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Apologies if you don't do this kinda stuff, and will understand if you don't

But I've recently been diagnosed with PsA (arthritis). And I was wondering how maybe Sniper or Engie would react to an s/o that has worsened joint pain in the winter (but hates admitting to it).

I've been looking for days for someone to do this, so if you by someone miracle do, thank you thank you thank you!!! Greatly appreciate it

I hope that this post doesn’t disappoint, as I know somewhat how you feel, I suffer from bad chronic pains as well and it sucks, but I sincerely hope that this will make you feel at least a tiny bit better, arthritis really is a bitch <3

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A/N: I also chose to just write for Sniper, if that’s okay, as I feel I can write his character slightly better than Engie’s

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Sniper with an S/O who has arthritis

Sniper gets his fair share of aches and pains. Due to him being freakishly tall and having to stand in one place during a match holding up a heavy rifle, so he’s very sympathetic towards you and your situation

He knows how to handle and deal with the pain though, so when you tell him you suffer with arthritis, he will definitely be more attentive to you, and gives his own advice on how to ease it

Will always have a heat pad or tens machine on hand just in case you desperately need it

If it’s particularly bad in the mornings and/or evenings he will sit in bed with you and massage your joints, and hum in quiet acknowledgment when you thank him

However, when it comes up to winter time, and you start to notice increased flares of the pain due to the cold weather, you feel it best to not bother him about it

He has a lot on his plate already and he’s helped you so much in the past, you can handle it by yourself

But Sniper’s not blind, he’s a Sniper for a reason.

He notices how you wince slightly when reaching for something high up, or how you take a breather before getting up and out of bed in the mornings, he notices you discreetly massaging your knees and shoulders when you think nobody is looking - and he doesn’t like it

He gets a pang of concern each time he witnesses this but doesn’t think to confront you about it, he has no reason to tell you what to do as you know whats best for your body, so he reluctantly leaves it at that

It’s only about a week later when he finds you hunched over and crying in the training room, weakly massaging your skin through teary eyes.

His eyes widen and he drops everything to immediately rush to your side, panic stricken as he crouches down to your level asking what happened and which wanker he has to kill-

When you tell him that it’s just your arthritis flaring up he’s slightly confused. You knew how to deal with it, why is it suddenly getting the better of you? Is something else the cause of this pain? Oh my god what if there’s something else-

He lets out a quiet “oh” after you explain that it just gets worse in the cold winter, that’s all

As relieved as he is to know it’s not anything to worry too much about, he is slightly irked by the fact you didn’t feel the need tell him about how much pain you were in, you are important to him, and seeing you in pain like this stresses him out

But after this he’s extra attentive towards you and your needs, not to the point of suffocation, but he constantly makes an effort to keep you warm when it gets especially cold, so the pain isn’t unbearable. This means you get to wear his jacket a lot. He pretends he’s annoyed by this as he hands it over, clicking his tongue when you thank him, but you have eyes, and those eyes are seeing an embarrassingly red faced Sniper

He makes sure to do all of the work that may be slightly too labour intensive for you, or at least he make someone else do it. The last thing he wants is for you to overwork yourself and end up in more pain. However, if you feel like you can, he will let you do your thing, he’s protective, but not controlling.

He will run lots of warm baths for you if and when you ask and tries his best to massage your aching joints when you need

He’s just a big softy <3

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