some zari + flannel headcanons with more than a little zarlie for @darkdisrepair
before the legends we know zari was living in basically a dystopian argus state where they controlled expression of religion etc so they probably regulated clothing as well which meant she was used to wearing plain colours and clothes were a necessity more than something she took any interest in
then she’s got freedom to explore that more and a handy clothes fabricator at her fingertips
she could go for anything and she enjoys having more choice and loves wearing oversized flannel shirts with black jeans like that becomes her default Look™️
because flannel shirts are comfy and warm and she can wear red which everyone knows looks amazing on her and any colour she likes and it’s a small freedom of expression without having to put much thought into her wardrobe
so she’s accumulated quite the collection by the time she and charlie become a thing
charlie thinks she looks cute in anything but looks especially good in her flannel shirts with the sleeves rolled up and charlie’s been staring at the opened buttons at her collar for ten whole minutes before she snaps out of it
charlie likes how soft they feel under her hands when she has zari pressed against the wall in yet another heated make out session that gets interrupted by gideon making an announcement and for every different colour and pattern shirt zari has, charlie has had a fantasy about how she wants to rip it off
one night they’re in bed and charlie is just happy to sleep naked but zari’s like no out something on this isn’t fair so charlie really slowly gets out of bed and wanders over to the closet and puts on one of the biggest shirts she can find and it’s soft and smells like zari and she crawls back into bed and zari realizes what she’s wearing and is just like this is worse how dare you and neither of them get much sleep after that
on a more serious note, charlie stole one of the shirts and accidentally ripped it and tried to replace it but zari knew and didn’t speak to her for almost three whole days. she finally caved when she walked into her room to find charlie reclined on the bed in the replacement shirt and she’s like okay maybe the new one isn’t too bad maybe