“So we got married for money.” Honestly, that did sound like something she would do. Still, it was hard to believe, and she opened her mouth to call him out on his bullshit–
But he rubbed her finger again and when she glanced down she saw the ring on it. It was simple, a gold band with a small diamond that gleamed brightly. If she’d ever cared about that kind of thing, this was definitely the kind of ring she would have chosen to wear.
“Oh my god,” she breathed, her eyes going wide as she looked up at him. “This…this is all real, isn’t it?”
He nodded, and her entire world came crumbling down around her as she realized she could deny it no longer.
She really did have amnesia.
.
.
.
or: Louise wakes up out of a coma missing memories from the last fives years of her life - including her marriage to her best friend Regular-Sized Rudy. Written for @roudiseshipweek 2024. Title from Die With a Smile by Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga.
Do you like Bob’s Burgers?- Wait I did this last year…
Roudise Week is BACK BABY!
Last year was so much fun, and I cannot wait to do it again.
Oh you weren’t there? Well let me tell you about it!
Roudise week is a ship week of the sweet relationship of Louise and Rudy from Bob’s Burgers. Some people ship them romantically some platonically, either way, it’s a celebration of the pairing and a chance for us to make some wonderful creations.
Some rules:
The content that is allowed should be from PG up to a Teen audience. Explicit content is not allowed at all for this ship week. That being said, aging up is absolutely allowed and may be more appropriate for certain prompts, however you do not need to do this if you don’t want to.
No harassment! I will not take kindly for any explicit language used towards other fans and their works. If people have different Headcanons around the pairing, please respect peoples opinions. If you have caused any type of harassment to anyone during the ship week, we will not post/reblog your work.
All posts should have the hashtag Roudiseweek2024 or Roudiseweek24.
And now that’s all out of the way we can have fun!
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day two of @roudiseshipweek: growth !! under the cut
also on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/61209589/chapters/156472543
“This is not happening.”
“Uh, I think it is?” Rudy asked more than said, looking down at himself. “But just to be sure, what is ‘it’?”
“Oh, you know what you’re doing,” Louise said, bending down to examine his shoes. “Hmm, they look normal.”
“They’re the same as the last time I saw you. Louise, are you mad I went on vacation with my mom? Because I asked when I was leaving and you specifically said you weren’t.”
She had said it in that classic Louise way, through gritted teeth. Of course she wasn’t mad that Rudy was leaving to go on a cruise for a whole month in the middle of their summer break! Of course she wasn’t jealous that he was going to see most of South America when she’d hardly ever been out of state! But when he’d called - his mom’s phone to her dad’s - Louise hadn’t seemed mad at all. In fact, she’d almost seemed happy, only yelling at Gene to get out of my room when he tried to cut into her story of how she and her siblings helped their Aunt Gayle break into her ex’s condo to steal back a letter she’d sent him while drunk. Perhaps it had been naive of Rudy to take that as forgiveness for abandoning her.
“What? No, obviously not. Switch places with me.”
He frowned, but obediently took her spot on the sidewalk. From here, he could see into the restaurant, where her siblings were braiding each other’s hair - or trying to, anyway. It was kinda hard to braid someone’s hair while they were braiding yours - a lot of arms. He caught Mr Belcher’s eye, who nodded before shooting a worried look at Mrs Belcher. Louise’s mom gave Rudy a feeble thumbs up and turned to talk to her husband.
“Huh,” Louise intoned darkly, frown deepening. “Sidewalk isn’t crooked.”
“…Nope. Are we gonna go inside?”
“Not yet.”
“Oh, okay. You wanna ride bikes? My dad has mine but he can bring it over.”
“Nah, I’m good,” Louise shot back with a grimace. “Hey, Rudes?”
“…Yeah?”
“Just relax, huh? Feels like you’re kinda tense, like maybe you’re holding yourself really tight or something?”
“Maybe a little? Because you’re being really weird?”
Louise finally met his eyes, squinting critically. He fought the urge to back away. (Louise would pounce on any sign of weakness.)
“Urgh! Fine!” She grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him into the restaurant.
“Oh, hey, Rudy!” Gene said, looking away from Tina and accidentally getting his hair pulled for his trouble.
“Hi.” Louise gripped his shoulders and positioned him to stand still.
“Stay there. Mom,” she demanded, “you know what to do.”
“Honey,” Mrs Belcher said, mild panic in her eyes, “it really doesn’t matter. You know that.”
“Mom!”
“Uh, what’s going…?”
Mr Belcher met Rudy’s eyes and shook his head, making a slicing motion across his neck. Behind him, he felt Louise’s back press against his. He fought the urge to move.
Louise’s mom sighed and came around the counter, menu in her hands.
“Louise,” Mr Belcher said, ducking into the kitchen slightly, “are you sure you want to do this?”
With the tone of a man at the gallows, Louise said, “I have to know.”
Louise’s mom placed the menu flat on Rudy’s head, and recognition suddenly shot through his synapses. Uh oh.
“Well,” she soothed, “with the ears…”
With a rustle, Louise tore the hat off. “Measure again.”
The menu slid from his head to Louise’s. Down to Louise’s. Oh no.
