I guess I'll be the anon to ask, but hello!! What do you think they all smell like ;0 and further more, what smells do you think THEY like?
Anya gives me very classic linen and vanilla vibes; nothing overwhelming, but that's me...
Oh I'm so glad you asked, this is going to be related to my afterwashing au and general showering/hygiene headcanons
Jimmy
He smells like cigarettes, cheap cologne and aftershave. He does shower pretty regularly but he doesn't really.. do much. Maybe some soap, maybe some body wash, maybe some shampoo or conditioner but it entirely depends on how alive he feels that day. Spends alot of the time in the shower just kind of starting at the wall. He smokes the most out of all of them, and it leaves a bit of a stain on his clothes. He doesn't smell god awful, he just smells like an average guy, he can totally smell really nice and use all the fancy soaps if he wants to but he doesn't ever have a reason to.
Probably tries to shower at least 3-4 times a week but it gets exhausting sometimes, his depression really gets in the way and sometimes Curly has to annoy him to take care of himself.
Curly
Definitely smells a bit like Jimmy does but more.. warm? He smells comforting, even if he stinks. Nice cologne, some cigarette smoke but its not offensive to the nose, coconut flavoured shampoo, sweat, shaving cream and coffee grinds. Even though he doesn't drink coffee that often, he always smells like a fresh batch. He probably showers the most right along side Daisuke, really good habits and beard + hair care as well. He puts effort into his hygiene because he wants to always have first impressions on his side, and that a captain should look and smell clean because cleanliness is a sign of good health and prosperity, its almost ritualistic for him every morning.
8/10, smells amazing but it can be very overwhelming if you stand next to him for a long time, Jimmy thinks its "posh". He likes feeling clean and pressed, puts him in a good mood, he also believes going to bed clean and fresh will improve his sleeping, and it does! sometimes.
Anya
She smells probably the most basic of the crew, she has very long showers and uses orange scented shampoo and body wash. Absolutely has a five-step skincare routine that she does once a week with Daisuke and even Curly sometimes if she can convince him to relax. She tries to take care of her skin especially since nurses and doctors are prone to stress wrinkles and blemishes. She smells like printer paper, oranges, tea and a small hint of perfume. On the ship she doesn't need to try too hard, but she believes in the same principle that Curly has about cleanliness. Her hair is extremely soft despite the rough look it has sometimes.
10/10 for simplicity while still smelling nice and not too overwhelming. Its very comforting.
Daisuke
An absolute explosion of tropical smells. Cologne that smells exactly the same way a bite into a hunk of pineapple tastes and feels, shampoo, moisturiser and bodywash that smells so intoxicatingly sweet with a small hint of sweat and grease behind it. He showers the most, short ones but very very frequently. Hot as hell, burns your skin almost and then douses himself in ice cold water afterwards, then does his ridiculous 10 step hair routine. He takes very good hair of it, no split ends, no drying out, soft, bouncy and full of volume. He is an assault to Jimmy and Swansea's nose, but at least its a good smell! Albeit overwhelming.
8/10 Anya loves the way he smells, won't admit that its simply too much because after a while of smelling nothing but the ship and regurgitated oxygen, you tend to crave new sensations.
Swansea
Probably the most basic of the basic. He smells like grease, electrical fires, sweat, "manly" cologne that smells like lemons and coffee. He showers pretty often but doesn't really care much for all the fancy stuff. He uses soap, all that, but it never lasts too long because he is almost always covered in some sort of mysterious substance from whatever he's working on. His shirt has multiple little holes in it from small electrical fires or getting caught on a hook or tool as he walks by. He smells like a dad, Anya and Curly find it almost comforting because it reminds them of their dads in a way.
Swansea smells like the work he does, and its evidence that he really does roll up his sleeves and gets the job done. He smells like commitment. 10/10
YES afterwashing au please!! always a delight to hear peoples's aus
Anonner's I'm so sorry this ask got way buried, and I've been contemplating exactly how I want to go about asking it. So I'd thought I'd just repost my entire list with extra added stuff since I've given the AU more thought.
