hmmm this is just my opinion but i think that in canonverse, ivan and till wouldn't really find sex as something that they'd actively try to "reclaim"; as it is, both of their experiences with sex are probably irrevocably marked by trauma and violence, and i can't really imagine that reclaiming it and trying to rewrite those memories based off a movie of how sex is supposed to be would be enough to get them (much less till) to make that effort. it's just my opinion that in canonverse at least, sex for the both of them would become something of an unhealthy coping mechanism, a way for them to feel "connected" with another human being that they trust, or something that they fumble into by accident with a lot of fear and trepidation.

i'd love to write canonverse ivantill smut but tbh i can really only ever manage shorter fics for ivantill (in a sort of "missing scenes" esque type plot) in canonverse because the amount of character work to make that plot work with the type of accurate characterization i want would be insanely hard? if that makes sense. i definitely have a few longer ideas for canonverse ivantill, especially if they both lived and made it out of alnst, but i'm not really sure when that would be written since, needless to say, it would be extremely taxing emotionally and mentally to write haha. it's definitely something i'm thinking about and trying to figure out in my head before i try tackling it on the document. thank you for the ask!