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GUESS WHO'S BACK FROM WAR!!!!!
Anyway being a Devils fan is an emotional rollercoaster and just when you think everything is over BAM they instill hope and whimsey right back into your veins.
Y’all gimmie your New Jersey headcanons, please, I am starved for content.
I don’t care how weird or strange they may be, just gimmie!!!
Was just a quick little sketch sooooo enjoy?
Wowza ain't this a big one eh?
SCENE KID NJ IS BEST NJ PROVE ME WRONG!!!!
*ahem* Soooo...I did this on my Ipad if it isn't obvious, I actually really like this lol.
There honestly isn't too much to say about this, like Jersey was a slight scene kid in the early 2000s and basically DIY'ed everything he is wearing, did I make it obvious enough that he is a Devils fan?
The red and green is a heavy call back to the original jerseys the Devils used, which I lovingly call the Christmas Jerseys, and clearly I went VERY heavy with that lol
The other side of the hat has a Rutgers patch instead of the Devils one you can see, this would have been when the Rutgers football team was doing pretty good I think soooo ya know, I felt it was important to mention.
ANOTHER POLAROID, this time by Rhode Island, and no you aren't reading that date wrong and I feel as though I don't need to elaborate ;)
*cough cough* I heard someone say Baseball NY and Hockey NJ?
@alaskashigh *points aggressively* YOU!!!! I wanted to do this literally all day since I saw your post!!!!
I think this is like such a fun dynamic, whether it's shipped or just their normal bullshit (personally I don't ship them but I can agree with those who do ship them, they are very cute together)
They are arguing about who gets the backyard probably, a very common argument once the baseball season pops up I'd imagine (and I am), half the time the only reason they stop is because of a meeting lol
Hehe Hockey!!!
Eeee thank youuuu!!!
Listen I ain’t gonna say that pollution is a problem, but I am going to say that we got so FUCKED by the Canadian wild fires, like it was real bad air and stuff. So when in doubt, blame Canada (or the West when that’s all on fire, seriously it allll just comes over here).
Wasn’t alive but 2001 sucked for like everyone duh, the sad thing is that a lot of people who died were from NJ, since a ton of people commute to NY. Obvi a ton more New Yorkens died that day but a shit ton of Jersians did as well….so you know…something something angst.
Also yes the forest one totally counts as angst, the woods aren’t obviously dangerous here since we only have Forest Puppies™️ and like foxes and coyotes, but lemme tell ya, them woods not only definitely haunted but there is probably people doing the big illegals out there. Like moonshiners or…idk cultests probably, that’s also ignoring the actually legal hunting lol.
FUCK ENGLAND, damn tea drinkers.
Anyway thank you!!! This has made me unreasonably happy :D
Ayup friend, lifes in shambles, hockey has once again ruined me, and thus I must ask for you to absolutely ruin our boy New Jersey
(NJ angst hcs, if it wasn’t clear lolz, if you don’t got any when you see this that’s chill, take your time :D)
Ah yes I see you have once again returned to get NJ’s sadness :) /silly
Hmmmm tear scars on his wings……smth smth England…….
I don’t see him as someone that has had very good luck with dating (till he met S.C. or Del or Rhodey or whoever you ship him with), and it makes him kinda sad :(
^he’s sorta under the impression that people date him out of pity for some reason. And they’ll leave him when they feel less pitiful.
Idk if this counts as angst, but here’s a random hc: So like- NJ loves plants and nature and all that, so he also knows what herbs and weeds are good and that bring good health and could even help infected wounds. He also found this out from the amount of times he fcked off into the woods all alone and got hurt somehow.
……Okay so. I feel like he definitely watched like. Y’know. All the stuff that happened in 2001, as well as other things. He watched his brother and his brother’s city suffer. He wanted to tear his eyes away. But he couldn’t. He wishes he could’ve.
He definitely has some breathing issues. I’ve. I’ve decided that based off the pollution stereotypes.
I'm back, finally, with another chapter of The New State Groupchat. Enjoy :D
Chap 2: Oh Oh Oh Aoh, The Right StAHHHH-
Chat- New Brethern
Yorkadam: Note to self: Never, under any circumstances, go to a meeting while recovering from a hangover
Nex Mex: you gots to have a note for dat?
