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mad_madam_m) wrote2018-12-11 07:59 pm
TW Not!Fic - Scydia Seizure Response Dog AU
Another anon request from Tumblr! Originally posted here.
Anonymous asked: Au scydia Head cannon; Lydia has seizures and decides to get a seeing eye dog and WHO WOULD YOU GUESS IS THE TRAINER THAT WORKS WITH THEM Scott of course
See, one of my favorite things about Lydia is how confident she is in herself and how well she knows herself. Typically, the only time we see her really unsettled is when she doesn’t know what she’s been doing (see: the whole Peter fiasco). So I can see seizures being something that really, really anger her on multiple levels. She hates the way they take away her memory, her control, and her freedom (because every time she has a seizure, she gets her driver’s license taken away from anywhere from three to six months and it chafes every time).
And maybe it’s not until Lydia’s in college that she reads about seizure response dogs, and yes, it can take up to two years to train them, but one will give her back some measure of control in her life. And she likes the idea of having that control.
Also, the companionship of a pet would be nice. (Lydia will never admit it aloud, but she does occasionally get lonely. She couldn’t ask for a better friend and roommate than Allison, but Allison has a new girlfriend and it’s just a reminder sometimes, okay?)
So after some fairly extensive research and discussion and all that, Lydia ends up with a golden retriever named Peggy and the name of a local trainer.
She arrives for their first day of training, Peggy trotting up happily next to her, and the door opens and hoooooly shit.
Nobody told her that Dr. Scott Delgado—because he’s got a vet degree, of course he does—was hot.
He’s also kind, stupidly, sweetly kind, with a goofy smile and warm brown eyes. And at first Lydia thinks she’s safe, because she can deal with physical attraction but she’s never really been interested in sweet guys. She likes people with a little bite to them, a little bit of an asshole, because she’s all barbs herself and has no time for someone who will deflate at the first sign of conflict.
But Scott…doesn’t. He smiles and nods and lets Lydia get her way 90% of the time until it comes up to something that will adversely affect Peggy’s training, and then he does. Not. Budge. He does it all with a smile, of course, but that’s when she sees he is just as stubborn as she is.
And that could be a problem, Lydia realizes, as she watches him play with Peggy one day after training and feels her heart clench.
Because someone who is kind but stubborn, who can take it when Lydia lets her inner asshole fly but doesn’t let her walk all over him, and doesn’t look at her like she’s broken…
Lydia has never quite felt this way before. And for the first time in her life, she isn’t sure what to do about it.
(That lasts, of course, until Allison tells her to get her head out of her ass and just ask the man out. Lydia is only slightly irritated by that response, but then again, that’s the same advice she gave Allison regarding Erica, and they’re about to start picking out china patterns, so it’s probably good advice.)
(Spoiler: It is.)
Original tags: #The dog is named after Peggy Carter btw #Because I'm pretty sure Lydia would be 100% all over Agent Carter #She and Stiles eventually bond over it #Scott's just happy his best friend and his new girlfriend are getting along #and if anybody who knows more about seizure dogs/epilepsy would like to add on #please do! #I tried to research but Google was extraordinarily unhelpful
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