hiya!!! i've been having a rough week, and i could really use some comfort. do you have any headcanons about olrox with someone he considers like a daughter? an adult ofc, but someone he feels protective over and comforts when they're upset?
Olrox with a surrogate daughter
Olrox didn't know how this came to be. He kind of...just let it happen.
You were a significantly younger vampire by comparison and knowing you were without your kin struck a chord with him.
Olrox genuinely feared your lack of experience would land you in the wrong hands.
You may be an adult but you were not immune to naivety or recklessness.
Olrox knew that being fresh to immortality and otherworldly strength can breed a nasty bit of arrogance or long term planning.
Meaning, you now have fatherly lectures breathing down your neck that you never asked for. You're stuck with it. Rejoice.
I imagine Olrox is the hands off but stern type.
He respects your independence and allows you to learn through experience but is just as quick to correct ill advised behavior.
You know him. Olrox is not one for foolishness or things that waste time.
Olrox certainly wouldn't want someone he considered family to end up like Erzsebet or Drolta. Both are self absorbed power hungry monsters. Thinking to be beyond touch.
If Olrox has considered you his daughter, even if he hasn't said it explicitly, he'd want you to be confident but level headed.
Olrox is more than encouraging of strong women.
But there was a difference between strong and delusions of grander.
Knowing your limits was key.
Thankfully, you listened to Olrox.
You see, it was odd to have this old man coming from nowhere and suddenly treating you like he raised you.
You appreciated the effort but it was...weird.
It'd take years before you would actually be used to it and fully reciprocate.
Olrox may have even thought of a family ages ago but...well, tragedy tended to halt that possibility. And the death of his lover hadn't helped.
Olrox may have even had siblings but evidently lost them. His people were a sore spot.
I don't think Olrox is naturally maternal. In fact, he's more of a cool uncle.
But his fondness for you speaks volumes in his actions.
Protection, conversation, banter, sharing food, nagging you to feed, etc.
Olrox loves you, undoubtedly.
So...seeing you upset is not something he favors.
Olrox noticed almost immediately. You were quiet. Not necessarily avoiding him but not eager to stick to his side as usual, either. You got what you needed done and carried on.
Olrox gave you the space to be alone for a while.
But he inevitably sat down beside you.
He said nothing. Just offered you the opportunity to voice your concerns.
In seconds, you were in Olrox's arms with him cradling your head. He shushed you and urged you to breathe.
Olrox honestly didn't care if you spoke or just cried. Whatever was troubling you wouldn't for long if he could help it.
Olrox wiped your tears and joined your foreheads.
Others would make the mistake of thinking the intensity in his green eyes indicated anger. But you saw past the sterness and saw the promise.
The protective love that said, however silently, that nothing would reach you under his watch. That he was here. Always.
You two didn't exactly ask for one another. But you would die before forsaking each other.
