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Hiii guys this is the official sight where you go to my masterlist I’m still adding everything into my my master list so please bear with me!!

Masterlist

[sanjisblackasswife]

if black fem reader bothers yall that much yall have to point it out yall can block my black account because that’s all i put here im be honest

goodness we can’t have nothing w u mfs, even if we make our own little section

[missbunnyslutt]

WHERE THE LOVE ISLAND X BLACK READER FICS ATTT??

(fyi: kc n Corbin are disrespectful. They deserve whatever comes back at them.)

WE LOVE CALEB, HE HAS NO DRAMA 💋

[lovelak3]

someone gotta make a fanfic of sincere from love island. that man is so fucking fine.

[coldhandscouldholdme]

Olandria ✨

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Caleb McLaughlin & Y/n Headcannons

Caleb McLaughlin x Actress!reader

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Caleb

— — — —

1. Caleb is a forehead-kiss addict and doesn’t even realize how often he does it.

2. He’ll act annoyed when you steal his hoodies, but secretly likes seeing you wear them.

3. He remembers the smallest details about people he cares about.

4. His love language is quality time more than anything else.

5. He gets a little jealous but tries not to show it.

6. When he’s stressed, he gets quieter instead of talking about it immediately.

7. He loves making people laugh and will absolutely embarrass himself for a joke.

8. Caleb is the type to randomly send a picture of something that reminded him of you.

9. He starts dancing whenever a good song comes on, no matter where he is.

10. He hates going to bed angry after an argument.

11. He takes way more candid pictures than posed ones.

12. He pretends he doesn’t want another pet, then becomes the pet’s favorite.

13. If he misses you, he’ll find any excuse to call or text.

14. He’d rather stay in with his favorite people than go out most nights.

15. He notices when something is wrong before you tell him.

16. Once he trusts someone, he’s incredibly loyal.

17. He gets competitive over the dumbest things.

18. He gives really good hugs, especially after a long day.

19. Caleb is naturally flirty without realizing it half the time.

20. More than anything, he seems like the type who wants a relationship that feels easy, safe, and genuine.

— — — — — —

Y/n

— — — —

reader headcanons

1. She’s always cold and somehow ends up stealing Caleb’s hoodies every single time.

2. She says she’s only taking “one fry” and then eats half of his food.

3. She takes forever to pick something to watch, then falls asleep ten minutes into it.

4. She loves physical touch but pretends she doesn’t need it.

5. Her camera roll is full of random pictures of Caleb.

6. She gets attached to the smallest things and refuses to throw them away.

7. She talks to Cosmo and Coraline like they’re actual people.

8. She always has a comeback during playful arguments.

9. She loves lazy days more than fancy dates.

10. She’ll say she’s not tired and then be asleep five minutes later.

11. She loves taking candid pictures but hates being in them.

12. She gets emotional over cute things and denies it every time.

13. She likes having music playing while she’s cleaning, cooking, or getting ready.

14. She overthinks sometimes but rarely lets people see it.

15. She loves hearing Caleb talk about things he’s passionate about.

16. She always steals the blankets and somehow blames Caleb for it.

17. She acts tough but melts the second Caleb starts being sweet.

18. She could spend hours doing absolutely nothing as long as she’s with the people she loves.

19. She gets excited over little things and somehow makes everyone else excited too.

20. Home isn’t really a place to her. It’s the people she loves most.

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Caleb & Y/n as a couple

Caleb McLaughlin x Actress!reader

caleb x reader couple headcanons

1. Caleb always pulls her closer in his sleep without realizing it.

2. They’re the type of couple that can spend hours together doing separate things and still feel like they’re hanging out.

3. She automatically reaches for his hand whenever they’re walking somewhere.

4. Caleb loves hearing her laugh and will drag a joke way too far if it keeps her laughing.

5. They have a designated side of the bed and neither of them dares switch.

6. He always warms his hands on her when he’s cold.

7. They make every car ride feel like a mini road trip.

8. Caleb always carries more than he’s supposed to when they’re shopping.

9. They have debates over the dumbest things and act like it’s a courtroom case.

10. If one of them gets up for food, they automatically ask if the other wants something too.

11. Caleb loves when she falls asleep on him because it gives him an excuse not to move.

12. They constantly interrupt serious conversations to kiss each other.

13. One of them will start singing a song and the other immediately joins in.

14. They somehow end up in the same hoodie blanket cocoon during movie nights.

15. Caleb is always trying to convince her to stay in bed five more minutes.

16. She always ends up agreeing.

17. They have a habit of staying up way later than planned just talking.

18. Caleb likes resting his head in her lap after long days.

19. She always plays with his hair when he does.

20. They have a running joke that’s been going on for years.

21. Neither of them remembers how it started.

22. Caleb randomly spins her around when she’s walking past him.

23. Their kitchen is either completely spotless or looks like a tornado hit it.

24. They celebrate tiny accomplishments like they’re major life achievements.

25. Caleb always notices when she’s overthinking.

26. She always notices when he’s carrying too much stress.

27. They’re both secretly competitive during game nights.

28. Every vacation they take ends up with at least one story they’ll never stop telling.

29. Caleb loves hearing her talk about things she’s passionate about.

30. They have nights where they end up laughing so hard neither of them can breathe.

31. He kisses her shoulder absentmindedly whenever they’re cuddling.

32. She knows exactly how to make him smile when he’s having a bad day.

33. Caleb never lets her leave the house without reminding her he loves her.

34. Home feels different when they’re both there.

35. No matter where they are, being together always feels like the easiest part of the day.

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Okk guys quick question I really need to know how y’all would feel abt smut. I have never written it before but for this au I’m open for anything (possibly) just lmk love you guyss!

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You & Me

~ fluff, domestic

Caleb McLaughlin x Actress!reader

NOT PROOF READ🫣

— — — — — — —

The kind of day that feels like staying

I wake up in the afternoon like the world forgot to check on us.

The sunlight is already in the room, soft and warm, spilling through the curtains in slow golden lines that land right across the bed like it belongs there. For a second I just stay still, not because I’m tired, but because moving feels optional.

Caleb is already attached to me.

One arm around my waist, his face pressed somewhere between my shoulder and my neck, breathing slow like he has nowhere else to be. His hair is a mess against my skin and I can feel how warm he is even before I fully open my eyes.

I don’t move.

Neither does he.

Coraline is curled up near my legs like she pays rent here, and Cosmo is stretched out in the exact middle of the bed like he owns it and we’re just guests.

I reach for my phone without thinking.

2:17 PM.

I stare at it for a second.

“…oh my God.”

Caleb groans immediately.

“No.”

I turn my head slightly. “No what?”

“No looking at the time.”

“We slept until two.”

“So?”

I laugh under my breath. “So we had things to do today.”

His grip tightens around me like that solves the problem.

“We still do.”

“Caleb.”

“We’ll do them later.”

I look at him now. “We always say that.”

He finally opens one eye like I’ve personally offended him.

“And we always do them later.”

I don’t even argue after that.

Because he’s right.

We just stay like that.

Scrolling.

Quiet.

Comfortable.

Every few minutes one of us shifts closer without even thinking about it. His fingers brushing my side. My hand resting on his arm. No effort, just habit.

Then Caleb laughs.

That small, sudden laugh that always means trouble.

“What?”

“Look at this,” he says, already turning his phone toward me.

That’s what starts everything.

One TikTok becomes five. Five becomes twenty. At some point we stop even paying attention to the videos and just start reacting to each other instead.

I steal his phone.

He steals mine back.

“No, give it back.”

“You’re literally addicted.”

“I’m not.”

“You are.”

“I’m not.”

He grins like he knows he’s winning and holds it just out of reach. I reach for it again and he leans back, laughing.

