#draucor

[titusdrautos]

There's a grief that can't be spoken

There's a pain goes on and on

[garbria]

DrauCor for the bingo? ^_^

[amarabliss]

for @garbria DraCor, a pleasure to do this pairing!

[cantripandcharm]

I was commission by Garbria from here (tumblr won’t let me tag them properly ;w; and also flagged the initial post. So check out my twitter for the full image, totally worth it in my opinion!!

[ahkaraii]

Cor and Drautos!! I keep wondering what their relationship (if any) was like. They at LEAST knew each other in a professional capacity, both being Captains of their respective units. But I speculate even before that-- because surely Titus was a Royal Guardsman before the Kingsglaive was established, its literally the predecesor of that group + he must've had enough justified time spent abroad in Niflheim to have had the time to become General Glauca undetected in the first place.

The Royal Guardsmen in episode Ardyn are pretty much heavily implied to be Black ops / Wetworks, who infiltrate Niflheim's secretest of secret bases with permission to attack indiscriminately to complete their mission (whatever it may be), so it stands to reason Titus may have been one of them for a long enough time (and sufficiently successful at surviving lol) that he was eventually given the title of Captain of the Kingsglaive.

Since I HC Cor was a Royal Guardsman for a few years as a young adult (because I very much like the fancanon that he rescued Prompto, tho I think he did it with Monica and Dustin instead of alone), I figure he and Titus must've crossed paths in this fashion at some point. Enough to make Cor confident enough to, at the very lest, not veto him becoming the Kingsglaive captain later down the line.

So when did Cor stop being a Royal guardsman and start being fulltime Crownsguard instead? I headcanon it was straight after Episode Ardyn, pretty much because Ardyn single-handedly invaded Insomnia with no trouble, summoned the Infernian and provoked massive casualties, and presumably beat/burnt the tar out of Clarus (is that why he's bald later on..? lol) before beating the shit out of Regis (THE KING!!! the motherfucking king!!!), and noping out via bahamut without being caught. Like! Internal security failed MASSIVELY! Cor must've been APOPLECTIC!

Honestly throughout that stupid assault I kept thinking "where the fuck is Cor in all of this!?!", and my brain eventually figured, "maybe he's not even in Insomnia..?", and thus the Royal Guardsman headcanon was born. So presumably after this incident Cor's like, IM NEVER LEAVING INSOMNIA AGAIN. And becomes round-the-clock Crownsguard.

Too overqualified to be a glorified policeman and too restless to be kept as a mere bodyguard to the king, Cor turns to being a teacher and administrator of soldiers, 1) to train those little fuckers to defend the crown properly god damnit, and 2) to lessen the burden on Clarus, who probably suffered one hell of a blow after Ardyn casual-as-you-please made a mess of Insomnia -- both physical and emotional.

Aaaaand I headcanon that it's at this point that Titus starts becoming Glauca. Titus is both trusted by Cor (who has the ear of the king and is verbally confident titus is a trustworthy asset even when abroad in hostile territory for ages and ages) and backed up by Ardyn (who is now determined to make the king's final moments miserable, as HE specifically can't kill the king by bahamut's decree, but someone close to him definitely could), so it could partially explain how Titus fast-tracked his way up BOTH enormously paranoid militaries, even when being incapable of being in both places at once.

Anyway. Yeah. Cor and Titus. Lots of feels.

I dig the Grudging-Respect/hateship vibe, like, Cor disliking Titus even while respecting and trusting him immensely. And Titus of course loathes Cor and everyone associated with the crown, but he's good at disguising it as workplace jealousy instead of the genuine hatred of a man long since wronged. It's a fascinating dynamic, moreso if you imagine them having grown up together in the military -- like, barely 20 year old highly-decorated Cor meeting 16 year old recently-joined Titus, then meeting again in the black ops as 20-somethings, then Cor gets retired early because Ardyn fucked shit up and Cor's like >:/ ....I wish I had Drautos' job (i miss being badass superspy assassin and killing niffs instead of giving out parking tickets), and Titus is like >:/ I wish I had Leonis' job (so i can get closer to the king and one day kill him)....

and maybe they hatefuck once or twice

[cantripandcharm]

13 Draucor

13. Hide the tears hug So this one comes with a bit of backstory, since I had to find a reason for why Drautos would be the one so vulnerable. What if Titus had agreed at the beginning to become Glauca, with the understanding that he would be housing something within him that had a mind of it's own. He's angry at what's been done to him and the others who are not Lucian born. So he starts on the path of becoming a traitor. Inevitably, as he continues to gain traction within the ranks of Insomnia, he finds himself in a a captain's position. Then he starts having feelings for Cor leonis of all people. But getting to know him, he sees that the king and the others are doing something more than just sit on their laurels. And sees that he could help make a change with them and the rest of the Glaives. So he starts to suppress Glauca. In turn, he gets a lot of pain that leaves him doubled over. Cor ends up finding him through one of the fits, has no clue what's going on, but does his best to try and console him.

Will Titus tell Cor what's going on? Will he tell the king? Or will Glauca eventually over power him and do exactly as was planned? Up to you to decide >>

[cantripandcharm]

36 with Draucor?

Hug Prompt: 36. I thought you were dead hug

[corviddenart]

*wiggles on in* Draucor~

This is one I love but I honestly don't venture into a lot. Sadly most of my headcanons stem from role-playing and the one thread I did for them never quiet got anywhere thanks to life.

That said.

I always imagine their relationship just sort of happens. They don't even realize it either, it just sort of naturally unfolds between them the longer they work together. Too many nights spent sleeping on the couch in Titus' office together after too many drinks and venting about their days.

They don't notice the shift from coworkers to friends, from platonic to romantic. The little gestures like rubbing Cor's shoulders while he reads a report to him just came naturally to Titus.

A lingering hand in his short hair as he moves paperwork away before the Captain drools on it just felt like the right to do to Cor.

It was only when they first kiss that it dawned on them that either of them even had those feelings for eachother. And even that just happened instinctively, a goodbye before a dangerous away mission. Hesitating and looking at eachother after waiting for someone to be disgusted or angry. But they both just laugh.

And they say their goodbyes again and never talk about it.

But they kiss again in greeting when the mission is over.