In the beginning, at Beacon, Ruby is completely bewildered by you. She doesn’t know why, but whenever she’s around you, her heart beats just a little bit faster, her silver eyes begin giving you more attention than anyone else in the room. Talking with her teammates about it, they were quickly able to deduce the problem and help Ruby handle it
As time progresses, she’s able to start hanging out with you in group settings thanks to her friends, and before long, the two of you get to the point where you start hanging out one on one. She finds herself more and more infatuated with you during these times, where the two of you would take comforting walks through the Forever Falls, or sit atop the roofs at night and gaze up at the CCT Tower
Ruby finally decides to ask you out fresh off Team RWBY’s first win during the Vytal Festival tournament, and you happily answered yes, resulting in both of you breaking out into smiles and laughter. Unfortunately, the two of you only manage one date before the Fall of Beacon begins. You weren’t with Ruby when it began, however, knowing she can fend for herself, you prioritize helping those around you
When the two of you reunite after the Fall, she fills you in on what happened, and you’re quick to let her know you’re there for her. The first night of your reunion is spent with her wrapped in your arms, the leader feeling a sense of comfort and safety for the first time since she had left home
Though she can sometimes feel like she’s carrying the weight of everything on her shoulders, knowing she has you by her side helps Ruby continue to stay strong and move forward. BONUS: Yang and Qrow are happy that you make Ruby happy, and are not above teasing the two of you from time to time
You were sitting in your office. Classes had let out at least 4 hours ago but there you were, still grading papers. This week had actually been pretty busy for you. You’d pulled a lot of all-nighters trying to get grading done after going on a mission for Ozpin during the first half of the week. You’d had maybe 12 hours of sleep over the last 5 days. On top of all that one of your classes had just handed in their ten page essays (on Grimm of their choosing), and most of what you were reading was giving you a headache. After finishing struggling through a one Cardin Winchester’s paper, your head simply fell to your desk in defeat. “I just can’t read another paper” you thought as you raised your arms onto the desk so that your head was resting on them instead of the hard surface and let your mind wander. Your thoughts, unwittingly, drifted towards your close friend (and if we’re being perfectly honest long-time crush) Ozpin.
“Come on, don’t tell me that you actually only know how to make hot chocolate!” you were in fits of giggles, one arm wrapped around your middle and the other around Ozpin as you leaned against him for support.
“Well, it isn’t that I don’t know how… it’s just that… well… shall we say… it doesn’t tend to go well…” was his sheepish response.
“So boiling water to make tea or coffee is too much?”
“Well…” now he was laughing with you, “I suppose”
“And you’re how old again?”
“Well technically…”
“you’re several thousand years old and have yet to master more than one warm beverage,” you finish, as you finally get the laughing under control.
“Well, since it seems you know what you’re doing, why don’t you come up to my office and teach me?”
“Me? The infallible headmaster of Beacon Academy wants to learn something…from me?” you tease, turning to look at him. Which is when you realize that at some point he had turned to look down at you, and now your faces were dangerously close together and he’s looking directly into your eyes. You stare for a while in shock but once you’ve processed this, you look back down, at the wall, at your feet, eyes flitting around trying to look anywhere other than at Ozpin. “Yeah, sure I’ll try to help your lost cause,”.
He only chuckled as you walked towards his office.
You must have fallen asleep without realizing because the next thing you know, there’s a light pressure on your shoulder and you find yourself being gently shaken awake. You look up, groggily, and see the clock on your desk first: 9:30…oops. You look over to the person who had just woken you up, Ozpin. Of course, I mean, who else would still be at the school this late, he probably saw that your light was still on as he was leaving to go back to his dorm.
“Y/n?” His voice was soft, but you could tell he was holding back a chuckle.
“mmmmph” came your gruff response, you were still half asleep and really just wanted to stay where you were.
“Come on, we need to get you home,” now he was chuckling as he offered you a hand up. You didn’t take it.
“Jus’ leave me, ‘m tired.”
“When was the last time you got a good night’s sleep?”
“mmmmm…Friday?”
“It’s Thursday.”
“I know…”
“Come on now…y/n? Y/n!” He sighed, you’d fallen back to sleep. He tried shaking your shoulder again but this time it didn’t do anything to stir you. He thought for a moment. He couldn’t exactly leave you here- no that wouldn’t do. Unfortunately, you were terribly stubborn and refused to live on school grounds unlike most of the teachers at the academy. You claimed it made you feel too much like a student. This normally wouldn’t have bothered him, except he couldn’t remember where you lived, and honestly he wasn’t about to let you drive home even if he could get you awake again. That didn’t leave him with many options.
