love triangle with the golden deer men
pairing: claude von riegan x lorenz hellman gloucester x ignatz victor x raphael kirsten x gn!reader
tags: romantic rivalry, established friendships/dynamics
the main rivalries going on between those four are claude vs. lorenz, as well as ignatz vs. raphael, if you can even call the later one a rivalry
honestly, ignatz and raphael might both feel a bit guilty for both liking you at first, but quickly move on and just support each other in their feelings for you! they're happy if any one of them ends up with you!
meanwhile claude and lorenz are a completely different story! they constantly try to one-up each other around you, show off as much as they can and play dirty tricks on each other, just to get the upper hand when it comes to you!
ignatz and raphael are watching them from the sideline, just happy that they have such a good understanding with each other…
claude and lorenz don't really view ignatz and raphael as threats. lorenz doesn't believe that a commoner could ever be chosen over him! and claude knows those two are too nice to really fight him for your love!
claude probably had his eyes on you the longest, but was the last to act upon those feelings. he suspected that he wasn't the only one who liked you, so he played the long game. and he was right
lorenz was the first to ask you out and try to charm you, but since he had his eyes set on a couple potential candidates at the time, he ended up with a disadvantage…
