#This AU is the duct tape holding my fragile mental state together lol

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I’d imagine that Guts and Griffith would have pretty interesting yet still extremely loving relationships with the non-biological kids. What would they be like?

For Griffith: Jan (Yan) is like a mini Guts. He sees so much of his husband in him. The white hawk constantly finds himself wondering if Guts was like their son or had similar habits to Jan when he was young. Like Jan's aptitude for climbing anything that looks even a little climb-able. Trees, stables, walls, storage sheds, the palisades' turrets. Anything. No matter how high or dangerous. The boy is very adventurous and tough. He might be quiet, but he is never one to back down from a challenge and his disregard for safety coupled with his interest in sword play reminds Griffith of Guts to a T. Knowing that his husband grew up without the guidance or love of a father figure, Griffith would try to be that figure for Jan (alongside Guts of course). He wants to teach Jan to be strong, sharp, and methodical with a firm but kind hand- something his husband had not gotten as a child. So while Jan frequently prefers to spar with Guts because of their similar temperaments/styles, the boy is still endlessly enamored by his long haired father's eloquent fighting style whenever he steps in to teach him new forms. Jan considers it the challenge of a lifetime to try and keep up with Griffith's moves. Their bond centers much around their time practicing sword play, only because Jan has a passion for it and very little patience with academics in contrast to Efa. He is a wild-child and Griffith loves his unpredictable nature, even if he has to try and rein it in every now and then for his own safety. He will let the boy have his freedom, so long as it isn't too far from his arms. Rather it be fencing or walks together through the gardens, Griffith savors his bond with his son (even if he has to unceremoniously climb up walls after him to bring him back to the safety the ground)

For Guts: Efa is his precious, precocious daughter. No harm must come to her. He doesn't tend to put a ton of importance on blood relation for his part- although his mind is still blown that he ever ended up passing on his blood at all. The fact that he took part in making a human is not lost on him. But even if he didn't father Efa himself, she is just as much his child as Jan is. For Guts, he's still just baffled that any kid wants to hang around a him, much less kids of his own. Having only ever swung a sword with his arms, swinging a giggling daughter around still melts his heart at the utter surprise of it. She's his perfect little girl. So much like her mother and yet still so much like Griffith, too. It reminds him that despite the odds against him, he'd found happiness with the people he loved. After the miserable start in life that he'd had and losing or nearly losing the things that meant the most to him, he isn't about to pass up a moment with his children. She will sit quietly with him while he does reps with his weighted sword, and when he can pull her away from her dolls or books to play fight a little bit with him, he is always bemused by the very Casca-like fire that sparks whenever she feels like he is showing her up. With Casca's temper and Griffith's death glare, he knows that she'll make a formidable fighter someday. Their bond is relaxed and close. Even if she spends a lot of her quiet time with Griffith or Casca, Guts will always be the wolf that dutifully guards her.

Thank you for this ask, I hope you enjoyed the answer, love ♡ As always, my AU is forever developing as i draw and write for it (and mind you i am in no way a good writer especially with world building) So i am always open to thoughts/theories that you might have about this setting 🥰 My apologies for the wall of text haha 😇🙏