ok ok get this: max hasn't been doing so well - she needs a break - and robin notices. she decides she's gonna do something about it. she hates to see the kid unhappy, she'd stop short of nothing to cheer her up. long story short, max ends up trying to teach robin to skateboard. it goes... as well as one would expect (not well, comedically so). they both sheepishly end up going back to nancy, who patches them up and lovingly yells at them for being idiots
(Pretend the end of Season 4 was Max being physically fine)
Robin gets worried when she notices Max is pulling away from everyone. She doesn't break up with Lucas or anything, she's just even quieter than she was after Starcourt, she turns down invites to hang out with the whole group ect.
So, Robin heads over to Max's one Saturday (after bullying polietly asking Steve into covering her shift).
"What're you doing here?" Max asks, suspiciously.
Robin just smirks and holds up $20 bucks. "I got paid and wanted to blow some money on junk food. Wanna join me?"
Max hesitates for a few moments, before crossing her arms. "...just you?" And Robin just nods. Max grabs her skateboard and follows her.
So they go, and they grab some burgers and Robin takes Max to the skatepark so they can sit and eat. Max is still unnervingly quiet, but she smiles and even stifles a laugh when Robin tells her about Steve faceplanting in front of Heidi the other day.
But Max still seems withdrawn, so Robin starts looking around for ideas on how to cheer her up...and of course her eyes land on the skateboard.
"Hey Max?" "Yeah?" "...do you wanna see if you can teach me to use that thing?"
Max looks down and actually laughs "You fall over on flat surfaces! If I put you on this, you might actually die!" Robin flicks her forehead with a laugh of her own. "I'm serious! Can you imagine the look on Steve's face if I learned to skateboard before him?"
So, Max agrees. And promptly almost dies laughing when Robin immediately faceplants upon stepping onto the board.
"Keep your weight balanced. No! That's gonna make you-!" Crash.
Max can barely get through instructions before breaking down laughing when Robin inevitably falls, crashes or otherwise hits the deck.
They finally give up after a little over an hour, when Max's stomach hurts from laughing and Robin almost has more bruises and scrapes than she ever got in the Upside Down.
Nancy is immensely confused when she opens her door to find a very bruised Robin (complete with a nasty looking graze on her cheek) and a still-giggling Max by her side.
"What the-?" "I tried to teach Robin to skateboard!" Max beams, "It was really funny."
Nancy just gives Robin a look as she lets them inside. The two of them get a very long lecture about safety and common sense while she cleans and dresses the nastier cuts on Robin. Max's smile doesn't drop once, especially when Nancy boops Robin's nose when telling her to be more careful.
"How did she convince you to do that anyway?" Nancy asks quietly, when Max settles down with a soda (she's been invited to movie night). Robin just smiles "She didn't, it was my idea."
"Why the hell would you suggest that?" Nancy asks, incredulously. "She hasn't stopped smiling since I did. That's why. And it was worth it" Robin beams
And Nancy sighs and kisses her cheek "Softie."
This was really cute and fun to write. Hope you liked it!
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