#varian fluff

[ducky-died-inside]

Hello there, Ducky! I hope you’re doing well. May I suggest Varian with a Gender Neutral s/o who is a pirate? Like idk how to expand ahh like just a funky pirate s/o that sings him sea shanties and brings gifts from far away places? Much obliged, stay safe!! Feel free to delete this req if you’d like

The Wellerman: Varian x GN Pirate Reader

Summary: Headcanons for if you were a pirate and Varian's s/o

Genre: mostly fluff with a bit of angst

Notes: I love sea shanties so yes. Also I'm just doing headcanons for this bc I tried writing a fic but my motivation and inspiration dried up. Reader is 21 and Varian is 20.

Warnings: bit of blood and small stab wound, cursing

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He absolutely LOVES your voice, no matter what you think about it

He will beg you to sing any songs you learned from sailing or other pirates

His favorite is the Wellerman (this is my favorite and I'm definitely projecting shhhh)

"Please, Y/N! You like singing it, I like hearing it, it all works out!

"Fine, but this is the last time today."

"Yay!"

There once was a ship that put to sea...

You steal little things that remind you of him while on your travels

It's mostly rare chemicals and shit that he mentions in passing

You remember everything he needs

He never once gives you any lists of stuff, but you come home with a big ass bag full of stuff for him every time

"Y/N, this is too much."

"Nonsense! You said you needed all this shit so I got it for you!"

"...did you pay for any of it?"

"...maybe, maybe not. You can't prove anything!"

"Babes, you know I love it when you get me alchemy stuff, but can you at least try to pay for it?"

"...with money I've stolen or..."

"Oh my god. You're impossible."

"You know you love me!"

The first thing you ever bought with your own money was new alchemy beakers for him

You also find little things for Rapunzel to bribe her into letting you date Varian

Eugene and Lance tell you stories about their thieving days and you take notes on what got them caught

You eventually win Ruddiger and Max over using stolen apples

Varian demands you come back every time you get injured so he can take care of you, and while he wouldn't know if you didn't, it goves you an excuse to come back to visit

"Babes, I get that it's dangerous on the high seas, but how the fuck do you get so injured? It's almost like you do it on purpose..."

"Well, you're not really wrong there..."

"Y/N! THAT'S NOT GOOD!"

"Whaaaaat? It gives me an excuse to come back and see your handsome face."

"And while I love seeing you, there has to be a different way."

"This is nothing. This stab wound is practically nothing compared to what I've had to deal with before. Besides..."

"Let me guess, I should see the other guy? Also, that isn't comforting or surprising in the slightest and I can't decide which is worse."

"Ding ding ding! I'll be fine! 'Tis but a scratch."

"Not just a scratch. Your shirt is covered in dried blood."

"Most of it isn't mine..."

"Y/N!"

Cassandra joined your crew at one point while on her travels

You noticed her name was familiar from Varian's stories about her, but didn't question it

Cassandra's a common enough name, right? She wasn't the same one who kidnapped your partner and almost killed him?

To be fair, you almost had the first time you guys met

He had seen your sword and wanted to get a closer look

He had barely put a finger on it before you had shoved him against the wall and put it against his neck.

He was down bad immediately.

"No one touches my fucking sword except me or the people who get it in the gut. Got it?"

"L-loud and clear."

"Alright. Can I buy you a drink? That got a little out of hand there."

"That would be nice."

She caught you writing a letter to Varian one time and you guys found out how you know about her

"Whoa, what's that?"

"Believe it or not, Cassandra, but it's a letter. For someone really important to me."

"Oh do tell. Who is so special that they've got the mighty Captain Y/N blushing like a small child?"

"First, I'm blushing like a Captain. Second, if you really need to know, his name is Varian."

"Oh my god, wait. Varian?"

"Yeah?"

"Kinda short, black hair with a blue stripe in the bangs, raccoon with him all the time, absolutely loves alchemy?"

"Wait, do you know him?!"

"Know him? I almost killed that little shit!"

"Wait a minute, YOU'RE THAT CASSANDRA?!"

"HE TALKS ABOUT ME?!"

"He said something about a kidnapping some years back. Said you were a great friend until you got corrupted and then un-corrupted."

"Huh. Would've expected a worse report from him."

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That's all for now! I'll add more if I think of them!

Taglist: @ask-qiqi @kxgaminerin @nocturne-the-raven

[oneshlut]

AHHHHH, YOU WRITE FOR VARIAN??? It's so hard to find anyone who does that- could you possibly write hcs for dating him?

A/N: EEEEK!!! yesyes, varian's one of my favs to write for!!!! i may have a thing for dorks,, ty SOSO much for the request, this was so much fun to write for! (for my followers, or just any1 else.. KEEP REQUESTING VARIAN)

Explosive Heartbeat (Varian x Reader) [Headcanons]

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Summary: General dating/relationship headcanons for Varian

As friends, you're kinda like nerd buddies! Varian would rant to you on and on when you visited him in his lab. After a bit, Ruddiger seemed to grow affectionate towards you, so you kept visiting. You'd help him with his experiments sometimes, but you'd mainly hang out with Ruddiger, reading a book somewhere. The two of you grew close! And.. Varian found himself hoping you'd visit more and more.

As partners? Well, Varian doesn't change much, but he definitely becomes a lot more awkward. He tries at romantic advances, but.. they don't turn out well. While dating him, expect lots of dorky, unsuccessful flirting attempts.

He tries for you, though! Varian doesn't know much about romance, other than how to artificially create it. Which he.. hasn't figured out how to do yet. At least he has a natural source, now. He finds himself relating to a lot more.. lovey-dovey things, that he'd normally never understand. In a way, you opened his eyes to love. All of these emotions, suddenly exploding inside of him--all because of you. Sweet, huh?

