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can we get some Valeria Garza headcanons? :p

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Hello! Welcome back :> I wasn't sure if you wanted general HCs or romantic ones, so I did both! I hope they're enjoyable! In regards to these HCs, there's one mention of drugs, but the HCs are about Valeria, so that's to be expected!

Also, to anyone reading this: Merry Christmas and/or happy holidays! I'm saying this today because in my country we celebrate Christmas today and not on the 25th! I'm wishing you all a few lovely days ahead :-)

General:

Playing games of any kind with her is actually infuriating and almost unfair. You’d think games like Monopoly would be fair since it’s based on luck for the most part, but no. I can assure you Valeria could set a world record on beating someone at Monopoly. But it’s not just that game either. You wanna poker with her? Tycoon? Sixty-Six? Granted, they require some skill as well, but she uses her nogging on a daily basis, so it’s not like she doesn’t know what she’s doing. And even if you only explained the rules to her once, she’ll beat you soon enough. Might also be prone to cheating, but you’ll only ever accuse her of doing so whenever she actually wasn’t. It’s not illegal or forbidden if no one ever finds out. The stakes can be pretty high, she’s not afraid to play for money either. But I advise you to maybe play over gummy bears or lollipops or something. She won’t be happy, she will complain, but it beats losing all your money to a businesswoman of her caliber.

When she was a kid she actually didn’t mind Christmas all that much, she quite liked it. It was colorful, it was bright, it was nice. Her parents may not have been the richest people, but she usually got what she wanted for Christmas as well, so it wasn’t a particularly sad time for her back then. Even now her cartel is doing well during that time since people like to fill the gaping holes within their hearts with drugs so they won’t have to think about being alone and freezing during such a festive time. She doesn’t get jolly like she used to, she won’t even wear a Christmas hat, but she can appreciate Christmas, if just for her earning a bit more money than she normally would. You can even give her gifts during this time. Depending on who they’re from and what it is, she might just throw them away, but if it’s something nice from someone she’s close with then she might just keep it for a little while longer. Although Valeria would never admit it, she does like cookies quite a lot. She can’t bake particularly well, not that she has the time for that either, but that won’t stop her from eating a few whenever she receives some from a trustworthy source. There is an elderly lady in Las Almas who she likes to buy them from occasionally. That lady is a real sweetheart, so Valeria is sure the cookies aren’t poisoned.

No one ever gets to enjoy it anymore these days, but Valeria can cook pretty well. She learned how to very early on so she could relieve her mother a bit from her burdens, but it stuck with her. She has a real knack for how much spice you put in which dish. Yes, she’s a bit rusty since she hasn’t cooked for herself in quite a while, but if you’re her s/o and you’re sick, you might just receive some birria or carne guisada. It’ll be unlike anything you’ve ever tasted. Her food is a bit spicy, so if you’re not used to spicy food it can and will leave you teary eyed, but it’s really good. Naturally, her specialties include, for the most part, Mexican dishes only. But, in theory, you could give her any recipe and it would turn out just fine. Except for anything sweet. Sweets she cannot do at all, they’ll always turn out terrible. It used to get to her when she was young, but these days she couldn’t care less. She isn’t anyone’s housewife, so why should she care? Back in the day when she still had time for dating someone properly, a telltale sign she was mad at you would be her cooking for you, but making it unbearably spicy. Valeria could always eat it, she can eat any spicy pepper as a snack just like that and not be bothered at all.

Romantic:

It doesn’t matter who you are, Valeria will always be the dominant person among the two of you. Her personality alone won’t allow for much else, but there are also other circumstances as well. Besides, she’s been in the military and she can tell you from experience that the people there don’t think too highly of women. Ergo she wants to prove herself to be above those morons, especially Alejandro. While she might not be affectionate at all in public, it’s the small things in private that really show you who’s in control. Beckoning you closer with her finger, telling you how much of a good thing you are for her, moving you a bit so she can get to something she needs. Granted, it’s nothing big, she won’t put a collar on you, but she will do what she can to make you feel smaller than you actually are. It doesn’t matter if you’re 1,50m or 2m tall, whether you’re looking up at her or down on her, you will treat her with utmost respect. While she might seem degrading or mocking very often, she does take your feelings into account as well. If her being mean to you genuinely hurts you then she will do what she can to tone it down a bit. She won’t stop entirely, but she’ll better herself. You’re welcome to sass her back a bit, though. If it’s just some light joking around she won’t mind. Sass her back too hard and you will be put into place, though.

