Eeehm you asked for happy Connor Murphy headcanons but I'm not sure whether they should be set in the show or an AU so maybe small Connor teaching Zoe how to braid her hair? And him getting really excited about Christmas because he likes so the colorful lights ? (or for an alive AU when he notices that he's getting better and he's really proud about it? )
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is an absolutely blessed ask oh my god???!! And AU or show headcanons are ALL my jam omg. Especially small Connor like that is adorable?????!
Connor’s hair being long ever since he was a kid (his parents tried to convince him to cut it short but he R E F U S E D), and because of that he learned to be a MASTER at braiding hair. He can do his own with minimal use of a mirror. And so omg please him being, I dunno, 9 or 10 and seeing Zoe struggling to get her hair up. So he just sits with her for well over an hour on the bedroom floor, patiently braiding her hair. When he thinks she has the hang of it maybe even letting her braid his?
AND I CANT EVEN DO MY NORMAL ADDING ANYTHING FOR THE LIGHTS because that is????!!! adorable??!! Young Connor was so big on the lights around Christmas time omg. Even when he’s older he still finds them calming, he just doesn’t admit it.
The alive AU god bless ;-; Proud Connor gives me???!! Life??!!!!? Like he tends to notice a lot of the little things along with the obvious bigger ones. He ate without being prompted, didn’t get high for a week. One day he’s sitting around laughing at something and pauses because. He’s happy???! And he knows he’s not perfect and that he’ll still have bad days but. Things are getting better, and he carries the pride with him. Bonus if he looks back at old photos sometimes and it feels bittersweet because he knows how miserable he was when the photo was taken, but also he can’t help but think about how much things have changed