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11, 19, 21, 28 for the OTP ask meme, CorNyx of course

11. Do either try to hide their emotions if upset? Can the other still tell?

Very much so, especially at first. They're both so used to being the one other people look to, to keeping it together on the surface in order to keep themselves from cracking open, that it's hard to let go of that. Anger is easier to admit, especially about outside things like the war, bureaucracy, and eventually even about the way they themselves are treated.

Hurt takes a little longer, which trips them up at the beginning when they won't admit it to each other. They're both so used to not acknowledging it, after all. What starts off the sharing is, somewhat ironically, when the other gets angry on their behalf. Cor sees Nyx worn down, and then attacked and can't help but help. Perhaps he sees someone make a comment about Galahdans only knowing how to run away, hiding behind Mother Insomnia's skirts and leaving their mothers behind. Cor just stares the person down and starts ripping into their argument and their personal choices and motions Nyx to retreat. Nyx actually gets angry at first but takes the out. When they talk later, he yells at Cor that he's been dealing with it for years; he's immune. Cor is quiet for a while and then says "You could survive someone trying to bite your leg off," (a reference to a recent hospitalizing injury Nyx got fighting a daemon), "but that doesn't mean I wouldn't kill the daemon before it got there if I could. Or kill the one on your left leg while you stab the one on your right. They were hurting you." Later that night, after letting off some steam pounding dough in the kitchen and crawling in bed, Nyx will thank him. The next time it happens, he might even admit it did hurt. The reverse takes a while, because Cor's hurts are more subtle, but Nyx has always been a defender as well. Even when it is him doing the (unintentional) harm.

Once they are more settled in the relationship, they do get better at reading each other for the expressions and habits that indicate hurt. They can't always fight the causes, but they can offer comfort and companionship. When they do open up about hurts (both still try to deal with them on their own first, but if that's not enough, they are getting better about reaching out), Nyx will talk about it while they are touching and not looking each other in the eye -- either sitting side by side with hands intertwined, or leaning his head on Cor's lap, or just being held from behind -- and always with his hands either holding Cor's or his own. When Cor does it, he either confesses while working on something else with his hands -- cooking, whittling, repairing his car -- also not making eye contact, or sprawled out on top of Nyx in bed, head tucked under Nyx's chin.

Okay, this is clearly gonna be a long one. Continued under the cut.

19. How do they feel about PDA?

Great when a weapon to make people who know them go away or to tease them, otherwise very subdued or for emergencies only. Subdued touches are kisses to the hands or head, mainly to punctuate a parting or reunion, or to reassure. Fierce hugs on larger reunions or greater emotional distress, if they're both feeling it. (Nyx is very tactile up until he's Not. A certain level of agitation means he does not want to be touched, and struts around puffed up like a cat with its fur on end to warn people away, though he will sometimes accept a grounding bear hug from Cor if he's approached the right way.)

In front of their very good friends in casual settings, Nyx will initiate hand holding or Cor will wrap him up in a hug from behind.

This is, btw, why Nyx and most people are so shocked in "Those Who Wander" when Cor is so very open with physical affection and keeps it up for such a long duration.

21. Who would get into a fight to defend the other's honor? Who tends to the other's wounds?

Hmm...I think I discussed this above fairly well, so I'll discuss methods.

Cor fights for Nyx's honor primarily with very significant silences, glares, and lectures. If the person in question is too high ranking or idiotic for that not to work, he combines pointed demonstrations of affection or Nyx's battle prowess and, if bad enough, revenge is behind the scenes and occasionally via friendly powers (Regis, Clarus, Monica, etc).

Nyx's fights for Cor's honor are steely-voiced demands for proof and statements of fact in direct conversation, with the very rare punch to the face.

Nyx's physical wounds tend to be taken care of by the Glaive, but Cor is very deliberate in helping with the long-term care - helping change bandages, monitoring diet, and the like. His emotional wounds are handled by Cor trying to be a steady and certain a foundation as possible, mentally cataloguing all of the hurts and attacking the underlying pain at strategic moments with pointed, memorable gifts of milestones of physical affection, small tangible gifts Nyx can keep with him as a reminder, and deliberate acts of service and help when Nyx is about done.

Cor tends to hide his wounds much better, both physical and emotional, so Nyx paying enough attention to discover them and care about them is shockingly touching and a lot of the care Cor needs. Nyx does tend to his physical wounds so he can avoid the attention formal treatment brings if he can, and also sprinkles Cor with random small pieces of affection at a constant rate so he can't forget that he is loved and has support, coupled with devastatingly effective Honest Conversations (Lectures, really), when Cor is worn down.

28. What are there thoughts on pet names? Do they have any?

Nyx enjoys naming Cor adjectives in Galahd - adaman (strong one), kopes (a shortened form of many eye related epithets), kaleh (beautiful one), kardiakismu (my little heart, a horrid pun) - as well as "my heart" (a simpler horrid pun), and love. The Galahdan versions started slipping out shortly after he truly fell for Cor, as a natural outpouring, and he felt slightly safe knowing that Cor didn't understand them. And then Cor very deliberately learned what they meant and it was a sign of that understood love. Plus, he loves to be ridiculous and over-the-top, because he thinks Cor deserves to hear it. He mainly saves them for private conversation, though. Occasionally "love" will slip through in the company of friends.

He breaks out the heart ones especially when he is being exceptionally sincere or exceptionally teasing, with little middle ground. When talking to people not in the know, he will refer to Cor as "my own (dear) heart" and snicker to himself. His friends are disgusted and amused.

(I will eventually answer that ask properly, when I have time to work out more of the words I want)

Cor is one of those people who doesn't use names if he can avoid it when he's talking to someone. Names themselves, then, become moments of emphasis. He will occasionally use "love" though, a habit he picked up from Nyx and thus twice as likely to make Nyx smile.

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