(Throws Nikto sketches back at you) <3

First of all and most importantly: thank you so much! When getting this ask I had to grin very widely, I am always happy to read that people enjoy my silly little thoughts :) so… be blessed with the best of weather tomorrow!

Secondly… letters? No. It would be impractical. But texts? All the time. Both of them have phones on them, even if they are not supposed to. Nikto primarily for his journalling (DID and all…) and Krueger because he would get incredibly bored without his. It doesn’t matter that it could jeopardise a mission. All that matters is that they simply want it. They are both inherently selfish.

When they are not deployed together, they send photos back-and-forth, often without any explanation or context. Pictures of weapon systems they enjoyed that day, snapshots of the books they are reading, maintenance that they are doing. (I could see Nikto photographing crossword puzzle with his finger pointing at a column and Krueger knows that he wants his five cents on the matter. (He will give it… it reminds him of lazy evenings spend on the sofa with Nikto randomly asking him a question like “Grandmother’s possession. 4 letters.” “Guns” “…” “Does it fit?” “Until now, it does…” (the word was “cane”). Their chat is 80% pictures or “irrelevant” things just like that. Things that make a relationship work.

Nikto’s photos are always incredibly grainy and bad. He has no patience and especially in bed lighting conditions, he won’t hold the phone still. In addition to this, he has a very cheap one with a bad camera. Krueger has a standard Samsung/HTC. It’s decent but nothing too expensive. He ruins them a lot because he doesn’t really take care of his possessions.

They do also send each other graphic pictures, corpses as well as dick pics/body shots. (Nikto is usually the one to initiate sexting though… sending a short, shaky video of him masturbating and expecting Krueger to provide him with material (photos, videos and voice memos of Krueger’s heavy breathing as he joins in. They don’t really do dirty talk though.

To sum it up… while their contact might be patchy when neither of them has anything “relevant” to say, they continue their relationship very similarly as when they see each other. Sharing sexuality as well as very civilian things with each other. They are grown men in a relationship which they have to uphold through extended periods of not seeing each other and they will not cry about it, instead making the best out of it :) they miss each other terribly, even if they do not show it. But when they are alone and the other is asleep, they scroll through the chat just trying to picture what the other’s days are looking like at that time.

Its lonely. But they always get to see each other again…

Oh, this is such an excellent ask!

I do believe that Nikto would enjoy being a dick about it, especially when he is pissed off at Krueger. Talking to people in Russian extra fast, texting in Russian when Krueger looks over his shoulder… all of that. Krueger is better in so many areas and he is incredibly manipulative, so Nikto would enjoy having a clear upper hand due to them both living in Russia and working with Russian contractors.

That being said… Nikto does not like to speak English. Plain and simple. It’s obviously not his native language. He can make himself understood, but it is not very intuitive to him. Especially late at night or when he has consumed something/has an episode or a bad day he simply can’t be bothered.

For this reason alone, he would expect his lover to speak his language. It is a thing between intimacy and practicality. Once Krueger starts learning it, it becomes endearing quickly. He starts to have this very deep liking for an Austro-German accent in Russian, mostly because he associates it with Krueger, it puts him at ease somehow. He will still pepper remarks about it into the conversation, wondering out loud when Krueger will get rid of “that ugly accent of his”. And while it is his explicit expectation that Krueger learns it for him, he will absolutely help… in a gruff way, pretending to be annoyed. It would make him pretty smug that Krueger learns it mostly because of him, it would make him see that Krueger, who is a man who rarely does things for others, has a real interest in him. Love transcending languages. It becomes especially satisfying when they are on a trip to Austria/Germany and they speak Russian with each other. Their little secret language.

This, of course, doesn’t mean that he speaks German, even if he will pick up a few phrases (curse words and slang terms for male genitalia mostly. It’s funny to him.)

So… yes. Nikto would absolutely expect and love for Krueger to speak his language. And Krueger… he would enjoy it as well. It would feel like getting to know more of Nikto, to get closer and closer to him. To uncover his natural speech patterns and the way he carries himself in his mother language. (In addition to this Krueger seems to be incredibly attracted to everything associated with Russia in general… it would just be natural to him to speak the language next.

(In my hc, he grew up with Russian friends (second generation immigrant kids) and basically lived in their homes since he wasn’t close to his parents. At this point, Russia feels more like his nationality than his actual birthplace, so he would appreciate Nikto teaching him some more obscure words/sayings. Though with Nikto, you can never be sure if it is an actual saying or if he made it up!)

Thank you so much for asking about this…! Recently, me and a friend wrote about a version of Krueger who speaks the language, but not perfectly and Nikto ridiculing him about it before teaching him and building a bond… so that topic is incredibly dear to me!

Not me getting out the folding ruler (like a good German) and holding that thing in front of my crotch to get a feel for things and… HOW IS HE SUPPOSED TO GET THAT THING INTO HIS SUIT? OR ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER???

Like I hc him big, but that thing would have its own gravitational field…

I feel like both of them do not have a particular taste in “sexy clothing” and I could imagine Nikto to have close to no concept of it, since their sexuality is pretty situational. Like… Krueger will not get aroused because Nikto’s suit is skin-tight but he will get aroused by the way Nikto moves in it or what he does in it. It is very clearly linked to a violence he is attracted to. Meanwhile, I imagine Nikto to find a lot of attraction in the familiar and in what feels “safe” due to that. Krueger’s gear? Hell yes, because it is always around and it is associated with the man who pretty much lives his life as a barnacle on his skin. Always going where Nikto goes, never parting from him.

This is also made worse by the fact that neither of them are into normal pornography where people dress up as sexy military dudes or sexy nurses. They look at vile shit for sexual pleasure, so there is nothing particular coming from that corner either.

In the end, it boils down to my hc being that they don’t really associate special clothing with sexual gratification. (Especially Krueger, who in most of my stories views sexuality either as confirmation of a relationship well built or a transactional coin to pass around, even if he enjoys sex with Nikto.)

Thank you for sharing your thoughts… outside of their relationship… I am telling you, I think the hottest shit are their base skins. Like… how can you even? I have both of them as cosplays and I rarely feel as smoking hot as when I wear them. (Sadly, I am very much alone with this opinion. :D) I hope you have a nice day and enjoyed my thoughts on the matter, even if I answered this super late!!

Oh, I am sorry, I think you spelled “A falling knife has no handle” wrong.

But jokes aside. Some time ago I saw a sticker in a gas station restroom which basically just said “don’t rob this place, the police will catch you and then you will go to jail” and my brother and me joked about this because… who goes to rob a gas station, USES THEIR TOILET and is then dissuaded by a sticker??? Like: “Oh! I wasn’t aware of this. Sorry, I can’t do this anymore.”

Which made me think… they just want to fill up their tank, maybe grab a coffee and a snickers. Krueger goes to take a piss, sees this and just comes back out like: “They got cocky. Babe, we will rob this place.”

Nikto doesn’t ask questions, just pulling out his gun, pointing it at the cashier super casually and saying: “Two packs of cigarettes, Marlboro red and Camels. Make us a coffee and hand over your finest dick pills.”

Meanwhile, Krueger is rock hard because… yes. He likes that :)

Excellent ask. My brother thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you!