Wow, I can hardly believe I drew them all. Thank you everyone for the support, I had a lot of fun and seeing them all lined up like this is extremely satisfying.
Neat! Alright, how about the bachelors taking care of a sick or injured builder? I think that's a simple and sweet prompt. Good luck with your writing!
ohohoho yes, this was a really fun prompt, so I hope I did it justice
Anyway, headcanons for the bachelors below the cut! HC's are for a GN builder from 2nd person
Arvio
Of course he'll be concerned over an injured builder, and that's exactly why he'll take them to the best doctor he knows who just so happens to be a very close friend of his, in case you didn't know. Maybe you cut yourself while trimming some steel plating, or maybe you sprained your ankle getting off your horse. No matter how small the injury, it's as if his entire world is ending right then and there. Arvio's dramatic ass is 100% losing his mind as soon as he even notices you're sick or injured. "Ah, if you get hurt, I'm the one who feels pain!" You can fully expect poor Fang to only barely hold it together as he attempts to treat both you and a lamenting, monologing Arvio at the same time. (He's gonna have to tap the sign)
I do think he has a really hard time seeing blood or vomit, though. Like, if the builder comes home after a ruin dive covered in cuts and scrapes, he's gonna do his best to be there for you, but he's also gonna be fighting the urge to pass out the whole time you're stitching yourself back together. And if your builder gets sick? Buddy, if you're throwing up, he's throwing up right next to you. Y'all may have to close both the workshop and the general store for a few days, but at least you'll know you aren't suffering alone. Plus, you can get matching scrunchies to hold your hair back as you both take turns visiting the bathroom. So romantic <3
Burgess
By-the-book Burgess is taking you to Fang's as soon as he spots the gash on your leg or feels the fever in your face. While he's normally quite happy to follow the builder's lead as he has such absolute faith in your judgement, this is one situation where he will simply refuse to back down, regardless of how fine you tell him you feel.
"Burgess, I'm fine, really." Cue the world's most wet, hacking cough
"N-no! I mean, I'm sorry, but Dewdrop, you're obviously sick! Flushed skin, light-headed, you're at risk of dehydration! I'm afraid I have to insist you head home while I get you some medicine and water."
In-game, Burgess sometimes seems far more interested in the builder than in the Light, so I think, unlike Miguel, he might pray over the builder a little bit, but his main focus would be on getting you medicine and making sure you stay hydrated. If you're throwing up, you can bet he's gonna put on his bravest face to help you out. Altneratively, don't expect him to be able to stitch up a wound without crying and passing out at least once.
Ernest
"Ew." His first reaction to the builder coming out of the bathroom and letting him know they've been throwing up is…underwhelming to say the least. That's not to say he doesn't care or feel bad for them! He does, he's just also not the most - we'll say nurturing person in town. Plus, with as hyper-capable as the builder always seems, the idea that they would get sick just like anyone else doesn't necessarily click in his brain right away.
That being said, once he does wrap his head around it, he's falling back on what he knows: story tropes. He'll have you cocooned in all the blankets he can find, laid out in bed with a damp rag on your forehead. When you wake up from a nap, he'll be sitting by the bedside, head pillowed on his folded arms right next to you, despite the fact that there's plenty of space for him to just sleep in the bed as well.
"Ernest, it's just a cough. I probably just breathed in too much dust do-"
"Shhhh, shh, shh. Save your strength and just rest," he'll sigh dramatically as he dips the rag back into a basin of water and dabs at your forehead. Don't be surprised if you wake up from a nap to find a hot bowl of soup at your bedside and Ernest staring wistfully out the window like he's waiting for his lover to return from war.
Fang
Being the town doctor, Fang is no stranger to treating illnesses and injuries, but if it's his builder who's hurt? Oh he's going full smother: strict bedrest until the injury is healed, no building, no adventures, no leaving the house. Don't make him tap the sign. Until this man is 100% sure his builder is back to full health, he's the captain now. If you're romancing Fang and you get sick, it's in everyone's best interests to just go along with what he wants, especially given his history with his mother. Seeing you sick, even if it's something small, brings back some incredibly traumatic memories.
Part of him definitely knows he's being unreasonable confining the builder to bedrest over a small cold, but he's also deathly afraid that it might turn into something worse, and he's not sure how he could live with himself if something happened to you on his watch. Just take the free vacation for a couple days and let your silly grumpy husband take care of you. Besides, X will find a way to sneak you some cookies and shiny trinkets anyway.
Speaking of X, you know the bird is gonna help cheer you up by perching in his little corner of the room and singing showtunes all day. He'll glide down by your side and call you a pretty bird, cooing over you constantly even as Fang tells him to get out so you can rest.
Justice
As the foremost lawbringer in Sandrock, it won't escape his detective notice when the builder shows up at the Civil Corps office sporting a red, runny nose and a hacking cough. Being a problem solver, he'll simply prohibit you from taking Corps commissions until you return with a note from Fang clearing you to work again. He'll also stop by the workshop after his shift with a batch of Vivi's famous soul-reviving soup that he made himself. If the builder is particularly low-energy while you're sick, he also won't be able to stop the constant stream of dad jokes in an effort to cheer you up.
