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Random Headcanons for the Main Peeps and Lodgers :)

Have I done one of these yet...?

Anyways, yeah these are just my headcanons that I enjoy thinking about, but in no way have to be canon or relate to canon :)

Henry - Autistic, but pretty good at masking in situations when it's necessary, such as dinner parties and dances. - Also didn't have the best childhood. He was looked after, had all he needed, sure, but he wasn't usually indulged in his science and his enjoyment, save from going to those Frankenstein plays. - Probably why he got sent to a university in England when he came from Scotland. - Does stim. Really feels good when he stims, but often doesn't because of his status. Robert has made it known that he really doesn't care if Henry stims around him and in fact finds it rather sweet. - Henry's still working on feeling comfortable doing it, but every now and then his hands will start to flap in his office. - Has quiet days where he just.. doesn't want to talk. Usually the days he'll hole himself up in his office, so they don't get noticed. - Prone to headaches from light, why he keeps his curtains closed - Will fall asleep/relax with fingers running through his hair

Hyde - Stims far more visibly, especially in front of Rachel - Is still prone to overloads, but shoves through them because there are more fun things to do - Very much catlike - Will also relax if someone strokes his hair - Struggles to fall asleep because he's never really needed too? - Grins with his teeth on show, thinks it looks intimidating but Rachel finds it endearing and slightly goofy.

Robert - Had a pretty terrible childhood, first proper friend who saw him for him, was Henry - Neurotypical - Struggles with germs and contamination, Henry brings round stuff to clean, like gloves and hand sanitiser - Recognises a lot of Henry's overwhelmed reactions, even when he's trying to hide them - Has learnt from Utterson and just general practise how to help with them, when Henry allows him to - Just bringing Henry to a quiet room, covering him in a blanket, offering a hug if that isn't going to be too much of a sensory thing

Jasper - Struggles with Auditory overload because of his better senses - And most kinds of overloads actually- - Knows how to make sausages from scratch and will often help Rachel in the kitchen with the meat

Bird + Archer - In a QPR with each other - Bird being Finnish, so struggles in the warm summers of England and is still adjusting to the temperature, even now. - They both enjoy snuggling together, but also have their own beds in their room. Well, Bird has a bed, Archer has a hammock. - Bird cannot get in the hammock, he always falls out, no matter how much he tries. - Bird had problems with his self image and weight growing up and still as he joined the society - Archer was homeless upon coming into London, so he was worryingly underweight and malnourished - They helped one another out, Bird giving Archer snacks from the plants he grows, Archer's excitement to finally be able to gain weight, and maybe a little muscle, and not look so brittle helping readjust Bird's image of himself. - In the beginning of their friendship, they fought and argued a lot, both adjusting to the new place - They still jokingly tease each other because it's fun - Archer can box

Sinnett - ADHD - Can also do metalwork - I always loved the idea of him having a supportive family? So him having a brother who's a fisherman and has one of Sinnett's handmade lamps at the front of his ship to keep it going in storms - Sinnett's brother completely accepting his Sinnett's ADHD and stuff and adapting to help him - Sending back any scrap metal he finds for Sinnett to play around with - His brother gets married and ends up having a daughter who Sinnett loves to bits - Gets a little nervous as the daughter starts showing signs of ADHD herself, but his brother reassures him that "If she's anything like you, she's going to be spectacular."

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Flirting Headcanons

Henry

- terrible at flirting

- but accidentally seems to be flirting just from his normal actions

- when he does want to flirt he's terrible

- Robert finds it adorable how he manages to fluster himself when trying to flirt

- He does have moments where he can be very good at flirting, when he's drunk or when he's alone and in a confident mood.

Robert

- Smooth, suave, skilled... At pretending to flirt

- Very good at actually flirting

- But doesn't find anyone he wants to flirt with

- Except Henry. He can massively fluster Henry.

- He very much enjoys turning Henry into a red flustered mess.

