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Alicia: hugs, and snuggles, even though when they were teens it made him very uncomfortable

Kattar: Care for virtually every one of her needs he could think of, bring her food if she was sick, clean her apartment (okay that's a gift in self interest. he's so dying to clean that place) Buy her chocolate, flowers, basically the works, as long as it didn't mean emotional vulnerability (smh)


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Jinwoo: Draw pictures for or of Kimberly. Give compliments, he does that without thinking, and doesn't always remember that can make people uncomfortable.

Kimberly: Talk about his interests and try to make him smile, share things she thinks are cute or pretty or tasty with him.

Eliza: No end of flirting and xs and os

Aaron: Run a bubble bath for Eliza, set up a nice dinner and then a cozy movie night.

16 days later

Melissa is a bit like Alicia in that she loves being affectionate, but unlike Kattar, who actually likes hugs despite having to get used to it her husband is not a very affectionate person. The sweet thing she does for him is let him style her according to his whims for dates. She knows he likes to see her looking dressed up and stylish.

On his part, he would tolerate or reciprocate physical affection, though admittedly not extremely enthusiastically most of the time.

Ohhh this is going to be a fun one.

Paul: He is a shy boy, so he does not outwardly show affection and often waits for the other person to initiate the romance. But if he is in the mood, he would offer to share his chocolate or give you his other earbuds to listen music with.

Howard: Howard is the complete opposite of Paul. He would initiate a lot of cuddling and purring, especially during quiet moments. He is also a gentlecat and would offer small acts of services, like opening the door or doing the dishes (yes, he is capable of holding a sponge and plate).

Brad: Brad is a romantic person like Howard. She enjoys singing to her partners and making small magic shows for them. She is also super caring, asking if her partner has eaten their lunch already or if they had drank water.

Alex: Alex is touchy and loves a good hug or two. He is often the initiator of said hugs and is not shy about it. He also enjoys sneaking snacks from his family's convenience store and gives it to his partner in secret (hehe!)

hmm, stealing for your love, sounds like a Bonnie and Clyde type romance

Vlad is the type of guy who would go to the forest in the middle of the night and rain, with just a flashlight, just so he could find something lost that is emotionally important to his sweethearts, no matter how utterly "useless" or "childish" others perceive said object to be. As long as it's important to those he cares for, he will also treasure it.

Going into the forest in the middle of the night, bringing only a flashlight, and looking for lost objects that are perceived as useless or childish? Are you sure Vlad isn't looking for pages and evading Slenderman??? (Kidding! Kidding. He sounds like an absolute sweetheart)

20 days later

Jinho: Would deal with basic tasks to keep his sweetheart from having to do them. Getting groceries, cleaning, cooking, etc. He's not a super affectionate person, so he loves by caring for people's needs.

Jimin: xs and os. As well as wanting to share all her favorite movies and family photos with them. She'd want to make a scrap book or online folder of couple memories too. Also she'd be the type to caress her sweetheart's head/hair just to be sweet. It's a habit she's had for her loved ones since she was a kid.

https://tapas.io/episode/3125733

Most of book 1 is my 2 mains being in the early stages of their relationship. On one side you have Milo who will cook for, hold, and deeply listen to Corym, while Corym leaves tiny gifts, comforts and take Milo out to see the stars and auroras

amongst more but ye

I think Eva would probably spend time with slinky and try to care for them. Trying to provide medical assistance to slinky is similar to giving a pill to a cat.
Slinky would give Eva freshly caught pigeon. With the head and all, they’re a gentleman.
Spoiler 1s idea of affection is prolonged physical/visual contact, and gifts. Expensive gifts. Would probably give spoiler two a car if he knew where to buy a car.
Spoiler 2 would probably also spend quality time. And maybe a “free limb-breaking of your choice, say who and when” coupon.

Well Henry is an early bird so he'd most likely wake up before his S/O, so he'll cook breakfast for them and take it to them, the first week that is, then he'll just go ahead and yell for them to wake up already, breakfast is waiting.



And in Ko-Fi!


This is legitimately the way Kattar's mother spoils him lol. He has so much unnecessary expensive stuff. he has like three cars, and he didn't buy any of them.

@justanothernerdling

Ooh, stars and auroras are so my cup of tea

@llobucervallince

I have several characters who would wake up their significant others at untimely hours unfortunately

14 days later

As Kattar is now paralyzed, Alicia helps him out in ways she can by assisting in keeping his house clean (which she doesn't even do for her own place XD) helping him decorate for holidays and things like that, as he's still getting used to moving around in his wheelchair.

He still likes buying her pretty things, or cute things he knows she'd like, and that's probably a big part of his love language. He also likes teasing her to get her to smile and blush because while it amuses him to annoy her, he also knows it amuses her to pretend to be annoyed. A perfect endless cycle.


“Aye caramba. Are you trying to air-fry the furniture?” I grumble, taking my shoes off at the door out of habit.

Kattar shrugs. “I’m always cold these days.”

“In this inferno?” I check his temperature with my hand. His rosiness certainly looks less healthy than normal. “You don’t have a fever.”

“It‘s my mother’s genes getting to me,” he says, almost recoiling at the touch. He smiles a little awkwardly, “I’m okay, really”

“If you’re sure...” I step back, glancing around the living room. There’s mistletoe lying on the end table and a small Christmas tree by the sofa, glittering sparsely with a few fake candy canes near the base. “What exactly were you planning decorations-wise?”

