.

Adrian who never shuts up about his partner. 24/7 he’s mentioning them at the same frequency others use filler words like ‘um’ or ‘like’. He’ll talk to anyone about anything to do with his partner. It’s all ‘Oh they love this band’, ‘My partner says doing that is bad for my knees’ or ‘They said I looked good in this shirt so I’ve been wearing it at least once a week’.

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Growing up Adrian wasn’t seen as super attractive or like most people’s first pick for a friend never mind a boyfriend. This wasn’t just because of his looks largely it was his social awkwardness, general handling of social situations (I also imagine he probably had pretty atypical interests/special interests as a kid), bluntness, missing of cues, etc. He’d always been seen as weird and not been properly included so when he does get a partner it’s crazy. First of all that they pick him at all but, secondly, it doesn’t really click for him that his partner is into him. That they’re both attracted to him physically and emotionally. Both conceptually blow his mind and he can’t really wrap his head around.

He blushes at any contact his partner gives him. Public or private. Lightly taking his hand walking around town or under a table? Pink. Leaning their head on his shoulder? Definitely bright pink and now entirely rigid as if moving will destroy the moment. His partner kissing him anywhere from cheek to jaw to neck and beyond? He’s gone. He’s stopped. Frozen as if he’s just been shot. Every part of him which can go pink, has gone pink. PDA makes him giddy. Physical intimacy in general is shocking to him. Because it’s the frequency and intensity of it. Not just holding hands or occasional pecks but continuous and regular contact with intention. Maybe a kiss to the cheek blows his mind but his partner nonchalantly climbing into his lap – god forbid grinding into him with clear enjoyment – is bordering on too much for him physically and emotionally.

He's got it in his head that people love jacked guys and he probably translates this to meaning strength. So through his own mental calculations to appear attractive and hot for his partner he should demonstrate his strength. Leading to him thinking he’s ultimate (and mentally possibly only) move is to pick stuff up but more particularly pick his partner up. He does it almost excessively. His partner will come in from work and he’s just scooped them up bridal style. Or they’re turned on and suddenly Adrian is fireman carrying them to the bedroom with definite purpose. Or when making out Adrian instinctively lifting them to press them against the wall without changing pace at all.

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Adrian Chase loves a command. He’s a very literal guy. Often too literal of a guy so being told exactly what to do just scratches the right part of his brain. Paired with having a bit of a staring problem. He’ll just sit and wait and watch his partner. Like he’s waiting for something, anything. Then the smallest little ask anything from ‘can you pass me the remote please?’ to ‘go get me water’ has him up on his feet bolting to go fulfil the task. Then when he comes back he’s got the most pleased look on his face. Clearly he’s thrilled and feeling very accomplished – he’s dying for a little bit of praise a ‘good job Aidy’ or ‘thanks handsome’ would make him melt especially because of the nickname attached as well.

It doesn’t matter how short or direct the command is. He will follow without a single thought. If his partner said ‘sit’ wouldn’t matter where they were he would do it. Even if there was no viable place to sit he’d just drop to the floor. His eyes locked onto theirs waiting for the next words. Sometimes he’d drop to his knees but sometimes almost too adorably he’d drop to sitting criss-cross on the floor, classic hands on his own ankles style.

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Domestic Adrian just makes my mind go a million miles an hour. Adrian who wakes up early, possibly to do a regimented/routine workout, then just lounging about excited for his partner to wake up. They’ve definitely woken up to his face inches away from their own and he’s entirely awake and dressed but just watching them. Adrian sometimes tries to make coffee or tea, but he certainly just watches breakfast (or any meal with more then 2 steps of preparation) being made. He thinks anything his partner cooks is both incredibly impressive and also the best thing he’s ever eaten. When their actually cooking he’s always leaning over their shoulder or actually just wrapping himself around them from behind. He wants to help in a similar way to a small child wanting to help make dinner and so he gets similar tasks of taste testing and cutting random vegetables (because his knife skills do actually translate).

They have weekly movie nights and Adrian loves when they pick a scary movie. Often they have more weapons and gore which is totally his thing (he gets ideas like his excitement about killing something/someone with a chainsaw and many, many more from these movies) but even more than that he loves to pretend to be too scared and cuddle up to his partner. He does a bad job actually acting scared though especially throughout the entire movie (he leans in close to jump scares he’s so enthralled).

Adrian also loves low stakes tiny competitions. Challenging his partner on silly things like eating/finishing the fastness, or who can pull the most ridiculous (and hard to spot in a line up) face.

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Adrian would absolutely thrive with a clingy partner. It’s such an overt way to show interest which would be so perfect for him.

Adrian having a partner who just likes to touch him all the time. Sexual or not. But often it’s more teasing, flirtatious or grounding. They like to sit between his legs on the couch or tuck themselves against him even just for a casual conversation. Immediately he just adjust so they can fit into his space whether that’s holding them, letting his fingers trace their spine or propping up lightly the back of their head. He would not be able to stop blushing if they just placed a random kiss to his jaw while in normal conversation – even if there was nobody else around.

He’s just such a tactile guy so being matched up with someone who’s as tactile as him whether it’s unconscious or not would be perfect. They like to run their hands against or just under the hem of his shirt. Tug gently at his belt loops. And they’re certainly not shy in public with one of the other with an arm around the other’s waist. When their sleeping they are always tangled together. Limbs strewn randomly. His hands on their hips. Their leg over his hip. Their cheek to his chest. Even if they don’t fall asleep so close they wake up and they're pressed together. If he came in late after patrol then he’d carefully curl his arm around them trying not to disturb them and maybe press his forehead to their spine.