So to preface, Curly and Swansea used to work on a ship called the Slepnir. Curly was just an intern at the time and Swansea was one of the head engineers in a crew of 230 people. Amongst those 230 people, Anya had temporaily boarded the ship between deliveries as an Intern herself, to be dropped off a stationary to be boarding another frieghter, the Arion.
Curly and Anya met only ever so briefly, but it was the downfall for him. He fell hard. And before he knew it, she was gone again. Curly continued to work until he managed to earn the ranking of Captain, and a year later he brought on his friend, Jimmy. Three years later he earned the ship, Tulpar, and his crew began from there. Swansea was employed on a few months later.
Anya joined half a year later, and then Daisuke joined two years later. The main events of the game still take place right up until the initial crash. When Curly is approaching the cockpit, in a moment of pure panic and hysteria, Jimmy lunged towards Curly, in an attempt to ensure their death, but it backfired horribly.
Jimmy and Curly's skin had ended up fused together by the heat and the insulation foam, which requires an amputation of Curly's arm from the Elbow and Jimmy's arm from the shoulder. Besides serious burns on their feet, shoulders, torso and face, it was a miracle they both survived relatively unharmed. Jimmy ended up with his retna's burnt, making his vision all fuzzy and blurry, and Curly's eye suffering serious damage to the point of blindness, as well as mild deafness.
Outraged by the outcome, Jimmy becomes violent and agressive, physically demanding. With the added stress of taking care of two patients, both pilots being out of commissions, the stress eventually gets to Anya and she miscarries. Now with Anya out of the picture to take care of her patients, Swansea takes up role as temporary Captain and barely manages to convince Anya to not overdose and that he has a plan.
With Daisuke's help, and Jimmy out of the picture, Swansea was actually two of the other cryopods working. Managing to convince Anya to take Curly into one of them with Daisuke, Jimmy realises their actions and decides to attack Swansea in a blind rage out of jealousy with the knife.
Missing him narrowly, Swansea tells the others to get into the pods, swinging at Jimmy and narrowly missing him, he instead hits the cryopod which sets off the temperature, turning the entire utility room into a freezer with the cryogenic atmosphere freezing them all... until a nearby ship comes along.
Pre Crash Curly
- 35 Years old, born December 22nd. Full name is Grant Kirk Curly. Australian British.
- Absolutely a gymrat, bit over the top but he has genuinely the best intentions. He's really big on the aftercare of exercising, hydrating, massages, stretches, it's a fine art to him. A ritual, almost.
- Loves cooking but can only make an assortment of five dishes. Spaghetti, Meatloaf, Risotto, Lasagna and he makes a real mean Stir Fry. It's all very simple food, he doesn't need it to be extravagant. Food is a big love language for him, so when he was forced to go on packet diet for space travel, he cried for six hours.
- Even though he's british, he has roots from Australia. You can still kind of hear it sometimes when he uses his Captain Voice. Daisuke and Anya teased him a little about it.
- He was actually promoted against his will. Originally he was an just apart of the maintenance crew on a larger ship called Sleipnir, it was the second largest delivery freighter right behind Arion which had a crew of three hundred and eighty five people. It was an absolute marvel of machinery, built to deliver other machinery and high tech equipment. When that ship was retired, he was forced into a promotion of Captain, since no one wanted to take the Tulpar and he happened to be around at the time and couldn't bring himself to say no.
- He doesn't have a very distinct taste in music. He will just listen to whatever sounds good. When Anya and Swansea found out they immediately forced him to listen to "real" music and then soon they all made a collaborative playlist which now haunts the Tulpar.
- Curly grew up with a very large family, a middle child of sisters and brothers, he often found himself being told he was lucky to come from such a big, warm family. But the truth is, he found himself ignored alot. His older siblings were well out of school and his younger siblings were too little to stand on their own, so he rarely got any attention and he eventually moved out of home at seventeen to move in with Jimmy, who he became friends with because of their shared loneliness.