Jerry™: damn you are stupid yorkie
Yorkadam: Shaddup, normally I don gotta deal with that shit
Jerry™: you go to like every meeting
Yorkadam: Yeah but I also normally have meds, SOMEONE forgot to get em this time
Jerry™: I dont live in that section anymore
Nex Mex: and i dont get stuff for the northesters lik evea
Yorkadam: I’m tolkin about SOMEONE who WON’T STOP PLAYING THAT STUPID SONG ON BAST
Nex Mex: who do you dink hes talking about
Jerry™: if I knew wouldn I tell ya
Nex Mex: you purposfuly hid information from me on the reg
Jerry™: how the heaven did you spell information correctly and not purposefull?
Yorkadam: Not really somethin you have ta question, remember who helped raised em?
Jerry™: yeah you and Massy Wassy
Jerry™: but mainly Ginny Winny
Nex Mex: ima tell mom you called him that
Jerry™: you do that and I will make sure you have a slow and painful death
Yorkadam: You do that and Gin will kill you himself and we both know it will be worse
Jerry™: shaddup Yorkster
Newie is now online
Yorkadam: You.
Newie: Me?
Yorkadam: Turn dat damn song off or so help me god
Newie: Oh you mean my totally radical and hip song
Newie: Sorry if I’m playing it a tad loud, I just love it ya know
Yorkadam: I’m gonna kill em.
Yorkadam has gone offline
Nex Mex: well der goes yoyo
Jerry™: heh yeah
Jerry™: hey Nexy do you hear that?
Nex Mex: ya it kida sounds lik
—
New Mexico dropped his phone upon hearing the blasting music from the hall. Opening his door the only thing he hears is
“OH OH OHAHO, OH OH AOH, OH OH OH OHAHO, THE RIGHT STUUAAAHHHHH-”
The screams continued even as he shut the door
“Nope”
Wow me, drawing Jersey? Craazzzyyyyy
Anyway, I had an original design for this type of look on the Ipad, ended up not looking at it once since I apparently have memory. Kinda glad I didn't since I could go just by memory and figure it out as I went along ya know. (ps, for those who don't normally read tags just like, please do, i put so many lil things in there lolz)
Okay SO, I have this lil headcanon, nothin big, that Jersey didn't used to wear shorts until like 2000 or something, maybe a bit before then. This is because he has some scars on his legs, just from over the years, and wearing shorts not only shows those but also make it easier for him to get scrapes and such.
He was fine wearing shorts around NY, Del, and Rhode, occasionally Mass as well if he happened to be around at the time. He couldn't wear them around anyone else for a long time, some scars had Memories(tm) attached to them, some good most bad, so he just never wore shorts.
He's gotten a lot more comfortable wearing them around the other states over the years, mainly because of Covid where Mass unfortunately wouldn't let him keep wearing the same two pairs of pants. So he's fine now, if still a lil uncomfortable around some states (the west mainly), you just won't see him wearing them until it's the first day over 60 in state.
Anyway I love NJ but this isn't surprising, I live here. I am NOT a simp for this bitch, he's my state, I have to like him, 'sides who else would I attach to? Pennsylvania? Florida? Or god forbid NEW YORK!? Absolutely not, that's sacrilegious that is.
YOUR A LOSER, BABY. A LOSER, GODDAMN BABY~~
This idea came to me while I was listening to the Annapantsu cover and I just knew, I had too. Also I'm pretty sure this is the first time those of the tumblr space are seeing my Kentucky and Tennessee designs, I've drawn them twice now but nothing actually posted here lol.
Anyway I HC that Tucky and Jersey hang out a lot, originally only talking with each other because of their shared occupation horses but then they actually started to talk about other things and found that they actually got along. It's no secret to anyone that Jersey's lil demon guy loves Tucky, plus it is just adorable so I had to draw it again.
Tucky and Tenn are technically related but it's kinda hard to see here, maybe one day I'll post the headshots for them. Also I love Tucky's design, I need to draw him more, I made him so cute gosh darn it!!
