HIGHSCHOOL // AU

[birdsbirdsbirds]

This shit has practically become its own canon so here's a post pulling it all together.


1) Robin and Tek meet at a party, get drunk, play gay-chicken in a closet, get kicked out of said party, and then have a weird sleepover at Robin's house.
2) They wake up in the middle of the night because Tek has to puke, but Robin is nice about it and the two of them fall back asleep.
3) They meet up again after school, and Robin "invites" Tek out to go eat at Danny's and see a movie.
3) At the movies, hilarity ensues.

ALSO THIS STUFF (not in chronological order yet):
https://psychoshenanigans.dreamwidth.org/13202.html?thread=947346#cmt947346
https://psychoshenanigans.dreamwidth.org/17522.html#cutid1

Also notes for the canon:

Robin's parents are divorced; his biological dad is not brought up much. His step-father is doing work abroad and has brought many of Robin's step-siblings with him. Robin was left behind to finish his education and he's been bitter about it ever since. His aunt swings by to take care of him, feed him, make sure he's doing okay, etc., and his mom Skypes with him at least a couple of times a week.

Also his teenage name is "Robin Redmond", lol.

Comments

[heresyandlace]

No. Of course not. They're for, like--

[misunderstanding the exact nature of Robin's disbelief, he reaches and pulls a corner of the box toward himself, intending to point out how the recommended age range is for teenagers (or pre-teens at the very least)... but trails off when he sees that the box says "for ages +8."]

...Oh. Nevermind.

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Yeah.

[he gestures at the box as if he wants some kind of an explanation. when none comes, his staring turns to a slow blink, which turns to him pushing the board game up towards Tek's face.]

Tek, why can I buy these in my local Toys R Us. Why is this a thing?

[heresyandlace]

[Tek blinks back at him, slowly, as he finally starts to catch on to what Robin is actually getting hung up on here. and his eyebrows raise suddenly.]

Where else would you get them? Do you think they only show up in spooky attics when you're least expecting it or something?

[birdsbirdsbirds]

I... I guess?

[so sue him, he's never had to think about where Ouiji boards come from before. he shrugs, making a couple of nothing sounds before finally lowering the board.]

Or from like--I thought you got them from spooky mediums, or like, you know, weirdos on Etsy.

[he's astonished, really, looking back at the stack of them available for purchase.]

I didn't think they were mass produced by a children's toy company, what the fuck.

[heresyandlace]

[Tek takes the lowered board from Robin's hands... and then slowly presses it toward the other boy's chest again.

take this. accept this.]

...Gotta make money on superstitious teen girls somehow, right?

[c'mon. accept the reign of capitalism and let's go.]

[birdsbirdsbirds]

No, this is fucked up!

[but now he's holding onto this board pretty securely. he tilts it back to get another look at the front, taking in the spooky, haunted-house looking fonts and fake wood grain...]

Shit, does it have like, a Hasbro trademark on it and everything?

[he hasn't said no to buying it... luckily for Tek, he's curious enough about this thing being mass-produced by a toy company for wide consumption that he's started walking away with it, presumably ready to purchase it so he can witness the capitalist pit-trap himself.]

[heresyandlace]

[Tek laughs a little--short and dry--at Robin's continued indignation. he can find entertainment in this now that Robin seems like he's submitting to the purchase. though, even if Robin is walking away and committing himself to this, Tek needs to point out one more option before they go.]

Well yeah, otherwise there would be Disney ones, Mattel ones... though, if you do want one that matches our Barbie-- [he points back at a set of very pink boxes that are easy to overlook as being associated with the board in his hands because of their color.]

[birdsbirdsbirds]

[it takes Robin a second to even realize what he's looking over at... but once he does, the indignance reaches an all-time high.]

No. No, no, no! We're leaving.

[which he says as he gets behind Tek and starts to jostle them faster down the aisle, using the boardgame to push the gothy teenager along in front of him.]

[heresyandlace]

[the dramatics make him giggle and he clips along faster in his tall heels, speeding up so that Robin isn't pushing him so much anymore. okay, okay, they're going.

but about halfway to the checkout lanes, Tek gasps as something dawns on him.]

Aw, fuck! ...I didn't film any of that.

[it would have been social media gold.]

[birdsbirdsbirds]

[Robin covers his face to keep back a sudden embarrassed laugh--not because of the idea of being filmed, but because of the young girl whose eyes go wide at the sudden swear. as she turns to her mother, presumably to tattle on Tek for saying a bad word, Robin keeps on walking and continues in a quieter tone.]

Jeez, that would have been stupid. Vine would have loved it.

[he shakes his head, taking them through self-checkout. $34 of useless garbage to add on top of the $20 lunch and maybe $15 of snacks? he wonders if his mom will even ask, or if she's just going to assume he's out with friends or picking up a hobby.

well, that's not far off. a little of column A, a little of column B.]

[heresyandlace]

[don't forget the $8 of candles. you can't have a haunted doll adventure without something that at least looks like a seance, and you can't have that without uselessly burning a bunch of candles.

Tek obviously hasn't noticed the scandalized child--or any of the other ones around them--as he gets into line, places the doll on top of the board game in Robin's arms, and continues to speak a little too loudly.]

I could have put that on Instagram and gotten a million hits. Goddamn.

[and he's not letting that opportunity pass him by again. his camera is already out and taking photos (hopefully) of this leg in their quest.]

[birdsbirdsbirds]

[Robin shrugs off the camera, even if it isn't pointed at him. he'd be lying if he wasn't planning on taking a few pics for the 'gram him own account. when opportunity knocks, right?]

All right, all right. Let's go home and give you something actually worth recording.

[there we go. things paid for, junk in a plastic bag, and out of the store they go!]

[heresyandlace]

[with all of his carefully laid plans coming to fruition, Tek is overflowing with renewed energy. he can be a lazy little shit when he wants, but now he's practically skipping his way out of the store, frolicking a few steps ahead as they get back to the car.

thank goodness he has things to busy with on his phone during the ride back to Robin's place, otherwise he'd be bouncing in his seat.]