#harold chasen headcanon

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Meeting and Dating Harold Chasen

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- You and Harold meet through a certain eccentric 80 year old. 

- Maude flitted through life without a care in the world, relishing in things like joy and romance; even if they weren’t technically her own. So when she sees two strange, lonely little souls going through their day to day lives without a certain somebody to make them smile, she decided that she wanted to do something about it. 

- Chances are, she “collected” you first, forcing her friendship upon you until you couldn’t imagine your life without her chaotic influence. And, after you were perfectly comfortable in her presence, she found the pessimistic Harold and decided that he would be perfect for you. 

- So, you were invited over for some tea and introduced to the young man; shaking his hand before the two of you were ushered to sit at Maude's tiny little table. 

- The interaction was probably sprung on the unsuspecting Harold but; unlike when his mother did it: this time he didn’t mind. Perhaps because it felt so natural....

- When his mother invited women over it always felt overbearing and forced, whereas; while Harold had a bit of an idea as to what Maude was getting at, it still just felt like he’d been invited over to meet another friend of the older woman.

- Maude behaved like her pushy self and you were perfectly pleasant; regarding him with the polite interest of a new friend rather than the polished behavior of someone trying to make a romantic first impression. 

- After the two of you meet for the first time, Maude immediately begins to get the two of you closer, inviting you both out with her on her daily adventures and not so subtly pairing you off together while she does something important to her. 

- Because of this, the two of you wind up getting to know each other and developing a mutual attraction fairly quickly. So much so that Maude doesn’t even have to push you together anymore; you just wind up falling into step with each other naturally. 

- Harold definitely goes to Maude to ask what he should do about his growing feelings for you; and eventually how he should ask you out and where to take you. 

- You probably aren’t completely aware that you’re being taken out on a date when Harold first asks if you want to come with him to the amusement park; you just think he wants to spend some time with you or that Maude was busy. 

- So when you’re sitting together and he presents you with an engraved coin that confesses that he loves you, you’re arguably a little surprised. But, regardless of how shocked you are, you can’t help but smile and tell him that you love him too, clutching the coin tightly in your hand. 

- The two of you share your first kiss right then and there, leaning in and pressing your lips together like a vow: a promise that your new relationship starts now and never ends. 

- There’s quite a bit of Pda in your relationship; though you usually stick to rather innocent and reserved forms of it. You’re the first person he’s ever really loved so he enjoys touching you and doing the usual things that couples do.

- Leaning your head on his shoulder. He likes to wrap his arm around you and lean his head on yours whenever you do.

- Interlocked arms or holding onto his arm as the two of you are sitting or walking together.

- Handholding.

- Soft, delicate kisses.

- Long, passionate kisses.

- He usually doesn’t use pet names but he doesn’t mind using them or having you use them on him if it’s something that you like doing. If you do want him to use pet names then he tends to call you darling or sunshine; or something specific that relates to you like sunflower or curly sue. 

- The two of you cuddle a lot; it’s one of his favorite things to do. You usually end up with your head on his chest and his arm wrapped around you, his hand cupped around your side.  

- Him carrying you on his back. He loves racing down some beaten path with you clutching onto his shoulders, laughing as the wind blows through your hair. 

- Harold sort of just lets you drag him through whatever you want to do. He’s just there for the ride whenever you want him to be; and enjoys seeing you so happy just because he’s willing to go along with you.

- Having your own little adventures and doing a new thing every day.

- Meeting early in the morning and spending the entire day out with each other.

- Tea parties.

- Watching buildings getting torn down together. 

- Picnics; sometimes at your favorite headstones or on the rubble of old buildings. 

- Strolling through graveyards and attending funerals together. 

- Dancing together. 

- Laying in the back of his hearse. 

- Cruising around town and going on road trips; especially after Maude’s death: it’s the way that the two of you honor her and her love of experiencing new things. 

- Random visits. The both of you just show up at each others homes whenever you feel like it; hoping that the other is actually home to answer the door. 

