brozone, creek & king trollex with a reader going through a breakdown, overthinking and panicking and how they deal with them.
note ; I somehow(?) accidentally deleted the person's ask for this. I don't remember exactly what they asked word for word. (I'm down on my knees apologizing to you rn, I'm so sorry anon 🙏) so hopefully based on my memory this is at least close to what you asked for. I also hope this headcanon is to your liking.
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John Dory
erm. well. let's just say when it comes to dealing with other people's emotions, he's not really the best guy to depend on...
BUT considering he spent years by himself (and rhonda) with no other socialization, plus leaving his brothers behind and coming back to them after awhile out of conscious but seeing them nowhere to be found, he definitely felt lonely and HAD his own breakdowns before.
so he'd understand how you're feeling, or at least try to understand.
when he first saw you breaking down, his first instinct was to ask you questions "why are you breaking down?" "did something happen?"
if he doesn't get a reply from you, he'll respect your boundaries and not ask any further questions. he'll just focus on comforting you in the present, awkwardly patting your back and giving you words of affirmation that he thinks would work. like those motivational phrases or quotes online, maybe even those ones that facebook moms use.
if you do give a reply, he'll sit down next to you and hear you out. sipping a drink and lending his ears for you to vent. he'll keep quiet (internally, he's restraining himself from outing his own opinions on whatever you vented to him about).
In summary, he's a listener. If you let him voice his own opinions, he'll tell you his thoughts and views. more often than not, if he does give advice, it's probably best you don't actually follow them. I feel like he's bad at giving advice...
at least, he's got the spirit!
Spruce/Bruce
this troll has a wife and kids. I'm sure he's knowledgeable in comforting someone when they are breaking down or overthinks a lot.
if you're overthinking, he'll support you and keep you company but he's also honest that helps you actually evaluate your overthinking thoughts and not stress too much about them.
once you come to him looking vulnerable, he'll immediately try to soothe you by rubbing your back gently. yk like those back rubs that puts babies to sleep? yeah, he'll do that.
while he rubs your back, he urges you to take a deep breath and let it all out. so you do. unknowingly you ranted and ranted, every little detail spoken word to word. he just has that affect on people.
lets you know that what you're going through is valid.
once you're all done, he'll give you advice to ease you or if you're not looking for advice, he'll just comfort you until you feel better.
Clay
he literally is in a sad book club, he'll have the knowledge about it and how to deal with it. except...he's slightly bad at executing it.
he'll snap you out of overthinking by yelling positive stuff to you, that are actually...effective???
if you rant to him, he'll listen to you attentively and pat your head afterwards. it's just something natural that he does, honestly head pats are soothing ok.
if you're okay with physical touch, he'll caress your face while giving you actually reassuring words. (LIKE. have you SEEN him literally pinching and squishing branch's face when he first met him after 20 years?!) of course, it's effective, combined with his already nice vibe (I feel like he naturally has a healing presence, he's just a sweet little boring cutie)
his method of comforting you naturally makes you feel better. he doesn't have to try hard because just watching his body language and mannerisms are dorky enough that it'll make you smile. he's unknowingly comforting in a silly dorky way. even with how badly he persists to be a very "serious" guy.
he'll definitely give you a big warm hug after everything.
Floyd
he's literally called the sensitive one. out of the brothers, he's definitely the one who understands you the most.
I don't think I even need to explain, you already know how perfect he is with dealing with stuff like that. like the time he talked to veneer about how his sister treats him and how he shouldn't let her be like that to him.
his face is full of worry if he sees you in a vulnerable state.
he literally gives the best hugs, it's canon, I know it's canon.
this emo mf knows exactly the right words to get you out of your vulnerable state for a while (bc the phrases he gives to others are probably what he wants to hear given to him).
he'll be really patient with you and help you with every step along the way even if you're having a hard time changing your bad traits.
he's also attentive at listening, he'll caress your hands with his thumb with a reassuring smile.
he'll be really sweet at tackling your situation and never makes you feel overwhelmed.
will cry with you tbh.
he's kind of helping himself when he helps you, because he's similar in a way.
Branch
branch was quite the panicker himself during the times when bergens ate trolls.
so he'd also know how to help you deal with it because he understands you.
he had to figure it out himself and was mostly alone to deal with his own vulnerability so he's happy to help you.
he'll look calm, composed and collected externally but even he, himself is slightly panicking on the inside. afraid that he'll let you down or he won't be of much help. don't worry though, he has it all put together after a bit.
If you're panicking, he'll help you focus, calm down and ease your hyperventilation.
"concentrate on your breathing, okay?"
once you've calmed down, he'll provide you with reassuring words.
he'll keep you company and stay with you until you feel composed enough to talk about it with him. he'll lend you an ear.
afterwards, he pats you on the shoulder and gives you advice that worked on him before.
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Creek
as bad as he is, he's literally the best when it comes to relaxation. he has that zen-like wisdom, so he'll calm you down and help you relax if you're panicking or overthinking too much.
just like floyd, he also knows exactly what to say to reassure or cheer someone up.
he'll give you a more positive outlook on whatever happened to you so that you don't overthink it.
tbh his voice itself is enough to calm you down.
he encourages different methods and ways(that he knows of) to you that could help.
King Trollex
this sweet goober offers you all his emotional support.
he feels upset, if you're upset. he's all frowny when he sees you vulnerable.
"can I give you a hug?" ofc he asks for consent.
will hug you tightly (he thinks hugs are a remedy for everything, besides music), quiet sobs are heard as his face is smooshed against your chest. just like bruce, he'll also rub your back soothingly while hugging you.
Intertwines both of your hands and encourages you to put your thoughts into words so that he knows what's going on that head of yours that's overthinking a lot of stuff.
keeps eye contact with you as you rant to him.