Also also, if it's hard to tell they are listen to music on the same ear buds connected to an Ipod, don't question whos Ipod it is because they have no idea at this point XD
This was just a random idea I had. In my brain Central Jersey is the Jersey that shows the most, problem is is since CJ is so...let's go with disconnected, with the rest of the country he gets overwhelmed, and sure North could just switch in and South could do the same if they all wanted to scare the others with a southern accent that has the slang of the California coast, but watching a place that doesn't exist (it totally does btw) is way funnier.
Besides, by now all the other states that aren't the OG13 think that New Jersey has brown-looks red in certain light-eyes and it would scare the devil out of 'em if they see the red eyes that North actually has (and considering it's HIS body, it is far to tempting).
Also is it obvious that I love the idea that it's the Jersey's and not just Jersey, like I live here, if it's one singular state then I'm from Pennsylvania (I may have been born there but I sure as heaven ain't from there). Jersey would be three different states if we wanted to be associated with the rest of the country more than we already are, that and we may not agree on things but we don't HATE each other, we leave that for the rest of the country (plus let's be real, central wouldn't exist and then what would north and south argue about?)
Anyway as a proud Centralian looking at the news of the rest of the country is overwhelming, I just want to go skating, to the arcade, and continue lovin our favorite Devil, and down the shore when it's nice (and no, down don't mean literally down, though normally we are going down).
Look at him!!! THIS IS MY BOY!!!!! I am a PROUD Centralian and I would be DAMNED if I didn't draw him with animals. You would be surprised at how many of these I have actually seen or heard about being near by.
(Also yes that is a Gator, we don't natively have them but there was one here for like 2 weeks, still surprised he was in central and not the swamps down south because...actually I feel like that's obvious)
Look!!! Children!!!! Aren't they adorable. I've had a lil' Jersey design for a while but York...not so much, like at all, so y'all are getting this.
They are just so cute, I'm so good at this truly XD
Hi! Idk if ur still taking requests for little snippets, but is it possible to request a little snippet of NJ helping Loui with his messy curly hair in like- a hot day where humidity is a bitch? 👁️👁️
*🩴*
As a guy with curly hair most times, humidity is such a bitch and happens whenever it feels like here in Jersey, no consistency. So this hit close to home lol.
Hot and Humid (The Worst Combo)
Every door in the state house was open, along with the windows. The Southern States were out barbecuing and the Northern States were suffering, except New Jersey.
It’s not like Jersey liked the heat, it was a pain in the ass, but it did mean he could go swimming and get good southern food, so he can’t complain too much. The problem was the humidity, it was ungodly humid out. Jersey knew humid intimately but this was ridiculous.
Almost every state was either in the pool or on the side relaxing or barbecuing. Almost. The only state that wasn’t with everyone was Louisiana, which Jersey would understand if it wasn’t for the fact that this is weather Loui would absolutely be in.
Jersey was about to go inside to find him when his name was called. Standing in the doorway was Loui, his hair frizzy and messy, looking just as miserable as most of the NE states felt.
Louisiana only had to say one word and Jersey would be at his beck and call. “Help”.
Jersey dragged Loui to his(Jersey's) room, looking at what products he had that could work, he realized he was severely lacking and would need to get more stuff again. He gave Loui a juice box and the tv remote and got to work.
Hair was hard, especially curly hair, it’s hard and annoying at the best of times and at the worst it’s near impossible. Jersey was basically an expert in all things hair but he was definitely wishing that Loui had come to him in the early morning before the humidity got too bad.
It took two hours but Jersey was able to put Loui’s hair into cornrows, that way if he wanted he could go swimming with the others. By the time the two got back outside some of the food was ready and it somehow got hotter and more humid, but at least now Loui’s hair wasn’t a mess.
(And if there was some magic involved to make sure his hair didn’t get affected by the humidity again, then that was between him and the demon he calls his friend).
I FINALLY drew SJ again, well technically I've actually drawn quite a bunch of sketches of her but none are posted on here. Anyway I love her <3
I got bored few days ago and had this idea that the New states have a group chat sooooo heres the New state GC that no asked for :D
Chap one: Oops all the new kids
Chat- New Brethren
Newie: So remind me again why we aren’t eating at Jerz?
Yorkadam: He let Florida in his house
Nex Mex: yikes
New Mex: is jerry still alive?
