I feel like because Grimmer is older and mature he'd be less prone to be jealous but even if he is, he could just wrap his arm around you and keep you close without saying much because the solution would be to just show others where he stands. His jealousy may be more on the passive side while hoping the other person takes the hint.
Tenma strikes me as someone a teensy bit 'needier'. While he doesn't mind you being around others at all, he could feel jealous easier than Grimmer, and he would show it more if he trusts you. A little bit of fidgeting, looking to the side instead of eye contact, and directly asking you about the person he worries about, seeking reassurance. Or idk
I'll illustrate what I mean rq
I shamelessly request someone to make a fanfic with these two lmao
Single father ex-soldier x motherly doctor who makes the little girl happy and cooks for themπ€
except lunge, grimmer and rudi, with which man he met do you think tenma could have had/had a something going on ?
he couldve literally just lived with them for the rest of the series...hes such a magnet for single fathersπ
i'm happy to find fellow tenma fan
I don't know why I was never notified of this !!π€¬
Yes we need more Tenma fans in the world π He's criminally underrated...
Here's Tenma receiving chiropractic treatment for lower back pain yeah
I was thinking ONE of the reasons why Tenma could've stayed with Eva for so long and put up with it was because he was scared.
Cuz the moment he graduated highschool, he left Japan for a foreign country (according to Another Monster). So of course, he was very young, that's a scary thing for a young person. Sure, it's not like anybody had his back in Japan (cause his family were a bunch of opportunistic rats) but he had people he knew, and knew what to expect, and now he's in a whole other country with people who can be hostile to him for being asian, since at the time they didn't take kindly to foreigners/minorities.
He made friends in college but based on how he is (in Another Monster, it is said he never liked being in groups), he probably didn't feel like it was actually meaningful since none of those friendships lasted. I feel like people were only interested because OMG ITS JACKIE-CHAN!! joined their white-dominated college.
Really, the only person he could rely on was the director Heinemann and Eva.
He put up with it because he needed someone to depend on, he needed someone to guide him and tell him what to do just like Eva did, because in the end that is all he had. So the poor thing, of course, would be scared to be left without the things and people whom he relies on, even if those things harmed him.
He was young... Only when he grew up and was able to live independently, he was able to let go of those things, after he's had enough.
All the people he's depended on wanted nothing but the worst for him tbh </3 maybe that's why Eva's curses never phased him cause he was used to it already due to his bitch mom (unreasonably harsh on him according to Tenma's former colleagues. I'm 100% sure it's worse than they put it cause Tenma is the most patient and forgiving person ever, his family and stupid mom must've been the worst if he literally never went back, never responds to his brother's letters and overall does not wish to speak about them).
I could go in more detail about my headcanons for this but I'll see.
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My head must be sandwiched by Tenma's thighs porfavor
An old LungTen sketch that I was too embarrassed to post on X (idk why)
have some distressed dr. Tenma
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