“Caleb.”

“Say please.”

“Absolutely not.”

That’s when he kisses my cheek.

Then the other one.

Like it’s a tactic.

It works.

“Stop,” I say immediately, laughing even though I’m trying not to.

“You stop looking mad,” he says, kissing my cheek again just because he can.

Now I’m fully awake.

Annoyed. Laughing. Both at once.

At some point I grab a pillow and throw it at him.

It hits him directly.

The silence after it lasts half a second.

“Oh,” he says slowly.

“No,” I say immediately.

“Oh?”

“It was an accident.”

“That was targeted.”

“It slipped.”

He reaches for a pillow too.

I sit up slightly. “Caleb, don’t—”

Too late.

The pillow comes flying back.

And suddenly it’s chaos.

We’re half sitting, half falling into each other, laughing too hard to aim properly. Pillows everywhere, blankets twisted, Cosmo already gone from the bed like he’s seen enough violence for one morning. Coraline doesn’t even move, just stares like we’re embarrassing.

At some point he catches my wrists gently and I immediately stop fighting because I’m laughing too hard.

“You surrender?” he asks, breathless.

“No.”

“Love.”

“No.”

“You definitely do.”

He drops his forehead against my shoulder, still laughing, still holding me there like I might try again.

Eventually it slows down.

We just fall back into the bed like nothing happened.

Like we didn’t just destroy the entire room.

I’m still catching my breath when I feel him shift again.

“Don’t move,” I say immediately.

“I’m not.”

“You are.”

“I’m not.”

Then I hear the camera sound.

My head snaps toward him.

“Caleb.”

He’s holding his phone up already.

“No.”

“Yes.”

“No, I look a mess.”

He looks offended.

“You don’t look a mess.”

“Yes, I do.”

“You look beautiful.”

“Caleb.”

“I’m serious.”

He says it like it’s obvious. Like there’s no argument to be had.

I reach for the phone immediately and he pulls it away, laughing.

“Stop taking pictures of me.”

“Why?”

“Because I literally just woke up.”

“So did I.”

“That’s not the point.”

“It is the point,” he says, leaning closer. “You’re always pretty.”

I pause for half a second, just long enough to be annoying.

“Delete it.”

“No.”

“Caleb.”

“No.”

He takes the picture anyway.

I know because he immediately smiles at it like he’s proud of himself.

I groan and flop back into the pillows.

“You’re so annoying.”

“And yet,” he says, kissing my cheek again, slower this time, “you’re still here.”

I don’t answer that.

Because he’s right.

Eventually, hunger wins.

It always does.

“Chick-fil-A?” I mumble into the pillow.

He doesn’t even hesitate.

“Chick-fil-A.”

Ordering takes less than a minute.

We go back to scrolling while we wait, like the chaos never happened. Bob’s Burgers plays quietly in the background, voices filling the room like background noise for a life that feels too easy right now.

Coraline comes back first when she hears the bag.

Cosmo follows like he’s been waiting for permission.

“No,” I say immediately.

They both stare anyway.

Delusional.

Just like us.

We eat in bed like it’s normal, like this is just what afternoons are supposed to feel like. Chicken, fries, shared drinks, stealing bites from each other even though we have our own.

At some point the show is still playing, but neither of us is really watching.

“Did we have something today?” I ask randomly.

Caleb hums like he’s thinking.

“Yeah.”

“What was it?”

He shrugs. “Probably not important.”

I laugh.

“We’re going to get in trouble one day.”

“Probably,” he says.

“Do you care?”

He looks at me like the answer is obvious.

“No.”

That’s when it gets quiet again.

Not awkward.

Just soft.

Like the room is holding its breath with us.

I shift closer without thinking and he meets me halfway, arm around me again, fingers lazily tracing patterns like he’s not even aware he’s doing it.

“What are you thinking about?” I ask.

He takes a second.

Then shrugs.

“Future stuff.”

“Like what?”

“Like…” he pauses, “this.”

I glance at him.

“This?”

“Yeah.”

He doesn’t explain it more than that.

He doesn’t need to.

Because I get it.

Not big promises. Not dramatic speeches.

Just this.

This messy bed. These pets. This show we’re not watching. Food we’re barely finishing. Sunlight turning into evening without us noticing.

“I think I like this,” I say quietly.

He looks at me.

“I know.”

And neither of us moves.

Because there’s nowhere else we need to be.

Outside, the light has changed without us noticing.

The sun is lower now. Softer. Warmer in a different way. Like the day is slowly letting go of us.

I glance toward the window for a second.

Then back at him.

“Did we waste the whole day?” I ask quietly.

He thinks for a moment.

Then shrugs.

“Yeah.”

I wait.

He adds, softer, “But it didn’t feel wasted.”

That makes me quiet.

Because he’s right.

It didn’t feel like anything was missing.

Just… full.

Not loud. Not exciting. Just full in a way that doesn’t need anything else added to it.

Caleb squeezes my hand once, like a small reminder that he’s there.

“What are you thinking about?” I ask.

He doesn’t look away from the ceiling.

“Future stuff again.”

“Like what?”

This time he actually turns his head slightly toward me.

Not dramatic.

Just honest.

“Like if days can feel like this more often.”

I don’t answer right away.

Because I understand exactly what he means.

Not big dreams. Not far away things.

Just this.

I look around the room one more time.

Cosmo curled up again.

Coraline finally asleep.

The TV still quietly playing.

His hand still in mine.

And I realize I don’t want anything different from this moment.

“I think they can,” I say quietly.

Caleb smiles a little.

“Good.”

And neither of us moves.

Because now it doesn’t feel like the end of a day.

It feels like something we’re choosing to stay in a little longer.

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Caleb McLaughlin x Actress!reader

@youruser

Your user : anyway here’s how it went..

Liked by, calebmclaughlin, gatenmatarazzo, larray, and 437,145 others

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calebmclaughlin:I stand by every decision I made that day

| youruser: you burned the chicken..

| calebmclaughlin: allegedly

sadiesink: i watched this happen in real time and somehow the post is worse

finnwolfhardofficial: the fact y’all still ate it

gatenmatarazzo: the smoke detector deserves a feature credit

noahschnapp: chef Caleb strikes again

theegenisis: girl I knew it was over the second he grabbed those dinosaur nuggets

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| calebmclaughlin: THE NUGGETS HAD POTENTIAL

User: this isn’t a recap its evidence

User: “we’re making dinner” famous last words

User: the way she tried to hold everything together while he danced behind her 😭

User: they act like they’re in a sitcom

User: bob’s burgers in the background at the end was the most realistic part

User: caleb arguing with people in the comments is taking me OUT 😭

User: this is the healthiest amount of chaos i’ve ever seen

User: the fact that they cleaned the entire kitchen before turning the camera back on is so real

User: “emotionally we succeeded” is going on a t-shirt

User: not him calling burned chicken lightly toasted 😭😭😭

User: y’all are literally my favorite people on this app

User: i know that couch felt heavenly after all that

User: some couples go to fancy dinners. these two accidentally commit crimes against pasta

User: the chemistry is actually insane 😭💛

User: raising cane’s won in the end

raisingcanes: we’re happy to be of service 🫡🍗

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User: RAISING CANE’S COMMENTING IS CRAZY 😭

User: next vlog: caleb attends a beginner cooking class

| calebmclaughlin: blocked

User: HELP HE RESPONDED 😭😭😭

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Caleb Burned The Food

(YouTube vlog)

Caleb McLaughlin x Actress!reader

~ fluff, curse words, and kisses

Outfit (w/o scarf)

— — — — — —

The day had started off smoothly, Caleb and I laughing at nonsense, lounging around, and other random things.

