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redwayfarers · 5 months

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what if nika and artoirel had each other's courtship tokens?? they already possess the same pair of earrings but what if artoirel kept one of nika's hats by his bed and nika had a little kerchief with the fortemps family sigil on it. and when asked about it, artoirel says yes, they're courting and doesn't give any details bc it's, well their thing. meanwhile, nika doesn't respond but his expression is proof enough.

(anyone who knows him knows he can count the people he likes on one hand, and he does mention artoirel often, so it's easy to piece it together. but still the idea of him being in love being so obvious that he doesn't have to say anything is just <3 to me)

#nero plays ffxiv #nika perseis #nika x artoirel #artoirel de fortemps #someone send help i'm experiencing wild levels of brainrot #i also think nika would legit struggle with saying he's romantically interested in men #idk how public this is but. that would mean he's saying to everyone he's bisexual in his eyes #background: all his life he thought all straight guys had the hots for their homies alongside girls. aren't all guys a little gay.#so he's fairly sure he's sexually attracted to men bc it's been that was his whole life #but romantically? nah that requires him getting comfy with a lot of things real fast and he isn't ready for that #so him saying he's exclusive with artoirel? it's like a coming out #he can't *verbalize* it yet but he sure isn't hiding it #nika is the poster child of toxic masculinity in a lot of ways and it's all negatively impacted him #one of the ways is this. he can't be honest to himself that he has a romantic attraction to more than just women #so this is actually a step in the right direction for him #sorry for the novel in the tags this didn't fit in a post and i felt stupid writing this in a post esp as someone who doesn't have that (1)#(2) experience. but it is what it is so in the tags it goes

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