Under Your Spell

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The Colors and Holding Hands

Just finished playing Four Swords for the GBA for the first time ever and I’m in love ;-; I thought up this cute headcanon batch for you all as a direct result of it, I hope you enjoy it 😌

Male/Masculine-leaning Reader

||Green||

• Acts more confident than he really is

• It’s really hard to tell what he’s actually feeling because of this, but if you look close enough you can see the faint tinge of pink coloring his cheeks

• He’s usually the first to reach for your hand

• It helps him feel grounded, knowing you’re within reach and he can feel you beside him

• Please grab his hand too, it helps him know that you’re there and that you care about him being there, too

• He’s so gentle when it comes to you, no matter how strong you may be

• He’s supposed to be the hero, the one that protects you, and even if sometimes he can only express that through holding your hand, he wants you to know how deeply he cares for you

• Absolutely LOVES to kiss your knuckles just to see your reactions

• It makes him feel like a knight serving his prince

• His hands, like the other colors, are calloused from years of fighting and smithing

• He isn’t self-conscious about them, per say, but there are days where he’s acutely aware of how much rougher his hands are comparatively to yours

• He is so incredibly grateful of you if you treat him with the same gentleness he gives you, tracing his calluses and kissing his hands

• He knows you love him, but it’s such an intimate thing, and he can’t help but feel his heart swell every time you shower him with such sincere love

• He falls in love with you all over again every time he feels your hand in his own

||Red||

• LOVES holding your hand!!

• Will absolutely be the one grabbing your hand 99% of the time

• He doesn’t even realize he’s doing it most of the time

• Your presence is just such a comfort for him, he’s naturally gravitating towards you practically every second you’re with him

• He could sit for hours just holding your hand and playing with your fingers, watching how your fingers splay against his own, how your fingers lock together when intertwined, how your palms fit so naturally together

• He’s decided it must be fate that you’re together

• You fit too perfectly together for it not to be!

• Another color that LOVES to kiss your hands

• Kisses your knuckles, palms, fingers, wrists, etc., all the way up your arms and peppering you in kisses

• He isn’t self-conscious at all about the calluses on his hands --he barely considers them at all-- but he loves how your hands feel against his own

• It doesn’t matter if your hands are just as calloused or the complete opposite, he loves them all the same

• Because they’re your hands, and he wouldn’t want to be holding anyone else

||Blue||

• Please spare this boy

• He’s supposed to be a wielder of the Triforce of Courage, and yet he can’t even work up the guts to hold your hand

• Scratch that. It isn’t because he can’t work up the courage even though it totally is

• He doesn’t have time for frivolous things like romance and all the little things that come with it, like holding hands

• Don’t believe him for one moment

• He may be just one part of Link, but that part still holds a great deal of care towards you

• Even if he’s terrible at expressing it

• If you’re observant enough, you’ll notice the prolonged side-glances towards your hands, the way his own fingers twitch in longing

• He won’t ever make the first move to grab your hand

• He’s too disciplined no he isn’t for his resolve to break

• So, if you ever want any shot at holding hands with him, you’re going to have to grab his hand first

• Don’t believe his protests and half-hearted excuses

• The way he instinctively grips your hand, the blush that rivals Red’s tunic color, the way his squabbling is incoherent nonsense

• It’s all deflection, because his brain has completely short circuited and turned to mush

• After that, it’s pretty easy to tell whenever he wants you by his side and holding his hand

• He isn’t as forward or open about holding hands with you as some of the others, he fears his heart can’t handle so much affection

• But there are times where he needs to hold your hand, needs to know you’re alive and you haven’t disappeared from his side

• He is probably one of the more self-conscious colors when it comes to the calluses on his hands

• Don’t get him wrong, he is very proud of them and what they represent -- they are memories of his time fighting the forces of evil and blacksmithing

• But, compared to you, his hands are far too rough

• To him, you’re fragile, and he’s terrified that you’re going to shatter beneath his touch

• But if you’re persistent enough, you can help him overcome these insecurities and fears

• He won’t admit it out loud, but feeling your fingers run across the rough and uneven surfaces of his palms and fingers helps him feel better

• It’s one of the few times you’re find him at complete peace, with the hint of a rare smile gracing his features

