I saw you write for angel the series so I was wondering if I could get a Cordelia x fem reader headcanons where the reader is plus size and feels insecure around cordy bc she’s ~literally perfect~
I'm in love with this request! It was such a joy to write it for you, esp as I'm a plus size girl myself. Hope you like it!
Being plus size and feeling insecure around Cordelia headcanons.
Cordelia Chase was... one of a kind woman. She was funny, confident, smart, gorgeous and to top all of these qualities she had a gift of seeing the future, which helped to save a lot of people, including you. That’s how you met in the first place.
You’d joined the Angel Inc. and obviously, you could not not develop a crush on her.
Little did you know that Cordy fell in love with you almost instantly. You were always caring and kind, helping the team and other people. You supported her dream to become an actress, never judged her or thought less of her if she didn’t know something. Not to mention she was absolutely captivated by your natural beauty.
But she was so afraid to ruin your friendship and lose you, that she never made a move. The only thing she let herself do was a bit of flirting.
You were not stupid nor oblivious to her light teasing and flirting, but never let yourself believe that Cordy really meant it. She was just like that, you told yourself, she was just being kind to you.
You were a bigger woman, you did not deny it and most of the time you had no problem with it. You were confident enough to flirt with other people though, enjoyed it even. You even left Westley a blushing mess a couple of times, but when it came to Cordelia, you suddenly felt… insecure.
One look of her beautiful chocolate eyes, that sparkled with joy and a little mischief, left you breathless. One kind smile and your heart would skip a few bits. She was perfection. At least in your eyes.
So you dwelled in these sour feelings more and more with each passing day. It affected your work and, what hurt you the most, it was affecting your relationships with Cordy.
One day she had had enough of your gloomy mood and went straight to your room to talk about it. She sat on your bed and took your hands in hers, stroking it soothingly.
“What’s wrong? You know that you can always talk to me, right?” She looked just the way she felt: miserable and lost. You felt your heart sting in your chest at the sight of her teary eyes.
“Did I do something wrong?”
Her whisper was the last straw, you sobbed and pulled her in tight embrace. Despite all your fears of ruining your friendship, you decided that you couldn’t live like this anymore and confessed your feelings.
“I know that you don’t feel the same, I mean look at you, you are so beautiful and amazing! And I’m just... not. People like you don’t like people like me…”
The next thing you knew — her lips were on yours. She shuts you up with a fierce kiss, which you return hesitantly.
“Don’t ever say that, Y/n! You are absolutely gorgeous, don’t you ever doubt it. Screw these… stupid, horrible standarts! I love you just the way you are. And if anyone ever says anything mean to you, they will have to deal with me! Or Angel.”
The last part made you laugh and she gave you another kiss. This one was sweet and gentle, to show you just how much she loved you.
After that day she made sure that you gain your confidence back and never feel less than perfect. Not on her watch.
I enjoyed doing the btvs characters, so I thought I would do some hcs for working in a store they frequent and meeting Angel characters, perhaps an obstacle to your relationship and how things would develop thereafter.
[Yes, there is some overlap with some of the characters that I did for the btvs hcs but it’s different stores and scenarios and a lot of the characters have had a bit of development since then!]
Warning: Spoilers for probably every season. Sex reference (only in one or two). Reader is cheated on by someone else in one hc.
I feel like these are slightly darker themes in some just cos the show is a little more like that than btvs. Some are so long I might as well have written out a fic but I like doing lots of different characters at once.