Varian often finds himself distracted when you visit. He hardly gets any work done because you're there.. which is partly his fault, for looking at you every 20 seconds. He's grown a love-hate relationship to you visiting. Mainly "love", though.

After you leave, he immediately groans, thinking of all the things he did wrong around you. You can find him ranting to Ruddiger afterwards, mainly complaining about the way you made him feel. Not the way you made him feel, but rather the way you made him act. He feels a fool around you.. and wonders why you even love him back.

Ruddiger isn't gonna stand for that bullcrap. This little rat rascal bites Varian to snap him out of it. Once he gets over his self-concious arc, Varian finds himself smitten. Sometimes he becomes a blushing mess just thinking about you. Now he's tripping over his own feet, (with as awkward as he is), and Ruddiger feels as if he's made him even worse.

About the failed flirtings. They're hysterical. But, talking about some things that actually land in your relationship, are nicknames. For him, you range from Var, nerd, V, to some of the more romantic ones, like "hun". He seems to get flustered at that one. As for romantic nicknames for you? He.. well, he tries. In turn, Varian also uses hun or honey, seeing as they're the most comfortable, but he doesn't use them often. Either calls you by your initial (if it works), or just some inside joke like "geek" or "smart-alec"

Surprisingly, or maybe not, Varian's an absolute sucker for PDA. Him, being the dork he is, will explain to you the physical benefits on the human mind to hugs and physical affection--and when you actually hug him, he'll freeze. He's grown used to your touch, though, and finds himself hugging back most of time time, if you don't startle him. If anything, he loves to hold your hand. If he's opened up enough, he'll let you hold his hand without his gloves.. may not happen often, though. But yes, anywhere you're going, Varian's holding your hand. No way around it.

Sometimes you'd fall asleep at his lab, most likely with a book in your hand, and it's the most adorable thing he's seen. Theres an 89% chance that Ruddiger's there, snuggled up next to you. Varian makes sure to wake you up before it gets late.. on your busy days. If he knows you have nothing to do in the morning.. he'll leave you be to sleep till morning. He knows you need the rest, and you looked too cute peaceful to wake up now. (This situation can go for Varian aswell, especially if he spends nights awake working on experimenting)

As for dates, you two would have many home-dates, but if you're going anywhere, you're going to the library! Despite the location being extremely tame, he still feels nervous asking you out. Corona's libraries were always quiet and peaceful, and the best place for Varian to nerd out to you about any chemistry books that they happened to have. Either this, or a field somewhere out in Old Corona. Exploring dates were fun aswell, where one of you would take a backpack and just wander around the forests, chatting about any little thing that comes to your mind. If nowhere else--Monty's sweet shop, if it's a special day of sorts, like the Day of Hearts.

Oh, how could I forget? The Day of Hearts was always a holiday that Varian would pass over, seeing as he had more important things to do than indulge himself in romance with.. himself only. So when you reminded him about it, he almost spit out his hot cocoa. And if he was being completely honest, he most definitely forgot about it. Feels slightly ashamed, but now excited for the holiday! Excited to spend it with you, mainly.. And of course, you sign the journal together. Varian's still a nervous wreck, so his signature was a bit more shaky than he'd like it to be. It was the thought that counted.. right? If you stumble into Rapunzel and Eugene at the festival, expect lots of adoring coo-ing from Rapunzel and relentless teasing from Eugene. He's still as dorky and sarcastic as ever when confronted with the teasing, but the fit of flushed red on his face gave away everything you needed to know.

But Rapunzel's right. The two of you are extremely cute together, you even look like you were made for each other! The simple thought of that makes Varian want to faint, but he'll come to terms with it eventually. Just know that romance is definitely not his strong suit, but he managed to not draw you away, so he's gotta be doing something. Otherwise, Varian stays his loveable, dorky, sarcastic self. But now, with just a little bit more of hand holding.

And you did sign the Day of Hearts journal together, so if that doesn't give you a telltale sign of where your relationship is going, I don't know what will.

[fluff-a-nutter]

Can I request that Gn!reader basically being varians personal tickle monster but reader gets stuck in one of varians goo traps and can't wiggle out so varian trys to help but realizes he can tickle them back 10x worse and he finds they're giggles the cutest thing in the world so he trys to tickle them more so they get into tickle fights now instead of reader tickling variants randomly

Hi there! Omg yes! That’s such a cute idea! Hope this is what you had in mind!

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You wandered into Varian’s lab, having found one of his books at their house. You had been planning to return it to Varian as a good friend would do. The only problem was that the lab was pitch black.

“Ugh, Varian turn on a light! Someone could trip and you're clumsy enough already- AAH!”

Whatever you were planning on saying next was cut off as you triggered one of Varian’s goo traps, and thus pinning you against the wall.

“Haha, yes my new trap works! Thanks Ruddi- Oh my gosh, Y/N! I’m so sorry I’ll get you out! Hang on!” As the lights flickered on, you were met with Varian’s sheepish grin.

This was a fairly normal occurrence in the lab. You walking into one of Varian’s experiments and ultimately becoming an unwitting test subject. You groaned and wriggled in your sticky trap and gave the alchemist an unimpressed look.

“Seriously? You could have warned me, Varian.”

Varian smiled shyly as he approached you.

“I know, I know. My bad. Let me get you down.”

“Much appreciated- h-hehehey! Watch where you poke!” You twisted awkwardly away as Varian’s fingers prodded your side as he attempted to peel the gunk off you. He grinned at you with mischievous intent. You knew that look all too well.

“Varian, just get me down!” You demanded, full well knowing he wasn’t going to.

“Oh no, Y/N. You aren’t going anywhere. I think it’s time for a little payback for all the times you’ve tickled me lately.”

“B-but I thought you liked it when I tickle you!” Varian snickers at your futile attempts to escape.

“Perhaps, but that doesn’t mean you get away with it.”

