Valentine’s day Asks (Always accepting!!)
A : AFFECTION. how does your muse show affection?
Ironically, Rosie does live up to that double standard of being a cat.
Selective, loving and deeply physical while at other times being distant and exploring at her own pace. With a lifetime of conditioned trauma and the expectation that every person's intention and touch is with harmful intent, she has a tendency to tread cautiously and play her cards on a purely as-need basis. Rosies private and creates a specific character for every person she meets for the sake of achieving a larger goal
Up until her heart gets roped into it.
Then the gloves are off and rationality goes out the door.
As her ultimate Achilles, her carefully guarded heart finally setting itself on a person as sanctuary breaks her every failsafe because it draws her out of her natural character. Shes forced to fumble around, to be herself, despite her rational brain insisting to keep it all a secret. Once Rosie has her heart set on you, she blossoms into someone entirely new.
Her love is raw, and she opens herself entirely. Like the cat she is, she becomes incredibly physical and insistent about expressing her interest and affection. She wants to be close to her partner, always a breath away -- leaning on them, brushing her hands along their body in some ways, staring longer than she should with a rare spark of life in her tired eyes. What she can't express in words, she expresses in action and physicality. A sudden surge in hunger to please her partner in any way she can for the sheer satisfaction of knowing that she is the one with the power to make them melt.
Aside from the physical expression of her affection, what people don't know is Rosie is also incredibly wealthy, and actually utilizes that wealth far more when she has a partner to dote on. Not for pointless gifts, but what she thinks are necessities that her lover deserves. She will go out her way to buy groceries, cook meals, buy you clothes when she sees you've wanted that specific outfit or maybe the current coat/shoes you have are run out. Shes a penny pincher and careful investor, having grown up poor til she moved with her dad at 9, shes learned the tricks of the trade and has had that careful management instilled in her since her childhood. Its only when she finds a worthy cause does she got about to use it.
Rosies love language is about physical presence and gift giving on her side of things. She feels the need to lavish her partner with her rare love and gifts, in hopes that it'll keep their interest. That they won't be turned away by the ugly truth and trauma underneath the public mask. All she wants is their love in return, to be wanted. She'll do anything if only they'll want her back.
Just touch her gently and say you love her, then the Unbreakable Sphinx becomes far more fragile.
B : BOUQUET. does your muse like flowers? which ones are their favorite?
Living up to her namesake, Rosie's favorite flowers most definitely have to be red roses and baby's breath. The warm color of love and blood, as cliché as it is, its the symbolism of love that really makes her love the flowers. They brighten the room and the way they blossom with so many layers feels like seeing the potential she herself has , if only she has the right conditions to bloom. She adores the smell of the baby's breath especially.
A subconscious love for the flowers stems from a muddled memory from her days as a celestial Moon, where she was first given a name by a vampire in the golden age of Rome. Compared her charm to the roses in the garden , and established for the first time that she was more than just a nameless Little Moon. But a being with an identity.
C : CHOCOLATE. does your muse like chocolate? which one is their favourite?
Rosie is a sucker with a sweet tooth, and chocolate is her ultimate weakness. While the craving for chocolate is not always there (besides her daily cup of chocolate milk in the morning, because she can't stand the bitter taste of coffee), she certainly can't help herself once she gets a whiff. Rosie prefers milk chocolate, but hazelnut chocolate is her absolute favorite. Gotta hide in the bathroom eating her chocolate so the kids don't ask for it like all good parents do