- However, if Henry finds a moment where he's actually confident at flirting, Robert will just die.

- He isn't used to being flirted back at, so his mind malfunctions and sometimes he just disappears entirely.

Hyde

- Is very good at flirting, with people he knows and doesn't.

- Enjoys the power of words, just to make people crumble.

- Takes advantage of Henry's silver tongue in order to flirt.

- He can usually handle being flirted with because he takes it as a challenge and tries to flirt back at them.

- If it's Robert flirting with him, he will try to flirt with him back but he often fails

- When he fails and becomes flustered, he angrily covers his face with his hair and refuses to talk whilst Robert whilst he figures out how to speak without squeaking.

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Childhood AU

Sometimes Henry needs to go to sleep.

Sometimes Henry is impossible to get to sleep.

He just wants to do science!! There's no time for sleeping gosh darn it!!

Papa Lanyon has become an expert in sending Henry Jekyll the fuck to sleep.

Step One) Wait till night time.

Step Two) Use your own son as an example sleeper for the Jekyll

Step Three) Tuck the Jekyll into bed.

This doesn't work? No problem! He has backup plans!

Henry's too tired and really should nap during the day but refuses to do so?

Physical touch. Henry is a sucker for someone just hugging him.

Therefore, picking him up and giving him a piggyback around will send him off to Dreamland so quickly. He's got the hug aspect, he's got the warmth of another person, it's soft and comfortable..

Usually this works like a charm. You have a fast asleep Henry within minutes and you can tuck him into his bed and close his curtains.

Though sometimes he doesn't even respond to that.

At that point, Papa Lanyon pulls out the big guns.

Extend arms, pick up the Jekyll, hug him close to chest and gently rock him.

Go a step further and start to run careful fingers through his hair. He's out within seconds.

Robert sees all of this. Robert now knows the tactics.

This becomes especially useful when Henry's grown up. Henry isn't sleeping? Isn't taking a break? Looking close to falling asleep at his desk?

Robert just runs his fingers through Henry's hair. Before long the man is incoherent and sleepy enough to do anything. He'll usually follow Robert over to the sofa, where Robert will let him curl into his lap and rest his head down on a pillow on his legs.

Sometimes he'll need to pick Henry up to get him over. And then he'll be rather worried about how easy Henry was to pick up and subsequently bully (lovingly) Henry into eating the next week or so.

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Random assorted Modern TGS Headcanons

- Henry loves Greek mythology, will ramble about myths given the chance and the Iliad holds a special place in his heart. Robert lets him ramble about the Iliad to him, though he only realises what he's gotten into when Henry pulls out a whiteboard and starts to write.

Robert thinks it's sweet, listening and learning intently. At one point, he even uses Patroclus as a nickname for Henry.

Henry immediately pauses in the tea making he was doing, stood frozen still. Then he slowly turns back, eyes wide and glittering.

Robert is now his Achilles.

- Henry also does a lot of photography as a hobby. One day, he wants to travel and document his journey with his camera and his notebook. And.. if Robert could come with him.. that would be perfect..

- Henry wears a lot of dark academia aesthetic clothing. Robert just wears a lot of smart shirts and suits. Though.. when they do start living together in Henry's apartment, Robert does steal some of Henry's jumpers. Though he usually just wears them in the comfort of just the two of them. Sometimes he'll borrow a long coat or maybe even a fluffy jacket in the winter.

- Neither Robert or Henry are good at cooking. Well, Henry can cook, but never remembers that he needs to, so he forgets to eat. Robert hasn't had much time to think on how to cook anything better than basic meals. So they have a Saturday where all they do is meal prep for the next week. It means Henry actually has food and Robert learns to cook.

- Henry is never able to wake up fully in the morning. Robert often wonders if he's ever truly awake, but those mornings where he blinks a little too long and gives out those sleepy, dazed smiles whenever Robert compliments him. Henry only properly wakes up with a nice morning cup of tea.

