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Luz: Do you think different laundry detergents have different tastes?
Babe: They do
Doc Roe: W-why did you say that with such certainty
“No medic has ever been so…very small. You’re very small, Doc. You’re a tiny thing.”
— Babe Heffron
Babe, lying next to Doc Roe who is asleep: Nice.
Doc Roe, still asleep: [cuddles closer to Babe]
Babe, holding back tears: N I C E
that 2017 movie call me by my nickname
Ooh prompt idea: for the ships, who is the one who fills the bathroom with bath, skincare and hair care products and who is the one who uses one product for everything?
oh gosh, this one is too easy, because you k n o w who the divas are
WINNIX
when they first move in together, dick is honestly baffled.
how many bottles of cologne can one man have? they’re all different scents? he’s not even sure nix shaves every day, how and why does he have so many creams?
nix likes to smell nice, okay. when you’ve got alcohol literally leaking out of your pores, you’ve got to put in effort not to walk around reeking like a distillery. it helps that he’s got contacts with this cologne company in paris, and his sister is a bit of a beauty guru who’s constantly gifting him products...
he’s got a collection, okay? dick has some hair creme and cologne for special occasions, but that’s it. he doesn’t know what 90% of the things in their cabinet are, and at this point, he’s afraid to ask.
SPEIRTON
speirs hoards hair products. this... shouldn’t be a surprise.
lipton didn’t know what conditioner was before meeting speirs. with all due respect, his hair isn’t the most... luscious. all he’s really done before was shampoo it, wash it out, and comb it back. lip is a ‘meticulously-organized-bathroom-cabinet’ person, not a clutter person.
thankfully, speirs is very organized too. he color-codes his clutter, so it’s not a big deal.
lipton has a shampoo he’s committed to, a toothpaste he’s used for years, and a cologne he bought ages ago and has worn... maybe twice.
speirs likes to experiment with different brands and different scents. it’s all very manly. he was tempted to buy cherry blossom-scented soap once, just because it smelled gorgeous; he only refrained because it was obscenely overpriced.
BABEROE
babe gets so used to living with his bathroom cabinets overflowing with crap --- none of it his --- that when bill moves out, taking his many male beauty products with him, it’s a little jarring.
the bathroom cabinets look... lonely.
it doesn’t help that gene’s, like, really minimalist. he’s been using the same brands for years, and they suit him just fine. his four bathroom products, added to babe’s five, and their cabinets are... pretty damn depressing.
since neither of them are really the “cologne and hair gel” type, babe’s at a loss. they have to fill it with something... so, when he’s helping his mom clean out her attic one day, and finds a box of action figures from his childhood, he gets an idea.
gene opens the cabinet the next morning to be met with... a dozen mini superheroes, and a handful of gi-joes.
and babe’s just getting started.
their cabinets are full of clutter, but none of it’s actually useful. trinkets babe picked up at the dollar store, cool stones gene found, spare change, little gifts gene’s pediatric patients make him... they have the most colorful bathroom cabinets, and both are very happy with the chaos they find inside every morning.
WEBGOTT
oh my god, have you seen both of these mens’ hair???
they need product galore. they hoard the stuff. liebgott’s got the silky-smooth texture, but web’s got volume, and they both have their own brands of shampoo they’re committed to. (web’s smells like kiwi; lieb is a honeysuckle guy. honestly, they both use womens’ shampoo, and they’re not ashamed of it.)
web also has so much body wash that he frankly Does Not Need.
their shower racks are overflowing, and don’t even open the bathroom cabinet. weirdly enough, lieb takes better care of his skin than web --- he’s constantly nagging web about getting sunburned while out on his boat at all hours. lieb works hard to look good, and if that means exfoliating cream, he’ll use it.
LUZTOYE
so, neither of them are big on beauty regimes. joe’s very smart about his deodorant, and takes care of his hair, but he doesn’t go overboard. george’s hair is more floppy, and one of his sisters is a stylist, so she’s taught him how to take care of it; he’s a got a few shampoos-and-conditioners cluttering the shower, and one always manages to fall on joe’s foot when he’s in there. whoops.
they’ve also got apricot scented shaving cream. it was a gift from joe’s oldest sister. they think it was a joke, but it’s actually great, so they both use it.
and like... look. listen. george got dragged into doing face masks with his sisters once, and now he can’t get enough of them. his skin is glowing, joe, look at that --- his pores can breathe! it’s liberating! it’s a miracle! he’s got a few masks in the drawer, and sometimes if he’s home alone he’ll throw one on after a shower. joe refuses to be dragged into it as a matter of principle.
