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25-28 for whichever detective you want to talk about most!!! hopefully that’s not too many hehe (ily and your writing SO MUCH OMG 💕✨💖🥺)

Hi! :) Thank you for asking! ❤ (And I’ve been somewhat down on my writing lately, it means so much to me you have no idea)

Your writing is amazing! I always love reading it! ❤❤❤

But I’ve been looked at these for a while, trying to figure out who to answer for. And well, since I can’t choose, I’ll just do all four! (And put my answers under the cut because my answers, as always, get very long)

My detectives- Thea Holland (Felix), Natasha Trexler (Adam), Pearl Reid (Nate), and Mariana “Mari” Gonzales (Mason)

25. What do they find funny? Do they have a good sense of humour? Are they funny themselves?

26. How do they act when they’re happy? Do they sing? Dance? Hum? Or do they hide their emotions?

27. What makes them sad? Do they cry regularly? Do they cry openly or hide it? What are they like they are sad?

28. What is their biggest fear? What in general scares them? How do they act when they’re scared?

25. What do they find funny? Do they have a good sense of humour? Are they funny themselves?

Thea Holland (Felix)- Thea is not a fan of overly crude humor, nor anything that may seem to tear anyone else down, favoring quick wit over anything else. Anything with the slightest bit of word play is normally something that she would find funny, and it is something that she also has in her own sense of humor. Of all my detectives, Thea is probably the best at laughing at herself, being able to push down her embarrassment and always keep a quite good sense of humor about it. Now, as far as her being funny herself, she doesn’t normally make jokes at all, that not being her first instinct when meeting with and talking with others, but there are moments where she’ll say something more bold then she normally would, and it still makes the team a bit stunned even after all of this time together. And while you may not see this side of her much, it is there, and the team will likely see more and more of the more humorous side of her (I would say that Felix is also good at pulling that side of her as well haha!)

Natasha Trexler (Adam)- Natasha is not really the type to make jokes at all. She’s a bit too stoic for that, preferring to appear as serious and professional as possible. Now, she does find Felix’s jokes quite funny, but she’ll never actually admit that aloud, normally just rolling her eyes at them. She appreciates them a lot, and even if it is not the way that she would handle herself, she likes them a lot. It’s harder to define her own sense of humor. Natasha takes herself far too seriously (which some of my other detectives would find hilarious at the way that she does so haha) But something that she really finds funny? Normally dryer, satirical humor. A lot of things along these lines she thinks, but would never actually say. However, and I’m totally going to start gushing about late relationship Natasha and Adam because the idea of it is all that is keeping me through all the angst haha. Around Adam, she doesn’t feel like she has to hold all of those back anymore, and since I would say they share similar senses of humor, it’s really kind of sweet.

Pearl Reid (Nate)- Pearl well, is my, as the secretary at the hospital in Book 1 said “a detective with sarcasm”, and well, that’s definitely true. She loves making jokes just about everything, they almost seeming to flood out of her at all times, and while she’ll normally lead to sarcasm, she has a great sense of humor about herself, and always loves to joke about anything. And well, since her humor is often based on my own stupid sense of humor, I think she’s quite funny. (And, even with Adam at the receiving end of a lot of it, Pearl always somehow ends up with the highest amount of friendship points with him, which is always so funny to me. I think it’s her workaholic nature? Not sure, but I love the dynamic haha) Now, this is going to get sadder then the others will, but kind of the same way that Nate does, she has the tendency to deflect, and her humor is her way of doing it. It’s the way that she tries to seem like she’s doing okay, even though she has a lot of parts of herself that she is never sure quite how to deal with. But Nate makes her want to open up that part of herself like no one she has known, and slowly, she has started to do so, hoping that she more she share about herself, things she is personally uncomfortable with, he’ll feel like he can come to her when he’s ready.

Mariana “Mari” Gonzales- Mari and Mason have the same sense of humor, so if that doesn’t tell you anything, I don’t know what does haha. Which, I suppose, is something that drew her to him the first time they met in her office. (With that whole “Charmed” “You shouldn’t be”) Mari would have probably answered the same way, and it was something that she appreciated, and was something that made her want her want to learn more about the brooding man in her office. She normally has a pretty good sense of humor about everything, and it can get into self-deprecating occasionally, which I’m not sure how the rest of the team sees it haha. Just like Pearl, she is makes fun of Adam constantly, but he is not her best friend in the Unit. (That honor goes to Nate haha, who surprisingly, I find compliment her more brash ways pretty well. N friendships with M detectives if really where it is at) And now if she is funny herself, just in a different way then the others, and will always take that moment, even if the situation doesn’t exactly warrant it. (Like the beginning of the Book 3 demo haha!)