- Curly actually had a mullet once, but Swansea forced him to cut it. He said it made him look like a "Hippie" and he couldn't stop laughing. Anya says she liked it, and he regrets cutting it because of that.
- He has met Anya previously on a past delivery years ago, they used to sneak away together to smoke or to complain a little about work. Anya was an intern nurse under the head doctor, Maddie, who was very uptight and constantly cranky. When they met on the Tulpar again, that flame was reignited and it soon developed into a hallway crush that never left the hallway.
- Curly actually knew Swansea for the longest, he was one of the other head mechanics on Slepnir, and they got along really well. Curly is glad to have a familiar face on the ship (Besides Jimmy and Anya) that actually greatly impacted his life and helped him steer towards the topic of his career and his future. He never got to do what he wanted thanks to the sudden promotion, but he's grateful for his teachings nonetheless. Curly wanted to repair and build aircraft for a living, back on earth. He still dreams about it, sometimes.
- Loves Snowboarding, hates Skiing. He also really likes surfing but the hot weather doesn't agree with him.
- To me, he's bisexual but genuinely has no clue. If the circumstances are right he'll sleep with a guy and try really hard to not think too hard about it. It's embarrassing to him especially since he hasn't had much experience sexually or romantically, but he won't say no to a cute guy.
- His relationship with Jimmy has been up and down. When they were teens, Jimmy was just angry and lashed out at people. He had alot of paranoia and used it to fuel his own rage, but he always went on about how guilty he felt and how he hated being angry and how it used to tear him up inside about being exactly like his father. Their relationship was very briefly romantic and then sexual, but that ended quickly after Curly got accepted into pilot academy and started seeing Jimmy less and less. Jimmy resents him for this, Curly isn't even aware of it.
Post Crash Curly
- 39 Years old
- He was rescued from the crypod by a passing ship called Embarr, a small crew of fourty people. It was a medical emergency ship sent out to actually retrieve the dead bodies of another ship, and they happened upon ths Tulpar on a detour due to significant asteroid interference. Jimmy, Anya and Daisuke all miraculously survived, Swansea's body was never found.
- Managed to come out of it pretty unscathed with only the left side of his body being the most damage. He still needed amputations, but only on one arm and his foot.
- He was in a coma for three months as his body was slowly defrosted and pumped with all the necessary fluids. An autopsy was performed on him originally thinking he was dead. He was not. And they thankfully realized the mistake before it became life threatening and took them all back to earth to receive the best medical care possible.
- Vegetarian. After being forced to eat his own flesh, he can't stomach meat now. It's too upsetting.
- Still enjoys working out, even if its extremely limited. The moment he was allowed to do any physiotherapy or even walking again, he would push himself constantly, even if it hurt. He had subconsciously made exercise as a way to distract himself from the depression and psychological issues he had, so that being no longer an option really worn him down.
- Curly took up a permanent residence in the hospital after waking up. The doctors have urged him to go and live his life, but he struggles to understand why he would even want to. Developed a serious bout of agoraphobia that prevents him from leaving.
- As soon as he was able, he immediately told Anya and Daisuke the truth, about who crashed the ship and what had happened. Anya is still struggling to accept and understand the truth, but she's coming around slowly.
- He has denied skin grafting and facial reconstruction surgery multiple times now, mainly because he's worried about whats going to happen if he doesn't look like himself anymore or even like what he sees in the mirror. That he won't be able to recognise who he is anymore. He's slowly warming up to it, but very slowly.
- Has a guide dog named Laika, it helps him see and also helps him go outside and overcome his agoraphobia.
- He's learning how to cook again, after the crash. alot of his tastebuds were destroyed from mouthwash and starvation, so he's had to teach his body how food tastes again. He's developed a new love for custard.
- Still thinks about Anya, hopes to rekindle something with her in the future when she's ready.
Pre Crash Anya
- 34 Years old, born April 4th. Full name is Anya Musume, Czech Romanian.
