Work Text:
- Being an introvert, you appear to people as withdrawn and not too social
- Even though working with Laszlo often requires you to interact with people
- You don’t enjoy it as much as a lot of people seem to do
- You can do that of course but you’re always reluctant to have too many interactions on your plate
- Or when you’re pushed to talk to people ad lib
- (Even though it doesn’t usually end bad)
- Knowing how much can depend on what information you get from people sometimes drives you crazy
- In opposition to Laszlo, who might appear withdrawn too
- But thanks to his work he mostly knows how to get to people and how to overcome inhibitions, including his own
- So he has no big issues talking to anyone
- Especially when he needs it to help someone
- Laszlo’s main goal is always to understand the big picture that stands behind your behaviour
- (Which you can also read us ‘he loves to overanalyze’)
- So he tries to understand where your disposition comes from
- ‘Are you sure, Y/N, that your mother’s attitude towards you went well enough not to surpress you?’
- ‘I’m sure, doctor Kreizler, that my relationship with my mother doesn’t affect my social skills in any way’
- He wants to find out if you’re not suffering from trauma or any mental illnesses
- To the point you’re often annoyed about it
- But he mostly pushes you because he cares
- And we need to admit he has a good reason
- Some traits in introverts might overlap with traits in mental illnesses after all, at least superficially
Do I not like talking to some people and stress out easily because I’m introverted or because I had anxiety? I still can’t tell- On the other hand, Laszlo very much admires the same qualities in you he’s trying to fight
- You usually do less talking and more thinking which is so, so much needed on some ocassions
- You’re also more observant, even when everyone else would be distracted by their social interactions you can focus on other things
- It doesn’t surprise Laszlo anymore when out of the blue you come to him, give him your assumptions about a given case, and then it turns out to be right
- So wherever your qualities are coming from, it’s good you’re there
- And you can help Laszlo with his work thanks to the way you are