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Zayne: Starry Nocturne
After relistening to one of Zayne's Tender Moments, I have a few observations/headcanons about our beloved Dr:
TW: angst, mentions of death, nsfw implication
He's only serious when talking about work; even though he pretends to brush off ridiculous things you say, he really is listening and hanging on to every word.
Starry Nocturne seems to happen early on in your reconnecting, so I do not believe you and him are dating quite yet, but there is heavy interest in doing so
Zayne is the type of person to drop everything to make sure that you are well-fed and healthy - knowing that you made a list of food options for dinner warms his icy, stoic heart
He lowkey doesn't like the idea of you staying up and waiting for him. As a Hunter, he knows you work insane hours and wants you to get as much sleep as you need to function. You staying up to wait for him either in the friend-stage or in the romantic-stage worries him a bit. He knows he can go without some hours of sleep, but he doesn't want you to experience the same thing
You're literally like the only person he will listen to, no questions asked. Okay, technically, he will ask questions, but deep down he's going to say yes anyway. He just really likes playing cat-and-mouse with you. He appreciates when you can play along
Like he did in Starry Nocturne, early on in your relationship/friendship, Zayne will not be super direct about wanting to meet up with you. He wants you to be in control and for you to manage what you are comfortable with rather than feeling like he is telling you what to do. While he wants to do that in other settings - in your day-to-day, he's all about your comfort. Especially since you can't remember your past lives - he doesn't want to come off as too pushy
He is obviously super invested in Evol medecine and losing a patient to an Evol disorder is the most heartbreaking thing to happen to him at work because it always makes him think of you. He fears that one day, he will lose you on the operating table.
thank you @jirelle for encouraging this post, hope you enjoy x
Zayne: Sweet Conspiracy
Headcanons from Sweet Conspiracy:
He covers you with his coat when he sees the blood to hide it, but also as an excuse to get close to you to assess any injuries. He knows the blood isn't from you or you would have been in more visible pain, but seeing you tainted with blood worries him sick. He sees enough blood and gore in his line of work, and he wishes he could protect you from the evils of the world
He walks to work when he needs to ground himself. He is constantly stressed at the hospital and we all know he takes very little time outside of work, unless you invite him out, of course. He likes walking with more than being alone, but he won't ever admit it out loud. You help him keep calm and give him a bit of positivity that he is often lacking.
He gave you the coat with the candies on purpose. He acts as if he didn't, but we know better. He likes knowing someone else shares his immense sweet tooth and likes to give you a bit of happiness wrapped in foil. (We know he always carries mints to share, but I definitely think he'd share other candies, especially if he knows you like them).
Seeing your post of his seal with the rainbow made him feel like he did in your past lives. He knows his curse and his fate, so he will savor any precious moments with you that he can. He dislikes that you thought he was poking fun at you a children and is happy his adoration can be seen now, even if you see it platonically.
Zayne is still not wanting to push your relationship any further than what you are comfortable. You've only been reunited for the past year-ish maybe or so (given that MC sees Dr. Zayne 6 months prior to the game's story beginning), and he wants to slowly make up for the lost time. He wishes that you guys could have continued growin up together and could have seen each other through school.
He loves when you tell him about your life. Yes, he comes off as stoic and nonchalant, but at the end of the day, when he's home, he fondly thinks of all the happy things you tell him.
He just wants to see you happy in any way that he can, whether that is with company or sweets.
Zayne: Heartstring Healer
TW: smut, 18+, jealousy, dom!Zayne, sub!MC,
Jealous!Dom!Zayne Headcanons:
Zayne's medical lectures are very important to him, of course, but seeing you at the lecture completely threw him off - for a few reasons, in fact
Firstly, Zayne's whole purpose of getting into Evol medecine as a cardiac surgeon was because of you. He'll never tell anyone, but seeing you made him flustered. He's passionate about his work but seeing the sole reason for his work makes it more personal than he likes. He wants his feelings out of work, but deep down, you're his motivaion for such a rigorous profession
He doesn't look at you during the lecture so he doesn't trip up. He has a public persona to maintain and you are the one person that always makes him trip up, but that doesn't mean he wasn't side-eyeing you from time to time. Due to his many years of loving you from afar, he has mastered looking at you when you don't notice. Hence, why he knew that guy was talking to you during the lecture.
