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little!mari & best friend jackie - chronic pain headcanons

part of this au: long story short, i survived

ᯓ★ mari will not admit it when she’s in pain. she’s too stubborn and too proud and whatever she’s doing is always far too important to take a break from. also, as she’s always reminding everyone, she’s not a little baby who needs breaks.

ᯓ★ still, mari has tells that the others pick up on. when she’s limping instead of walking, or making up games that involve hopping on one foot - it’s because her knee is acting up. but the biggest indicator that mari is in pain, is that she gets irritable fast. the cgs know something’s up when they see her getting snippy with jackie or lottie, who she typically is very close with.

ᯓ★ still, on bad pain days, mari prefers to hang out with jackie. jackie never draws attention to mari having a hard time, because she understands needing that discretion better than anyone. jackie also doesn’t like games that involve running around and getting dirty - which mari appreciates when she can no longer participate.

ᯓ★ during joint flare days, they’ll bring all their blankets to the couch and binge their favorite movies and tv shows. jackie loves anything with mary-kate and ashley olsen and mari loves teen sitcoms, so normally they end up watching so little time.

ᯓ★ one time when jackie is having a hard time leaving the house because of her tube, mari tells her “don’t be a loser about it.” weirdly, it works, and jackie is able to go outside with it visible. when mari gets a cane to help with her balance and bad pain days a few weeks later, she’s also embarrassed to leave the house with it. jackie makes a face and says “don’t be a loser about it.” mari is so determined to not be a loser, that her stubbornness completely outweighs any shame she might’ve felt about the aid.

ᯓ★ her cane is bright pink and sparkly. she decorates it with hello kitty stickers and gold letters to spell out her name.

ᯓ★ if she’s moving slower than normal - jackie always makes sure everyone else waits for her. she’s good about not calling attention to the reasoning - just shouts out “hey, you’re leaving us behind!” so that the others don’t know it’s mari who’s having a hard time

ᯓ★ mari has a hard time staying on top of her meds (she refuses to take them even every time and is always shocked when they help) so she has a sticker chart to help her stay on top of them. when she completes her chart - she gets a prize!

Sunglow regressor is a term used to describe kid/teen regressors who still use baby-like items, like pacifiers or baby bottles— they find huge amounts of comfort in these items, and it makes them feel small, even if they are older regressors.

cg caitvi with a toddler regressor obsessed with lightning mcqueen

this is 100% self indulgent, since cait and vi are my fictional caregivers, so do NOT tag as "me and them" / "my mama n dada" or anything that claims ownership.

drawing people i see in the city (47/?) lil dude also had the best conversation opener:

Usually doesn’t bother her, but sometimes after rough housing with Shauna it’ll hurt and she needs a heating pack or ice

When it does hurts she gets really upset and fussy

Sometimes she won’t admit that is what’s bothering her and instead lashes out or says whatever game the others are playing is stupid or unfair but really she doesn’t want to say her knee hurts

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as someone having a really bad pain flare up right now. Yes. Absolutely yes.

The timeline in this au is a little different, but I imagine she fell, probably still storming off after a fight with Shauna, and screwed up her knee the same.

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all photos found on pinterest !!

i mean why not both!

Baby Vi, CG Jinx Headcannons

🍓Vi regresses to 3-8, having a vast age range

🍓Jinx teaches her how to make some gizmos and gadgets of her own

🍓Vi attempts to get away with things, stealing extra snacks, even stealing her tools. Jinx lets her get away with this sometimes

🍓Vi still has some of her big sister tendencies wanting to look after Jinx and following her around

🍓Jinx makes a bunch of things for her, like toys and the occasional stuffed animal

🍓She also customizes a bunch of Vi’s gear if she deems it not worthy for her baby sister

🍓Vi sometimes requests certain toys for Jinx to make

🍓Jinx and Vi play games all throughout the undercity, like tag

🍓Jinx lets Vi lead these games because she gets a little disappointed when she can’t. Jinx is more than happy to oblige with her request

🍓Jinx goes out of her way to make sure she has Vi’s favorite snacks on hand, and always knows when she wants

🍓Vi has moments of hyperactivity, so Jinx challenges her to find things all over her hideout to get her to calm down

🍓Jinx is amazing at creating games for Vi always coming up with something new or exciting

🍓Jinx let’s Vi pick the colors she uses for her projects

I also started the draft for the fic idea so that’ll be posted eventually

Vi hates regressing

She feels like she always has to be big and be the one to protect everyone

Jinx got into caregiving after Isha

She loves the feeling of being needed and being able to help those she loves

Vi needs a lot of reassurance when she's little

J: "it's okay, you protected me before. Now you get to rest"

V: "no, no, I can't"

J: "it's okay, it's okay, everyones safe now, you're safe now"

V: "was I a good big sissy?"

J: "the best, am I a good big sis?"

V: "mhmm"

Jinx does her best to imitate how Vi used to be

They'll play the monster game again now with Jinx scaring away the monsters at the end

Jinx makes shadow monsters and pillow forts for Vi

Jinx will also make little contraptions like smoke bombs to entertain Vi

Sometimes Vi tries to wrestle her but forgets how strong she is and accidentally hurts Jinx

Jinx will always immediately forgive Vi before the water works start about how Vi never wanted to hurt her or leave her and Jinx gets to reassure her that she knows all that