Yorkadam: Considering he is looking over my shoulder, yes he is alive
Newie: Damn thought this woulda killed him
Yorkadam: He says “Fuck you”
Newie: 🖕
Nex Mex: wait why cant jerry just type on his fone?
Yorkadam: Also Florida
Newie: WAIT!!!
Newie: Did Florida blow up his kitchen AND his phone!!???
Yorkadam: Yep
Nex Mex: daaammmmnnn
New Mex: doulbe homiecide
Yorkadam: “FUCK YOU!!”
Newie: Ooooo Jerz is angy
New Mex: hehe angy
Yorkadam: Be warned, Jerkae tele’d
Newie: Ah shittiobweiufhubewgowefub
New Mex: L
Newie: your next.
Newie is now offline
New Mex: hahaha look at this thing i suddenly gots ta do
Nex Mex is now offline
Yorkdam: God damn it Jerkae
4 hours later
Newie is now online
Newie: Jerz you are the worst you know that
Jerry™: oh I am absolutely aware
Newie: Absolute psychopath
Yorkadam: Your acting like we didn’t know this already
Newie: Fair point
Newie: Btw where is Nexico?
Newie: Figured he would have got on by now
Jerry™: I got em
Jerry™: turns out snow and a 80 degree state don mix so well
Newie: Jerz wtf?
Jerry™: listen at first it was light torture as pay back and then it turned into a bill nye the science guy ep
Jerry™: not my fault
Newie: How???
Yorkadam: I chose not to question that, it’s best you don’t as well
Yorkadam: That reminds me, you didn’t get hit too badly did ya?
Yorkadam: We could always get Masshole or Conny to look at it
Newie: Nahh don’t worry
Newie: It’s just bruised but I’m pretty confident its not broken
Jerry™: ah shit I didnt hurt ya loads did I?
Jerry™: you can pop down to my room if ya want
Jerry™: I got south park running and ice/heat packs
Yorkadam: Oh great, worried Jerkae is out
Newie: Shh shh Yorkie
Newie: I want love
Newie: I’ll be right there
Yorkadam: Sigh, I’ll bring pizza
Jerry™: that pizza better be from one of my places or so help me god
Yorkadam: As per usual, I’m getting pizza from my place and ya can’t stop me
Jerry™: I ll starve danke
Newie: Oh for Treeza’s sake just get pizza from Dominoes
Yorkadam: Oh hell no
Jerry™: if you ever suggest that again Im going to kill you zero hesitation
Newie: Damn okay fine
Newie: Just didn’t want yous to murder each other over food again was all
Jerry™: its my room so its my pizza ur gettin
Yorkadam: I’m the won getting the food dipshit, so I get to pick
Newie: Wait isn’t it technically Nexicos room?
Newie: Since it was assigned to him before yous two switched?
Jerry™: ……
Yorkadam: …So I’ll just grab Papa Johns?
Jerry™: yeah…papa j works
Yorkadam: Cool cool, be there in ten
Yorkadam is now offline
Newie: Wait so all I have to do to get yous to stop fighting is just mention that it wasn’t your room first?
Newie: Wicked!!
Jerry™: Fuck you and fuck off.
Oh my gosh I love this, thank you so much lol
*stares deep into your soul* NJ headcanons please? Angst or fluff just anything
*stares right back into your very core with my autistic eyes*
But yes ofc you may have some NJ hc’s young child :)
NJ is strangely really good with hair. And that goes for literally every hair type. Unruly and ruined by bleach like Florida’s? Easy. Wavy and incredibly messy like Texas’s? No problem. Louisiana on the verge of tears cuz his curly ass mess of hair got tangled in the humidity of the summertime and he’s only hurting himself more by trying to brush it? No problemo, NJ will gently and delicately Dutch braid it.
NJ and Loui. Theres something between them. Idk what it is. But there’s something. Potential parental stuff perhaps. But something.
NJ can and will adopt any younger state that gives off "yeah I have parental issues" vibes
This man is a HUGE dog person :]
He has a Doberman, named Murrie, and a Boxer named Mar. He loves them and they love him.