That really made his blood boil. You're his. Not in a you're-an-object-and-have-no-autonomy way but more of a you're-his-best-friend-and-he's-literally-a-surgeon-to-try-and-stop-you-from-continuously-dying-way. He knows loving you is wrong, but he doesn't want to be right.
He loves playing cat-and-mouse with you. Zayne is definiely the type to let you think you have the upper-hand, but you don't. He knows how to chase you and take you by surprise.
Pulling you into his temporary office at the university made him incredibly horny. He loves having you close and pressed up against him, breathless and confused. Of course, he would never do anything you aren't comfortable with, but he likes the game. He would never cause you harm that wasn't asked for
Him asking "Should I be?" when you ask him if he's upset that another guy was talking to you is so dom! Zayne coded
He knows you wouldn't cheat or flirt with anyone else, but a part of him needs that level of reassurance (dom drop is very real and he appreciates you reciprocating his affection)
He looooves when you act like a brat
It activates a part of him that he often suppresses
He's so genle with you, but he knows when to be rough
He wouldn' actually give any other girl any attention besides you, but seeing you a bit jealous gets him going. It makes him feel wanted
He knows he wasn't there for a good portion of your life ater you two went your separate ways, so him askin about your "other patients" comes from a deep, sincere part of himself. He may have tried once or twice to go out with another girl, but knowing about the thousands of lives you two lived together made everyone else seem subpar. But, knowing that you dont remember those lives, he truly would never hold it against you for having dated or "experimented" with other people.
Him saying "you'll be punished" shows how feral he is underneath his composure. He seems like the type of person to bend you over his lap when you "misbehave" and spanks you accordingly. He likely is the type to count out how many he gives you (or make you count them out as an extra layer of punishment)
Part of him wanted to do that in his office at the university for surprising him ( as a "funishment" rather than punishment) to get you riled up, but he knew it would be too much noise. He wouldn't want to embarass you in front of those who had the misfortune of passing by his door
That forehead press is 100% an action he reserves for you, in every life
He wants your closeness, sexual or not. to him, you are peace. You are the calm that he needs.
You guys fucked in that office, no one can change my mind
Before taking you on a walk ouside to see the cherry blossm, he made sure you rode him to completion- for both yours and his pleasure
Definitely let you come first. He's a pleasure dom through and through and would never put you in a compromising position without your permission and would never leave you hanging. He made sure to get as many orgasms from you as possible before finishing on your stomach (he's either a condoms guy or a pull-out method guy, I think in this case he was unprepared for your visit)
This is relatively far into your relatinship with him, hence why he's so willing to fuck in his office and tease you relentlessly, but he still sometimes struggles to be upfront with his emotions
He's used to suppressing them due to Astra, but you will always bring out his emotions, no matter how suppressed
Maybe it's his post nut clarity or the fact that he got to see you for the first time in 2 weeks, but he really wished you could stay.
He'd been wanting to leave this stupid work trip since day 1 and was hoping he could make it through
Really, he's just as lovesick as you
Dom!Zayne is desperate for you in the way that you practically help him breathe again. He misses your teasing and your humor and it is sometimes the only thing that keeps him from cracking under the pressure at work
You make him wonder how he went all those years without his shining light
Zayne: Surprise Encounter
Surprise Encounter Headcanons:
TW: mentions of death, medical conditions, angst
So I actually have a theory or two about this one, so bear with me
What if Zayne was the king who lost his wife to the heart condition?