"you can get through this." he'll say with his cute smile.
the most he can provide is listening and comfort. he wishes he could help you more.
hiya!! can i req a short of king trollex getting injured while in barb's captivity? hurt or hurt/comfort, thanks for considering!
@!; Isolation for the soul (this isn't what I wanted)
Trollex / Reader
"Summary"! Have you ever had to sit in a deafening silence? The torturing type of silence. All you ever wanted was some sort of peace, a moment of silence away from the noise. You never thought your wish would be answered in the cruelest way.
"Tags"! Hurt / Comfort (a little lest comfort), y'all got the better version of the two stories in my head <3
@!; You always wanted some sort of silence, for an hour, thirty minutes, a minute, a second. It had never been quiet in Techno Reef, it had never been… quiet. And god, you had always wished for some sort of silence, but not silence like this.
Not the deafening kind of silence, not the dreary silence, not the alone, abandoned, self-hatred fill silence that creeps up on you and holds you captive. The type that taunts you, haunts you, as you can do nothing but sit and be all consumed by it, encompassed by it constantly. No remorse will find you at the deepest depths of the ocean. You were alone, utterly and wholly.
It was only meant to be a quick swim, one to get away from the noise of everyone and the noise of the rave that had been happening at the time. You had told Trollex this, having gone to his side and tapped his shoulder. Even while DJing, he had turned to you with the brightest grin. He had cupped your cheeks, he had given you such a big kiss and then a bigger hug as he softly told you to be careful; to get home soon, to not do anything too dangerous.
You know he meant it more then than when he had told you before, after all you both were splitting egg-holding duty. Trollex had one of the twin eggs in his hair, safely tucked away and hidden, and you did too. You had brushed off his warning, giving him a playful look and quipped back he should be careful with the speakers more than anything. He had laughed, gave you one last smooch before you pulled away laughing and rushed off for your swim; yelling at him goodbye, that you would see him later.
Later. How much later?
You sat at his DJ booth, sunk down on the floor as you held the only part of Trollex you still had; The egg, which was still warm yet slowly becoming cold due to the ocean. You know you should keep them in your hair, keep them warm so they will hatch yet… you were too alone, too afraid to be alone, to do that right now. Hugging the egg close, you pressed your cheek against the top as you tried to choke back your sobs.
Funny, how silence was now the last thing you wanted. Ironic that the only thing you wanted now, more than ever, was the loud blaring music of the Techno reef; to hear your lover shout to the crowd, hyping them up louder than need be.
Yet, all you sat in was a cold, silent reef; Having come back to nothing but silence, nothing but destruction, nothing but… nothing. It had been deserted, lettering spelling out ‘Rock’ etched into the side of the reefs and the coral. At first, you had thought it was a tasteless prank pulled by Trollex and the others; He had always been a prankster, had everyone pretend they forgot your birthday so he could throw you a big party and then a smaller one with just you and him and your friends at the end of the day. You had called for them, searched for everyone for hours before you realized you were alone.
That feeling hit hard. Even more so when you stood in the center of the rave spot, seeing everything desolate, destroyed, and powered off. It felt strangely empty and cold. You felt strangely empty and cold.
And you panicked, laughing a little as you called out for people. Called out for everyone, anyone, anything! You threw things around, overturned rocks, checked buildings and hiding spots and everywhere you could think, yet no matter how hard you searched you were alone. And you didn’t know why.
Why did they leave you? Did you do something? Did no one want to be around you anymore? Was the rave just a ploy to get you to swim away so everyone could pack up and leave? Leave without all their things, pack up and move to a new palace, rich. You didn’t think you had been rude to anyone or did anything to upset anyone, yet now you rethought all of that. Sitting alone, abandoned and utterly cold, you rethought everything you had done; All the words you had said, all the reactions you had given and all the ones you didn’t, all the gifts, all the yeses and nos, all of it.
All at once it made you homesick and deathly lonely.
It made you think, wonder, if you had shown even just a little more interest, if you had tried a little more, you wouldn’t be in this situation. You wouldn’t be alone, sitting by Trollex’s turntable with nothing but the silence you now wished would go away and be filled with deathly loud blaring music.
Even if it was just for a short amount of time.
@!; A week, that’s what it took for Queen Poppy to save the day with the help of her friends. For everyone to restore their sense of music without the need of strings, singing from their hearts and letting music just be. No more Rock-apocalypse. No more feuding and isolation of tribes! Everything was right together again.
“This is amazing!” Queen Poppy exclaimed, her arms extending as she watched all the trolls in the crowd interact with each other as though there were no differences; Showing each other their music, chatting and laughing, giggling too. Even the tribal leaders were interacting among the stage.
As Poppy turned towards her new found friends, the biggest grin across her face, she paused. There was a small group crowded around the Techno tribe’s leader, who had fallen down onto the stage; He was coughing harshly, tears brimming at the corner of his eyes as a hand was balled against his chest. Poppy, at first, thought it was due to his coughing fit and had rushed over while shuffling around her hair for some sort of cough drop.
“Poppy! Poppy, stop-” Yet Branch stopped her, grabbing her shoulder and pulling Poppy back as she sputtered out some sort of yell.
“Branch I have cough drops I can help-” Poppy would spew out, rushing around in her hair to find something, anything, to help her new friend. Yet, Branch only cupped her cheeks and turned her attention over to where Trollex was sitting, forcing her to take a second look. That’s when she spotted it, seeping and clumping up under Trollex’s hand was blood.
That’s when Delta’s shouting for a medic began to ring in Poppy’s ears. That’s when Baarb had stopped on stage, her breath hitched as she realized what she had done. That’s when a hush fell over the stage as looks were passed around, unsure what to do about the current situation. Half weren’t even sure how this had happened, or how it went unnoticed during the whole song and dance number performed minutes earlier!
