#and then my partner texted me “and you thought you werent autistic”

[akaikali]

Okay so i definitely explained this in the beginning of this fic but I thought I'd write out my thoughts here

So in my headcanon, gerry was born in 1983. Eric delano successfully left the institute in 1996, when gerry was about 11. I know that canonically Gerry was two when Eric died but if Jonny and Alex can fuck with their timeline, so can I. That would put Gerry at roughly 31 when he dies (IF he dies, depending on the fic).

Now for michael, I headcanon him as being born in 1975 and starting to work at the institute as just a normal researcher in 1995. That way he would have met eric at some point before eric left, but it can also line up michael only becoming an archival assistant in 2003 when fiona law died because he only got transferred over after her confirmed death.

I know canonically, gertrude and gerry only met in 2013 so thats after michael's death and in some fics, i might go according to that timeline but im taking liberties here and saying that gertrude found gerry in 2008 not long after eric asked her to.

So yes, in my headcanon, gerry and michael have an 8 year age gap. if that bothers you, my interpretation may not be for you, and that's totally fine! For me, they're both adults when they meet for the first time do I don't see any problem with it

Anyways yeah gerrymichael timeline thoughts

(Also gonna plug my fic here too bc it goes according to this timeline)