#for the past months i've watched some of holt's old movies and shows and that somehow inspired this

[8ripecunts]

age swap au

ignore me LMAO lemme just ramble about this

i hardly changed their core personalities because their characters are already perfect but yeah, here's my thought process:

bill:

- bsu's golden boy, worked his way up in being an integral part of the department in his young age; liked by his colleagues and superiors, basically The Cool Guy in the fbi

- keeps the crewcut he got during law enforcement training in the fbi academy; maintains a healthy physique & judges holden's shitty lifestyle

- married early, which will eventually crumble due to his immaturity in handling relationships as he tends to run away from his domestic problems by hanging out with colleagues & drowning himself with work

- knew from the start that he wouldn't get along that well with holden because of how uptight he is, but for some reason is drawn to him and feels the need to protect the old man

holden:

- has been thru a lot of shit in his years in the fbi, and has been stubbornly trying to reform how the bureau is being run because he's sick of seeing how nothing has changed through the years

- has a scar on his chest that he got when he was drafted during the korean war (based on jgroff's actual chest scar ehe); bill couldn't believe holden has been in the army

- looks older than he is due to chainsmoking, reliance to microwavable food, and mostly stress from his work

- haven't had a serious relationship because he is "married to his work" until he meets debbie who is way younger than him. their relationship don't last long, which gives him existential crisis, accepting that he would die alone so he eventually pushes people away (especially his partner, bill) like he always does