Granted, this was meant to have aheppened in Ancient Egypt, but bear with me
What if one of Zayne and yours past lives was as Egyptian rulers? Maybe ones lost to history (thing Hapsepsut or Nefertiti who were only more recently accredited in history)
Or what if you were the queen and Zayne was a healer or servant for the king? He loved you, but for obvious reasons could not be upfront about it
He wanted to help the king save you, but couldn't
Or he was the king who drew himself mad trying to understand why you died
Or it could just be that this is a story so similar to yours that is captures Zayne's attention
Either he remembers this past life and how he did not have the medical knowledge or tools to save you and wants to learn from his past OR he's trying to take information from someone else's history to better understand yours
He's only brushing the surface of understanding Evol defects of the heart and the effects of core infusion to the heart, so either way, he wants to use this to better himself as a surgeon so he can ultimately save you
He's going against a literal god of the universe, but fuck it. He has seen you die a thousand times and for once, he wants to be able to stop it
Seeing you at the museum surprised hm, but delighted him nonetheless.
Offering to share his headphones was a bigger deal to him than he lets on, as he doesn't like sharing anything of his with others, but to you this was a friendly experience. He is okay with that.
He obviously doesn't sleep enough, hence him napping in a chair. What is rare, though, is him falling asleep in front of others. He likes to keep up his facade of being a put-together hard worker, but seeing you and being around you relaxed him so much, he couldn't help but feel the stresses from the past few days
He was a bit nervous about sharing his notebook with you, as he didn't know what you would think
Art students come in and draw exhibits at a museum as figure studies, but fewer people come in to draw an anatomically correct heart
Oh, how he wanted to tell you how many times in his life he has drawn a heart and all its individuals veins and arteries so that he can understand them. Understand his patients. Understand you. He wants to help anyone who comes under his medical care in any way possible
I still believe this in early on in your relationship, hence the lack of flirtiness on Zayne's part, but I think he is becoming a bit more comfortable with you at this point
He's letting you into his personal space: his earphones, his notebook, letting you tease him with his glasses, etc.
He wants more of these innocent moments, in any form he can have them
Zayne: Glittering Lights
SoftDom!Zayne Headcanons:
TW: swearing, dom/sub mention
He definitely walked into the cafe on purpose, knowing you were alone
Yes, he poked fun at you for it, but it wasn't out of pity that he sat with you
He hates the thought of you being lonely and wanted to join you to remedy that (it was also an excuse to check in on you without seeming too invested)
THIS MAN knows your eyes narrow when you're pretending to be happy...THIS MAN pays attention to every detail of you
not in a weird, creepy way, but in a "he cares" way - he knows when you put up a facade for the sake of others and he wants you to be honest and open with him always, even if he doesn't like what you have to say
I don't necessarily think you guys are dating just yet at this point, but Zayne is definitely putting his foot out there
Calling you out for lying? This man's dom foot is halfway into your door - he wants you to be honest, as I've said, and he wants to offer you comfort
Whether friends or dating. Zayne will always want you walk you home
He's seen you fight, he knows you can handle your own but he knows how scummy the world is and would rather not let a young, maritally single female (who just so happens to be his friend) out alone at night. Don't argue with him on it either, he's gonna walk you home anyway
He appreciates any odd conversation starters you bring up
Many people give up on trying to break past his cold demeanor, so in a way, he appreciates that you always try with him. It makes him feel like he matters
He shares that he has overworked himself in the past as a way to open up to you. He wants you to learn from his mistakes so he doesn't see you run yourself ragged. He's definitely the type of doctor that would start prescribing sleeping pills to regulate your schedule if he realized you've fucked it up with overworking. He would probably write a note saying you needed to be on work restrictions (probably designated to office work only) until further notice. He knows how valuable work can be, but he also knows what the body needs is more important
You weren't "too noisy" at the hospital...yes, you talk significantly more than him, but he hates seeing you come in. As your physician, he knows that when he sees your name on his list of appointments, it's bad. Seeing you hurt makes him hurt. He's already worried about your heart on a daily basis, he doesn't want to have to worry about anything else (he will anyway)
He doesn't pull you by the collar hard, but just enough to keep you in place
His more "dom" side, I suppose I would say, comes out when he wants to keep you close. Especially, at a time like this when you're cold and unprepared for the weather. Truthfully, he would've just given you the umbrella and let himself freeze, but he knew you would've just given it back. He just wants you to be comfortable
The minute or so you were gone getting the latte scared the shit out of him
He loves your random gestures, they make him feel wanted, but for half a second he thought you'd been kidnapped or you'd fallen somewhere and he hadn't seen. He doesn't blame you for going off and doing things, he just puts it on himself to stay on guard and feels guilty when he doesn't pay attention
CAT AND MOUSE was invented by this man
He likes the chase, he like the teasing
He's not overtly emotional, but when he's feeling playful, you know
He likes using his height ot his advantage "to see you frustrated"...