• He knows he’s bad at expressing his emotions --both verbally and physically-- but holding your hands is one of the few ways he knows how to convey all the love and affection he feels towards you

• He hopes that you’re able to see how much you truly matter to him whenever he grips your hand in his own

||Vio||

• Like Blue, romance has never been a priority to Vio

• But unlike Blue, it wasn’t because of self-discipline that kept his focus

• It was because he genuinely didn’t have any interest in the topic

• Until you came along, that is

• And suddenly, without realizing it at first, he began to crave your presence near him

• He chalked it up to wanting to make sure you were safe, and if that meant that you were in his line of sight or by his side then so be it

• That made the most sense in his mind

• But he saw the way Red was so effortlessly able to grab your hands and suddenly, Vio found himself craving to feel your touch, too

• And so, he decided to confront you about the strange feelings welling in your heart

• And after sitting and hearing your explanation, he realized

• He was in love with you

• Oh

• Oh

• It made so much sense, and yet he couldn’t believe he hadn’t realized it sooner

• Holding hands came naturally after that

• He isn’t as fond of fully gripping your hand in his own -- although, there are days where he finds solace in just that

• He loves more than anything when he’s able to hook his pinkie with your own

• It’s such a subtle way he shows his affection, but to him it’s all he needs to convey how deeply he feels for you

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Post-Calamity Life

There will be spoilers for the end of BOTW and mild spoilers for TOTK Please, I just love them both so much and they deserve a break from the constant tragedies and heartache ;-; Zelda x GN!Reader x Link

||General||

• They are so incredibly grateful to have you by their side, both during the nightmare that was the Calamity and now when things have settled

• Perhaps it is the trauma that surrounds the both of them from having lost so much during the Calamity, but they rarely ever leave your side -- they want to make sure you’re really there, that you’re not going to disappear if they blink

• Regardless if you had been apart of the fight 100 years ago --and survived thanks to Purah’s youth serum-- or if you only joined the fight in recent years, they are both so appreciative of all that you have done

• Because of the destruction all across Hyrule, and especially of the castle, it was quickly established that Zelda would be staying with Link

• And you of course

• It doesn’t matter how far you lived before, they would both be very insistent on you living with them in Hateno

• If you didn’t want to leave your previous residence behind, Zelda would enlist in Robbie and Purah’s help in instating a way to quickly travel between the two

• Lots of domestic bliss

• It feels strange for the three of you to have settled into a comfortable homelife after so much death and carnage and ruin --so foreign that the encroaching fear of something shattering the peace lingered constantly-- but slowly but surely you all are learning to enjoy the moments you share

• Link does far more than he should around the house

• House repairs and maintenance, cooking, cleaning, etc.

• It's mostly busywork

• He was so used to doing things on his own, and having something to do constantly because of his travels and destiny

• But now that peace has somewhat settled and returned, he feels he has to make up for his lack of work

• You and Zelda do your best to help him, in hopes that you can show him that he isn’t alone anymore

• Zelda’s strong suit doesn’t lie in cooking --she understands the concept but executing it doesn't always end in favorable results-- so she usually takes up cleaning up after meals

• She also loves to do the shopping

• It gives her a chance to get out of the house and actually interact with her people more closely, and it gives her a chance to experience something she would have never if her life in the castle remained

• You do your best to help where you can, either by helping Zelda or Link with their own chores or filling the gaps that still need to be filled

• Mending clothes in one such chore you’ve designated yourself

• How many pieces of clothing did Link obtain that were covered in cuts and tears?

• How many times did Zelda or Link nick their clothes when it snagged on something?

• Healing was another big task you’d taken upon yourself

• Link doesn’t even notice half of the minor injuries he gets anymore, so he’s grateful when you see them and help him tend to them

• They love to give you small gifts, usually things they find while traveling across Hyrule

• They want you to know that they’re always thinking of you

• Cuddles are a MUST

• The two are far more touch starved than they would like to admit

• They just want to feel you close to them, it helps solidify that you’re really there for them, that this isn’t all just in their head

||Zelda||

• Gardening has become one of her main hobbies, and she invites you to join her often

• Although she mostly grows various flowers and medicinal herbs --for your potions-- she has picked up a few tips on growing vegetables from the Hateno locals

