bakerstreet | /brooding intensifies

brooding [boy]*/gentle [girl]*

The tendency for the brooding, angsty, loner [boy] to end up with a sweet, gentle [girl] who will patiently coax him out of his moods.

The brooding boy isn't necessarily bad, he's just...moody, troubled. At worst, he'll be an anti-hero who's put his bad boy past behind him or at least is trying to. Maybe he has a dark and troubled Past. Maybe he's a hurting hero. Maybe he simply takes his responsibilities far more seriously than the rest of his teammates. Whatever the case, he's just waiting for someone to draw him out of his shell, and that person is the gentle [girl].

The gentle [girl] doesn't try to actively shake the brooding boy out of his moodiness. Instead, she patiently and persistently offers kind words, either shy or gentle smiles, hugs, companionship, and hope. Usually the power of love will eventually heal the brooding [boy], and she might learn some things about herself as well, especially if she ends up facing her own demons too.

* from TV Tropes | replace girl and boy + pronouns liberally

You're not a bad person...okay, maybe you are, maybe you aren't. What you are, however, is brooding. Who can blame you? No one knows what you've been through. Or, really, they don't understand how your personality is and come up with their own decisions about you. You have no intentions on changing for anyone, especially for a world that doesn't want you.

But someone wants you.

They're everything you're not: soft, kind, gentle, and, perhaps, almost always open. They're showing interest in you, even if you don't notice it right away. For once, there's someone offering support. What's the catch? Surely they can't want to be near you. Not without a catch!

HOW TO PLAY

Comment with your character, preferences, and their position as brooding or gentle.
Reply to others.
Thread out anything! First meetings, comforting, scenes where the untrusting partner gets the wrong idea and thinks they've been hurt again, happy endings, not so happy endings, you name it.

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[Ren is more likely to play the gentle role more than brooding, but it's not an absolute for him. Please see his journal for information if you want to tag. I don't mind writing starters, either.]