I’ve been dying for a story about Tradie Ryan and Nurse Aide Naim set way into the future. And I wanted to talk to ya’ll about it. Personally, my headcanon about the Entity is that it was built on their fear and suppressed truths, so once they both wholeheartedly accepted who they are and embraced each other, the “curse” was completely broken. The Entity is practically a non-issue now (or at the absolute most, just a faint memory). What’s left is just softness of their real lives.
Y’know how their typical day would start in the softest way possible, with Ryan acting as a weighted blanket in the early morning. Warm and completely unbothered by alarms, he’d have Naim pinned to the mattress with his head buried deep into the crook of Naim’s neck. Naim would just smile, running his fingers through Ryan’s messy hair and peppering the top of his head with gentle kisses. But getting out of bed would be an ordeal in itself. Every time Naim tries to peel Ryan’s heavy limbs off him to take a shower, he’d just grunts a sleepy “five more minutes,” while trailing warm, lazy kisses along Naim’s neck and collarbone. It leads to this adorable back-and-forth where Naim is laughing and trying to convince him that they’re both going to be late for their shifts, while Ryan stubbornly refuses to let go.
ALSO.. Imagine: Naim bustling around the clinic, when the doors open and Ryan struts in straight off the job site. He’s still in his dusty work boots and hi-vis vest, carrying the lunch Naim accidentally forgot on the kitchen counter. Ryan gives him a casual, fond kiss right there in the lobby (We have come so far!) before heading back to his truck, completely unbothered by the scene he’s just made. The second the doors close behind him, Naim gets instantly ambushed by his fellow nurse aides. They’d be leaning over the reception desk, wiggling their eyebrows and teasing him relentlessly about his broad-shouldered tradie boyfriend, boldly declaring that Naim is clearly “getting it good.”
Absolutely amazing head cannon, Anon.
I differ on the perspective of the entity going away completely now that they accept one another and share freely in their love, BUT that is because :
1. I am an avid horror lover and the concept is just so juicy, it’s the perfect combination of survival and psychological horror to me
2. Despite accepting themselves, I see the entity as also the amalgamation of society’s homophobia and bias, of which the entity feeds off of it and wants them to stay afraid.
In my AU (linked in bio) Ryan is a tradie already, Naim (in my work in writing right now) is in uni, and I would love to write to your suggestions of a slow, peaceful morning and Ryan dropping him off with an audience. Love the “you’re so lucky” trope, it’s delicious.
Thanks for the message, anon ❤️
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