- Her favourite movie is Bambi, she cries everytime it's on. Curly laughs at that but he bursts into tears while watching Brother Bear.
- She likes to knit, kind of sucks at it but she needs something therapeutic.
- She goes through alot of different hobbies and finds it difficult to stay in one place. She also has an infinite knowledge of completely useless facts she likes to bring up randomly, loves learning new things and is very hard to pry away from a good book.
- Also a gymrat, definitely not as much as Curly is but she enjoys jogging alot. Sometimes when she's getting mad cabin (ship?) fever, she will do some laps around the lounge room or hallway outside of utility. She likes to keep active and its become a way for her to think or concentrate, suffers the most from sitting still for too long. She sometimes does stretches with Curly, and he helps her find new ways to exercise or keep active in such a small place.
- Her favourite food of all time is cheeseburgers. Its her number one guilty pleasure and absolutely orders those ridiculously huge ones with seven different layers of fillings. She has a huge appetite and it lowkey scares people simply because of how much she eats in one sitting. She also enjoys a really good french onion soup from time to time, but the onions make her cry uncontrollably.
- Actually wanted to be a paediatrician once. After being denied a consecutive six times, she decided to just do whatever she would qualify to. Became a little depressed with it all, but still applied a two more times just in case. Shortly after being denied an eighth time, Pony Express approached her and it all went from there.
- Bisexual and knows it, probably has something funky going on with all that gender stuff too but she doesn't care too much. Has absolutely slept with girls before, liked it alot. Her first time was with a butch lesbian on the back of her car. She is very confident sexually and physically, she just enjoys wearing sweaters and jackets.
- Doesn't have a very big family. Her parents are divorced and she was forced to raise herself and her little sister. When her little sister turned 18, she got married immediately and left home to be a housewife. This put Anya in a bit of a spin and made her dive into some questionable relationships with some very lazy people.
- She also had a huge crush on Curly, but she would just bury herself in work to avoid thinking about it. She tried to somehow mix the two and get him to open up and try to get him to relax around her, but it never worked. He was always weirdly tense and rigid, despite being happy and smiling, there was something very deep beneath the surface.
Post Crash Anya
- 38 Years old
- Sort of gave up on her dream to be a nurse. She would absolutely love to, but her mental health has declined too drastically to study or even apply again and she has no money to even continue studying. Right now she's working as a librarian, she enjoys the quiet.
- Being put inside the cryopod basically froze her unborn baby, you're not supposed to operate the pods if you're pregnant and because of that she miscarried. She has alot of very mixed thoughts about it all, but is glad nonetheless. Would love to have children of her own someday.
- Still yearns for Curly, doesn't know how to move on, she's not even sure if she wants to move on.
- Her suicidal tendencies are still very present, and she can no longer be trusted around medication. She has to go to the hospital to take it and says hello to Curly everytime she does.
- Sometimes has sleepovers with Daisuke or Curly just to have someone nearby. She misses the constant, constant noise of the ship, and she knows they do as well. Its hard adjusting to silence.
- Wears her glasses more often now, never realized how badly she needed them until now.
- Has alot of self harm tendencies, scratches and peels at her skin as a nervous tic.
- Has a pet cat named Rosa, its a therapy animal to help her relax and calm down, she has really bad OCD and constantly triple checks everything is locked, turned off or on. She gets really ahead of herself and it can be exhausting.
- Still watches movies, brings over brother bear and has a real good cry with Curly sometimes. She's developed a passion for romance movies, it fills a little part of her soul each time. Her favourite is The Notebook. Definitely into some real cheesy stuff but it makes her happy.
Pre Crash Jimmy
- 37 Years old, born April 2nd. Full name is James "Jimmy" Zare. American Australian.
- He's a chronic self harmer, littered in burns, cuts, bruises and scars. If smoking or alcohol doesn't take the edge off, he has a tendency to mutilate himself or he drifts endlessly. Before joining PE, he used to dissociate alot and it would never end well. After joining PE he got put on some serious stabilisers and anti-psychotics it switched his hazy, passively suicidal behaviour for a very angry and bitter one. Curly isn't sure if it was for the best.
