imagine zelda being all protective and motherly like towards link when link and ghirahim first get together. she even goes as far as to say to ghirahim "if you harm a single hair on his head, i will end you..." and ghirahim constantly having to reassure her that no harm will come to link and that he will protect his master with his life
oh my gosh this is great because this is pretty much how i think of it but you put it into words!!!!
like Zelda is all suspicious of Ghirahim and has all these talks with Link about it (that when heard from the outside are basically just “my son is getting close to that no-good greaser” ghfjs) and Link keeps reassuring her, even back when he too was nervous, that its gonna be okay but she still worries and always really stiffly confronts Ghirahim about his “effect” on Link. they already hav e this tense relationship that’s just made worse by the fact that she’s unsure what his intentions are even though he’s actually being honest
Ghirahim always replies really arrogantly or flippantly until finally one day, when he and Link have truly worked out a lot of their relationship, he looks at her with such seriousness and bows his head low as he tells her he only wants to protect Link and she’s like. completely floored because Ghirahim rarely addresses her without a smirk on his face or disdain in his voice
she always has that motherly haughtiness to her around Ghirahim but she starts trying to be more easy going for Link’s sake because well. Link does seem to be recovering and Ghirahim hasn’t majorly fucked up yet
i love this dfhgjk i feel like Zelda’s relationship with Ghirahim doesn’t get factored in as much as it could considering she will still be a major part of Link’s life so it’s something i really try to put thought into omg