Okay I have two questions that are sort of similar(?). Anyways, first question: when Corvan brought Aithne on as healer to the Lily how did the other captains under him take that/feel about it? And secondly, with the headcanon that you have that says that Corvan is afraid to lose her do ALL of his captains/inner circle know about how he feels and, again, how do they feel/react to that about their captain feeling that way for the little healer?
First answer: I doubt it did more than get a “huh” out of his captains. Corvan’s kind of famous for going through healers like one might garbage bags. Whoops, this one can’t take anymore, time to chuck it. Or, worse, this one fucked up, time to destroy it. Him hiring on a new one isn’t out of the ordinary. A ship needs a healer. The fact that she was relatively unknown might’ve gotten slightly more interest, but no more than a few extra seconds of wondering. Pretty sure they all thought she’d last no more than a year. Jokes on you.
Second answer: I don’t think any of his crew or captains would ever dare call Corvan “afraid” (though I stand by my own use of that word in the headcanon because lawd this boy just does not know how to deal with things he cares about being taken from him). I would say definitely his crew and probably most of his captains recognize that he’s more attached to Aithne than your average crewmember and probably just attribute this to her being gentler than most Fomoire and him being extra protective of the first healer to last longer than a couple years.
That said, there are a select few who are clever enough or close enough to Corvan to recognize Aithne as a fullblown weak spot. I’m thinking specifically of Dahlia (his first mate), Malacia (his half-sister and one of his inner circle of captains), and Skellan (who’s also one of his close captains and just viciously good at peeling people’s layers back). Fortunately, these people are generally loyal (and in Skellan’s case quite fond of Aithne himself) and don’t have anybody among them better to do Corvan’s job so they’re not gonna prod it.
I know for sure Malacia has teased him about defending Aithne, joking that his heart’s not made of rocks and seasalt after all.
