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The Arcana Main 6: Adoption Headcanons
Asra
it would take a few years for asra and mc to decide that they wanted to expand their family
the peaceful routine and calm of their shop was so familiar and soothing that they would have been worried to change anything
and faust was enough of a child for the longest time~~
they would have been laying in bed when asra would have brought it up, eyes soft and filled with love
and when mc would suggest adopting one of the children from the docks, asra’s eyes would widen almost comically before he would pull his love into his arms
thank you he would whisper, and mc’s heart would swell, knowing that they’d done right to suggest it
faust would be the one who would pick them out from the crowd, wrapping herself casually around the boy’s leg as he snuck a piece of the pumpkin bread from the baker’s stall
the baker would pretend he didn’t notice
but every time they would go back as a family, the baker would give him a small nod of acknowledgment (and would sneak him whichever treat he wanted)
Nadia
Who are we kidding?
It’s not because they couldn’t biologically have children together that they can’t look like the Countess
she’s so stunning, mc still can’t believe that they got so lucky
nadia would take the opportunity to bring the mchome to prakra
she and mc would take in the sights, and mc would want to learn everything about their wife’s culture (both to help their child know where their mother was from, but also to surprise nadia here and there~)
mc would set eyes on her first, the set of the girl’s brow eerily familiar
she was barely a toddler - barely able to stnad on her own two legs - but instead of crying every time she fell over, she would furrow her brow more, huff and puff and stand right back up, determined
and that face of determination would remind mc of nadia so much that they would be on the verge of tears~~
~a week later, they’d be on a boat home, with their darling little Lady Nawal (gift)
Julian
they had been talking about the idea for months, now, but the way it panned out wasn’t exactly how you had imagined it~
(thinking back, mc would admit that they should have expected it from the good doctor)
mc would be at the shop, humming softly as they closed up for the day when they would hear the jingle of the door
they would break into a smile as soon as they recognized julian’s footsteps
and not at all surprised at hearing a bunch of smaller footsteps
julian would often bring some of the children to the shop if he ran out of food
this time, though, he would ask them to wait by the door as he made his way to the back room, and he would wrap mc up in his arms, pressing kiss after kiss to every inch of their face
“ilya........ what did you do”
he would blush from ear to ear, holding mc even closer
“she lost her parents” he would whisper, and mc would immediately understand what he was asking
it would start with her coming over every day to eat mc’s food
but then she’d realize she was safe here, loved here, and she would start staying over a few nights
a few nights would become weeks, and one day, without even knowing when it happened, she knew she was home here
also julian would be a WRECK the first time she’d call him dad