he would never do anything that actually pisses you off, he respects your boundaries, but he does like games
Kitty Cards are fun, but seeing you trying to get something raised a foot above you or trying to get out of his grasp when he has a hold of your coat sleeve is honestly funny to him
He likes the chase and he likes to keep you on your toes
Zayne's favorite thing about it is seeing the smile it brings to your face
Zayne: Dawn's Shadows
Dom!Bf!Zayne Headcanons:
TW: smut, swearing, dominance
He's a bit of a hypocrite
if you were injured like him, he'd be all over you, examining everything: pulse, breathing, vision, etc.
But when it's him? He's like "nah, I'm good"
It warms his heart to know you worry about him the way he worries about you, but he kinda feels bad for having made you feel that way (this man has a lot of guilt, but like I wouldn't hold it against him)
Zayne wants to always be seen in pristine condition, he has a bit of difficulty showing weaker sides of himself
You're like the only person to ever live that he will let get up in his space
Truthfully, he doesn't mind, it gives him an excuse to have contact with you
He believes worrying about him is a waste of your time (it isn't), as if he doesn't spend every waking hour of his life worrying about you or checking up on you
He tries not to be annoying with it, but being your boyfriend AND doctor is like a double whammy on his part
He appreciates when you try to make him comfortable
You seem to emulate a lot of what he does for you (ex. examining his hands to see any scars, scrapes, and bruises) and don't think he doesn't notice
It makes him feel like he does something right
When you play doctor for him, it's amusing
He knows you only know basics, but he finds it cute when you try to take care of him (he will definitely wrestle trying to get up if it means you'll try to pin him down) - he really just likes any reason to be as close to you as possible
He loves reading with you or reading to you
He finds it to be a romantic bonding activity
He likes when you try to get his attention
Sometimes he likes to see how long he can hold off before he finally caves in to your wishes
He struggles to say no to you, you're his baby, his princess, and in his mind, you should be given the world
He wants to understand your work life, he's only aware of the aftereffects of your missions when you come in injured (which scares the hell out of him), but he wants to know what you know
He wants to understand your interests and be involved, even if he doesn't understand the appeal of fighting
Pulling you onto his lap is like his default move
anytime you act like a brat, into his lap you go
sometimes it's for a playful spanking, but most of the time it's to keep you still for a moment
He knows exactly what using himself as payment means
When you guys get back from your respective duties he wants to fuuuuuck
during a "checkup", he'll let you call most of the shots and give you the illusion that you're in control
but let's be real, he never truly relinquinshes all control
he always has his hands on your hips to control your speed and rhythm or he has one arm in his hand to move you around when he sees fit
He feels bad that you two can't be with each other as often as you'd like and loves any time spent with you at all
but let's be honest, any sexual being is gonna wanna have sex with Zayne (not any, just a hyperbole) - man knows what he's doing XD
but, of course, no is still an answer
if you suddenly decide you're not in the mood, he's off of you and getting you water and your clothes and a warm blanket
as long as you're happy and comfortable, he's happy
Zayne: Spring Remnants
Doting!Boyfriend! Zayne Headcanons:
Zayne is the type of boyfriend to never let you carry heavy things
He knows you do it for work, but if he can make your life any easier, he will
He comments that you are the sheep because he sees you as an innocent in a cruel world, something adorable to be protected
Not to infanitlize you, you're just the most precious and happy thing to ever happen to him
He secretly likes coloring - if it's something you enjoy (like I do), he'd keep stuff in his apartment for you for when you come over
you prefer colored pencils? he buys you prismacolors or prismacolor adjacent. You like mandalas? He has a set of madala coloring books next to his medical journals on his coffee table
Honestly, he's the type to cater to any hobby you have
He enjoys going to the arcade with you, so a hobby like knitting, sewing, painting, etc. is endearing to him because he gets to see you relaxed and happy
Zayne really worries he doesn't make an impact on his patients