- Into the night though, he's awake for ages, doing marking and lesson planning late into the evening, until Robert forces him into bed. Robert is often the first asleep, pressed up against Henry's side, whilst Henry's reading a book, a little light attached to the spine so he can see. Robert's lost count of the amount of times Henry's reread the Iliad.

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Childhood AU - Happy Birthday!

The first time they try to make a cake, it doesn't really work. Henry misread the measurements and accidentally added too much sugar and it ended up a gooey mess.

Not a bad tasting gooey mess, but a gooey mess nonetheless.

They had to bin that one and try again.

Both boys had gone out, trying to figure out at what time exactly Papa Lanyon would be out of the house for work. Then Robert and Henry would dart away from school as soon as it was over, with the little coins they had in there pockets.

Buying up eggs, flour, sugar and butter, along with some icing sugar, then tugging them home in their schoolbags, luckily avoiding Simon and his roving group of bullies.

Papa Lanyon still isn't home yet, fantastic.

The second time they try and make the cake, it turns out brilliantly.

And then the butter accidentally melted because they left it too near the warm oven. So they can't make buttercream.

They leave the cake though, the cake is fine. Both boys scamper away once more to the shops for some more butter and some good jam, making it back just in time to see Papa Lanyon at the door.

Exchanging a worried glance, they dart around the back, Henry holding up branches to let Robert through and tumbling into the kitchen via a window. Henry looks to Robert and they instantly form a plan. Robert starts making up the buttercream, layering it on the cake, but if Papa Lanyon comes to check the kitchen their surprise is all over!

Robert hears, from dangerously close to the door, "Mr Lanyon, can I tell you a science fact?"

Papa Lanyon stopped, looking down at Henry. He had been going to make a cup of tea now that he'd got home, but that can wait for a moment. Crouching down to Henry's level, he nods. "Of course. What's this brilliant science fact?"

Henry looks stunned, rustling through his memory to try and figure out what to say. "Did you know.. that.. people with blue and green eyes can see better in the dark?"

"Oh? Why's that?"

"Well, people with brown eyes have more melanin, like what makes my and your skin different colours! The melanin blocks all of the eye space to let light through, so they can't see as well in the dark! People with blue and green eyes though have less melanin, so they see better in the dark! It also means that sunlight can be super bright for them sometimes though."

Lanyon SR reached up and ruffled Henry's hair with a warm smile, "What a wonderful science fact! What about red eyes?"

That stumps Henry. He has no idea. Red is not a common colour at all.

"Well, what would you hypothesise?"

Henry shuffles on his feet, deep in thought, "Well, they're dark, so I would say the same as people with brown eyes, but they're also really sensitive to light? Only sometimes though. But it can be okay?"

"Maybe that's your next thing to experiment on?"

"Mm.." Henry muses.

Lanyon SR moves to stand and open the door before Henry quickly catches his hand, staring at him with an almost panicked expression. "Uh! Now you've got to tell me a boat fact!"

Lanyon SR watches him with an ounce of concern. He wonders where Robert is, he wonders why Henry is desperately trying to keep his attention. And trying to keep him out of the kitchen.

"A boat fact?" Henry prompts weakly, seeing Lanyon SR's eyes on the door still.

"Ah, yes, well." He tries to think of what could be of any interest. "Did you know that one of the most successful pirates was actually a woman? She was-"

There's a thud from inside the kitchen and Lanyon SR can't stop himself from going in now. He stands quickly, stepping past Henry, who's trying to grab at his trousers to hold him back, and opens the door.

He's immediately waving away a small cloud of white, looking to Robert who's stood in the middle of it, absolutely covered in the stuff. He watches as Robert shakes his head, a flurry of sugar falling from his curls.

Robert sneezes, then blinks his eyes open, looking at him sheepishly.

"Are you okay?" Lanyon SR asks, holding back a chuckle. Robert looks really embarrassed though, staring away at the floor with a stiff nod. Lanyon SR swallows away the chuckle, not wanting to upset his son.