“Uh…” Mrs Belcher bit her lip. “I… I think Rudy might be kinda… taller?”
Louise handed her mom a ruler that Rudy recognised from Tina’s pencil case. “How. Much?”
The bell above the door rang and Teddy the handyman walked in.
“Hey, Bob- oh, I…”
“Get out, Teddy,” Mr Belcher warned just as Louise yelled,
“Get out, Teddy!”
“Uh, okay! I’ll be back… in a year.” The handyman ran away as Louise’s father murmured,
“We’re gonna have to call him when it’s safe.”
Mrs Belcher sighed and held the ruler up, sliding her hand onto Rudy’s head to read it.
“How much, Mother?” Louise intoned.
“…Trmunfles.”
“Mom!”
“Two inches, honey. I’m sorry!”
Rudy didn’t need his inhaler - and was a million times too frightened to reach for it either way - but took comfort in the weight of the holster on his hip.
Finally, Louise spoke.
“This is so unfair.” Rudy had expected anger, had been preparing for it. The sadness was a total surprise.
He turned to see Louise, hat in her hands, downcast expression on her face.
“What?”
She turned to him, sighing in frustration.
“I didn’t grow at all this summer. Gene grew an inch and a half, Tina pubed out and grew three inches, but I’m exactly as tall as I was in May. And like, who cares if Tina and Gene get taller? No offence, guys.”
“None taken,” Tina said.
“I’ll forgive you if you give me your dessert,” Gene shot back.
“Not happening. But they were already taller than me. Big whoop. But Rudy? If even you’ve beaten me, I’m gonna end up the shortest kid in school. I bet even Pocket-Sized Rudy’s taller when we go back.”
“No…” Her eyes started glistening and Rudy started to panic.
“And it’s dumb! I know it’s dumb! I just thought, I dunno… we’d be shorties together.”
“Oh.”
“Oh my baby!” Mrs Belcher choked, grabbing Louise by the waist and pulling her into a hug.
“We didn’t know you felt like that, Louise,” her dad said. “We all kinda thought you were mad Tina and Gene got new clothes.”
“And I love you this size,” her mom added. “You think I could pick up Gene or Tina anymore?”
“You could at least try!” Her son shot back.
“I wanna hold you as long as I can,” Mrs Belcher continued. “Maybe this is the universe giving me that.”
“Or it’s the universe realising we can’t afford three new sets of clothes in one summer. I mean, we can’t even really afford two,” her dad added.
“Besides,” Tina said, “I had my first growth spurt when I was ten. You can see my midriff in my fifth grade class photo.”
“Sexy!” Gene shouted.
“Gene.”
Louise bit her lip. “Okay. But if I’m not taller than Dad by the time I graduate, I’m cutting him down to size.”
“Oh my God.”
She turned to Rudy, pulling her hat back on. He breathed for what felt like the first time in minutes. “Did you… still wanna ride bikes?”
“Yeah.”
“Okay, let’s go call your dad.” He followed her out of the restaurant up to the apartment.
“Cool. I’d ride on your bike, but I’m probably too tall for it.”
Louise stopped on the stairs and shot him a look. “…You get one.”
Wow thank you for the amount of support this year, I am so excited to get started!
Your Chosen Prompts Are :
9th - Suspended / Denial
10th - Protective / Growth
11th - Bowling / Burobu
12th - Anxiety / Consequence
13th - Memories / Restaurant
14th - Touch / Warm
15th - Secret / Magic
I hope you like them!! I sure do!
The week will be from December 9th to the 15th, 7 days to show off your wonderful creations! What creations are allowed? Absolutely anything: Fanart, Fanfic, Animations, Moodboards, Headcannons, Analysis, Videos and even Playlists! All you have to do is tag this blog in your post, also with the hashtag: RoudiseWeek2024, and we will reblog it! You can also submit a post on our blog, we will give full credit to the artist and you will be tagged.
Guidelines:
The content that is allowed should be from PG up to a Teen audience. Explicit content is not allowed at all for this ship week. That being said, aging up is absolutely allowed and may be more appropriate for certain prompts, however you do not need to do this if you don’t want to.
There is no specific theme for this week, however because of the dates of the ship week, you can theme your works around the Holidays (Christmas, Hanukkah etc.)
Prompts should be used creatively, and used as a guideline for your creation!
Creativity looks like: Fanart, Fanfic, Animations, Moodboards, Headcanons, Analysis, Videos and even Playlists! Anything that revolves around Roudise.
Can people submit posts? Yes they can, however if you just want to post on your own account and tag the blog that is okay too! Make sure if you are submitting posts onto the blog, that they meet the guidelines mentioned here, otherwise we will not post them.
All posts should have the tag Roudiseweek2024 or Roudiseweek24.
Absolutely no harassment! I will not take kindly for any explicit language used towards other fans and their works. If people have different Headcanons around the pairing, please respect peoples opinions.
If you have caused any type of harassment to anyone during the ship week, we will not post/reblog your work.
If you have questions about prompts, dates, themes or anything. Please message this blog, or Me @devilh0rnsinc or @ltwharfy and we’ll be happy to help.
Well, that’s all folks, lets get creating!!!
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