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|| Get to know NORVILLE ‘SHAGGY’ ROGERS who’s TWENTY-ONE years old and a JUNIOR in college majoring in UNDECIDED. He is from CALIFORNIA and is often times mistaken for ELLIOT FLETCHER while others say he reminds them of SHAGGY from SCOOBY DOO. || 

with lottie and roxanne out for the night, tiana planned to just hang out at the house and watch the cooking channel with stella and princess curled up next to her. and being that both of her roommates (who had more of a life than she allowed herself to) were gone she wasn’t expecting anyone to stop by. so when there’s a knock at the door she half expects it to be star coming over for impromptu cuddling and baking again. “hey shaggy,” tiana greets with a smile, pleasantly surprised when her eyes fall on shaggy after opening the door. “what’s up?” though, it’s kind of clear whats up if the suit and flowers are any indication. but still, she has to ask. “what’s the occasion?”

shaggy suddenly felt like his tongue was swollen; words weren’t flowing like they did and he was pretty sure his hands were getting that clammy feeling he got when he felt his heart start to race due to fear. was he afraid? he didn’t think he he was but his heart was telling him something else. "i was....are you busy? i know this is like, last minute, but i wanted to ask you...on like, a date? if you wanted to go out i mean. or like, we could chill anywhere. you know i am chill...anywhere.”

shaggy could not get it out of his head how tiana said she wasn’t asked out ever. it bothered him on a personal level, actually. he thought tiana was the grooviest girl ever and that she deserved to be swept off her feet. so he was determined to do that. he got a new suit at the thrift store, did his hair for once, and smoked lightly before making his way to the apartment tiana shared with her friends. knocking on the door with one hand, flowers in his other hand, and a nervous smile on his face, he gently spoke through the door, praying tiana was the first one to answer. “i....i like, am looking for tiana. if she is not busy and all.”

Fred, who’d found himself distracted by the multitudes of semi-familiar faces, was ready a break; he’d chatted with his bar buddies, met some friends of friends of friends, and had joined the mass on the dance floor long enough to greet everyone there he recognized. It was fun, tapping into the side of him that loved partying, but as always, he’d naturally found himself looking for the gang again an hour or so later. It might’ve been harder, if he couldn’t guess which direction at least one of them would be in, so he excused his way through the crowd until he found Shaggy. Or, until Shaggy found him. Fred reflexively lifted both hands to break the fall, one landing on the front of a shoulder and the other a chest. “Shag,” he acknowledged with a semi fond smile, not letting go until the other gained his footing. “If you’re falling for me, man, you could’ve just said so.” He wiped the crinkles out of Shaggy’s shirt fabric before glancing back up at his face, smile widening. “Having fun?”

Shaggy rolled his eyes before nodding. “Dude, it’s not like I hide my love for anyone. So like, if you choose to ignore it that’s on you.” He ran a hand through his hair. “This party is super fancy, man. I don’t fit in at all. And like, our dates ran off with other people. Which is like, fine, because I got to eat at the buffet without being scolded and like...saw some rad people. But I’m happy to see you again.” He was just more relaxed with Fred and the gang. There was no doubt about it. “How’s your night been?”

shaggy was seeing a ton of people come and go into his field of view tonight. with the party being so mysterious it did make his heart race a little more than a normal party would. but he didn’t want to be called a coward for being spooked by not recognizing most of the people there. he had pre-gamed before arriving to calm his nerves, but it didn’t do as much as he hoped it would. not even a pep talk from scooby before he left did much. so it was time for option b; the food. he could eat his way into anything if he tried hard enough, and his stomach was grumbling the moment that he stepped into the place an hour or so ago. stepping carefully as he tried to make his way to the table of delectables, he nearly tripped on his own feet. luckily, there was someone there to catch him. with a lazy smile on his face, he looked at his savior. “like, thanks, dude.”

send  🎥 for our muses to watch a holiday movie together .

honestly, shaggy was grateful that joey wanted to hang out still. after the way things ended and the way he tended to say too much of the wrong thing around her, he really just wanted to make one interaction go right. so he invited her over into his home and this time his actual pad he shared with the gang and not the van due to how cold it was outside. he offered snuggly blankets, hot chocolate, cookies, and a christmas carol on the tv. shaggy was never really good with personal space so he was already right up next to her on the couch, blankets over them and cuddling close. “like, thanks for coming over,” he said with a lazy smile on his face. @joeeyroo

