I was thinking about how Darius most likely helped Hunter set up his Penstagram account since... let's be real, Hunter couldn't even type because he had never had a scroll before, he would've had NO idea of how to set up a social media profile. Which means Darius saw him pick his username or even might have typed it in on Hunter's behalf.
His username. You know, RULERZREACHF4N
And I was thinking about this because you know how Hunter feels immediately safe to infodump to Darius about wolves like literally five seconds after they reunite? I don't doubt during the sewing lessons, Hunter realized he could ramble to his heart's content and Darius would listen, but it's highly possible that same night Darius gave him the scroll was the first moment Hunter realized Darius wouldn't scowl at him for talking about his interests.
Picture that.
Darius asks Hunter to pick an username and waits while Hunter workshops like 3-4 names until his face just brightens up and he just knows what he has to put in. It takes a couple of tries because 'Rulersreachfan' is already occupied and Darius has to explain the whole thing about replacing letters with numbers and all of that. But then once it's done and they move on to finding the Emerald Entrails in there so Hunter can text them, Darius asks where did the idea for the username comes from.
And oh, boy, it's like Hunter had been waiting for that question his whole life.
Darius suddenly has in his hands a kid rambling about a fantasy plot that's equal parts edgy and cheesy, Hunter's voice squeaking at times because he's too excited to be careful about his tone, and his face getting red out of excitement. He can only think about how he didn't even think this kid could look that happy.
And then, of course, he's starting to connect some dots about Hunter's less than ideal upbringing so when Hunter's face falls and he starts to seem apologetic about talking so much? Darius smiles and encorauges him to keep talking. Even if the book isn't to his tastes, it's something this kid is obviously passionate about, and Darius knows he has to encourage him to do actual teenager activities instead of working himself to death for a man that doesn't give two fucks about him.
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Ao3 you know me so well
✨Bonus✨
Me explaining what whump is to my non-fandom friend:
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hunter’s friends would always make so much jokes about darius being his dad or would go “how’s your dad doing btw?” that hunter ends up slipping up and calling darius dad to his face and it isn’t like hunter disagrees with the sentiment but he’s just worried darius would be weirded out by it. hunter kinda just sits there in silence for a few seconds and then he finally looks up at darius and darius just has the softest look on his face ever and that’s when hunter knew it was all okay and that darius didn’t mind infact darius happily will carry the title of hunter’s dad for as long as hunter wants him to be
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