Feel free to request Hcs for any buffyverse characters I enjoy doing these !! 💖
Angel:
- Independent book store
- He likes to go and buy from independent stores, he doesn’t trust buying from the internet
- You are always extra helpful and you don’t mind that he’s usually quiet apart from thanking you
- You often tell him if you’ve read one of the books and you liked it, or you tell him to tell you if its any good
- You only ever see him in the dark or by the glow of the dimly lit store
- He seems lonely to you, insular
- You always enjoy that first Sunday evening of the month, because he pretty much comes in regularly
- He really enjoys hearing you talk, you have lots of opinions on literature and the characters and some of them, he had never heard not in the centuries he had been around
- You interested him and he liked that you didn’t know anything about demons, it meant he could feel almost human for the first time in a long time
- You were his secret, none of his friends knew that he now exclusively shopped there because it meant he could see you, he had started talking just as much as you did
- Sometimes, he cleared his whole evening and he would find himself caught in such an interesting conversation with you that time would fly by and you were supposed to have closed the store hours ago
- He offers to drive you home, you accept happily and you really get on he might even invite you in and allow you to stay over if it gets too late (he would 100% take the couch no arguments srry)
- So someone either barges in that morning or they insist they need to go to the bookstore with him next time he goes
- I’m guessing Wes or Cordy
- Both would sense the familiarity between you straight away and squint at him, checking if he’s gone evil because his face is actually contorted into a… pleasant smile
- Either way they’ll start running their mouth about demons and angel will panic and pull them away leaving you confused
- He’ll have to hurry away to take care of some demon, neither of you can stop thinking of the other for the full week
- He’ll come in, sheepish, having to explain himself. Demons, all that. Probably feel guilty if he didn’t tell you he was a vampire too (cue an explanation of the curse)
- You’ll surprise him, shrug, and ask if he wants to get a drink after your shift
- First date of many, you might even join angel investigations after a while (not just bc you’re now in a very committed relationship with the boss)
Spike:
- You work in an electronics store.
- His PlayStation stopped working (he threw it out of the window when he lost) so he’s demanding you fix it
- You tell him it’s a write off. But you show him some good deals on a new one.
- He smiles, thinking you were flirting, but it’s something you are supposed to do for your job
- He pays with a debit card, that says it belongs to ‘Angel investigations’
- You presume he’s the named Angel, and say ‘Thanks Angel’ as he leaves
- He turns back, starting to scowl, but then realises what’s happened. He keeps up the pretence so that Angel doesn’t figure out he’s taken the company card
- He’s pretty lonely, so when he’s not swearing at his PlayStation, he’s thinking about the brief interaction with you at the store
- He comes in a few more times, asking about accessories or extras he may need to make him win better
- He sticks around for slow evenings sometimes. You start to chat to him, getting to know him, always giving him the warmest smile
- Your hands probably brush against each other when you’re showing him something and he cannot stop smiling – it’s been the best thing that’s happened since he became corporeal again. Human touch. Your touch
- Finally asks you out, you decide you’d love to spend time with him
- There’s only one problem
- You think his name’s Angel. So, he spends most of the evening telling you wild and very obviously made up stories about being an investigator and then becoming a CEO.
- You go into a bar together and who should interrupt but the real Angel and he keeps calling your Angel by the name Spike.
- You frown, having had enough and he’s caught up in some demon killing so he can’t come after you
- He is too embarrassed for a while to talk to you again, but eventually waits for you after work
- He explains everything, you roll your eyes and smile. The times you actually liked him had been when he was himself at the store. He would come in making you laugh and insulting customers under his breath to make you smile
- You agree to have a do-over, introducing yourself again and smiling softly as he holds your hand under the counter before he continues to mutter his insults towards the customers.