“Medic, Y’all we need a medic!” Delta shouted as she extended one of Trollex’s fins, noting the other gash that ran down his leg. Trollex tried shaking his head, trying to say how he would be fine, yet he was only hushed when Delta had applied some disinfecting cream (which she got from Branch) around his flipper gash.
“Uh-huh,” Delta mumbled sarcastically as Poppy and Queen Essence tried to get a Techno medic to help, “Pumpkin, you’re as fine as a horse who’s broken his leg! Stop playin’ the hero, you’re hurt.”
But Trollex only shook his head again, knowing there was only so much time he had, “I have to get back home! I-” Though he was only interrupted again as he kicked his flipper towards Delta, feeling the disinfecting cream again.
“Hey, we’re all safe and here, right? There’s no rush to get back home! So just stay here and let us help you,” Branch tried to reason with Trollex, yet this wasn’t his speciality. This was something more in Poppy’s area, yet she was off trying to get a medic from the Techno tribe to help Trollex.
“He’s right, you’re going to sit your ass here and not move!-” Started Delta, her adamant tone apparent as she gestured for Branch to hold down Trollex’s fin. If Trollex was involuntarily kicking her for applying disinfecting cream to his fin, she did not want to know how hard he’ll kick once she tried to disinfect the gash on his chest.
As Delta carefully moved Trollex’s hand away from his chest, Barb (nervous and almost paralyzed with uncertainty and guilt) tried to jump in to ask how she or anyone could help; Knowing she had accidentally taken things a little too far after the whole rebellion Trollex tried to start to get back the strings—which Barb didn’t exactly appreciate at the time, even if he was the only one who actually had to courage to try and face her. She also regretted threatening the egg that Trollex had been hiding in his hair. Not like she was actually ever going to attack it, that would be going too far, yet…
Barb stopped mid-way through her apology as she saw the expressions the others were giving her. She gave a, what looked to be, sheepish smile.
“Yeah, maybe you should have cut it off before you started spewing about threatening to attack a baby troll.” Delta pointed out, flabbergasted that Barb would even act upon such a thought; even if it was an empty threat with nothing behind it.
“Yeah…” Barb agreed, rubbing the back of her neck.
Luckily, no one had to sit on this subject for long as Poppy rushed back while waving her hands and shouting that they had found a medic from the Techno tribe. The medic had paused at first, a look of terror crossing their face as they saw Trollex. That was, until they were nudged by Poppy to go help and in which they instantly got to work; Pulling out bandages made from a mixture of seaweed, seagrass, and kelp to help stop the bleeding while the salt will help disinfect the wounds.
“How’s the little one?” The medic would ask as he made quick work of tightened up the bandages around Trollex’s torso.
Carefully, not wanting to ruin the bandages, Trollex reached up into his hair and produce the warm egg; it was slightly colder than it should be, as the ocean temperatures help regulate Techno eggs as much as the parents' hair does—due to the unfuzzy nature of Techno trolls’ hair, the extra warmth from the ocean is needed to stimulate growth within the egg.
The medic passed the bandages off to Delta, who got a bit confused upon seeing the bandages but shrugged and went to work bandaging his fin, as the medic stood up. They held out their hands, a silent request to take the egg. Yet, Trollex looked weary passing the egg on. He brought it to himself slightly, a look of confliction crossing his face. And that’s when the medic grew a somber look, knowing the reason behind his hesitation.
They haven’t seen you since the attack, and Trollex was sure you had come back before it all.
“What? What’s wrong?” Poppy jumped in on a chance to try and help, noticing the frowned eyebrows and the somber looks that the two trolls shared. Yet, she received no response. Which clouded the others with nerves, unsure what to do or what to say or how to help with a situation they had no information on.
“Excuse me, Barb…” The medic would turn to Queen Barb, who stiffened a little at the sudden addressment. She looked at the two, glancing between them, as the Medic glanced down at Trollex with an unreliable expression for a moment.
Trollex would only shake his head, in which the Medic would take a step away from everyone; Creating some sort of space that seemingly was needed for this situation. Trollex was careful as he tried to push himself onto his fins, Delta and Branch helping to support him back up as Trollex held his egg. He kept his eyes down at it for a while, a silence fogged over the silent stage as chatter from other trolls in the crowd could be heard. And despite that, it seemed overly quiet.
“Barb,” Trollex started cautiously, trying to pick and choose his words. His eyes narrowed, a pained expression flashed in his eyes as he glanced up at Barb, “Did you ever harm someone from my Tribe?”
“Yeah…?” Barb started, cautiously and a little nervous at the look she was getting. “You!... by accident.”
“No, not me! I mean another Techno troll who happened to be, like, this tall and also had an egg with them that looks like mine?” Trollex hugged the egg tighter in effect to try and show he was crossing his arms in some sort of way.
Yet the worry that crossed his face was more than enough to show he wasn’t playing, if anyone had even thought that in the first place. And the panicked look that crossed with realization that flashed across Trollex’s face the second that Barb had said “no” freaked the others out more. Yet, in Trollex’s mind, all he could think about was you.
You; Who could possibly be all alone at this moment. You; Who was most likely left in the desolate and destroyed Techno reef. You; Who didn’t handle abandonment well. You; You consumed his thoughts as worry began to boil over him, flooding every single vein on his body as horrible images flashed through his head on what you could be facing right at this moment. None of them he liked.
All of them lead to one conclusion; He had to get back to you right now.
@!; A week of isolation was not the best for a Troll; Nevertheless a week of isolation with self deprecating thoughts without something to stop them while having to take care of an egg was absolute torture. At times you wanted to smash the egg, hatred boiling over your body at the isolation, at the fact that you had been left, at yourself; Yet you had always managed to catch yourself before you did so and you always felt so much shame for acting in such a way.
How could you try and kill your own child, who had done nothing wrong? How could you even think about taking their life before they had even been able to experience the world? How could you be such a monster?