Easy company went on a trip together🤩🤩🤩（everyone went on the trip . But I don’t have enough time to draw everyone. I’m sorry 😟😟😟and english is not my first language,if i made some mistakes,please forgive me 🥺)
Babe, explaining love languages to Liebgott: … so, like, my love language is physical touch, but Gene’s is acts of service.
Liebgott:
Babe: What’s your love language?
Liebgott: Physical touch.
Babe: Punching doesn’t count.
gene: speaks french
babe, crying: how do you do that with your mouth
Babe: Can you dust my wets?
Doc Roe: You can just ask for Parmesan cheese
Babe, confused, lifts all of his spaghetti with his hands: Please. My wets.
“Hey Gene, you called me babe.”
Guarnere: Oh look, it’s Doc.
Babe: Oh, no! You can’t let him see me like this!
Guarnere: Like what? You look fine.
Babe, mortified, taking a deep breath: I’m not wearing cool socks today.
BoB parenting headcanons - the kids are sick
BabeRoe
Normally Doc is very calm about all things medical, he knows how to identify and treat illness and it’s just a normal part of life and nothing to freak out over. This goes right out of the window when it’s one of his kids though.
If one of Doc’s kids starts to so much as sniffle, that’s it, bed rest and chicken soup and he’s checking their temperature once an hour and keeping track of any fluctuations or new symptoms.
He knows he’s being ridiculous and that all kids get colds and it’s good to build up their immune system, but he can’t help but wondering what if? What if this is the time when it’s something serious and it slips by him? He knows all the worst case scenarios and he knows that they’re rare, but rare means it happens to some people.
Babe understands Gene’s worry, he really does
but sending the kids to bed whenever they’re even a little unwell leads to bored, cranky children
And Babe doesn’t want to undermine Gene or make his worry worse, but he can’t just sit by and let the kids be miserable
Babe is a great believer that the most important thing for sick kids in a good distraction
So he will teach the kids all the card games that he knows, and tell them all the best stories, and put on the movie he said they couldn’t see until their next birthday as a treat (there’s nothing wrong with the movie, but Babe spend his childhood sneaking about to watch movies that he was too young for and it made him feel grown up and he wants his kids to have the same experience, except without the nightmares he got from stealing an 18 horror movies from his cousins)
And Gene wants to be annoyed at him for getting the kids excited when they should be resting, but also seeing them having fun makes him worry less
Speirton
You know Lip is the parent that ends up catching whatever his kid has because he is taking care of them but not himself.
He tries to deny it but a few days after the kid starts sneezing he is sneezing too.
He tries to push through and hold things together like normal, because he needs to be able to look after the kid, and b/c Ron is a good parent but Lip knows that he does not want to come home from work to a runny-nose, crying little kid, because nobody likes that
But the next day when he wakes up it’s not because of his alarm, and he checks his clock and oh shit it is past 10am and how did he ever sleep in so late
And he leaps out of bed and goes to check on the kid
But the kid isn’t is bed
And he’s lowkey freaking out,
but then he goes into the living room and Ron and the kid are curled up on the couch watching cartoons. But not regular cartoons, Ron has linked his computer to the tv and is showing the kid all the classic cartoons
And Lip is like, okay well if you’ve got the kid I’m going to go catch up on the cleaning, because dealing with a sick kid means there’s a stack of dishes by the sink and the laundry basket is overflowing
But then he goes to the kitchen and the dishes are done and the washer and the dryer are both running
And he goes back in the lounge and Speirs is like, “Happy? Now come get under the blanket.”
And Lip doesn’t get under the blanket, b/c he’s thinking of what else needs doing, but then Ron says, “I called into work and said I had to take the day because I was taking care of my sick kid and husband, and you don’t want to make me a liar, so you’re going to get on this couch and let me take care of you.”
And so Lip and the kid spend all day napping on the couch while Ron brings them crackers and tea and medicine
And the next day Lip wakes up and for the first time in days his head doesn’t feel stuffy and he can breathe through his nose again, and he can’t help but say that it’s the fastest he’s ever got over being sick.
