Mod Pinks for lesserfandomappreciation here! Hope you're having a great day dear! I'm absolutely a sucker for North Shaw and Cool Joe so - what are they like on a first date or in a relationship (you choose)?
for you, i did both! sorry this is more than a week late, home life during the holiday break is far from ideal and we’re unsure if we got the flu or omicron. anyway, i’m basing North’s off the comic, where he was a pop singer for an issue
your first date wouldn’t feel like a date, but it’ll be nice. you two at the beach, him teaching you how to surf; if you already know how, he’ll have some randos rate both your surfing as a little one-on. some competition never hurt anybody, and mans will always like it a bit rough like that. he might take you to a skate park or an ice rink if there are any of those nearby
if you’ve known each other long and you’re along the more adventurous side, he’d be totally stoked to take you snowboarding with him, so it’s more a week-long excursion--you pick where to: Whistler Blackcomb, Colorado’s Breckenridge, or Cali’s Lake Tahoe? hang-gliding’s cool too, he’s been to Rio and Kahului
if you want equal footing, he’s up to try new things with you. he’d suggest bungee jumping, it’s on his bucket list. or learning parkour from an instructor
if you aren’t into any of that, he’s game to play you (and with you) at an arcade. you’re probably a little better than he is in the shooter games, and he’ll complain at first about how janky the motorbike/racecar games are, but he’ll best you by miles in them
it’s burgers, fries, or pizza with a movie on to wind down afterwards
it’s not in his list but he’d be open about going to the petting zoo. he’s excitable around his favorite person, and he’d pose like people do with the leaning tower of pizza, but with the boa constrictors and parrots. banter about which shots to have printed is a highlight, and you don’t expect it, but he’s a softie for animals. he chats them up like they’re buddies because they are
dude’s down for a spa date, but not for a first. “i’d literally want to hit a-sap so like. there’s just, no time to get to know you... you know? that’s kinda important”
will give it to you straight as a board, you either hop on or it’s a wipe out
in the relationship, he’s both sir no-biggie and mr. Take-On-Me, which'll confuse you until you remember--he’s intense and hyper-competitive only because he’s an adrenaline junkie (or Liquido’s somehow involved)
“you take this half of the grocery list, this one’s mine. race you to the cashier!”
“yeah? i’ll have these potatoes peeled before you’ve finished those dishes”. his flavor of domestic bliss
it could sap you, but you’ve only to tell him you aren’t feeling it for him to cut it out. it might tug his mood down a notch, but he forgets about it once he sees you relaxed
he’s so chill it’s infuriating sometimes, when you’re pissed and the reason flies over his head, i.e. he can be insensitive
e.g. will playfully gibe at your pace, “slowpoke”, “old tortoise”, after you’ve vented about a long and stressful day of feeling irreparably incompetent, and raise an eyebrow when you raise your voice at him
it may not be his fault, but he’s quick to patch things up after fights. his ego’s massive but it’s nothing he can’t ride down
doesn’t care much for ritzy parties if that’s something you do--inaugurations, the posh premieres, rewards ceremonies, so on--but will come and dress (somewhat) suitably because it’s important to you
he might, just might, it definitely wouldn’t be in the works since he first asked you out--write a song for you. it’s light, with some self-deprecation, and a touch sentimental; and he’s earnest. he means and will stand by every word even if it was something he included to rhyme
he doesn’t really ask people out. guy gets a lotta action, managing his night club, and some of the finest babes are his regulars. he’s almost got it bad if he wants to see you elsewhere
if there’s a band he likes touring in town, or “near enough”, he’d want to take you, VIP. it’ll be R&B, Funk--think Rick James and Kool and the Gang. for a more contemporary vibing, like Bruno Mars’s Uptown Funk and the better-known half of 24K Magic
he grew up on jukebox musicals like Disco Inferno, Boogie Nights. a screening of something similar? and it’s something you like? he’s versatile, consider him sold
if you haven’t been in his club, you’d go club-hopping, and then his place so it’s all show, no tell, just how much swankier it is
if you aren’t up for a high-energy date, he’d love to bring you to his favorite record store, then fashion avenue. he’s got a fantastic eye for colors, prints, and fabrics; he’ll have you in the sickest threads you’ve ever owned like you’re in a movie and it’s the makeover montage. all on him. after, you’ll hit the karaoke because he’s just begun
you might dine at one of his favorite spots--which would be a resto-bar with live music and balcony views of the glimmering metro
you might think you’re good at concealing your emotions until you date Joe. nothing gets past his Eagle Eyes™--they detect your jaw clenching, if you bite your cheek or lip at one side, your fidgety hands, wiggling toes; he’d catch your upwards gaze, if you’re spaced out, etc.
what he may not catch are the missing emojis, the stiffness, dismissiveness, or general passive-aggressiveness of some messages. you can’t count on him taking a hint, and, conversely, it’s hard to tell if he’s cross or a-ok sometimes. he’s fairly new to messaging like we know it--he was only persuaded to get a smartphone so he could facetime that astronaut who rang him up about Asteroid 237 (Cool Joe and the Comet, season 5), so you know he’s got help managing his social media
if he knows what you’re feeling, it’s no use when he’s at a loss as to how he could address it, or whether he should do anything about it at all. he’ll offer to talk about it, but if you aren’t in the mood to, he’ll bow out until you’re fine. you’ll need to tell him if you want his attention, want him to take care of you, and rest assured he’ll do it
between being on the team, in a band, running his club, he hasn’t a lot of time. you’re a priority, but he doesn’t expect his life would go on hold anytime soon, so you best believe your needs are going to be shuffled with other demands. he may resort to band-aid solutions to make amends, like gift-giving. again, you have to be vocal about what you want
because his life’s in a perpetual whirlwind, he’s impatient and may snap at you for nerves, hesitating, sulking, and the like. but he’ll recognize the mistake and demonstrate his apology soon as he does. verbalization of it doesn’t trail too far behind
is something of a Casanova, minus any serious engagement when in a relationship. he likes the attention, and seeing you jealous thrills him, but he’s careful not to step out of bounds
you’d be his inspiration for any number of songs: a singer-meets-hottie party song, the high life with you song, making love to you and it’s the best thing song, so on, and he’d shout you out at each and every one of his concerts
