hiya, i hope you're having a lovely day! this is my first time ever requesting on tumblr so hopefully i can articulate this well enough! ^^
i saw your requests for wicked were open and i was wondering if i could rq some headcanons/scenarios for what some of the characters (the choice is yours!) would be like if they were jealous... (i am a sucker for this trope unfortunately ESPECIALLY if it's pre-relationship with all the yearning before a confession </3 but that's just me yapping!)
wicked characters jealousy hcs
warnings/notes: none, probably badly written but oh well 🧍
a/n: sorry this took me so long to write, laziness has been a bother. also, do NOT worry anon, i am also a sucker for this trope 😌 i hope i did it justice. these could be read with broadway or movie version in mind
reader is written as gender neutral / masterlist
boq
when boq sees anyone begin to start a conversation with you in any romantic sense, he is immediately THERE, like, he’s standing between you and your admirer like he's’ your own (little) bodyguard
he furthers this stereotype by making all conversations that you have with an admirer stay strictly professional
he won’t admit that he’s jealous that someone's attention is fully on you and that they sort of have your attention as well (he definitely is)
people who boq defends you from feel like he’s going to bite off their ankles if they misstep and ask you just about anything too personal
boq in general just prefers it when the person that he’s crushing on has his undivided attention, so he hates anything that draws your attention away from him
you always have his attention. why can’t he always have yours?
he’s the type to secretly gossip about a person who has shown interest in you to you
he cups his mouth with his hand and he has to get up on his tippy toes in order to reach you, while he’s glaring daggers at the person who was just talking to you
“y/n.. you know that they sneak out of class all the time, right?”
“they hate munchkins!! you wouldn’t possibly go out with them because of their bad beliefs… would you?”
honestly, if you push his buttons and tease him while he’s acting all jelly you could get him to stutter and turn red
“why so defensive boq? scared of a little competition?”
“competition why i- um, bcjhhsgcjh, n-no? w-who said we were in a competition, mmm NOT ME! that’s who!”
needless to say, jealous boq is adorable
but also kinda annoying, but in a cute way so you let it slide
elphaba
elphaba experiences a silently fuming type of jealousy
with some hidden quips and insults sprinkled in
she will unabashedly glare daggers at any person she finds out had any interest at you
due to her reputation of being an evil witch, she also enjoys scaring away any suitors of yours
(it’s super easy for her and is honestly very entertaining to watch)
she keeps tabs on every single person who has shown interest in you
like EVERY single one
it doesn't matter if a student only glanced at you once in life sciences class, she is holding that information in the back of her head for future use
she lowkey kinda stalks anyone who’s interested in you?!?!?! (hear me out don’t hear me out)
she wants to know about the people who are desperate for your attention, so she finds out about all of their flaws
why you ask? well to warn you about them of course
“sure they’re cute, but have you heard about their hygiene habits?”
“oh, she asked you out huh? well, before you accept her invitation i should warn you, she’s dated half of the school by now.”
“yeah, but i heard that he snores so LOUDLY. you do not want or need to sleep next to that, y/n.”
yeah, some of the information is so weirdly specific that you’re often shocked by each revelation she tells you
if you asked her how she got all this info, well.. she is upfront about her behavior 🤷
“elphie, how did you know any of this to begin with?”
“...”
“elphie..”
“my info wasn’t illegally obtained sooo☝️”
“ELPHIE!!”
fiyero
at first fiyero wouldn’t be jealous at any admirer of yours (he is, he just doesn't admit it)
he would brush off anyone’s advances towards you as unimportant, despite the nagging voice in the back of his head
he thinks that any admirers that you have are below you and that you’re way out of everyone’s league, so he doesn't dwell too much on any student trying to flirt with you
he’s the winkie prince, he doesn't get jealous. if anything you should get jealous when he interacts with other people
it’s only when one day you start to begin to show interest in a student that he knows secretly likes you that he starts to worry
anytime you brought up the student’s name fiyero would immediately direct your attention elsewhere or he would bring up something that didn’t have anything to do with the current conversation
he’d get very grumpy when you start talking about them and would whine about how this person was stealing you away from him (in a platonic way, of course)
“don’t tell me that you’re going to leave me for THAT, y/n. yes, them. c’mon! you’ve already got a handsome prince’s attention, who else do you need?”
