It’s terrible but I drew it because it makes me laugh. Kozu is so tall he couldn’t even fit in frame (I head canon him to be extremely tall because uh an extra set of arms makes you taller and plus he’s a giant ancient stone warrior)
I caught myself thinking about the possibility of what would Kozu and Cryptor's child (if they had one) would look like and I internally cringed at myself.
Then I remembered that I made smut and ship art of fucking legos so this ain't even that bad.
In short, I'm so used to toxic fandoms on other sites.
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY EVERYONE!!! I have not one but TWO things to give! One is a one shot of EvilGeneralShipping! And the other? IS A BRAND NEW AND IMPROVED CRYPTOR X KOZU PLAYLIST!!!
Remember that even if you don’t have a Valentine, you are loved so much by friends and family and you should always keep going <3
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
He raised a mechanical hand to turn off the light switch to the room. The light that once covered every object on the granite counter, suddenly turning into black shapes, outlines meshing with the areas of others.
Cryptor checked everything before closing the kitchen for the night. Plates and bowls in their places in one of the high cabinets, utensils divided in a small drawer next the silver sink that had stains from unknown substances. The sharp knives that could cut through any flesh were placed in the knife holder on the counter.
Everything was as it should be. Now, it was time to head to bed, where Kozu probably was.
Cryptor walked down the small hallway and his red eyes trained onto one of the paintings on the boring and blank tan walls. It was just a dingy still life painting consisting of an empty glass bottle, a cigarette box and a rusty fork. It had no meaning. He really didn’t think it was suppose. Especially for a cheap and sketchy motel that they rented out on the one of the far towns that were miles and miles away from Ninjago city.
When they first arrived, it looked like that the person at the front desk didn’t even care. The guy had a gnarly scar on his face that started at his eye brow and was dragged across the bridge of nose and then stopped at the bottom of his lip. His face looked like it hasn’t been shaven in weeks and he didn’t even wear a proper uniform, just a white tank top where the neck was just stretched out.
Kozu asked if a room was available and the guy just nodded with a grunt. The man asked if the two had the money for a room which Kozu then proceeded to threaten him with a broken jaw. The guy behind the desk got off of the small squeaky desk chair that he sat on, turned around and opened a small wooden drawer. Small metallic rustling noises could be heard before he shut the drawer back, turned back around and tossed the keys, which Cryptor caught mid air. Both headed up the stairwell to find what their lovely abode would be, not expecting much at all.
It wasn’t much,but at least it was something.
The nindroid ripped his optics off the painting and stared at the white door in-front. His hand grasped the gold painted door knob and turned it to open it and was meet with a dimly lit bedroom. Kozu was at the side of the bed, lifting the covers before the sound of the door opening caused him to turn his head in Cryptor’s direction.
The stone General didn’t have a shirt on, nor his mask. He had loose blackish-purple pants on that went down to his shins. The hem scrunched around his waist. His tail flicked before the tip settled near the ground.
“There you are,” He said with a snort. “I’d almost thought you ran off and left me behind.”
Cryptor closed the door behind him and grinned. “You? Never. Who else would I talk to about myself?”
Kozu chuckled back at the response. True, Cryptor mostly did talk about how tough and cunning he was. How he was superior than any other nindroid ever built. Basically feeding his own overgrown ego.
He lifted the covers before fully before crawling onto the mattress and laid down with a huff. The bed creaking from the weight of his stone body. The dark pale blue covers draped over the bottom half of vessel. He smiled, the tusks on the side of his mouth slid so the points almost touched his cheeks. His teeth were sharp and almost gleamed in the dim warm light illuminating from the lamp on the bed side table.
“Care to join?” He asked with a low teasing tone.
Cryptor rolled his eye before shaking his head a little. “I don’t really have a choice to.” He said back. Well, he did. He could just sleep standing up, like a normal robot.
However, he would rather sleep on an actual bed than strain his leg pistons. Also, it was more comfortable and Kozu would be next to him. In case someone broke in, that dumb rock would get attacked first of course, totally not because of anything else other than that.
The nindroid slid on to the other side of the bed and the frame creaked more. He sighed as he finally laid onto his back, his frame eased into the mattress as if he was being swallowed by it. A green glow engulfed parts of his body from Kozu’s eyes staring down at him. His blood red eyes stared back.
“What?” Cryptor asked with a raised brow.
"Mm? Nothing, I'm just observing your body is all." Kozu replied back.
The robot just stared at him for a few seconds, trying to find an actual reason in his glowing eyes. His processor filled with ideas of what he could have meant.
“I can’t tell if you’re suggesting something-“
“Ah—No no no.” The stone general interrupted. His top set of hands waved side to side in a “no” motion. “I just like looking… at your body. It can be enticing sometimes.”
Both stared at each other in silence for a minute. Kozu raised a hand to scratch the back of his neck, it was very awkward.
“Well, I’m glad to know that you think my body is nice.” Cryptor finally said with a small smirk. He raised his hands to the pillow behind him and rested his head on them. “My frame, my mechanisms, everything is truly perfect. It's practically the peak of robotics.”
"So so full of yourself." Kozu commented, rolling his eyes and shaking his head.
"And I love it. You love it too, don't lie." He answered back with his smile getting wider.
