however i am thinking about bloodymary college au. sigh.
Simon still is from a cult but he's escaped, and it's been a GOOD BIT since. He's an engineering (dare i say aerospace??) major that keeps to himself. He's there just to get his degree and leave. Like he never lingers in a space more than he has to
and Grace is obviously in molecular biology. He's younger here and doesn't know he wants to be a teacher yet, so I think he still has dreams of being a bigshot scientist working on huge projects
Now. We can cook
They have no real reason to talk (other than being roommates maybe), but maybe one day they're both pulled into a institution wide competition that picks the best from each degree program and smashes them together to make something good to represent them (A SCIENCE FAIR !!!)
Grace has no idea why he's there. He KNOWS he's not ranked #1 in the program, yet the execs tell him the people they originally picked before him either got sick, got involved in something personal, or just straight up had unfortunate happen. Which leads Grace to believe the position in the team is cursed yet alas
Simon's the only other guy who stayed. He was told being on the team would be "so easy", but he's just in it cause he has something to prove. To himself or otherwise, idk!
Usually they're in teams of four, but the execs REALLY NEED the rep, and they don't have time to recruit anyone else (they already registered Grace before he even agreed) (cue the "no im not even REMOTELY qualified enough" spiel).
It's a little awkward and they butt heads over an idea they can both agree on. And then bond! BOOM !!!!
That's just one idea though. because to be honest.... and no shade.... im getting tired of the "grace saves simon in space" deal. That's just me tho !
