What are some of your zaya headcanons?
You have no idea how long I’ve waited for someone to send me this ask… Just get ready because I have a whole 2 pages already written out ready to go!
Maya decides that she can’t go on tour with Craig but she goes to meet him and explains that her mental health has to come first. Surprisingly he tells her about his past and his own mental health problems and he assures her that she isn’t getting away that easily. He tells her that he will hire her (for very little pay) during the school year as an assistant at his studio in LA and in return he will help her with her music. He tells her that he believes in her because her music is amazing and it sort of reminds him of Ashley
Before Maya and Zig and Tiny set off on their road trip to California, they stay for Grace’s surgery and to help out for a week or two after if she needs anything. (I’m still kinda jipped that Jonah was the only one in her pics.)
On their road trip, they caravan with Tiny and Shay because Caltech is only 40 minutes from SoCalArt. But half way through the trip Maya and Zig decide to take more time to explore so Tiny and Shay keep moving because Shay is going to a track and field camp there and has to make it on time. Tiny says he will meet them in LA when Maya and Zig finally make it there. He is totally cool with leaving them behind because they are literally on the verge of hooking up. Plus, he wants to spend more time with Shay ;)
When they leave for the road trip they have yet to officially get back together because both of them are nervous about making the first move. But both of them literally act like a couple minus all the kissing and making out and they literally hang out every day which is why they are so comfortable traveling cross country together
Maya is scared of getting back together because she wants to focus 100% on her mental health and her music career and not worry about keeping up a long-distance relationship. She knows that Zig would totally move out to LA but she doesn’t want him moving out there just to be with her because that is a lot of pressure on them if they only JUST got back together. So, she wants to be with him but doesn’t know how it would work out
Zig feels pretty much the same but that he WANTS to move out to LA to be with Maya even if they aren’t a couple just because they are best friends and he can’t imagine not having her around. But he is scared to tell Maya that because he thinks it may sound too clingy and he doesn’t want to rush things this time around.
But they both go on the road trip and they know that they are gonna end up hooking up because it really isn’t a secret that they both have romantic feelings for each other.
Before they go Zig is sure to go to a doctor and get tested because after being with Esme who knows what he could have gotten – it was Tiny’s idea to go. At first Tiny said it as a joke but Zig wanted to get checked out just in case anything happened with Maya…he couldn’t be too sure.
The trip is 44 hours with no stops and they decide to go through Chicago, St. Louis, Denver, Grand Canyon, and Vegas to really try to make it the best road trip possible.
They aren’t in any rush to get to California so they pretty much stop at all the cute little shops on the side of the road and if they see anything fun going on they do it. They buy all their friends little souvenirs along the way. At one of them Zig sees an antique ruby ring (like Maya’s middle name) and he has no intention of asking Maya to marry him any time soon but he knows that she’s the one that he wants to spend the rest of his life with so he says what the hell and just saves it for the right time whenever that may be.
They finally hook up somewhere in the middle of Kansas. He is singing along very badly (on purpose) to an Ed Sheeran song and she’s laughing at him until she just says “pull over.” And he’s instantly concerned and worried about her so he does and as soon as he puts it in park she kisses him. After a couple of minutes they pull apart and start laughing until she says “okay keep driving”
About 2 days into the trip while they are driving at night waiting to find the nearest motel, Maya blurts out that when she was unconscious after she overdosed she saw Cam. She doesn’t know if it was her seeing him from the afterlife or just her body’s way of trying to make her live but he talked her into staying and that killing herself would be a mistake. Zig just holds her hand and traces tiny circles on the back of her hand because this is the first time in a long time that they have really reflected on how much Cam’s death had affected both of their lives.
They take super cute couple photos at the Grand Canyon. So much so that an elderly couple asks them if they are on their honeymoon.
In Vegas, they get really drunk and embarrass themselves doing karaoke.
While in Denver, Zig begins texting Tiny and suggests they get an apartment in LA together because there is no way that he can’t not stay with Maya.
When Maya finally caves and says that she wants Zig to stay in LA, but they can’t live together or anything because Maya is living in the dorms, he replies that Tiny is already on the hunt for cheap apartments.
While in LA, Zig gets a job at a fancy restaurant as a chef and after working there for a while he decides to go to cooking school. Mostly in part because he grows really close to his boss at the restaurant who inspires him to really strive to be a chef and make something of himself. Also being able to go to culinary school will allow him to stay in the US for longer than 6 months while still being a Canadian.
During the school year, Maya is technically living in the dorms but in reality, she spends most nights at Zig and Tiny’s apartment.
A little after Christmas, Maya moves into their apartment officially mainly because Zig and Tiny desperately need someone else to help pay the rent.
They adopt a dog from the animal shelter and name him Sheeran because it was Zig’s horrible rendition of Give Me Love that caused them to officially get back together.
Over a year after she first got to LA, Maya gets a chance to open for Craig at a huge venue in LA. Tristan shows up over a week in advance to visit. But before the show, Katie, Zoe, Miles, Winston, Grace, Jonah, Tiny (of course), and even Tori all come out to LA to support Maya in her big show.
Maya still wears the charm bracelet that Cam gave her all those years ago for every performance, but after her big show it’s Tristan that buys her the first new charm to go on it since Cam gave it to her.
While working with Craig at the studio she has met Ellie, his fiancé, several times, and they have gotten pretty close. So close that Ellie takes Maya with her to group therapy on Wednesday nights. Ellie really takes Maya under her wing and becomes like another older sister to her.
Back during his senior year, Zig began getting closer with his family again even though he lived in a group home. He is especially closer with his younger brother who is starting at Degrassi soon. Zig occasionally travels back to Toronto for a week or two during the year to go visit them and Grace. While he’s back he briefly checks in on Esme too to make sure she is doing alright. But just as friends, which Esme completely understands.
During his weeks back in Toronto, the snapchats, text messages, and FaceTimes between Maya and Zig are absolutely ridiculous. Let’s just say that they couldn’t have pulled off long distance because they miss each other WAY too much.