hi ms. mother of the valley! ^_^ can i ask for the synths (whichever ones you want, of course) gifting you flowers? do they care about the meanings, are they real or plastic, or maybe origami or metal?
Hello hello, I... I took quite some time, but today I really wanted to write something sweet and easy - I hope you'll like it <3
Flowers
Bishop, David, Kirsh, Thia, Walter x Reader Headcanons
Bishop:
Bishop has not spent much time on Earth, but he understands homesickness to a certain degree
Removed from familiar surroundings, enclosed by the same four metal walls for months… You are not the first marine to voice something along the lines of missing home
A few hours later, he places a paper flower into your hands
No, it is not real, not gathered from a field, not grown beneath open skies
But as a technician, Bishop’s fingers are precise - and his knife tricks prove useful for more than entertaining Hudson against his will
Carefully curling each petal, shaping every leaf, he tried to make it as authentic as possible - and softly apologizes that it is not the real thing
But it will last you for years
And it does, finding a special place in your quarters on every single mission to come
David:
David will absolutely care about the language of flowers, a hundred percent
He searches through every available resource to him while strolling through the well-attended, lush garden of Weyland’s Villa
And then he sees it: a rosy lily, pale at its heart, pinkish colour darkening towards the tips
Sweetness, admiration, compassion, shared feelings, budding love
Yes, this one will be perfect
He carefully cuts the thin stem from the rest of the plant, ensuring that it will regrow undisturbed
He can’t give you materialistic gifts, but a flower from his father's garden won’t be missed
When he finds you, he presents it with a slight bow, offering it as a knight would offer his sword
“I found it to be almost as lovely as you.”
The flush spreading across your skin is archived instantly, safely filed away in the depths of his memory
Kirsh:
Kirsh stares at the Hibiscus he just picked
An exasperated expression crosses his features as he realizes that he didn’t think before plucking the yellow flower
Warmth, sunshine, beauty, love
Very inconvenient symbolism
He could have discarded the flower and moved on
With a deep sigh, he retreats to his lab instead
Altering its cellular structure to extend its lifespan - for you.
Kirsh says nothing as he returns to you and delicately tucks the flower behind your left ear
You do not know that in parts of Polynesian culture, wearing a flower on the left side means you are taken
But he does, and that’s sufficient
Thia:
Thia does not care about the eventual symbolism at all
But she does care about the flowers being pretty!!
And safe, of course
She always tests that before gifting you a bunch of unfamiliar new plants
Do not be alarmed if you see her eating a few petals, okay? It is for your safety - humans are so fragile!
She comes back from exploring the new planet with a fistful of alien flowers, dirt still clinging to the stems
“Look what I found!”
If she had a tail, it would absolutely be wagging in excitement
They might also be woven into your hair <3
Walter:
Walter remembers you once mentioning that you liked a certain kind of wildflower
Months later, after a fair amount of trial and error, a new species grows on Origae-6
A stable hybrid, engineered to resemble the cornflowers you loved back on Earth as closely as possible
He is a bit amused by the fact that he spent so much time crossing plants to recreate what humans once considered a weed
Seeing the touched gleam in your eyes makes the effort worthwhile
“It should survive here,” he says, after showing you the small field he has sown
The meaning is secondary - your smile is not
That cornflowers traditionally stand for loyalty, constancy, and delicate love is simply a pleasant bonus
So are their mild healing properties
