if tsh characters were gen z – richard papen
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richard tells everyone he's from the bay area but a girl once said she is too and asked whereabouts he lived and he developed a coughing fit as an excuse to leave without being caught in his lies
his highlights on instagram are very aesthetic. he just has photos of old libraries, dead flowers, abandoned churches, henry reading, and whenever he and the greek class get coffee. he has a private account with 14 followers though but he thinks its perfect
he lies about his spotify wrapped because his top ‘song’ is always rain sounds, and his top artists are claude debussy, ethel cain, hozier, and chappell roan (he added 'casual' to his playlist because he used to think his love for henry was unrequited)
he spends $1500 on a wool coat (because everyone else has one) while his bank account is scarily empty
henry went on richard’s phone one time to search something on tiktok (henry doesn't have social media), he saw the top search results were ‘how to look like old money’ and ‘expensive looking haircut cheap’
every time henry says something incomprehensibly intelligent, richard nods thoughtfully and pretends he understands before asking chatgpt what it means
his notes app contains misspelt things he typed in a rush, for example ‘henry said he wantd to be a selenologist as a child, se4rchup when alone’
he refuses to admit he's cold if henry isn't cold, even if he’s freezing
richard romanticises absolutely everything. henry took him to the hospital for food poisoning and henry was extremely worried about him, just for richard to say that suffering is beautiful
they can all immediately tell when richard is broke because he starts saying things like "instead of going out to see a film, why don’t we just stay in and watch it on a dodgy website on my laptop?? it’s a lot more intimate and plus we always go out to watch things."
whenever someone asks about his childhood he suddenly becomes fascinated by the ceiling
bunny once tagged him in a video on tiktok of squidward in a cardboard box begging for money on the streets, and said ‘you before you came to hampden lol’ and richard deactivated tiktok after that
if henry texts "Come here.", richard is already putting his shoes on
francis has richard's live location on snapchat because he believes richard is going to be the first victim if there's ever a horror film situation, and knowing richard, he would willingly get himself into that situation by people pleasing
richard says "no worries" after suffering probably the most evil thing a person can do
winterpapen
richard fell first, henry fell harder
henry showed up to richard’s door one night and confessed his feelings by sweating and saying in a panicked rush “richard. my capacity for romantic subtlety and flirting is very scarce, so please excuse my lack of nuance, if you will. i wanted you to know that i value our connection deeply and i find your company irreplaceable. will you do me the honour of becoming my boyfriend?” to which, richard passed out and henry caught him
henry doesn't understand how to not be a dry texter and how to act interested over message
Richard: goodnight ❤️ (2:32 AM) henry<3: I was asleep. (9:30 AM)
henry buys richard books instead of flowers because flowers decay, and he doesn’t want richard to go on an overthinking spree about if the flowers decaying are a secret metaphor for their relationship
richard secretly presses the books to his chest like they're love letters
henry has absolutely no concept of personal space now they’re dating. he follows richard into the bathroom and asks about his day as if it was normal and has almost got his fingers chopped off by trying to hold hands with richard as richard is chopping vegetables
richard has a tumblr account where its basically a fanpage of henry, and henry has absolutely no idea. cloke once commented on a sweet photo richard shared of him and henry, ‘rich wear red in ur next photo if ur being held hostage’
henry always knows where richard is because richard unconsciously walks toward him in every room, because of this they're compared to swans
richard gets flustered if henry looks at him for longer than five seconds
henry remembers every tiny detail about richard and keeps it in his notes, like his favourite tea, his shoe size, how he takes his coffee, what snacks he likes when he’s sick (he does all this but forgets richard birthday each year without fail)
richard would die for henry and henry would kill for richard
bunny has a collection of awful stickers of henry on snapchat, which richard fawns over and says henry looks handsome
henry thinks location sharing is an extraordinary invasion of privacy, but he still tracks richard's location
