Anyway tell us your thoughts on whiskey/tango and how they would get together 👀

samwellsweethearts:

I got u fam, but like, sorry not sorry this turned into a piece of my Quest for Representation: 

• First off, Whiskey is Not Gay
• He’s not.
• Sure he’s never been in a relationship with a girl, but he’s never met one who interested him enough. He’s not in a rush, and if he ever feels lonely he can always find someone to make out with him at parties. 
• My son is demiromantic and doesn’t know it. He keeps telling himself he’s not broken, just reserved, and since he has such a hard time connecting with people in general it makes sense to him he’d have a hard time falling in love. Besides, nobody’s just naturally attracted to people they don’t know, right? It’s a thing that develops?
• “there’s nothing wrong with me” is like a chant he tells himself when he sees how happy people in love are. He’s scared and he doesn’t know why and he doesn’t want to believe there’s anything wrong with him. 
• There isn’t. If you don’t like this headcanon plz come into my inbox and fight me personally I will wreck shit. Gray spectrum peeps deserve representation.
• Even if he was going to develop feelings for someone, let alone a dude, it wouldn’t be someone like Tango. 
• Tango is Loud. Tango asks questions and smiles at strangers and isn’t afraid to stand out in a crowd. He’s cheerful and happy and all the things that Whiskey’s dad told him that masculine dudes aren’t supposed to be and usually Whiskey hates those kind of dudes but after a while he grows used to Tango’s questions and his soft annoying smiles start making Whiskey feel warm inside. 
• Oh god, Whiskey has the biggest panic when he realizes he’s not straight. He’s never really had attraction to someone and when it’s to a guy he’s shocked.  
• At the same time, he’s never been more relieved. He always assumed he was straight broken not the kind of person to be in a relationship but he’s just so excited to know that he’ll be able to fall in love and hold hands with someone and wake up to them. 
• This is not for all gray spectrum peeps, some are 110% content to never be sexually/romantically attracted to people. This is just my cupio ass projecting on Whiskey. 
• And?? Whiskey has never ben in love before and he doesn’t know what to do. He didn’t participate in that whole exploring-your-sexuality in high school thing  and he’s never dated anyone before because nobody attracted him and he’s more than a little overwhelmed. He kinda wants the attraction to go away. He has no idea what he’s doing and kinda shuts down around Tango for a while. 
• Tango notices. He asks questions. Whiskey has no idea what to do. 
• Does he just tell Tango he’s in love with him? Would that make Tango never want to be around him again? He doesn’t even know whether or not Tango is interested in dudes, and even if he was there’s no way he’d be interested in Whiskey, right? 
• Ohgodohgodohgod how does romance work? 
• Whiskey reads a bunch of Cosmo articles trying to figure it out. They don’t help. 
• He just does his best to use his Chill Exterior to deflect the questions, and for the most part Tango lets it go. But he can’t avoid it forever. 
• He hangs around the Lax bros a lot because it’s easy to pretend he’s straight and “normal” like he thought he was before Tango.
• Even with friends outside of SMH, he can’t avoid Tango, even if he wanted to. They play on the same team.
• Also he doesn’t want to. Tango is addictively kind and soft and curious and caring and Whiskey loves it. 
• He catches himself doing little things to impress Tango. He takes in a stray cat because Tango was worried about it (they name him Foxtrot) and he helps Tango with Physics homework (they’re science gays) and he might be shirtless a little more than strictly necessary. 
• It all culminates at a kegster. Both he and Tango are just tipsy enough to be giggly and Whiskey really likes the warm press of Tango laughing against him on the toxic couch and he really wants to kiss Tango but before he can even dismiss the thought Tango looks him dead in the eyes and it’s like his entire mind goes blank
• He’s got it so bad for this boy
• Tango’s voice is uncharacteristically quiet when he asks “Can I kiss you?”
• Whiskey barely nods before he leans in and then it’s a perfect, perfect kiss and they make out for the rest of the night before passing out together curled up on the couch. 
• They go on their first official date the next morning at a Waffle House and they are Very Happy together.