- He didn't come from the greatest family. His parents were devout Christians. He had two younger sisters, and his mother was pregnant with another. After miscarrying, his parents got divorced because his father believed it was a sign of infidelity or shame, and his mother basically turned into a husk. Unable to speak, unable to take care of herself, completely and utterly empty. So with the added stress of his father dissapearing and then also having to raise himself and his sisters, he's developed a very nasty opinion of women and believes them to be weak and a nuisance. Jimmy was always extremely jealous of Curly's family, and never believed him wheb he said it was also really hard growing up.
- He wanted to be an engineer growing up. He actually bonded with Curly over their shared interests in machinery, and soon it branched from there. They met in highschool but got separated when Curly moved. Years later in a drunken stupor, he found himself miraculously at the doorstep of Curly's new life, and ever since then he's never been able to get rid of Curly.
- Jimmy's favourite animal is Hyena
- Has multiple tattoos that are equally trashy as they are shitty, he almost convinced Curly to get a matching one. Plenty of piercings have been ripped out of his body.
- Jimmy only got into weightlifting because Curly said he would pay for his membership. Jimmy isn't as strong as Curly is, its more the adrenaline that kicks in that keeps him ontop.
- Cut his hair to mimic Curly's but it lacks any real volume so it doesn't look like it.
- Closeted homosexual, open homophobe to himself. Alot of his feelings towards Curly are sexual in a way, but because of his upbringing and relationship examples he thinks this is normal and indulges in them quite often. Would never admit it.
Post Crash Jimmy
- 41 Years old
- Got sentenced to life in prison shortly after Curly regained his ability to speak coherently. Even though alot of the details for the legal case were skewered, Anya and Daisuke both showed up with their own cases to prove Curly's argument and they won.
- Before heading to jail, Jimmy actually got arrested three different times for breaking and entering. He was found trying to steal from his old place, which had new tenants and didn't even have his stuff anymore.
- When he killed himself, he managed to just barely miss all of his very important brain functions. He needs a cane to walk but refuses to use one so he limps a bit. He also has seizures and his schizophrenia has gotten significantly worse. He has a large scar on the side of his face now.
- No longer cuts his hair. It's grown past his shoulders now.
- Curly was able to finally sever ties and no longer speaks to Jimmy. He actually has an automated monthly card come in for Jimmy specifically because he knows it pisses him off. Jimmy's youngest sister visits sometimes.
- Goes by just "James" now.
- Sobered up against his will, got put on new medication that no longer makes him as angry, he's just bitter and cold.
- The blow from Swansea into his shoulder was brutal and it almost completely destroyed his arm, he's been learning how to use it again but struggles to commit.
Pre Crash Daisuke
- 25 Years old, born June 5th. Full name is Junpei Daisuke, Filipino Japanese.
- A bit of a perv but an extremely respectable way. He won't harass girls or make them uncomfortable but if you give him verbal consent that he's allowed to stare he isn't gonna hold back.
- Massive mama's boy. Never wants to admit it because he thinks others will tease him for it.
- He actually really dislikes chocolate, and prefers his sugary treats to be that of candy or gummies. Chocolate makes him sick too quickly. He has a bit of a sensitive stomach to coco.
- Has a belly button piercing, he says he was dared to do it but thats not true. He also has a tattoo that he cannot show anyone. (Its a trampstamp)
- Actually had a huge massive crush on Curly when he first met him. It was really embarrassing, but it mostly comes from jealousy. Curly is so much bigger abd stronger and Daisuke hopes to be like that one day. Extremely sexy and handsome.
- His favourite board game is monopoly because Anya always wins that one. He likes seeing her happy.
- Wanted to be an artist but after hearing about his parents financial troubles he gave up and decided to settle for a blue collar job thar had decent pay. Even though it was his idea, she had to push him to take the job.