- Stargazing and admiring the world around you together. 

- Carnival and amusement park dates.

- Spontaneous gifts. Sometimes sentimental, other times just something he knows you’ve wanted; he’s got enough money to spend on them either way. 

- He thinks of everything when it comes to surprising you. Whenever he wants to celebrate something special or just do something sweet to let you know that he cares, he always manages to come up with an evening that seems like it was pulled right from your own imagination.

- He loves listening to you talk and tell stories. He never gets tired of it and always acts like its his first time hearing them; even if you cycle through the same ones over and over again. 

- Taking turns sharing your interests with each other. He likes getting little glimpses into the things that you enjoy doing.

- Helping to break him out of his shell and inspiring him to enjoy the life that he has.

- Doing whatever you feel like and not letting the world judge you for it.

- Him taking up a hobby to impress you and make you happy, like how he took up the Banjo for Maude; which he plays for you often.

- Picking flowers and making flower crowns. 

- Combing each others hair, zipping up dresses, helping the other put on their coat, etc. The two of you are constantly grooming and otherwise tending to each other. 

- Him complimenting you and telling you how much fun he’s had with you. He can’t help but express how much you mean to him and how much you’ve helped to improve his life. It’s important to him that you know. 

- He’s memorized all of your little ticks and quirks: like the way you lick your lips before speaking or brush your hair behind your ear when you're nervous. Every now and again, he’ll bring it up to you, asking you if you know that you do said thing or telling you that it’s cute. 

- The two of you have made a game of choosing different things that remind you of the other person: types of flowers, animals, etc. Whenever he sees them, it always makes him smile and think of you.

- Him acting like the perfect gentleman: always pulling out your chair, holding doors open, or giving you his coat. His mother probably instilled a whole bunch of etiquette onto him from the minute he was born so it’s second nature to him at this point. 

- Helping him get out of the predicaments his mother gets him into. 

- Dear god, the first time his mother met you, she just about lost her mind. She was ready to throw you in a wedding dress the moment you stepped through his front door. 

- He somehow always knows how to cheer you up and get your mind off of things that upset you; yet he oftentimes only does so incidentally. He doesn’t even know how he manages to succeed himself half the time. 

- Harold tends to stay fairly “blank” when he’s jealous, rarely giving away just how much he’s affected by something with the facial expressions that he pulls. He purposefully tries to appear as nonchalant as possible, putting on a happy face and trying to ask a few questions about the situation to see if he actually needs to be worried. 

- You’re the most important person in his life so he’s obviously a bit protective of you; though it’s more in the sense of keeping you healthy rather than keeping you safe. He’s more likely to tell you to put on a coat or to sleep more than he is to fight someone for you. 

- Harold is; frankly, really bad at fighting with you, so even if the two of you did regularly have something to argue about, they wouldn’t last very long. 

- Whenever you do manage to have a fight, he tries to mend things between you pretty quickly. He doesn't want to stay mad at you and have you mad at him so he’ll just do his best to work things out before the two of you get to a point of being angry with each other. 

- He loves telling you that he loves you. There’s just something so nice about being able to love someone; especially someone as amazing as you, and to be able to show it and tell them that you do every single day. 

- Harold proposes pretty quickly. He knows that he loves you and wants to keep you by his side for the rest of his life so don’t be surprised if he pops the question after a meager few months. 

[we-are-the-amb]

This is going to sound ridiculous, but Edgar and Alan, especially Alan, share such strong vibes with Harold Chasen (Harold And Maude), that I like to think they are very distantly related, somehow. Like, I headcanon that Papa Frog was born of a Scottish father and and English mother, both of whom were fairly well off. They emigrated from Scotland to America, when Papa Frog was a teenager. Papa Frog just ran off and cut himself off from his roots, shortly before travelling to Louisiana and marrying Mama Frog. Maybe the Frog brothers’ grandma was actually a member of the Chasen family, but from a branch that resided in England.