"Was it my workout this morning before patrol? Didn't mean to make you swoon this hard, Chickadee, haha!" Cue that really self-satisfied dad laugh that is often accompanied by an overzealous slap of the knee. Justice 100% slaps his knee when he cracks himself up, and you can't convince me otherwise.
Walking into the workshop to find a sick builder on the couch: "Heeyy Good Lookin', what'cha got cookin'? Actually, maybe don't share that with me, for the safety of Sandrock."
If he's romanced, but not necessarily married yet? Oh buddy, he's practically living in the workshop until you're better. He'll stop by before patrols begin to drop off more medicine and supplies, urging you to rest until you're better. After patrols are done for the day, he's right back over, cooking a nutritious dinner and staying until well after you're asleep just to make sure you'll be okay for the night.
Logan
If the illness/injury isn't anything fatal or super serious, you can fully expect this man to fall back on medical knowledge from the trail. While you spend the day resting, he's out in the desert hunting down the same strange monster parts and herbs his Pa used to use on him. They don't make for the most appetizing or pleasant medicine, but they'll get you back on your feet in no time. Oh, you've got some congestion going on? Eat some raw spicy peppers and it'll clear you right up! (My grandma irl used to love this one when I was a kid) Got a headache and fever? He's got honey imported from Portia to make you a hot toddy and get you to sleep. He'll even stop by the Blue Moon to see if Owen knows a way to make Boxing Jack liver actually taste good. Turns out, the secret is just not to burn it to a crisp.
We get to see how he handles a sick Andy in-game, and while he does reach out for help in taking care of the kid, he's also not super worried about Andy's recovery. Having lived on the run for so long with the boy and spent his life in the wilderness with his father, he knows which injuries and illnesses to worry about, and which ones the body can fend off relatively easily. That being said, he also knows the builder spends a lot of time in the ruins around Sandrock, the same ones where his father fell ill. Even though he's aware it was Pen who infected Howlett, he still gets uneasy if the builder gets sick immediately after a ruin-dive, and this will make him just a tad bit more paranoid. He's not a fan of enemies he can't kill with a well-placed bullet.
He won't take you to the Clinic, but he will have Fang come by the workshop to treat you, just to be sure that no one else can take you from him while you're vulnerable. He'll do his best to stay by your side, and while he might refrain from too much physical affection, he's not afraid of getting sick himself, so expect him to be cuddled up in bed next to you as much as possible. Even though you're the one who gets sick, he's the one falling asleep first, every time. You'll be in bed reading a book as you breathe through one nostril, and soon enough those blue eyes are shut and he's snoring softly in your lap. Just be careful not to sneeze on him.
Miguel
(I won't lie, I had to read through Miguel's romance dialogue to try and figure this one out. I know a lot of people really like his character, but the heavy religious tones are a bit much for me, so forgive me if I take a few liberties here.) Miguel is very formal a lot of the time, and almost reverent towards a romanced builder. For him, especially after the builder finds it in themselves to forgive him after all the Duvos stuff, they become a sort of personification of the Light - though he'd never admit something so heretical even to himself. In the same way that Burgess sees you as someone holy and touched by the Light, Miguel also sees you and feels for you with no small amount of religious fervor.
While he does highly value discipline in everyday life, if his builder is bedridden for a few days with a nasty fever, he's just lost with worry. He finds a small amount of comfort in praying over the builder as they rest, but like Fang, he very much finds himself in the smother side of things, as actively working to solve the problem relieves a lot more of the stress than just leaving your care to a higher power. He'll try to feed you more soup and cucumber water than is humanly possible to consume, and constantly lecture you about taking care of your health, even as he softly brushes the sweaty hair from your face and presses a tender kiss to your burning forehead. He'll pretty much only let you out of bed to go bathe, and even then, he's sitting right next to the tub helping you to shampoo your hair and scrub your back.
Owen
Oh, your builder is coming down with a fever? Not to worry, Owen's got a 200 year old family recipe guaranteed to fix you right up. Don't ask what's in it, just know it's tasty & effective. Similarly to Logan, Owen's done his fair share of adventuring and has seen plenty of injuries and illnesses, so he's got a good feel for when it's time to really worry. Unlike Logan, he'll still be an anxious mess, less so over your health being at risk and more so that your illness/injury is causing you pain and there's only so much he can do to help.
"You sure you got enough to eat, Dumplin'? I brought some more ingredients from the Saloon, so make sure you get plenty of soup. I've been trying to mix some of the medicine into your food since Fang's recipes can be rather…bracing. But if it's no good, just let me know and we can do this the old fashioned way."
There's a decently high chance that he'll just ask you to move into a room at the saloon while you recover so he can periodically come in and check on you. If you're having trouble falling asleep, he'll sit by your side and tell you all his best stories until you pass out. Expect for Grace to barge in every now and then if things downstairs become too much or she accidentally sets fire to the kitchen again.
