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Jeff is 100% the one who's afraid of heights, & Barb has to hold him when they ride the Ferris Wheel. She's giggling the whole time and kissing his forehead while he sulks because it's not very metal of him.

But he really likes the little kisses & being in her arms. Totally worth it.

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Jeff & Barb HC:

If they order delivery or forget to check the bags aftering picking up fast food, and they've messed up Barb's order Jeff is not allowed to go back and make a fuss.

Barb's easily embarrassed and her mind constantly races with "What if it was just a mistake?" or "What if they were overworked?" and "What if my complaint gets them fired?" and so on.

Jeff doesn't buy into that way of thinking, but...to spare her the anxiety, he's come up with another way to deal with it.

Jeff simply picks the offending food item off of Barb's food and puts it onto or into his food. Even when he doesn't like that food item either.

But Jeff? Dude, just throw it away?

Nope, Barb doesn't believe in wasting food when there's an issue of homelessness and poverty state and worldwide.

Jeff thinks it's bullshit, but he loves his gentlehearted girlfriend, so he's doing the thing.

But you know what?

Barb does it for him too ~ when the food item is something she doesn't find completely revolting, but he does. She can mostly contribute by swapping beverages with him if he thinks his drink is nasty. Barb likes all kinds of soft drinks.

"You know it's kind of romantic" Eddie laughs when he first hears about it in Hellfire. "I'd eat nasty shit for you - screams keeper."

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Barb's Good Bad Day

She's having a bad day, that morning was supposed to be great. Barb had gotten a new make-up set from her mother. But none of the colors looked particularly great on her face, (of course they did, but she didn't think so), So she washed it all off.

It was a shame because it would have been lovely with that new blouse she bought last Saturday.

Speaking of that blouse? Carol bumped into her at lunch and got mystery meat sauce all over it. Nancy caused a bit of a scene to drag an apology out of Carol, and well... Barb's not sure if she'll ever live down the embarrassment she felt.

Her soda leaked onto her paper due that day.

And of course, it rained after she decided to leave her umbrella at home.

But....

Jeff held his leather jacket over Barb's head on the way to his car, and they got churros at the mini-mart.

Jeff shot a spitball into Carol's hair while on the way to Physical Ed.

Barb found a tiny note in her locker that said she looked cute in her shirt and matching nail polish. In very familiar handwriting, although sweetly anonymous.

There was a flower left on the desk she usually sits at in 2nd period. Of course, people teased her, but...it still made her smile.

"Am I having a bad day?" Barb thought to herself.

The gentle beat of Jeff's heart was trying to convince her otherwise. It was hard to complain as they sat cuddled in the back of his car, listening to the rain, and the radio. Quietly sharing a book as they studied, he absently traced the lines in her palm with his finger.

"Jeff?" she questions.

"Yeah?"

"I changed my mind. Maybe today wasn't too terrible."

Jeff looked away from the book and nuzzled his face into the top of her hair, murmuring, "Yeah? Then maybe my day was a little better, too."

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Wild Things - Barb x Jeff And we will leave the empty chairs to those who say we can't sit there

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When they were simply pinning, Barb and Jeff would go to the library simultaneously just to "randomly" bump into each other while looking for study material for the class they shared.

This would lead to them saying they weren't ready for the test next week, which leads to them planning to study together in the afternoons.

Only, you see... they're both getting a big, large, shiny, glittering A in that class already.

On top of that, they are dressed as cute as possible. Both trying to ignore that's not what they originally wore for the day. But both tossing each other compliments.

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Barb Joins Hellfire Club

Barb is putting cornrows in Jeff's hair while they watch a movie together and plan out her new DnD character for her first time at Hellfire.

They spend hours getting even the smallest details, as Barb as turned it into a full-on study session while she pours over the guidebook. Jeff's chest is puffed out with pride as he walks her through the rules and game mechanics.

Jeff never hears the end of it because his impatient self is taking all the time in the world to help her build it. When normally he wouldn't give a shit.

Eddie's worried their characters are going to hook up in the game and be extremely mushy about it.

But Barb's character ends up being a complete tank who's hyper-focused on her character arch and is oblivious to the affections of Jeff's character.

While Jeff's character is in relentless pursuit of her character.

To have more fun with this, Eddie has set up an NPC to crush on Barb's character. Some "cretin" (as Jeff calls them) from her character's past.

The whole of Hellfire treats the interactions of their characters like an addictive soap opera. Half the group hates it, half the group is living for it, and everyone's trying to pull the strings of Jeff's and Barb's DnD character's fate.

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Jeff & Barb's First Fight

Oh, it was terrible, it was horrible, nobody slept for days. Nobody could get Jeff out of bed, he spent the weekend in the same underwear he wore Friday morning, listening to Barb's favorite song on repeat while serving off junk food.

His dad left him dinner at his bedroom door and even ordered him pizza. Which led to "Barb likes pizza, the veggie kind with the little mushrooms." as he sulked back into his room with her average cheese pizza.

Barb, on the other hand, is on a kick about how guys are terrible. They're all bad and a waste of time. Or at least for a handful of minutes. Because now she's asking Nancy, "Should I call him? He's probably sorry, we're probably being silly. I should totally call him."

Nancy gladly passes her the phone, "No! you're supposed to stop me!"

But Nancy is done, it's been three days of anger venting turning into mushy "I wonder what he's doing now" turning into "God, I miss his smile," turning back to anger.

Jeff's Dad has called Eddie and the guys to come talk him into at least taking a shower. Eventually, Eddie bribes him with money and "I'll go with you to where Barb hangs out with Wheeler, but you aren't meeting her smelling like onions, coconut lip gloss, and stale Pringles.

"But the lip gloss smells like-"

"Barb" Eddie and the guys sigh in unison.

It works.

The moment Jeff and Barb spot each other, it's a magnetic pull. Before they know it, they're standing across from each other. Jeff's hands are shoved into his pockets as he rocks back and forth on his heels.

Barb is crushing her purse to her chest, biting her lip as she watches him.

The silence is loud.

Barb glances back at Nancy, who is trying to signal for her to talk.

Jeff has done the same to Eddie and the guys, with Gareth motioning his hands as if saying shoo as he mouths "Go on."

The regretful pair turn to each other with saddened expressions as they each speak at once, "I'm sorry"

A smile brightens across both their faces?

"Really?" barb asks.

"Yeah, I don't even remember why I was mad in the first place," Jeff speaks quickly.

"Me neither," says Barb, who glances at him hopefully, "So, Ice cream?"

Jeff holds out his arm, waiting for her to hook her arm around it, "On me, and a movie."

Barb takes hold of Jeff's arm, grinning from ear to ear, before looking back at Nancy excitedly.

Nancy released a relieved sigh, she'll get her life back for the evening.

"Never again?" Barb asked Jeff as they walked away.

He gives a deep warm chuckle, "Never, ever, again. It's bad for my health."