Kozu sighed. It's true, he loved when Cryptor talked about himself. It was honestly good background noise and everything he said about his body was just that. It was perfect. He wouldn't have any other nindroid be with himself than Cryptor.
"You're such a prick," Kozu spoke. He leaned over and with lower arms grasped around Cryptor's frame and pulled him towards himself. He embraced the nindroid, their chests touching, the robot's power source pumped faster from the sudden physical contact. "But I like you like that."
"What is this? A hug?" Cryptor snorted. He was put off by the sudden embrace from the stone soldier. He knew that he did a lot more physical gestures than he did, but the last thing he was expecting from Kozu was a hug or something similar to that.
"I guess if you want to call it that." Kozu murmured before letting go of the other. "Here, turn around."
Cryptor listened and propped himself up on one of his elbows to flip himself onto one of his sides where his back faced him. He then felt Kozu's arms return around his body, but this time his lower set draped over him too. The hands slid down to his waist and hips, beginning to trace the space between his paneling through his pants. His knees slowly came up until the tapped the pack of Cryptor's, effectively spooning him.
The nindroid couldn't compute on the situation. It was just so odd seeing Kozu like this. Being in this position. He had been so used to chaos and action that just laying here in this dingy hotel bed peacefully with him felt weird and out of place. However, he didn't mind it.
Not at all.
Not at all.
One of his hands lifted to softly touch Kozu's forearm that was around his torso, and traced the red marks on his stone skin. The stone soldiers tail wagged back and forth like a happy animal. He was delighted that he responded with a physical action too. He also leaned his head forward and down so that it was above Cryptor's.
"Comfortable?" Kozu asked.
"Yes." The nindroid solider responded back. His thumb then began to make circle patterns on the rough stone texture. "Are you?"
"Very." He replied with a deep exhale.
Cryptor softly took the other's hand that was holding onto his torso, and lifted it to his lips where he softly kissed the back of it. He then put it back down where it originally was on himself.
"Night, Kozu." He said before his systems finally shut off for the night.
Kozu was a little surprised but he smiled before planting a kiss on the top of the powered off nindroid's head. He moved his upper arm off and on top of his pillow so he could rest on it.
"Goodnight, Cryptor." He whispered before the tiredness finally caught up to him too. Through out the night, neither moved. None of them didn't want to break the sweet contact they were holding. What they were doing was precious and rare and both wanted to stay like this for as long as they could.
I don’t care that I’m writing this at almost 3:00 in the morning but whatever. I can’t sleep because I have the EvilGeneralShipping brainworm attached to my smooth brain.
Anyways, I love writing Cryptor and Kozu’s relationship. It’s really fun to explore because they don’t really act like a “normal” couple at all. They act like friends for one second then enemies to the next, then go back to friends and then to something bigger. I think it’s because both of them have large egos and that makes them clash a lot, but at the end of the day, they still do care for one another.
It’s rare that they will do anything physical if you know what I’m getting at? They won’t kiss each other a lot because it’s rare and they normally don’t really think about it often. Although, when alone, one will rest their head on the other if tired or exhausted. Tracing the patterns or plating on another happens mostly. They will mostly touch each others shoulders because it could be taken as a sign of respect or loyalty.
I see Kozu as a little bit more touchy than Cryptor because I headcanon that’s how he bonds with people.
It’s really hard to express their feelings for each other because they feel “weak” and vulnerable and all together it’s just a tough subject for both of them to process. They were originally created for battle, not for feelings.
For me, I don’t really see them doing anything highly 18+. I can see them sometimes making suggestive remarks about one another but that’s like really about it.
Anyways, yeah, that’s my little rant for right now. Make sure to hit that bell icon and comment down below I guess LMAO
I'll do headcanons for them separately and then them as a ship/couple!
-Cryptor-
✧When he sighs, laughs or growls, you can hear a faint mechanical screech noise that comes from his "lungs" trying to forcefully shove air out form his body.
✧He has a small toolkit that he stores in a secret compartment on his gi for whenever he needs a quick repair.
✧He gets along with big robotic dragon from Season 3 very well, it's almost like a pet for him but he doesn't spend much time with it because he has way more important things to do.
✧He actually likes having maintenence done on him. He likes feeling spotless and clean. A general gotta look presentable y'know?
-Kozu-
✧I already said this in another post but didn't elaborate much so here we go: Kozu drinks tea, mainly black tea and whenever he drinks something with a strong scent, his body can absorb it and he will start smelling like black tea.
✧He is never really harsh towards his soldiers unless promted by one of them doing something stupid. He'll speak in a much softer tone to the soldiers he's closer with.
✧Whenever he first woke up under ninjago city with the rest of his army, he felt extremly dizzy and disoriented for the first minute because of the sudden change in place and atmosphere, it felt lighter. He snapped out of it quickly.
✧Actaully likes the rain as well as thunderstorms (Something I can sadly not say that I like except for the rain)
Cryptor/Kozu (EvilGeneralShipping)
✧ Their love languages is acts of service you can't tell me it's not.
✧Cryptor sometimes tries to teach Kozu long english words because he only knows limited english.
✧Cryptor also wanted to teach Kozu binary but he just couldn't really understand it at all.
✧Kozu sometimes looms over Cryptor when he's doing a task, it might be a protective thing but no one really knows!
