I'm always down to write for glitchless! Thanks for the request. (Here's the prompt list for everyone else!)
âItâs like theyâre always waiting to catch you off your guard,â Gyro mutters. Heâs hardly even focusing, hands busy dismantling a glitchy piece of the cloud. âAnd then they mess things up.â
Gandra laughs, a nervous but pretty sound. âSomething like that, yeah.â
Gyro looks up, just for a second. Sheâs typing something on a hologram keyboard, her bangs hanging halfway in her face, a band-aid across one cheek after their fight with Beaks. Her free hand is shaking a little, betraying her worry with so many new people, but sheâs still smiling and doing her best to finish her work. He turns back to his own task before he starts blushing.
Fenton was right. She is incredible.
âWhen you arenât paying attention, they watch you,â he presses something wrong, and the glitch turns the familiar blue of a computer error. He frowns. âAnd then things go haywire as soon as they start going well.â
âExactly! Huey said youâd get it. That you, uh⊠how did he phrase it? You didnât start out a hero either.â She sits down beside him at the workstation, reaching for his tools. âBut something tells me it wasnât FOWL you got mixed up with.â
âIt was just as bad,â he admits, turning the glitched piece so she can look at it. âMy old mentor tried to destroy Tokyolk.â
âVery cool of him,â she says sarcastically, squinting and tilting her head as she looks over the glitch. âI bet you werenât getting paid near enough for that.â
He laughs. Itâs been a while since heâs talked to someone he felt could actually understand him, much less joke about the things heâs dealt with. âOf course not, when do they ever?â
âNever. At least, not with Bradford.â
âI was almost glad when he turned out evil,â he flicks his hand, creating a set of hex keys, then pulls out the smallest one. âHeâs a terrible boss. Always talking about budgets and turning down good projects.â
âHe really is!â Gandra laughs again, leaning over the glitch with a screwdriver in one hand. This time, she sounds a little more comfortable. âYouâd think after decades of master planning heâd at least be a good villain, but heâs just some tightwad in a suit.â
âThatâs Bradford, alright,â Gyro laughs too. But heâs distracted now, spinning the hex key between his fingers. She hates stuck-up businessmen almost as much as he does, and sheâs prickly but kind, and her hair is falling over her very blue eyes again like itâs a shield, but sheâs letting him past it. He remembers Fenton telling him earlier, in a hurry, that she was a âreally good person and so understanding and just like us, if youâll give her a chanceâ and he gets it. He gets her.
Sheâs a scientist with big dreams that the world keeps burying. A hopeful heart sheâs had to hide, because sometimes plans donât work out and people arenât kind to new ideas. He understands that all too well. Itâs what he bonded with Fenton over, despite their many differencesâthey see each other, all of each other, like nobody else has ever been able to before. And though theyâve barely met, he knows why Fentonâs fallen in love with her, and heâs trying to keep himself from doing the same.
After all, what are the odds they both look at him the same way?
âI think that should do it,â Gandra declares, a hint of triumph pushing through the anxiety. âThat might be all of them.â
âIt should be,â Gyro agrees, looking around at the beautiful landscape. âYou two built something really⊠special. Iâm impressed.â
âOh! Um, thanks. Thank you,â all of a sudden, sheâs blushing. âFenton said youâd be happy to help work out the kinks, but I was worried it would go wrong and⊠well, you know.â
âYeah. I know.â He sighs, pushing away bad memories of past disasters. âThatâs the hardest part of inventing things. But Iâm⊠glad you trusted us.â
âIâm glad I trusted you too,â she looks away, her voice suddenly turning soft. âItâs⊠nice to know someone else understands, I guess. Nobody else has before.â
âYeah,â Gyro looks out over the yellowed sky, the jagged clouds drifting past. He could never have invented something of this magnitude alone, but working together has brought one of Fentonâs elaborate ideas to life. And though heâs loathe to admit it, his former intern is becoming a great scientist in his ownâ
âHi, Dr. Gearloose! And hi Gandra!â Fenton chirps, suddenly behind them. âMâma had to head home, and honestly Iâm kind of relieved. She can be so protective sometimes, and I know she means well, butâwell, I can take care of myself. And I trust you guys! I think I managed to convince her itâll be okay if I stay late to work on the Gizmocloud a little while longer.â
âGizmocloud. What a stupid name,â Gyro remarks, before he can stop himself. Heâs trying to be the mentor Akita could never be for himself, but sometimes Fentonâs personality and his just⊠clash.
âThatâs what I said!â Gandra declares, reaching over to kiss Fentonâs cheek. âWeâre still workshopping.â
And there, beside them both, watching the pixelated waves roll and taking in a view theyâve built together, Gyro decides he could get used to this. He could get used to being loved and part of something.
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I like to hc that Gandra exclusively uses nicknames/petnames when referring to Fenton and Gyro...and then use their full names out of the blue, just to mess with them.