Earlier this week I started a YouTube channel. I didn’t expect to grow a large following as fast as I did. As of right now i have 547k which i am super thankful for.

Since me and Caleb are both at home with nothing better to do we decided to cook something together, and to make it better that could be my first YouTube video on my channel.

— — — — — —

I was leaning on the kitchen counter when I decided to finally hit record on my camera

“Hey guys, this is my first YouTube video ever, and I’ve decided why don’t we do a cooking video mixed in with a vlog, and while we’re at it let’s have Caleb do it with us.” I say speaking into the camera.

“BABY!” Is the next thing I say calling Caleb down to let him know what’s going on.

He came down stairs with his controller in his hand looking like I just interrupted the most important game of his life.

“What’s up”

“Coke here I’m filming”I say waving him over towards me

“Hey guys,” Caleb fixes his hood. “What’s this for?”

“Remember I told you we were gonna cook together and go to target, so what’s better than this being my first vlog.”I turn toward him with a cheeky smile showing across my face.

“We’re doing that now?”

“Yea, it’s getting a little late and we still have to get the ingredients from the store, and the nearest target isn’t close.”

“Okay, let me go put some shoes on” he quickly makes his was up the stairs to put his shoes on

“Ok guys as we wait for Caleb I need to get my purse, and phone of the charger so let’s go do that.”

I quickly make my way upstairs to get my phone and purse.

“You ready.” Caleb asked getting off of the bed and making his way towards me.

“Yup, my flip flops are downstairs by the door we can start heading out now.”

He just shakes his head, heading downstairs with me following him.

— — — — — —

I clicked the camera back on as me and Caleb settled into the car.

“You ready” Caleb asked starting the car

“Yup”

“Okay guys Caleb and I are on the way to the grocery store for the Ingredients we need to cook.”

Caleb’s hand rests on your thigh as he drives

“Okay, baby we’re gonna make Chicken Alfredo.”

He just nods along while paying attention to the road

“But, do not overload the cart with snacks we just came for the food.” I say looking toward him

“You always say that and we leave the store with 17 things and we only came in there for 8.” A smile growing on his face after he said that.

“I know, but this time I mean it.”

“Now let’s get some music on.” I say grabbing the aux cord

“Can I see your phone please” I say looking over at Caleb

“Yeah, it’s in my hoodie pocket.”

I reached over grabbing his phone. “Thanks baby.”

I put on our joint playlist

One of the good songs i specifically put on the playlist comes on first.

I get prepared to start singing and.

Skip.

I just side eye him.

“…Did you just skip that?”

Caleb doesn’t even look guilty.

“It was a warm up song.”

“There’s no such thing as a warm up song.” I playfully roll my eyes at him.

He shrugs already skipping again.

Another good somg.

Skipped.

And another.

Skipped.

Now I’m full staring at him.

“Dude.”

“Hm.” He says acting like he did nothing

“You are literally targeting our whole playlist right now.”

“I’m not targeting anything.”

He skips again after immediately saying that.

— — — — — — —

As Caleb and I walk into the store I set the camera up in my hand and turn it on.

“Ok guys we made it to target, Caleb how we feeling.”I say panning the camera on him

“Uhh, I feel like I am the best cook in the world so this is gonna be really easy.”

“Boy,” I roll my eyes and turn the camera back onto me. “Ok so guys fun fact, everything Caleb has attempted to make has been shit.” I start busting out laughing and he just sits there side eyeing me until.

“She is lying I am a really good cook, she just doesn’t want to admit it.” He says snatching the camera out my hand and speaking.

“Anyway,” we finally enter the store after playing for a good five minutes outside. “Baby get a cart.”

He hands me over the camera and gets a cart jumping on top of it while pushing it.

I start laughing at him and turning the camera over to what he’s doing. “See guys this is exactly why I can’t take him anywhere.”

“Caleb what are you a child,” I questioned him because genuinely what are you doing. “I am.” He says getting down from the cart.

“Okay, what do we need” he asks taking the camera away from me, and setting it up on the cart.

“Okay, first we need chicken.”

“Wait, where is that aisle.”

“Baby, give me the cart. Cause you’re taking us to the snacks.” I start to move my way toward the cart so I can start pushing.

We get to the frozen meat aisle, and as I’m browsing through the chicken I can see out the corner of my eye Caleb putting something in the cart.

“Okay guys, right now I’m browsing through which chicken looks the bes—” my eyes slowly drift from the camera and the chicken towards the cart.

“What is that?” I ask him still staring at the chicken that’s in my hands.

I look over in the cart attempting to put the chicken in there.

“Caleb, there are 100 nuggets in here.”

“Exactly.”

“And then they’re shaped as dinosaurs?”

“That’s the best part.” He gave me a cheeky smile as soon as he finished saying that.

“Okay, but that’s it we came here for dinner.”

“Yes ma’am”

“Okay guys, we got the chicken now we have to make our way over to the pasta aisle.”

Caleb and I are in the pasta aisle looking for the fettuccine pasta.

“Is this it.”

I look toward what Caleb is showing me. “No baby, those are spaghetti noodles.”

I bend down a little to see if the noodles are on a lower shelf.

Smack.

I turned just a little so that I’m facing. “baby stop I’m filming.” I say through giggles.

“It’s okay, they can watch.”

I stand back up and get into the frame of the camera. “Okay guys, we got the pasta.”

“What else do we need?”

“We need Cheese, Alfredo sauce, broccoli, and seasoning.”

“Okay, where to next?”

“I think we should go to the broccoli since the cheese shouldn’t be to far from it.”

We make our way toward the broccoli and Caleb’s been filming me push the cart the whole entire time while whispering nonsense to the camera.

“Okay, got the broccoli, now we need the cheese,” I say facing him and putting the broccoli in the cart.

As we are walking there Caleb starts asking random questions. “What would you do if you were a caterpillar?”

“I would find you.”

“You’re so cute love.”

“Ok guys, we need parmesan, and mozzarella cheese.” I say scanning through the cheese’s.

I found the two cheese’s I need so I go to put them in the cart. “while we’re here should we get garlic bread?” I question Caleb.

“Yes, oh my gosh garlic bread will be the best.” I can tell he starts to day dream about the garlic bread.

I quickly turn around to go get the garlic bread leaving Caleb with the camera.

“Aww, look at her guys.” I hear Caleb say, as I see the camera being pointed towards me. “ Okay, I got the one with the cheese on top is that ok?” I ask looking between him and the camera. “That’s perfect.”

I drop them into the cart, and start pushing it toward the.

Caleb and I make it to the sauce aisle I start setting up the camera so I can talk and also look for which one we need. “Okay guys, I got the Alfredo sauce—” the conversation I was having toward the camera was quickly interrupted when I lost Caleb. “What the fuck? Guys I lost Caleb.” I start laughing but also shaking my head.

Over the next five to ten minutes it becomes a montage of me trying to find Caleb. “Guys, he’s a literal child, like how can you just disappear like that?” I continue to look around from him becoming less and less successful with each aisle I go down. “Like, how do you leave without making a sound.”

My moment gets cut short when I walk past the Lego aisle and see him there. “Caleb!” I say since I finally found him. “Hey love.” He just looks up and stairs at me with a cheeky smile.

“Ho- when did you get a chance to leave?” I scrunch my face up trying to figure out when and how this happened.

“I honestly couldn’t tell you.”

“I’m about to handcuff you to me, to make sure you don’t go anywhere.” I say as I start pulling him towards me to get back to what we came here for.

“I wouldn’t mind that.” He says with a smirk forming across his face.

“Let’s go.”

Caleb and I make our way back to where we were just a different aisle the snack aisle. We already picked up a couple of seasonings knowing we already have enough at home.