“them, really? with that hair?”
“but they're so… loud.”
“you’re loud..”
“it’s charming!”
when around you, he tries to play off all his jealousy in a joking, playful way despite quietly freaking out on the inside
he feels frustration and anger at a person for trying to “steal” you away from him
but he also feels worry, because now he’s just realized that there’s the possibility of you leaving him, and he was too much of a coward to tell you how he felt about you when he had the chance
like how dare someone look at you discreetly as if you’re a being from a whole other universe (fiyero does this), how dare they try to get all of your attention (he does this too), how dare they flirt with you relentlessly (yep. he also does this)
it isn't until you find that you aren’t actually as interested in the student as you thought before that fiyero relaxes again
but now, he’s always secretly on the lookout for anyone whose eyes linger on you for a bit longer than he sees decent
if he notices any suitor begin to start to try to touch you, or try to get you alone
yeah, no! he’s seen those moves being used before and he KNOWS where they are going to lead (*coughs* he’s done them *coughs*) that is not going to slide
now when someone begins to pull moves on you, instead of just letting it happen he often walks over and immediately makes sure that you don’t give anyone too much time
he’ll interject himself into the conversation and will administer casual touches on you every now and then. tucking a piece of hair behind your ear, brushing his hand against your back or arm, things like that. things that scream to your suitor “back off, they’re already being pursued by mwah”
fiyero will casually put an arm around your shoulders as you talk to the person who is into you. he’ll keep eye contact with the student, running his thumb along your shoulder, almost taunting them
it gets you really quiet and flustered and soon enough the student leaves you two alone
so yes, despite fiyero’s past beliefs about “playing it cool” about his jealousy, all it takes is for someone to actually catch your attention for him to flip out and become the most jealous (and even slightly insecure??) man who ever lived
g(a)linda
does not sugar coat her jealousy AT ALL
like- is super obvious about it
“oh dearest, i hope you aren’t taking any of those suitors of yours seriously. you just might begin to make ME jealous!” *releases a scary laugh and flips her hair*
when galinda is interested in someone she is very obvious about it, and honestly she’s not ashamed of it
most people would die to have galinda’s attention, so she assumes that you’ll feel the same
she sees it as almost marking her territory to others in a weird way
when people see that THE galinda upland of the upperuplands has her eyes set on someone, said people will back off
like fiyero, galinda tends to get very touchy when she’s jealous
she doesn't like when you’re attention is on someone else so she’ll do these weird things in order to get your focus back on her
her favorite tactic is to pretend to faint
“oh, dear. y/n! it- it’s getting kind of warm right now isn’t it? oh- oh i think i’m gonna-“ *falls conveniently into you*
so you have no choice but to drag galinda off somewhere to sit or lay down
as you drag her off, galinda is secretly looking over at the person who had been talking to you with the smuggest look on her face
nessarose
nessa gets a bit grumpy and quiet when she gets jealous
she’s really bitter about your attention being on someone else (she’s quietly thinking about slamming their face into something)
at first when someone approaches you she tries to redirect your attention back to her
if you still prioritize the person who approached you over her she’ll get very quiet and she’ll just slink off somewhere else, hoping that you’ll realize that she’s not with you anymore and go look for her
nessa can get insecure whenever she’s jealous so she’d prefer not to see you, the person that she has a huge crush on, causally interact with someone that she knows likes you
she almost blames you for having suitors??
she’ll give you the silent treatment after you’ve interacted with someone for what she believes to have been an indecently long time
“nessa, c’mon. please talk to me..”
“...”