• Despite how all other attempts at domesticating the Silent Princess have failed, she has managed to successfully grow 3 that have sprouted intertwined

• She views this as a sign that the three of you are meant to be together, because of the legend about swearing your love on one

• She loves to take you on her excursions across Hyrule during the restoration process

• Especially when visiting the various stables and helping to take care of all the different creatures across the land

• She named a Dondon after you ;-;

• She loves to go out riding with you across Hyrule, it gives her an excuse to take in the scenery you

• The children of Hateno ask about you constantly, expressing that they’d wish you’d visit more whenever Zelda stopped by to teach

• If she has just fallen asleep or is in between being asleep and awake, she is a light sleeper

• But the second she’s out like a light, she sleeps like the dead

• It's actually kind of terrifying

• Her nightmares are not as frequent as Link’s, but she has a much more difficult time waking from them

• You’ll have to call out to her and shake her awake to free her from her own tormented thoughts

• She’s unable to get a word out over her hiccupy sobs, and she just clings to you until she’s able to calm herself down

• She is so incredibly grateful of you helping her through these moments, and she does her best to make it up to you the next morning

• She is a morning person and enjoys getting out to see the sunrise whenever she can

• Her affections are far shyer than Link’s

• This is mostly due to her upbringing, where she was supposed to refrain from expressing too much lest she give enemies something to use against her

• But she’s learning, slowly but surely, that it doesn’t have to be that way

• Because she wants to express herself, especially when it comes to her feelings of you

• Her favorite thing to do is to link pinkies together, it’s a way for her to know you’re right beside her no matter what you two are facing

• If you have it, she loves to play with your hair, no matter how long or short it may be

• She would love it if you played with her hair too, braiding and styling it how you please

• It gives her such a comfort, and she could fall asleep in your arms from how soothing it is

• She loves to read to you, even if you have no idea what she is talking about

• She just gets so excited about her findings on anything and everything and wants to share it with you as soon as possible

||Link||

• On the days where Link doesn’t have anything to do, he’ll follow you around as you do your daily routine

• Your presence is enough to put him at ease, and it’s enough to remind him that you’re really here, that you’re not going to up and disappear

• His affections are much more subtle than Zelda’s, although they are not as shy as hers

• Gentle touches on your shoulder or against the small of your back, grabbing your hand and intertwining your fingers, leaning down to press feathery kisses to the crown of your head

• He isn’t the best with words, so he puts all of his love and affection into his actions to show you how much he cherishes you

• He is so touched by how gently you treat him when you are treating his wounds

• The way your fingers ghost across his scars and how you utter such comforting whispers as you clean him up

• He recalls how kindly Mipha used to treat him and the others during the time of the Calamity, and he’s so incredibly grateful that someone else treats him with the same gentleness and humanity

• He can thrive off only a few hours of sleep, but there are days where he’s so exhausted that he can sleep through an entire day if given the chance

• It doesn’t matter if you were a fighter or not during the time of the Calamity, he’s going to teach you to fight

• He just wants you to be able to defend yourself should something ever happen, and there are days where he has to leave to help fight off any remaining monsters that linger across Hyrule so he wants you to be able to stay behind and keep things safe

• One of his all time favorite things to do with you is to go out riding horses

• It feels so freeing, just to be out in an open stretch of field and to be racing as fast as possible, feeling the wind whip through your hair and across your skin

• His memories may be scattered due to having been asleep for 100 years, but that doesn’t stop the nightmares from tearing through his mind every night

• He is such a light sleeper, both due to his rigorous training as a royal knight and because of his own anxiety and paranoia of being attacked at any moment

• He tries so hard not to wake you or Zelda on his worst nights, and he tries to slip out as quietly as he can to try and destress

• His main way of working through the stress and panic is training

• He has been known to work himself to near exhaustion just trying to chase his demons away

• If you do wake during the night and find him out training, sit with him

• He may not open up about his nightmares, at least not right away, but having your presence is enough to still his racing thoughts for even a moment

• There are nights where he can’t handle it all alone, the stress and pain and fear catching up to him all at once

• Those are the nights where he craves your presence the most, just to hold you and cry into your shoulder and allow himself a moment of vulnerability with one of the few who he trusts so dearly

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