hey so remember how I was taking a break for a month? I still *technically* am on break but uhm...
20k one shot!!!
I thought getting older meant knowing it's too late to try - Aspengrove_the_chaotic - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]
~When Pearl, still recovering from Double Life, opens her door on a young girl who can't stop talking about werewolves and needs a place to hide, things get...complicated. Especially when she introduces herself as-hold on, wait up, who?~
OR: post DL!Pearl is...not doing great. but then VSMP!Pearl shows up :DD two times the Pearlescentmoon!
gift forㆍ @ghoulishflockofcrows ♡︎
noteㆍheadcanon post for my lovely birdie friend !!!! i hope i did a good job!!!
Ghoul & Laughing Jack. ❤︎︎
Laughing Jack would treat finding Ghoul like a game, though he’d know by then that Ghoul usually appears when they feel like it. He talks to crows in places with full confidence, leaning too close to them and asking where their “gloomy little master” ran off to. Half the time Ghoul ignores him through the flock just to make him work for it. He acts offended every time, then keeps talking anyway!!!
He starts naming specific crows based on their attitudes. He accuses one bird of being Ghoul’s “nosy eye,” another of being their “judgmental one,” and another of being “the rude little bastard who keeps stealing my buttons!” Ghoul pretends to find this deeply beneath them, then later sends the button-stealing crow straight to his shoulder just to hear him complain.
His affection would be loud and physical. If Ghoul perches somewhere above him, he holds out an arm! If they drop onto him in crow-hybrid form, he catches them too easily and carries on like this was always part of the plan. He probably calls them things like “pretty bird,” or “my dreadful little thing,” all with the same bright fondness he uses when he’s trying to make them react.
He acts like Ghoul haunting the trees around him is a personal honor, and he gets smug whenever the crows show up before Ghoul does. He’ll grin up at a branch and say something like, “There’s my favorite little warning sign,” even when Ghoul hasn’t taken shape yet. He knows they’re listening!!!
Ghoul would trust him most when he stops performing for a second. LJ can be loud, pushy, and full of movement, so the softer moments would matter. If Ghoul gets overwhelmed or retreats into the flock, he might sit nearby and ramble instead of grabbing for them. His voice gives them something familiar to follow back. He’d make a joke the second they came closer, of course, because he can’t help himself, but his hand would stay open.
LJ would probably encourage Ghoul’s more mischievous side. Ghoul already watches people through crows, so LJ would tempt them into pranks that require timing and patience: like repeating someone’s own sentence back from a dark corner, or letting the flock deliver little signs that make people second-guess themselves!
Ghoul & Candy Pop. ❤︎︎
Candy Pop would probably be the easiest one for Ghoul to relax around physically. He has enough strangeness of his own that Ghoul doesn’t feel the need to pretend normalcy. They can curl up near him with their wings folded badly, hair messy, one clawed foot tucked under them, and he’d just reach over to fix a feather with his fingers.
He coaxes Ghoul closer with food, talks to the crows like they’re part of the household, and probably has a habit of tapping his shoulder when he wants them to land near him.
Candy would also be the one most likely to treat the flock like a living part of the relationship. He’d talk to the birds with real sweetness, maybe even apologize if he startled one. Ghoul would pretend that’s embarrassing. Secretly, it would mean a lot, because he isn’t treating the birds as accessories. He’s treating them as Ghoul’s body, their company, and the thing that kept them from being alone after death.
Physical affection with Candy would be and a little clingy around the edges. He’d hook an arm around Ghoul before they can drift away, tug them back by the sleeve, press his cheek against their hair, or rest his chin on their shoulder while continuing a conversation like he didn’t just trap them there.
His teasing could be very tactile too!!! Candy Pop feels like the type who pokes at boundaries in silly ways first, then pays close attention to the reaction. He might tap under their chin to make them look up, or walk backward in front of them so they can’t avoid the conversation without physically moving him aside.
A more unique bond between them is Candy teaching Ghoul how to enjoy being seen without making it feel like exposure. He might make a whole game out of guessing what Ghoul wants, and when he gets it right, he doesn’t turn it into a big emotional victory. It makes closeness easier for Ghoul because Candy doesn’t always stop the moment to analyze it. Sometimes he lets affection happen fast enough that Ghoul can accept it before overthinking!!!
Ghoul & Jason. ❤︎︎
Jason would be more delicate and more possessive. He’d brush their hair, examine their claws if they chipped one, and scold the crows when they steal pieces from his workspace. His voice would go calm and low to make sure not to startle anyone. Ghoul would act above it, but they’d keep returning to his workshop because Jason makes space for them there.
Their intimacy would be quiet compared to the others. Ghoul sits near him while he works, watching his hands. Jason talks without looking up because he knows they’re listening. Sometimes Ghoul mimics his voice just to annoy him, and he pauses with a tool in his hand, slowly looks over, and tells them to behave. (They don’t!!!) He lets it pass because he likes hearing his voice come back wrong from someone he loves.
Jason would be fascinated by Ghoul as someone who assembles a body from living pieces, because that is close enough to his own themes to feel personal. He makes things, Ghoul remakes themself!!! That overlap could create a strange respect between them.
Jason would also be the one most likely to become serious about Ghoul’s blurry photographs. If they don’t show up clearly, he may start trying to capture them through drawings, silhouettes, or handmade likenesses instead. He gives Ghoul a record of existing that doesn’t rely on cameras!!!
Jason probably has certain standards about where things belong, and Ghoul disrupts them constantly. They move his objects, let the crows steal little pieces, perch where they shouldn’t, and appear in places that make his workspace feel haunted even by his standards. At first, it irritates him. Eventually, he starts leaving one object out on purpose to see whether Ghoul takes it.
Jason’s physical affection would be more deliberate. He’d guide Ghoul by the wrist, lift their hand to inspect a scratch, or move them out of the way with a hand at the waist when they’re standing somewhere inconvenient. He’d have this tenderness where he acts like he is correcting a problem, even though he clearly likes having an excuse to touch them. If Ghoul is sitting too high up, he wouldn’t beg them to come down. He’d hold out one hand and wait, patient enough to be annoying. Ghoul would eventually take it just to end the silence.
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