Seeing himself in the children's drawings makes him feel proud in a way, especially when you compliment him - your approval means the most
You're like the sun for him because you brighten up his everyday
He could be having the worst day possible and now you've come to his work to eat lunch with him? That man wants to put a ring on it then and there and not work for the rest of the day
Even when he's busy and he has to leave for meetings and surgeries, it still warms his heart that you even care enough to show up - especially when you fall asleep at the hospital trying to wait up for him
After that first incident where he carried you into his office after falling asleep, he now keeps a blanket and a plush pillow in there for you. When you get more serious into dating, he has an open door policy for you - if you really aren't going to leave the hospital until he does, at least get comfortable sleep on his couch
He calls your fun childish to your face, but deep down he appreciates that you can still see the good in everything
He loves kids
He may not want any for himself, but he loves being around them and helping them so peeling fruit for them in a no-brainer to him
Zayne would 100% pass the orange-peel theory
He wants to make your life easier and if he can peel your fruit for you and save the hassle, why wouldn't he? If you're at his place or vice versa and you pick up fruit like an apple or an orange, literally just hand it to him and he'll grab a knife faster than you can blink
He is a man of few words, but loves to show love through his actions
He's a doctor, so he's obviously concerned about your health
Will suggest foods to you based on your needs
You have a long shift at the office or have to go on a big hunt? He'll offer dishes high in protein and carbs for you to have energy and strength. Hungover? He's researched the best remedies and will give you a list. Dehydrated? While you probably won't admit it, Zayne isn't dumb. Apples, watermelon, citrus, etc. are on his list as well as celery (you can always deny, dislike something. As he gets to know you more in this lifetime, he will give you suggestions based on your preferences)
He looooooves to make you blush
You find it embarassing at times, but he knows not to go too far
he likes to see your cheeks grow red and know he's the cause of it
He'll take any excuse to see you smile
Dr. Zayne's Apartment
So, I know there isn't much shown of Zayne's apartment in Love and Deepspace as of yet, but there are a couple snippets shown that interest me!
Thank you reddit for supplying the images and the idea to make these headcanons!
OKAY, SO
we know Zayne is a simple guy
let's be honest, he more than likely lives in the office than his actual residence
so I think his minimalism reflects that a bit. In his office we can see work piles put in order but it still looks more lived in
it definitely does now that you go in there and nap on the couch (he always makes sure there is a blanket and a pillow)
but his actual apartment is very clean, sterile, honestly
he knows how to decorate, he just doesn't
he's a doctor...the man has $$$, so you know he has some very expenive items in his apartment
he prefers to spend time at your place because he finds it homey, but on the occasion you guys do spend time at his place, he moves things around
he won't admit it, but when he is anticipating your arrival, he does more around the place
it's no longer just work , sleep, and repeat
he gets out the wine glasses he bought 2 years ago and hasn't used
he cooks that recipe he's had tabbed for months
he lays a blanket for when you inevitably get cold
Zayne is the type to really make an effort to make you comfortable
He knows it's not your home (yet *wink*), but he wants to create a comforting environment
to him, his apartment is a place that he goes when he's not at work
to you, it's a home away from home
and he wants it to be that way
he'll decorate for the holidays if you say his place is too dreary
he'll take your opinion into account if you say he should get flowers to liven up the dining area
he definitely has plants, but he's more fond of Monsteras and and Jasmine, but if you say peonies would be a nice addition, he's running to the florist immediately
his place is very high class and fancy due to his financial situation, but he always wants it to be a place you feel like coming to
he wants it to be a space where you know that you can use the spare key he gave you and come in to crash after a mission
sleep on the couch or the bed, eat the food he's prepared - just take care of yourself
even if that means coming into his space to feel safe enough to do so