Cordelia:
- You work for a temp agency, Angel investigations takes you on in their busy period (LA demons don’t listen to the curse of Halloween so it can get busy)
- Real busy
- So you are drafted in temporarily to help pick up calls
- You have experience and you know all about demons (you used to live on a Hellmouth)
- Cordy doesn’t get on with you at first, thinking you’re too perfect taking over her job
- She wants her wage and its stretched thinner with a new employee
- You reorganise the filing, make detailed notes and are really good on calls to potential clients
- And you’re really friendly with her and she finds herself enjoying your company but she still gets suspicious of how good you are at her job
- aka she gets a little jealous and it boils over one evening and she starts to ask Angel how long it’ll be until you leave
- You overhear, ofc, and Angel’s eyes widen making Cordy turn and see your hurt face
- And she feels really guilty when she sees she’s upset you
- You just walk past her, pass Angel the files you had finished, and took your jacket to leave
- Angel and Wes talk to Cordy, hinting that a lot of her attention has been on you recently – maybe she should think about why that is
- You call in sick the next few days, thinking about checking if you can change your contract and be transferred somewhere else. She can’t stop thinking about you
- When you’re finally back in, you start the day off in silence, trying to keep up your usual cheery phone voice
- Cordelia comes straight in and apologises, handing you a hot drink exactly the way you like it
- She hangs the call up that you were on, clicking the button in, losing you a client but this is more important
- She tells you that she really likes you and she didn’t realise until she hurt you how much you meant to her in such a short time
- She wants to know if she can make it up to you with maybe a dinner date? Say, tonight at that new place
- Angel knows someone and helped her get reservations and you agree that it’s the least she could do which makes her smile
Wesley:
(sorry this isn’t in the best moment of his character arc)
- Hardware store
- You get suspicious when he’s buying a list of things that makes you think he might be doing something he shouldn’t
- You honestly don’t get paid enough for this, but you had to confront him in the car park for your own moral conscience
- He has purchased a bucket, some rope, heavy-duty chains and a large mallet
- So you shout, ‘Hey! Are you planning on killing someone?’ (you’re not great with tact)
- He whips around so fast and stalks towards you it honestly scares you
- He has a certain level of menace, like the English villains in cartoons
- “That, would be none of your business” he mutters, realising he would have to go back in and buy more if he wanted to keep you in his closet too
- “You know, if it’s something supernatural you might need more than a mallet” you offer, you can tell when someone’s seen something supernatural. Something behind their eyes
- He just shakes his head and leaves, but all the while he’s apart from you he can’t stop thinking about you
- He glares at the woman he has held hostage, wishing she would just give up her information do he could find Angel
- He finds himself walking back to the hardware store
- Some dithering excuse about the strength of the chains or wanting you to show him some alternative rope
- Gets into a conversation with you about either how you know about demons or why you thought he was gonna kill people
- You tell him very obviously he is at least holding a hostage, it makes him crumble slightly
- He’s been through a lot, what with the almost dying. Twice
- He tells you to follow him and you shrug, chucking your apron at your friend on shift, asking him to cover you
- You spoke in the shadows, not able to see each others faces. He told you everything, like everything since he had moved to the U.S, Sunnydale, everything.
- He could tell there was something about you, I mean asking him if he was gonna kill someone? You were intelligent, perceptive and to him: better than the job you were in
- You then told him of your own darkest moments
- Bonded through this, you parted ways, but your minds never left that spot. Never left each other
- You met up regularly after this, you hinting that he should probably let the woman go now. Maybe there could be another way to find his boss
- Then one day she was gone, his mood lifted and he pulled you into him and landed a kiss
- You start dating, helping him sort through everything and you probably eventually join Angel Investigations, Wesley thinks you’re better suited with him anyway
Gunn:
- You serve coffee at a local diner 24 hour diner.
- He comes in every Friday, but he’ll start coming in more regularly when he spots you behind the counter
- After his shifts, before his shifts for a morning coffee even if he’s late into the office
- Finds himself spending more money than is feasible on eating out just because you’re there
- Decides he had better ask you out. So he does.
- Very cool, very collected
- you can’t help smiling at the way he’s leaning ever-so-cool across the counter
- You’re so pleased he likes you, he had definitely caught your eye, and you jump at the chance to go on a date with him
- There’s only one problem: he finds out you’re half demon and you have a big hatred for a certain mystical law firm that had ruined your family
- He’s cool with the half-demon thing, but it does mean he’s lying about where he works now
- He likes you too much to ruin it over anything like a job
- But one day, after dating a few months, you find out. You were summoned to a meeting at the top floor of the building, the only one that could translate as you passed for human
- There was some misunderstanding over the sacrificial killings being presumed murder by the CEO and his team
- You walked in to find your boyfriend shuffling his papers waiting for this translator he didn’t want to have to deal with
- This results in an argument in front of the whole team and your extended family who don’t really get what’s going on
- You storm away and Angel lets your family off due to the bad publicity he’s informed will take place if they do anything else
- Gunn lets you cool off but eventually can’t stay away and comes into your work and you try to ignore him
- he follows you into the back, apologising over your boss who is shouting at him for coming into the employee-only area
- he takes your shoulders, looks into your eyes and promises he’s working there for the right reasons, telling you that he’s on the right side of this but if you asked he could see about looking for different employment
- he wouldn’t stop saving the world, but he could transfer to some kind of ‘consultancy’ status
- you smile, appreciating the gesture but insist that he shouldn’t lose his job for you. You accept his apology and start to make things work - promising to be honest from then on
- he kisses you, cupping your cheek and moving your head towards him, the verbal promise sealed with the kiss you shared
Fred:
- you’re a barista in a coffee shop
- she’s always in early mornings and late nights, sometimes you open a little later knowing she’ll want her coffee with extra cream and sugar
- she always bashfully thanks you, insisting you shouldn’t have waited, so you have to admit seeing her is often the highlight of your day
- she’ll blush and shake her head, sipping slowly on her drink. She’ll grin and say it’s exactly how she likes it (you had it waiting for her, she didn’t have to order)
- you get to know her over the months she’ll pop in, becoming a really close friend of hers.