With that, Varian jabbed his fingers into your sides, eliciting a shriek.

“Aww, you’re so cute when you’re giggling, N/N! Keep it up! You’re gonna be here awhile.”

Combined with the tickling, Varian’s teasing was driving you mad. You should have known this day would come sooner rather than later. You just hadn’t expected Varian to be such a mean ler! Especially considering how he pretty much crumbled when roles were reversed.

“N-NO- ST-STAHAHAHA-PLEAHEA!” You were laughing to hard to even form a coherent sentence and when Varian dug into your tummy you lost all form of sanity and dissolved into giggles.

“Sorry, I don’t speak ticklish, Y/N. But if I had to guess, I’d say those absolutely precious giggles mean you’re enjoying yourself. Laugh if I’m correct.”

And laugh you did. You could barely breathe at that point and Varian seemed to notice that and slowly brought his tickling to a halt.

“Fuck…. You….” You breathed out through residual giggles. Varian smirked and rolled his eyes.

“Oh please, you know you enjoyed that. Now, let me get you down for real this time.”

After Varian let you down from the goo trap, you looked at him with a smirk.

“My turn.” You said. Before Varian could process that, you had tackled him and started tickling him mercilessly.

It was going to be a long day full of back and forth tickles, but you couldn’t complain.

And based on Varian’s shrieks of laughter when you attacked his tummy with raspberries, he couldn’t either.

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Alright, @elliethewitch I hope you enjoyed this! I also wrote this on my phone, so sorry for any typos lol. Thanks for the request! :3

[electrozeistyking]

I promise you I care not for inconsistencies, and more for this alchemist boy and his silly raccoon.

(Also fun fact about this AU: Ruddiger tends to nudges Varian's face with his own to let him know he's there, and at some point Varian starts doing it to Ruddiger. It's basically a reassurance thing, and tends to only happen when Ruddiger is on Varian's shoulders.)

[iliketenyalida]

Love story 🩷

Y/N sat by the water's edge, the gentle breeze playing with their hair as they gazed out at the rippling reflections of the setting sun. Varian approached quietly, his footsteps muffled by the soft grass, until he stood behind Y/N, a small bouquet of wildflowers clutched in his hand.

"Y/N," Varian's voice was soft, filled with emotion as he cleared his throat, catching Y/N's attention. Y/N turned, their eyes meeting Varian's with a curious smile. "I...I wanted to do something special for you. You mean more to me than words can express."

Y/N's smile widened, touched by Varian's sincerity. Varian took a deep breath, his heart racing as he extended the bouquet towards Y/N. "These flowers may not compare to your beauty, but they hold the essence of my feelings for you," Varian said, his voice trembling slightly.

Y/N accepted the bouquet with a tender grace, the colorful blooms contrasting beautifully against their gentle features. "Varian, this is so thoughtful," Y/N whispered, a hint of tears glistening in their eyes.

Varian's cheeks flushed with warmth as he continued, his words pouring out from the depths of his heart. "Y/N, you've brought light into my life, and every moment with you is a treasure. I want you to know how much I cherish you, how much I love you with every fiber of my being."

As the last rays of sunlight bathed them in a golden glow, Varian took a step closer to Y/N, his eyes earnest and full of affection. With a softness that belied his usual exuberance, Varian reached out to cup Y/N's cheek, his touch as gentle as a whisper.

Y/N leaned into his touch, their eyes shimmering with unspoken emotions. In that fleeting moment, time seemed to stand still, the world around them fading into the background as Varian and Y/N shared a wordless connection that spoke volumes.

"I love you, Y/N," Varian whispered, his voice a vow, a declaration, a promise. In that serene moment by the tranquil lake, Varian's heartfelt gesture of love hung in the air like a delicate melody, weaving its way into the tapestry of their shared story, binding them together in a bond that was as enduring as the stars above.

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Im taking requests if you want

[madneurologist]

Hugo: Varian? What are you doing?

Varian: [Surrounded by raccons]

Varian: I'm forming a raccoon family.

Hugo: Well that's dumb.

Hugo:

Hugo: Can I join?

Varian: You can.

[rhmis-user-2020]

Thorns of a rose (Tangled / Vat7k fanfic)

[donnetellotheturtle]

Siren

Chapter 8

Varian watched as they approached the vessel of the Sundrop, smiling. Hugo was smiling, looking outwards towards the vessel. Varian liked his smile. It was like a warm breeze on a cold night.

“Okay love birds.” Adira put her hands on both the boys shoulders. “Behave.”

Hugo scoffed. “What do you think we’ll break something?”

Adira rolled her eyes, a tiny smile creeped up on her face though. Varian could tell Adira liked him, even just a bit.

“I think you two are going to get in more trouble than you need. Rapunzel is great at cleaning up messes. I’m trying to make sure you two don’t create one.”

Varian pouted “and what’s that supposed to mean?”

Adira ruffled her nephews hair. “Just behave yourselves, freckles.”

Hugo frowned. “we don’t have to tell them about the siren thing…right?”

Varian chuckled. “Nah. They don’t know about my mom, either. I’d honestly rather keep it that way for now.”

Hugo nodded, taking Varian’s hand.

Within an hour, they approached the ship, Rapunzel could be seen in the short distance, tugging on Eugene’s arm excitedly. They reached each other and the two anchored their ship together. Rapunzel was immediately over to Adira’s ship and hugging Varian tight.

“I was so worried! We didn’t know where you were going and we were worried he was going to hurt you and-“

Varian laughed. “Rapunzel, we’re okay.”

Hugo smiled lightly. Rapunzel turned to Hugo and suddenly he was grabbed in a tight hug.

“Oof! Okay we’re doing this now.” Hugo saw Varian giggling. He gave him the stink eye. Varian just smirked. Hugo would get him for that later.