“Honey, why did you take me down this aisle.” I say stopping the cart with a blank expression on my face.

“So after dinner we can chill.”

Then he just goes ballistic. Putting any and everything in the cart. He filled that cart up with snacks like; BBQ chips, Ruffles chips, Oreos, Trolli gummies, and so much more, and let’s not forget about the 100 count chicken nuggets.

“Baby, baby, stop.” I grab his arm from grabbing another family sized bag of chips.

“Too much?” He genuinely thought he did nothing wrong. “Way too much.”

“Which snacks do you really want, cause this makes no sense.” I start making my way towards the cart to take half that shit out. “Ok keep the trollis, and the bbq chips that’s it.” I return everything that we weren’t getting to their original spots.

Caleb and I start heading towards the checkout with half of the items we need, and the other half not so much.

We quickly check out and bag our items so we can get to the car.

Camera cuts when they get in the car

— — — — — — — —

Caleb and I have made it back home, as Caleb is setting everything out I am making sure the lighting is write and the camera can get the whole kitchen in frame.

I adjusted the camera one last time before stepping back and looking at the screen.

“Okay, that’s good.”

Behind me, Caleb was unpacking groceries from the Target bags and placing everything on the island.

I pressed record.

“Hey guys! we are back from the store.”

I smiled at the camera.

“So, we already took you guys with us to Target and now we’re back home. Tonight we’re making chicken alfredo with broccoli and garlic bread.”

“Correction.”

I sighed.

The viewers hadn’t even been here for ten seconds.

I turned around.

Caleb was holding up the chicken like he’d just won an Olympic medal.

“We are making the best chicken alfredo with broccoli and garlic bread.”

I laughed.

“Honey, let’s not lie to them.”

His mouth fell open.

“Excuse me?”

“You heard me.”

He looked directly into the camera.

“See this? No support.”

“I support you.”

“No, you don’t.”

“I support you emotionally. Just not in the kitchen.”

The camera caught me trying not to laugh.

Caleb pointed at me.

“That’s crazy.”

“No, what’s crazy is you thinking you’re a five-star chef.”

“I am.”

“You burned grilled cheese.”

“It was one time.”

“It was three times.”

“It was experimental.”

I turned back to the camera.

“Anyway, before Chef Disaster starts arguing with me, let’s get started.”

“Chef Disaster is insane.”

I ignored him.

“First things first, we’re getting water boiling for the pasta.”

While I filled a pot and set it on the stove, Caleb continued unpacking.

For a second everything was peaceful.

Then I looked over.

“…Why are you wearing an oven mitt?”

“What?”

“Why are you wearing an oven mitt?”

“I like being prepared.”

“You haven’t touched the oven.”

“You never know.”

I looked at the camera.

“This is what I deal with.”

The comments were going to have a field day.

I grabbed the broccoli and started washing it.

“Okay, we’re prepping vegetables.”

“I’ll help.”

“No.”

“Why?”

“Because last time you helped, you ate half the ingredients.”

Caleb gasped.

“I was taste-testing.”

“You ate an entire handful of cheese.”

“Quality control.”

I started cutting broccoli while he dramatically explained to the viewers why he was being unfairly targeted.

A few minutes later, I noticed the kitchen had gotten suspiciously quiet.

That was never a good sign.

I slowly turned around.

Caleb was dancing.

Not normal dancing.

Full performance dancing.

He didn’t even realize I was watching.

The music playing from the speaker got louder and he started doing spins in the middle of the kitchen.

I looked at the camera.

“Guys.”

I pointed behind me.

“Look at him.”

The second he realized I was watching, he pointed at me.

“Oh, now you want to film me.”

“Honey, we’re supposed to be cooking.”

“I am cooking.”

“You are literally dancing.”

He shrugged.

“It’s part of the process.”

I laughed.

“This man is ridiculous.”

Eventually I got the broccoli finished and moved on to seasoning the chicken.

Meanwhile, Caleb was still talking to the viewers.

“Everybody watching this, remember who believed in dinner tonight.”

“No one.”

“They believe in me.”

“No one.”

The playful argument continued while I worked.

At one point he wrapped his arms around me from behind while I was seasoning chicken.

“Baby.”

“What?”

“I think we’re doing great.”

“We haven’t cooked anything yet.”

“Exactly.”

I couldn’t help smiling.

He kissed my cheek before stealing a piece of broccoli.

“CALEB.”

“What?”

“Stop eating everything.”

“I’m hungry.”

“Dinner isn’t even started.”

“Whose fault is that?”

I pointed at the camera.

“See? This is what happens.”

The chicken eventually went into the pan with a loud sizzle.

Finally.

Actual progress.

I stirred the chicken while Caleb hovered nearby.

“Honey.”

“What?”

“Don’t touch anything.”

“I wasn’t going to.”

I gave him a look.

“You absolutely were.”

He grinned.

Before I could stop him, he poked my side.

I jumped.

“Caleb!”

He laughed.

“You scared me!”

“Good.”

Then he poked me again.

I turned toward him.

“Keep playing.”

“What are you gonna do?”

I grabbed a dish towel.

His eyes widened.

“No.”

“Run.”

He immediately took off around the island laughing.

For the next minute we chased each other around the kitchen like complete idiots.

The viewers were absolutely losing respect for us.

Eventually I caught him.

“Give up.”

“Never.”

He dramatically fell against the counter.

“I’ve been defeated.”

“You did this to yourself.”

A few songs later another upbeat song came on.

I was stirring the chicken when I noticed movement behind me.

I turned around.

Caleb was dancing again.

I stared.

He pointed at me.

“Come on.”

“No.”

“Come on.”

“I’m cooking.”

“One dance battle.”

“No.”

“One.”

I tried to ignore him.

Then he started doing the worst dance moves I’d ever seen.

I burst out laughing.

“Those are terrible.”

“Let’s see you do better.”

Challenge accepted.

I set the spoon down and walked into the middle of the kitchen.

For the next minute we had the most ridiculous dance battle imaginable.

Neither of us knew what we were doing.

The viewers were going to tear us apart.

Neither of us cared.

Eventually I remembered dinner.

“Oh my God.”

I rushed back to the stove.

“See? This is your fault.”

“My fault?”

“Yes.”

“You joined the dance battle.”

“Because you started it.”

The argument lasted all of ten seconds before we both started laughing again.

After getting the pasta boiling and the garlic bread ready for the oven, I looked down at my clothes.

“I’m changing.”

“Why?”

“Because I want to be comfortable.”

I looked directly at Caleb.

“Watch the food.”

“I got it.”

“Honey.”

“I got it.”

“Watch. The. Food.”

“I GOT IT.”

I pointed at the camera.

“If everything burns, you all know who did it.”

Then I headed upstairs.

A few minutes later I came back down.

The second I reached the kitchen, something smelled wrong.

Very wrong.

I froze.

“…Caleb.”

No answer.

“…Caleb.”

I walked in.

The chicken looked suspicious.

The garlic bread looked suspicious.

And Caleb?

Caleb was using a spatula as a microphone.

Dancing.

Again.

I just stood there.

“Honey.”

He turned around.

“Oh.”

“Oh?”

“I can explain.”

“You burned dinner.”

“It is lightly toasted.”

I looked at the pan.

“It is not lightly toasted.”

The viewers were never going to let him live this down.

After several minutes of damage control, we somehow managed to finish dinner.

Somehow.

Before serving it, I held out a fork.

“Taste test.”

Caleb immediately opened his mouth.

I fed him a bite.

He chewed.

Thought about it.

Chewed some more.

“Well?”

“It’s actually good.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

I smiled proudly.

“See?”

Then he pointed toward the camera.

