🌷 Robin/Chrissy
I'm an ex band kid (if you couldn't tell by the everything about me) so there will be some niche marching band references in here. Also I know canon Robin plays the clarinet, but as a former concert clarinet player who marched with a bass clarinet in high school, i headcanon her as a bass clarinet player specifically in marching season. Bass clarinet rep is important to me. This post also mentions body image issues.
Buckingham (Robin/Chrissy) Headcanons
Robin is the wife guy of all wife guys. Whenever she dates someone, she will literally not shut up about them. She brings up Chrissy in EVERY SINGLE CONVERSATION.
Robin often catches Chrissy's gaze when she's marching on the football field and completely falls out of step with the rest of the band (the director HATES to see her gay ass coming)
Chrissy lingers around the band room after school waiting for Robin to get done with her sectionals (practice with just one group of instruments usually hosted by the director or section leader [another student in charge of their instrument group] after school) so they can walk home together. She always giggles whenever she can hear Robin squeak her instrument (that girl never replaces her reeds when she needs to) and start rambling apologies to the instructor.
Robin sneaks onto the cheerleader bus on the way home from away games so she can cuddle Chrissy in the very back (she's only been caught once)
Chrissy has a lot of sleepovers at Robin's place because she doesn't like being home (awful mother and mentally checked out father). Robin's parents know Chrissy is Robin's girlfriend, even if neither of them have said it outright, but don't care. They can tell Chrissy needs the escape and freely offer it.
When Chrissy is 18, they basically let Chrissy move in. They have to ward off Chrissy's mother from coming to try and bring her back home but eventually, things cool down. Robin is more than happy to have her over as often as possible.
Robin always wakes Chrissy up unintentionally when she's getting ready by dropping something really loud in the bathroom and cursing worriedly about it. Chrissy never minds, because she likes listening to Robin hum to herself while she finishes up.
Chrissy likes to help Robin's mom make breakfast. Robin's dad is always quietly calling her out on her heart eyes watching Chrissy move around the kitchen with more and more comfort as the days pass.
Chrissy struggles a lot with her mental health, especially when it comes to her self-image. She has high and low days. One thing Robin does to help is shower with her. It's always innocent, even if Chrissy didn't believe it would be when Robin first proposed it, pinching her brows together and narrowing her eyes playfully at her girlfriend. But it really is just for the sake of helping take some of the stress and responsibility out of Chrissy's routine. She often helps wash her hair and body, sings her songs, helps her keep her focus off of the way her body looks while still showering her with compliments.
Robin tells Chrissy all about her dreams of going to France someday, just to travel and get as far away from this horrible place as possible. Chrissy starts to bond to the idea, because she wants to leave more than anything. The only thing this place reminds her of is her pain and trauma. If she had the opportunity to leave the entire country, she would take it in a heartbeat.
Eventually, after a few years of dating and living together, on their anniversary, Chrissy coordinates with Robin's parents to get the house to themselves (which they're more than fine with because once they hear the plan they're over the fucking moon about it)
When Robin gets home from work (after Steve spends the entire shift talking her ear off about Eddie/Kali/Nancy/insert ship here), she walks in on a quaint but extremely romantic dinner setup. During the dinner, Chrissy finally surprises her with plane tickets to France. They end up going together on a week-long trip, and take a polaroid picture kissing in front of the Eiffel Tower.
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