#phobos-and-cedric

[randomsnakesimp]

In an AU where Kandrakar dropped the psychological torture prisons in favor of weird attempts at teaching the prisoners life lessons, what would Phobos and/or Cedric be subjected to?

Answers as legit, cheesy or off the rails as you want.

[randomsnakesimp]

Some random hcs about Phobos, Cedric and their relationship. Sfw, I'll put the others in a separate post

- Phobos only slowly learns to show and receive affection comfortably, and for a long time, he is so unable to believe someone would actually love him that his first impulse is to be radically hurtful or go hide

- however, he's always loved having Cedric near without interacting, so Cedric would often just sit in the garden and read while Phobos did his gardening. They still do that once their relationship is more worked out

- Cedric loves explaining things and one way for Phobos to more comfortably do something for him is asking him to do that (e.g. Asking questions about a topic Cedric is currently researching, asking him for an explanation for his stances on political decisions,...)

- Phobos loves using Cedrics snake tail like a bean bag and will often give very precise instructions for Cedric to place his coils until he's got then perfect seat

- their first ever full blown argument is stopped when they realize how far they've come to even be able to argue. They proceed to stare at each other in a brain.exe stopped working way for a good half minute

- once they grow closer, Cedric starts feeling comfortable shifting into animals. He never even told Phobos he could do that before because he was afraid to be viewed as less civilized or advanced because of it, but once they are at that level, he'll often shift into a snake and lie around Phobos' shoulders like a particularly exotic scarf

- his favorite animal form, however, is a bird, because he loves flying. Phobos uses the excuse to get himself a set of robes matching Cedrics favorite bird form

- Since they both sort of skipped childhood, they can get real childish or pubescent in the right setting, especially when they are caught off guard with something (Phobos, for example, is completely smitten with the fact that on earth, one can just buy bags of glitter. Also: bubble baths)

- in a similar fashion, Phobos gets super exited about any new environment he sees, because he never really left the palace. He'll be like a little child about the ocean, mountains, swamp areas, new animals, etc and just assume that everyone else must be at least as exited as he is

- When Elyon catches on, she starts taking them to try various earth things as a form of family bonding time

- they basically adopt Elyon, and although they both deny even liking her, they'll slip up and refer to her as "the kid"

- in general, Cedric loves children, but won't admit it to save his life. Will once let's them babysit William out of an emergency where he needs magical protectors and Cedric almost cries when he has to give him back. Phobos, meanwhile, is more of a pet person and has a new animal he would like as one every week.

- Cedric likes very spicy, heavily salted food while Phobos can barely handle salted butter, and Phobos often threatens not to kiss Cedric for at least two days if he eats certain foods (Cedric eats them anyway and they kiss anyway, the only line drawn is at garlic because garlic breath makes Phobos feel sick)

- they both get over invested in interior design. When they are given the Portrait family's old house as their exile home, they spent a good half year planning and renovating and when they are done decide to do Cedrics bookshop next

- Phobos gets overly invested in daily soaps, but for a long time only watches them in secret or Cedric has to pretend he wants to watch them

- they like to take walks together while they gossip

- they do dance together at royal balls after Elyon officially renounced her engagement to Cedric. Phobos is the one who leads.

- Phobos learns to massage out of jealousy because Cedric gets painfully tense when he's stressed out (read: always) and visibly enjoys the relief.

- Phobos calls Cedric "my darling" or "my darling Cedric". Cedric doesn't have a pet name for him because he feels it's very intimate that he's allowed to address him by his name without any titles

- when they live on earth, Cedric has to help Phobos out with almost everything at first, and Phobos' pride is greatly hurt by this

- Cedric is still scared of thunderstorms because magical lightning messes with his ability to shapeshift and he didn't understand the difference as a child. He'll try to make himself as small as possible and curl up into Phobos.

- once he really finds something funny, Cedric will set off into borderline hysterical laughter and proceed to laugh even harder at just about anything. His laughter then also derails from his usual deep, almost elegant chuckle to something that resembles a mating guinea pig interrupted by snorting. Poking fun at that is one of the first things Elyon and Phobos bond over.

[randomsnakesimp]

Sooo...Phobos hadn't shown himself to anyone at least his entire adulthood due to a fucking god complex, people weren't even allowed to look at pictures of him, but the second in person meeting with Cedric he's spread out in his very much clear water bathing pond. I rest my case.

[randomsnakesimp]

Phobos owns exactly one (fabulous) hoodie so tiny animal Cedric can chill out in the stomach pouch