⭐️ nerd squad
fred actually met all of his nerd friends completely by accident. he’d been looking for the campus gym - a place that’s far away from the undergraduate labs, but somehow that was where he’d ended up. he had no clue what was going on in the labs at all, but it was so COOL!!! it was during his sophomore year of college - and yes, he actually did go to college (majored in creative writing and everything) - so he was technically allowed in the lab and they couldn’t kick him out. all of the nerds wanted him gone though. they were busy getting ready for midterms and didn’t need the distraction. it was tadashi who first took pity on him and answered some of his questions until fred realized he was about ot be late for cheer practice and ran off. the nerds all thought that would be the end of it, until the next day when fred came back. honey was the next one to accept him into their little group. then eventually wasabi. it was gogo who took the longest to warm up to him, but by the end of that semester that had all essentially accepted him into their friend group.
fred didn’t tell any of them his last name or who he really was for years. it wasn’t until hiro joined the group that fred decided to bring everyone to his home. he hadn’t intentionally been hiding who he was - he genuinely thought they all knew. he didn’t really hide it - he talked about healthcliff and how he was going to buy crazy things - but they all figured heathcliff was just a member of his family and that he was never serious about his supposed expensive purchases. they all reacted fairly well, even if they were a little shocked by it all. really the only thing that changed was they stopped putting up such a fight when he offered to pay for things and they all started hanging out in fredzilla headquarters more often.
there’s an entire bookshelf in the nerd lab dedicated just to fred’s stuff. he may or may not have brought it in there himself (or well - healthcliff did most of the work, let’s be real). there are tons of papers with all his ideas, superhero sketches, and half-written comics he works on sometimes when he’s there. also lots of snacks stocked up too. tjhe bottom shelf was removed to even make room to put in a mini fridge - which he has pretty much completely filled up and is thinking of adding another one. there’s also a few action figures that he keeps there - to inspire all of his friends.
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