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I made this entire tumbler acc because I wanna ramble about Tank right now and no one is here to listen to me.

(This is all my personal hc, so though im stating this as if it were fact and truth, I know it's only fact and truth within the confines of my brain.)

When Tank is sick, they're alone. Which, as we all know, makes being sick suck. Tank has difficulty letting people take care of them at the best of times, but when they're sick it just gets worse.

Ever since childhood, their parents cared about something else more than they did about sick Tank. Be that staying healthy themselves and not going near the germy child, work, whatever excuse they could find. But Tank was never doted upon or taken special care of when sick. No chicken soup, or cold wraps, or tea with honey and lemon, unless it was medically necessary or Tank made it themselves. (Of course nowadays they'd say they didn't need it, and still don't. Come along for the ride and we'll discover together how wrong they are. (: )

And, really, when would that have changed? Maybe friends would have taken care of them if they asked (I know I would for my friends), I'm sure pack mates offered more than once, but they would've dismissed it as something they've dealt with just fine before, so they can do it again. Really, letting someone take care of you when you're sick is something that you don't know is an option unless you're taught that. And most important to me is that they struggle with the "no don't get near me I'm gonna get you sick" to an unhealthy extent.

(And, just as an aside, we all know Quinn couldn't have given less of a fuck. When Tank was sick, they weren't fun.)

So it would be Sam with whom it changes. Obviously it would be Sam. And even with him, it'd only really be after they moved in together. Because Tank is the type of person to text "Hey I'm a little sick rn, I'll just chill at home for a day or two, no need to come by 👍", meanwhile they can't talk, have 40°C fever, whole body pain, and can't sleep through the night.

But once they move in with Sam and they can't exactly stop him from seeing them be sick, he naturally takes care of them. And they are so bamboozled. At first they're almost offended, like "I don't need to be doted over", but then they discover that it's actually nice??? Not needing to get up and make all the headache and bone pain worse every time they just want to open the window, or get a cup of tea, or get some pain meds, practically unthinkable! :0

And the fact that he is there, and he is close, and he holds them when they're dizzy, and he still kisses them, it makes them panic at first. But they can't get him sick, cause he's a vampire, so things are fine and nice and good. And suddenly being sick doesn't SUCK so much.