xt1me | college AU fic idea

I’m up to ep 118 now on Dice, Camera, Action.

I still haven’t caught up but I couldn’t resist looking up fic though I am trying to avoid spoilers.

It’s kind of hilarious that the payers have written fanfic for their own characters.

Not just back story either, Anna wrote a High School AU.

Before I read that I was actually thinking what a collage AU would be like.

Strix would be someone who didn’t pay go to college but was sitting in the back of classes & taking advantage of student stuff. She would be squatting with Diath, who she knew before, as she was technically homeless.

Diath would be a scholarship kid. Overly serious because he knew what was at stake. He’s always working so hard no one would ever expect him to be hiding/covering for Strix.

Paultain would be the dunk that goes to all the parties. Everyone always assumes someone else invited him & all the frat boys think he’s part of someone other frat. He comes across as such a uncaring ass no one realises he’s actually studying music pretty seriously.

Evelyn would be the student who, until now, had only ever gone to religious schools. Trying to find her place in the world, slightly naive but not as weak as she looked.

I then thought further how, as these are the waffle crew, their back stories would actually be much more darker then that.

Strix was born in another country, escaped human traffickers. Worked in a rundown restaurant under the table until it got busted up in some gang war. Let’s say it was between the Skizziks & the Lorcatha. And she terrified that one day they’ll come for her since she saw some of them. She ran. She was homeless until she found Diath.

Diath’s mom was out of the picture & his dad was in jail. Everyone around him thought he was no good so he was an easy scape goat. He was arrested one trumped up charges that fell through when it came to court. He made friends with Stick when he found her out in the trash. When he saved up enough for collage she decided to just come alone since she had nothing else.

Paultain would be part of the traveling community. Romani I guess. His parents killed when Van Richten, a truck driver morning the death of his son, side swiped their caravan. Put in the system, since authorities aren’t great at handling minorities, he hopped around. Eventually finding a sweetheart he fully planned to ask to marry him only to come back to find her dead due to a home invasion gone wrong. He never planned to go to college but Sandra did so after her death her parents basically gave the money they had saved up for it & he drunkenly applied & got in.

Evelyn’s farther was a minister & her mother owned a ranch. She thought she would go into religious orders when she was younger. She didn’t return when her mother was sick believing her study more important but when she died she kind of blamed her for not coming back. Her brother does too. Her father died of a broken heat & her brother, who she hasn’t spoken to since, runs the business. She still has the money that was set aside for her college fund but she’s pretty sure she needs to find a different path in life now.

Wow these guys’ pasts are dark.
My original idea for this AU was it to be something light-hearted.

Opps.