You sometimes grew so disgusted with yourself that you couldn’t touch your egg for hours; Simply taking to stare at it after having wrapped it in a kelp blanket as you replayed the terrifying scene in your mind. So many times you had been close to snapping, so many times you had almost smashed the egg or decided to leave it alone and pray it got eaten. So many times you thought about leaving it entirely and going on your own way, to leave this all behind instead of sticking around with some sort of sickening hope that someone, anyone, would come back and help.
Something kept you here though, caged you in your own torture. Trapped you in isolation with a choking self hatred that you couldn’t shake no matter how much you tried. You weren’t sure how long ago you had the color sucked out of you, you hadn’t been counting how long everyone had been gone. You hadn’t slept well since that day, so you couldn’t even attempt to judge the days.
You hadn’t even realized when Trollex had returned, even despite the group of people he had following him (due to his injuries). The ringing in your ears blocked out the shouting, the fuzz in your brain made it hard to think of anything anymore.
“Starfish?” Trollex shouted, panicking as he zipped around Techno reef. He turned over every building, trying to find any place you could be isolating yourself at.
“Dude, hey!” Synth tried to follow Trollex, “You’re injured, slow down!” He shouted, glancing back at other leaders who had decided to follow. He just had to make sure they were good in the air bubbles they had blown for them before he zipped off towards Trollex, just to make sure he didn’t make his injuries worse.
Yet, Trollex couldn’t care less about everyone else. He needed to find you, scratch that he was going to find you before anymore time could pass. “Starfish? Love?”
And that’s when he found you at his DJ station, back resting against his turntables as you stared at the kelp-wrapped egg in front of you. Something in Trollex made him stop, despite the feeling that made him want to lunge at you and tackle you in a hug. He knew you were bad alone, even more so horrible with overthinking, and he had expected you to be in a bad shape when he found you yet… not this. Not gray.
He had promised you wouldn’t hurt when you started dating and he had failed.
Trollex was more careful to approach you this time around, slowly swimming around his turntables to sit down next to you. He wanted to do nothing more than to hug you, to reassure that he was back and he didn’t mean to leave you. That all those nasty thoughts in your head were nothing but lies, yet he wasn’t even sure where to start; You were so out of it that you hadn’t even acknowledged him yet.
In the background, Synth had finally caught up with Trollex enough to see what was happening. He had paused himself seeing the scene, even backing up a little to give you both some sort of privacy; stopping the other tribe leaders as well. They couldn’t see much from where they floated, yet they could make out Trollex carefully taking the second egg into his hands and storing it in his hair along with the first, before turning to you—all gray and desolate.
The silence was deafening, it was so deafening all you wanted to do was to cover your ears and forget sound existed at all. Yet, as you tried to cover your ears your hands were caught by Trollex’s; His familiar hands, the way your hands fit into his, and the warmth. It made you crumble, despite everything that circled in your mind like a tornado and you were pulled into a hug instantly.
A warm hug, a familiar one. Most importantly one that could cloud all the silence with a simple ‘thump’, ‘thump’, ‘thump’.
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*Summery; you woke up in a middle of nowhere, trying to find your way back with no memory, you stumble into a certain Techno troll from pure luck.
*TWs; mention of blood and wounds
*A/N: I don’t know what I write here lol
You continue to sit on the sand not minding it sticking to your hands and feet or clothes. You just wanted some peaceful time, watching the sun slowly set behind the ocean. Leaving behind beautifully toned reds and oranges as the sky darkened in a shade that so calming. Its light sparkles the sea.
You weren't quite sure... Actually, you're not quite sure about anything at all.
This wasn’t a dream. No, you felt pain when you ran here and trip over the root of a tree and fall flat on your face.
Just a few hours ago… You suddenly woke up in this… world. You don’t know. You can’t quite tell for sure but feel like… all of this wasn’t normal. Your body looks the same but definitely has noticeable changes in it.
Is someone playing games with you? This can’t be actually real. But it feels too real to be fake. Who would play any kind of games like this anyway?
You look down to the gently moving calm ocean to see 'your' wavering reflection. You had longer, pointy ears. You had a weird nose. Your hair is much longer and puffy. Your arms and legs are much shorter. Everything about you is made up of shades of gray. What you wear and your body, hair, eyes, everything! A frown visible on your features. As the reflection continues looking at you like that you clenched your hold over your legs, the reflection doing the same. It is really you.
Maybe... you should have fun with this as long as it lasts before… before something happens? You can investigate, try to find out what happened to you. After all you can’t just sit around and hope your situation to magically get better. There is nothing else you can do. You are quite hungry, you notice after the adrenaline in your veins calmed down leaving it to exhaustion.
You try to stop thinking about what happened to you, your past and your family. Your head hurts like hell. Buzzing and aching like crazy.
You groaned and dropped down on your back, laying on the cold sand, shivering a bit. Whenever you try to figure out what's going on or remember things your head starts to pound, hurting.
You try to blank your mind and focus only on the present time. Right now... what is important is right now. What am I gonna do now? Maybe I can call for help? But how? What about those creatures? Maybe they can help you... But how are they going to be able to help if you even don't know what's going on? Or how you end up here? Maybe they might have a portal to send you back? You never knew until you ask. Your stomach loudly growled at you.
You groaned with the new headache coming to your head. You try to rub your temples trying to shoot the pain away.
You open your eyes seeing the moon illuminating around your surroundings. Were you really thinking this long? You heard your stomach growling once again. You were running all day along without eating anything or taking a break from fear that they would find you. You sighed loudly. As the adrenaline has passed away leaving you with hunger, thirst and the painful aching, throbbing on your body. You have a lot of scratch marks around your body for running around the bushes and branches.
You continue to lay there motionless, tired and starveling. Are you gonna die here? With no one knowing? Without anyone realizing you pass away.
Maybe you would be more lucky and have more energy and a healthy head to process what’s going on. You can worry about finding a way back later. You need food. Maybe you can find something good to eat.