“Just to gift-wrap the door like my mom always does and get some more ornaments on the tree. I can’t…” He trails off, looking at the floor, and decides to leave his statement incomplete. “The gift wrap and ornaments are in my closet.”

I hurry to the room. At least if I’m working there’ll be something to talk about - less awkward silence. My skin burns under the coat, but I try to ignore it.

19 days later

Andrew is a lot like his big sister - cuddly, but a lot cuter as less flirtatious than Alicia in general. He would also full on build custom furniture, and maybe even a house as a gift. It would basically be living the dream to have a bf or husband as handy as him.

one of the male leads in my story celestia keeps orange juice in his fridge at all times, he drinks it before it goes bad even when he hates oranges, and always replenishes it. He keeps orange juice at all times because fl, kayda loves orange juice, so when she hangs out with him,he wants to make sure he always have what she loves with him :innocent:
and here is a chapter from his pov

8 days later

Despite not seeming very sweet, Leia has a very no nonsense mom attitude though she's only 17.

She would care for her sweetheart when he was sick, fretfully always make sure he was warm enough. But also cute things like tickles, stroking his hair, and feeding him.

Weirdly enough all of these things but tickles are just how she cares for her little brother, but whatever. Currently she loves him more than anyone else in the world.

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Otto obsessively cooks. And does Housework. If you have a bad day, he can figure it out, and you'll walk into the whole house organized.

He will also fight a man at waffle house for his loved one.

Amrit will gush over his spouse. Hugs and kisses. He will also talk about how Cly is the greatest thing in the friggin universe.

XD, this is totally Miguel Xochitl (Melissa's husband.) He doesn't particularly like cooking, but he does it regularly because she doesn't like it that much.

This would be Kattar if he didn't know money was a much more effective way of getting people in trouble. And he's always had that to burn so. He is legit here about to get a restraining order on the next person who creeps on his girl.

Legit what every significant other on planet earth wants lol

Cooking together. Seems to be a theme in all of my books. Sana of "Lyra's Magnum Opus" in particular likes to bake for others. He found out his husband's favorite cookie is a Chinese sesame cookie, so his goal is to make this a lot.

i've never tried this before, but it sounds interesting. I love sesame, I made a cake out of it once (we call it ajonjoli in my country)

I don't know if I have any couples who cook together as a thing yet...hmmm

I've got a specific scene in mind for this one. Some extra context: The ML(Nori) was away for two years in a war with no leave or breaks so they hadn't actually seen or communicated with each other for the past two years.
Chapter 15:
“These are all letters I wrote to you while I was gone, except for the most recent one.” Nori said quickly. Burying his face in his pillow, he didn't even wait for her response before quietly saying, “Don't laugh at me.”
Placing a hand on his back, with tears in her eyes, she said, “I could never laugh at you for something this lovely. Thank you.”
Hearing the emotion in her voice, he immediately sat up and pulled her into his arms. “I wasn't trying to make you cry.”

Same lol. I've got so many more sweet scenes planned for "Damsel in the Red Dress" and for "Rigamarole," and that's not even romance. Made me stop and realize that sweethearts can mean more than just a romantic partner in the end.

Btw, did you see my question about your FL's (Alice's,) hair texture? I wanted to try my hand at drawing her, but you didn't mention it in the thread where you described her XD

I didn't even get the notification. But I imagine that her hair is typically very curly in ringlets. If you draw her I'd love to see it! Will you post her on your instagram?

Yeah, I'd post it on my IG. so curly because of the ringlets because she styled it that way? (something like an anime princess) or like her natural hair texture is coils? (I ask cuz they look a bit different, one being more like a spring, and the other more like a ribbon dancers ribbon)

That is true, I think I picture her natural hair texture being ringlets, although with the weight of her hair, they'd be concentrated primarily at the bottom with the curls at the top being looser due to the weight pulling them down, if that makes sense.
So short answer kind of like a spring at the bottom but a ribbon dancer's ribbon for the rest.
They do definitely look different, but also different hair weight and textures also play into it, along with humidity, products and pretty much everything else :joy: So honestly as long as it's curly I'm not the type of person to nitpick on details. I have curly hair that looks different depending on the weather, styling and the length

Same lol. My hair looks tighter the shorter it is, but it's sort of like lots of consecutive "s" shaped waves when it's longest. So I'll just try my best to make it look good lol

I'm sure it'll be be great! I'm looking forward to seeing her!

@HostileFren

Here's Alice XD. I hope you like it.

Which of your stories is she from again, so I can mention it in my post?

It's a bit more of an elemental system as the basic magic part. Although there are more than just the main four elements. In addition there are dragons. It's pretty much just a little bit of everything fantasy rolled into one :sweat_smile:
Alice herself though communicates with animals. It is a rare ability so she is unique in that regard.

that's fine lol, that's the kind of magic systems I prefer in worlds anyway. Unless it's Tolkien I don't care for creepy magic systems lol

I'm not a fan of creepy magic either, and I prefer magic systems that share the basic concepts with some twists. That way it doesn't feel like the reader is thrown into something entirely unknown, and it gives something to build off of as the story progresses

I don't mind complex magic systems, and I write some of them myself. But I don't like spooks haha

I haven't written anything spooky yet, but I think it would be fun to do a spooky short story for Halloween at some point. Not anything too scary, but just a little spooky

@HostileFren Well, I DO have some more eerie plot lines, but never horror and stuff like that. Not my thing.

Oh, but what does the male lead look like? I've not seen much description of him lol