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thinking about d4dvid... david who's always been appropriate and had Normal thoughts about this son... maybe some enmeshment and lack of social groups outside of eachother, but overall fine.

until max starts getting older, and taller, and bigger... his voice drops and he starts filling out his shirts with pure teenage muscle... starts sounding genuinely scary when he yells, able to push david against the wall and keep him there, much to both of their shock...

#david's not even self aware that he likes max here. hes full on kicking his legs and flirting and blushing like a preteen girl #but he doesnt even realise it or why he feels like this around max all of the sudden. so max is just left to be like “?????”#chilling together on the couch (friday movie nights... a routine from back when max was first adopted...)#and david's hands wander just a littleee too far under max's shirt. just enough to be confusing but not enough to point it out...#david's hand laying a bit too high on max's thigh when they sit together... boxers going missing from the laundry...#max taking his shirt off when theyre camping (another family routine...) and david wont stop inexplicably giggling??#“google: is my dad in love with me” “how would u know if ur dad had a crush on u” “dad crush warning signs”#poor max. u could get real angsty with this tbh..#everything was fine until he turned 16 and now david treats him more like a boyfriend than a son #crying when max goes out with his girlfriend... asking invasive questions about how far hes gone with her...#david upset for whatever reason n asking max to lay down with him... cuddle with him... comfort him like a teddy bear #theyve always been close/touchy when alone together but it just feels. weird now...

age gap brothers maxvid... 15yo davey choosing to hang out with his 10yo little brother everyday instead of getting friends his own age. teenagers are scary... max is familiar, and safe... and too small to ever be very scary.

later on, 19yo david living in a small apartment nearby, and going to a local community college, almost entirely so that max can visit him after his classes everyday. or just stay the night, sometimes. nobody's checking if max is coming home, and they both know it. nor asking about where max sleeps seeing as david only has one bed...

#david not going to french clown school because he wouldnt leave max alone...#and (more selfishly) he never learned how to interact with people his own age #they just kept getting older and scarier and talking about things like drinking and making out and having sex and smoking weed #and with his baby brother max at home he never had to push himself to talk to them... why talk to those people when he has max...#whos small and sweet and tries to be scary but never could be. who still keeps his teddy bear stashed under his bed or else he cant sleep...#who understands david completely. who doesnt judge him (too harshly) for being childish and too overexcited and too into camping #and vice versa. why would max bother trying to talk to the stupid kids his age when he has his big brother...#whos known him since he was a baby. always known him.. theres never judgement because he was there the entire time max was becoming a person #why talk to stupid kids who think his outbursts are weird n that he yells about stupid things like how the world sucks n adults dont care...#they have eachother...#goddd imagine little 5yo davey looking at baby max in his bassinet... holding his little hand... so happy to be a big brother #the bestttt big brother.. always happy to take care of the baby while the grownups are busy.. alone together in davey's room for hours...#baby max sleeping in davey's little arms together in davey's tent bed..#14yo max sleeping in 19yo david's arms in david's apartment...#putting his hand in max's like when max was a baby... max's hand clasping david's automatically just the same as it did back then...#who needs a girlfriend your age when you have a little brother

max being so obviously "non-affectionate" that david assumes any affection he DOES do, is surely just david reading too much into it. to the point david realises one day that he has been cuddling at night with his camper for years and this has. Implications.

#im thinking theyre roommates here in some AU where max runs away at 14-15 and is like #“if u dont let me stay with u (harbor a runaway) (illegal...) im gonna go sleep on the street and probably get molestated-murdered”#and david's like. “okay ☹️...”#obviously #and hes worried abt max and max is acting Weird already. more quiet.. less bitchy.. you know.#so when max starts getting close. and touchy... david lets him with little pushback and little consideration into whats going on here #until max eventually climbs into david's bed one night. and david tries to ask abt it and max tells him to shut the fuck up. so he does #and now they just do this #every night...#and he hasnt really considered the implications until eventually someone (probably gwen) came close to finding out. or maybe did find out #and gwen has to be like “bro you cannot share a bed with an underage boy what is wronggg with you. ur gonna get put on a REGISTRY”#n this is the first time david thinks abt it past “max is very vulnerable and touchy rn so i just wont say anything or else he might leave”#but also he still doesnt really wanna tell max to stop because hes still scared max will completely deattach if he says anything #and also (doesnt want to admit this...) david does like it. its nice... hes had an empty bed for quite a while you know...#also surprise surprise.. i think max doesnt even have a thing for david here LOL #i think hes just legitimately got weird boundaries. weird attachment to david... only adult who he sees as safe...#maybe its a little bit of a crush but he doesnt want to bone david. or want david to be his dad. its a secret weirder third thing #(also after pondering it a little more. he would possibly accept a forehead kiss from david.. just that though)#i love talking like these are being told to me from a Vision and like im not writing and choosing it LOL #thats how it feels though. like this feels like a fully developed situation out of my control and im just the scribe yk.. im the translator #anyways. david probably now *thinks* that max has a crush on him atleast so thatll be a whole thing #and maybe david kinda likes the thought of it so when he finds out max DOESNT like him.. hes feels confusingly mad and betrayed abt it...#he was warming up to the thought!! he was considering it!!

