kaguhibi request! i imagine that kagura would eventually get hibiki into therapy for obvious reasons, and letting hibiki off from work while doing so in such. i'd like imagines of that based around that, along with more like general angsty fluff that pertains to it. sorry if this is too much!
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a light in the shadows | kagura / hibiki angst + fluff, therapy related imagines
-Hibiki’s been aware of his issues for a long time, he’s just never prioritized addressing them, preferring instead to bury himself in work to keep up his professional image. So when Kagura first suggests therapy, he doesn’t react with anything more than a side-eye and an offhanded, “Maybe.”
-Knowing his partner wouldn’t bother with it otherwise, Kagura ends up arranging his first appointment for him. Still, Hibiki protests, saying he’s busy with work, until Kagura just manhandles him out of the office and forces him to take the day off.
-Deep down, Hibiki’s known that the only real reason he hasn’t addressed his issues is that he’s afraid of confronting them, but he would rather die than admit it out loud. He’s irritated and yet appreciative of Kagura’s insistence; he knows it’s for his own good, that Kagura’s doing this because he cares, but he’s frustrated that it’s taken him this long to start working on himself.
-After his first few sessions, the next time he’s alone with Kagura, Hibiki absently brings up his trauma, and tells Kagura that he honestly hadn’t expected therapy to be helpful, but it’s been making life easier for him, so he’s grateful to Kagura nagging him to go for it. It’s the closest to a heartfelt thank you Kagura’s ever heard from his sharp-tongued partner; in true Kagura fashion, he teases Hibiki about it for weeks despite the happiness he feels at hearing it.
-Even with the therapy, Hibiki’s mind still slips occasionally. Afterwards, he won’t show it, but he feels awful every time, and Kagura knows him far too well to be fooled by the glacial front he shows everyone else. Depending on what signs Hibiki shows, Kagura comforts him in different ways; sometimes distantly, just through leaving things out for him or doing big parts of his work, sometimes directly by showing him affection, holding him and reassuring him that for all his faults he’s still more than just a tool, that he’s worth loving.
-They both know it’s going to be a long, possibly rough time, but Hibiki is determined to get better, and while he struggles through the healing process, Kagura will be there to support him, the same way Hibiki’s supported him in everything else all these years.
