Lowkey headcanon I’ve had for a while under the cut cause, y’know, sensitive nature && length.
I’ve always been very definite with what happened with how Grace met Garrett because I obviously differ from the show. She used the fact she knew she was attractive to get information from customers in the bar && sold the information to him, after a few weeks when she was locking up a customer attacked her, Garrett arrived to save her && killed the guy, he made her an offer of joining ‘ shield ’ && becoming stronger, learn to defend herself.
I’ve always had a lot of headcanons around that && talking about a similar one in my AU groups got me more open with this one.
Obviously Grace had to attend many a party growing up as one of the children of a rich politician && some of them were her parents && she at least had to show her face && play the good daughter. Just smile && play along but growing older her father’s associates, older men with the smell of cigars && bourbon clinging to them, would get more hands on with her. The first few times she tries to ignore the unwanted hand on her hip until it moves to her ass && she’s never been good with her temper but her mother steps in. Drags her out with a grip so tight she doesn’t know how her arm isn’t broken whilst all smiles && there’s murder.
She can’t ruin a connection like that, can’t bring the attention. She needs to learn to keep her mouth shut && let her father’s associates have want they want && do what they want so their family can climb. As far as her parents are concerned she’s lucky && she needs to learn because they already have a future planned for her with the well off pastor’s boy.
So she can’t complain && she remembers one day they’d do the same to her sister so she decides to do what she has to do – she mans up. It makes her more inclined to explore her sexuality in a way. Then she goes to boarding school && has to find a way to get money && so many years of men groping her lends itself well to working in a bar. She starts getting extra tips, more money in her pocket to keep her going. It easy to go further && ignore being treated like a piece of meat by drunken stranger if she gets more money from Garrett. She knows how to survive.
Then when she’s locking up it goes too far. He comes out of nowhere because she told him no, pushes her into the wall && she’s never had the chance to learn real self defence && she can already feel blood on her face thanks to the impact. He gets so far as to rip her dress and nearly cut her throat with a dirty piece of glass he found trying to threaten her. Then Garrett’s blown his brains out && she’s left almost disconnected because she always told herself it would never happen to her. Not that far.
It colours how she sees men a lot for the rest of her life. Especially a lot of older men, she finds it harder to trust them but more than that, she is cautious about developing real relationships with men in general. Something casual she can do but when it might be more, when it might be real, she panics && pushes them away && tries to stop it being anything more.
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