26. How do they act when they’re happy? Do they sing? Dance? Hum? Or do they hide their emotions?

Thea- Thea very much wears her heart on her sleeve, and so this goes for her feelings as well. If she’s happy, you’ll know. She might say much to anyone about it without being prompted, but she makes not effort to hide how she is feeling. (Just as Tina how Thea has been since Felix and the rest of the team came back to Wayhaven ha!) And if you give her the okay to share what’s making her happy with her, she’ll slowly, almost unsurely, start talking about it. (She’s been a few situations which have left her with the belief that no one wants to hear about herself, even though she’ll always encourage people to talk about what’s on their mind with her) But that bright gentle smile is the biggest hint to how happy she is, almost making the whole room seem brighter. Thea also hums to herself when she doing work, especially if there is no music in the background, it filling the otherwise quiet. She doesn’t like overly noisy places, but the small hints of a melody is always something that she enjoys. And with Felix and her becoming an official couple, that smile has not fully disappeared from her face since then. At times, it doesn’t feel real to her, perhaps all a dream, but it something that she will treasure and protect forever.

Natasha- In the complete opposite to Thea, Natasha does not wear her feelings openly at, and at first glance, it can be hard to tell if she has more moods then slightly annoyed and strict professionalism. After a disastrous breakup with Bobby, she became even more closed off, keeping everyone at harms length, and the way that she rationalized that she wouldn’t get hurt again was to never let herself be open to anyone. This includes her positive emotions as well, so she normally never lets herself openly be happy at all. The smallest hint of this, which is something that Adam is figuring out, if that small smile, not showing any teeth smile, a smile that is only directed to him. I don’t even know how much she’s aware that she does this, but it is something that Adam has definitely noticed. And on the topic of Adam angst, Natasha was happier then she had ever been in at least years, if not her entire life, at the night at the carnival, gently letting Adam hold her hand if he wanted to. And for the first time in forever, she made no effort to hide how happy she was. (And for course, once everything went back to how it was before with Adam, this destroyed her. She had finally let herself open slightly to him, so for him to just take 10 steps back afterward hurt her deeply, but she’ll never admit that, treating it as professionally as she can)

Pearl- Pearl gets very talkative when she’s happy, and will gladly talk your ear off if you let her haha. She’s a storyteller at heart, and loves to be able to take people through what happened, and then to hear what’s going on with them that’s good, even with the smallest littler things. There is almost a spring in her step when she’s in high spirits. (which she spends a good portion of Book 2 in haha!) One thing that I do want to write at some point is just her realization that she and Nate are dating now at the end of Book 2, perhaps after she gets back to her apartment, and just the true happiness that fills her (And with the promise of angst in the N route, Pearl deserves some happiness before all of that comes down haha!) Pearl does plenty of hiding parts of herself, but happiness is not one of them, and once she is, she makes it her mission to make everyone else smile as well, with all of the jokes that she can muster. :)

Mari- Mari is a harder one to tell in this regard. She normally keeps everything, with a very easygoing look to things, just “it is what it is” kind of outlook to life. (The only time she’ll be stubborn is with Adam ha!) Another thing that makes this harder, is all out of what is making her happy recently is things that she doesn’t understand why she feels this way. Mari had gotten in a “relationship” with Mason with the intent of it being a fling and absolutely nothing more, but then there are softer moments between them? And they make her happy? She isn’t quite sure what to do with all exactly, not thinking it would ever end up in this way, so it is a bit harder to tell for her. It’s happiness, and also confusion, and it is just this mix of emotions that I absolutely love. But with everything else besides romantic relationships? Tina is very much Mari’s soul sister, so if something good happens, she’s the first person she messages, and the two of them could end up talking for hours. I know that there is big talk of Unit Bravo and the detective being a found family (which I adore don’t get me wrong), but the reason why Mari is still in Wayhaven in the first place, even though she likes the city more is because of the family-ish vibes she has with Tina. With a sour relationship with her mother, she has never really had that before, and so it means a lot to her. (And of all my detectives, she’s probably the quickest to adopt Bravo as the same, Thea a close second)