- Got expelled from college, half way through he got really depressed and burnt out and kept on skipping classes and not putting any effort in. He also got fired from hos part time job and was forced to move back in with his parents.
- He's an only child and his parents absolutely love each other but there some strain and Daisuke can see it clearly, and it seriously depresses him but he tries to not let it get to his head.
- Pansexual, absolutely is trans in some way but he has a job so he dgaf rn.
- When he first arrived on the Tulpar, he noticed just how utterly depressing it was. So he decided to be the exact opposite of that, putting on a brave smile and attitude to ease himself into the crew. He gets along with Anya and Curly the most.
- Has two cats back at home. Pepper and Donatello, named after his favourite TMNT character.
- He's also a bit of a gym freak but he has no idea what he's doing, very new to real equipment found in gyms as he would always just use whatever was closest or available to him. Curly is teaching him proper techniques.
- Major insomniac but doesn't tell anybody this. Anya has to (metaphorically) choke it out of him so she can help, and he's been slowly adjusting to the medication.
- Has a bunch of really bad habits, drinking especially.
Post Crash Daisuke
- 29 Years old
- He's not allowed to leave the house anymore without running it by his mom. Ever since he returned from the Tulpar she's been dreading the worst happening again, keeps him on a really tight leash out of fear.
- Donatello passed away while he was in space, so in his grieving he got another cat and named it Biggie.
- His parents got divorced finally, the news of what happened had drove his father to the edge and it became too stressful. Daisuke doesn't resent him, and they keep in contact.
- Finally decided to let himself pursue art, Anya is his biggest supporter and she buys all of his paintings. He loves drawing animals the most, finds their complexities to be beautiful.
- let his haie grow out longer, often puts it in a ponytail now.
- He doesn't know what Swansea's sacrifice was, he only knows that somehow he ended up in the Cryopod and that his body was nowhere to be found. and nobody else knows what happened. He misses him a ton, so he paints swans alot. Sometimes Swansea's wife, Meredith, buys them, she comes around to talk to Daisuke and make sure he's doing well.
- He has a part time job now as a dog walker. He walks Swansea's dog almost every day now.
- Also a vegetarian, he's actually why Curly decided to become one. They still work out together but now its mostly him teaching Curly new things.
- Still really depressed and aimless, but he's been put on real medication to help him cope and he's doing much better.
Pre Crash Swansea
- 56 Years old, Born August 10th. Full name is Swansea Manning Heartford, Welsh.
- He actually doesn't like sweets all that much, but its much better than his other options. Coffee makes him sick as well, so sugar is his only vice.
- Has four kids, they're well into their adult years now. Swansea used to be able to call them when they were closer to earth, but that eventually stopped. He also has a brother, but they haven't talked in decades.
- A similar situation as Curly, Swansea got promoted to head engineer of the Tulpar because no one else would take it and he just so happened to be around. He was actually planning on retiring early.
- His wife used to always exclaim how jealous she was of him, to see the stars and everything beyond sounds like a dream. He didn't have the heart to tell her it sucks.
- Daisuke reminded him of not only his kids, but himself in a way. Back when he was younger and didn't have much of a care.
- Cannot punish his kids for the life of him, he's always been too soft and could never bring himself to actually be hard on them. He would get angry again them but then immediately do something to make it up to them because he felt guilty. He started to do this subconsciously with Daisuke and didn't notice until Curly pointed it out.
- Also a really big foodie, sort of cried a little with Curly when they were told about the strict food packet diet. Promises when this shipment is over he'll make the biggest gumbo ever and invite everyone around for it.
- Needs glasses but refuses to wear them.
- Gets along pretty well with Anya, they're not best friends but she's definitely more tolerable than Daisuke is. Neither of them talk that much so they both understand how good silence is, sometimes he'll let her complain and rant about absolutely nothing (Although it usually about Jimmy) because he understands how frustrating it can be. He doesn't provide her with anything or gives pep talks, he just lets her complain in circles.