You shudder when a breeze passes by you. It was getting really cold. And now you start to worry about hyperthermia too. Okay maybe you're just freaking out and making up nonsense but you are worried and no one can change or understand this!
Now recalling back your encounter with the creatures they seem to fearly worry about your wellbeing. Was it because of their generosity or pity? Maybe you should really go back to them. For some food and shelter… and some good night sleep.
Before much more thinking your stomach growled louder making you flinch in pain. You hold onto your clothes. It settled then, you are really willingly going back to them. You can’t believe this either. But you have no choice. You want to survive. If those creatures come out to be actually monsters you rather die trying your chances instead of sitting around waiting.
You shakily got up into a sitting position and with the help of the big rock nearby, you were able to get up on your bare feet. You yelped as your hand slipped and you falled on your side. You held into your stinging hand, hissing. In your palm there was a deep cut, blood slowly leaking out. You groaned and hoped it won't get you infected.
Your eyes caught a sight of something under the water. You squint your eyes and looked towards the shining weird things floating. Why didn't you notice this before? Maybe it just appeared now? Is that even possible? Maybe it’s just how this world works. Like algae glowing at night. Was it moving? Nah, it's just a water illusion to you. If there is even something like that to exist to begin with...
You didn't want another headache coming so you shrugged it off and started walking towards the forest. Deciding on leaving. You slow down and halt in front of the trees where the sand mixed with grass. You thought for a few seconds. The dark forest looming over you with its giant trees. You swallowed. A realization hits you. You don't remember the way back. Well, what a nice day you were having. Or a night in that matter.
You groaned and dropped down on your knees, wiping away some sand out of your face along with your cold sweat. A choked sob of fright escaping you. What are you gonna do now? You don't want to try your chances out with the forest and get lost more in the process. You sniffed and clenched your eyes.
You heard a splash, causing you to jump in fright. You were getting paranoid. It sounded so faint you thought you were hallucinating. You slowly got up and glanced around carefully in alarm but nothing was in sight and the ocean continued to stand still as a paper. Yikes, great now you are hearing things too. You simply walk back near your previous spot and sit down, giving up. Still clenching your bloody hand.
You whimpered when your injured hand made contact with the sand. You grimiced your face. With teary eyes you crawl towards the salty water and gently wipe the sand with it. You try to hold back your hisses. It hurted like hell. Salt gives you a hard time while cleaning your wound. At least it will be clean now, right? You don't need to worry about it getting infected... Now if you just can find something to wrap it around your palm...
Your eyes glanced towards the glowing algaes... causing your eyes to widen in confusion and a bit of panic, they were completely gone leaving their place to darkness. You swallowed down nervously. Your breath quickened. You felt a cold sweat run down your neck. Your stomach tightens with fear. A nagging pain bothering your head. Your mouth is really dry. Would algae moves under water?
You didn't know why all of a sudden you get on edge like this. You suddenly felt like you were in a horror movie, being watched, to be preyed upon. Your limbs are burning with a frightening feeling. All your worries suddenly erased from your mind and replaced with fear and determined to find the source that gives you odd vibes. Looking around in every corner possible. Your eyes mostly scanned the ocean and behind you, the dark forest. You didn't want to believe a monster would jump into you.
You freezed when your panicked mind finally noticed the glowing near the rock that once used to help you get up. Suddenly your fight or flight instincts kicked in and without much thinking you shrieked, crawling back and threw everything your hands could grasp. A rock.
It yelped and dodged before the rock could crash into its face. What?! Or who is that?!
You thought you're going to have a heart attack or faint but the only thing you are able to do is stare in shock and halt motionless. You couldn't move or look away.
The both of you stare at each other without a word, after he makes sure you are not going to throw anything again it slowly shows itself to you. Raising its hands as if it's trying to ease you up. Trying to tell you it's not a treat. Its face is as soft as its intentions as it seems. He looked masculine and much bigger and taller than you. That didn’t help you with your situation on the ground, he looked even more traitaining like that above you. Is he floating? He is not touching the sand. Having an anatomy of an aquatic body... with bio-luminescent neon colors, having fins instead of legs and gill-like ears. Your mouth agape you continue staring at him. Your eyes mostly stood on his... pixelated 'heart'? You weren't so sure if it's really his real heart or not but it was beating so rhythmically and in sync it held you in some kind of trance. His body illuminating around your surroundings like a firefly, it somehow made you feel warm inside as if it was a campfire.
You can't help but gaze at his body in awe, you can't lie he is...spectacular.
He seemed to relax seeing you calmed down, lowering his hands, slowly sitting on the sand in front of you, tilting his head. His eyes also curiously observe your body, it’s only paining over time, probably because of your state. You felt exposed under his gaze, you felt your relaxed body become stiff once again, you felt small. You hissed as you pressed your injured hand even harder under your body’s pressure on the ground, flinching. He only frowned and reached out towards you only to pause seeing you move away. He muttered something under his breath, glancing at the ocean.
You blinked twice, confuse. Your eyes landed on his face, he smiled warmly, his green eyes gently gaze into yours. You swallowed and glance down, trying to relax yourself. He isn’t going to harm you. Feeling his warm hand softly caressed your cheek where another deep cut mark stood, cleaning the blood stain, you hissed when his thumb softly made contact with it.
He quickly muttered, “Sorry…”
You freezed with his voice, now hearing it clearly, his voice was so soft and gentle, like an angel. You slowly open your eyes when you don't feel his warm touch anymore, leaving behind an emptiness. You hate to admit it but you liked the touch. It gave you a weird kind of assurance like a shelter. You glance up at his emerald green eyes. His face shows worry and distress towards your state. Gosh, were you looking that miserable?