i think alot about how max seems to like sewing/clothes making canonically

#first theres the pilot where he makes the decoy max. and david is happy he paid attention at sewing camp #and then theres order of the sparrow. where surface level u know he helped with most of it #but like when u think abt it. all of the kids have a different outfit #like he didnt just stick the boys in kurtas and the girls in saris and call it a day #he had to have *really* helped with most of it!! its not like any of the kids knew anything abt indian fashion #nor how to sew and create clothes in the first place...#like. he helped everyone make their own outfit (in a different color!) depending on what they wanted #ered's was kinda short and ripped at the bottom to show shes edgy. nerris's looked kinda elvish #and he made his own outfit!! i think abt that one a lot #like was it based off something he already owned at home or was this an original design straight from the brain?#idk. i just think abt all that a lot #little fashion designer...

student/teacher maxvid, max falling asleep in class and david letting him sleep past the bell... sun going down and just the two of them alone in there, david at his desk occasionally glancing over, and max slumped over his at the back...

#its elementary school so david is a wreck waiting for a parent to call and for him to get in trouble #for some reason he just couldnt stop himself... sitting there knowing hes doing smth wrong... but he cant bring himself to wake max up #(a drop in the ocean of odd behaviors and desires that david has and yet does not understand in the slightest...)#but. the call never comes. and now hes even more intrigued by this boy #who theres seemingly nobody at home waiting for him. nobody to notice its been hours past the end of school #not even anyone to see the school kids streaming by on the sidewalk and the schoolbuses bustling by and remember #“hey... that reminds me... wheres max...”#and when max gets up.. he doesnt hurry like someones worried sick abt him at home. he just slinks out the door without a glance at david #maybe david starts letting him sleep on a regular basis...#it really brightens up the dullness of grading papers.. being able to look up and see that boy across the room peacefully sleeping #wondering what hes dreaming about... if its a nice dream... he looks pretty relaxed after all...#david does not understand this about himself. but every task in his life is seemingly far more bearable with a kid around #an instant hit of dopamine just from looking over and seeing theyre in the same room... a reaction that would never occur with an adult...#he doesnt quite understand it but it easily enough can be explained by the fact hes a teacher.. he loves kids!#and he tries not to wonder why hes a little scared for anyone to find out this seemingly innocent little quirk of his...#glancing at the doorway praying nobody will walk by n interrupt this perfect little scene... force him to confront why he feels so guilty r #(...maybe it would be better if david drove max to his house after school and max could nap there... nobody to 'catch' them...)

bible camp counselor david...

#this au is so funny to me bc for max to be there either:#1. he was adopted by white ppl who want to make him christian?#2. his hindu parents just want the pray away the gay parts of the camp #3. his parents dgaf abt him so much that they didnt read the flyer and just sent him to genuinely the first camp they found #and that camp was a bible camp #every single option is so sad its funny and THEN he even gets touched on at bible camp #do u think david would have more of an issue being gay here than being a pedo LOL #bc hes probably funneled his “camp enthusiasm (autism)” into Christianity Euthusiasm in this au #imagine confronting david abt how hes obviously a pedo and he tells u to “pray on that”. id tie him up and touch his dick too #now we're both gay and going to hell how about that bible boy #david would fit in so well at a sunday school tbh maybe he went into his wrong calling. maybe he really should work at bible camp

david would have a beautiful dream abt raising toddler max and spending his days taking him to the zoo or the library or the park or on hikes or the beach etc etc... spending groggy mornings together as david makes their breakfast and max nods off on the couch, still in his pajamas... or slow nights, david getting max's bath ready while max plays a video game, rain softly pattering against the windows...