27. What makes them sad? Do they cry regularly? Do they cry openly or hide it? What are they like they are sad?

Thea- Unlike happiness, sadness is something that she tries desperately to hide, though people seem to know how she’s feeling anyway. Of all my detectives, Thea cares the most about what people think about her, so even with her best efforts they don’t, this is something that really makes her upset. (Trying to wait to talk about her fears to the next question haha) Thea does have a lot of guilt about everything that has happened in Wayhaven, from being unable to stop Murphy before Garrett Hayes’s murder, to Sanja’s death and beyond. These failures haunt her, and it is something that she can’t quite shake. I do think that she cries quite regularly about it, but is is all hidden, believing that not anyone would want to have to deal with her like that. The only person who’ll she cry openly in front of? Felix. Like in the end of Book 2. Even with the whisper in her head that she’s just annoying him and he has no reason to care about this at all, she let herself do it anyway, and his comfort was enough. (And now, I’ve made myself sad) But, I on the topic on what she is like sad, she’s quieter then normal, barely speaking at all, her smiles very obviously masking. But she doesn’t want to drag anyone down with her own feelings, so she’ll do her best to move forward with it anyway, as much as it hurts.

Natasha- Natasha keeps sadness just as tightly locked as her feelings for happiness. She is still deeply affected by her breakup with Bobby, but you’ll never know this. It takes so much for her to trust someone, and to have that thrown to the side, well, she’s had trouble trusting that others won’t do the same to her since. Now, back onto that night at the carnival. While we do not know much anything about the immediate aftermath of hand holding/shoulder lean, what I have for now is that the next day, when she found out that Adam had just pushed two of the further apart. She had to take a minute to be alone, where a few tears probably feel, but she put herself back into the “I have to keep my composure” mood pretty quickly, not daring to ever let anyone know how much it affected her. A second thought went through her head next, which was “If he wants to make this a professional relationship, fine. He can have it this way” And even though I don’t think this happens in the actual book, Natasha started reverting back to using Commanding Agent instead of his name, which she was starting to use more of, but he quite literally ruined that with one fell swoop. And how she is when she is sad, if you do try to talk to her, her tone come across as very sharp and harsh without really meaning to, it her own protection mechanism to hide just how hurt she is.

Pearl- Pearl does everything that she can to avoid being sad, more for the people around her. She has gone through many periods of self doubt and personal struggles, which never fail to bring her back to a darker place, but she pushes forward anyway, hoping that the future will be just as bright as she is hoping it is. She is more likely to cry out of frustration, pretty openly as well, then out of sadness. (which I feel like might happen more and more with how the future books are looking haha!) Sadness in others always kind of makes her panic, and she always rushes to try and fix it, sometimes not being very successful at all, but she does try her best in that regard. When she is sad, it is not the most obvious thing, but there is almost a catch in her voice in her normal tongue and cheek comments, her smile not as wide, and while it is something that many people would overlook, Nate definitely notices. Pearl did save Sanja over Nate, and Nate ending up the way that he did is something that won’t quite leave her alone. She has already decided that if she has to do something like this again, she’s going to save Nate. She knows it’s selfish, but she isn’t sure if she could go through that panic again.

Mari- Mari is especially hard to tell when she is feeling down at all, the only people really able to tell are Tina and (just starting to) Mason. She doesn’t really talk about the things that bother her all that much, preferring to hide it all instead of actually doing something about it. One thing that makes her sad is her relationship with her mother, as angry as she is about her being absent during her childhood. She wishes it didn’t have to be the way that it is now, and as much as her sudden involvement does not make up for anything, she is open (as of the Book 3 demo) to finally maybe work on that relationship. She knows that they’ll never be very close, but it is a step not to attack her every time she shows concern to her. Mari very rarely cries, even with things that truly affect her, but on the very rare occasion that she is, her fears of looking vulnerable fall away, and it doesn’t matter just how many people see. (Again, very rare circumstances) When she is sad, she normally has her eyes most downcast then normal, avoiding eye contact, which unless you know her very well, this will not come off as anything weird, especially with her sharp words.

