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- Clingy cat boyf
- If he’s dating you he already feels really close and comfortable around you
- Do not be surprised if he gets really physically affectionate really fast
- I'm talking jump your bones after a week of being official
- Pun intended
- He loves when you kiss his neck
- Blushes so easily
- Tends to mutter things in italian when he gets overwhelmed
- Which is often
- but that doesn't stop him
- Believe me
- Okay he’s an old fashioned fella
- He still has a lot of internalized dating and courting etiquette rules from the 30’s
- and you'd think it makes him wanna take it slow
- But nah son
- During the 30’s no one had any goddamn time for taking it slow
- Don't worry about that
- It was also common for soldiers to get gifts like gum, candy, flowers, chocolate, and nylon stockings for girls they liked
- Nico subconsciously falls back on this a lot
- You end up with a small collection of fuzzy socks
- You don’t automatically get the connection, but when you realize how important nylon stockings were in the 30’s because of the shortage, and that he was getting the present day equivalent of that for you
- You appreciate your little collection of socks even more
- All that being said we can come to two conclusions
- His love language (amplified by the whole son of the God of wealth and death thing) is gifts, physical contact, and quality time
- Especially with how much mortal danger he and the gang have been in the past few years, he does not want to waste any time, especially if he really likes you
- Which he probably does
- Really really likes it when you take off his clothes
- Especially his shirt
- That's up there among his favorite parts
- Absolutely an any time any place kinda guy
- Thinks of it exclusively as making love
- Finds any new slang or euphemisms hilarious
- You call it banging once and he laughed for like 20 minutes
- "So, are we banging or what?"
- "Nico?"
- "Nico why are you laughing?"
- He has a lot of trauma obviously
- His problems aren't magically instantly fixed by you but he's noticed how drastically your presence helps him feel better
- Can barely sleep if you're not there
- Like he has some of your cologne/perfume on him in case you get separated and can't sleep next to him
- If he does have nightmares
- Which thank gods are getting fewer and further between
- A little light making out and netflix can usually solve the problem
- Or like
- Riding him
- That usually works too
- The faces he makes are,,,,,,
- Very nice,,,,
- he's also very vocal
- You one time deleted a happy birthday voice mail from a childhood friend to make room on your phone for an audio recording he sent you
- And like be real
- If your friend had heard it they would have deleted their message themselves
- It takes him a while to get the hang of technology
- As soon as he does
- He sends you a voice text
- You're like aww
- So you listen to it
- "Hello, cuore mio…"
- Oh shit
- Your face got very red
- You were really lucky you were alone
- Every time you see audio messages from him you know not to listen to them without headphones
- You also try not to listen to them until you're on your way to somewhere you can be alone with him
- There have been a lot of "meet me in the janitor's closet" texts between the two of you
- aLsO play with his hair
- You did it once cause some hair fell in his face
- He moaned
- "... will you do that again?"
- The answer is yes
- Yes you will
- Write him love letters and his heart will explode
- Everything from "thoughts of you get me through the day" to "truly astonished by how much I want you to rail me"
- All are super effective
- He absolutely 100% has a locket with a picture of you
- He just gazes at it sometimes when he needs a little extra hit of serotonin
- Okay okay we all know a certain Mr. Jackson who is king of surprising you in the shower
- Nico is a close second
- Honestly you and him probably break the intimacy ice first of any couples in the demisquad
- Stamina for dayyyys
- Never gets tired???????
- Even you find yourself laughing "are you actually hard again?" Way more than you'd expect to
- Also expect a lot of…. Private photos and Polaroids
- You never would have expected to have a shoebox buried in your closet full of pictures and love letters that are very much not suited for general audiences
- Much less three or four
- K i n g of quickies
- "Any time, any place" -Nico Di Angelo probably
- Likes buying you underwear and lingerie
- A whole lot
- He'll sometimes surprise you with a bunch of shopping bags
- You look through them equally excited every time
- You do a little fashion show of all the stuff he got you
- You usually don't make it past three things before they're on the floor
- His kisses are so gentle and tender
- They have all the soft fierce passion of Shakespeare plays and jazz vinyls
- At one point pretty early on you started to feel bad that he was spending so much money on you
- "Don't worry, vita Mia, it's a non issue."
- After you're done shopping he pulls out a black credit card with gold accents from a bank you don't recognize
- It says "bank of afthonos", and in a fancy, minimalistic script below, "palladium select"
- He sees you looking at the card and a smile plays at the corner of his lips
- "Birthday gift from dad," he answers without you having to ask
- Ah
- You can tell the cashier wants to roll her eyes, but he always makes a point to tip very generously
- He hands her a few big bills and the irritation falls her face
- he holds you close as you leave the store, still a little surprised by everything that had happened in the past five minutes
- "Anything else you want?"
- You think back to when you two first got together
- "I've had everything I want for a while now," you tell him, giving his hand a squeeze
- He smiles and presses a kiss to your cheek
- He pulls you into a small family bathroom and locks the door, pulling you close and kissing your neck
- "I think we can be a little late to our lunch reservation…"