dottore would probably die if you cuddled up to him in bed while asleep. you bury your face in his nice warm chest and he gets all blushy but holds you anyway, stiffly at first. He comes to enjoy it as time passes and starts getting clingy when asleep. ~ 🍠
He is not even a tsundere about it, just.... very VERY awkward. At the beginning he will be big spoon so you won’t see his blushing face but once he gets used to it, sometimes he will DEMAND being the little spoon, facing each other and he hides his face in your neck (I’m self projecting again someone send help I want to hold somebody 😭)
The first time you cuddle him in your sleep he will get stiff as a table and red as a tomato, but after 5 minutes he is able to relax and he thinks “wow this feels good). And when you cuddle him further he is like “NICE”
Favorite position?
(Don’t @ me I know this is from wikihow)
Sometimes he is on top, sometimes he is not. But in this position he gets to feel better your heartbeat and breathing and the doctor inside him really appreciates it.
hiii its meee~ So Dottore loves it when you run your fingers through his hair, he probably sticks his head in your lap at the end of the day and tells you to pet it and kiss his forehead. I don’t know if I said this before? He also takes off his mask and lets you see his face under it too. ~ 🍠
Hiii Camote I’m so happy to see you in my notifs 🥰
Dottore is a cat: he is wary of strangers and hisses at them. When it comes to people he knows, he either ghosts them for hours or will be his own type of affectionate towards them (depending in the level of intimacy he has with them).
Now, when it comes to his s/o, sometimes you’ll try to approach him but he will ignore you (specially if he is deeply concentrated while working in his lab). Other times, and you said it well, it’s not that he will allow you to pet him: he will TELL you to do it. You’ll be sitting in the coach working in your own thing and he will come, take his coat, take his mask (he only does it with you and in closed doors), put his head on your lap and take your hand and put it in his head. You could play dumb and give him head pats and then returning to your work and it is always amusing because he will do that again and if you still neglect him he will WHINE:
You: “What do you want, love?”
Doc: “don’t play dumb, you know exactly what I want”
You: “mmm you want me to put my hand in your head?”
Doc: “yes! Wait no, I mean yes, technically, but no that’s not what I meant”
You: “i’m confused now... yes? No? Why don’t you just tell me?”
Doc: *blush reaching his ears, hiding his face on your tummy* “I want you to run your hand through my hair”
You: “what was that? I couldn’t hear you well, dear”
Doc: *now facing you, embarrassment evident in his expression* “RUN YOUR HAND THROUGH MY HAIR DAMMIT!!”
You: *stares at him unimpressed, eyebrow raised*
Doc: “please?”
Of course you don’t deny him anymore because he is adorable when he is relaxed and his hair is only second to “smoothest and fluffiest hair in Teyvat” after Diluc.
I feel like if you pointed out how dead his eyes were he’d flinch and laugh, saying that he has a lot of hair so of course you can’t see them! his eyes are just as shiny as yours! but you know thats a lie so you just hold his face and press your forehead against him and ask him if thats really true. and he flushes and doesn’t answer because he can’t really lie to you when you do that. ~ 🍠
If you are careful enough, you will be able to catch him dissociating from his surroundings. Empty eyes looking at nothing in particular and hollow expression that doesn’t give anything away. You’ll find yourself calling him out once, twice, only reacting when you softly put your hand in his shoulder. He gets startled and turns to you like whiplash, but he quickly catches his composure and gives you his signature smile that you realize doesn’t reach his eyes.
“Are you ok, love?”
“Everything is fine, ojou-chan! I just thought I saw something...”
But in your mind you know that’s not it. You know that his mind was reliving the pain and helplessness he felt and has been feeling ever since that fateful day he fell into the Abyss, and your heart aches once again for his. You want to reach out to him: to his body to hold him. To his heart to mend it. To his soul to save it. Buy you also know there are some things in this unfair world that just can’t be said out loud. At least not now. So you cradle his face in both of your hands, and rest your forehead against his.
“I’m here, you know? For whatever it’s worth, and for as long as you want me to, I’m here”
Ajax sighs and closes his eyes. He knows that if he keeps them open he’ll expose his vulnerability to you, and he doesn’t know if he is ready for that yet. Not because he doesn’t trust you, but because it’s been too long since the last time he opened his heart to someone and he is scared: what will he do if you judge him? If you pity him? If you realize how messed up he is and leave him?
