im not convinced that i AM, just that i THINK

Jon comes back as a child and gets adopted by elias (keeping enemies closer) 

they try to stop each other’s plan but end up distracted and forming some weird kind of family (jon gets to grow up with more people around him,, and elias / jonah’s biggest fear becomes losing jon to enemies ASLKDLSJF)

1.) Too much time by Hix (180k+ words) - angtsy as fuck,,, super slow burn when it comes to jon’s relationships with others,, my fave one so far. Jon has his memories intact but elias doesnt 2.) Time is Hard by Serazimei (130k+ words) - a bit more light hearted than the first fic,, friendships are formed faster and there are a lot of sweet moments. Elias is forced to remember what he did to jon but has no plans to end the world after

3.) The Timeline of Theseus by Applea (90k+ words) - Jon doesn’t remember anything at all but is still powerful. Elias keeps him around because of his abilities

these are all amazing and im coming up with my own endings to cope AJAASHKD 

OMG bHAHA i just got off from my daydream about this AU

NONE OF THIS IS REAL OK its just me being delusional,,,!!! and scenes change frequently because idk i love to rework my ideas and live them over and over again,, but feel free to enjoy whatever:

i imagine that the original team comes back eventually, because the memories of their old lives trickle back, and they plan to save jon from ever being promoted.

They work at the institute w their old jobs (Tim and sasha in Research, Martin in the Library) and slowly reveal that they still have their memories intact,, and the friendship between them becomes 10x stronger

The only difference is that jon isn't there when he's supposed to be working in research, and that's because he has a job somewhere else. Elias and gertrude didnt want him near the archives (he always invites trouble LKJDFKJS) and over the years elias has grown protective of his adopted son (and the beholding approves of this anyway so yeah,, their only conflict now is that he can be such a helicopter dad)

so one day in the library while the trio were hanging out there, Gerard shows up and says he needs some books for his boyfriend (jokingly ofc,, he's just bffs w jon) and they help him out

cue jon coming in, covering his face w/ a mask and sunglasses so he wouldn't be recognized by the institute staff that watch him grow up there since he was 8 (because elias instructed to throw him out LMAO). Jon barges in, frustrated at gerry taking so long.

they banter a bit, and the trio somehow recognize the voice of "gerard's bf". Finally gerry introduces him as jon, and all four of them make eye contact. Jon is speechless, slowly reveals himself and stops breathing, but pretends to not know them

sasha is surprised, tim is shocked, and martin is insanely jealous ALKSJDLASDLKFKJ they dont tell him they remember anything tho and jon does the same,,, leading into really awkward and angsty situations

and it follows w random moments such as simon fairchild coming in to visit his "favorite nephew" or elias forcing jon to take his vitamins and sleep early,, maybe agnes and jude hanging out for no reason,, mike crew barging in and reading in his Designated Library Corner,, peter lukas going grocery shopping for whatever health supplement elias wants jon to take,, gertrude being a worse helicopter grandmother to jon,, oliver banks sleeping like the dead next to mike crew in his Designated Library Corner,, mikaele salesa bringing jon random knick knacks....

.... and sasha, martin, and tim just lose their minds over the sheer absurdity of it all LMAASLDJSLF

and ofc martin and jon try to woo each other but believing the other hates them etc (cue misunderstandings and dumbassery)

IT'S DUMB I KNOW but it's just all in my mind leave me alone to cope SKSKSSK

even mr darkness cult man had to blink twice to confirm what he’s seeing

bruh i cant stop drawing elias suffering from raising an eldritch child lmaoaokKAJAJAK

thats right pay for ur crimes, douchard

peter using something else other than his brain to think

some lonely eyes for this dumb au HAHAHAHAHA

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bonus:

[kid!jon TMA time travel au]

short mike crew rights

michael that is not simon’s fair child LMAOAOASHAJ

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bonus:

part 1 || part 2

i am SO invested in this wtf i should stop THINKING

jon is extra protected now LSKDJFLSKDJ 

part 1 || part 2

jon told michael to spit them out later because they were just low level criminals following someone else’s orders bahahaha

thank youuuuu <3333

michael was so sweet before the spiral ritual and i really wanted him to retain his actual personality... he seems to care so much for the people around him ahuhu

dating jon in this universe is 100x much harder

ok maybe im having way too much fun with this idea LMAOAOAOA

good luck martin you’re gonna need tons of it

ALKSJDKSLAJ tbh this is all my healing from the pain the podcast gave me

i like to think that when he wakes up in his 8 year old body,, he comes up with elaborate plans to neutralize the avatars but he accidentally charms his way into their hearts and realizes it really late, like maybe in his 20's

Jon: "okay now im old enough to start preparing for the apocalypse!!"

Jon: ...

friendship ended with mike crew

now jonathan is my new vast friend

I can imagine Gerry just chilling in the institute until a small kid comes up to him and announces that he has cancer which then turns out to be true and he's able to get treatment for it early enough to survive, then Gerry decides to befriend that weird psychic child and they become bffs

BAHHAHAA yeahhh Jon warns him beforehand and they have a tight friendship

i imagine they met when Gerry was looking for a Leitner and Jon just so happened to be there

and then they were inseparable akaskjakjKkja

OK SO according to my unhealthy daydreaming,, Michael still goes into the hallways during the Spiral ritual because they didn't want to tip off the others that rituals will not work without the other fears

but Jon prepares for it, warns both gertrude and Michael. Using his abilities he was able to help Michael retain himself during the whole thing slkdjfsdkj

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Bonus:

they got take out after

jon is a kid so he still needs real food to help him grow into a big health boy AHHAHAHBSHAB