“I was so worried about you too. Oh that’s a nasty cut.” She pointed to the now scabbing over cut on his cheek.

Hugo shrugged. “It’ll be an awesome scar in a week though.”

Rapunzel giggled, then released Hugo entirely. “I’m sorry we couldn’t do anything…”

Varian put a hand on her shoulder. “Don’t be. There’s nothing you could have done without putting our lives in danger.”

Rapunzel sighed softly. “If he ever comes after you again I’ll-“

“That wont be a problem.” Hugo said off handedly. “Their boat got swallowed up by a massive wave. We were lucky Adira got us off beforehand.”

Rapunzel blinked, unsure how to respond. “…Oh.”

Varian chuckled nervously. “Yeah. Rocked our boat pretty well.”

Hugo grabbed Varians hand without thinking about it. Rapunzels face immediately lit up.

“Are you two…”

Varian blushed deeply. Hugo smirked at that.

“Yep. We did it last night.”

Varian blushed deeper. “HUGO! NO WE DIDN’T!!!”

Hugo cackled. “Yeah but you know you wanted to.”

Varian smacked his arm, red as a tomato. “Shut up! Shut up! Don’t say that to Rapunzel!”

Rapunzel giggled softly at the boys antics.

“Hugo. Didn’t I just tell you to behave?” Adira asked.

Hugo pouted. Varian laughed.

“Thank you, Adira for taking care of them.”

Adira nodded, then pulled Varian into a hug. “Be safe…ill be keeping an eye on you.”

Rudiger climbed up onto Varians shoulders, nuzzling the boy. Varian smiled. “thanks Adira. I love you.”

“I love you too kiddo.”

Hugo and Varian made their way onto the sundrop, and waved to Adira as she sailed off. Varian was glad to be home.

Nuru and Yong came up to Varian and hugged him tight.

“Don’t ever do that again!” Nuru yelled. “you scared us!”

Varian chuckled softly. “I wouldn’t have survived if it wasn’t for Hugo.”

They both looked to the blonde. Nuru just nodded. Hugo figured that was the best he was going to get from her. Yong however bounded over.

“Did you get that cool scar fighting those guys!?”

Hugo blinked. “uh…kinda?”

“Cool! Was the fight awesome! Did you win?”

Hugo let out a sigh of relief he didn’t know he was holding. He didn’t have to worry about being accepted here. He already was.

Hugo looked at Varian, then smirked, bending down to Yongs level. “Definitely. I wiped the floor with each and everyone of those guys.”

Yongs eyes shined. “woah!!! I bet Varian thought that was cool!”

Hugo chuckled. “He did. So much so he decided to kiss me.”

Varian went red again. “That didn’t happen!”

“Whos to say it didn’t?” Hugo grinned.

Varian glared playfully. “Okay when we were fighting off the pirates, you needed me to rescue you. And you fainted into my arms.”

Hugo took this as a challenge. “And right as you were about to get killed I popped back up and socked him in the jaw!”

“only cause I was able to wake you up!”

Nuru got in between the boys. “okay how much of this is actually true?”

Hugo and Varian looked at each other, then dissolved into giggles.

“none of it.” Varian managed to get out. “absolutely none of it!”

Hugo had tears in his eyes by the time the two finally calmed down to speak again.

“What really happened?” Nuru asked, crossing her arms.

“Hugo decided to be a little shit to the captain of the seporian and earned that scar in response. Then we sat in a cell for a week before Adira finally saved us.”

“it was worth it.” Hugo said, smiling. “Andrew was an asshole.”

“You could have been killed.”

“My point still stands.”

Nuru chuckled softly. “Well, Hugo, welcome to the family I guess. Anyone who stands by Varian is a friend of ours.”

Hugo smiled a bit. “…Thanks, Nuru.”

She nodded, and led Yong away. He was still excitedly talking about the pirate fight to her.

“Would you stop making everything sexual?” Varian asked, exasperated. Hugo could hear a bit of laughter in his voice though.

“What? Me?” Hugo asked in the most innocent voice he could mutter. “I am the most upstanding citizen of this ship!”

Varian rolled his eyes, then looked to the door to the inside of the ship. “Come on. I want to check on the flynnolium. Im sure the others messed up my system.”

Hugo smiled as Varian took his hand and led him down to the painters room. Varian closed the door behind him, looking at the balancer.

“Okay yeah they completely messed it up but I can fix it.”

Varian let go of Hugo’s hand, who pouted at the lack of touch, and went over to grab his tools.

“Can I help?” Hugo asked.

“Kind of a one person job but you can keep me company!”

Hugo chuckled, sitting. “I could tell you about underwater alchemy.”

Varian paused. “You have alchemy underwater?”

Hugo nodded. “I could tell you about it while you work?”

Varian nodded excitedly. “You have to tell me absolutely everything!”

Hugo chuckled at varians excitement, then nodded. “Where to start…”

The two chatted for hours. It didn’t take long for Varian to finish up fixing the balancer, but eventually, the two sat on the ground, going back and forth about alchemy. Different forms as they were, they were similar.

“my mom, Donella, made me the head alchemist in our pod!”

Varian cocked his head to the side. “Pod?”

“Oh. Its just a community of merpeople. Usually close knit. Kind of like what you guys have here.”

Varian nodded. “that’s super cool. We use that term for groups of dolphins.”

“Oooh!” Hugo grinned. “There are also huge cities underwater! The one I went to the night you caught me was one made of gigantic coral!”

“That’s amazing!” Varian put a hand on his chin, then leaned on his knee. “I wish I could go there.”

Hugo sighed. “…me too. I want to show you everything about my world.”

Varian blushed softly. “I want to see it all with you.”

Hugo blushed deeply. “Maybe we can whip up something to give you temporary gills?”

Varian perked up, his mind immediately beginning to whirl. “Yeah!” He stood and started pulling out his things.

“What are you thinking?”

“Im going to make a water breathing potion.”

Hugo chuckled, seeing Varian so excited. He went and wrapped his arms around the smaller boy, putting his head on his shoulder. Varian paused.

“Maybe it can wait a minute?” Hugo asked.

Varian smiled softly, eyes flickering backwards to the blonde lips.

“I’d like to continue the conversation from yesterday.” Hugo whispered in Varian’s ear. He could feel the chills running down the alchemists back.

Varian switched around, taking Hugo’s face in his hands. “I’d like that too.”

Hugo leaned into Varian’s hands. It felt right. It felt gentle and kind and all the things Hugo had never gotten the chance to experience. Hugo’s heart was beating so rapidly in his throat that he thought it was just going to stop.

Varian brushed Hugo’s hair back, smiling lightly. The twos foreheads pressed together as they held each other in that moment.

Varian couldn’t take it anymore. He moved forward and gently kissed Hugo. Hugo kissed back with just as much gentleness. He didn’t want to risk hurting Varian by being too eager and rough. But moon above, he had waited long enough.

Varian held Hugo like something precious to be protected. Hugo had never been held like that. He’d always had to protect himself.

Varian kissed Hugo again. He tasted like freshly chopped cinnamon.

When the two finally pulled away, Varian smiled. Their foreheads were still pressed together.

“You’re my moon.” Hugo whispered. Hugo meant that by the way. Varian was his moon. How the boy had meant so much to him in such a short amount of time Hugo would never know. It was as if the goddesses of the sea and moon pulled them together.

“Hugo?”

“Hm?”

“…don’t stray far.”

There was that phrase again. He used it on the pirate ship. Hugo squeezed Varian’s hand. “Never.”

Hugo knew now. He had to get that moonstone ring. If nothing else, to keep this relationship with this wonderful boy. A relationship he never thought he’d have. Hugo would do anything to keep it. To keep him by his side.

Finally, the two broke apart, but not by much. Their hands were still intertwined.

Varian took a deep breath, then turned back to his work. “Now then…about this potion.”

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Hugo sighed. It was late at night. The moon was full.

He didn’t have to go in the ocean tonight, thanks to Varian setting out a bucket of sea water for Hugo to splash himself with.

Hugo left the room and frowned. If he could find the ring tonight, then everything would be solved. Just tonight he’d check the kitchen. He doubted it would be in there but it was a good place to start due to the fact that it would be empty.

Hugo took a deep breath, and exited his room. Luckily this time, Varian wasn’t there. The feeling of guilt piled up in his stomach at that thought. This was for him. This was to keep this whole crew, Varians family safe.

He steeled himself, and headed for the kitchens.

He searched the whole of the kitchens. Just as he expected, nothing. Hed check the lower decks next. It had to be somewhere on this ship.

“Hugo.”

Hugo jumped. Turning, he saw Eugene. He looked…concerned?

“You okay kid?”

Hugo opened his mouth to speak but, he couldn’t think of a good excuse.

“You couldn’t sleep, huh?”

Hugo just nodded. Eugene softened. “Well, I got the solution to that.”

A couple minutes later, Hugo was confusedidly drinking hot cocoa out of a mug. It was really good.

“Thanks Eugene.”

Eugene nodded, sitting. “So, kid, you’re making eyes at Varian.”

Hugo blushed. “Well uh- I um…”

“He's making them back at you.” Eugene sipped his own cup of hot cocoa. “Listen, kid, Varians a good kid, a great one in fact! I’m happy for both of you! The thing about Varian is-“

“Hes too good for me?” Hugo asked. This conversation was coming from a mile away.

“No.” Eugene raised an eyebrow. “gosh kid you need therapy…what I was going to say was, Varian has a lot of trauma.”

Hugo looked at Eugene. He’d heard a little on the seporian but nothing that didn’t pertain to the situation.

“You mean with the pirates?”

“Before that.”

Hugo frowned.

“I wont go into it too much. That’s Varians story to tell. All I’ll say is, he’s been hurt before. He’s still hurting. He needs support. He has frequent nightmares. Probably PTSD.”

“…Why are you telling me this?”

Eugene chuckled. “Cause you’re the first one to make him laugh so much in years.”

Hugo paused. “...he didn’t laugh much before?”

Eugene shook his head. “Don’t get me wrong he did sometimes. But since what happened to his dad…happened…he’s been closed off, angry. He was angry at Rapunzel for a long time.”

“At Rapunzel? Why?”

“…She made some decisions that hurt him.” Eugene looked into his cup. “And I wont lie, so did I. That was years ago…but Varian never really got past it trauma wise.”

“but you guys have such a good relationship.”

“Now we do. It took years of work. Sometimes we have to retread old ground, especially when he has a flashback.”

Hugo thought back to Varian, curled up in the cell, blaming himself for what happened.

“Does he get those often?”

“Nowadays no. He’s done a lot of work. But episodes still happen…just be there when they do okay?”

Hugo nodded, quiet. Why did he have to find this out from Eugene of all people?

“He didn’t tell you cause he didn’t want to scare you.” Eugene said, Hugo raised an eyebrow.

“Youre fairly expressive kid. Wasn’t hard to figure out what was going through that head of yours.”

Hugo frowned into his cup.

“I’m not saying this to scare you. I just wanted to warn you.”

Hugo looked at Eugene. “What can I do to help? When he…”

“Has an episode? Mostly pressure helps. Hold him tight until he calms down. Affirming words. Make sure he knows you’re there. There will be sobbing. It might be ugly. You prepared for that?”

Hugo nodded. “I’ve delt with worse. Whatever Varians gone through I can help him with. Because I’ve been through some shit too…done some shit too.”

“Sun above kid. You sure you also don’t need therapy?”

Hugo shrugged.