and then he wakes up back at camp and cries to gwen about it all morning bc he misses his life with baby max. and david tries to explain it to regular max but he walks away within 5 seconds

#eventually he stops crying abt it to gwen and bringing it up at all but he still thinks abt it oddly often #especially when he goes home for the summer... bc now he knows what life could be like...#and the opportunity's getting further and further away the older max gets #maybe this is when he has some Awakenings tbh. or atleast it should be LOL it probably isnt lets be real #david why do u dream abt building a life with a kid who just attends the summer camp u work at... daviddd.... i have some questions!!#awww wait.. 15yo max calling david to pick him up bc hes drunk and he cant call his parents and david's the only responsible person he know #and david picks him up. Obviously. and he hates it and hes spent the whole time worrying abt max but now...#now everythings quiet. and hes looking at max asleep on his couch. and he cant help but enjoy the similarity to the life he dreamed about..#max looking so sweet and calm in his sleep... knowing theyll eat breakfast together in the morning...#imagining how he'll look with the morning sun shining on his face and in his curls...#groggily accepting david's offer of black coffee and toast with scrambled eggs... pattering off to the bathroom...#(hearing the shower run..) (david trying not to think about max in the shower. and trying not to wonder why he cant stop thinking about it)#so sweet

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2004

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he is sucking his thumb while topping

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or pacifier so he can use both hands

#...max

maxvid vampires... max being david's maker...

#maxdadvid but sexier #dadmax...#imagine ur dad-husband being a 10yo boy who also probably like a 500yo boy. thats crazy #vampire max is easy but vampire david is pretty interesting bc he would hate it so much #not even just the blood drinking but also no more sunlight for the rest of time. no more warmth.. even from ur own body...#wouldnt it be interesting if max turns him out of spite... “you should learn what i have to live with” type of thinking...#maybe he thinks hes gonna kill david anyways so why not do this first #and then of course things end up differently and hes not so pissed anymore and now davids like this forever #imagine ur dad creating you out of spite. because he has an underdeveloped pre-frontal cortex. because hes a child #crazy dynamic... it would be great if i wrote that fanfic haha right. but im not gonna [runs away]

thinking abt street kid, prostitute max... david paying for an hour with him every week just to feed him and make sure hes alright

#david might be a social worker here idk i havent decided #either way he think its his job to save max...#every week is spent with david begging him to just stay the night while max eats and argues #getting paid to eat is cool and all but dont get it twisted.. max does Notttt trust this dude. and for good reason probably lol #how did a nice normal guy like david find a prostitute of max's “niche” anyways...#definitely weird vibes but overall he seems relatively harmless. but not harmless enough to sleep at his house #max thinks hes just a creep with a guilty conscience and soon enough he'll want to get his money's worth

everytime david visits max as an adult he starts rooting around in max's cupboards n shit like a nosey parent... going through his medicine cabinet like thats a normal thing to do

#digging through his trash n shit too n complaining abt all the take out boxes #i think david already has poor boundaries but with max it just gets so much worse n exaggerated for some reason #ok im not the biggest fan of d4dvid in the “canon happens and then max sees david as his dad :)” way #i like it as an AU but theyre very seperate to me... canon timeline d4dvid makes me cringe #BUT #i do think david does have like some parental type feelings abt max #n feeling like he has to sort of parent him and make sure hes eating and taking care of himself bc no one else will #to me david sees max as like.. his kid. not his son. you know...#max is a child (not anymore here but eh) who is *his.* so david views him in that way forever but its not really like a son #(and max definitely doesnt see david like a dad LOL... thats his lame boyfriend and also possibly his little brother )#i saw an edit abt various characters and their firstborns once and i was like yes... yess...#i like thinking abt max as david's first *kid* and whatever that means... his first born...#anyways ok i got off topic #david bad boundaries pawing through max's stuff #its good though bc he'll bring max meals and do his laundry n stuff... mostly as an excuse to make max interact with him but still #you cant NOT let him in... hes got soup. and ur boxers...#speaking of cooking i really like david cooking for max but out of the two of them hes the worse cook in my headcanons LOL #hes fine at it. just fine... its just like he doesnt really ever make meals for himself. he just scrounges around #its like informal charcuterie. which means standing infront of the fridge and eating cheese and grapes and maybe a cracker #lots of trail mix and granola bars the rest of the day...#so he only cooks when hes feeding someone else which means he doesnt have much practice. its not bad its just like. boring #max is very lazy and would rather order food than cook 100% of the time but when he actually does it hes pretty good at it #makes a lot of indian and asian stuff bc thats what he grew up on from take out. NO homecooked recipes bc his mom was.. nottt like that...#i should make a full post on max's mom one day shes like a full on character in my head but ive never actually laid that out

