☆ call me Novak. ☆

Simon is chosen for the Winter Soldier program because he was involved in the destruction of a HYDRA base that was particularly destructive, he was the only one caught.

Grace is a middle school teacher until an incident regarding spider-man brings a threat to the school, where he demonstrates the fact that he has impeccable aim ("It's just angles and momentum, it's really not hard.")

SHIELD tries to recruit him, he says no, it's too dangerous. He likes being a teacher. (Stratt is this universe's Fury & Director)

The danger comes to him. He's left with no choice but to go to SHIELD for protection.

He later learns the attack that made him turn to SHIELD was actually entirely manufactured by SHIELD.

He does what SHIELD needs him to do, but starts working with other vigilantes as a form of rebellion after a mission leads him to an encounter with Daredevil.

Daredevil, of course, is Rocky. (I haven't decided how to slot Adrien in quite yet, Karen would be the obvious answer but I'm leaning more towards Foggy?)

Eventually SHIELD gets word of the Winter Soldier being active again, Grace is sent to take him out.

Simon is terrified. Terrified that he will wake up and this world will be gone and replaced with steel walls and rusted iron bars. Terrified that this is a dream just waiting for the right moment to snap him back to reality.

Simon was always imaginative. He had ideas the COI and Eden alike wanted to squash down. Unlike all those before him, Simon could never back down. People were in charge, and yet everyone was dying. There needed to be a change. And Simon was willing to make that happen so that more people didn't have to suffer like his mother had.

Filament Station wasn't just a station.

It was a ship.

A huge colony ship.

Stuck in orbit around a dead planet with moons of blood. The planet was uninhabitable. The moons held secrets Father said they needed to discover.

Simon never did trust Father, not after his mother died. Simon trusted his brothers, though. What a mistake that was.

The plan was to commandeer Filament Station. Simon wasn't a pilot, not truly, but he was the closest thing they had. The plan was to go to the nearest star. One that wasn't dimming with each passing year. A real star. Still there in the universe.

Filament had a farm on it. Biofuel and food was of no concern.

He doesn't know who did it. The captain’s bay had an emergency self-launch to save the crew if anything happened to the cabin. It was only Simon in the captain’s bay when the explosion shook the ship.

Filament Station had exploded.

And Simon was the only survivor.

The ship had an emergency recall system. If it was up to Simon, he would've kept in course to the star. He knows he would never have made it.

Instead, the ship piloted itself back to the dead planet and into the hands of the COI.

….

Simon often wakes up in the bed wondering when the sheets will turn into the blood of his coffin.

He eats breakfast, wondering when Grace’s cooking will turn to the sour taste of copper on his tounge.

He sits under the tree, wondering when the branches will turn into jaws to swallow him whole.

i just can't stop thinking abt that post. i looked for it but i haven't seen it again, if anyone else finds it plz link it or send it to me, i wanna credit the op (edit: POST HAS BEEN FOUND! og post was by @finnthephrog and it was linked to me by @ohitsthatguy. i did misremember it slightly but its fine ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

anyway. i keep thinking abt a scenario where they're constantly fighting/arguing, everyone's upset just all the time, and eventually it all culminates with their worst (and final) argument ending when grace screams "I JUST WANTED TO LIVE!"

and simon fucking freezes.

grace is crying. "i just wanted to live. what's so wrong about that?"

So of course, when things settle and Simon finally trusts Ryland, they are disgustingly all over each other all the time, hands always on the other or else they'll explode.

Im sure you said absolutely nothing super embarrassing bro.

<-Part 13 & 14

"how can grace live longer in the salvastra au?" uhhh fun alien chemicals or something also do you know what's reeeally funny about chemistry-

and before people try to twist my words: you can absolutely enjoy whatever you want in fiction for whatever reason. no matter how taboo or messed up or disgusting it is. it’s all play pretend and fantasies (and if some people cannot separate fiction from reality then chances are that—with or without the fictional things they consume—they’re already troubled and they need help, but their inability to separate fiction from reality is not your business or concern, you’re not their parent).

✧ Broken ribs suck. You don’t just “walk it off.” Breathing hurts. Laughing hurts. Existing hurts. Characters with rib injuries won’t be doing heroic sprints.

✧ Concussions aren’t instant naps. Dazed vision, nausea, dizziness, maybe even personality changes, but they’re not going to collapse neatly like in the movies.

✧ Blood loss is sneaky. It’s not just about dramatic pools of blood. It’s dizziness, confusion, and the body getting cold as circulation tanks.

✧ Adrenaline lies. Someone can take a serious injury and not feel it until the fight’s over. That “I didn’t realize I was bleeding until later” trope? Very real.

✧ Twisted ankles are brutal. One bad step and suddenly running is off the table. Even walking hurts like hell. Perfect way to ground a chase scene.

✧ Burns linger. Even small burns hurt more than most people expect. Blisters, infection risk, constant pain, it’s not just a cool scar later.

✧ Dislocated shoulders = useless arm. Characters can’t keep swinging a sword or firing a gun. They’re basically fighting one-armed until it’s fixed.

✧ Shock is a thing. Pale skin, trembling, rapid heartbeat, and eventually disorientation. A character might not even realize how bad their wound is.

✧ Stitches aren’t magic. Getting sewn up is painful and recovery takes time. They’re not instantly battle-ready after a needle and thread.