“…We’ll deal with that later. Just, support each other.” Eugene finished his drink, and noticed Hugo finished his. He picked up both drinks. “Now get some rest. You’ve both been through a lot.”

Hugo made his way back to his bed, just to notice Varian coming out of his bedroom. His eyes were half open, like he was sleep walking.

“Goggles?”

Varian looked up, then tackled Hugo in a hug, crying softly. He was shaking. Rudiger was on Varians heels, looking concerned. Varian clung to Hugo tight.

“Oh goggles….nightmares?”

“………..mhm.”

Hugo wrapped an arm around him and opened the door to his room. “come on, you can stay with me tonight.”

Hugo led Varian in. Varian clung to Hugos shirt, as if he was afraid he would disappear. Hugo knew this feeling well. It was what he felt when his birth family left him.

Hugo sat down on the bed and Varian was on his lap in a second, digging his face into Hugos shirt. Hugo wrapped them both in blankets. Pressure, Eugene had said.

After an hour, Varian finally calmed down, breathing shakily. “Hugo I’m sorry I just…I….”

“Hey. I’ve got you…plus I just had a conversation with Eugene about…everything.”

Varian paused. “Good timing.” He croaked out.

“Yeah sweetcheeks…Do you want to go back to your room?”

Varian shook his head shakily. “I…please don’t…I cant.”

“Okay. Settle in then. Let’s get comfy.”

“Snuggle o’clock coming to the station…”

Hugo chuckled. Rudiger snuggled his way in. They got comfortable. Varian was asleep in a moment.

Hugo put his chin over Varians head. “…I wont stray far.”

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[withered--s0uls]

Ah

Could ppl send me some fluff hcs for md and tts/vat7k in my inbox? Not doing good atm and kinda need smth to comfort so yk hyperfixation fluff might help,,,

[celestialskies25]

"It's Okay"

Group comfort for da alchemist boi

There wasn't really any context to this when I drew it, but afterward I thought maybe they found out about Varian's criminal past, and he was scared they'd hate him? Idk, honestly, it's up for interpretation XD

[ducky-died-inside]

Varian x Anxious Reader Headcannons

Summary: Literally just the title

Genre: Fluff

Notes: I'm trying just pure fluff! Let's hope it works!

Warnings: none besides just reader has anxiety so

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When you start to panic about something, Varian will rub the back of your hand with his thumb because it helps calm you

He will start to talk about his recent experiments to help distract you from whatever's bugging you

In really bad cases, he'll make some *perfect* hot cocoa and Ruddiger will snuggle with you until you've calmed down

Forehead kisses

Reassures you and tries to make you laugh

This is what I could come up with for now so here you go

@minion-tampons

[oneshlut]

I loved your hcs for Varian so much! 😍 Could you possibly write some fluffy headcanons got him having a crush and how'd he confess? Tysm for bringing me back to the TTS fandom 🙇‍♀️

A/N: OOH YESYES!!! im so glad you enjoyed my var hcs!! honestly one of my fav nerds to write forr, these already sound so fluffy to write! tooth-rotting, even.. oh, and good to have you back in the fandom !

SORRY FOR THE LONG HIATUS!!

Angel (Varian x Reader) [Headcanons]

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Summary: General fluffy crushing and confession headcanons for Varian

Extra Info: haha hello dolly reference at the end because im obsessed

In Corona, love at first sight isn't necessarily common. Sure, Rapunzel and Eugene got together in the maximum of a week, but Rapunzel was threatening him at first sight. And when it comes to Varian, you're gonna have to know him for a while until real feelings start to develop. Not just puppy love.

Normally, the two of you would hang out.. maybe two days a week. If you're coming over to his place, you'll probably just spend the day chatting while Varian works on whatever new invention he's workshopping at the moment. Sometimes he'll let you help. Sometimes. Otherwise, at your place the two of you will usually.. uh. Well, leave. There's a forest right outside your house, which leads straight to a breathtaking view of all of Corona. Varian never cared for "pretty views", but.. if you did, he did as well. That same forest has equally great places for cloud watching, but when you didn't feel like being calm all the time, you and Varian would explore the depths of the forest, discovering new things. When he wanted to, Ruddiger would tag along.

The first "sorta" hint of feelings "somewhat" developing was Varian inviting you to hang out more often. Two days a week turned into three. Then four. Maybe five, if your schedule allowed it. Even then, he still couldn't get enough. On days when you wouldn't be able to see each other, hr would send letters to you to check up on you. Still keeping in mind to not come off as clingy.. despite how truly clingy he was. Of course, Varian still viewed you as a friend--a best friend. How oblivious.

Speaking of which, Varian is extremely oblivious to his own emotions. Ruddiger would be the first to know that he was crushing before Varian himself knew. Whenever he mentioned you as a "friend", Ruddiger would subtly roll his eyes. Especially when Varian would talk about you to him. Ruddiger knew better by the look in his eyes when he practically ranted about you, but Varian didn't.

The way he finds out that he has a crush on you is actually a bit cute. It was Rapunzel's and Eugene's anniversary, so they had a celebratory ball with most of the town invited. Varian had asked you to join him so you could meet people like Lance and Cassandra, since you hadn't really properly met them yet. That was a shocker. It wasn't a fancy celebration, almost like a birthday party, but it was enough to send butterflies to your stomach when he invited you.

There was a sort of "climax" in the party, where Eugene and Rapunzel danced together in the middle of the ballroom. Almost like something out of a fairytale. At the time, you and Varian were on opposite sides due to the group of people shuffling back to give the couple room to dance. You were talking to different people at the time, causing you two to be further apart than usual. Further than Varian wanted at this time.

Varian watched the couple dance around the marble-like floor, sighing at the scene. It was cute, and the idea that the two found eachother and stuck together in the end was.. nice. The idea of a soulmate.. it was sweet.