Your local Jersian is back, it is an actual winter wonderland outside soooo
@nohappinessinthisworld Alright I finally did it, NJ headcanons. I had fun doing these
New Jersey-
Refuses to try Poutine, says that it’s just Disco Fries but worse
Suffers every summer, he can deal with the heat but he doesn’t like it
Never fully understood why murder was so bad until around the 90s when some good friends of his got murdered
He doesn’t like hurting the OG13 since he considers them apart of his family, so whenever he does it’s a complete tonal shift for about a week
He doesn’t actually smell all to bad, just like a normal guy, but he can make it worse however it only affects the states
He REALLY hates rain storms, whether it’s tropical or a hurricane or just a storm with lightning he HATES it, he’s actually gotten a lot better since the 2010s since before he would just have a panic attack the entire time (York helped a lot with this)
His hair gets frosted tips whenever there’s snow sticking in the state, if it’s a lot of snow his face will get way paler, his cheeks blueish and his freckles look like snowflakes
“Jersey if you stab Colorado with your skate blade again I’m tellin yer Ma” -Mass every single time there’s a hockey game between NJ and CO
Was inducted into a knitting club by his friend who worked at the library, all the old ladies in the club are very nice and have helped Jersey get as good at knitting as he is now
While he has had a lot of hobbies over the years, he only has a few active ones, such as knitting and cooking and garden/farm stuff (hockey doesn’t count because it’s a lifestyle not a hobby, his words)
Is not a fan of the Nintendo Switch, only owns one because what else is he going to do? Transfer games onto the DS illegally? (yes but that’s besides the point)
Oh he has horns and a tail alright, but he doesn’t have them always, he can just hide them and whatnot so most of the states don’t actually know that he does, only the OG13 know because oh boy did he have horrible control over it as a young child
Was very confused when he found out that the other states don’t have family’s, that they just spawned out of nowhere, in his mind it shouldn’t be possible but it is (“You can’t just CREATE mass like that, just because magic exists doesn’t mean you can just IGNORE SCIENCE!!!!”)
While he cooks a TON at the StateHouse, he actually tends to eat out when at home, support local diners oh and Wawa and QuickCheck
Was very obsessed with demon magic and stuff during the pandemic in the StateHouse, listen he was bored and curious, it was stupid but fun
Have NJ and NY. Just wanted to do a quick sketch, bit bored, hockey in a few hours though so I have that to look forward too :D
Oh look, what a surprise, a drawing from mwah. It's just the boys, NJ stole Rhodes hat and then had his taken by Del. Also yes Jersey is that much taller than them, I meant to put their heights but oops, Rhodes like 5'2 Dels 5'3 and Jerseys 5'8 so take that as you will.
Since there’s no hockey for you for 10 days, could you draw a state maybe playing hockey?
So I wanted to get this done immediately, went onto Pinterest for references because while I never use them, references would be the only way I could do this, got distracted looking at hockey memes, went and bothered my father and here we are now...oops?
It's not the best but considering I really didn't have a reference pic for this exact pose, I gotta say I think I did pretty well :D
I don’t have tumblr on my phone but I do have discord. I promise my hand writing isn’t always that messy, I was writing with my finger.
I’m so sorry if you can’t read what I said, basically I was just saying how drawing is inconsistent on ipad, that I drew half of this with my finger, and that I love my Jersey design, so my normal tag notes but writen.
hehe demon. It's cute, it's simple, I like it :D
could you do Ny/Nj/Cal being fluffy?
So ok, I wasn't sure if you wanted this to be writing or a drawing or headcanons about them, so I just did a drawing. Sorry btw that it's so late, I had no idea what to do for this.
