Shallergies Shane being so used to bringing his own food to team parties, so he shows up to his first Centaurs bbq with a neatly packed tupperware container of safe and boring foods...
Only to find food set aside specifically for him (double wrapped!!), neatly double-wrapped for no cross-contamination, labeled with any and all ingredients a brand new disposable foil pan on a part of the grill because Bood wasn't sure which level of deep sanitation was necessary to make the grates safe after years of grilling Cassie's famous peanut sauce chicken thighs on it, at least one easily visible epipen in each room, and Ilya already on a military style search action to sniff out any possible remaining allergen contact points.
The expected hardest part of the first team bbq: all the socialising
The actual hardest part of the first team bbq: *not bursting out into tears after less than two minutes*
(Shane, 30, finally learning what it is like to be part of a team where everyone supports each other, is *struggling* with his feels*... and is very touched and very jealous of the mango salsa on the Do-Not-Let-Shane-Eat table)
i feel like shane would be more likely to eat at home and then just stick to a ginger ale or get a little bit of something on a plate and shove it around with a fork for cover just because bringing your own food places does invite questions, and especially when he's getting to know these people for the first time, i don't think they're going to be questions he wants to answer.
and i am imagining him planning to just stop by the store or something and get like. a fruit tray or a thing of potato salad. or maybe even just ice or something. none of the food would be safe for him, but it wouldn't be if someone else made it anyway, and at least this way he is doing The Correct Shared Food Party behavior. and i am imagining ilya like. already planned to make something and does, so shane is feeling a little better because even if it's ridiculous to make a giant pan of something that adheres to his needs (and swear to GOD if he has to hear anyone speculating about how this doesn't taste right-), but yeah, okay. as long as he keeps an eye on what utensils get used, he'll have something reliably safe he can put on his plate. cool.
and 100000% i feel that bood would use allergies as an excuse to get a second grill. he HAS TO, babe. it's for ALLERGIES. this is a MEDICAL NEED, cassie!! he has to!!! if he poisons people, he will lose his credentials as bbq master!!!! his reputation is on the LINE!! (this is an excuse just to get a second grill) (cassie knows this) (but sure, whatever, knock yourself out)
and then he gets there?? and there's already a No Poison Food zone?? and it's a joking thing so it's lighthearted, but everyone is compliant about it. someone puts a bottle of (sealed) salad dressing in the area and then gets (playfully) read the riot act for bringing their POISON into the sanctity of THE NO NUT ZONE ("that is not what it is cal-" "NO NUTTING ALLOWED IN THE ZONE"). banished! banished to jail!
and i am now deeply in love with the idea of shane wistfully sighing at his forbidden love kept apart from him due to proximity to jail food. it's not her fault she's in bad company. she's innocent in this. she's- ("shane if you keep eye fucking the mango salsa, i am going to be very mad at you. we are in the no nutting zone, hollander. behave.")