- Girl dad, he has only daughters so to finally have a son in a way has been a new experience. He struggles to admit it but he is proud of Daisuke, he's just never been very open about his feelings or emotions, especially in his older age
- On the brink of a midlife crisis. Wanted to go mountain climbing.
- Probably gay, bisexual? he doesn't know. Doesn't care. College was weird.
- Theres multiple theories by others of what happened, but nobody knows the truth. He was never found. Rumours that his body just crumbled away into thousands of pieces.
clarifying bc i forgot words, for the afterwashing au, post crash and recovering how do the two drift back together? my heart hurts for curly’s agoraphobia and anya having to give up on med school :(
looking forward to that fic btw!
Oh no worries Anon!
After Curly recovers from his surgeries and starts getting used to standing up on his own, Anya occasionally visited. She can't be trusted with her medication just yet, so she has to visit the hospital's chemist every morning to take her meds.
She used to go up to Curly's room and talk to him, read and give him books or updates on everything. And slowly he started leaving the room with her to go down to the cafe and catch up over coffee. Anya missed him dearly, but Curly thought he didn't deserve love or any sort of kindness or warmth.
When the ship crashed, and he was recovered, he refused to give the full story, attempting to still shift blame onto himself because he genuinely thought it was his fault, but also because, in his mind, Jimmy had suffered enough with his childhood and life. Taking the fall for this was the least he could do.
Eventually, Anya was able to get the truth out of him, and she apologised profusely for not seeing the warning signs earlier that Curly was too a victim of Jimmy's behaviour and abuse. They decided to start a new, reintroduce themselves to each other and start their friendship off new, and slowly after a lot of work, Curly was finally able to bravely go outside on his own now. And they shortly moved in afterwards.
Helping him slowly overcome his attachment and feelings towards Jimmy. They both healed and managed to become new, better people that learned to trust each other again. Anya eventually goes back to studying medicine and becomes a nurse. But it takes a really long time.
Curly should have very long hair, so Anya can braid it. A nice distraction for Anya from studying
Do you have any more Curly/Anya headcanons
Of course, I have ton! This is all related to my Afterwashing Au which I mentioned here !
Pre Crash
Curly DID Have long hair once, a mullet. He let it grow again after Jimmy told him to cut it. Anya loved braided it, it was relaxing and she would even teach him how to braid hers.
They're the ones that wake up the earliest so they get to spend small, soft moments in the kitchen side by side enjoying their poison of choice for that morning. Curly doesn't usually drink coffee, so sometimes he'll have a cup of whatever tea Anya is drinking.
Curly sleeps really badly already, but he's developed a really bad habit of only sleeping well if Anya is next to him or nearby, it keeps him in bed as he tends to sleepwalk or roam, they can't always sleep together in the same bed every night, so sometimes he goes sleepless because of it.
They like to read together in their free time, Anya shows him all the cool psychology books she has and he lets her infodump for as long as they can.
Anya spent a couple of months trying to get the message to Curly that she actually liked him, but he is, unfortunately, very very dense. What finally clicked for him was Jimmy mentioning how annoying she was for following him around like a "lovesick puppy" and it hit Curly like 30 minutes after he said that.
When they do start dating on the ship neither of them has either actually said the word "boyfriend" or "girlfriend" They simply refer to each other as "My Nurse" or "My Captain", and it manages to go under the radar for the longest time. Daisuke is the one who finds out first that they're in a relationship and he screams.
The last moment they spent together before the crash was the morning of the crash. Curly had slept in his room because she felt unsafe, and she just wanted him to be nearby. He brushed her hair and braided it, she never took that braid out until the last moment.
Post Crash
They were placed in the same mental health unit after recovering. For weeks Anya didn't speak to him but it was too much to continue on in silence, she was never mad at him. She had spent a very long time thinking about what happened on that day and she had accepted that it was completely out of his control and that it wasn't just her that suffered from Jimmy's actions. They're slowly rebuilding.