May we have some NY and NJ hc’s? Like- stuff that they do together and how they act with each other? 👁️👁️
*its fine if not*
Hehe I was super excited to do this one but sadly I do things in order of oldest to newest BUT none the less, here you go, our favorite stupid bastards
New Jersey and New York-
Jersey likes to cuddle and York likes receiving cuddles, so it isn’t uncommon to find the two together in the North living room
Jersey = Jer-bear, York = Yorka-doodle, they never call each other these in front of others
They go skating a ton, early morning public skate and public hockey are mainly what they do
Always fighting when it comes to certain foods, specifically pizza and bagels, otherwise they are perfect with each other in the kitchen
Jersey sends York stupid stuff from Tumblr, York does the same but with Twitter
Impromptu sleepovers in York's room happen a lot, York has sleep problems and as said before, Jersey cuddles, win win sitch
They fight, a lot, technically it’s just arguments but to pretty much everyone except the NE, it sounds like fighting (granted the NE sometimes thinks they are genuinely fighting but shh)
“Murder is illegal” “You can’t murder people it’s rude” etc. are said whenever they are in the city
Despite not talking to each other for about 40ish years, they went right back to how they were before, if just a bit closer
They both fake hate each other, for no reason other than seeing the shocked faces of the other states while they simply cook breakfast together
Just Dance Night (the other states get flashbacks when ever they hear the Just Dance intro)
They like to just exist in the same space, doesn’t matter if they are doing two completely different things, they’ll continue to hang out VIRGINIA
They bet on everything, who will get to the table faster, who will make breakfast the quickest without messing up, everything
They always think to message the other first when something is happening, doesn’t matter if the sitch doesn’t really need the other, they still will
Since Jersey still speaks fluent Dutch and York has his broken messed up Dutch that Jersey understands, they will ‘gossip’ to each other in front of the other states
When they do that, they are really just talking about dinner plans and what movies they should see, but in the most condescending and judgmental tone they can
Movie dates, any movie whether they think it’ll be good or not
They sometimes come of as very big and little brother coded, York being the older while Jerseys the younger, when in reality it’s switched
Jersey finds it hilarious whenever people think he and York are dating, they aren’t, they consider each other brothers and technically are, York always wants to kill the people who do think they are dating, “Murder is Illegal Yorkie” he doesn’t care
Family dinners are once a month with Jersey’s moms and occasionally not, father, father, and York's grandparents
They have so much dirt on each other that if one says something so will the other, you know the nuclear deal between America and Russia? Yeah it’s basically that but with blackmail
If one’s sick the others clingy, if one's sad the others clingy, if one-
They like to dance with each other, even if there’s no music (it’s mainly spinning without music though)
Jersey has bad English days sometimes, so York will translate, on those days they tend to just haul up in York's room and put on a random Hockey game
I wrote more, for some reason I wrote more, thats it -_-
New Jersey-
The Garden
The StateHouse garden is probably among the best in the whole country. Containing every single state flower and regional based plants, it’s truly a sight to behold, but it wasn’t always like this.
The original garden was pitiful, pretty much every plant was dead and overall just ruined the backyard. When some of the states asked Gov why it was like this, his answer was that he had no idea and the states are free to do whatever with it. Jersey took this answer and ran with it.
He basically banned anyone from going to that part of the backyard, and would barely be seen during the following weeks, when he was seen he was covered in dirt and mud. Then he started taking states aside, asking them questions about their state flowers and native plants, if the state didn’t know Jersey sent them on a quest to find out (because really you should know this by now it’s your own stat-).
Some states started to get concerned that Jersey wasn’t getting any rest, they never saw him leave that area of the backyard, and when New York heard about this he dragged Jersey away and forced him to take care of himself.
By the time the garden was almost complete it had been 2 months.
When the states got to see the area for the first time they were blown away, everything was done in a way that made sure that it was not only done state by state, but also in a way that made sure every flower and plant had the correct conditions for them to thrive.
No one knew how he did it, but Jersey was able to make everything look cohesive while still feeling like every plant got the spotlight. It felt like he took every chaotic thing that made America America, and made it better and cohesive.
He showed them another thing as well, a food garden and greenhouse, the greenhouse was already there when the states moved in but had been in disrepair, and the food garden was Jersey’s little side project, despite the fact that it wasn’t little and was basically bigger than the main garden.
In the end the garden is the one outdoor space that the states can properly relax in without arguing with each other, and whether that’s because of the garden itself or just a little bit of magic, is up to you to decide.
I'm going skating but I decided to whip this up before I left sooo ENJOY!!!
New Jersey-
Play Fights
Every region has their own thing that they do as a fun competition. The West Coast does comedy nights, where they see who can make the most people laugh. The South has what they call Hunt Offs, to see who’s the best hunter. And the Midwest likes to do cook offs, with the South being taste testers.
The North Coast has play fights, multiple rounds through the course of two days, normally held on a weekend. This includes Maine all the way at the top of the North Coast, all the way down to Florida, which allows for a larger roster.