“I knew I should have made her take more days off after that mission.” Ozpin muttered as he picked up your bag, “Well, I suppose there’s only one course of action to take.” and then he lifted you into his arms bridal style. He exited the classroom, locking the door behind him. As he was walking towards the teacher’s wing he looked down at you and smiled, “She’s so pretty when she’s relaxed like this…wait…what?” he sighed as he reached the doors to the wing.
When he arrived at the headmaster’s quarters, he carried you in and set you on his bed (he only had one bedroom and he wasn’t about to make you sleep on the couch. No, he would take the couch, that was only polite.) He carefully took your shoes off and then set your bag by them at the foot of the bed, then he pulled the covers over you and tucked you in. He leaned down and whispered “Goodnight, Y/n,” before pressing a quick kiss to your hairline. He stood up to leave, but stopped as you realized that you had wrapped your hand around his wrist and wouldn’t let go. Your eyes were still closed, but you mumbled, “Stay with me,” in a voice that was sleepy and adorable and just too challenging to deny, and, to be perfectly honest, it wasn’t as though Ozpin needed that much convincing anyways. He crawled in behind you, and since his hand was still firmly in your grasp, his arm wound up being draped over your waist. It didn’t take long for him to fall into the same deep sleep you were already in.
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Ozpin almost never needed an alarm as he naturally woke up quite early. When he did come round, the first thing that he registered was the fact that there was someone else in bed next to him, and then that they had beautiful (h/c) hair, and then what had happened last night came flooding back to him. He blushed, furiously. You had shifted in your sleep so that you were practically on top of him, which felt disconcertingly nice, and somehow very right, but it was also not exactly professional, and you were still only friends after all and what would you think of him taking you back to his rooms while you were asleep? Would you be angry? Had he been wrong not to just let you sleep in your classroom? He snapped away from his thoughts when you stirred slightly and snuggled closer to him in your sleep (if that was even possible). He looked down at you and smiled. He shifted slightly, careful not to wake you and grabbed his scroll from where it rested on the bedside table. He messaged Glinda to say that he would be coming in late this morning and marked you as sick and set up someone to cover your classes. Then, he gently got out from under you. He didn’t wake you, but you did frown a bit at the loss of proximity. He had to hold back a chuckle, you were so cute when you pouted. Yet, being that you’d decided that work was more important than sleep, Ozpin figured that you had also probably not eaten a proper meal in the last few days, so he was determined to cook you something wholesome.
You opened your eyes slowly, to find the sun shining through the window. You took in the mahogany paneling, and green curtains and bedsheets. You realized that you were in what was quite probably the comfiest bed you had ever slept in, and that it smelled wonderfully like Ozpin and that…wait. Where were you? You’d never been here, and the last thing you remembered was grading papers, and then…oh. Ozpin. Waking you up. He must have- but, what, taken you back to his rooms? No. He’s kind, and you two are very close, but, certainly he would have just woken you and walked you to your car or something; not let you stay over at his place. That was when you smelled it. Y/f/b. “No way,” you smiled to yourself, “No way Ozpin is actually cooking. And since when does he remember what my favorite breakfast is?” You decided that this needed some investigating. If Ozpin had been faking not being able to cook, you were never going to let him live it down.
You slowly got out of bed and stretched, yawning slightly. That was the best night’s rest that you’d had in…well, you couldn’t remember the last time you’d slept so well. You walked lazily towards where the smell seemed to be coming from. You rounded the corner to the kitchen to see a reasonably stressed Ozpin attempting to cook y/f/b. You smiled. He looked absolutely adorable. His brows were knit together as he tried not to burn anything. He nearly jumped out of his skin when you spoke: “So… You can cook. Since when??” you smirked, and he met your eyes with a glint in his own.
“I wouldn’t exactly say that this qualifies as knowing how to cook,” he quickly looked down as something splattered.
You chuckled taking a few steps forward until you were standing next to him behind the counter, “Let me?”.
He nodded gratefully and stepped aside to let you take over. That was when you saw the clock, and that it read 10:10. “Oh my Gods, Oz we should both be at work!”
He chuckled, “Don’t worry, I marked you as sick and got someone to cover your classes, and I told Glinda that I would come in this afternoon.
“Mmm, and who exactly is covering my classes?”
“Erm,” Ozpin visibly cringed, “Qrow?”
“Oh no. Oh no. No way am I leaving him to cover my classes. Oz how could you? I’m going, right now.” You started to walk back towards the bedroom, where your things were.
“Oh no you’re not,” Ozpin’s arm wrapped around your waist and pulled you back to him before you could get away. You tried your best not to blush as he held you against him. He locked eyes with you, “When I found you yesterday I couldn’t even wake you up you were so exhausted. Y/n, you need the day off, please just take it.”
You sighed and looked over at the food that was still cooking on the stove. You knew he was right, and, honestly, Qrow probably couldn’t do that much damage in a single day.