Going off of one of the previous points I made: Once Valeria loves you, she is completely and entirely committed to you. It doesn’t matter what you want, you’ll get it within days. You want someone’s head? Absolutely, no questions asked. Even something smaller, such as some clothing, jewelry, a video game console, a plushie. You name it, you’ll get it. You’re her everything in this rotten world, of course she’ll do what she can to keep you happy. And if one of those goons from the army ever tries to hurt you, then even the ninth layer of hell will seem like the greatest mercy the heavens and hell could muster. She’s fiercely protective over you. While she won’t kidnap you, she wants to keep you happy, after all, she will try to convince you to live with her. Somewhere in a place no one knows about, where it’s only you and her without a worry for those two pests, Alejandro and Rodolfo. If you ever were to meet those two then I can assure you, you’ll never see Valeria this angry again. She loathes those two men with her entire being. Not that she has a very high opinion of men to begin with. If one ever decides to lay his grubby, disgusting hands on you, regardless of whether it’s some guy from the streets or the president of the United States, he can say goodbye to his head.

As I said before, she’s a really good cook. In fact, she’s good at just about anything you can think of. Well, almost. Either way, she’d love it if you could cook well. In fact, having someone who’s willing to be a housespouse is a dream come true. She won’t always be able to come home to you immediately, but if she finds you having cooked her a delicious, hearty meal, she’ll be on cloud nine. But even if your food isn’t anything noteworthy she’ll still eat it because it’s from you. She may be a cruel woman at times, but Valeria does care about you and tries not to hurt your feelings too much. At best, not at all. If she comes home to your shared home being well taken care of by you, with you having cleaned all the rooms as well as all the clothes that needed washing, you’ll have earned something nice from her. If you aren’t able to do so, no worries, she can always just hire some personnel to take care of it. But if it was you, then just name what you want from her. You want some cuddles or a kiss? Naturally. Some tres leches or churros? She won’t make them herself, but you can bet she’ll get you some regardless. If she’s especially tired some sweet words might be exchanged as well, but don’t expect her to be like that every time. Sometimes she does want to be a bit sweeter than usual, tell you how grateful she is to have you, but she’s afraid you might think of her a bit less than before, even if it wouldn’t happen. So, while she may not be someone who enjoys giving words of affirmation unless she needs to, you can count on her showing you affection through gift giving and quality time.

#cod #cod x reader #valeria garza #valeria garza x reader #getting to write about my favorite characters today is a gift in and of itself in all honesty #plus I got my jacket today that looks like 09 ghost's and I couldn't be happier :D #I also got a bag and a one piece shirt and I'm so happy about that! I love one piece and I've been in need of a bag again!#either way these hcs aren't particularly christmassy since I thought I was supposed to go for something general #but I hope they're enjoyable nonetheless!#thank you for sending in a request for lovely Valeria!#the things I'd give to have her call me something nice are unreal #I'd melt like butter if she ever said something to me in spanish even if she just called me pendejo #either way my christmas was well spent in that I got to write about a girl today so I'm happy!#Happy holidays! Merry christmas!#Happy new year too if I don't post by then (which is unlikely!)

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imarvelatthestars · 4 months

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Come Away With Me

Pairings: Fives x Reader, background Echo x OC

Content: fluff + light angst (I didn't mean for it to happen, it just did, but there's always a happy ending!), some suggestive flirting

It’s not until he gets here that Fives realizes perhaps he’s a bit more talk than he is action when it comes to all this. He surveys the cabin as if it were a battlefield – a sitting room and a fireplace, a wood-burning stove, and the small cot in the back corner, mostly buried in stacks of quilts. This is out of his area of expertise, and he can claim to be a romantic all he wants, he can watch cheesy holos ‘til he’s blue in the face, but it won’t change the fact that before you, there was never much of a chance for romance in his life. So this? Sure, it’s exciting, sure it makes him feel a little giddy, but it’s still new. Different. Entirely foreign.

He imagines Echo isn’t faring much better.

“Where‘re the girls?” he asks into his comm.

It crackles for a minute before his brother picks up. “Back at the speeder. Giggling, last I heard.”

That makes Fives smile. You’re having fun and that’s what this trip was all about. Well, mostly.

“Told you this was a good idea.”

“Bantha shit, you’re as nervous as I am, and you know it.”

He flops about for an excuse, but ultimately falls short. There’s no point in hiding things from Echo, not when they’re both in the same metaphorical boat.

“What are we doin’, Fives?”

The half-hearted laugh that comes out of him is remarkably weak. “Wish I knew. Sounded like a good idea at the time.”

It had been soon after your 18th date – not that he was counting, of course – and you’d been snuggled up in his lap back at your place, tracing meaningless shapes over his heart and steadily wrapping him around your little finger. And he’d blurted out the one thing he’d sworn he wouldn’t, the thing that had been lingering in the back of his mind for a couple weeks now.

“Come away with me.”

It was a freedom he’d never had during the war. He went where he was ordered and that was that. Then came the Chancellor’s demise, the CRP act. Real, tangible freedom to be whoever he wanted to be, do what he wanted to do. And he met you and he just knew.