He didn't question you nor say anything. You were glad though, you wanted to keep continuing the silence. It’s been a really long day and well… you missed the warmth of physical contact and sincere attention. It was oddly peaceful if you don't count your injuries. You hesitate, you couldn’t look him in the eyes and reach with your good hand, but you reach out and gently grab his hand with your other one. He seemed surprised but didn’t protest, leaving his hand to you. You hesitate and stop, suddenly aware of what you are doing. But he was so warm and you were so cold… You let his hand go ashamed. You didn’t see what his reaction was but hoped he didn’t feel weirded out… Why do you even thinking what he is feeling towards you anyway?
You flinched when you heard a splash sound again. When you looked up he wasn’t there. Of course… You looked down towards the faint glowing in the distance under the water. He just left you. You knew it. He was disturbed. Anyway, you don’t need him. Trusting him was your fault. No need to raise your hopes up.
But… why do you feel sad all of a sudden? Maybe you really needed some company even though you didn’t even mutter a few words… That somehow felt natural… comfortable, as if you knew him for a long time. The silence somehow meant more then any words could do. That’s absurd because you just figure out someone like him even existed. You never noticed how much you needed it until he came. And now he left. What did you expect anyway?
Your stomach growled and you whined in pain. Just kill me already, I don't want to be miserable or think or feel anymore…
You were startled when you saw him in front of you again. You yelped and fell back. He was stunned not expecting that, didn’t mean to scare you like that, but after that he started to chuckle and laugh at your startled face, he wasn’t expecting you to stare at him like that, his laugh was so gentle and soft. There was nothing mocking about it, just pure, child-like. But you didn't care. It suited his cute face. Your lips curved into a soft smile. Easing all your leftover worries and fears.
After he calmed down he smiled warmly at you and reached his hand towards you to help you up. You glance down at his hand and held into him with your uninjured one. His hand and body a bit wet from his previous swim he had. He quickly get you up on your feet. You stumbled with the force, bumping into him by accident, he was able to easily lift you up with one move. Wow, He is strong. He help you to steady yourself. He was standing on his fins now, even then he was taller then you. You sighed, warm, wet but warm. You continue to press your face into his warmth. His arms wrapped around you, shielding you from the cold as best as he could. You wrapped your arms around his form. Now understanding how cold you were in his secure hold. Your ear was pressed on his beating heart. You felt peaceful as you listened to his heartbeat. You felt like a child sleeping in a mother's warm, safe arms. Your eyelids drowsily dropped a bit. You were so tired, cold and hungry and a bit thirsty too. You felt his fins wrapped around you like a blanket, your arms were getting really heavy to continue wrapping around his torso. Instead of letting you go he tightened his hold, as if shooting you to go to sleep.
You were at the point of falling asleep while standing. You clenched your tired eyes and snuggled your face on his chest a bit more. You were still shaking but not as much. You wrapped your loose arms around him again. Quickly flinching and hissing with your hand hurting once again. Noticing this he frowned and gently held you back, you shivered with the lost warmth quickly wrapping your arms around yourself. Is the night getting colder or is it just you?
You sit on top of the rock like he pointed out and watch a bit confused and drowsy.
He picked up a weird blue colored moss and gently pressed against your cheek and palm. You grimaced in pain with the contact. Even though he tried to be gentle and soft (you appreciate it), it still hurted.
"Sorry..." he muttered once again with that shooting voice. Your eyes met with his emerald green ones when he spoke. You try to smile at him. As if saying, it's fine and thanks for your help. He smiled back softly.
He gently held your hand and slowly wrapped the blue seaweed around your hand. You couldn’t help but watch him wrap your hand. His eyes landed on yours and smiled. You couldn’t help but look down smiling to yourself. After treating your mostly all deep wounds and wrapping them, he leaves you alone with your thoughts again. And now you notice how you didn't want to be left alone with them. You didn't want to think. You want something to distract yourself...
You lay down on the sand again looking towards the dark sky with tired eyes.
After hearing your stomach for the fifth time you sighed and closed your eyes, moving to your side. You didn't open your eyes after hearing a splash again. Now aware, it was him again. That somehow sends goosebumps all over you.
You continue to lay motionless for the last few minutes until you felt a poke on your cheek, a few water droplets on your face causing you to move away with a huff.
"I…” When you hear him mumble you blink your eyes open. “I thought you might be hungry. So… I caught a fish—" you stared at him, that was the first time he actually formed a sentence instead of apologizing. Well, you didn’t say anything either… His voice was really calm and gentle like the ocean.
You can't help but stare at his hands when you see the big fish. It’s really big! How did he catch it so quickly?! He tilted his head in a cute way and smiled to see you interested.
He chuckled at your watering mouth. You nodded quickly, making grabby hands like a little kid but paused. You can't eat it without it's cooked. You frowned, does he even know about that? Or how to cook? Or even start a campfire? You look around for something to cook the fish.
He seems to get what you were trying to do and smiles, "Oh, sorry, wait a sec." He smiled apologetically and walked towards the forest… walk? Sorry, you meant float.
After successfully making a fire and choking the fish (and eating), the both of you sit next to each other facing the ocean. You finally warmed a bit up after nearly burning yourself next to the fire. The fire looks like magic combined with colors calling out to you. He seemed a bit worried about your lack of self ignorance. But it was more because of your lack of of knowledge.
You give him a side glance, he looks relaxed like that with a smile on his lips. He flicked his tail as water brushes on it, causing him to sigh in relief.
You glance at the fire behind then to him again. “How… do you know how to light a fire? I mean… I suppose it won’t be something that even exists underwater… right?” You muttered unsure… you guys come here till this moment without talking much, is it really necessary now? Well… you were starting to get more curious about him as the moments pass. “Sorry I couldn’t express myself clearly… It was a stupid qu—”
“No, I get it.” He grinned happily, somehow his colors shining even more lively, was he just happy to answer a question from you?
“I learned after a bit of traveling around the surface. It was something hard to get done by yourself.”