Gandra: Gyro Gearloose, hand me that soldering iron.
Gyro: ....I'm not sure what I did this time, but I feel like it's in my best interest to apologize anyway.
I do have some, yeah! Iâve been thinking a lot about the ship, long before the latest episode, but I didnât actually post about it until now. I wanted to see how Gyro and Gandra would interact before I really wrote a lot of their dynamic. But now that I know a little more(thanks DT crew!) I have a lot of things about them I can say.
Iâve been calling the ship âglitchlessâ as a sort of ship name that doesnât use their names, because their first thing together as a trio is getting rid of the glitches in the Gizmocloud. I think itâs kind of important because separately, their experiments, the suit, Gyroâs robots, they all end up malfunctioning. But together they made something work, and thatâs where their relationship together starts.
Gyro likes Gandra because he understands her. He knows what itâs like to have people not like you or be afraid of you, all because you have ideas for science that didnât go so well. He knows what itâs like to be different, and after Astro BOYD heâs really worked out a lot of his own problems. When they meet, he obviously respects her work instantly, even if heâs still struggling with expressing that. And she says that maybe it wasnât a bad idea to let people in, right? So they get along in the lab and things develop from there.
Fenton and Gyro have this sort of one-sided enemies-to-friends-to-lovers dynamic, where Gyro has to warm up to him, but now that heâs grown as a person, they become closer. He calls Fenton âDoctor Internâ because he really doesnât bother with learning names anymore, but on special occasions, he sometimes will call Fenton a pet name, like âmy loveâ or something like that.
Speaking of names, Gyro remembers Officer Cabreraâs in the new ep! Iâm assuming itâs because after Tezuka and Tokyolk, heâs careful around cops, not to mention Cabrera threatening him in Moonvasion after he says theyâll use Gizmoduck as bait. But now that sheâs his Mâma-in-law, I was thinking he probably spends more time around her, and he knows she deserves a lot of respect.
Mâma loves Gyro and Gandra both. She worries about them a lot, because lab work means a lot of late nights. Itâs not uncommon to find one of them wrapped up in a blanket she left there, sleeping at their desks, or Mâma sending Fenton along with lunch enough for three.
Gyro makes Gandra a spare Gizmosuit. Itâs styled a lot like her suit in the Gizmocloud, but more armored. Sheâs more of a behind-the-scenes kind of tech expert, like Gyro is, but he wants her to be safe if someone ever needs to go out and watch Fentonâs back(because Fenton needs to be safe too).
Fenton is very physically affectionate. He likes to hold hands and give kisses, and Gandra laughs at him, but he does it anyway. As long as her hands arenât full with work, she doesnât much mind. Gyro is less of a fan of touch, but when he needs a shoulder to rest his head on, he knows where to turn.
After FOWL, Gandra doesnât really have anyplace to stayâtheyâd been paying for her apartment, after allâso she moves in with Gyro. Fenton stays with his Mâma for a while longer, but to them, âhomeâ is wherever theyâre together. If itâs snuggling in bed on a lazy morning, watching the sea out the lab windows, even stargazing from the manorâs backyard, itâs just as good as anywhere else.
Gandra doesnât like to be alone. After everything sheâs been through, she has a lot of nightmares, and being in the dark too long freaks her out. To make her feel safer, Gyro and Fenton will both walk with her if she needs to go anywhere, and Fentonâs really good at comforting her if she needs a little extra love.
They end up inventing a lot of elaborate, helpful projects together, work-wise. Now that Bradford isnât on top of funding for the team, they have more freedom. Between Gyroâs tech know-how, Gandraâs determination, and Fentonâs people skills to share the ideas, they really have a powerhouse team going, plus Manny, Fethry, and the kids are around the lab quite often now too, all helping out. They really put the âscienceâ part of Team Science into play.
One of my more general headcanons is that Fenton and Gyro both have anxiety, and Gandra and Gyro are both trans. In a relationship scenario I like to think theyâd set alarms to remind each other to take meds, stretch, get a drink, just general self-care things. Gyro is probably the worst at remembering that sort of stuff, but they all forget sometimes, especially if they get really focused on a project.
Gyro also tends to just... ignore the fact heâs tired? Even if he really needs to sleep, he wonât put down his work until he gets done. Theyâve got two solutions for that, depending on whose turn it is to remind him he needs to sleep. Fenton will sit beside him and rest his head on Gyroâs shoulder until he gets the hint. Gandra will take a tool she knows Gyro will need off the desk, and when he looks for it sheâll catch his attention and convince him to rest.
Thatâs all the ones I can think of right now. Itâs getting pretty late here but Iâll post more if I think of them. Like I said earlier Iâm gonna call the ship âglitchlessâ so thatâs what Iâm gonna be using as a tag for them.