like mentor, like student pt. 1
character : Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Ezio Auditore, Connor (Ratohnhake:ton) Kenway, Edward Kenway & Desmond Miles,
cw : Mention of blood and wounds, violence, sillyness, you know, a little bit of everything.
+ summary : you're an apprentice under the supervision of your mentor, but they have a platonic love for you. Do they have to deal with you or do you have to deal with them? This is the first of two parts I will be doing on this type of headcanon.
- notes : English is not my native language, so please be patient with me. Also this is my first post about AC, I hope you enjoy these headcanons.
✒ You're fucked up hahaha
✒ Being his apprentice it's a title everyone would die for, that's means he saw something special in you. Let's pretend he isn't in love with you.
✒ Now, you're under a lot of pressure, every step you take, every move you make, every look, every breath, everything has to be perfect. Being his student does not mean you're safe from your duties and his expectations. Sorry for that.
✒ He doesn't hold back in training; he loves to see how every time you fail, you get back up with even more determination.
✒ He doesn't admit it but he love hear you call him "master". This man only responds to your call even if there are any other asking for his help.
✒ He call you: Dove or novice, depending on how you did the job.
✒ On every mission assigned to him, you with him or vice versa. Literally takes you everywhere, by his side.
✒ The only time he "lets you go" is when he needs information, so gathering it is your fieldwork during missions. But he always find a way to get to you once he's finished his part of the job.
✒ Even if he doesn't want to or can't, you have individual missions to accomplish, but that doesn't stop him. As your mentor, it's his duty to make sure you'll be okay, right?
✒ When he sees you applying everything you've learned on missions, whether it's combat techniques, assassination, or even helping him decipher information, even if he says he didn't ask for your help, he can't help but smile proudly.
✒ "I wasn't wrong about you, little dove".
✒ When you get injured on missions, he simply sees red. He'll take you to the shelter and tend to your wounds, no matter how minor they may be. He can't deal with the idea that he failed to protect you. Once he makes sure you're safe, he'll take care of the rest.
✒ You're going to see him come back with blood in his ropes, obviously is not his blood.
✒ "You should have waited for me, you're still a novice... they could have killed you".
✒ You're his favorite apprentice, his eyes are always on you, yeah... Better you forget about privacy and personal space.
✒ The good new is that you don't have to deal with him alone, you've Leonardo!! If you want to escape from your mentor, just visit his house, he'll be happy to help you.
✒ But you can hide from him all the time, he'll find you any time soon, he always does.
✒ He loves to call you: "Cuore mio" (my heart), if you did a great job, but if you fucked up all the work, you will be called "cucciolo" (puppy).
✒ As much as he wants to, he knows perfectly well that he cannot accompany you on all your missions and vice versa, which is why you two always promise each other to return safe and sound.
✒ When you go on missions, he's by your side like a magnet.
✒ Watching you use everything you learned, make him smile satisfied, cause that mean you will be fine, he cannot afford to lose anyone else.
✒ "Excellent job, Cuore mio, you always exceed my expectations".
✒ "This time you screwed up, like the cucciolo you're".
✒ Lord have mercy on anyone who hurts you, cause that person don't will see the light again. As I said before, he doesn't want to lose anyone else, if he sees you injured, he would go mad. It doesn't care if the wound is minor or not, he wants you safe and sound like right fucking now.
✒ Be for sure that the blood will be spilled wouldn't come from him.
✒ "You've to be more careful, I can't protect you all the time, cuore mio"
Connor (Ratonhnake:ton) Kenway
✒ Bro... How did you manage to gain his trust?
✒ A lot of training in the forest, he'll teach you about hunting, camouflage, how to survive with limited resources, and most importantly, how to respect nature and connect with it.
✒ He'll also teach you everything he knows about boats.
✒ If you ask him to teach you his native language, at first he'll hesitate to do so, but if you use it as a code between yourselves, it is the perfect excuse to teach you something about his people and the place he come from.
✒ When he talks to Achilles about you, he calls you "the fawn". Never calls you like that when you're with him.
✒ "So you're the baby deer Connor adopted as his student".
✒ "Don't listen to him..."
✒ Stay. Away. From. His. Father. This was the first rule he gave to you. Charles Lee already killed his mother. You're very important to him; the last thing he wants is to lose you to a templar like his father.
✒ When you go on missions, he doesn't interfere in your tasks, just like birds, he wants you to learn to fly by your own. Only interferes when he sees that you're in serious danger.
✒ You were gathering information when you were ambushed by templars and ended up hurt. Thanks to the lessons of your mentor, you were able to escape alive.
✒ While your wounds are being treated, all he needs to know is what those templars looked like. He'll finish the mission for you, and with a couple of lives too.
✒ "You're not ready to go on missions alone yet; the world is still too dangerous for you...".
✒ I'm not going to say he'll teach you about drinks, fights clubs and how to charm someone.
✒ He's knows more than you can imagine. Your training varies between the islands and the Jackdaw.
✒ You've to learn everything about the damn ship, cause you'll live in there all the time. Of course he helps you if you need it, but he prefers that you learn to communicate with the ship on your own.
✒ You must learn each island like the back of your hand. And he'll make sure you know how to get back to the port.
✒ So... Yeah, you'll have to memorize all the maps.
✒ But the most important thing he will teach you is to be loyal to your convictions and hold on to your dreams.
✒ The rest of the crew nicknamed you “the compass.” Because ever since Captain Edward took you under his wing, they noticed that his mood improved, and also because, no matter how or when, he always manages to find you.
✒ He calls you: "Gold coin". Why? Because you are worth as much as or more than a Spanish doubloon. Too much sugar captain.
✒ But when you don't finish your duties, or you fucked up, he calls you "Landlubber", sorry not sorry.
✒ No one would dare harm the Jackdaw captain's student, but at the same time, you are a high-value target for capturing the assassin pirate.
✒ And those who try to kidnap you, may the Lord have mercy on their souls, because the captain will have no problem reducing every island and ship to ashes in order to find you.
✒ "You understand now why I call you my golden coin?"
✒ More than a mentor, he would be an apprentice like you. You learn from each other, even though he knows a little more thanks to the memories of his ancestors.
✒ In missions, you compete to see who reaches the target first.
✒ He just call you by your name.
✒ Please, bother Shaun with him.
✒ Compliments here and there.
✒ "Of course you can't, you're a novice"
✒ "You're a novice too. Just because you've unlocked skills through your ancestors' memories doesn't make you a master!"
✒ Speaking of memories, if you are his “apprentice,” it's because you didn't see him as crazy for the bleeding effect.
✒ He teases you because you worry every time he has to enter the animus, but deep down he really appreciates that you pay attention to him during the immersion and help him deal with the bleeding hallucinations.
✒ The first time you came back injured from a mission, it was a reality check for him. So from that moment on, it's normal that on missions, he's the one who volunteers to face any danger first.
✒ This man is capable of sacrifice himself for your safety (just remember the games). He'll not hesitate to rush to your rescue, help you if you are injured, or kill the person responsible for such misfortune.
✒ "You'll drive crazy (Y/N)... I fucking swear to you, If you go alone again, I'll kill you with my own hands"
I'm just going back to my hyperfixations and it feels so good.
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