“ness, you’re being immature-”
“OH I’M SORRY! 🙄”
she gets very dramatic about it (drama queen nessarose is very much a thing)
like- you’re literally just talking to someone else, it’s not that deep 😭
she honestly just needs some reassurance that you still love her (platonically, for now) and that you still care for her and she’ll calm down (visibly)
but on the inside she’s trying to think of ways to make sure that your suitor won’t approach you again, at least while she’s around
Hey I love your character x reader fics, do you think you could write some Nessarose x reader stuff please?
live
i watched a wicked boot this morning in preparation, and i just love nessa so much.
before you read, i have a few important notes: 1) this takes place just after act two begins, before the scene where elphaba talks to nessa, 2) reader was elphie’s best friend since childhood, 3) don’t think of how this impacts the plot don’t think of how this impacts the plot don’t thin-, 4) i plan on doing at least one more part of this, because this one didn’t get very shippy.
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cw: gnreader. a bit angsty.
you paced back and forth in front of the door to nessarose thropp’s chamber. since her father died, and she became governer, she had become quite cruel, a far cry from the shy, sweet girl you only knew in passing before. you were scared of her now.
but you needed to know about elphaba. elphaba was nessarose’s sister, and she cared about her more than anyone else in the world. so if anyone would know what had happened to elphaba, it was nessarose.
you knocked on the door.
nessarose’s right hand man, boq oppened the door. you kindly acknowledged him, before turning to nessarose. she seemed upset, as she always seemed to be these days.
”hi, nessa.” you tried to present yourself as nonthreatening as possible.
she scowled at you. the heavy door slammed close behind you, letting you talk to nessarose alone.
you tried again, “nessa, i know you and i were never all that close, but… elphie’s still gone.” nessarose said nothing. “i was her best friend, or at least i thought i was…” you muttered, “but you’re her sister! if she’s gone to anyone, it would be you! and i just, i want to know if she’s alright.” you knotted the fabric of your shirt, in nervousness.
she seemed to take a moment to decide what she wanted to say. “i agree. “elphie” should come to me, not you.” her voice was interlaced with spite, “but she hasn’t. and in case you haven’t noticed,” she gestured around her, “i have bigger things to worry about than what my fluorescent sister is up to.” she wheeled her chair around, to face the window.
you ran to her side, but stopped yourself before you reached out to hold her hands. while you want to comfort her, you felt that touching her would have the opposite effect right now.
”nessa, i-”
”my name is nessarose!” she spat
you swallowed, “nessarose, i get that a lot is happening right now, but i want to help you. i want to help you get through this.”
”really? where were you when elphaba first disappeared? where were you when my father died? where were you when i became governor of munchkinland? but you’re here now. because you’re sad, and you want to be comforted. you just want information, you don’t care about me.”
”nessarose,” you took a deep breath, “you are right. i should’ve come to you when all of this started. but i had to deal with my own grief too. i had to take care of myself before i could even begin being there for others. and i am here now. i want to be there for you, i want to ease your pain. and, yeah, some information about where my best friend is would be nice, but i do care about you, nessarose!” you pleaded.
a tear rolled down nessarose’s cheek. “i’m sorry.”
you held her hands. “it’s alright, really.”
”i just thought… i had given up on the thought that you cared about me.” she examined your hands. “before, i was just your best friend’s kid sister. i never thought i’d be any kind of priority to you. and then when you never came to see me, after all of this stopped happening, i really thought that i was just at the back of your mind.” she looked you in the eye, “i wanted you to be here. and i- i should have reached out to you too, but i was scared that i would just end up being worse off.”
you squeezed nessarose’s hands. “i was scared too. you haven’t exactly been the kindest in recent times.”
nessarose looked back down at her hands in embarrassment. “i know. that wasn’t out of a place of hatred, by the way… i was just,” she sighed, “i was just worried that boq would leave me too. and if boq left me, there’d be no one left. so i forced him to stay here with me, and it impacted the rest of munchkinland too, i guess.
”nessa- sorry, nessarose-”
”you can call me nessa. i like how it sounds when you say it.”
you smiled at her, “nessa, i will not leave. i will not abandon you, but i have to ask you to reverse this legislation. you can’t treat the munchkins like this, and you certainly can’t treat boq like this. if he leaves, he leaves, and he’s just doing what’s best for him. but you will not be alone, i guarantee that.”
more tears break free from her eyes, as nessarose nodded. “i’ll do it. i’ll fix it. don’t worry, y/n.”
so i wrote this, the last, and the next part in one sitting, so might not be the best quality, but i enjoyed writing them.
