Ehy, it's me ch4osworld from ao3 and i'd love for you to write a general nightmare x reader. Like how a relationship with him would be like. Remember to take care of yourself and to take your time! Bye(*´ω`*)
Nigthmere x reader headcanons list
If you are with him, it's only because you're meant to be. He can't help but to feel a weird connection to you and, without even realizing it, you become his beloved.
In early stages of his infatuation with you, he would be in his phase of “I hate this mortal”, where he is in denial, berating himself for even thinking of you in such a way.
He often crafts elaborate night terrors, just for you! He makes sure to keep himself on one topic for each of them but, for some reason, he never makes them too personal.
If you somehow manage to “befried” him, his initial state of shock turns into disbelief. How in the hell did you manage to do that?
At first he reserves his trust very sparingly, often distrusting you entirely. With time, he starts to warm up.
He would often visit you at night, when it's quiet, and he can admire your beauty.
It's not often something physical he hunger for, but your true self. your smile, how your eyes seem to tell him so much by just one look.
If you were a painting he would admire you, study you, and take in every single detail until there was nothing more he could focus on. But then again, he would manage to find something else, in a desperate attempt to know you more.
He often finds a sick sense of comfort in your presence. He can't quite put his finger on it, but it feels familiar in some way.
Even if you're just a mortal, you're his. You promised him so.
When he metabolizes that what you manage to build with him is doomed to die with you, he is distraught. He always looked down on your kind, for how fragile you are to how you're destined to end at some point.
He doesn't care about your looks or about you aging and your body weakening.
What he cares about is losing his soulmate. His other half… someone who manages to love him, the god and embodiment of negativity itself.
He wants, no, he needs you to stay with him.
And yet, at some point, he let you go…
Being in a relationship with Nightmare is no easy deal. But you manage to make it work… He would never forgive you for leaving him so soon, and he will always carry what you left within him.
You loved him, and he will never forgive you for it.
(you don't have to read the last part it's an author note)
I ask for forgiveness, my dearest reader, truly. Unfortunately ill thoughts began to poison my mind. They held me back. making me believe I was a terrible author and writer.
but I'm trying to see beyond what I think, still my most sincere apologies. If you celebrate any holidays I hope this is a good gift. form yours truly, take care and remember that you are loved.