#that newts had a bit of a shutdown due to extreme emotional & physical stress and is having trouble verbally communicating

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Sometimes the only thing that gets me through the day is knowing I can escape into writing Scamander brother repartee. (18k words from the current posted point in Head Under One Wing…)

#I love them your honor #newt Scamander #Theseus Scamander #Scamander brothers #autistic newt scamander #the italics are bc AAC basically #because I headcanon newts dad worked with a buddy to come up with an enchanted parchment system when newt was a kiddo #and was having trouble communicating traditionally & in certain social situations #I’m heavily projecting of course bc I just got in trouble when I wouldn’t talk in public or quit being able to speak #and I think I’d have had a lot less stress growing up if my mom had been like ‘it’s not illegal for you to sometimes talk another way’ #but anyway - the context of it for this scene outside me occasionally using fic for therapy is #that newts had a bit of a shutdown due to extreme emotional & physical stress and is having trouble verbally communicating #his elderly father came to visit him & brought him one of those charmed parchments from when he was like 7 #and Newt refused it at first and then gave in — and theseus has rolled w it as if nothing has happened #but this scene is a heart to heart between the two brothers #about tina #but I’ve spoiled enough abt the second half of this story so I’m going to shut the fck up now #damn it I wish I was done with chs #12/13 slash 14/15 #I have so many of the sequels already started but this boring ass fluff chapter is killing me #(not the *excerpt* chapter — the sweet newtina chapter I’m currently stuck on) #ok fluff isn’t boring but it’s also not my strength ok? #I relate to Newt for a reason #anywayyyyyyy #uefb rambles in the tags #my stuff #fic: with its head under one wing