28. What is their biggest fear? What in general scares them? How do they act when they’re scared?

Thea- Well for Thea, it is pretty much tied for rejection and loss, the two kind of working together. She has been in situations in which the other person didn’t share her feelings, and she is terrified of this happening again with Felix, doing or saying something stupid that would push him away. With all of her Murphy nightmares, being quite traumatized by what happened, the nightmare that scares her the most is just everything being gone between them, as if it never happened. And one thing that does replay in her nightmares about Murphy is being dragged away while Felix stayed unmoving on the ground. She is so scared of losing him, in death and in the relationship sense. (That “I’m scared of losing you too” line in the demo? Just wow, the amount spoken for Thea in that line) Her fears of loss and rejection also directly tie into her relationship with her mother. Thea did everything she could to keep that relationship strong, it being very one sided in that aspect, because as a child and even now, she feared that if she did not, her mother would leave and never come back, and she’ll be alone. It was one of the reasons why she did so well in school, because she thought that if she was a good child, she wouldn’t leave her behind. And well, some missions do tend to freak her out as well. (She was very on edge with that whole talk with Falk). When she is scared, Thea normally tries to put on a brave face, making sure everyone else is okay and putting others before herself, but the uncertain look in her eyes and the slight trembling in her voice is enough to show how she is truly feeling.

Natasha- Natasha’s biggest fear is the loss of control in her life. (This ties into her fear of the ocean, it being way too vast and unpredictable) She is a planner, she makes schedules, she follows them to a T, keeping her on track. She had the next few years planned out when she became a detective of all the things that she wanted to do to help the town, only to have her mother and Unit Bravo burn them as soon as they walked into her office in Book 1. She was so used to how her life was, and now with the supernatural, it is making her more and more anxious with the fact that she’ll never get her life back. And at the second that she thought she had so much control over her feelings, Adam goes and throws a wrench it that. As more and more things continue to pile up, it is getting harder and harder for her to take, both with the supernatural and the whole thing with Adam. (She is scared of not being able to figure out what is going with Adam until it is too late to say anything, but she’ll never admit that) When she is scared, kind of like what happened with Murphy, she goes completely silent, not trusting herself to say anything, and even if she wanted to, her tongue feeling swollen in her mouth anyway. And with the newest trouble that has come to Wayhaven in Book 3, these feelings of losing control are only going to increase, and she might have to face that her life will never be back to her carefully kept plans again.

Pearl- Pearl’s biggest fear is being alone. Not so much in a romantic sense (though this can be applied as well, especially as her and Nate get more serious), but how not having anyone she can turn to get support and to give that support back. She is very much a people person, and she craves that connection with someone. (And with the promise of N angst, I’m very scared of the future for her haha) She has looked in a lot of places for it, some places where she really shouldn’t have looked for it, but her romantic ways got the better of her, and it ends up with her hurt in the end. During the time up to Book 1, she hadn’t been in a relationship in a while, instead trying to figure herself out before thrusting herself into any new relationships. Then she meets Nate, and she is, in her own words, “enchanted” by him pretty quickly, and she continues to relish all of the closeness between them. She has buried the Murphy trauma, which is always something that seems to show its face in the worst of times for her, something that she has not been able to fully get over, as much as she wants to. (She never had a issue with blood before Murphy, but now? She wants nothing to do with it) And when she is scared, quite unsurprisingly, she normally lets her sarcasm lead the way in a attempt to hide just how scared she is. (She also tends to go back to humor when trying to comfort someone else, or even asking someone how they are doing, when she knows something is up) Pearl wants to be there for people, in any way that they will have her.

Mari- Mari’s biggest fear is being vulnerable. She knows that giving someone her heart would just give them the power to destroy her, and she would do anything for this not to happen. And while she can quite rudely tell her mother just how she still resents her, Mari would die if she found out just how much her absences truly hurt her. She’s kept a high wall around the softer parts of herself for so long, only to want to tear that down for Mason of all people. But, at the moment, she is refusing to let them down just yet. It’s not like Mason would do the same for her, right? And until she feels comfortable that she is not the only one with this confusing mess of feelings, she’s going to keep them quite closely fastened to her chest. And well she kind of brushed off with what happened with Murphy, she is haunted by how Mason ended up after she saved Sanja, and it maybe forced her to realize that she did indeed have them in the first place. (Though she is denying that currently) But when she is scared? Mari full on panics. She does not handle fear nor stress very well, and when it is down to the wire, she can make some pretty rash decision she would not have made otherwise.

This is way more then you asked for, but I hope you like this anyway! :) You are the best! ❤

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