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I didn't realize other people had already drawn it until now but it's fine bc I didn't even do fishtail so ... Anyway here it is. Will with pigtail braids and ultra floofy ends :)

do you have a reference pic as to what you imagine will to look like w his braided hair? it’s such a cute hc 🥹

lemme tell you i have never run to pinterest so fast in my LIFE.

i wish i could draw!! oh well. in my head he’s got french braids (these are dutch braids, but same idea) on both sides of his head, ending in those cute poofy pigtails. (the second picture is most accurate except he doesn’t really have the same bangs, so the front is closer to the third picture).

some other little things about this headcanon:

- his mama used to do them for him when he was small. when he got to camp, silena did them for him, and she taught lee so he could do it when she wasn’t around. he was very bad at it. will didn’t mind.

- will had to teach himself how to do it after the war. at first he was very bad at it. he did mind.

- clarisse helped him relearn. silena taught her, too, when she was first transitioning. (great way to keep long hair out of your face).

- he doesn’t wear his hair like this every day, because it takes a good fifteen minutes to do well, and frankly he would rather sleep most mornings. but when he wants to feel good, he wears them.

- on their first holiday together (halloween), nico didn’t know the etiquette so he panicked and bought will elastics with little ghost charms, fully expecting them to be politely recieved and subsequently discarded.

- will was delighted with them and wore them regularly.

- as something of a tradition, nico buys him little elastic charms every time he sees them. every time he gives them to will, he beams, and nico blushes down to his toes and preens like a goddamn peacock. nico also gets very smug when he sees will wearing them, which is often.

- will’s hair is curly enough that the hair after he ties the braids off is very poofy. first time nico sees them, he starts calling him dandelion. it’s his favourite nickname and makes him melt every time.

- (nico frequently uses it when he wants something)

GODS i never knew i had so much to say about a hairstyle but i feel like i could talk for thousands of words 😭😭 thank you so much for asking!!