And of course, since we last talked about Abel, I can’t just talk about him and not mention Abyss, who is such a sweet boy and such a good boy and who I love deeply. To mimic Abel’s post, I used the same prompt for Abyss and hope you lovelies also enjoy these thoughts 😊
Abyss never sleeps well in the dorms. It’s a really good thing that he can naturally just get by with less sleep than a lot of people. As long as he can catch 5-6 hours a day, even caught via napping in places he feels comfortable (like Abel’s quarters), Abyss stays pretty sharp and well-regulated. The problem with sleeping at night in his dorm is that Wirth’s habit of reading late into the night keeps Abyss awake, since Wirth doesn’t realize he makes little sounds while he’s reading and keeps his book-light turned up to the brightest setting.
Abyss’s parents never attempt to contact him again after he leaves for school. They don’t send him letters and while he’s tried writing home a few times, to assure his parents of the happiness and use he’s found at school, he never receives a reply.
Other than when he’s around Abel, Abyss feels the most at peace alone in the forest. He finds being surrounded by nature to be very relaxing and he craves it, especially after years of being locked up and forbidden from going outside. Everything from the sight of the forest animal to the smell of the earth and plants just brings him happiness and a feeling of inner peace.
Abyss is never loud in his anger. His anger is very focused and almost serene, though it’s also always quite violent. If he can avoid violence, he will, in most cases, but this seems to go out the window when people make Abyss truly angry, which happens whenever Abel or his friends are hurt.
I really don’t think Abyss thinks about sex all that often. The topic kind of makes him uncomfortable. Because Abyss is so nervous and distrusting of most people, while he does have sexual urges, he prefers to take care of them himself and the idea of being sexual with someone is simply too overwhelming for him.
Bedroom/house/living quarters headcanon
After graduating, I think Abyss moves in with Abel, wherever Abel decides to move. It’s not a discussion and I don’t think Abyss really gives Abel a choice. Abyss has just decided that he would spend the rest of his life serving Abel and the only way for him to do that is to constantly be near Abel.
Abyss, despite being uncomfortable and really embarrassed about real life romance, actually really enjoys romance novels. His favourite genres in romance are romantasy and historical romance and he really loves stories about dashing knights who serve and are in romantic entanglements with their lieges.
Abyss never wants to build a biological family of his own. The idea terrifies him. He doesn’t want to risk passing on the Evil Eye. He doesn’t want to risk ruining a child’s life like that. On top of that, because of the actions of his own parents, he worries that he would become like them and would neglect or traumatize his own children.
I think that, though it takes several years of repeated, consistent contact and kindness, patience, and understanding on Lemon’s part, Abyss does eventually become friends with Lemon as well as the others, making her his first female friend. She helps his eventually become more used to talking to and befriending girls.
In an odd little physical quirk, Abyss blinks way less often than a normal, average person does. It’s a little unsettling at times, honestly.
Since I did a like for Abel, I’ll do a dislike here for Abyss. Weird little headcanon but I personally headcanon that Abyss hates bubble gum. He doesn’t like the feel of it in his mouth; he hates the sounds it makes while he (or other people) chews it. He doesn’t even really like the smell of it.
Back before his Evil Eye manifested, when he was a young child, Abyss was a really happy kid and very beloved by his parents. He loved tagging along after his mother during her day to days and looked forward to the one day a month that his father would do ‘take your kid to work day.’ Abyss would get to sit on his father’s lap, scribbling out drawings or doing practice worksheets, while his father worked and he always felt like such a big boy doing that. Because he did have such a loving home and such a happy childhood, it made what happened when the Eye did manifest so much worse for him.
Abyss lives a very long life. I think he ages gracefully and he keeps his mental wits about him way into old age. He goes deaf and starts losing some of his sight before he loses any mental functioning.
Abyss isn’t the best cook and he doesn’t enjoy it. However, he worries about Abel’s diet, so he puts in a lot of time, effort, and work into learning how to cook, even if it’s not an enjoyable process. He feels real pride and happiness the first time he makes a home-cooked meal for Abel that Abel compliments. To spend more time with his first friend, Abyss even has Mash teach him how to make cream puffs, though he typically prefers to buy them from Mash – Mash’s always taste better and Abyss can never figure out why.
Though a lot of other people consider him as such, Abyss does not believe that he’s handsome. He doesn’t have a lot of self-esteem and self-confidence and that extends to his looks. It’s not that he thinks he’s ghastly looking and super ugly, if you take away his eyes. It’s just that he finds others to be much better looking.
Abyss has really hairy legs. Sorry, I know it’s random and odd, but just a personal headcanon I have for him.
Any other question of your choosing
Abyss loves animals and has always wanted a pet. He used to have one, back when he was really little, but it was taken away from him once he got locked away. He particularly likes cats and has always wanted a calico, whose colouring he finds pretty.
