ok i have a request: phobos with a shy player who hides behind him to avoid talking to people. extra bonus points if they also tend to get overstimulated and will just hang out in his office because they know nobody will disturb them
Of course! Here you go Anon, Happy New Year! <3
Phobos' Reaction to a Shy!Player
(TW: Yandere, Obsessive Behavior, Referenced Violence)
The moment you first show some signs of extreme shyness, Phobos’ concern is obvious. The sight of you ducking behind him when two of his agents passed by made him wonder if they'd committed the sin of scaring you in some way.
He’ll ask you about it in a soft manner, ever polite and gentlemanly. “Have my men done anything to make you wary, Your Grace? I assure you, I’ll punish them appropriately for their transgression, whatever it might be."
(Perhaps he was a little too convinced that they did something. But the Director couldn’t stand for anyone or anything making you too scared to be there at the Nexus’ headquarters, too scared to be near him. Plus, he couldn’t stand it if these nobodies made his organization look bad to you. Not when all of this was for your favor.)
You wave your hands and try to assuage his concern, explaining that you were just a bit overwhelmed by others’ attention and that his personnel weren’t at fault for anything. (Luckily for them.) The Director merely hummed in response, but you could tell he was put at ease by the way his hand fell from the pommel of the sword at his side.
After that, however, Phobos learns to appreciate your shyness each time it rears its head. The way it causes you to go to him for comfort is something he can’t help but adore, not only because it serves him with that attention from you he so craves, but also because it shows just how much you trust him.
Really, it’s enough to make him swoon. Witnessing his God showing so much faith in him and his capabilities, seeing how you go to him and him alone for comfort—it's far more than any simple vessel of yours could hope for.
Phobos will do his best to ensure that you never regret your choice, and he’ll be infinitely welcoming and understanding whenever you feel the need to escape from others’ attention.
He’ll place himself between you and anyone else who enters your vicinity, acting as a barrier should you not want to spend your time mingling with his lessers. (Besides, he really doesn’t think that they deserve an inkling of your attention anyway, even if they are his underlings.)
If you do decide to socialize, he’ll try to keep you close regardless. He figures it would be best to do so in case anyone tries to get too comfortable around you or dares to upset you.
Needless to say, the workers of the Nexus Core are never truly at ease whenever they’re around you; it’s impossible to be. Not when their Director is leering in their direction like he’s a second away from violently lunging at them. And they honestly believe Phobos enjoys the discomfort they feel around him. (And they’d be right.)
On the off chance that Phobos cannot accompany you, he’ll have one of his officers do it instead (likely a Tower Guard or another one of his more powerful units). They’ll be under strict orders concerning their treatment of you, of course.
Phobos absolutely loves it when you hide away in his office to get some proper peace and quiet. Just being able to look up from his work and see you lazing about on the seat closest to his or reading a book he’s gifted you makes him feel all the more warm in your presence. Perhaps it’s the joy of being in your sphere, or simply the gratefulness he has that you chose him and his place as your getaway, but the butterflies in his chest can’t seem to die down when you’re so close.
He’ll encourage you to stay more often and for longer each time you drop by. Phobos will also use a myriad of reasons to try to convince you if you hesitate; whether it be his need for your tactical knowledge or him “accidentally” ordering someone to bring your favorite snacks/drink to his office before you even entered. Either way, you’ll find yourself having some obligation to spend more time with him. Not like you mind it that much; Phobos is surprisingly good company (to you, at least), and it stops you from having to mingle with others when you don’t wish to.
Overall, Phobos is surprisingly soft and doting when faced with your shyness - even affectionate (and clingy) at times. However, that's to be expected; it's a side only you could ever bring out of him, after all. For the Director of the Nexus Core, treating you any different would be a crime worthy of the worst consequences imaginable.
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I’m poly and got a dumb idea:
So, the main 4 are fighting over who gets to date the Player or something like that. Player walks in and goes, “I thought all 4 of us were dating already???”
Oh god, that would be so funny. Especially if the Player had already been acting like they were in a relationship with all of them and made it really obvious that they held romantic feelings for them.
The four would just be absolutely flabbergasted while you're standing there saying things like "Did you think me kissing you right on the mouth was a platonic gesture? fr?" 🤨
You know Doc is going to be really embarrassed that he didn't notice this too, considering how he generally thinks he's more perceptive than the other three. The man can find a way to stop The Machine using time loops but can't see that his own feelings are reciprocated. I think they'd all fall into the trap of thinking it's just a "human thing" that you were doing too, which is one of the reasons why they're so surprised.
Overall though, I think they'd be happy. However, that doesn't mean that competition will end between them, all things considered. It just means that they can be far more forward with their intentions and feelings - which is a good thing for them. And I can't see Hank really liking the idea of 'sharing' you with the other three. (Especially when it means he can't outright kill them as he was probably considering. Although maybe he could've made an exception for 2BDamned. Maybe.)
Competition and jealousy will likely be fierce in the beginning, so maybe try spending equal time with them, and see how that works out. Let them take in your affections knowing you do love them as they so hoped you did, without the interference or presence of one another. Until they get used to it and calm down, at least.
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follow up to your alignment chart sorting: unfortunately i don’t think harrow is coping :/ poor bb
Ah, but Harrow IS coping... her strategies may be both nuclear and far from what we (from our outside perspective) might consider ideal, but she has always been solution based. She problem solves. She survives.
Harrow spent her whole life taking her anger and helplessness out on the girl who was trapped as her indentured servant, to cope. She destroyed her own brain to save her meat pumpkin's soul, to cope. She made soup that doubled as a delivery mechanism for jellied explosives, to cope. It may not be "healthy" coping, but did Harrowhark Nonagesimus, the ghastly chimera of 200 dead sons and daughters of the Ninth, ever stand a chance at being "healthy"?
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