Can you do Gabriel and Gideon headcanons? Please 🥺
my favorite siblingssssss 😭😭
(p.s. idk what this turned into but it's less of a headcanon and more of a drabble so if you want something that falls more into the headcanon category just drop another ask sorry <333)
gabriel spent his entire childhood looking up to his brother and gideon spent it trying to do the best for his brother
gabriel and gideon were never close to their sister who spent all her time with their dad who didn't care about her
they spent their time together and with their mother
they were there for each other the first time their dad took the punishment for failing too far
they were there for each other when their mom died and their dad started going crazy
they were there for each other the first time they came back from a patrol bloodied
gabriel was there for gideon the first time their sister told him he was evil and should die for not following their father
gideon was there for Gabriel the first time their dad threw a drunk and angry punch
they had always been there for each other
gideon and gabriel fought the night before gideon left for his travel year
gabriel broke his first promise to his brother that day when he didn't meet him to send him off
gideon broke his first promise when he didn't come back after the first year
gabriel started listening more to their father and grew more and more blinded by the abuse and manipulation the longer gideon stayed away
eventually gideon came back and he expected his brother to be excited to see him
hoped the fight was forgotten
hoped everything was forgiven
gabriel left for three days when gideon came back, not bothering to say anything to his brother
the harder gideon tried to reach his brother the more gabriel pushed back and the more gideon regretted his decision to leave
it was only when their father beat gabriel up so badly that he could fix himself did gabriel talk to gideon
gideon cried that night and it took a long talk and two more days before gideon made gabriel realized he wasn't fighting back anymore
that day gideon took him away and they spent the day in the park and the night on patrol
nothing was truly solved until they were able to leave and stay with charlotte
they never got back to how they used to be but they steadily got back into the habit of looking out for each other
gabriel was there to tease and listen to gideon when the whole scone accident happened
gideon was there when gabriel fumbled over his words for the first time in front of a girl (and will herondale's sister of all people)
gabriel was there when gideon had nightmares about leaving and their dad
gideon was there when gabriel started screaming in the middle of the night because he had killed their father
he hadn't been asleep then
they steadily got back to who they were and they made sure their family was close and they were always there to reassure each other that they were doing well as fathers
they were always there to talk when they needed to and to sit in silence when they didn't
they were always the first to stand up for each other (or their wives (gabriel is super protective of sophie and gideon's the same way with cecily))
all in all they were always there for each other
and neither would have it any other way
(but don't let the other know)