“That was her. Any success you’ve seen tonight belongs to her.”

“Finally, some honesty.”

Eventually everything was plated and carried to the table.

The camera sat across from us.

Moment of truth.

I grabbed my fork.

Caleb grabbed his.

We looked at each other.

“Ready?” He asked.

“No.”

“Same.”

We took a bite.

Chewed.

Paused.

Looked at each other.

Then immediately reached for our napkins.

“Oh my God.” He was actually disgusted.

“That is fucking HORRIBLE.” I say with my face scrunched up

“What did we do?!”

“I don’t know!”

The two of us started laughing so hard we could barely breathe.

“Honey, that’s disgusting.”

“I KNOW.”

“We followed the recipe!”

“Apparently not well!”

I pointed at the camera through my laughter. Quickly shutting it off.

— — — — — — — —

I turn the camera back on having a not so good grip on the holdable tripod.

The screen wobbles for a second before it finally settles on us.

We are on the couch now.

Kitchen lights still on behind us, but everything is cleaned up. Mostly. The counters are wiped down, the pans are in the sink, and the only evidence that a cooking disaster happened is the faint smell that will probably live in the house forever.

Bob’s Burgers is playing on the TV in the background, low enough that it blends into everything like comfort noise.

Caleb is already halfway into his food.

I adjust the camera and sigh.

“Okay. This is the actual ending.”

He looks over.

“Was the last ending not the ending?”

“No. That was chaos. This is closure.”

He nods slowly like he is taking notes.

“Got it. Closure.”

I hold up my Cane’s box slightly.

“So. Update. We ordered Cane’s.”

Caleb lifts his cup like a toast.

“Best decision of the night.”

I immediately side-eye him.

“After we ruined dinner.”

“After we created art in the kitchen.”

I laugh under my breath.

“We burned chicken, Caleb.”

“We lightly toasted chicken.”

I shake my head.

“Anyway,” I continue, turning back to the camera, “we cleaned everything up, we’re on the couch, and we’re never cooking again.”

Caleb freezes.

“We’re definitely cooking again.”

I turn toward him.

“No we are not.”

“We are.”

“Baby.”

He smiles a little.

“We are.”

I squint at him.

“You just like stress.”

“I like you in the kitchen.”

“That is not a compliment.”

He leans back into the couch, stretching his arm behind me like it belongs there.

The TV laughs from Bob’s Burgers in the background and it makes the whole moment feel softer than the kitchen chaos from earlier.

I take a bite of food.

Caleb watches me like he is waiting for a review.

I pause.

Then nod.

“Okay. Cane’s carries.”

He gasps.

“I told you.”

“You burned dinner.”

“Emotionally irrelevant right now.”

I laugh so hard I almost drop my food.

He steals a fry from my box without asking.

“Hey.”

“What?”

“You didn’t even cook this.”

“Exactly. I’m learning.”

I shake my head again, but I’m smiling now.

The camera is still rolling, slightly tilted, capturing both of us on the couch. The night feels quieter now. Less chaotic. Just us, takeout, and a TV show we are barely watching.

I lean my head lightly on his shoulder.

He doesn’t say anything for a second.

Just eats.

Then, softer:

“This was a good night.”

I glance up at him.

“It was a stressful night.”

He shrugs.

“Same thing.”

I roll my eyes.

But I don’t move.

After a moment I look back at the camera.

“Okay. For real this time. That’s it.”

Caleb leans into frame.

“Like, subscribe.”

I immediately hit his arm.

“Stop.”

He laughs.

The camera shakes again as I reach forward.

“Bye guys.”

I hit stop recording.

The screen goes black.

And the only thing left is Bob’s Burgers quietly playing in the background and Caleb saying, very seriously:

“We’re still cooking again though.” Caleb says setting the food onto the coffee table and pulling me on top of him, and planting my face with kisses.

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Comments

User: they went from “we’re making chicken alfredo” to ordering canes and I respect the character development

User: OMGGGG!! A Y/N YOUTUBE ACC OH WE’RE SO GETTING FED!!

User: “we lightly toasted the chicken” IM CRYING😭

User: the way she tried to be serious the whole ENTIRE time and he was just….. dancing

User: CALEB SKIPPING HER PLAYLIST LIKE IT OWED HIM MONEY

User: “we should not be trusted in the kitchen together” NO YOU SHOULD NOT BE TRUSTED NO WHERE TOGETHER

User: Caleb running off to the Lego’s is peak!!

User: he burned dinner and still said “I think I should be in charge next time” HELP

User: the dinosaur nuggets incident was the first red flag

User: the real villain is not caleb… it’s the stove fearlessness

User: bob’s burgers in the background at the end is so real coded like they survived w

User: her calling him “baby” while threatening his life in the kitchen is sending me

User: HE DANCED WHILE SHE WAS COOKING LIKE THAT WAS HIS JOB 😭

User: “emotionally we succeeded” I’M USING THAT

User: this is literally what I want in life. chaos but romantic chaos

User: the fact that they still ended up cuddling on the couch after everything 😭💛

User: caleb saying “we’re definitely cooking again” after everything is insane behavior

User: i know the kitchen is still recoverin

User: this didn’t feel like a cooking vlog this felt like surveillance footage of two people in love

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We Kept Missing Each Other

Caleb McLaughlin x Actress!reader

~ angst - fluff

— — — — — — —

It started slowly, both of our schedules filled to the brim, but we still found time within each other’s schedule.

Eating dinner together, riding in the car together while on the way to work, scenes together, and even showing up back at home together.

It had only gotten worse as the filming of Stranger Things season 5 episodes came to an end.

That meant later nights, earlier filming mornings, and the worse of all Caleb and I being separated.

We tried to make it work. We’d attempt to wait up for each other in the trailers, try and get coffee together, try and steal each other between takes, or hope and pray we’d be together for hair and makeup.

But that couldn’t happen when I had the earliest call time and he had the latest.

— — — — — —

Time ~ 5:21am

I had just walked out of hair and makeup, on my way to my trailer to change into wren’s clothes.

When I walked into my trailer I could smell the faint smell of Caleb’s cologne, that could only mean not to long ago he was in my trailer.

I made my way to the bathroom to freshen up and get changed when I suddenly saw a note on my mirror ‘Try not to miss me to much love, I love you’ I read aloud what Caleb wrote with a smile forming on your face.

I quickly realize you have to start getting ready to film.

— — — — — — —

Time ~ 6:37pm

Filming wrapped a little over thirty minutes ago but I’ve been running around trying to find my things so I can pack up, bring wren’s outfit back to the dressing rooms, and writing notes and leaving treats in Caleb’s trailer just like he’s been doing for me.

I also purposely took my time so hopefully I could run into Caleb, but by the time I got into my car to drive back home he was no where to be found.

— — — — — —

That was almost 2 weeks ago and ever since then it’s gotten worse and I don’t even know how.

No more notes, no more glances or little conversation in bed before I get up or before he goes to sleep, no more anything.

It’s almost like he doesn’t exist anymore or worse our relationship doesn’t exist anymore.

I’ve tried to stay up and see him, tried to stay after work and catch him before he started filming. I tried everything yet nothing worked, so I decided to text him and let him know how I feel and how I missed being with him.

My Love🩷

‘Hey… I’ve been sitting here thinking and I just miss you. Not in a dramatic way, just in a real way that I can’t ignore anymore. It feels like we keep catching each other in pieces instead of whole moments. I know you are busy and I am too, but I miss how it used to feel when we actually had time to talk and just exist together. Lately it feels like we are always out of sync and I hate that I am starting to get used to it. I just needed to tell you because I do not want to keep pretending I am okay when I am not.’