- which soon leads into more, both of you being very affectionate. It comes so naturally
- problem is that the tension in her office could be cut with a knife. Almost everyone had a crush on her, whether she was aware of it or not
- you became very insecure, distancing yourself from her after you noticed
- thinking maybe she would be better off with one of the others. she was so upset, her brow furrowing and her work not being her best
- she felt alone again, like she had when she was trapped on Pylea. she just wanted to speak to you about it but she couldn’t. she didn’t get why you were being so cold
- One day you notice one of the men in the lab harassing her at work when you pop in (your coffee store does deliveries now) and you cuss him out
- she smiles, grateful. Her nose scrunching as she smiled. You nod awkwardly, handing her drink and leaving which makes her deflate a little (she wanted you to stay)
- finally, she comes in on her day off - which is odd cos it’s so far from her apartment. she tells you she wants to spend time with you and she wants to know why you suddenly stopped seeing her
- you explain everything, on your break. She shakes her head and smiles fondly at your explanation.
- she promises the only one she has eyes for is you. You grin and she insists you should have spoken to her about it sooner
- you mysteriously come down with an ‘illness’ after your break and ask to take the rest of the day off and spend it in bed with Fred
Lorne:
- you work in an exclusive theatre, work in the ticket office for premiers
- You see Lorne a lot and always give him a winning smile
- He knows you by name straight away, he’s a people person
- But it was so more than that, he was absolutely entranced by you but you couldn’t tell - he was always around celebrity types what with his job so you felt like he wouldn’t want to look at you twice
- he always stopped to talk to you, savouring the moment you had together
- he was thinking of asking you to dinner, or to accompany him to a premier one time instead of you mostly staying in the ticket office
- however one time, before he had chance to ask, he brought a friend with him. Wesley
- he talked to you, Lorne visibly tense at the way he took a shine to you
- you start to date Wesley on and off after that evening,
- Lorne gets annoyed at the way he treats you, dropping you any time that Fred so much as gave him a second glance
- you felt lonely and sad, the only person able to cheer you up being Lorne
- he kept you company a lot, growing so close to the point you trusted him more than anyone. You were so comfortable with him, in the way
- he desperately wants to hold you in his arms, take care of you the way that you deserve
- one evening you say that you had better leave, Wes was supposed to be taking you out
- you walk to his office and find Wes kissing Fred. You scream, shout and then storm away
- Lorne hears the commotion, following you out and scooping you up and holding you into him
- the warmest embrace one you didn’t ever want to move from
- he stayed with you for months, building you back up for entirely selfless reasons.
- one day, way after everything that happened with Wes, he looks at you and his feelings let slip
- you smile, shocked. You hadn’t realised he felt that way - you had thought you would never have a chance with someone like him. You tell him this and and pulls you close
- you kiss, the passion that has been building since the day you met finally pouring between you. You both smile at each other and you pull him in again for another kiss
Doyle:
- You work the register in a liquor store
- He came in fairly often, the hard stuff the only thing that would help with the visions
- you like his humour, and his accent, and he always has a smile for you even if he’s had a crap day
- he really likes you but he doesn’t know how to tell you
- won’t shut up about you to Angel. So much so that even Angel was gonna march him over to your store and demand he ask you to put him out of his misery
- but luckily, you took a shine to him so you were the one doing the asking. Or, more hinting that you would be getting off your shift soon and that you could share one of his fine bottles of cheap liquor if he wanted company
- almost choked on his words in his enthusiasm, so he just nods and waits for you to grab your stuff
- you spend a lot of time just talking, sharing intimate details and connecting
- his irish lilt was music to your ears and he smiled in that boyish way he does when you tell him this
- You finish a bottle and since that night, he’s addicted. He wants to spend all of his time with you
- He keeps the visions secret at first, but eventually one night he has a bad one – needs to see Angel and you tell him he needs to rest
- You worry, but he’s insistent
- So you come with him and find out about the demons that you had never quite managed to notice before
- He shares, explains about everything while he’s holding you in his arms. Only thing is he manages to avoid the fact that he’s half demon himself.
