when scott is pregnant with andrew he tells himself he is not, under any circumstances, going to consult rozanov about any of it. its just pregnancy. SO MANY PEOPLE have had babies. there are SO MANY resources he can turn to. he doesn’t need to ask ilya fucking rozanov for SHIT.

except the vast majority of all said resources are constructed with cisgender women in mind, and like, thats fine, but it gets exhausting reading “you got this mama bear!” over and over and over again. the constant language and reminders of how amazing motherhood is, how amazing women’s bodies are, and he wholeheartedly believes that too because dear god how do women not only have a baby but then turn around and sometimes have more??

scott cant imagine it, and even though he wants this and kip wants this and so do his team, he still feels like a fucking freak of nature by the time he gets through a single article and it just makes him feel tired and Bad.

so one morning he’s hunched over the toilet with morning sickness and he caves. he gets out his phone and hits “call.”

ilya’s laughing when he picks up the phone. “hunter!” he exclaims, way too fucking proud of himself. “world’s first dinosaur to have baby instead of lay eggs!”

“fuck off, rozanov,” scott groans. “when does the fucking morning sickness end, man??”

“oh, uh, for me it was after baby started kicking. once i started feeling that, no more puking. but then you have baby doing bag skates in your belly, which is its own kind of headache, but at least you don’t have to live in the bathroom anymore. usually. you have ginger ale?”

“no. i’ll get some though.”

“keep that. it helps. drink a few sips first thing in the morning and with your meals. they make these, ah, ginger candies too. also help. really good if you get carsick.”

“okay. thanks.”

somewhere along the way, ilya went from jeering to genuine. it was… nice. and scott was able to have a conversation about his pregnancy without being reduced to a womb-having-imposter, which was especially nice. he’s about to hang up when ilya surprises him and asks,

“you have name picked out for him yet?”

he blinks. “not yet. how’d you know it’s a boy?”

“all cup babies are boys. or so i am told. word of advice: dont name him after anyone on the team. gets messy and confusing fast. even considering it made like three guys get into a fight before cooper was born.”

“huh. okay. i’ll remember that. thanks, rozanov.”

“any time. really. call any time.”

scott almost snorts. almost. “you too,” he says before hanging up.

Okay, but we don’t talk enough about how exactly this transpired. Feel like there are three most likely scenarios for why Shane asked Scott for gay vacation recommendations and they are all pretty funny:

(1) At some point in the four years prior, Scott's gay vacation sexcapades became public knowledge because his hookups talked, basically @gurlsrool's ten out of ten on a sped-up timeline.

(2) At some point in the four years prior, Scott dropped the dime on HIMSELF talking about his tortured closeted life in a sad wet dog interview that Shane read with a mixture of revulsion for Scott's weak ass and a longing that he did not care to investigate further.

I was curious if you (and any of your followers) could give some examples of that? Like things that white people don't notice because they think of it as "default". Especially for how it could show up in non-white characters written by white people.

Thank you

I actually feel I should retort to this with go actively read some books by Black authors about Black characters. Then go back and read some of your favorite books with characters presumed white but never actually stated as such, and tell me if you don't see the difference.

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