pls pls pls gimme your zustin headcanons and scream about their dynamics
HERE COMES THE BRO BRIGADE!!
sobs. So Justin is a super under-appreciated guy, right. Honestly they’re both so under-appreciated, which is BUCK WILD bc this ship has literally been handed to us on a silver platter. ANYWAYS, JUSTIN. Sleeper Feelings boy.
He’s not cold or casual, and I feel like he’s often mischaracterized as either those things or cool, relaxed, completely confident and pretty mature. But he’s just very guarded and a touch insecure.
He acts so unbothered like… “ZACK WHY DO YOU CARE ABOUT THIS. ZACK ITS NOT A BIG DEAL. ZACK YOUR STANDARDS ARE TOO HIGH. ZACK I DONT HAVE FEELINGS YOU NEED TO CHILL.” But then he has one (1) moment to himself and falls into a DEEP, ENDLESS SPIRAL of how sappy and emotional and fond he is and its like bitch,,, Who makes the big deal outta things
And Zack in contrast is so outwardly affectionate and romantic, but easily goes overboard and gets in too deep too fast, tends to idealize romance for himself and become too self-focused to really Live The Relationship.
He wants THE PERFECT RELATIONSHIP ✨ but sometimes he can get too anxious or insecure about the little details that don’t matter, and overlook how much Justin really does love him bc of some little “mistake”: he looked at a hot chick once or he was five minutes late to dinner.
Likewise Zack doesn’t realize that he can be a little emotionally unavailable because of this, so sometimes Justin is just trying to keep up and stay a relevant part of Zack’s bustling schedule, but no matter what Zack will always come back at the end of the day and say HEY LIGHT OF MY LIFE MY FAVORITE PERSON as if there’d been no lapse in affection
It’s easy to quickly stereotype them and call it a day, but I actually find them really like multidimensional and interesting compared to the face-value traits ppl seem to latch onto first
This ship is SO GOOD and NOBODY HAS ANY IDEA and IT NEEDS TO CHANGE!! Watch this vid and Behold the star-crossed frat bros