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i think that spamton is very prone to meltdowns where he ends up hurting himself. i hc that in order to get people he saw as dangerous away while he was homeless, he would slam himself against things to scare them into leaving him alone. people dont want to hurt you if they see you as crazy and unpredictable. it became a bad habit, now he does it whenever he’s really stressed out.

tenna will be overseeing spamton’s play, helping him with certain things when he needs (spamton has very bad joint pain). spamton being quiet isn’t out of the ordinary, same thing for being still. so tenna doesn’t expect anything until his tube picks up static! he goes to assess the situation, and suddenly spamton is breaking out into glitches and is hurting himself in an attempt to self soothe.

most times his glitches are quick and over in a few seconds, but when something like this happens it can last over an hour. tenna does what he can to help out. restraining spamton causes further stress (spammy HATES feeling trapped/cornered) and he can glitch out of any position tenna puts him in, so it isn’t worth it to do that. tenna usually turns the lights out, makes sure it’s quiet where they are, and tries to get spamton to lay down on his side to breathe properly, which helps out a lot. unlike his quicker glitches, spamton is usually confused after it’s all over. tenna is there to comfort him once spamton can start understanding him again.

in the second image tenna is humming to him as he falls asleep :)! spamton doesn’t like a lot of noise when he’s little, but the white noise of tenna’s internals and some soft humming are always more than accepted (sometimes spammy even gestures to get closer to hear tenna’s parts, or tries to communicate he wants tenna to hum to him). glitching also hurts, so if tenna isn’t running warm enough he’ll grab a heating pad to soothe spamton’s pain

tenna wants more than anything to shower spamton with words of affirmation, but spamton needs to recover after all that :(! tenna worries a lot about spamton and wonders what would have happened if he wasn’t so pushy with that contract (spamton was doomed either way). once spamton feels up to it, tenna is definitely gonna shower him with all sorts of love and affection! theyre just having a quiet moment until then :)

aaaaaaand heres a version without the glitching!