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cw: gnreader.
you had left nessarose with the promise to come back the next day. you hadn’t yet made it back home before nessa came running after you.
running.
on her feet.
”y/n!” she grabbed your hand and began running frantically back to her room. she did not stop, she just dragged you along.
she slammed the door, then leaned against it to catch her breath. “i didn’t realize how exhausting that would be.” she said.
”y- nessa- standing-- what?” your brain malfunctioned.
”elphaba came! after you left, she appeared in my room!”
”elphie?”
”she started chanting, and she gave me the ability to walk! and stand! and run, and all these wonderful things!” she rattled off in excitement.
”where is she now?” you looked around the empty room, someone was missing. “where’s boq?”
”boq…” her tone suddenly shifted. “he... elphaba… elphaba turned him to tin. she ripped his heart out and turned him to tin.”
”oh, nessa…” you rushed over to hug her. she was about the same height as you, which was a bit jarring to you. you were used to her being at a sitting height.
”you were right, y/n.” she began crying. “he left me. after i showed him i could walk, he instantly dropped me. then elphaba was angry at him for ripping my heart out like that, so she literally ripped his out. i begged her to keep him alive, and the only way she could was to turn him to tin!”
you rubbed circles into her back. “i’m sorry.” you whispered. “i”m sorry, nessa.”
”y/n… you know how good can sometimes come from bad?” nessarose asked.
”like your legs? you can walk now, that’s incredible.”
”yes, but something else.” she pulled away from your hug, to look you in the eyes. “now that i know boq never cared about me, i know my real feelings.”
”that’s, that’s good… nessa? right?” everything seemed to be happening so quickly, and you were overwhelmed.
nessarose grabbed the sides of your face in her hands. she hesitated a moment before pulling you in to her, kissing you.
you kissed her back.
you eventually pulled away. “nessa…”
”i’m sorry, was that not okay?”
”no, no no! i’m just- it’s… a lot is happening right now. it sounds like elphie has gone power crazy, and i think you should be worrying about her right now, not me.”
”elphie doesn’t matter! you matter, we matter!” she kissed you again.
you pulled away more quickly this time. “nessa, you don’t sound like yourself.” you took a step back. “you just gave me a lot of information, i need some time to process it. i- i’ll see you tomorrow.”
you ran to the door.
”y/n!”
”i’ll be back tomorrow, i promise.” you closed the door, not knowing that this was the last time you’d ever see nessarose, alive.
your brain had started to hurt, probably to do with the information overload nessarose had given you.
you decided to tackle what would be the most pressing issue to the you that had woken up that morning; elphaba.
elphaba really was wicked. you had held making your decision after she wronged the wizard, because you didn’t know the wizard. you didn’t know if she had reason to run off like that. being her friend, you hoped there was.
but here she was, murdering someone because… of what? someone was mean to her sister? that’s no reason to end a life. you were so grateful that nessa had been there, otherwise boq wouldn’t have been saved.
you never particularly liked boq. you didn’t dislike him, either. but you knew he had more life to live.
speaking of nessa, the easier part first. she could walk!
nessa always seemed perfectly capable in her chair, but she was able to do more now. the lack of height difference would take some getting used to, of course.
and nessa…
nessa liked you. she wanted to be with you. did you want to be with her?
you had kissed her back, so you assumed you did, but maybe…
no. you liked her. you weren’t good at recognizing your crushes, when you were in the moment. but now, looking back at the way you thought about nessa so much. far more than normal people think about their best friend’s sister. and far more affectionately.
you weren’t in love with nessa. not yet. but you didn’t doubt that the love would appear quickly.
you wanted nothing more than to run back to nessa, to tell her of your realization, but she needed to worry about what she was going to do with elphie. you couldn’t distract her from that.
you’d see her tomorrow.
and you’d tell her tomorrow.
well, tomorrow finally came. but you didn’t get to tell her.
because nessarose thropp was dead.
a freak cyclone dropped a house on her.
you never got to tell her that you liked her back.