I sent that message over thirty minutes ago, so I’ve been sat in the same spot trying to take my mind off of it by watching a show, but I kept thinking about it, and it just got later, and later, and later until.

My Love🩷

“Hey baby, sorry I’ve been busy on set, but I’ll read that when I get a chance.”

I just read the message I don’t react to it, I don’t heart the message I just leave him on read.

Don’t get me wrong I understand it’s not his fault that our schedules are clashing, but I’m making an effort to try and see him, he won’t even read a message.

After about an hour I just go to sleep realizing that’s the only peace I’ll get.

— — — — — — —

Time ~ 7:24am

I was able to get a quick break from filming my scenes. I’ve been so incredibly stressed that I just needed a moment alone.

I walked into my trailer seeing a cup of coffee with a note on top of it.

“I hope this makes your day a little lighter.” I smile to myself as I read it knowing he’s still trying.

But the realization quickly sat in, he got off of work at 1 in the morning the coffee had to be every bit of cold, so I decided to taste it.

And just as I expected it was. Don’t get me wrong I adore the face he’s trying and at least thought of me while he’s filming, but it proved the point I’ve been making. We haven’t seen each other, or haven’t talked to each other in weeks going on a month.

We used to sit down in each other’s trailer drinking coffee while reading lines , but now that was just a memory.

I couldn’t help but get emotional of the fact that those memories we shared are all becoming a blur. I just wanted everything back to normal. The morning walks around set, taking turns on lines, movie nights, or even dinner.

I just sit there on the couch in my trailer and let a few tears spill before quickly freshening up and heading out to go back to filming.

— — — — — —

Time ~ 5:44pm

The rest of filming was motionless . It was like I was in derealization the whole time.

I decided to return the favor by putting a nice note in Caleb’s trailer. I left him one of his favorite snacks and a note.

— — — — — —

Time ~ 6:28pm

It’s been a month now everything has just been a blur. I finally got a whole day to myself, and Caleb’s call time was wrapping early so he asked if we could go out somewhere casual.

I spent about thirty minutes on my makeup and thirty minutes on my hair.

I picked out the perfect dinner - casual outfit and made sure everything was perfect since it’ll be the first time in weeks since we’ve hung out.

He’s thirty minutes late. I figured I just got the call time late, so I just kick my heels off and head to my room to watch a show with hope that he’ll show up

Then an hour goes by. I thought to myself that he’s in traffic there’s been a lot of traffic this week right? Right?

It had just hit the two hours and thirty minute mark all hope I had officially washed away. I started to tear up realizing the causal date I “thought” was gonna happen never came, so I decided to just lay down makeup half smudged, outfit getting a little wrinkly, and perfume wearing off, so I just decided to sleep it off once again.

— — — — — — —

Time ~ 1:42am

The bedroom door slightly creeks open “baby” Caleb says walking in slowly seeing if I was still awake.

He slowly approaches the bed taking a seat right beside me “baby I’m home”

I start moving in my sleep a little, feeling the bed dip and someone stroking my face.

I open my eyes vision blurry at first, but after a while I see it’s Caleb.

“Hey sleepy head” he doesn’t even notice my wrinkled clothes, or smudged makeup.

“Where were you” I say looking at him half lidded eyes.

“Filming took longer than expected.”

I fully look at him “so you couldn’t have texted me.” I can feel tears brewing in my eyes “I sat here waiting for you for hours telling myself I got the call time wrong, or that it was just traffic, but it wasn’t you had to stay back, but the least you could’ve did was text your fucking girlfriend.” I say finally snapping not really wanting to snap at him but I was fed up.

Caleb lets out a slow breath, running a hand over his face before looking back at me.

“You think I don’t know that?” he asks, his voice quieter than mines. “You think I didn’t spend the whole drive home thinking about how I should’ve texted you?”

He shakes his head.

“You’re right. I should have. I should’ve picked up my phone and sent one damn message. I’m not gonna sit here and pretend I couldn’t have done that.”

His jaw tightens slightly.

“But stop acting like I just didn’t care enough to come home. I wanted to be here. I wanted tonight just as much as you did.”

He leans in closer.

“I messed up. I know I did. But don’t sit there and make it sound like I chose work over you because that’s not what happened.”

“Then why does it keep feeling like that’s exactly what’s happening” tears already began to flow down from my eyes.

Then the room goes quiet.

Caleb opens his mouth to answer, but nothing comes out.

I laugh, but it sounds more broken than amused.

“See? That’s what I’m talking about.” I say genuinely looking at him.

“That’s not fair.”

“No what’s not fair is me sitting here waiting for you every night wondering if you’re actually coming home when you said you would” I get up from the laying position I’m in and start pacing around the room

“baby…”

“No, let me finish because every time I try to bring this up, something comes up. A scene comes up, a meeting comes up, another schedule comes up.”

The tears I thought were done continue to spill out.

“I miss you.”

The words come out smaller than I intended.

Not angry.

Just honest.

“I miss you, and you’re right there.”

Caleb’s expression immediately softens.

“love…”

“I miss talking to you, I miss eating with you, I miss watching stupid movies with you and falling asleep halfway through because we’re both exhausted.” My voice cracks. “I miss us.”

For the first time all night, Caleb doesn’t try to argue.

He just sits there listening.

“I feel like we’re slipping.” I whisper. “And that’s scary I don’t think either of us noticed until now.”

A look passes over his face.

The kind that finally tells me he finally understands what I’ve been trying to say.

“You think I don’t miss you too?” He ask quietly.

I wipe my eyes softly but it doesn’t matter.

“I do.”

His voice is firm this time.

“I hate this too.”

He looks away for a second before continuing.

“Everyday I tell myself it’s temporary. One more shoot, one more week, one more late night.”

He lets out a breath.

“And then somehow a month goes by.”

The anger I’d been carrying starts to crack.

Because for the first time tonight, he isn’t defending himself.

He’s just being honest.

“I answered everyone else’s messages today,” he says. “Production, my managers, everyone’s.”

His eyes meet mines.

“And the one text I should’ve answered was yours.”

The room feels smaller.

Quieter.

Neither of us say anything for a few seconds.

Then Caleb closes the space between us.

I don’t move.

Not because I’m still angry.

Because I’m tired.

So tired.

He gently reaches for my hands.

“I need you to stop doing one thing for me.”

“What?” I look up at him with puffy red-shot eyes.

“Stop convincing yourself I’m halfway out the door.”

The tears start again.

Because that exactly what I’ve been afraid of.

His grip tightens around my hands.

“I’m still here.”

My lip trembles.

“Then why does it feel like you’re not.”

The question comes out barely above a whisper.

Caleb’s face falls.

Then without another word, he pulls me into his arms.

The second he does, I break.

Weeks of frustration, loneliness, disappointment, all of it crashes into me at once.

I bury my face into his shoulder and cry.

And for the first time in what feels like forever, he doesn’t have somewhere else to be.

He just holds me.

“I’m sorry.” He whispers into my hair.

I shake my head.

“I’m sorry too.”

“No.”

His arms tighten around me.

“We’re not doing that. This isn’t just on you.”

I let out a shaky laugh through my tears.

“We really suck at this right now.”

That earns the smallest smile from him.

“Yeah,” he says softly. “We do”

For a moment neither of us speak.

Then Caleb presses a kiss on my forehead.

“We’re gonna fix it.”

I look up at him.

“How?”

“We’re gonna stop saying tomorrow.”

I blink.

“What?”

“We’ll stop saying we’ll make time tomorrow. Or next week. Or when things calm down,” he brushes a tear from my cheek. “We make time.”

For the first time all night I feel something other than hurt.

Hope.

Small, fragile hope.

“Okay.” I whisper

“Okay” then after that he grabs both side of my face and kisses me.