Anya received an award for her care over Curly with what little tools and resources she had, she performed short of a miracle. She hasn't continued her studies of being a doctor just yet, but she will be completely under scholarship when she does. Curly is so proud of her regardless.
They've actually talked about moving in together, not as a couple but just to smoothen things over and allow themselves to finally adjust and get comfortable to a normal and mundane life. Daisuke still visits.
Curly can't braid her hair anymore due to the lack of one arm, but she braids his. And his hair is extremely long now, albeit burnt a bit on one side.
Anya brings in books for him to read at the hospital, and they watch movies together and have tons of sleepovers. Enough to keep whatever is afloat, but distant enough to let Anya heal and adjust to her own life, as his own as well. They're making it work, slowly.
Thoughts/headcanons on Swansea and Curly’s relationship?
The old men ever, actually. this is going to be apart of my afterwashing au so if it doesn't make sense to canon thats why
Swansea has known Curly the longest (besides Jimmy, of course) and they aren't best pals but they're close. Swansea finds Curly a bit "much" but it's something to do with the disparity of age. Curly tries to seem much older than he actually is, but his youthful, lax attitude always shows. Swansea won't admit it, but he's glad to see this line of work hasn't entirely numbed him, yet
Curly saw Swansea cry once on a really long trip, back when they were both stationed on the Slepnir, and Curly was nothing but a workhorse carrying boxes and moving stuff around, Swansea was dealing with the unfortunate and crushing reality that he wouldn't be able to go to his daughters wedding, as the return date was three weeks after. Curly only watched, scared to approach, and he regrets not saying anything. Swansea knows, and appreciates that he wanted to.
Occasionally they'll smoke together, Swansea says he shouldn't but that itvdoesn't hurt anyone. He smokes maybe once a week, whereas Curly smokes 2-3 times a week. Its their small moment of true masculine bonding where all titles and responsibilities are nonexistent. Swansea appreciates the company.
Curly and Swansea share home recipes from either their parents grandparents depending, maybe even some cultural specialties
Curly isn't no wiz mechanic, but he knows enough. Before Daisuke joined it was actually him helping the most out with fixing and repairing stuff. Curly is taller, younge, can see better and much stronger so Swansea puts him to work wherever he can. He doesn't mind helping out, a change of pace and its an excuse to get away from Jimmy if he's particularly cranky that day
Curly has also taught Swansea some things that not even Jimmy knows. For example some of the codes for things that are "captain only" simply for convenience sake but also because Curly trusts Swansea alot. He knows deep down that if something were to happen, Swansea would be the one with his head still on his shoulders the longest. Its not that he doesn't trust Jimmy, he just finds comfort in how capable and dedicated Swansea is. Its admirable.
Overall their relationship is good! Theres alot of unspoken trust but thats mainly because of the masculine aspect of their friendship alot goes unsaid but they make it up for with small gestures, both people who appreciate some real good silence from time to time
post-rescue curly tells someone he’s a vegetarian and they’re a dick about it for whatever reason. “you want to be special so bad… don’t be picky…. what did you see a sad commercial or something…”
and curly gets to be like no actually my ex best friend forced me to eat my own leg and that kind of ruined the meat experience for me :) thanks though :)
HAHA YEAH. He's still slowly adjusting to meat but its not easy, he would be so constantly passive agreeable to people because he's sick of being a doormat. He's healing by letting himself be mad !
If i were to make a longer thread about my afterwashing au... would anyone be interested in reading it... (￣▽￣*)ゞ.. i've been thinking about it a lot lately....
how do you see curly and anya drifting closer in the afterwashing au :0
I'm actually in the middle of writing a fic for that right now! But mainly, Curly is just so happy to see her again, and they start catching up on lost time and it just spirals from there. Curly finds himself lingering in the medical longer and longer, and Anya finds herself standing closer and closer to him each time. Since they're both chronic insomniacs, they stay up later each other and find themselves only able to sleep when they're beside each other, so there's a lot of naps out in the lounge!