“You are traveling on the surface?” You blinked. You didn’t even know if you should be surprise or not. But guessing he lives underwater…
He hummed, “You can say I am a bit curious, too much for my own good.” He chuckled to himself, “At night, when I’m done with my job back in my tribe, I come to surface and wander around a bit. It become a habit I guess. After getting out the first time, I just couldn’t help myself.” He sighed, “As a child I always wondered what the surface might be like. The stars… They are amazing.” He smiled, gazing over the night sky. “But I’ve never gone so deep into the forest before… at least intentionally. I couldn’t do that… Actually it was a complete coincidence that I started this. At first it was against my will… Ahh, It’s a long story... But I am glad I came here. You give me quite a scare too.” He grinned at you. “Never thought I would see another troll in this hours at the shore”
You stared at him, so that was what he was, you decided to play along, “Yeah, me neither.”
“Which genre… if I may ask?”
You paused. He seemed hesitant a bit.
Your lips parted but nothing came out. What are you gonna say?
“Can… I learn yours first?” Good save… maybe you can make something up like this.
He paused with the question, not expecting it. He seemed to be proud when he let the answer out for you, “Thecno. I am a Techno troll. I thought it might be obvious with my fins.” He lifted them up to make his point. “But I understand not everyone knows the existence of different kinds of tribes. So, what’s yours? I don’t think I recognize you from any genre I know of.”
You sweated a bit, “How many you know…?”
He doesn’t seem to be suspicious by your answer, “A bunch… so?” He was still waiting for your answer of course.
You pressed your lips, “I… don’t know” You finally admitted it. He looked confused.
“What do you mean by that?”
“I woke up in the forest today… no memories what’s so over. No familiarity. Nothing. I have no idea about anything around me at all.”
He frowned at that. “Maybe that’s also the cause of your… less colorful state?” He tried to make it sound as gentle as he can, not wanting to offend you in any way.
You stared at him, “What do you mean? I thought this is… how I look all the time.”
He blinked then glanced away chuckling slightly, “Ah, yes of course….” He is definitely not gonna correct that, fearing to freak you even more then you were before. He quickly changed the topic, “So you lost your memories.”
You hummed, agreeing. “My mind is completely blank. I have no idea what happend before I faint.” You two sit in silence after that. You continued hugging your legs and playing with the sand as he seemed to be lost in his own mind.
You start to feel really sleepy, your stomach is full and you are warm with a nice company. But you couldn't help the questions. Should you question his weird sudden appearance or should you only be thankful that he showed up on time and knew what to do, helping you out like a kind person? Meh, you were too tired to question him right now. Even though it is undecided that you will see him again, you decided on he is actually a nice guy and not a bad person, you push your worries and curiosity away for now. What you gonna do next you can decide at that moment. Even if you ask something your fuzzy mind wouldn't be able to grasp anything anymore.
He looked like he still had some energy in him, but the both of you mingle next to the fire's warmth. You rubbed your arms a bit with the soft night breeze. Even with the fire it made you shiver. You slowly turned towards the fire and crawled a bit towards it. Not too close, learning your lesson with the last time you mangle with it, him freaking out over it. It was actually cute when he was panicking like that, he looked really concern. And knowing a stranger really cares about you made you feel warm inside. Happy to know you can actually trust someone. A thought hit you. You two never shared names.
You rubbed your eyes, glancing towards the techno troll, "I… never get your name?" You whispered towards him. You wanted to know his name before he might leave for good.
His gills twitched but that was the only response you got from him. He seemed to be still lost in his own world.
“I… don’t remember mine… sorry in advance.” You stared at his dark blue back, it reminded you of the ocean behind you, calm and collective, full of wonder, the color literally matching. The moon shines over the ocean making it sparkle in its glory. His eyes fixed at the same place it seems. Watching the waves slowly and gently hit the shore as his fin welcomed the cold water happily.
You looked down nodding. It's fine if he is not comfortable sharing his name. If he doesn't want to then it's alright. Just because he helped you didn't mean he was going to share his personal info with you.
"My name?" He finally whispered back. You looked over at him with sleepy eyes and nodded.
He paused and glanced at you, "Trollex."
"Trollex...?" You rolled it into your mouth. Did you even heard him right? It flow out from your tongue smoothly. But it only comes out from your mouth like you're slurring. Have you heard this name before?
Trollex was nearly going to brust into laugh with this. If he didn't know better he would never know you were trying to say his name, it's just gibberish. You are really tired and couldn't open your eyes for long anymore.
He chuckled, "Maybe you should rest a little bit. You look like you were hit by a whale."
You lean on your uninjured elbow and frown, "What's that?"
He raised a brow but his face quickly softened up remembering your state, as he sighed lying on the sand with a smile, he observed the shiney stars dancing above. “They are really beautiful and big. They don't get near my home much but you can find lots of them there. Don’t be fooled by their size, they are not dangerous at all. They are actually really cute. And they sound so amazing. They make their own music while just talking!”
You hummed, "That sounds… nice." You yawned. He glance at you, noticing how you were nearly pressing yourself to the fire for warmth like you did to him. He frowned. He quickly got up and floated towards the forest.
Your eyes closing and your head falling out of your palm constantly going into the dream land and quickly pulling away. You flinched with a weight on your back. Trollex smiled from behind you as he wrapped with it, as if tucking you in a blanket. “Here, this will help you to stay warm.”
He was about to lay back in his spot only to stop. He looked down towards his hand, where you held his, he gently squeezed your cold hand in his. He looked at you, his eyes finding your soft gaze, silently trying to tell him something. Without any word you tugged him causing him to grunt in surprise, he obeyed and crawl closer. You opened the soft material creating a way in for him. His eyes widen, understanding what you mean. Not wanting to make you wait and possibly make you shiver in the cold he sat next to you, pressing his side to yours as he grabbed the other end and wrapped both of you. You snuggled closer to his warmth once again, he couldn’t help but smile at how you find his beating heart once again and listened to its shooting music.