Pablo
Pablo has attitude, and is usually quite tongue-in-cheek with the way he interacts with the world, but a romance with Sandrock's titular builder shows him that even the most mundane aspects of life can become bright and beautiful through rose-tinted glasses. That being said, he would much prefer to deal with an injured builder than an ill one. Blood and scars can be quite striking and romantic! (when they're not lethal, of course) But vomit and a runny nose? Not cute, and there's no making it cute.
While you lay in bed in a cold sweat, surrounded by piles of used tissues, you turn to him and ask, "Am I still beautiful?" "Absolutely not," he'll respond with a firm shake of his head. "But I do still love you, and the tarot reading says you'll be healthy and hot again soon. Until then, My Spark, you remain the monster of my eye, the very apple under my bed." Yeah, he's not gonna try too hard to spare your feelings there, but that's also just how he is. He loves you and cares for you deeply, but if you're icky, he's gonna let you know. If you have a good enough sense of humor to be with him in the first place, his gentle roasts and snark are actually comforting while you're down. Especially because it means there's nothing serious to worry about. He knows the builder is strong enough to save a whole town! What's a pesky little virus compared to that?
Pen
Similar to Logan, Pen is not a fan of enemies he can't physically fight, and that includes both bacteria as well as serious emotions. If he's already burdened by caring for the builder (they're supposed to care about him, not the other way around, damnit) he's gonna be pretty vocal about how amazing he is for taking care of you while you're down. "Babe, fear not for your injuries, for the Protector of Sandrock is here to personally get you back to peak physical health again! Just the sight of my sculpted jaw and rippling pecs should be more than enough to get you back on your feet!"
This man is a Dork™, through and through, and while he may be a bit hesitant helping a sick builder at first, all it takes is a little challenge for him to become the most aggressively capable nurse in Sandrock, even if it kills him. "Aww c'mon Pen, you're telling me the Protector of Sandrock can't hold my hair back so I can puke in peace? You can punch a man's guts out of his stomach, and you can't handle a bit of mucus? What are all those muscles for anyway?" Cue Pen practically force-feeding you medicine and soup and rolling you up so tightly in blankets you begin to just marinate in the fabric like a sad little slab of beef. He's gonna try his best not to let his own lunch come back to visit even as he holds the bucket for you, so try not to laugh at him too much or his feelings might get hurt.
As a side note, I can also very much imagine that Pen is the type of boyfriend who, if the builder gets a bruise, would kinda poke it without thinking, and when the builder obviously reacts with a little "ouch!" he'll look down at his hands with a "what have these heroic fingertips done?"
Qi
Qi is an incredibly capable scientist and inventor, making him a reassuringly proactive partner to have if you get sick. He does not, however, possess what you might call "bedside manner" or a tolerance for the sight of blood. If he rushes to the clinic to find Fang stitching up a particularly nasty gash on his Starlight's leg, he's passing out on sight. Despite the embarrassment, he'll pay strict attention to Fang's treatment plan and do his best to follow the routine perfectly, even if it means taking thirty minutes to try and wake you up from a nap so you can take your medicine on time.
He's a bit better with illnesses, but still a bit queasy, and he'll try to reassure the both of you by reciting near endless facts about the specific chemical processes happening in your body as the virus attacks you and the medicine works to fight it. For him, understanding every aspect of the illness and treatment is far more comforting than simple faith in the doctor. Science is nothing without peer review, is it not?
He will try and find a way to use the mobile suit to help you out, though. After a few failed attempts to get it inside the house so he can help you take a bath or get around, he'll try instead to finish your open commissions while you're sick. He does get slightly better at piloting the thing, but after the 10th failed attempt at constructing a valve, he finally has to admit defeat. He'll return to your side, dejected and slumped, to report his findings after the experiment. He'll need some reassurance that yes, he's helping you out a lot by keeping to Fang's treatment plan, and that it is, in fact, okay for him to not do your job for you.
Unsuur
Unsurprisingly, this man is one of the best people to have by your side if your builder is sick or injured. He's not exactly squeamish about anything, and being in the Civil Corps has given him a decent knowledge of first aid. Add to that the fact that he's incredibly collected and confident in your builder's strength and Fang's treatment plan, and you've got yourself a recipe for some top-tier caretaking.
If there isn't a shelf of rocks in your builder's room already (why wouldn't there be tbh), he's bringing the best of his collection over, Wilson included, to help keep you company when he's out on patrols for the day. Before he heads out in the morning, he'll stop by Wilson - sitting politely on a chair next to your bed - and let him know to watch out for you and get you anything you need. He's still stopping by the workshop any chance he gets to check on you himself though, don't worry. Man's is a lover and a fighter, 10/10 no notes.
If he happens to have the day off, bro is still not bothered as he's more than happy to sit in complete silence next to you while you're snoozing, just whiling away the time completely zoned out, probably thinking about rocks. Maybe he'll check out your bookshelf, see if you have any cool building manuals, or he might up and make you some yellow soup 'n lemons to help you get back on your feet. Either way, when you're down and out for the count, he's the rock you can lean on for support.
Thanks so much for the prompt, and if y'all have any other headcanons you'd like me to explore, I'm so down. I can't get enough of these weird little dudes.
