"i missed you shark anon!!!" AWWWW made my night š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦š¦ hallo!!! Small and melancholic shanon here pondering hollanov in my orb
Specifically thinking about the agreed fact Shane definitely doesn't tell Ilya when he's hurting until he's small and in tears
I think Shane has some mild hyper mobility (lots of autistic people do) and every now and then it causes soreness/bad pain in his joints but he's used to it (brushed off as "growing pains" until he was like 19) so when he's having pains when small he goes thru a thought process of Oh, Ouchie -> It's Not That Bad -> I Want Comfort -> I Don't Need It -> Ouchie, but I'm Fine For Now until it's just too much to handle when he's so little and he's bawling his eyes out suddenly.
I imagine it's specifically bad in his hands, back and legs from hockey. An Advil/CBD oil help and is usually coupled with Ilya cocooning Shane comfortably, warm presses to whatever hurts and kisses all over his head. Very long, warm bath and crying it out if it's bad. An edible when it's the worst or if Shane just doesn't want to deal with it, which is never a bad solution when he's giggly and wiggly in his cocoon 10 minutes later.
Maybe sometimes the pain is enough to make Shane snappy, and when he's being bratty randomly Ilya will first bend down to him and gently prod; what's wrong with my boy? Hm? Is it your bones? You know we can fix, if it hurts please let me help. Shane's not used to being believed so easily like that, he always gets teary eyed when Ilya figures out all his secrets
OK had so many thoughts here BYEBYE!!! š¦š¦š¦
Hehe its true!!! ^-^ š¦š¦š¦ thank you for emerging from your orb to give these thoughts!!
This is one of my fave most canon agreed facts š¤ (sorry Shane i promise i donāt like to see u hurt but the hurt/comfort opportunitiesā¦there are so much!)
OMG Especially like what youāve described with the mild hypermobility and joint pain, like that combined with the low level pain he probably has from various hockey injuries in various stages of healingā¦ESPECIALLY if its like during the playoffs when a lot of players just kinda grit through and play through the injuries/pain??
That cycle of Shane having the pains :(( even while little a lot of his instincts to bury the pain as far down as he can so it doesnāt impact his performance or responsibilities are still there, its only when he fully regresses or regresses quite young that suddenly everything is just suddenly Very Wrong and very ouchie and the pain feels too big for his body and very inescapable/suffocating.
Ilya cocooning Shane <3 the warm bath to help Shane unclench and then that lack of tension suddenly makes him too tired to choke back his tears and then suddenly hes crying it out and Ilya gets it and lets him <3 the edible if the pain is super bad <3 I have nothing coherent to add to this its just very sweet omg š once shane has had the edible he is giggly and wiggly and sometimes he gets a lil too wiggly and accidentally hits a tender spot or feels a twinge with a certain movement, but ilya has gotten very good at knowing when to hug shane and press in on him gently to help relieve some of shaneās restlessness without him accidentally hurting himself more.
Omgomg Shane getting frowny and snappy and kinda conflicted bc on the one hand why is Ilya prodding about this its not a big deal hes fine okay!! Hes been handling this for years he can handle this!! but on the other hand hes kinda touched and emotional and he feels kinda vulnerable when ilya can read him so well, and the gentle prodding often ends with tears </3