He knows he shouldn’t doubt you. You have been nothing but caring and loyal to him. But he can’t help to have the slightest bit of apprehension: it wouldn’t be the first time the world has laughed in his face. But when you hold him and talk to him like the way you are doing now, like he was your most precious person (and he is, he just have to get that through his thick skull), he can’t help but to be selfish for once, and ask:
“What if I want you here with me forever? Would your offer still be up?”
You chuckle a bit and gently move his hair from his forehead to leave a soft kiss there.
thinking about scaramouche having to deal with the fact that you dont love him. of course you wouldnt, it makes sense, why is he so upset over you? why does he care so much? he’s got everything he could ever want as a harbinger, and yet he could never have you. its just one little thing, and yet, he could never ever be happy. the idea of some worm making you happier than he can hurts him. ~ 🍠
Hello, dear Camote. Fancy seeing you here in my asks (and, as always, a pleasure). Because I now consider you a friend (even though it should be illegal for you to be an anon because you come up with the best stuff and if you have a writing blog please DM it to me or something), you have unlocked a new achievement: Scara WIP (well, a part of it)
He learnt that you were from Fontaine, but had lived for a long time in Sumeru as part of your training. You were a little younger than him and had managed to graduate from the Academy a year earlier than anticipated. In one of your research trips you had met Dottore, who had offered to help you with your research in exchange of becoming an “Honorary Fatui” as he liked to call you, helping him in the infirmary and joining in some missions as support.
“... and don’t be fooled by their healer status. I once, apparently, made a “disrespectful” joke and I still have nightmares from the punch they gave me” Scaramouche couldn’t help but snort at that. His warm, eloquent healer giving the mad man a punch? He would have paid for that. Wait, his?
“Ok, that would be all for today! You are free to go now little man” Scaramouche was quick to go. His? His?! What was he thinking? He had only met you twice and he already was feeling mushy for you just from a few exchanged words? He knew that he had some issues, that he wasn’t a people’s person and that he didn’t like being close to anyone (not that anyone wanted to be close to him either way) but was he really that vulnerable to some soft touches and kind words, enough to have a weak spot for the first person who had allowed him to feel those sweet gestures? Is he, the most feared Harbinger, the most hated person amongst the fatui, touch-starved? In his inner turmoil, he hadn’t even realized that Dottore had called him “little man”.
He also remembers how he tried to be stern with you the following weeks. Key word: tried. Because he failed miserably: his eyes would not leave you if you were both in the same room. Every other sound was immediately background sound when it was your turn to talk. He soon started rescheduling his missions so his check-ups would take turn when you were in the infirmary, only to answer your questions with a few words in fear he would sound like a pathetic fool. Because when you looked at him with those warm eyes, and when you touched him with those soft hands, and when you treated him with such gentleness and care he would never have allowed before, he was certain that he would not be able to give you a proper answer. So yeah, he would only give you a few words even if it meant that everyone noticed he treated you differently. Everything for you to stay close to him.
And that is what brings him to the present day. He no longer is wary of you nor your intentions. Well, he is. But not in the same way anymore, as he is now cautious of the power you unknowingly have over him. You see, through his life, Scaramouche has mastered the art of building walls around him. He has trust issues, and these walls allow him to be in control of the perception others have of him. Of course, life has hardened him, but not as much as he has led the people around him to believe.
But it also took you 10 seconds to find a hole through these walls and get under his skin, so Scaramouche is now afraid that those trust issues had been directed to himself.
He is also angry at the world, for a plethora of reasons not even himself can begin to count. But it only takes the sight of you for the Harbinger to have this anger dissipated, giving place to foreign feelings that made him uncomfortable at the beginning, but that now he can’t let go of.
All of this has led him to have mixed feelings regarding you: he longs and craves for you and the things you make him feel, but he also wants you three nations apart from him because, when it comes to you, he can't recognize himself anymore and that scares him.
