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I put them under a cut bc they’re pretty long.
- Gives nose/forehead kisses: I know we’ve all said the same thing, but certainly Krolock kisses Alfred’s forehead the most, though Alfred has the kiss-on-top-of-the-head market completely cornered. And the head kisses aren’t limited to Krolock, he’ll happily bestow them on Sarah and Herbert as well, when in the right mood.
- Gets jealous the most: Building off of Jade’s headcanon, I would say Krolock has territory issues and Alfred has some heavy insecurity that can cause tension. I think to a certain extent, they both sometimes get worried that one day one will fall out of love with the other, but one day they’re still together fifty years down the line and it’s clear that there isn’t really anything that can tear them apart.
- Takes care of on sick days: I haven’t made up my mind about vampires and sickness yet, but definitely Alfred would end up having to take care of Krolock. For days, Krolock would be shugging off symptoms and insisting they’re nothing, but Alfred would eventually force him to get in bed and stop skulking. Krolock also gets unbearably cranky when he doesn’t feel well, but Alfred will tell him stories about growing up with his siblings in
Königsberg and will braid his hair back, and somehow that makes things a little better.
- Drags the other person out into the water on beach day: Neither one, but Herbert will drag them out to lakes in the summers on cool evenings. Alfred doesn’t particularly like being in bathing suits and tries to avoid the water, but Krolock’s used to it and was actually the one that taught Herbert how to swim in the first place, so he’ll join in most times.
- Brings the other lunch at work: Jade once implied Alfred takes a thermos of blood to work with him at the university and that’s still a real concept that I love. If said thermos really is a thing, Krolock undoubtedly brings it to him when he forgets it from time to time.
- Tries to start role-playing in bed: Oh boy. I would honestly say I think they both think about it for a long while before anyone actually brings the idea up. I think Krolock proposes things fairly easily to Alfred, but Alfred is pretty heavily embarrassed trying to request certain things, himself.
- Embarrassingly drunk dancer: They get drunk and dance together. Herbert is obviously massively humiliated, even though they’re home and no one else is there to see.
- Firmly believes in couples costumes: Krolock. He likes to match. He’s very matchy matchy when he’s paired up with someone. I think Fiona mentioned his matching with Sarah as a prime example.
- Breaks the expensive gift rule during Christmas: I think the possession of the family wealth plays into this heavily, but it’s obvious to me that Krolock would break that rule almost constantly, year-round. He spoils all of them; Sarah, Herbert, and Alfred, but he’s definitely the kind of dude who would buy pretty much anything Alfred vaguely mentions that he wants.
- Makes the other eat breakfast: They’re both pretty terrible about actually consuming humans on the appropriate schedule simply because of how emotionally draining the hunt is. Krolock struggles even at 300+ years old, Alfred really struggles as a new baby fledgling. I explore this a lot more in my fic, if anyone’s interested. 🙂
- Remembers anniversaries: They very much have the Ben and Leslie from Parks and Rec issue of both remembering the anniversaries, but they have to like…out-gift each other. Krolock wins this nearly every time, he’s a chronic gift giver, but Alfred still tries to surprise him every time anyway.
- Brings up having kids first: Alfred. This is how it happens: For days, Alfred is in a strange, somewhat aggressive and defensive mood, and Krolock too starts to take on an irritable edge. One very early morning, they’re preparing for bed and (Jade came up with this part) Krolock makes some cutting comment about Alfred’s attitude and Alfred dissolves into tears.
He reveals that it’s really all been about grieving the fact that he’ll never get a chance to have children. Coming from a family of six, counting his parents and himself, Alfred has always had a desire to start a nuclear family with someone, but being a vampire and in a relationship with another man prevents this from happening. However, Krolock is quick to swoop in with reminders of how well he acts as a parent for others and that he does not have to produce offspring of his own to consider his life complete. Alfred knows he’s right, but he’s still always slightly melancholy when children are brought up in conversation. - Kills the bugs: Alfred. He’s not a fan of it, but Herbert and Krolock refuse, leaving him with the job.
- First to define them as a couple: 😉 that’s fanfic spoilers.
- Who hides their guilty pleasures longer: Alfred struggles to keep anything hidden because when he’s passionate, he can’t help but tell everyone about The Thing. Krolock on the other hand seems largely unclockable, but he really loves truly bad literature. Imagine the worst romance novel your local book store has, Krolock probably picked that one up. Bad sci-fi series? Definitely. Cozy Mysteries that grandmas read? His favorites.
- Snorts while laughing: Alfred, and Krolock absolutely loves to make bad jokes just to see Alfred’s grin.
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