Henry's looking up at the side though and Lanyon SR's gaze follows.

On the side is a simple Victoria Sponge and he realises that these two have made a cake. A cake for him. He didn't even realise the two of them knew when his birthday was.

He hears Henry whispering behind him to Robert, "It looks so good!"

Robert doesn't answer for a moment, rubbing at his eyes with one fist and hand trailing down to Henry's with the other.

"I'm sorry I messed it up at the end." Robert whispers back sadly.

Henry immediately looks over to him, shaking his head. "It still looks perfect."

When Lanyon SR turns back, he sees Robert being hugged gently by Henry, kneeling down to hug them too.

"Thank you, both of you. It looks beautiful."

He feels Robert pressing into his shoulder, resting his head down on his sons still slightly white hair. Then he hears a soft voice, "Happy birthday Papa.."

"Yeah." Henry joins in, just as softly, "Happy birthday Mr Lanyon."

He hugs his boys closer, smoothing the icing sugar from Robert's hair. On Robert's face, he can see the edges of a small smile, making his own smile widen.

"Now, do either of you want a slice?"

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Modern Makeup - Henry Jekyll

Henry with makeup is slightly different.

He's not too good about looking after himself. In this way, he actually has spotty skin. (Idk, I just think it's rather wholesome.)

It's not that he doesn't like being clean, he just forgets so often that he doesn't have spotless skin like Robert.

He often gets overwhelmed and stressed to the point where he starts to pick and scratch at all of his spots. That's what annoys him, where he ends up with blood on his sleeves from how much he's been scratching.

Robert sees this, gently taking his face in his hand and moving it round to look. "You've been picking again, haven't you."

Henry looks away, embarrassed and a little guilty.

So Robert makes a plan.

To force Henry to relax, to force him to actually have a moment of peace, he brings his face washing stuff to Henry's apartment.

And so, every night, he forces Henry off of work, forces him to come home, forces him to eat a good meal.

He doesn't make it seem like Henry's doing something for himself, he tries to make it appear that Henry's doing something to help him.

So he claims that he's trying out new face products, but doesn't know if they'll work for him, so he needs a tester first.

And so he helps relax Henry in the evenings by helping him wash his face properly.

It's something he loves doing. How he shows Henry that he loves him too.

Soon, well, after a few weeks, Henry's skin starts looking a lot better.

It's when Robert is doing his makeup that Henry gets interested. It looks so nice on Robert! And he can't help but wonder what it would look like on him..

"Are you alright?" Robert pauses putting his eyeliner on, glancing round to Henry.

"I-" Henry looks a little embarrassed.

Robert glances down at the eyeliner in his hands, then up at Henry again. "Do you want to try?"

Henry nods a little.

Robert stares at the dark black in his hands, then looks back at his organised bag. "Here, I think the black will be too much for you, but I've got a brown that'll be a little softer."

Henry's eyes widen and he waits. Robert gently puts eyeliner on Henry. "Wings or no wings?"

"I- uh- oh-"

"You have no idea, do you?"

"No.."

Robert doesn't do any wings to begin with, just letting Henry see what looks like. Henry absolutely adores it.

At first, he won't wear it out, still trying to get together his confidence for that, but then he'll wear small pieces to work.

Robert loves seeing him experimenting and exploring what he can do with his makeup.

Henry gives himself freckles at one point. Robert loves it. Then he frowns, tilting Henry's head to look at his ear.

"That's the little heart on my freckles.."

"Yeah.. I.. I can take it off-"

But Robert stops him, gently tapping a finger onto the small heart. "No, no! I love it.."

Henry pauses, then smiles brightly.

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Have an excerpt of a fantasy au I have half scraped-

Was trying to make it a fic, but I couldn't figure it out. Might post more as an au. For now~ have the unfinished and likely abandoned piece.

Well, this is where Robert had been told to go.

