I think, if your OCs were in a dating sim/romancable game, Shay would be the first to catch my eye, but Cin would definitely be the one to catch my heart ❤️
AH!! I mentally replied to this after a work shift and then didn't PHYSICALLY, I'M SO SORRY.
[If my OCs were romanceable companions, who you going for?]
This one is so, so amusing and beloved because by the beautiful power that is XIV and shards, Shay is the Source, and Cin is technically is iteration on the 13th - that was made all before the Void stuff in the 6.x patches properly dropped, teehee, but!!!
The other fun part is Cin ended up... getting an AU where he meets Airi (@fatewalker-phoenix) on the Source anyway because even though I knew Cin's story was never meant to end well, I... fell in love with him, anyway, lol.
But honestly so understandable and very relatable, lol. Shay's definitely kind of like taking on a home renovation project, but Cin is just... a very wholesome good boy. Cin will respect both that you may be able to best him in combat, but also he'll still treat you as his royalty. He'd hold your hand, hold the door for you, go out on walks and picnics and take you to watch the waves crash against the cliffs and the beaches. Him and Shay are opposites in that way where Cin is warm like a comforting firelight and sun-kissed skin and Shay will always resemble more of the icy cliffs that overtook the Hinterlands after the Calamity and cold steel, but what they share is devotion.