Chilton With a Partner With POTS
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/80876111/chapters/221200156
- As clearly evident, Chilton is a doctor and has quite the medical knowledge
- He attempted to become a surgeon before switching to psychiatry and also he's rich as fuck
- If you tell him you have POTS, or any other medical condition for that matter, he will handle it without blinking
- Of course implying there's already an established relationship or other emotional bond (read his other relationship type headcanons)
- But, do you need a new doctor? A referral? Is your doctor not taking your concerns or symptoms seriously?
- He'll get you set up with a better doctor ASAP and leave quite the nasty review along with word of his bitching to go around
- He keeps all your doctor appointments in his calendar and plans in advance if you might need a ride too in cases you can't or aren't allowed to drive
- If he comes along to appointments, he does tend to butt heads with any doctor you have regardless of their competency as Chilton must show off how BETTER of a doctor he is
- You have to tell him to tone it down.
- All your medications are now paid for by him too for the amount health insurance might not cover
- He also keeps timers on his phone for the weekends he's home with you, just to be safe
- He'll trust you to handle yourself on your own work day schedule, but if he is home with you, he wants to feel useful
- So, let him have a timer and let him give you a gentle reminder sometimes (or lecture if you don't go do immediately)
- Hell, he even felt needed when he brought you your meds every so often and you would thank him
- His own feelings don't make full sense to him, but he does look forward sometimes to bringing you your meds on slow mornings where you might forget
- He will get very upset if you are negligent of your own medical needs though
- Frederick won't be upset if you put in effort or tried doing the bare minimum or just needing to stay in bed the whole day sometimes
- He will get upset if you know you should eat cause you feel dizzy, then don't, for example
- "You've had this condition diagnosed for how long and still you don't respect it's needs. I cannot believe your logic. Just.. how could you?"
- Oh, do you need compression garments? Liquid IV? A nutritionist? A shower chair?
- Just tell him your preferences!
- Oh and while he is very.. infuriating sometimes, he does sympathize with you due to also being disabled
- Not empathy, as his disabilities are a result of being attacked and such while POTS is almost always a condition you were born with/was dormant, and he's him
- Dark room cuddling time is a favorite shared past time
- Or laying face down on the couch while you're on the floor with pillows
- The guy gets migraines easier due to the damage his eye took and got gutted before that, the guy lays down a lot more now and it's made a lot easier to do that self care with his fellow disabled partner
- Same with taking his own meds and such, holding each other accountable
- but he won't admit how much it's helped
- Also loves to just parallel play while reading or such and laying down with you or on the couch
- He does quite enjoy having very cozy evenings despite of having bad pain days
- Despite knowing about POTS and it's management, he is still very taken off guard the first few times you faint around him
- He honestly forgot about the fainting symptom until he had to deal with someone with POTS again
- "Huh? Oh dear-! Are you okay? Oh, Oh no.. shit.." (as he gets down to where you fell, probably the floor, and he lifts your head onto his lap as he checks over you for any injuries)
- Then, when you start coming to again
- "Oh, my love.. How are you feeling? You fainted. You didn't hit your head or anything, I checked. Have you drank enough water today? Do you want water? Or salty things? Your electrolytes must be completely deplenished. Why didn't you say you were feeling faint?"
- It's a lot to take in at firstly readjusting with all his questions and comments and stating obvious facts you already knew
- He learns what the best recovery plan for when you faint though, and he asks daily how much water you've drank with a stern voice
- It comes from love and concern, but the lecture tone is quite annoying sometimes
- Oh and he demands you always tell him if you feel dizzy so he has a moment to prepare
- He much prefers it when you faint near a bed or couch or carpet, he worries less about a head injury then
- He has far bigger fears in his life, but a major anxiety of his is you fainting in the shower and cracking your head open, but he trusts you'll sit down if you need to and such
- Oh times he is nearby when you faint, he does drop his cane grab your clothes and try slowly lowering you down
- He is not the strongest man and he is also disabled, he knows that very well, but slightly slowing a collapse and making your body go down easier is something he can do within his power
- If he is not nearby and just hears you collapse, he drops everything including his cane
- The cane helps him but does not matter when he felt the floor shake from your body hitting it
- There is a big conflict though and it's meals
- Mostly because of his kidney
- He needs a very limited salt intake while your needs require a FAR larger intake
- There are a few.. incidents in the beginning of the relationship where you tried making dinner for him and forgot not everyone consumes the same amount of salt as you do
- His taste has gotten used to lower sodium in all his foods, so he was shocked
- That's actually when you told him you had POTS cause he was freaking the fuck out over why anyone would salt their food this much
- Then he said, "Oh... That makes far more sense. I.. Wow. Is.. Is there something else I can have? I hate to be a bother, but I only have one kidney here."
- With a joking tone at the end, dryly
- You couldn't deny him and you didn't want him to starve or go into a salt overdose either
- You adjusted to using his amount of salt in food you made to share with him and denying the urge to add more, so he could eat it too. You would just add more on your separate plate
- That and eating different meals was normal altogether, Chilton had a private chef and nutritionist for his lack of organs
- You just handled yourself a lot of the time with the shared meal or going out together at least once or twice weekly
- Like said before, he asks about your fluid intake daily like small talk during dinner
- A lecture will be had if you only get about half in, but he praises you if you got closer to the daily goal amount