And for "some" reason, Varian found himself thinking about you. You and him on the dancefloor, instead of the couple that his eyes were glued on. Breaking away from the trance that was the rhythmic dancing, he switched his focus to the back of the room, channeling in on the sight of you. Embarrassingly, heat rose to his face. Varian looked away before you got the chance to notice his longing stare.

The thought of his feelings troubled him. Not in the way that he didn't want to like you--more so in the way that he knew that he would mess up even more infront of you now that he had the knowledge of his feelings. Maybe this was just another Cassandra crush. Maybe it'll just pass over time. After all, there is no way you'd even like him back. Is what he thought.

He was absolutely right. Now more than ever, he was extremely clumsy around you. When he saw you, he tripped over his feet. When he caught a glance from you in the middle of an experiment.. the experiment would blow up. Sometimes he would stumble over his words, saying things he didn't mean to say. He was so obvious, it was adorable. You could probably pick up on his feelings before he even confessed. Varian, as oblivious as he is, still thinks he's being super secretive about everything. He's not.

Like with Cassandra, Varian will constantly offer to help you with certain chores or just personal tasks. His love language is probably "Acts of Service", which is partly why he'll do anything and everything for you. Oh--and by the way, he was wrong. This crush did not pass over with time like Cassandra.

After about 2 months, he finally gets the courage to tell you. He knew he would just keep making a fool out of himself in front of you if he didn't. Over letter, he asked you to meet him out in the forest that the two of you always hung out in. Ruddiger had insisted to come along with him, as some sort of "hype-man". Reluctantly, Varian let him follow him out the door.

It wasn't hard for you to find him. It was your normal spot: a clearing in the trees that let the sun shine on the forest floor. When you saw him.. a rose color flushed to your cheeks. The sight was beautiful, Varian sitting on the forest floor, (not noticing you), with the glimmering light from the sun that made him look like an angel. Swallowing down your butterflies, you took a seat next to him in the soft grass.

Only then did Varian notice you, mumbling an awkward 'hello'. After a bit of comfortable silence, sounds of nature surrounding you two, Ruddiger slightly bit Varian's hand: a signal for him to get on with it. The raccoon quickly fled the scene with a 'shoo' hand signal from Varian.

You watched as he took out a flower from his opposite hand, surprised you hadn't noticed it before. He must've had it for a while--you didn't see him pick it up earlier. It was a sunflower, fitting for the area in the forest. You were glad now for the somewhat-blinding sun, it hid your blush fairly well.

If Varian's heart could stop beating, it definitely did now. He was already nervous about the very idea about telling you how he felt, but seeing you in the sunlight.. how breathtaking you looked.. it was almost too much for him to handle. So he decided to keep his confession short and sweet. If he talked for longer than 20 seconds he was sure to pass out.

"I.. I like you. Mo-More than I should.. a-and ifyoudon'tlikemebackthat'sfinejustpleasedon'thateme--and this is for you-!"

After rushing his confession, he quickly gave the sunflower to you before immediately looking away. You couldn't feel more flattered. And.. you felt suddenly bold.

Tapping him on his shoulder, he reluctantly turned to you to see your reaction.

And, with a sudden kiss, Varian was frozen. Not frozen enough to be cold--his face was actually extremely warm.

Realizing what had just happened, he fell to the forest floor on his back, laying down with his hands on his face. He couldn't be more embarrassed. He was supposed to be the confident one, not you. But thinking about it more, he minded it less. At the time, he just felt embarrassed for himself. And the situation. He wasn't dreaming, was he? Cracking open his hands to peek at your grinning, teasing, and.. blushing face, Varian now knew this was reality.

"Maybe give me a warning next time, will you..?"

His voice shook, but still chuckled through the humility.

Ruddiger perked up from behind a tree, chirping in happiness from the success. Varian sat up suddenly, laughing as the raccoon jumped into his lap.

You watched as he pet Ruddiger calmly, before meeting your gaze a moment later.

It only took that very moment to be loved a whole life long.

[fluff-a-nutter]

My I request a fem!mute!witch!reader? Mute like flufflepuff

Her and varian are enemy’s but even though varian hates her she wants to be friends with him and she won’t give up. She wear’s the common witch stuff, black dress, black lipstick, bangs cover her eyes, etc etc. she always try’s to annoy varian by trying to kiss his cheek, mess with his stuff you know you know but one day she starts to roughhouse with him and she gets the upper hand and pins him down while kissing all over his tummy, leaving lipstick marks on his tummy and stuff like that. He eventually developed a crush on her after that and he comes to her in a lee mood as he stutters flustered and shyly asks her for tickles and she responds with body language (he’s the only one who can understand her body language for plot reasons) by asking him for a favor once the tickling is done (the favor is a kiss on the cheek)

Hey there! This is a cute idea! I hope this is what you had in mind!

You really enjoyed being around Varian. If only that feeling was mutual. You desperately wanted to gain his attention and friendship (and if you got really lucky, something more.) Unfortunately the alchemist seemed to hate your guts. So you worked with that. You were a clever girl.

Creeping up behind him, you tried to press a kiss on his cheek, but he somehow knew you were there and instead he held his pet raccoon up and your lips made contact with a fuzzy muzzle instead. If you could have groaned, you would have, but you settled for pouting and crossing your arms.

Varian on the other hand, found this amusing and he gave you a shove.

“What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue?”

That was the last straw. Tossing your black bangs out of your eyes you charged, launching yourself at Varian with a silent battle cry. He didn’t have a chance to dodge, so Varian hit the ground with a stunned grunt.

The two of you wrestled each other for dominance for a few minutes before you eventually got the upper hand. You managed to pin Varian’s arms under your knees and you smirked down at him.

“Hey! Get off me!” Varian demanded, struggling against your pin. Although it was kinda- hot? In a weird way. Not that he had any sort of feelings like that. At all.