"Best inventor in the entire west, that Henry Jekyll." That's what they had told him. "I'm sure he can fix that right up for you, quicker than you and I could even blink."

Robert wasn't sure how much he actually trusted "them". They had been some folks at a tavern, friendly enough, but he hadn't often been one for passing chatter or "small talk". Luckily, his physical appearance and silent faced demeanour scared strangers off enough that they didn't try talking to him. If people didn't bother him, he wouldn't bother people. It was his normal routine and not one he was particularly saddened by. It stopped him being pestered but sometimes he would just like to be able to talk to someone normally, without them staring at his horns, without him having to still his tail and cover his teeth with his lips.

Robert had always found himself to be intimidating and had never really found someone to challenge him in that aspect.

This house however.

Yeah, this house loomed over him.

It wasn't your typical haunted mansion, or deserted castle. No, it was just a regular old house. Brick walls, wooden beams, straw roof, stones leading to a wooden front door, a intricate design of red and green painted into the front of it. The fact that the front was so undeniably normal that it made the rest of it seem even worse.

Attached to the back of the house was a larger room, much larger, almost the same size as the house itself. It looked like it'd been stuck on, the wood and brick a different colour and massively less faded than the previous building. It had quite a few chimney's, all stuck out at different angles, each blowing a different kind of peculiar smoke. Some blue, some pink and some purple. If anything, it looked like something mad, straight out of a fantastical story or bubbling from a scientists lab.

That last one might not have been too far off actually.

His tail flicked nervously against the ground for a few seconds, before he grimaced and shook the dirt from it. Robert tugged his bag closer over his shoulder, curling his tail around his legs to stop it touching the ground again. Hopefully he could get what he needed, then just disappear.

Robert stepped closer to the door, listening to his boots crunch across the dirt, grinding rocks into dust beneath his heels. Even the small porch at the front of the house seemed to be positively draped with moss and ivy, curling its way through cracks and breaks, winding round seams. Was this house even looked after? He sighed, raising his fist to the wooden door and knocking. Three thumps, hard and fast with no deviation from rhythm.

He hadn't noticed it before, but there was a peculiar buzzing sound coming from within the building. If he strained his ears and leaned close to the moss covered wood, he could hear a faint humming, like thousands of tiny wings all beating together in unison.

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Restless Nights - Modern AU

Sometimes, for whatever reason, Henry just can't sleep. Even as his head hits the pillow and he listens to Robert's gentle breathing, he still can't bring himself into slumber.

He didn't really know what to do in those moments at first. Then he broached the subject with Robert and they came up with a plan together.

Number One: lie comfortably on his back. Breathe in and tense all the muscles he can. Then breathe out slowly, letting the muscles untense. Do that a few times and see if it helps anything.

The next option is to pull out a book and start reading, letting his eyes get blurry and allowing himself to slip back into sleep. Sometimes he doesn't manage to move the book and Robert will wake up and see Henry with a book straight on his face.

If that doesn't work, he'll slip out of bed and grab a glass of water, walking circles around the living room a few times whilst sipping on the drink. It's meant to hopefully tire him out.

If that still doesn't work, he'll gently shake Robert awake. However, that's only if it's a weekday or they have something they need to be up for in the morning. If not, he'll just go back to reading his book and hoping it works.

If it is a weekday and Robert successfully awakens, he looks a little groggy for a moment, which always makes Henry wince in guilt. It doesn't take Robert too long to distinguish whether it was a nightmare or sleeplessness.

Either Henry will roll onto his back and let Robert curl up on his chest, soothing him with his weight or, more likely, Henry will crawl on top of Robert.

Robert will hug him from behind, gently kiss his nose, then bring a hand to his hair and run his fingers through it.

Usually that's just enough for Henry to slip back to sleep, but on rare occasions Henry still can't sleep. But he'll remain tucked away with Robert, staying cosy till morning comes.

Robert makes sure he's taking naps during the day, looking after him.