- You become closer, noticing Angel and Cordelia (you were friends with them both now kind of) seemed to be hinting he needed to tell you something
- You only caught whispers, the end of conversations but you decided to ask him
- He avoided the question, he didn’t feel good enough. He didn’t want to lose you, you were too important to him – he thought you finding out he was demon would make you run a mile
- And then, one evening he had left to help at Angel Investigations when there was a knock at the door. It was a spiky green demon, apparently a distant relative of your guy
- You invited the demon in, making sure to be the perfect host(/ess)
- Doyle eventually came in, eyes wide and panicked when he saw the relative. You continued to pour the tea, offering him a cup which he declined and went straight for the hard stuff
- The relative stayed the night, at your insistence, and when you and Doyle went into his room to sleep you asked him to show you that part of him
- He reluctantly did, incredibly embarrassed. But you just kissed him softly and slipped into bed, patting the other side for him to join you
- He grinned, thanking his lucky stars and your relationship only grew from there
Harmony:
- You serve at a Demon bar.
- You make drinks and various cocktails of slime and blood
- Starts as a fling, she doesn’t expect it to be anything more
- Sometimes she’ll talk down to you or start nibbling on your neck. You get on at her to stop, she knew you were human to begin with
- She tries to use sex to distract you, but you want the romance too
- She isn’t used to people wanting a romantic relationship, so she expects you just want sex like her past relationships
- When she realises how soft you can be and how much she enjoys it, things change
- Harmony slowly starts moving her stuff in, suggesting brunch and calling you cheesy pet names that you find adorable.
- You find yourself excited about this, she appears well-meaning and she’s very sweet with you. A little bit fang-happy sometimes but you can let that slide
- You treat her with kindness that she isn’t accustomed to in relationships, she decides because of this its true love. Like in a romance novel.
- Absolutely not used to such kindness.
- You’re happy with her excitement, not because she was treated so bad, but because she feels for you like you feel for her.
- When she double-crosses the people she was supposed to be loyal to, you have a big argument
- You love her, but she relies on the ‘I’m a vampire’ excuse and won’t take responsibility
- There’s a rough patch and both of you are so upset without the other
- But she comes back to the home you shared one evening, calling you the sweetest pet-names and apologising in her own way
- You accept, continuing to date and explore a healthy relationship, trying to help her with her own self-worth too
Lindsey:
- Gas station
- You have served him both on his way in and out of town, the many times he has left and come back
- You don’t usually remember customers, but you do remember customers that have the seeming ability to grow back hands
- You were always kind to him, maybe a little extra friendly but he never usually stayed to chat
- He had been in a bad mood the last time you saw him, but he had nodded at you before he left
- He was coming back into town again this time, stopping for gas and you hadn’t thought you would see him again
- It had been such a long time, you figured he had finally moved away for good. You liked making up stories about the customers that stopped by, it made time go a little faster on slow nights
- Tonight you were on your break when he rolled up in his truck, looking pleased with himself
- You were outside, catching some fresh air and he struck up conversation. He had a glint in his eye, some purpose he was coming back for
- He smiled, actually started sweet-talking you. It appeared that he had you in his memory too
- He asked if you wanted to see each other, now he was moving back to LA
- You have nothing to lose so you say yes agreeing to drinks to see where things went
- Things start out good, for a while. Until he asks you to quit your job and get a job and infiltrate a formerly evil law firm
- You have no experience, no anything but he manages to swing it for you. He just wants you to watch them, for now
- You realise you feel like you’re being used, there’s more to the plan than you realise
- You come home one night, a black eye after Angel ‘asks’ you if you know anything about the amulet – some girl that’s supposed to be dead said you weren’t the real liaison with the senior partners
- Lindsey apologises, gets mad at them for being cruel to you. Tells you everything, his plans, his reasoning. Says he wants to hurt them more now they’ve done this to you.
