So yeah. Thanks to you. But i still very much about Scottrian even tho there's not a lot of art or fanfictions of them...(i've read every single one that i found)

Guess what start this? Obviously Scott saying his usual "You doing amazing Sweetie!" to Grian in one of his Escape room videos. Now I'm stuck🤣

Good for you, bud

And now there’s Grian, Scott, and Cleo, hunkered down in Cleo’s base, trying to not freak out about the situation.

It quickly becomes stressful, as the paranoia sets in. They don’t dare leave the base from the front door, that’s the easiest place to find them, so they try to dig temporary exits if they need to get food or supplies. But eventually, that becomes scary, because the bogeys probably have eyes on every angle of the base, waiting for the moment any of them appear anywhere outside.

This fear of the front door soon turns into a paranoia of all the doors in the base, because what if they somehow snuck in and trapped the inside doors? (Without taking the opportunity to kill them in there? Listen, paranoia doesn’t listen to logic)

So soon, it’s just the three survivors, sitting in Cleo’s bedroom. It stays scary, but at least they have eachother. Scott is good at comforting, Cleo is good at talking things through, and Grian is good at distracting from the situation. It’s their little trio against the world. Let’s just hope the curse wears of when the week is over.

It hurts, to see the people they care about overcome by bloodlust. Cleo has considered just... Getting consumed by it as well. At least then they'd all be together. But Scott hit her on the head and reminded her that they're stubborn. They're not going to just get killed! Not after all this.

They've got each other. They'll get through this. And then when all of this is over, it'll be like it never happens.

(ordered youngest to oldest) Grian, Jimmy, Martyn, Pearl and Lizzie are all siblings and incredibly protective of each other. When Lizzie first introduced them to Joel, he was genuinely threatened by them all… until he realised they were all massive dorks. Joel became quick friends with Jimmy and Grian and got on well with Pearl and Martyn too, and was easily accepted into the family.

Most other partners are accepted in quickly too. To date, Tango had the worst time simply because Pearl and Grian would follow him around on Hermitcraft for weeks after finding out he was dating Jimmy. Beforehand, no one had started dating the friend of another sibling.

And no one had started to date a friend to every single sibling.

Scott had been a childhood friend to the whole group, growing up closest to Lizzie and Jimmy but staying in contact with everyone. Grian and Scott had never seemed particularly close but it made sense for Grian to invite Scott to be part of the life series, where they often ended up spending a lot of time together (when they allied against Renchanting in third life, or when Scott briefly allied with Grian and Joel on his red life in last life.) After the series would end, all the members would spend some time in a sort of after party world, where Grian and Scott seemed to spend a lot of time in deep conversation. Maybe because they were the first two winners, perhaps they’d bonded over shared trauma, maybe they just had some shared interests.

But eventually, as the pair get closer, they develop feelings for each other. They didn’t act on these feelings until after double life when Grian and other hermits got to visit empires. Grian still hadn’t planned on acting on his feelings, waiting for Scott to be the one to make a move…

but then he saw Tango and Jimmy reunite for the first time since Double Life. Jimmy was so happy, so was Tango. Grian wanted that. Pearl and Gem had each other, Martyn had Ren, Lizzie and Joel were together always and now Jimmy had Tango.

Maybe he was a bit jealous of his siblings, but in that moment he decided he’d had enough of dancing around their feelings. He stormed right to Scott’s door, knocking hard against the wood and desperately trying to ignore the anxiety that was breaking past his resolve to confess.

“Grian, uh, is everything ok?” Scott opened the door with a concerned expression. Grian was never particularly aggressive before, at least not to him.

And at that moment, Grian’s mouth moved faster than his brain and he blurted out, “You like me.”

The emperor frowned and blushed slightly, “Um… yes… Listen, Grian I’m-“

“I like you. We should go on a date.”

“Um. Ok.” Scott was a little dumbfounded but smart enough to know what he was supposed to say.

“Great.”

And before he could embarrass himself anymore, Grian flew off back in the direction of the rift and Hermitopia (honestly hoping for the rift to return just to let him run away from how embarrassed he was.)

But it didn’t. And needless to say the date went well, as he and Scott dated for over six months before the next life series rolled around.

“Hey, starship, I was wondering… um in the next game, should we try and be allies? Or would you rather we just played like usual and make sure we talk to each other?” Grian asked one evening as he lay playing with Scott’s hair with the other’s head resting against his legs.

“Hmm I think I’d rather see what happens and just make sure we communicate properly, rather than being a team and maybe making things more obvious. Is that alright with you, sunshine?”

Grian laughed and nodded, “Yeah, I’m gonna wait a little before we tell them… I love my family but they’re gonna be extra upset since you’ve been our friend since we were wee tots.”

“Yeah…” Scott sighed and moved so as he could lean against Grian fully, wrapping an arm over him. “I love you, I hope your family are ok with us being together.”

“They better be.”

Limited Life was a lot of fun. Scott got closer with Martyn which was nice, seeing as the two hadn’t seen each other properly for a while. And Martyn won! Scott was so proud of his teammate!

When they arrived at the after party, Grian was pacing around still in his bad boy attire. Something about your boyfriend being in a death game when you aren’t there is even more terrifying than having a friend or crush down there.

They don't want their relationship to affect the game - for better or worse. Grian is very aware Lizzie and Joel are all cutesy about it, Martyn is... Martyn whilst Jimmy and Tango tend to keep their relationship separate.

It adds an edge to the whole thing, though. Grian doesn't know how the others participate whilst knowing their partner is in there, possibly in danger, and there can't even help. It's awful! He'd pull Scott out, but that wouldn't be fair on either of them.

Scott knows it's his turn to one-up Grian. It's a little war they've been having. Things snuck into their offices, going off in front of students, added paragraphs into essays, stolen snacks. It's silly, it helps neither of them... But they love it.

Being a Watcher is something you can never truly leave behind. It changes your very being irreversibly.

There's no way to tell if somebody has left the Watchers without... Talking to them about it. Grian and Scott avoided each other for some time because of this. Not the easiest feat, since Scott does organise the teams for MCC. And Grian does enjoy MCC. But they managed via awkward conversations.

Scott eventually got tired of the song and dance because like. If Grian hasn't sold him out yet then he's probably not going to, is he? And arranging these teams is hard enough without all these stilted conversations.

It turns out, it's nice to have someone else who understands your experience. Even if said experience is 'being kind of traumatised and changed in ways invisible to the human eye but that will forever stick with you.'

It was a relief, then, when Scott was in the Life Series with them. Scott gets it. He understands. Grian had no idea how much he needed somebody who understands - especially with all this.

The celebrations are always something to behold. Humans may not celebrate for the same reason as Scott and Grian, but they like that the celebrations are for them all the same.

They dance into the night, eating enough human food to satiate them until the next one. Their immortal feet hurt, cheeks sore from laughing and smiling.

At the end of the night, they always spend time with each other. Away from the noise and crowds, just the two of them. Scott leans into Grian's side, their hands linked between them.

-🌻

Chromia is pleasantly temperate, which makes it a perfect place for growing crops, hosting travellers and cuddling under a big blanket. With Scott enjoying colour so much, it made sense to learn how dye fabrics to forge his own creations. You don't find clothes as stylish as his anywhere!