i think ian feeling guilty about the angel story being "fake" actually proves how good of a person he is. cuz technically the story isnt wrong--ian did find something that didnt belong to him and returned it. idk im just imagining baby ian feeling super guilty cuz technically the story isnt true and like, only a good person would care about that lol
it does explain why he feels so much pressure and why hes always so reluctant to talk about the incident