- He cant stop apologising while he holds you close to him in bed
- He loves you, he tells you and you choose to trust him. feeling it so intimately
- He looks out for you and he’s protective of you if you come with him to Wolfram and Hart ever
- Instead of getting caught up on the fight he catches your eye and decides, for the last time, to leave LA this time – he wants to take you with him
Lilah:
- Hotel check in. you’re a receptionist who basically runs the place
- Lilah’s having sex with someone senior for information that will get her a promotion
- You’re always nice to her, she’s always short with you
- One day you snap, asking why she’s such a bitch. You weren’t usually like this, but you had a bad day and it suddenly came out
- She smiled, arching an eyebrow and just turned to leave satisfied that nobody is as nice as you had been pretending to be
- She had been pushing your buttons on purpose, seeing how long it would be until you snapped
- It had surprised her and been a couple of months of her being rude to you
- she smiled, saying her door would be open if you wanted to do something about it
- It of course, started off with an angry passion, sex just because you could. for convenience and just to get frustrations out (from both of your jobs)
- It was easy for both of you, but suddenly after a while of your arrangement you let something slip in the throws of passion
- The ‘L’ word
- Boy was she mad at you for saying it. Shoving you almost off the bed, snatching up her clothes and calling you pathetic before she stormed away
- she refused to answer you calls after this, for a while. You didn’t realise she was scared of her won feelings that surfaced when you said what you did
- You came to her work, she threatened to call security but you mentioned a few confidential cases she had left around the hotel room that you managed to cast a glance over
- she agreed to let you into her office so you could talk
- and surprisingly, you did. She tried her best to keep you at arms length but the promise of someone to actually care about her with no ulterior motives was too much
- she agreed to meet you that night, the first tentative feeling of a relationship coursing through you, hopefully you could convince her to take a chance on you
Romantic and sleep hcs for angel? I noticed he doesn't get requested often 😅
Angel and sleep:
Barely sleeps. Lucky if he gets two hours
Especially after the move to LA
He’s up day and night in ats does he ever get a break bless him
could be snapping over lack of sleep or just plain moody
You’ll never know
He won’t stay in bed if sleep isn’t happening - he’ll want to be productive instead
I feel that’s unless he’s sharing a bed with someone
Will like to hold his s/o while they’re sleeping
Will be big into watching people sleep even if he can’t
even though he’ll stay in bed for you, you’ll still wake up with him being gone quite a bit
but he’ll always leave a sweet/reassuring note explaining why
Angel and romance (part 2):
[you are correct, anon - Angel doesn’t get many requests so I decided I’ll do another romantic request just for u - hope its okay]
if you’ve been together a long time
(maybe even eternity if you found a way to be sired and kept your soul - wouldn’t be him that turned you unless he absolutely had to for some reason)
He’d be the type to ask his friends how to make things exciting for you
Worried you’re pulling away, perhaps getting tired of him after being together so long
They’ll give him plenty of tips and Cordy would tell him to just be honest and ask what you would like
But the others would help him come up with some surprise
Which ofc you would adore cos of the thought put into it
Probably some candle lit meal in a done-up room of the old hotel or something
You’ll tell him you couldn’t ask for a better s/o and he’d light up
He’d properly smile so big (the smile that he’d only be able to have with a s/o)
will be a happy relationship, so there’ll be some way of getting around the clause
And he’d plan all sorts of romantic evenings after that (so many it was no longer new or a surprise but you’d still love it cos he got so much enjoyment from planning it)
AHH!!! I love your ATS Halloween head canons so much and I'm so happy that you did so many characters, my heart did a somersault when I saw Darla! Thank you for your content!
Omg !! I’m so glad you enjoyed them, I really like doing a lot of different characters !! 🖤🦇
[I have btvs hcs coming with a bunch more characters at the end of the month too !!]
