cause okay. to finally go into it. essentially when stella is ābornā (read: crash-lands shooting star style) scott has a really bad moment of āoh. not even the universe sees me as my own person. iām just in jordanās shadow, even to them. how long until they forget about me completely?ā and kind of shuts down for the first like six months of stellaās life.
and itās really not helped because jordan becomes SUPER worried about him, constantly trying to cheer him up and not realizing He Himself is partially why scott feels so bad. it takes some very strategic shubble wrangling to subtly divert jordan away for long enough to be able to talk some sense into scott for him to face his daughter. itās not her fault that sheās a constant reminder of his biggest insecurities, but that doesnāt make it any easier to deal with
as stella grows older his relationship with her gets better, especially once he realizes that if he distances himself, sheāll likely blame herself (like he does to himself), and that he was abandoned and that shit Sucked so he canāt let her go through that if he can help it. his and jordanās relationship Does get better but it takes So many years and So much therapy (read: shubble) to get there. those bad boys can fit So many complexes in em