Grinning, you ignored Varian’s protests and lifted his shirt. Then you silently leaned over and began kissing his bare tummy, covering it with black lipstick prints all over.

Varian writhes on the ground, screeching with flustered laughter. How on earth had you discovered his little weakness? He knew you were doing this to get him to tap out and from the looks of it, he was close.

With one more kiss directly onto Varian’s exposed navel he lets out a deafening squeal before tapping out.

“Gah! You win! Just stop it, (y/n)!”

Beaming with satisfaction, you sat up and released Varian. Not only had he tapped out, but he had called you by your name!

As he laid there panting, you couldn’t help but notice that while he had been screeching uncontrollably, he’d only asked for you to stop once he tapped out.

Meanwhile, Varian was battling a severe blush. Not only was he now in a vicious lee mood, he was now deeply crushing on you. Finally, he looked up at you with a sheepish expression.

“U-um, (y/n)…. Could you maybe… do that again?”

You were certainly taken aback by his sudden change of heart towards you, but you could not tell him no. But you still wanted something in return. Grinning, you tapped your cheek and then Varian’s lips. The realization dawned on him quickly and he begrudgingly sat up and pecked your cheek before settling back down.

And soon after, the only sounds heard were Varian’s screeching laughter.

[heatherslovelythoughts]

Varian was done. It wasn’t surprising, Hugo and Nuru were bickering about who knows what, and Yong had almost blown up the caravan earlier. The fact that Olde Corona was very close made Varian angious also. The alchemist hadn’t been sleeping, adding to the ever growing list of problems. Hugo had noticed something was off, but didn’t confront the grumpy teen. 

“Goggles, do you know how much longer till we get to Corona?” Hugo questioned, ready to get away from a certain someone(s). 

“I don’t know, okay!” The teen said angrily. “Just-just don’t talk t-to me.” Hugo felt like he had been punched in the stomach, why was Varian being so mean all of a sudden?

“O-okay then.” He tried to sound indifferent but that was hard, Varian and him were friends, and they never really fought after they got on better terms.

After Hugo left, Varian started to cry. He didn’t mean the things he had said, he was just angry. The sleep-deprived boy fell asleep in his lab area that night. As Hugo went to make sure Goggles hadn’t killed himself, as no one had seen him for dinner, and he had the habit of overworking himself and not eating. As the blond walked into the lab area, he saw Varian sleeping on the table. Chuckling quietly, he picked up the raven-haired boy, surprised at how light he was.

Entering the shared area, both Nuru and Yong were about to ambush him with some sort of problem, until they noticed the sleeping alchemist. Hugo carried him over to the room they were sharing, and laid him down on his cot/sleeping area, pulling the blanket over him. Glancing to make sure no one was watching, he quickly kissed Varian’s forehead. 

Varian stirred slightly when he felt someone pick him up. He opened his eyes for a second, seeing Hugo’s face. The ravenette blushed, and closed his eyes, and acted asleep. As he was laid down, Varian fought the urge to lean up and kiss Hugo, but he was beaten as Hugo kissed his forehead. When he left, Varian squealed into the pillow, overcome with some sort of joy that the feelings he had were mutual.

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The next day, they were arriving on the outskirts of Olde Corona. Varian had a lot of nervous energy, and kept pacing around. Nuru sighed, he had been like this for about two hours now.

“Varian, if you don’t stop pacing, I will make you walk the entire rest of the way.” the boy in question grumbled and sat down next to the princess. 

“I-I just don’t know if- if I can go back. What- what if they still hate me?” Varian said, pulling his legs up to his chest. 

“V, you’ve changed! You’re a good person, I mean, you try to help everyone! How could someone hate you?”

“I-I tried to kill the royal family! They-they should hate me!” He started to sob, the pent-up emotions finally releasing themselves after being bottled up. Unsure what to do, Nuru went to go get Hugo, as he was more experienced with Varian’s mental break-downs.

“Hugo?” Nuru called, only seeing Yong at the reins.

“Oh he’s on top of the caravan for some reason.” the pyromaniac boy responded, not even looking at Nuru, after about two years of traveling together, he was used to the chaos. Nuru climbed up and saw Hugo sitting, looking very focused. 

“Hugo? Can you come into the caravan for a bit. Varian’s having one of those days again.” She said, sitting next to him. 

“Alright! Is it bad?” He stood up, before getting ready to climb down. “Are you okay? Did he say anything?” 

“It’s worse than normal, but he’s only saying things about himself. I hate that he hates himself.” She replied, laying down. Hugo nodded, and climbed down.

“Hey, Firecracker.” Yong looked up, a question already forming before Hugo spoke again. “You good for driving for a little while?”

[madneurologist]

ミ✦ Hugo is the type of boyfriend… (Varigo edition)

⊹ Hugo mainly shows affection physically because this poor boy is not very good with words. It's easier for him to convey his feelings through a kiss rather than actual words.

⊹ I can see him as the type who really likes hugs. He would be more than happy wrapped up in a big hug that would most likely get Varian up and spinning.

⊹ I think he would especially like the hugs from behind because 1.) he can rest his head on Varian's or on his shoulder and 2.) it's too tempting to tickle him.

⊹ Hugo would also be in favor of kisses. Varian could expect everything from soft kisses on the forehead to cheeky kisses on the lips, to completely goofy kisses all over her face to more passionate kisses against a wall somewhere secluded. He is a lovely combination of lovable and domineering that allows his affection to range from cute and innocent to passionate.

⊹ I think he would also purposely exaggerate with his affection to make Varian blush, like leaning in to kiss his hand, all while maintaining perfect eye contact because the little shit knows exactly how to mess with the dark-haired guy's senses.

[rhmis-user-2020]

Yong gives Nuru a hug