Hi, I just wanted to say that I LOOOVE your aroace Strattland fic so much!! I'd love to read some headcanons you have about them that would fit in the fic (bc they spend so much time apart, but I KNOW they thought about each other, especially Grace) if you want to share <3
YAYYY THANK YOU! I love them too, chapter 3 is in progress (ao3 curse got me, sorry yall)
- just to clarify, Stratt does not in fact hate the opera. She hates the social niceties she has to perform regarding the opera, she loves the music, the performance, the meaning behind the art. She does however feel exactly the same way about most music, Grace feels like it should be illegal to talk about Beethoven and Harry Styles in the same sentence, Stratt doesn’t care
- Grace forced himself to stop swearing when he decided to become a teacher - you’ll see it through the profession of the fic, he goes from swearing a normal amount to deliberately correcting himself, to autocorrecting to ‘fudge darn it!’
- Stratt likes crosswords, but despises wordles with her heart and soul. She also hates merge three games but enjoys the logic puzzle games
- Grace meanwhile is one of those people who downloads every game he sees in adverts that looks cool and then is upset that the gameplay is different and writes spiteful reviews
- Grace is a petty bitch. This isn’t even a headcanon this is fact, I am Andy Weir. He leaves passive aggressive notes on his enemies (the scientists who pushed him out the field) LinkedIns. He feels a lot of empathy for people but push him far enough and he WILL go befriend your grandma and boom guess whose now in the will
- Grace picks up knitting some point between London and Chapter three, Stratt will often hold the ball of wool and keep it unspooling while he rambles about something or other.
- Stratt’s business clothes might all be fairly masculinised (she’s developed a Formula for the best results for respect), but she’s a sucker for pretty dresses and skirts and matching accessories. I personally headcanon Grace as agender, it starts with grabbing the first thing he finds in their shared wardrobe to pick up a package (one of her skirts) and ends up with Stratt playing dress up dolls with him.
Grace loves the attention - Stratt is very much like a cat when it comes to physical touching, sometimes she’s draped across him, other times she is very clear that she does not want to be touched (she never leaves or bites, but that’s only because Grace respects her). Having her touch him this much, straightening out hems, adjusting the jewelry she’s draping him in, is heaven and he’s having a great time
I like to think this becomes part of their little ritual, when Stratt is away for her work (because she’ll always be away, she was never going to settle down and Grace knows that, understands). She’ll send a text, whatever timezone she’s in, instructions on what to wear for the day. They share a calendar so she knows what he’s doing, and she’ll check the weather religiously to ensure he’s not overheating or freezing.
- Grace talks to himself a LOT. He almost treats his brain like a second person, at times.
Thank you so much for the ask! I feel a lot about strattland at all times