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when the 24 year old roofies the 46 year old…

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#adult maxvid

speaking of david's scars, i do like them on their own as well... scars have so much potential for being these physical manifestations of trauma and depth and life experiences, and just generally representing very interesting things in Who A Character Is, especially for someone like david. so i really like when theyre included in fan content alongside stuff like, nerve damage and other complications from his ...numerous injuries. everyone loves scars and for good reason theyre great

#again it makes me think of art i saw the other day of max investigating david's wolf scars...#(why do antis have to make such nice art sometimes that i cant reblog or show any public enjoyment towards lol)#its such a nice scene to imagine. just the two of them sitting there... max's little finger's tracing down the scars #also subtly inappropriate lol... david letting one specific camper investigate his body. which he probably wouldnt let any of the others do #not necessarily bad (theres many appropriate situations for a male summer camp counselor to have his shirt off!) but not great either...#something david wouldnt blink at but maybe he would tell max not to tell anyone. or just assume max wouldnt in the first place #both seeing nothing wrong but being on this same wavelength that this is private nonetheless... without even having to say anything either #the slow dissolution and dissolving of healthy boundaries thru “technically fine” situations... the growing enmeshment and isolation...#“max is different from other kids”... “david is different from other adults”...#its so tasty isnt it!!! god i love them #ANYWAYS. going back to max touching david's scars... i wonder if theyre extra sensitive. or maybe numb...#the wolf scars r great bc theyre a physical mark of that dark part of david that he doesnt want to show max #(that part of himself from the campbell years... youve seen my posts on that already tho u know my thoughts on david's hidden Depths)#and considering him and max's already present lack of boundaries and david's frequent leaning on max for emotional situations...#its really interesting if david just presumably doesnt tell max abt this at all when it happens #and like its not different bc its campbell. bc campbell has already been central in many of those aforementioned emotional situations b4 #its different bc of what david did... that side of him. when u overshare so much its more interesting what you Dont share #the few things locked away from even his emotional support camper... very interesting and quite suspicious to max i would bet #maybe he pries and investigates after this... or maybe this shrugged off violence scares him off enough to mind his business for once #bc we all know max is deeply afraid/disturbed of david possibly being like.. more below the surface? a ruse. a mask. too good to be true et #(as shown in into town/order of the sparrow/torso takers and probably more that im forgetting)#its a weirdly well established fear of his that is partly soothed in order of the sparrow but continues to crop back up again and again #and i feel like ppl r quick to blame it on max's trauma but like. max is very emotionally intelligent #part of it is his upbringing but part of it is just that hes right. david does have this darker side and capabilities that he hides #and tbh i like that it isnt totally resolved bc its not like it goes away. this side of david becomes More obvious as time goes on actually #punching bonquisha's new bf... all of keep the change... and then obviously the forest #really the resolution was kind of “dont worry it wont be directed towards *you* max” lmao #oh my god this post got long too ok ANYWAYS #aside from david's wolf scars i also like max exploring david's burn scars. bc theyre kind of his fault lol #ok i litrally ran out of tags but something something guilt something something marking david/marking his territory okok the end

i know vitiligo headcanons r seen as pretty corny nowadays but i do genuinely enjoy max with vitiligo...