Fred should’ve felt like he lost, seeing Shaggy’s victorious grin, but he hadn’t been heavily invested in winning this one. If he didn’t get them now, after all, it was likely the brunet would just sneak back later. He watched the rollette get lifted towards his lips, trailing the motion with his eyes. “That only explains about half of the weird smells in there, you know.” The other half… Well, there were some things he wasn’t sure he wanted to know. His friend didn’t seem to be wavering in his offer, so Fred leaned the short distance and accepted the mini lasagna, biting lightly on the fingers before doing so. It was good, and hadn’t looked so big before, but the thing was dense, and chewing on it proved that maybe he hadn’t made the smartest decision in trying to down it in one go. He was no Shaggy, after all. “I feel like we should’ve smoked before we came,” he confessed, realizing as the pasta came to rest deep in his stomach that they’d missed what could’ve been an important step.

Shaggy laughed at Fred’s confession, feeling a little bad about it. “Like, did you think I didn’t?” He had smoked before, smoked during, and was planning on taking another moment to smoke in a few minutes. “Fred, you’re cute, but like, use your brain for that one.” He was digging into the container for that mini lasagna roll that was calling to him, plopping it in his mouth and grinning up at him when he was done chewing at it. “We can go smoke if you want. But you have a lot of catching up to do. Like......more than I think you can handle.”

He could’ve predicted Shaggy’s reaction, a testament perhaps to how long the two had known each other. Yet, he was grateful that the other didn’t put up too much of a fight. Well, that is, until he nestled into his side, because, as well as he knew Shaggy, Shaggy knew him. Fred turned his head enough to look down at the far too happy face, blindly maneuvering the familiar card out of his wallet slot. With a sigh and a reluctantly indulgent half smile, he lifted the occupied hand to tap his knuckles lightly on the others chin, shaking his head. “And you’re evil.” He looked back at the worker and held up five fingers, exchanging payment before she dished the mini lasagna rolls into the paper container. Once he received them, and exchanged a quick well wish to enjoy the festival, he offered out the dish to Shaggy. “One of those is mine, but if Daphne finds out, I’m blaming you.”

Shaggy happily took the mini lasagna rolls from Fred, a triumphant smile on his face. “Do you like, want it now?” he asked innocently, picking a roll up between two fingers to hold up near Fred’s lips. He wasn’t going to smash the roll on his face so he tried to be a little careful with it. “Daph won’t find out. You should see the stuff I sneak into the van at night. As long as I don’t get stains anywhere, it’s like, all good.” His stomach was grumbling but he refused to eat a bite until he saw Fred take one first. Before it was to tease him but now it was just to prove to himself that he had willpower. A man with willpower didn’t get caught eating extra mini lasagna rolls.

tiana looks down at the informational pamphlet she’d picked up as she entered winter fest. every time there was an event there was so much to do, so much food to scope out and she struggled a little each time trying to map out the order of what she wanted to try. “hi sweetpea,” she smiles, seeing shaggy approach her. “i just finished my shift workin’ the booth so i’m excited, yeah. what about you? have you gotten up to anything fun yet?” in the grand scheme of things anything shaggy could tell her about his time so far would be exciting in her eyes, even if all he did was eat and maybe hang out with a friend or two. which, knowing shaggy is exactly what he did. they’d bonded over a shared love of food, and no one was more willing to try her cooking than shaggy. “no, i haven’t had anythin’ yet. i was actually tryin’ to figure out where to stop first. so, I’ll gladly take you up on havin’ the sweetest escort on the island.” she smiles, happy that if she was going to be doing this with anyone it was him. he had a calming energy about him, something that was a nice change of pace from the amount of time she spent with her easily excitable best friend. she’d never turn down an opportunity to hang out with shaggy. “what should be first in your expert opinion?”

shaggy’s eyes lit up as tiana talked. he just thought she was so brilliant and he cared about every word that came out of her mouth. he frowned for a moment when she mentioned working at all but he was happy she was done with it for now. she deserved to have fun outside of her work, which he knew she enjoyed, but still it was nice to shake things up every once in a while. and shaggy was an expert on that. “you’re the sweetest person on the island, that’s it,” he said with a light laugh. “honestly it depends on what you’re in the mood for. savory or sweet?” he could eat either honestly. but he could always eat anything. “whatever you want. tiana’s choice!”