#soap for sure goes down rabbitholes and hyperfixates

[peepawpriceshat]

This is an hc I personally enjoy for many reasons.

Simon has curly hair. Fine and thin blonde strands that naturally twist up into loose curls atop his head and around his ears when he hasn't had a decent haircut in a while.

Not that anyone really knew that since he spends most of his days tucked away in his mask or balaclava. He doesn't really bother much with it anyways, other than taking clippers to it when it's getting too much. If there was enough hair to noticeably make his head way too warm under the fabric hiding his face, it had to go.

And even when his balaclava comes off in the privacy of his quarters, the curls have been flattened to his head and utterly fail to hold their shape after a full day of sweat and compression.

He ignores it slightly more in the winter months, the locks just adding another layer to keep the nipping wind and cold bite of the air away from his skin.

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He comes out from his shower, ready for what seemed to be becoming a tradition of going down a rabbit hole of videos Soap found interesting. Last time it had been something about a large goat effigy of sorts that burned down... or was torn to bits by birds... he didn't remember.

When he flops down on the mattress and settles comfortably, he can't help but raise a brow at the man's incredulous expression.

"Tryin' to catch flies Johnny?"

Which has Soap's mouth snap shut quickly, before his eyes narrow with a familiar cheeky expression.

"Didnae ken ye had curls Lt. Ye look like a wee cherub."

The tease has a scowl tug at Simon's lips, but it lacks any bite it would usually carry. Definitely due to his comfortable warm haze from the shower, and not from the seemingly fascinated blue gaze that had glued itself to the top of his head.

And so what if he said nothing when Soaps fingers endlessly toyed with the damp strands while they lounged on the mattress. It's not like he fell asleep to the clipped sounds of some dog show compilation or the feeling of blunt fingertips smoothing across his scalp.

There definitely wasn't a particular reason he didn't cut it as short next time.