It started as just a thing the New Netherland area did, over time it expanded to include the whole of the North East, then Delaware wanted Maryland to join and soon it spireled to the whole North Coast.
Of course it started out friendly enough, everyone tended to go a bit softer on Georgia since he isn’t nearly as rough as everyone else. Then North and South Carolina would make a bet when they fought, which had Pennsylvania open up a proper betting pool. The play fighting weekend always ended up with everyone sore to all hell and back, saying to themselves to never do this again and specifically never go up against New Jersey again.
Jersey was strong, while it didn’t visibly look like he could pretty easily lift 400 like it was 20, he could. However he often forgot just how strong he was compared to everyone else, it wasn’t like the rest of the states were weak but when compared to them, Jersey was like a powerhouse.
He isn’t too sure as to why he’s so strong, especially since he normally comes off as looking like a twig, however he did believe it was most likely something demon related. He knows his own demon, not father, father is no slouch in the strength department, and Jersey also knows that he could easily get his strength up more.
It’s not like he wants to hurt the others, he really doesn’t, sure it’s a bit funny to have Northie pinned down after five seconds of fighting and sure it’s amazing to be better than Yorkie, but it doesn’t make up for the fact that he’s hurting friends, people who are basically his family.
Despite him being significantly stronger than the others, he never has actually won before. He always gets in his head when up against Yorkie, always ends up hurting him the worst, always dropping out after and just watches over the betting pools.
It’s basically tradition at this point for Jersey to tend to everyone’s wounds after this, whether it’s early in the games or he and Yorkie were in the semi finals, it doesn’t matter.
Jersey has a big heart, a big heart that can’t bear to see him hurt his family, so he’ll try to make up for it. Cooking for everyone involved, taking care of their wounds if Rhody brought a knife again (seriously he has got to stop doing that), just generally being a nicer person for a good week before he starts to go back to normal.
The next time the play fighting happens, the same thing will happen again, a vicious cycle that Jersey can’t snap himself out of.
So I added a fanfic snippet part to the google doc, wrote one for Jersey, Cali and then York, and York's the only one I want to share at the moment. Maybe I will share the other ones if asked but for now it's just this, ENJOY
New York-
Sleep
New York liked to sleep, it was peaceful and calming and he didn’t have to think about everything going on around him, it was the perfect break from his ADHD mind. However sleep did not like him, he wouldn’t be able to sleep for days until he basically passed out.
Mass was able to figure out that because NYC is the city that never sleeps, New York can’t really either. The two figured out that as long as he keeps up with a routine, he should be able to get to sleep easier and faster, though having a routine has its own problems.
Table meetings could happen very early in the morning sometimes, and if York had to go to those meetings it would screw his whole schedule up. It wasn’t until one night where he finally was able to have a solution.
It was pouring out, rolls of thunder after flashes of lightning happening what seemed like every second. York likes the rain and thunder, it was calming, especially when the wind was loud, it was easiest for him to fall asleep.
This was not the case for New Jersey. Jersey hated storms, wouldn’t be able to fall asleep until it was barely raining anymore and that wasn’t even consistent. He used to like them, though not as much as York did, but after hurricane Irene in 2011 and hurricane Sandy the following year, he could never see them the same.
This is why it wasn’t all too surprising to hear hard knocking on his door, opening it to find an exhausted and wet faced Jersey. Letting him in and onto the bed, the two sat there for a long while until York heard light snores coming from the other.
New York sat there even longer just thinking, hearing the rain start to die down he felt himself start to tire. He wasn’t feeling particularly tired before, but now, with Jersey laying on top of him as peacefully as someone afraid of storms can, he felt just as exhausted as Jersey had looked.
For the first time in a few days, New York found himself able to sleep with ease as the wind slowed and the constant thunder and lighting became less and less.
The two didn’t speak of this afterward, they never tended to when it came to storm sleepovers, York preferred just to remind him that he’s always free to come over if he can’t sleep, this time however Jersey said that the offer was mutual.
York thought this over a few nights later when he couldn’t sleep and desperately needed to. Making up his mind, he snapped over to Jersey place, knocked on the door and waited for a moment before it opened.
When Jersey questioned why he was here York only said “Wanna have a sleepover?”.