#reminded of this bc i saw some cute art of max with vitiligo on his hands #i like all birthmarks really not just vitiligo... but it is very striking in particular u have to admit #theres a reason literally everyone had a character with it during like 2014-2020 lol #birthmarks are very intimate... its like. something entirely unique to u that nobody would know abt unless they see that part of ur body...#first off nobody would assume theyre there unless told for some reason. theyre kind of secret in that way. esp if theyre in a private spot #like. if someone was imagining max naked. theyd miss this detail of his body. bc they dont know abt it #and it can be a major detail... huge white patches across the chest (or hips or thighs or back...)#idk just like. an integral part of what his body looks like. it keeps it “secret” in a way #bc if he didnt have the birthmarks and u imagine him naked. youll get some details wrong but likely be pretty damn close #but with the birthmarks theres no “generic” body that he resembles. either you know what he looks like completely. or ur totally wrong #i dont know maybe that doesnt make sense. i just like that uniqueness #a nice surprise for david to see when he sees max in an intimate way for the first time.. knowing that nobody else knows this abt max's bod #and hes probably the first one to see those birthmarks in yearsss since max is very private and covered up body wise #maybe the last person to see them (and touch them) was max's mom when he last needed bathed as a small child...#and now the next person is david all those years later... during “unsavory” activities... how simultaneously guilt inducing and erotic!#i like birthmarks (or just unique body details) on david too but i usually default to scars for him #bc scars r so Adult. not necessarily that they only happen to adults. but in the sense they r strictly born thru injury n violence...#adult in the sense that its a maturing experience you know. you come out of it feeling older... like youve lost some naivety along the way #and birthmarks r the opposite. theyre so juvenile.. they even have 'birth' in the name after all #produced in the womb.. (opposite of violence?) been with you your whole life... largely unchanged since childhood...#so much surrounding this mark has changed but it itself has stayed the same... unaffected by boobs growing above or hair growing below #its an easy guiding piece to imagine what someone looked like when they were young...#(like someone with david's particular proclivities would probably yearn to do quite a bit LOL...)#its a nice juxtaposition... david with mature marks born from injury or pain. max with juvenile marks born from his earliest days #soft character with jagged ugly scars... sharp character with round childish birthmarks...#both characters exploring the other's details... knowing those parts of them that r vulnerable and largely unseen...#beautiful beautiful chef's kiss mwah mwah. i love it #ok i actually had more to say but this is so fucking long sorry LOL. thank u if u read my birthmark fetish post 💖#that is a joke bee-tee-dubs

remember that teen max/little daisy AU that a bunch of maxvid artists were into in like 2024 i think. bc i do...

#idk just thinking abt it today...#i think i like it best if its kind of soft #which is funny coming from me bc im usually the one going against the grain and enjoying the like. “closer to reality” ships you know #ships that nobody likes bc a little girl getting groomed and abused by an older guy is just too close to home that its not enjoyable LOL...#but idk i dont want max to be mean to daisy... be nice to her... her suffering isnt tasty bc she would just lie down and take it and cry #and forgive max afterwards #ok its a little tasty but still #i want him to actually like her... and maybe be softer around her than other people. bc he knows she cant judge bc shes a loser #laying in bed with her (after questionable activites) and laying his head on her chest... daisy petting his head...#cuddling her when hes upset. and he IS kind of using her as like. a teddy bear. and not a real human with her own thoughts and feelings #just using her for his own comfort #but it is cute regardless. and daisy likes it... he used to be so mean (and still is) but now she gets to see this side of himmm...#its definitely a mommy issues thing. his mom was mean to him so now he hates women and women hate him (bc he was mean first)#but this little girl was nice to him even though he was mean so now he cries into her chest and she pets his hair like a mom #probably packs his lunch n shit too. does his laundry... housewifely... (lightly bullies him into showering LOL.....)#not only does daisy have a groomer but she also has a gross pimply teenage son MAN talk abt worst of both worlds #plus its interesting to think abt what happens when they get older #im imagining the age gap as not as big here (10yo daisy and 16ish max)#and daisy would obviously find it harder to fault max for the things he did compared to max's anger in regular maxvid #especiallyyyy if max sticks around. which he might just bc daisy makes things so easy for him. which is sad 😭...#even if max doesnt she would still romantize it. remembering how sweet he was when it was just the two of them... how open and vulnerable..#(not really) (he was just crying abt his mommy issues and other shit that was absolutely his fault to the little girl he assaulted) (but ok #no other man has opened up to her like that... probably because shes afraid of them for reasons unknown to her #bc being in denial doesnt mean you dont get the negative affects of being assaulted as a child!#getting straight As in highschool and going home to message max 11 times and read camping themed kids books and ignore her PTSD flashbacks #until its time for bed. rinse and repeat rinse and repeat. except sometimes max replies!! which are the good days :)#ok there r several things i would like to reword in these but its literal hell to try and replace tumblr tags so #mb maybe one day ill start typing in the actual post

does anyone know why tumblr has a glitch where if i edit any of my drafts and click save, it posts them 😭

#its been like this for like a week and i thought it would go away but its. not...#and man i do a lot of editing my drafts this is NOT good for me 😭😭!!

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