I have a (older!alert, 7th year) completely useless headcanon that when Sebastian and the MC duel in the Undercroft, there’s a lot of Depulso and Confringo being used, so things can get real…hot
Zack and Cloud, "You forgot to say the magic word." xD
Cloud was so used to no one paying attention to him that it threw him for a loop when someone suddenly did.
The fact that this someone was a SOLDIER 1st class didn’t hurt. Or maybe it did. They’d known each other for months and he still had no idea how to act around Zack sometimes.
Luckily, this never seemed to deter Zack. In fact, he was incredibly adaptable to Cloud’s…Cloud-isms.
For the first few week’s they’d known each other, Cloud couldn’t help but flinch or stiffen up whenever Zack threw an arm around him or otherwise touched him. It wasn’t like he thought Zack would hurt him - completely the opposite - but a lonely childhood on top of a (mostly) friendless life in Shinra meant that he simply wasn’t used to friendly gestures like that.
So when Zack eventually noticed the flinching and hesitance, he - without any preamble - would hover for a second before he grabbed Cloud in a half-hug or whatever. “Yeah?”
The fact that Zack actually paid enough attention to realize he had to give a little warning warmed Cloud’s heart in a way that he couldn’t quite describe.
And of course, his answer was always the same.
“Yeah.”
Of course it was different on the battlefield if they needed to push each other out of the way or something, but when they were just hanging out, the permission was always asked and granted.
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.”
It happened when Cloud found out he hadn’t passed the SOLDIER exam and Zack held out his arms. “Yeah?”
“Yeah.” As though he would disagree to a tight hug that made everything seem better, at least for a minute.
It continued happening even with how close they got. Holding hands. Manly cuddling as they watched a movie. Feeding him a piece of the dumbapple pie that Kunsel had dropped off (if the guy ever got out of SOLDIER, he really needed to open a bakery). Every time, it was always the same.
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.”
There was just one time Zack forgot to ask, during a late night when they had nowhere else to be next morning and vulnerability and anticipation hummed through them; a buzz that’d only gotten louder the more they were together.
Cloud’s heart pounded wildly as Zack moved closer, their breaths hitching at the same moment. He froze a little, but then smiled a bit at Zack’s wide-eyed mako gaze.
“You forgot to say the magic word.”
There was a pause before Zack couldn’t help but laugh. The smile still sat on his lips as he moved closer to Cloud, just a hair away. “Yeah?”
Cloud just breathed out one word, the only response he ever wanted to give to this man, before their lips finally met.
I might be playing around in the DD2 character creator but I know myself, I’m still in BG3, I’m not going anywhere, this is a HYPERfocus mama it’s gonna be years
your OCs with someone who has a laughing fit so strong they literally can't breathe and only do that wheezing thing
the pain is real but I also love it
AHJAJSJKSK, the Iris one is too accurate, I can't!!! 😭😂
Like you said, Iris will just stare and do nothing as you're choking due to your laughing. The murderous urge rising the more it drags one. Expect her hands to be trembling and hovering as she is fighting to the urge to strangle you. Depends on her day tbh, if you caught her on one of her bad days I am sorry. Now you're choking on her hands while dying of laughter. 😭
Fin would cringe and internally worry as he tells you to stop making those sounds lmao.
Odile and the Patron would panic and pat your back, offering you something to drink and trying to calm you down. Odile will sigh in relief once you calmed down, stroking your back and telling you to breath. The Patron would find it endearing tbh. He adores when you laigh, just don't scare him like that~
Ophelia would find the wheezing so impolite and improper lmao. As if she doesn't have an ugly cackle and snort herself.
Dogface would just stare and make weird faces when you start wheezing and choking lmao. He'll just have his arms crossed as he waits for you to stop wheezing with a smirk on his face. He'll probably tell you you have an ugly laugh because he's mean like that.
The Nutcracker would find the laughter cute and just see it as a sign that whatever he did was funny.
Mila is probably wheeze laughing with you while Macy tell you both to stop or you'll die lmao.
Same can be said about "Alice", she is laughing and on the ground choking on air. She probably faints if the laughing is too strong.
Arden would panic and offer you something to drink as he tells you to take it easy ahakala.