shalott.

So this is absolutely a response to the Avengers Endgame women empowerment scene and its safe PG 13 type of feminism.

"Eat shit, Nazi bitch!"

You wrote about me? They, uh…They said to write about a positive influence in your life.

(SPOILER ALERT: these headcanons are set after season 4 and, even though it breaks my heart, they take into consideration all that happened in the series, including the finale) 

The gang makes an official group chat, with a group picture and a silly name (Clay wanted it to be something serious, but the others voted for the “Scooby-doo gang”. Justin would have loved how ridiculous it sounds). Courtney, Ryan, and Sherri aren’t in it. It’s not about excluding them, not really, but they ended up missing a lot of stuff since they graduated a year before the others, and they don’t fit in anymore. They’ll always have the tapes to bond them, but things have changed. A lot. 

Jess and Diego never go on that first date. It’s not about Justin or Monty, they just aren’t interested in each other anymore. Both are more than happy to take things slowly when it comes to relationships and have some fun while they figure out college. 

Tyler and Estela don’t work out either. He is a bit crushed by it but tries to enjoy his summer and on the first day of college he meets a cute girl in Photography 101. It’s not love at first sight, not exactly, but it’s a start. 

Clay goes home for Christmas and tells Matt and Lainie that they should become foster parents. Not immediately, Justin’s death is still too fresh in their minds for that, but he thinks that more kids deserve to have a family who will support them unconditionally.

Alex and Charlie are doing great. Long distance relationships are not easy, but they make it work somehow (plus, Charlie is always secretly planning cute ways to surprise him at college- and Alex is usually unimpressed). 

The gang decides to have fixed skype meetings every week, but they fail miserably after week 3. So, they decide to make it a monthly thing, which doesn’t really matter because their group chat never stops. They’ll send each other memes and stories of weird stuff that happens in their classes, and they even have an ongoing discussion on the newest Netflix series they’re all watching. 

Clay and Jess become close friends. They look after each other and are always ready to support one another when it’s needed. And those who know them well don’t even try to ask if they’re actually together. It would never work, and they are happy that way.

Tony is terrified when he officially moves into his college dorm. Soon enough he finds his pace and starts making friends with the kids he sees sitting on their own, away from others. Some things never change.

The first anniversary of Justin passing is not easy. Clay flies home to be with his parents and spends the night talking to Justin in their outhouse. He tells him about his lessons and professors, about a girl he met during a mediocre musical narrating the story of some weird dystopian world where robots are killing everybody. He even tells him the entire plot of the last “Fast and Furious” movie, because for some unexplainable reason Justin really loved those movies. He misses his brother more than anything. 

3 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS