Okay so now I need more KY Gladiator AU (KYGAU?) headcanons. Do you have any?

I didn't have time yesterday or the day before (I don't remember when you sent this) but here you go...

Gladiator AU, 150 BC, Capua

-So, again, to recap...Kate's father is one of the most important senators in the Roman Empire. Yelena is a Gladiator. It changed later, but during this period in history Gladiators are the scourge of society. They're legit the lowest rung on the social ladder (at least to rich folk, the best ones were often celebrities and had their choice of women within the lower class). Veryyyy few were volunteers but most were literally enslaved. They're owned by someone who bought them to fight. They're not free.

-Anyway...rich folk often paid the Gladiator's owners for them to come on and put on little shows at their houses for private parties. Obviously not real fights but basically wrestle each other or whatever. "Come on, monkey. Dance for me." rich people type of shit. So one night Kate's dad hires the guy who owns Yelena to come to his party to do one of those and the dude takes Yelena as one of the performers. Yelena HATES those things. They're so fucking annoying. It's not like she has a choice.

-Kate is at the party talking to all the men trying to court the senator's daughter. She loves being the center of attention. Then the show starts. She doesn't really give a fuck about this kind of stuff. It's so...Savage but...the blonde one is GOOD and...not bad to look at???

-The whole thing is over and they just leave the gladiators there chained in a corner while the man that owns them is smooching around the room. He's the biggest kiss ass. Kate could tell one of the gladiators was lowkey eyeing the food and drinks. They had been there for hours and she had not seen them eat. Kate brings them some food. Yelena (she'd technically be Helena in this time but you know), proud as she is, is the only one who doesn't take it. Kate is all half teasing her about being too good for rich people food. Yelena basically tells her she's being fake af because just five seconds ago they were being used for entertainment and now she's here trying to play the role of the nice rich woman feeding the poor slaves to make herself feel better about herself. And Kate is all ":) well starve then...bitch :)"

-Kate doesn't see her again for a while but can't stop thinking about her. The gladiator - the slave - who stood up to the senator's daughter. Who does she think she is? Then games come to the city. 50 straight days of games. Kate has always hated them. Never cared for them one bit but her father is up for reelection and he organized them so he forces her to be there the first day. Halfway through, they announce this iconic fighter. This undefeat woman who has toured the empire and had never come close to being beaten. Out comes Yelena and the crowd roars. In her mind Kate is immediately like "Okay maybe I like the games after all". Yelena legit kills a dude like three times her size in about two seconds flat and Kate is like WHAT IS THIS I FEEL BETWEEN MY LEGS lol

-Kate comes back literally every day to watch her and her dad is like "?????? I couldn't drag you here with a chain before. What's different now?" And Kate is all "Just know how important this reelection is to you." Not like she's trying to get spank bank material for when she goes home every night or anything. In her head she's all "Why does this gladiator do this to me?!" Cuz you're gay ma'am. Stop being dumb.

-So on day 32 of the games Yelena catches a sword to the side. She still kills the dude cuz it just PISSES HER OFF but it injures her pretty bad. And Kate can't even sleep she's so worried so the next day she takes her little ass to the thing (I know they have a name but I can't remember it right now. It's where the gladiator owners used to house them and train them. Basically their barracks) with a couple baskets in her hand and she forces the owner to talk to her. She's very convincing (aka she pays him a lot of money) and he lets her see Yelena. The moment Yelena walks into the dude's office and she sees Kate she does a 180. She's like...not the fucking spoiled rich bitch lol. She's injured and FEELS LIKE SHIT. She's so not in the mood. But Kate starts pulling shit from her baskets like "You're hurt. People who are hurt need three things to recover: food, sleep, and medicine. I know they're not feeding you well here so I brought you food. Good food. This is a tonic Augusta makes me when I can't sleep. She's been taking care of me since I was a baby. I used to have terrible nightmares when I was young and it always calmed me down. It'll help. And this...this is the best ointment money can buy. Three times a day. As soon as you wake up, mid day, and when you go to bed. And keep the wound clean. That's important too. I brought some bandages as well. I doubt they had clean ones laying around here." And Yelena just stares at her like................who are you, where did you come from, and why are you being nice to me? I don't like it and I don't like how it's making me feel. You're also very hot. Stranger danger.

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