All he knows is that he is a man in a mission, and that you will make it very hard.
okok i had a cute idea, going on a hunting trip with tartaglia for food! you could cuddle with him when it gets cold! targalia could be talking to you and then pull back his bow and shoot a boar right behind you. another time tartaglia disappears for five minutes and then comes back with a huge amount of food on his back and tells you he’s cooking tonight with a big smile on his face. he took you mostly because he’s a big showoff and wanted to impress you the whole time. and alone time. heh.~ 🍠
That would be Childe’s personal heaven: he gets to impress you AND spend time with you? Just... yes
Even if you are not a fan of camping, the nights would compensate for it. Imagine laying down with your head on his belly while one of his hands is gently carding through your hair, the only source of light is coming from what remains of a small bonfire you made hours prior to cook his hunt, and you can hear the crickets and the rustling of leaves in the background, and even if you are outdoors the atmosphere is homey. He is talking your ear off while he points at you the constellations he has familiarized with in his countless journeys, and each one has its own story behind it. Some of these stories remind him of home and he allows himself to feel nostalgic for a minute, but once he sees you’ve fallen sleep in his arms he can’t but think that you make the distance far more bearable, if not enjoyable❤️
i want to gently spoil childe and caress his stupid cute face and feed him my food. i want to bury my face in the crook of his warm neck and coo sweet petnames in his ear. i want to do everything i can to make him happy. its disgusting how he makes me want to be his cute housewife. ~ 🍠
It is disgusting, dear Camote. This man is a simp, so HE SHOULD WANT TO BE YOUR HOUSEHUSBAND!
Don’t let his smiles and sweet gestures fool you, because he will clean the house for a kiss and cook you dinner for cuddles.
In the other hand though, please someone give this man affection and care!!?? He misses his family so much and he is always fighting and/or going on missions. He is a good bad boy and deserves all the happiness in the world, so I’m with you on that one.
The next time you challenge him in the Golden House, make a bet: if you win, you get to pamper him until next monday: hugs, kisses, dates, cuddles, open-heart conversations... anything that will make him know he is loved 💙
god tho i would do anything for him. i saw a post that said his eyes were the only ones in genshin that were like. without any shine to them which means hes dead inside and it made me want to kiss and spoil him. he’s so good. i want to make sure he’s happy no matter what. ~ 🍠
OMG I SAW THAT POST TOO AND IT HIT MY RIGHT IN THE FEELINGS.
I think he lost that shine in the abyss. Our man has been through some heavy stuff and he still puts everyone before him (the Ts*rista, his family, the traveler...). I think he is in so much pain and he is still willing to go through more if it means his loved ones are safe and sound.
I would do everything and anything for him if it means I can share his burden with him so he gets to enjoy life and truly live like he deserves. I would do anything in my power to remind him that he is not a soldier, not a killing machine, but a PERSON who deserves joy and happiness and love. It really saddens me to think he hurts himself the way he is doing as if his life didn’t matter. I want to take him on long drives in a sunny summer afternoon, blasting some music without a care in the world. I want to watch the sunset with him in a mountain top and scream at the top of our lungs “screw you Tsaritsa!” and laugh like madmen afterwards. But above all, I want to be the one who gets to teach him how to properly love and be loved again, not as Childe or Tartaglia, but as Ajax 🥰
it is not at all strange! i didn’t even know camote was the word for yams in your language, and i think it is a cute word. so you can call me that. id imagine dottore gets clingy in bed when sleepy but refuses to acknowledge that fact. he’ll get huffy if you try to slide out of bed before he does in the moening and wrap his arms around you. if you tell him that, he’ll say he’s just cold and your body heat is perfect. ~🍠
Ok Camote but I raise you the following:
Remember our agreement that Dottore thinks he is hot shit? Once you are his s/o, he isn’t at all bothered if you want to indulge in PDA as long as you are the one who’s clinging to him. He will feel like a rockstar if you are hanging off his arm while you both are arriving at a gala like royalty (even better if it is an ex-alumni event in my AU/Headcanon in which he was a social reject while studying. What a way to flip off his bullies).
But when you are in private he is clingy af and in denial. He will wake up at 4 AM because he has been conditioned into only being able to sleep while holding you. He will wake up with groggy eyes and start moving his arms around looking for you, who is peacefully sleeping with your back to him in the other side of the bed. And with sleep deep laced in his voice he will whine “noo what are you doing there come back” and he will just wrap himself around you from behind and cling to you like a baby koala.
