Hi, since you have an ask option, I thought I might ask if you have any garnest headcanons? :)
Like I could see Gary being the one to start their relationship (maybe because he was bored & wanted to see if he could, for his own amusement you know?) only for him to be genuinely surprised at how territorial Earnest gets when he sees him flirt with someone else?
Sorry this was so random btw! I hope you don't mind!
I have been waiting for someone to ask this omg ily
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Earnest Jones- The thinker♡
(In lore order, I will be doing general HC's later this evening)
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Earnest was watching long before Gary noticed:
Earnest had been observing Gary from day one -- before Gary ever stepped foot in the Nerds’ domain. He knew Gary's class schedule, his fights, how he smiled right before saying something cruel.
He didn't even see it as stalking -- it was “gathering data.”
He watched from vents, through library stacks, and via hidden cameras he rigged around the school. Gary never noticed -- and Earnest liked it that way.
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He knew the plan to take over the school would fail:
Earnest agreed to help Gary take over the school, not because he believed in the plan’s success, but because he knew it would fall apart.
And when it did? Gary would be desperate, paranoid, isolated --perfect conditions for Earnest to make himself the only person Gary could turn to.
It wasn’t manipulation, Earnest told himself -- it was “inevitable affection.”
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The first time gary came to him for help:
Gary hated it --hated needing help, hated depending on someone.
But Earnest was the only one who had real tactical intelligence.
Gary asked something simple at first, like a surveillance angle on the Preps. Earnest delivered flawlessly. Gary came back. And back again.
Earnest acted modest, but inside, he was thrilled. He was becoming essential to Gary.
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Gary started catching feelings --and it scared him:
Gary didn’t want to care. He told himself he was using Earnest. That he was just a tool. But it started to feel different.
He liked Earnest’s voice. His obsession. The way he looked at him like he was divine and dangerous.
Gary would catch himself lingering when Earnest handed him blueprints, brushing fingers too long.
It made him angry -- and that only made him come back harder.
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Earnest was possessive the moment Gary let him in:
Once Gary started needing him, Earnest locked in. Subtly at first: glaring at anyone who got too close, “forgetting” to tell Gary about events that might distract him.
He’d speak softly but with underlying venom: “You know they dont understand you like I do.”
He kept files on everyone Gary interacted with -- and blackmailed or discredited anyone who made Gary smile too long.
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Gary trusted him -- But it was twisted:
Gary didn’t trust anyone. But Earnest... was predictable. Controlled. Obsessively loyal.
When he spiraled, Earnest was there. Cold hands. Calm voice. Calculating mind.
Sometimes, Gary would come to Earnest’s room at night, wordless, crawling under his covers and whispering things like, “Don’t leave me. Just…don’t."
And Earnest would hold him --silently triumphant, fiercely protective.
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Earnest’s dominance wasn’t loud-- It was total:
Earnest didn’t need to raise his voice.
He spoke in facts. In precision. In promises that cut deeper than any insult.
And Gary, who tore others apart with a word, fell silent when Earnest looked at him a certain way.
Because Gary knew --if Earnest wanted to ruin him, he could. And somehow that made Gary want him more.
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Earnest keeps gary’s meds, just in case:
After Gary’s breakdown post-ascension, Earnest took his medication into his own care.
Gary doesn’t know that Earnest sometimes gives him half-doses when he’s too “difficult.”
Not to harm him -- just to remind him who’s in control. Who knows him. Who can fix him.
And Gary, deep down, suspects it --but says nothing. Because he’d rather lose his mind with Earnest than be sane alone.
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There will be a part two!!
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