Sometimes I think about pre academy Fitz & Simmons out there in the world graduating college and getting masters degrees by the age of 16
And being all sorts of singled out and lonely and awkward and confused by the social norms of their adult surroundings
And how exponentially hard it would have been for Fitz who probably got sent to university as a pre-pubescent thirteen year old but only after years of public school being really hard for him because he was light years ahead and too shy to say anything
And he goes to university early and keeps his head down and gets most of his bachelors coursework done in a matter of months and soon he’s fourteen and he’s starting his doctorate thesis on quantum mechanics and getting offers and calls from all over the world and then his fifteen year old self has to navigate this huge life choice
And Jemma Simmons being bright and attractive and celebrated by her family but ultimately being chided by her classmates for being a know it all and inevitably being looked down on by her peers because she is young and a woman and pretty in a scientific field
And maybe it seems like she had it easier because her parents and teachers recognized her talents early and put her in to tutoring and accelerated programs at a private school - but it was still really isolating
And then finally they’re both in this amazing place full of the smartest people in the world doing life changing, world saving work and they’re both in awe and reverberating with excitement at this building full of people like them - but they’re still the youngest and the smallest, and everything is so American and ‘did I make a mistake coming here?’
And then they meet each other and collide like magnets and there’s weeks where Fitz doesn’t know how to talk to Jemma and she is worried he’ll think she’s following him around but finally they get partnered up in a lab and its like “oh, there you are, I found you”