“For Life Day. Let’s get off this stupid rock and go somewhere nice, my treat.”

He didn’t have enough credits to pull it off on his own, not without Echo’s help, and that had eventually morphed into a double-date situation. He’d bring you, Echo would bring his girl, and it would be the perfect, romantic getaway he knew you’d both love.

“Well,” his vod says after a moment, “we’re here now. And they’re happy. Can’t be too bad, eh?” Fives nods. “I guess not.”

He's in his head the whole day. He's here with you, of course. Of course he is. He sees you and Echo's girl building your suspiciously trooper-like snowbeings, he sees you with snowflakes in your eyelashes, he sees how you smile and hears how you laugh, and he falls in love a dozen more times, but at the same time his heart and his mind are far away. Because surely this happiness can't last? Where's the catch? He's lost so much, too much. Brothers that never saw beyond their first post, brothers that never found their own names. He's almost lost himself in this war, and you keep dragging him out whenever he finds himself stumbling, but how... how long can this last?

He watches his brother smile, watches his brother bask in the love he's found, and then Fives watches you dote and tease and play, and he wonders a million different what-ifs in the time it takes for a mug of cocoa to come to a boil.

"Drink up," you say, and your voice manages to rouse him from his worries, if only for a moment. "It'll help."

Fives raises a brow. "Help with what?" and he thinks he does an excellent job of pretending he's not at all bothered by the overbearing depths of his own mind.

You shimmy yourself into the corner between the arm of the sofa and the open space of his underarm and torso, a space made just for you. No one else will ever fit there like you do. You rub your thumb over the lip of your mug as you watch him cautiously do the same.

"You're far away today, baby." It's barely more than a whisper in his ear, but the weight of it is heavy. Fives pulls back a bit, startled and yet resigned to your understanding, and you smile. "I know you. Whatever's bothering you, let it go."

"It's nothin', mesh-"

"It's not nothing. Not with you. But whatever it is, it can wait for tonight." When you rest your head atop his chest, he finds the gentle pressure sobering, stabilizing, a reminder not to get himself lost in the darkness when the lightest, brightest thing he's ever known is right here in front of him. "Be with us. With me."

He snuggles the tip of his nose in your hair and smiles as he inhales the scent of your shampoo. "Yeah? That what you want, baby?"

Perhaps you're right. (He knows you are.) He'd just been so worried about this, about what this trip meant, what it symbolized. Another step forward, another step deeper into the forest of his feelings for you.

Your eyes are sparkling in the firelight of the approaching evening. "Mm, that's what I always want, trooper."

Fives nods sagely. "Not to worry, mesh'la. I've got you."

"Good. Y'know, it's pretty cold out there. I'd hate to get stuck in any sudden storms." You cast a gaze over your shoulder that says you're concerned, but he can see it in the way you can't even pretend to hide your smile that you're faking, playing. "Whatever would we do with ourselves?"

"Probably have to find some way to keep warm. Wouldn't want to freeze, now would we?"

"What are you two whispering about over there?" calls Echo, whose normal tone suddenly sounds like a storm after the quiet rush of affection and tension you and Fives have been building up the last minute.

You smirk, and Fives swear his heart stops at the sight of it. "That would be telling, wouldn't it?"

Echo just rolls his eyes. "Kriff, never mind, don't wanna know."

Fives echoes your sentiments as he settles his mug on the nearest flat surface. He needs you closer, needs to feel you. His fingers slip beneath them of your sweater to splay against your skin. It's a barely noticeable movement, but then again, his brother's an ARC. Not much gets past him.

"'s gettin' late, vod," says Fives as he hungrily eyes the line of your throat. "You and Anjali might wanna head over t' your bunk for the night."

The fire crackles for a few moments as the suggestion is mulled over. Fives is utterly lost, yes, but this time he's lost in you. The rest of the galaxy is little more than a blur to him.

Later, when his brother's asleep and the night winds howl, when he's built you up and up and up and made you swear into the pillows, he'll tell you exactly what he's been so anxious about, tell you just how much you mean to him. But for now... for now, he'll settle for this, for the warmth of a shared fire and for family found.

prompt(s): fives + "baby, it's cold outside" inspired (and also featuring some echo!)

secret santa/life day recipient: @literallyjustanerd

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#fives x reader #arc trooper fives x reader #fives x you #arc trooper fives x you #star wars #tcw #fives #arc trooper fives #x reader #christmas au #life day #this was my first time writing for fives and it shouldn't have been as hard as it was yet here we are #i did have fun though and it was nice to dive into what fives' thoughts might be like #i'm not super happy with it but alas. my brain has failed me #i'm very very sorry it's a day late but i do hope you still enjoy it!!!!

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