At first we just sit there but then I feel his tongue glide across my bottom lip asking for an entrance.

What was a kiss turned into a heated make out, with him pulling me onto the bed and him on top of me.

He starts to make his way from lips down to my neck leaving love bites and wet kisses that tickle.

He finally comes up towards my face planting one kiss on my mouth “I love you.” he says pulling me onto his lap, and kissing all over my face.

“I love you more.”

And for the rest of the night neither of us touch our phones.

[corefourever]

New/Old pics of Caleb from the ST5 Tokyo premiere

[tuckedinthecolors]

Caleb McLaughlin x Actress!reader

@youruser

Your user : life lately🤍

Liked by calebmclaughlin, sadiesink_, quenblackwell, and 274,381 others

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User:y’all were not serious for one minute

User:I’m here for this!!

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User:THE PICTURE OF CALEB?? IM CRYING😭

calebmclaughlin: why did you pick THAT picture 😭

| youruser: you look cute☺️

User: I just know he saw that photo and sighed

User: we’re NOT talking about the third pic enough

milliebobbybrown: cuties!

| youruser liked

| youruser: no you😙

gatenmatarazzo: stealing the second pic

| youruser liked

User: living for them!!

User: am I the only one who needs them in a romcom..?

| User replied: definitely not!!

User: getting ready on the floor is so real!

noahschnapp: when’s the next shopping trip🤔

| youruser: whenever you’re ready😏

User: If me and my person aren’t like this DONT WANT IT!!

User: prettygirlll!

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@calebmclaughlin

calebmclaughlin : good days with my baby

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User: awww cutie patooties!🥹

User: “with my baby” OMGGG!

User: I know she’s smiling reading the caption

User: the difference between her post and his😭

youruser: lovebug🙃🫶🏾

| calebmclaughlin liked

| calebmclaughlin: 😚

User: they’re literally each others comfort person I’m not okay

nattyiceoffical: cuties!!

| calebmclaughlin liked

User: I yearn for what they have

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User: I love when couples are like this

User: I know she saw this and kicked her feet

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[tuckedinthecolors]

OMG, IT'S FINALLY HERE !!! Thank you for feeding us, I really needed more Caleb stories.

You’re welcomeeee!!! I was trying to get it out quicker but I was stuck, also there will be more to look out for and hopefully I won’t take that long!!

[tuckedinthecolors]

GQ Couples Interview

Warnings ~ Fluff

Chapter Outfit , Caleb McLaughlin x Actress!reader au

Wc ~ 2k

(Some of the number might be off)

— — — — — — — — —

Today Caleb and I had an couples interview for GQ.

The studio was bright, lights hanging overhead and cameras pointed right at us. In front of us sat two white deck of cards with the GQ logo printed on them.

Next to me, Caleb leaned back in his chair like he was already confident he was about to get every question right.

I glanced over at him and shook my head.

“You’re about to cheat, aren’t you?” I muttered

He laughed under his breath “why would I need to cheat? I already know everything about you”

“Mm,” I said clearly not believing him.

Behind the cameras, one of the camera crew members lifted her hand slightly

“Rolling”

Caleb immediately sat up straighter, turning slightly toward the camera.

I looked at him, then back at the camera with a straight face.

“Hi I’m Caleb McLaughlin”I say giggling a little

Caleb blinked once, then turned toward me slowly while smiling”

“And i’m Y/n L/n”he says catching what I did

We started laughing, but then quickly looked back toward the camera.

At the same time we said

“—and today we’re taking the GQ Couples Quiz.”

Caleb glanced over at me again with a competitive little grin.

“You ready to lose?”

“Please. Don’t embarrass yourself on camera.” I say glancing down at the cards in my hand to ask the first question.

“Ook when is my birthday”I ask looking uk at Caleb

“July 9th”He says quicker than I can get the question out

“Okay, one point”

On the screen it dings with one point on Caleb’s side

“What is my favorite show”

“Big Mouth, easy”

“Your just getting lucky, one point”

“Score is still two”

I look down at the cards, flipping to the next one

“Okay…. next question”

I glance up at him, a small smirk forming

“What is something I do that distracts you”

Caleb pauses

“….you just be asking anything now” he says slightly giggling and rubbing his chin

I tilt my head

“Answer the question”

He exhales, rubbing the back of his head

“You do this thing where you look at me and don’t say nothing,” he says “Like…. you just stare”

I immediately bust out into laughter

“That distracts you?”

“Yes,” he says quickly “Because I be trying to figure out what your thinking”

I shake my head, still smiling

“Thats crazy”

A ding goes off

“Four”

I flip to the next card, already knowing this one might get him

“Ok… this one don’t lie”

He squints at me

“I don’t lie”

“Mhm,” I mumbled “What’s something I do that you act like you don’t like, but you actually do?”

Caleb looks at me for a second, then laughs

“You be stealing my hoodies” he says a smirk forming on his face

“That’s not-”

“And I act mad,”he cuts me off, “but I’m not”

I blink at him

“….ok”

He shrugs

“I like seeing you in my stuff”he says winking at me

I look away for a second, trying not to smile

“Ok let’s relax”I say as I try to hide my smile

Another ding

“Five” I say clearing my throat

“Let’s do something a little easier”

I start to say as I flip through the deck

“How many tattoos do I have”

Caleb straightens up, really thinking about this one

“Uhh… damn” he starts to look toward the celling “fou- no five… yea five” he says confident in his answer

I shake my head

“Nope you were right at first, it’s four”

Caleb has that annoyed expression on his face

“How do you get the hard stuff right and the easy stuff wrong”

Caleb just shakes his head

“Ok next question”

I flip to the next card and my eyebrows go up a little

“Oh nahh..”

Caleb leans forward

“What?”

I look at him

“What’s something I do when I’m mad at you that you don’t like?”

He immediately points at me

“See—this what I’m talking about. Why are these the questions?”

I laugh

“Just answer it honey”

He sighs

“You ignore me”

I nod slowly

“And then when I try to fix it, you take forever to respond on purpose”

I gasp

“I do not—”

“You do,” he says, laughing. “You be on your phone too, I know you see it”

I try to defend myself but end up laughing

“Ok…. maybe a little”

Ding

“Six”

I grab the next card, shaking my head

“You’re actually doing good… I don’t like this”

Caleb smirks

“Told you”

I read the card, then look up at him

“What’s something about me that made you really like me?”

He goes quiet for a second

“…damn”

I watch him, waiting

“You was just real,” he says finally. “Like, you didn’t try too hard. You was just being yourself”

I blink, a little caught off guard

“And you made everything feel easy”

There’s a small pause

I look down for a second, then back up at him

“Ok…”

“Plus 10 points”I add quickly

Caleb snaps towards me

“WHAT?”

I start laughing

“That was a good answer!”

“You’re just making up points now!”

“Score is now… seventeen”

“That’s not how that works!” he says, laughing.

I flip to the next card, still smiling

“Okay, last one for me”

Caleb leans back

“Finally”

I look at the card, then at him

“What’s my favorite thing about playing Wren Collins on Stranger Things?”

He smiles a little, like he already knows

“You like the action scenes,” he says. “All that running, fighting… you be talking about it all the time”

I tilt my head

“Okay… keep going”

“And,” he adds, pointing at me, “you like how strong your character is. Like she don’t really need nobody to handle stuff”

I pause for a second, then nod

“…Okay”

He leans back like he knows he got it

“And you like being on set with everybody. You be saying it don’t even feel like work half the time”

I try not to smile too hard

“Alright…”

Ding

“Plus 34 points,” I say quickly

Caleb leans forward, hands on the table

“NAH”

I’m laughing now

“Fifty–one!”

