forum how would your characters say 'I love you' without saying it?

Started December 30, 2022 by @softredscrunchie group

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Royka: by providing for someone
Eris: by listening to someone
Davlin and Dax: by prioritizing someone
Illy: by touching and being physically close to someone

Alex: Literally a void creature who is always nervous. Be like: Oh- uh- um- well- uh- I- uh um- uhhhhhhhhhh… hi?

Omari: follow you around, giving cryptic advice and inciting mischief.
"Hey, hey, hey," said while repeatedly tapping your arm. "Look! I've got paint. Let's decorate that ugly wall we passed yesterday!"

Echo: would give you handmade crafts
Elio: would give you his favorite shirt
Luxury: would open up and talk to you
Royal: would let down her attitude near you
Zero: would be protective over you/get jealous when you're gone too long
Liam: would hold your hand/stand near you often
Ace: would bake you little treats and show you his recipes(since he bakes but not many people know)
Akio: would become quiet and reserved just so he could study you without "bothering" you

Ramona: would literally die for you, names one of her plants after you so that she always has something to remind her of you, has a photo album that's just pictures of you(not in a creepy way, just pics she takes when you hang out)
Monika: picks you up and carries you around if you get tired while walking, will absolutely murder someone if you get hurt
Rosemary: plays music or sings for you when you have trouble sleeping, combing her fingers through your hair if you're comfortable with that, makes coffee/tea/cocoa/whatever for you every morning unless the two of you decide to go out for breakfast
Lottie: makes little trinkets for you, asks if you want to help her with a project, and makes sure you're okay when/if said project blows up before worrying about herself, keeps recordings of all her thoughts on a little tape recorder thing, and if you listen to it, there's a bunch about how great she thinks you are
Aoife(Ee-fuh): claims she will personally fight both God and the devil if that's what it takes to keep you safe, teaches you how to make traditional Irish dishes and deserts

Aisha will be so freaking protective it will scare you and will take a bullet for you. Plus she'd give you all of the affection she had in her heart.

Ella: doesn’t say I love you, but says “I need you”

Max: is obsessively overprotective

Arla: tries to prove herself to impress the one she loves

Quinn: has no problem just straight out saying “I love you”

Amirah: I think… I can love you
Allen: I have space in my heart for you.

Delilah: They wouldn't be manipulative, deceiving, mysterious and arrogant to the person they love. They would be honest, somewhat flirty and kind. They do not exactly know to show love, so that's what they would do. And also help the person in anything they needed, and stalk them.

Cavilla: he would just talk more to that person than others, gift them stuff the person likes or loves and compliment much. He would hug them, hold their hand (with their permission) to show their love too.

Wiresk: Protect the person and be less tense and cautious around the person he loves to show his feelings. And write cards to that person.

Mystery: She would non-stop stalk them, kill or warn whoever that person is close. And since she doesn't know what else to do, she would brainwash the person into a emotionless state and make them love her.

Clarity: He would be really kind and flustered around the person. Thought, he would plain up confess to the person. Saying his real feelings, how much he adores them and that lovey dokey stuff.

let's see

winter: give her interest subtle gifts - flowers, sweet messages, etc. as their relationship develops, winter would start giving things like jewels or things related to their hobbies

andrés: be very awkward around the person - he's really soft and would rather wait than confess unless he's under too much pressure

mack: will be very overprotective of their interest. no other words.

Eliot: acts of service. Doing extra things for them that the don't have to without being asked. He only does the bare minimum needed to survive yet if he does extra little things for you then he really cares about you.

Akos: getting worried and being vulnerable. He worries so much but never tells the ppl he cares about so if he's visibly worries about you you'll know he loves you.

Sie: she will get in so many arguments for you. She defends the things she cares about. She's kind and caring to everyone she meets but if she's willing to put her neck out for you she definitely believes and trusts you completely.

Skee: hell help you with anything you ask. He usually only really cares about himself but if you say the word and he drops everything to help you know he is whipped.

TV: offer you lots of little things such as doing the dishes or buying you little gifts. he's really sweet to his friends but when he really cares, you'll notice it over time

CD: hates everyone, normally, but acts like a normal alien being around you. she'll only make teasing comments instead of insulting you

CPU: cannot process human emotions correctly, but in the rare scenario that she is in love (okay in my universe she is) she will ask to hang out with you a lot more than with normal friends.

HD: more charismatic around you than others, inviting you to parties that he usually wouldn't let others into

Kyrios

• the main thing is that he’s protective.
• not necessarily overprotective, or hovering over your shoulder like you’ll hurt yourself, but protective.
• in the aspect that if you have been wronged in some way, he will go to any lengths to support you.
• being a shapeshifter (of only three forms…well technically four but that one can happen only once and it’s impossible to undo..) he might be willing to even show his human form, a form that he created purely to interact better with the one he would likely call his “true love”.
• for further explanation, Kyrios is not human, and turning into one makes him a bit uncomfortable (especially after The Incident), feeling more vulnerable.
• if he willingly sleeps in your presence it’s also a good sign. which might not necessarily be one of love, just of the idea that he trusts you not to try and kill him in his sleep

Siirawyn

• despite what people may think, he is very emotional
• this isn’t actually so surprising if you consider it a little bit— a lot of his actions were driven by powerful feelings behind them
• so a sharp sign of his appreciation for you is his willingness to explain his actions to you, to rant, to ramble
• he doesn’t change as an older adult, and hypothetically if he found someone to love in his post-tree form, he’d still be similar
• that’s about a thousand years of LOVING to yap to those you love
• although as a young adult he probably would’ve been a bit more shy
• he never finds someone he loves in the “romantic” way (canonically at least) but i am a strong supporter of all the different types of love