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My favorite type of character dynamic (romantic/platonic or otherwise) is
"feral cats that are NOT allowed to be adopted separately"
Like gimme two characters that constantly fight, they hiss and swipe at each other and they break the entire house chasing each other
And than 2sec later they are huddled in some corner cuddling like-
Is it love?
Is is hate?
Fuck if anyone knows!
But they sure are somehow worse when they aren't together!
TW: Murder, kneecapping, angst
Pre-Relationship Headcanons~
This was a very slow burn
Like the flame wasn't even there for yeeears
Mordecai is a very untrusting cat so it took him years to tolerate Viktor let alone trust him
When Mordecai realized he had feelings for Viktor he decided he would ignore them until they went away (they didn’t)
Viktor just had a very conflicting time falling in love again, lots of booze and staring at the ceiling later he accepts his fate
Neither are touchy
Neither wanted to admit feelings for each other
They both just kinda sat with their feelings hoping they would go away
Mitzi ended up picking up on their feelings
The whole speakeasy knew of their feelings but the two
After years of mutual trust building… Mordecai got drunk and spilled his heart out
Relationship Headcanons~
They are very awkward about the whole thing
Viktor is the only cat allowed to see drunk Mordecai
Drunk Mordecai will constantly ramble about how much he loves Viktor and so on
Once sober he will hide in his room from embarrassment
Viktor finds this amusing
Mordecai is the only cat allowed to come up to Viktor on his blind side without getting murdered
They are very private so literally no one knew of their status as dating
Actually Zib managed to pick up on it, but its not his business so he doesn't care
No PDA 0 PDA both Mordecai and Viktor have a reputation to maintain and they don’t enjoy touches anyway
However occasionally after a bootlegging job they will intertwine tails with each other
First “kiss” was a spontaneous drunk Mordecai act of pecking Viktor’s cheek
Once he sobered up he didn’t show his face to Viktor for a week
One time after massacring a rival gang and both sitting in the car Viktor just took initiative and kissed Mordecai
Mordecai attempted and failed at hiding from Viktor by crawling into the backseat muttering about how he definitely did not enjoy that he enjoyed that
When arguing sometimes Viktor will switch to Slavic and Mordecai to Yiddish so neither will know what the other is yelling about
Viktor normally switches first and Mordecai switches out of pettiness
Viktor will sometimes cook for Mordecai keeping it kosher :>
Post-Kneecapping Headcanons~
Ah yes post-Atlas death time
Mordecai could barely pull the trigger and after he kneecapped Viktor ran away and cried
Vikor felt very betrayed and very backstabbed
Mordecai felt very guilty and very sad
In the Marigold gang he’s grouchier, and skinnier and far more tired (not that anyone can tell)
Viktor is colder, and talks less even to Ivy
A part of Viktor resents Mordecai
Mordecai sometimes wishes that Viktor would just find him and put a bullet in his head he thinks he deserves it
Mordecai is scared to sleep since he tends to dream about kneecapping Viktor and wakes up scared
Mordecai keeps a picture of Viktor in his breast pocket
Viktor has a picture of Mordecai in his nightstand drawer
Over all a very angsty and sad no longer couple