“Alright, but if Qrow messes up my classroom I’ll never forgive you for convincing me to leave it unattended.”
Ozpin, never actually wound up heading to his office, and you were far too pleased about it. Instead you two spent a very relaxing day together, which was really something that you both needed. There were a lot of movies, cards, and general shenanigans. Neither of you realized how late it had gotten until you got a text from one of your room-mates.
“Hey Y/n, just saw that you didn’t come home last night. (we all figured you might be having some fun) but you still aren’t back. You ok?”
You looked at the clock, it was nearly nine. You quickly responded that you’d just wound up staying at a friend’s house and that you were fine.
“Oz, it’s getting late, I should really head home.”
“Ah, I suppose it is. I…um… it was nice spending time with you, although I hope I never have to carry you back to my rooms because you’re so sleep deprived I can’t even wake you up ever again.”
“I’ll try not to let that happen, maybe I should just move into a room in the school just in case I ever need it,” you laughed lightly.
“You and I both know that I think that’s a good idea. In fact…” he pulled out his scroll, “I’ll sort that out right now.”
“Sounds good Oz. I’ll see you tomorrow,” You smiled at him as you both walked towards the door.
“See you then,” He smiled back as you stepped outside.
“Oh and Oz,” You turned back as he looked up, a little surprised.
“Yes?”
“Thanks for everything.”
“It was really a pleasure y/n. Now drive safe.”
“Will do,” and with that you turned and walked down the hallway.
When it started, Qrow was instructed by Ozpin to follow you and to make sure you stayed safe. Qrow would take out a threat to you before you’d even know about it if he could. However, that all changed when he had no choice but to make his presence known. Your back was against the wall, hunters working for Salem had broken your Aura, and things were looking bad. But luckily for you, Qrow arrived in the nick of time, and together, the two of you were able to fend off the attackers
After that encounter, the two of you were assigned to work together (more so that Qrow could have a more hands on approach in keeping your whereabouts known). Though initially against the idea of having someone partnered with you, your personalities mesh well, and being a Maiden meant constantly being on the move, so having company didn’t hurt
Qrow is worried when he starts developing feelings for you, at this stage, he’s seen how his Semblance can effect others, especially the ones he cares about. He debates leaving and asking for Ozpin to partner you with someone else, but that night, something else happens that makes him change his mind. You express your gratitude for Qrow’s presence, letting him know how much having him there has helped you in many ways, even admitting there were some battles you may not have won without him.
Hearing this is all Qrow needs to know that he’s right where he needs to be
Hello, can I request some dating headcanon for Weiss please ? 😊
Dating Weiss Schnee Headcanons:
At first, Weiss can come across and distant, but that’s due to her upbringing, and she has to learn how to better show her affection. Thankfully, you coming into her life made that a whole lot easier! When you first meet, she tries not let on how much she likes you, but her team is quick to sleuth it out
Afterwards, they encourage her to talk to you more and open up more. You start going on coffee dates to local shops around Vale, and eventually, you two start going to movies, to dinner, etc. Eventually, she finds the courage to ask you out officially after a later movie night. She’s over the moon when you return her feelings
From there, Weiss will subconsciously feel the need to spoil you. If you offhandedly say you need something, you can bet it’ll be in your hand by the next day. She loves showing you off to others, but can get jealous fairly easily. Though she tries her best to conceal it, it can sometimes come out, but you quickly reassure her she’s the only one for you
Introducing you to Winter is what Weiss has planned next, and while she’s never done something like this, she’s sure Winter will love you just as much as she does!
Could I please request some dating headcannons for Harriet? My girl does not get enough love.
Dating Harriet Bree Headcanons:
If there’s one thing Harriet is, it’s competitive, so be prepared for a feisty partner. Due to her position on the Ace Ops, she feels a constant need to prove herself and make it known that she deserves to be on the team. That drive is part of what you see in Harriet, and what makes you fall for her the more time you spend with her
When it comes to displaying her emotions, Harriet isn’t the best at it. She ends up getting too embarrassed to say how she really feels, so she typically ends up showing her affection through less obvious ways. For example, instead of telling you that you look nice, she’ll punch your arm and challenge you to a friendly race. This means you’ll probably have to ask her out
When you two do start dating, Harriet’s favorite thing to do with you is build snowmen in Atlas’ courtyard. With the kingdom’s artificial weather, it makes it to where the snowmen you two make last for a long time, and the two of you enjoy visiting your creations every so often
RWBY V7 E12 Spoilers and Angst Under the Cut (Hope you enjoy!):
When the Ace Ops take Ironwood’s side and are forced to arrest the others, you and Harriet confront each other on opposite sides. You tell her you don’t want to fight and that she should follow her heart, not orders. Harriet however, feels betrayed by you, and the two of you are forced to fight.
