Ooo, 💘 for Red? :)
💘 What are the ways my muse says ‘I love you’ without actually saying it?
In reference to THIS post.
UF Sans - Red 💘 So, for Red words of love and affection are difficult. Yes, he's a flirt by nature and often expresses his affections with dirty pick up lines and off handed sexual innuendos, but when he has someone he really and truly cares about? Its more about the things he does rather says. Actions speak louder than words with Red, it comes from his deep seeded trust issues and general skepticism that followed him back from his underground. The change is slight at first, his pick up lines change direction, subtle in the beginning - instead of focusing on complimenting your ass or tits he'll start mentioning your other more subtle qualities. He'll start complimenting your hair, or the way your laugh sounds, or the way you look so "hot" whenever you ball up and twitch in your sleep. Little things that most people wouldn't notice, things that catch his attention and makes him think about you more and more each passing day. The other thing that will change whenever he actually falls in love is that he'll start paying a lot more attention. He'll pick a stray piece of lint off of your clothes, brushing it off as if its bothering him. He'll get you your favorite foods and snacks - always keeping them stocked in the pantry because "i jus like em...". He'll lend you his jacket whenever your night out grows particularly cold, all the while grumbling about how "ya need'ta pay more attention to the weather..." shaking his head and pretending to be somehow inconvenienced - even though you knew he wasn't. Red wouldn't offer such care for casual flings or people he just cared enough to mess around, he's usually around them for only one thing and one thing only - but with a person he's grown to love? It just changes, switched direction really. All of a sudden he cares, he cares about your favorite colors, cares about your work drama, cares about that stupid task that you've spent entirely too much time procrastinating on.
He pays attention, always keeps you on the side of the road that's furthest from the cars, keeps you on the side of the bed that's away from the door, keeps you from banging your head on the side of the table when you're leaning down to pick something up. Its the small things, the small things which used to be nonexistent before, but now that he's found you and has grown to care for you - he wants to do his best to care, to pay attention, to change for you. So yeah, its the actions, he might not ever utter the words - maybe only years into the relationship or whenever he's drunk off arousal for you but his love for you is easy to find slipping between the cracks of his stoic and mean persona. Its in his eyes really, those red eyes that always try to do their best to pay attention, the eyes that hold the world for you, soft and gentle in the many nights he spends admiring you whilst you're dead asleep, soft fingertips trailing over your skin lovingly, his soul thrumming in his chest at the sight of you.