“That is not the score!”

He grabs one of the cards from the table

“Aight, move. It’s my turn”

I sit back, still laughing

“Okay, okay”

He looks at me, pointing the card slightly

“Don’t start cheating when I ask questions”

I raise my hands

“I don’t cheat”

He gives me a look

“Yeah… we’ll see”

He glances down at the card, then back up at me

“Alright. First question”

He leans back a little

“What’s my favorite food?”

I answer almost immediately

“Any type of pasta”

He blinks

“…why you say it like that?”

“Because that’s literally what you order everywhere,” I say

He looks toward the camera

“I eat other things”

I just stare at him

“…do you though?”

The ding goes off

“Alright, one point,” he says, nodding

I shake my head

“That was too easy”

He flips to the next card

“Okay… next one” he says flipping through the deck “what’s my full name”

“Caleb Reginald McLaughlin” I say super quick like it was muscle memory

“Okay correct” he says smiling “plus one point” another ding goes off

He flips to another card adjusting himself in his seat

“When’s my birthday”

“October 13, 2001” I say smiling towards him “easy”

“Correct”

Ding

“Plus one point”

He flips another card and slightly squints

“….okay”

He looks at me

“What’s something I do that annoys you but you don’t say anything about?”

I tilt my head

“You interrupt me”

His eyes widen a little

“I do” he says a little shocked

“Yes you do,” I say laughing. “I’ll be like mid-sentence and you’ll just start talking”

He turns toward the camera

“I didn’t know I did that”

“Yea you do, but I don’t mind it” I say laughing “you did it earlier actually”

The room fills with quiet laughter

He shakes his head

“That’s crazy”

Ding

Three points

He grabs the next card

“Alright”

He reads it and then looks up at me

“What is something I do that always makes you smile?”

I answer without thinking

“You hype me up”

He starts smiling at me

“Can you describe exactly how”

“Like when something good happens for me,” I say “You’re always the loudest one celebrating”

He watches me slightly, then nods

“….that’s true” he says smiling at

Ding

“Four points”

He leans back in his chair

“See I told you I’d be winning”

He rolls his eyes

“Your getting the easy questions”

He flips to the next

“Okay …. this one might expose me a little”

I raise an eyebrow

“Expose you how” a smile starts forming across my face

He reads the card

“What’s something I do when I’m jealous”

I start laughing immediately

“Oh my gosh I don’t really know how to answer this” I start thinking about the question more “You get quiet”

He looks a little offended

“I do not”

“Yes you do,” I laugh “And then you start asking random questions”

“Like what?” he asks

“Like ‘who’s that?’” I say mimicking his voice

The crew starts laughing

Ding

“Five points,” he says, shaking his head

He flips to another card

“Aight… next”

“What’s something I always do when I first see you after we haven’t seen each other after a while”

I answer very quickly

“You hug me”

He nods slowly

“And?”

“And you pick me up, and spin me around” I add

He smiles slightly

“Yeah”

Ding

Six points

He flips the next card and let’s out a small laugh

“Oh this one crazy”

I lean forward

“What?”

He reads it

“What’s a nickname I call you that nobody knows”

I squint at him

“You really asking this on camera!?”

He shrugs

“It’s the question” he says , but I can tell he doesn’t want me to say it

I sigh dramatically

“…. you call me boo boo bear”

Caleb freezes

The crew behind the cameras immediately start laughing

He drops his head

“Why would you say that like that?”

“Because that’s what you call me!,” I say, trying not to laugh “And you told me to say it”

He rubs his face

“That sounds way worse out loud”

I shrug

“You asked”

Ding

“Seven points”

I laugh

“Too late”

He flips to the next card

“Okay…. next question”

He glances at the question then looks up at me

“What’s something I do when I’m trying to impress you”

I immediately smile

“Oh this easy”

He already looks suspicious

“Go ahead”

“You start acting extra confident”I say

He squints

“I’m always confident”

I laugh

“No, like extra. You start fixing your clothes, standing up straighter..”

He shakes his head

“That’s not true”

“You can deny all you want,” I say shifting toward him. “And then you start talking a little louder like you want me to notice you” I add

The crew behind starts laughing again

Caleb points at them

“See? Y’all just letting her lie on me” he says trying not to laugh

I shrug

“I’m not lying”

Ding

“Ten points”

“See I told you”

He flips to another card

“Alright, last one”

He reads it, then glances up at me

“What’s the first thing I said to you when we met?”

I think for a second

“You said, I looked familiar”

He nods

“And then you asked if I was the girl playing Wren Collins”

Another nod

“And then you tried to act like you already knew that”

The crew laughs again

He glares at me

“I did know!”

I smile a little

“And you also said I looked pretty”

He pauses

Then he leans slightly toward the camera

“I mean…… she still does”

For a second the room goes quiet before the crew behind the cameras starts laughing

I look away, trying not to smile too much

“Okay…”

Ding

“Extra eight points,” he says, leaning back in his chair.

I shake my head

“You’re so annoying”

He grins.

“Still winning though.”

Caleb drops the last card on the table and leans back in his chair

“So that’s it?”

I look down at the stack of cards, then back at him

“I guess so”

One of the crew members behind the camera finally speaks up

“Alright, that’s the end of the quiz”

Caleb nods slowly, looking over at me

“Pretty sure I won”

I give him a look

“You had easier questions”

He laughs

“Excuses”

I cross my arms slightly

“You got lucky”

“Lucky?” he repeats. “Nah, I just know you”

I roll my eyes, but I’m smiling

“Whatever helps you sleep at night”

He leans forward a little, resting his arms on the table

“So you admitting I won?”

I shake my head

“Absolutely not”

He looks straight at the camera

“Y’all see this? I clearly won”

I laugh under my breath

“You’re so dramatic”

He grins

“And you’re a sore loser”

I grab one of the GQ cards and lightly tap him with it

“Relax”

The crew laughs quietly behind the cameras again

Caleb shakes his head, still smiling

“This was fun though”

I nod

“Yeah… it actually was”

He glances at the camera again

“Alright,” he says

“Thanks for watching”

I sit up a little straighter

“Make sure you guys check out the new season of Stranger Things,” I add. “You’ll see Wren Collins doing her thing”

Caleb points at me

“She’s the best part of the show”

I look at him

“You’re biased”

“Maybe,” he says with a small smile

Then we both look toward the camera

“Thanks for watching GQ’s Couples Quiz”

The camera lingers for another second while Caleb nudges my arm

“You still lost though”

I laugh

“Okay, now we’re done”

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Comments

User: caleb calling her boo boo bear and immediately regretting it took me OUT 😭

User: THE WAY HE POINTED AT THE CAMERA WHEN SHE EXPOSED THE NICKNAME 😭😭

User: wren collins mention we won today!!

User: the way they argue like an old married couple but still smiling the whole time

User: nah because caleb definitely started sitting up straighter when she said he tries to impress her 💀

User: GQ knew exactly what they were doing with these questions

User: so we’re just ignoring the fact he calls her BOO BOO BEAR!?!

User: you can tell he watches her on set because how did he know the Wren Collins answer that fast

User: the way he kept leaning closer when she was talking… body language never lies

User: this interview about to be on tiktok edits for the next 3 weeks

User: they started the video joking and ended it arguing about who won 😭

User: nah because the way he said “i just know you”??? yeah they’re locked

User: i just know the crew was fighting for their lives trying not to laugh

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[tuckedinthecolors]

Girl, I'm literally dying for more fics with Caleb McLaughlin!!!

Omggg thank you so much!! I am working on two chapters for them right now I’m trying to get through them but I have a severe case of writers block

[bxunyx]

Okay so who’s now gonna write this after awards smutty story🤨