WAIT A SECOND okay so headcanon that Stan and Monogram met outside of OWCA, and they bonded over their mutual love of money or something idk they just got really close without involving OWCA. But Stan is always really hard on himself because of what happened with Ford and the science project and the fact that’s he’s been on the run for years and all that, and he usually tries to keep that to himself because he has a reputation as the cockiest son of a bitch the world has ever seen to uphold, right? But one day it’s hitting him really hard and he comes clean to Monogram and basically tells the guy that he knows he’s never going to amount to anything but that Monogram presumably has a bright future ahead of himself, and that maybe Monogram should ditch him to focus on school now that he’s in The Academy™ and Stan won’t be offended because at this point he’s used to being left behind. And Monogram is like dude no what the fuck because Stan is a great person, if occasionally morally ambiguous, and he has so much potential that he just hasn’t unlocked yet. And Monogram literally begs him to join The Academy™ with him, if only to prove that he can make something of himself. And Stan still wants nothing to do with OWCA but how can he say no to Francis, right? And that’s how Stan ends up at The Academy™ with Monogram, and that’s why Monogram always hates looking back on his time there -- he and Stan had a really nice thing going there until it all fell apart, and even though it’s been decades and Monogram is married and has a son now, he’d be lying if he said he didn’t still miss Stan Pines, the best and worst boyfriend he’s ever had.