In the end, you wind up victorious, but you still feel awful. As you help tie her up with the others, you can’t help but wonder where the two of you will go from here
I would love too see a oneshot/headcannon for an Ironwood/Reader following the events of Volume 7 Chapter 13!
Reader x James Ironwood (Post V7 E13) Headcanons:
(Author’s Note: Non happy ending. Also, I really love writing out differing scenarios like this!)
You couldn’t believe what was happening. This wasn’t like James, you thought he’d be smarter about this. But as the realization of his actions dawn on you, the only thing you can think to do is to go see him
As you begin your descent into the Vault of the Winter Maiden, your mind is still racing. Betrayal, shock, confusion, all emotions firing off inside your brain and you knew the only way to stop them was to get answers. As the elevator begins to slow down in speed, you can see the large golden doors of the vault, and in front of it, the general you had come to love
Hearing the elevator, he immediately turns around and draws his remaining pistol, aiming it at the elevator as a sharp gasp leaves his throat. His eyes widen when he sees it you, and returning his gaze, you can see the fear and paranoia in his eyes
He stands there, frozen in place as the elevator comes to a halt and you slowly stride towards him, hand extended and weapon holstered to show him you’re only there to talk. Looking him over, you can barely recognize him, and not because of his burnt arm and disheveled hair
From there, you speak to him, slowly and calmly, slowly inching your way closer to him as you do. He lets you approach, lowering his pistol into its holster as you put your hand out and place it on his chest. You plead with him to stop what he’s doing, that a much bigger threat is approaching fast and will require everyone to work together. As you speak more and more, his face sinks lower and lower
Taking a step back, he tells you how hard the decisions he’s made have been, and how he hoped he could still rely on you. Slowly, he looks up, his dark blue eyes filled to the brim with sheer shame and tears. You can see him slowly reaching for his holstered weapon, and you croak out one final appeal, but at that very moment, an explosion of thunder is heard all over Atlas, and Mantle, as several alarms begin going off
Both of you look to each other, fear in both of your eyes. It’s too late, and she is here, now
(B)eauty - Marrow could talk for hours about all the things he loves about you, something a couple of the other Ace Ops learned the hard way. He makes sure to let you know how much you mean to him, from your smile, to your laugh, he’s even complimented things you yourself failed to see. If you asked him what it was specifically he likes about you, you can expect a big grin to form on his face before he’ll give you his answer: “Everything”
(J)ealousy - As much as he hates to admit it, Marrow can get jealous fairly easily. It doesn’t stem from a need to be the one in control, in mainly comes from Marrow’s own insecurities and lack of confidence. If he sees someone trying to get your attention and flirt, he’d try to internalize it, but at times, his jealousy can show. However, all it takes is your reassurance to calm his nerves and let him know everything is fine, so his state of insecurity doesn’t typically last long
(K)iss - Marrow’s kisses are very soft and gentle, fueled mainly by his passion for you. He’ll sometimes grab your chin and lightly lift your head up so his lips can meet yours halfway, or lovingly caress your cheek while you two are interlocked. You sometimes remember your first together, and how wild Marrow’s tail wagging was the entire time, something you tease him for relentlessly to this day
(M)arriage - Though he’s still considered young, Marrow does wish to get married someday. He’s waiting for that right person, and it’s with you that he’s confident that he found that person. The wedding would be rather lowkey, with close friends and family being present, most likely taking place in you or Marrow’s hometown. From the moment you say “I do”, Marrow will consider himself the luckiest man in the world, and will happily repeat the phrase before the two of you kiss for the first time official married
Marrow is easily flustered and embarrassed, mostly thanks to his tail. Because of this, he’s grown somewhat of a slight disdain for his Faunus trait. Because of this, you make sure to mention how cute you think it is, you doing so always managing to redden his cheeks and bring a small smile to his face
Before you start dating, he tries his best to play it cool around you. He’ll tell slightly embellished stories of his adventures with the Ace Ops (only to have Elm or Harriet butt in and tell the true version), but you still find them amusing and cute that he tries to impress you. This doesn’t change when you start dating
The perfect date to him would be a nice nighttime walk in the park, or anything that gets him up and moving. He’s very hyperactive, and likes to stay on the move because of this
Marrow loves making you laugh, constantly telling forms of jokes around you in order to make you smile and giggle. The sound of your laughter is the greatest reward for him
Despite the prideful persona he puts on, he’s actually quite submissive (in both ways (wink). However, this is something you won’t find out until after a while of dating and he’s comfortable enough sharing that side of himself with you
A/N: Thank you for my first request and I hope you enjoy it! Requests are open, so let me know if you have a headcanon or fic idea you’d like me to write!
