Context: sleeping in their bedroom

Hero: *crawls over to Noah and kisses his head*

Noah: ?

Hero, whispering sleepily: I could beat the shit out of you

Noah, smiling: I know babe

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lmao literal power couple

seriously like a war veteran, who had multiple years of training ever since he was young, and was trained by an old Russian soldier, then put under vigorous training with an actual rebellion fighting for their rights every single day they raided and brought back supplies?

this man ain't even Minecraftian, he's Swedish-Finnish but fought for the rights of his friends, never stopped fighting even when he watched his friends die, and was under constant threat of dying himself

literally brought independence to the nation

was capable of killing, and did kill, but he had never wanted to

ran away from home, and was on the run from his own people, and faced multiple dangers sometimes on his own as a runaway

made sure someone who had was just like him never go down his path, fought another 'war' against a being stronger than him, and literally died, and accepted his death

was revived, revived his friends, and came back, returned to the military now with two roles, had to build back his own reputation

[Not stated] still makes sure every soldier under his care is mentally, physically and emotionally okay, hires professionals to come and look at them regularly

Takes insecure soldiers literally

welcomes hybrids, non-humans, magic folk etc into Minecraftia

then got everything stripped away from him again, his eyes, his powers, which in turn takes away his strength

but still faces a nightmare he had already gone through, to take back what is his, and his friend's

Okay I can't say anymore i'd spoil

Now Noah

never asked to be a spider hybrid

Had no parents to begin with

Lived half of his childhood in a facility as an experiment

Friends would die regularly, had to go through painful experiments in pursuit of knowledge that could be won without pain

Did his best to help everyone escape

escaped himself, as a young child, alone and afraid in the open, with nowhere to go

even if he did encounter humans, he has no family to return to, and never learnt how to be a human as well as he lived most of his life as a spider

took the risk and approached spiders, wanting to seek a place

had to fight the restraint of staying a spider just so his clan wouldn't find out

Trained hard to be a spider, to hunt, to live with his clashing instincts

[Literally had to endure mating seasons]

rose up the hierarchy

was snitched on

Stood up for himself, one man against a clan of spiders, who could kill him in seconds

was allowed to stay but was dragged down the hierarchy

redid years of effort to rise up

fought and unintentionally blinded his alpha

even though the alpha still saw every single human as filth, he allowed her to stay under his care (as she did to him)

became clan alpha

Was a powerful, strong alpha of the biggest spider clan there was to date

Was an advocate for peace amongst all creatures

Accepted and welcomed hybrids like him into his clan, shared his territory with other creatures, let migrating or fleeing creatures pass onto his territory

instructs his clan to never attack a human unless their life was threatened

tried to understand being a human, and let his clan understand too

pursued a childhood crush even though that's stupid

Successfully got childhood crush, albeit a little messily

accepted childhood crush for who he was, and brought him to his home, and wanted him to stay under his care

His favoritism™ was in action when he gave said childhood crush (now called CC) the same alpha rank as him

flaunted himself and CC to his (suffering) clan

but no one could do anything because both alphas were fucking terrifying

helped CC, who definitely wasn't a spider, understand how to fit into a spider clan

Taught CC to hunt, fight, defend, and survive in the wild

So, so strong but not strong enough in himself to confess to CC

went out of his comfort zone to make CC happy

risked everything again and brought CC to a dangerous territory just to see the sunset/rise (?) and confess

Fought two (2) vampires to protect CC

was defeated and killed by a vampire just to protect CC

with death staring him in the face, he still had no balls to confess to CC

even years after his death, because of CC's storytelling, every creature knows his name because of his legacy

his legacy lives on in Helena, the next alpha, [not stated yet] which in turn will live on in Helena's daughter, Heroine (named after CC)

there are literal bedtime stories and cave markings about him that spiders tell and have

stories and cave paintings are about The Reign of Noah

I'm pretty sure he has several nicknames, like The Prime Alpha, The Alpha with the Mind of a Spider but a Heart of a Human (HAHA) and idk super hot guy or something (probably hero)

still waits years in the Aether just to confess

watches over CC even in death

rebonds with CC after CC dies

waits until they are right where they left off then confesses

courts CC respectfully

does both spider and human courting (both of which CC appreciates very much)

takes the time to learn about how humans date/court

takes the time to learn traditional and often cheesy dating shit like how to slow dance, how to sing your heart out to your loved one who watches you from above on a balcony of their home, how to actually have human sex HAHAHAHAHA and what kisses are

eventually learns how to get down on one knee, how to propose, what a human wedding is

puts that knowledge into action ;)

has a SIX-YEAR relationship!!!

Accepts the fact that hero has two duties, and has to often be away

treats him the same, and hero loves it because hero finally isn't treated carefully because he's a soldier/he's aether royalty

literally never stopped giving up on anything!!!

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These two men are an actual Power Couple™.