HEADCANONS | carmen x richard
───── I'D LIKE IT FOR YOU AND I TO GO ROMANCING ...
The town's most grandeur power couple. That's it. Goodbye.
Outwardly, they are reserved and private; sometimes extremely so. Unless they are interacting, whether it is at work or in public, it's common for people to assume they're not together; in fact, their own coworkers didn’t know they were married. They kiss and hold hands sparingly if it’s not in an appropriate space.
In the safety of their home, they are so much more passionate and expressive; it's disgusting. A few more kisses, a few more playful bickers. It makes Roy want to barf every time he hears it but hey, it used to be worst when they were younger.
It’s noted that Carmen has an excessive way of speaking. To people unfamiliar to it, it may cause light confusion. Richard is her translator (sometimes, Roy!).
Carmen: I'd like a table for one and another, if you may.
Waiter: ...?
Richard, from the side: Table for two, please.
Carmen's love language lies heavily with gifting. Pair that up with her materialism and you are promised with mountains of wealth. She has careful ears; whenever she hears Richard approving something like a snack or piece of clothing, she writes it down in her mental notes for the special days.
Similarly, Richard's love language is acts of service. Those small but meaningful gestures. He struggles being immediate with words of adoration so he follows his own philosophy: actions over words. He has careful eyes; anything that Carmen may need help with or may need later (like a bath) and he’s already offering it.
Pet names. Oh, how they love pet names. It's nothing silly like bae or bubba, though. It's old classic pet names like Dear and Darling (their mains), Love and Honey, and Toots or Sweetheart (if they're feeling cheesy). They have probably gone a few days just using pet names. Roy isn't exactly safe from it either. Carmen often refers to Roy as "my baby", when she isn't in an agitated mood.
They both proposed at the same time. Though, if you ask who proposed, one would often (playfully) bicker that they were the one who proposed, and it goes back and forth. It's never a straight answer. Roy doesn't even know. Fun fact: when they were younger, they had promise rings for a long time.
Despite everything, it was Carmen who initiated their relationship first. She got tired of being too subtle. It often goes over Richard’s head.
Carmen (and by extension, Roy on better days) tends to recover from sickness very quickly. It's something a good day of rest will fix. Richard, on the other hand, is on the opposite side of the spectrum. Fortunately, he seldom gets sick but when he does, his whole body is on shutdown if he gets something as small as a cold.
Carmen will unapologetically take the day off work to take care of Richard. One single phone call of notice and she’s not picking up her company number anymore. She’s warming up blankets, prepping medicine and just being by his side (same when looking after Roy too).
I like to think that the company they work for kinda needs both of them to function so on days like this, it crumbles a little bit.
Carmen struggles with Math and Richard struggles with English, and with those, they help each other out. It was the same in school/collage years but they both were top students; who knows if they even needed each other’s help.
It makes sense that Carmen’s the big spoon in the relationship and when they are being affectionate, she is most of the time! Though, for them, there’s really no designated big/little spoon. They take turns. If Richard wants her to be his weighted blanket, so be it.
They sleep in separate beds. Mostly because their own work space is inside their bedrooms but also because they tend to have opposing sleep schedules too; Carmen sleeps early to function while Richard needs to hit the extreme AM before his body feels the effect. Despite this, it’s very common for one of them to sneak in the other’s room and sleep together anyways.
Speaking of work space, it’s not uncommon for Carmen to be glued to her desk, churning out loads of work that’s on a deadline (which is rare but happens when the company is behind). She gets in the zone and when she gets on the zone, nothing else matters. She forgets to eat or takes breaks. It happens.
Richard is always watching out for his wife's well-being. It all circles back to his love language. He comes into her room, hands her water or a meal, and walks back out without a single word. Maybe a kiss on the head if she’s not under immense pressure.
Richard’s face gets all red when Carmen teases (read: bombs) him with her sweet words or little kisses. One or two is fine—he can keep his usual stoic face—but one after the other after the other? That’s cheating.
Carmen, out of nowhere: I love youuuu.
Richard: Love you too, dear.
Carmen: You are so adorable. (kiss) Have I told you that? (kiss) I could eat you up if I desire. (kiss) Handsome man, you.
Richard, face full of red: stop.
It's the opposite for her. Carmen is far more than capable to hold a straight face when it comes to receiving teases. She’s grew up with praises, after all. To get her in a blushing mess, he has to get a little creative and discreet. For the right moments, sentimental but that’s not often.
Richard, gesturing her closer: Carmen.
Carmen, lending an ear: Hm?
Richard: (whispering something out of character or just something highly inappropriate)
Carmen, flustered: RICHARD!
Carmen's favourite place to kiss Richard is kissing his nose and cheeks. Richard's favourite place to kiss Carmen is her neck and hands. And then each other's lips, of course. Muah. Most of Richard's kisses are considered sniff kisses.
It's cute when one person gets to wear their partner's shirt and it's oversized on them. Carmen can't... do that; her physique’s too different for her to wear Richard’s shirts without it ripping or being too tight. So at home, Richard is seen wearing his wife’s shirts as sleepwear.
Richard is the listener to Carmen’s ramblings. He could be multitasking and still recall minor details from a a year ago. It’s rare for it to be the other way around; Richard needs just a day or two to file his thoughts together.
The two of them can be considered very attractive. Wolf whistles, catcalls, and nonsensical flirting aren’t common but it happens to the both of them. When it comes to their relationship, the trust that they have in each other is phenomenal. Nothing would stop Carmen from wrapping her hand around Richard's waist though.
Sighs. Until death do them part.
oh yeah they’re so t4t bi4bi bye
───── SAY THE WORD, YOUR WISH IS MY COMMAND !
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re: prev post, just an anecdote of my family's bs
i remember when i was trying to have a conversation w my family, esp my brother, a while back (last year) about the prev post's topic, and ohhh my fucking god. it was one of the worst convos I've ever had with them. my brother was whining about how difficult it was to not be racist and to know what qualifies as racist and what's "okay to say" etc (along with ableism, but racism was the main point of that convo at that point), so I said he just needed to go searching out some musicians and podcasters and streamers of colour and you'd pretty quickly diversify your media intake and pick up good habits and good viewpoints just through that one simple action. it's like,,, really not that hard to find POC to subscribe to/follow if you do a simple look-around in your usual spaces u spend time in on the internet.
and he said, and I quote, "i'm going to be honest, i just don't care enough to do that" and yet he had just been whining about how hard it is to not be racist and how he was stressed because people kept telling him he was being racist,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, head in my hands !!!!!! he went on to explain just how little he actually cared and how it seemed like too much work to him even though he'd literally just been complaining to me for like 20 full minutes about how he was so stressed and didn't like people telling him he was racist.
like i know what he wanted to hear was "its okay if ur racist, im sure ur just doing ur best :)" but i'm not going to fucking say that to him. even if it would make me safer in this hell house, i am not going to fucking affirm anyone's comfort in being racist.
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