You mutttered, eyes close, causing him to look down at you with your sudden question, "So, you are really a fish...”
He suddenly snorted, blurting out, "W-What?!"
He look down at you amused, "I just told you that I am a troll. Just like you... just a different species. That's all."
"Yeah, you are a fish troll..." you teased a bit with a soft smile.
He grinned, "Okay, maybe I am a fish out of water."
You snorted at that and your eyes landed on his eyes looking down at you as if you were the most interesting person in the world with the biggest smile you ever saw on him. Your eyes soon landed his serenely beating heart next to your head.
You couldn't help but staring, you couldn’t help but raised your other hand and poke it. He flinched instantly not expecting that sudden move, he gently held your hand, "Please, give a warning next time—" he breathed out. His colors lighting up a bit.
You bit your lip, worried because of his reaction. "Please don't tell me it's really your real heart."
He smiled, "It’s not. It's kind of a representation of my real one. It's beat with the same rhythm. And it’s strong but also sensitive, so…" You made an ‘o’ face after his explanation. Somehow learning more and more about him makes you feel happy inside. He winked at you, leaving your hands as you led them down into the warmth.
“You should sleep.” He muttered with a smile. “I promise, I’ll be there when you wake up…”
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Party squad but jealous headcannon (not of each other) love your work 🫶🏽
look i KNOW it was most definitely a typo but "Party Squad" got me giggling and stuff ngl--
♥️🖤💙 Partner Squad Being Jealous Headcanons ♥️🖤💙
❤️ Barb ❤️
How easy is to make her jealous: 8/10
When she gets jealous she tries to not let it show, but, let's be honest here, she's terrible at it and it's very, very obvious. She's this 👌 close from outright snarling at whoever got her jealousy senses going. It not common for her to get jealous but it can sometimes happen and she's too stubborn to admit she's feeling that way, so you have to really talk her through it if you want her to feel more at ease.
Best way to reassure her: Quality time! It's as simple as that. Especially if it's with a lot of nose nuzzles and tiny kisses, those are her weakness and will help her forget about whoever set her off.
🩷 Poppy 🩷
How easy is to make her jealous: 3/10
She knows better than to be jealous (she's one of the hardest to get jealous out of the whole Squad actually), but sometimes she can't help it. There are moments when she sees other trolls outside of the polycule being a bit too friendly with you for her taste and she gets kinda restless about it. She won't be outspoken about it but it's very obvious when she's upset about something because her smile looks way more forced and she laughs a lot to cover up how tense she feels.
Best way to reassure her: Just. Talk her through it, really. Remove yourself and her from the vicinity of the troll that got her feeling jelly and give her some smooches, tell her how much you love and appreciate her and it'll be like night and day in no time at all.
🩵 Branch 🩵
How easy is to make him jealous: 9/10
It is very known already he gets increasingly grouchier whenever he gets jealous, which is not that often but his Jelly-Meter™️ can very easily be triggered. He will pout, he will sulk and he will make a lot of passive aggressive comments about the troll that was getting too comfy with you in his personal opinion. But even if he can be very easily set off in this aspect, he's never been wrong about his assumptions before, and he knows when someone outside the polycule is flirting with you and when the conversation is entirely friendly and harmless.
Best way to reassure him: Distract him first to help him cool off and then let him vent about it, because trust me, he'll have a whole monologue to destress about the situation. Also, validate him so he doesn't feel like he's overreacting, because he will kinda feel bad about it if you don't.
💙 Trollex 💙
How easy is to make him jealous: 5/10
Trollex can be a bit oblivious at times when it comes to this kind of stuff. He's blissfully aloof because more often than not his focus is on you and you only. But, once he catches someone getting a bit too close to you, or making a few out-of-pocket comments about your appearance or personality, that's when he snaps out of Heart Eye Land, that's his "hol' up" moment. He gets pouty, grumbles a lot and he'll be wearing this half pout half scowl look when he talks to the troll that made him jelly. It's comically obvious he's upset.
Best way to reassure him: Stepping away from the situation and talking about it it's the best route to take with this fella, but it'll help his peace of mind a million times over if you blow off whoever was flirting with you yourself. He'll also get super giddy if you add any remarks towards your happy position inside the polycule, so please do add those remarks, please.
💚 Tresillo 💚
How easy is to make him jealous: 7.5/10
Tresillo’s a cool guy, he usually very chill about other trolls interacting with you, not even blinking an eye when someone else hugs you or hangs out around you frequently. But things change once he knows that someone has ulterior motives and it's clearly flirting. He'll get vocal about it right there and then, fuming at the lack of shame the other troll has for daring to act like that right in front of him. To keep things from escalating further than this, you'll have to drag him away while he grumbles and curses in Spanish under his breath.
Best way to reassure him: Once the situation is over, he'll need a lot of hugs and cuddles to help him cool off and go back to his calm persona. He'll be sorta pissy about the whole thing for a few hours but that'll pass eventually, just keep those cuddles coming and he'll be fine.
🧡 Hickory 🧡
How easy is to make him jealous: 2/10
Hickory almost never ever gets jealous. Not even when someone comes up to you to flirt or whatever, because on top of being a calm soul, he's cocky as hell. He knows very dang well you won't give pay the time of day to any attempt at seduction from some rando troll outside the polycule, so he just watches with a knowing smirk, snickering to himself and lets you deal with the situation if you're up for it. He'll only intervene if you too fed up and then he'll simply wrap and arm around your waist and pull you away to go somewhere else. Easy peasy.
Best way to reassure him: In the very, very, very rare case that he does get jealous of someone else, he won't actually need you to do anything at all. He'll keep his frustrations to himself and he'll deal with them on his own and it'll be as if he wasn't bothered at all cuz he's got an image to uphold, okay?
