#sunny will start wearing tights under his shorts and nick will switch to medium length shirt sleeves...

[theokusgallery]

tw for implied self harm

do you think that nick and sunny would get matching "<3" scars/cuts

Oh yeah totally

I mean they have a weird relationship with their/each other's bodies and (if you've read the 15+ comic, which I assume you did considering your question, you'll know what I'm talking about) a weird relationship with cuts & markings. Specifically in relation to each other, and ownership of each other

Arsenic's thoughts are usually along the lines of "I want to mark him everywhere with my name and have it on display that he's mine and mine only, I want to kill everyone who isn't us because then no one could even look at him or think about him or exist to him but I need people to exist in order to see and acknowledge that he's mine, it's pointless to own him if there's no one else around who can, he's mine because he chose me among everyone else, he's mine mine mine and everyone else only exists to see that and know that I'm better than them and that they'll never have him"

Nick loves to leave his name everywhere on Sunny. It's not enough to say "he has a boyfriend/he's taken", the point is that he belongs to Arsenic specifically, and that no matter what he always will because there's literally branding all over him and not all of it will ever go away.

He is also very, very fond of the concept of matching with Sunny. Usually couples do this about clothes? But clothes are too superficial for Nick (and Sunny's too weird about clothes to ever change it anyway) and matching with their bodies feels more sincere/meaningful. For Nick though, no name, just hearts is fine — because they have a very strict power dynamic and they are not on equal ground. Sunny belongs to Nick, but Nick could walk away any second. Which means Sunny feels pressured to do everything Nick wants so that this doesn't happen. Making Sunny insecure about their relationship is one of Nick's greatest joys

#despite this they don't display it in public. not the scars anyway #only because nick wants to be publicly beyond reproach so that no one can ever take his precious sunny away from him. #sunny doesnt have many friends but said few friends would go ballistic if they ever saw any sign of harm because they're already suspisciou #(of nick that is) #sunny will start wearing tights under his shorts and nick will switch to medium length shirt sleeves... #if anyone asks the heating is down at their apartment and they thought it was colder than it actually is outside #ok now to trigger warn... #tw sh #tw sh implied #tw self harm #tw self harm mention #tw abuse #tw abusive relationship #that should be enough? tell me if there's anything more to add #arsenic #that one's going in the pinned post boys #ask #anon #do you see the foreshadowing. do you see it #ok ill shut up now i ranted enough already #rant