I’m always a ho for gertchase so have some of my headcanons (based heavily on the comics so SPOILERS I guess but also a bit of the tv series) also it’s long because I’m trash.
Chase hates the smell of Gerts hair dye, (which is canon) like. as much as he loves her, this is his line in the sand. One of them is not sleeping in bed that night, he can’t do it. he can handle Old Lance curling up like an oversized dog at the foot of the bed sometimes (he complains but lbr he adores that dino) and the resulting dino drool, and even when she stays up ‘till the wee hours reading, but smelly hair goo? Absolutely not.
Gert likes to rest her head on his chest and listen to him breathe and feel the vibrations when he talks and L O V E S it when he draws patterns on her arms.
Chase is one of the few people aware of where Gert is ticklish. (the backs of her knees and her armpits) and that sometimes she just needs a little tickle to feel a bit better.
they talk all the time. like. that couple sitting in each others’ laps and whispering and giggling? that’s them when Gert is feeling like pda. It’s also them when no one is around. they also just. talk over breakfast, and while watching tv and in bed. all. the. time. about everything.
It is during one of these cuddle fests that Gert finds out how much Chase A D O R E S her tummy. She’s so soft and warm and he loves feeling her all over and like. She knows she’s fat and she tries very hard not to be self-conscious about it and doesn’t want to need others affirming her beauty but y’know, sometimes it’s hard? Especially when it is well known her bf is really fit. So him really loving feeling her up and mumbling into her neck how much he loves her chub was very nice.
ok this is pretty obvious but when they’re older? Power Couple. just. they are couple goals they’re so in love and in sync with each other even though they are very very different people.
Gert is super protective of him ok? she knows he can fight his own battles but she’s ready to jump down someone’s throat (or get OL to) if they so much as make him look sad (she doesn’t want anyone to know tho because she has a cool and collected rep to uphold) Chase is almost always in Gert’s corner unless he needs to ground her down a bit. but he doesn’t even have to hold her flower because he’s standing back to back with her and they’re rdy 2 fite
The rest of the fam calls them mom and dad because. they totally are, Nico might be de facto leader but if Molly wants permission to do something she’s asking Chase first (he’s more likely to say yes to dangerous things, Gert for watching non-age-appropriate shows) Victor even asks sometimes and Gert is like “uhhh sure? dude you can do whatever you want really so long it doesn’t screw the entire team over”
Chase realizes that Gert’s his best friend when Victor (who is also like, his best friend so same same but different? the others are obvs like siblings.) does something dumb and his voice kinda shorts out and he talks like Darth Vader for half a day but breaks into laughter because of it so it’s surreal and Chase thinks Can’t wait to tell Gert about this and then gets all mushy smiles.
Gert realizes when Chase is telling her about said Darth Victor incident and he can hardly keep a straight face.
I’m gonna make a part two of this because it got too long lmao I love them