Ron is smug.
LuzToye
This kid. This kid raised by the two of them is so cheerful and so tough and is no way going to miss the fieldtrip they’ve been looking forward to for months just because they’re just *cough cough* a little bit *sneeze* sick. They’ll wear a sweater! It’s the zoo! There’s no such thing as too sick for the zoo.
And Joe and George look at one another and sigh.
One of them is going to have to be the mean-dad.
“Look, sweetheart,” Joe says, “You can go to the zoo some other time.”
And this kid can tough out sickness, but the thought of missing the trip has their lip wobbling and their eyes are getting all watery
And Joe is shooting George these sideways looks, because their kid about to cry and Joe has been the one to break the bad news and now it’s George’s time to step up b/c crying cannot happen okay it’s just can’t
“Yeah, you can’t go today,” George says, “Because we’re having an party.”
And the kid looks up, still all teary but with a little hopeful smile. “Party?”
“Yep! An ice-cream pyjama party just for the three of us. And a movie marathon. With the sing along DVDs.”
And the kid perks up at that, and says, “I’ll get the blankets,” and runs out. Because family singing and icecream is even cooler than the zoo.“
"Was that really the best thing you can think of?” Joe asks.
George sticks out his tounge. “Next time I’m gonna say disneyland.”
Webgott
So Web is stay at home dad, because writing means he can work from home and set his own hours.
The hours Web & the kid keep are good hours with a long lie in every morning.
(Lieb, who leaves for work at the crack of dawn, wonders how he ended up in a family with such layabouts.)
But this means that Lieb is long gone in his cab by the time Web wakes up and realises that the kid has a fever
And Lieb doesn’t use his phone while driving so Web has no way to contact him.
So it’s just Web and this sick little one, and Web doesn’t know what to do because this has never happened before.
He googles it, but the results just scare and confuse him.
And he’s panicking b/c he knew in his head that this was a thing he would have to deal with when having a kid but he was not prepared for the reality, because his baby is all tired and sad and feverish and he doesn’t know how to fix it.
So he does the only sensible thing.
He calls Lieb’s mom.
Mama Liebgott will know what to do.
When Joe gets home from work the kid is cheerfully practising their reading with Web, with no sign of any problems
Joe sniffs the air
“Is that my mom’s matzo ball soup?” It’s a recipe that has been passed down since Joe’s great-grandma and he’d recognise it anywhere.
And Web looks up from the book and says, “It’s like magic.”
And Joe knows that recipe is the one his mom always used to make him when he was sick, and honestly the scene in the living room is just a little too perfect for him not to be suspicious, but the kid looks fine and Web looks fine, so he’s not worried.
He does call his mom later though.
“You gave Webster the secret family recipe…”
“Of course I did. He gave me my first grandbaby.”
“What? I don’t get any of the credit for my own kid?”
Toye: What’s up with Babe?
Guarnere: Doc giggled.
Babe, laying on the floor: hE-!!!
A’ight, hear me out—
Just imagine Tangled
but with Eugene as Rapunzel
and Babe as Flynn Rider
And instead of Eugene having the whole magic hair thing, it’s his hands that heal people.
And at the end of the story instead of getting his hair cut off, he is cursed by his evil godmother to never be able to heal someone ever again. (And of course he finds a loophole. I mean, how could he not? He’s Eugene fucking Roe.)
Babe: Hey, Gene! Guess what?
Babe: I’m baby.
Eugene: What?
Babe, grinning: I’m baby.
Eugene:
Eugene: But... I thought you were Babe.
Roe: How long are you going to be mad at me?
Babe: Ten minutes.
Babe: Don't worry, if you ever need me, I’m available 24/6.
Doc Roe: You mean 24/7?
Babe: No, I'm afraid Saturday is Hang Out With Bill Day.
Band Of Brothers Modern AU Headcanons
(No one asked for this, but you know what? I’m still gonna do it.)
The guys all live in the same apartment building.
Dick doesnt understand 99.9% of pop culture. You could probably show him a thirty minute PowerPoint about what “ok boomer” means and he still wouldn’t understand.
Dick listens to old country music and Nix absolutely hates it.
Nix works at the local animal shelter and wants to bring a dog home almost every day, but Dick always tells him that the two dogs they have are enough.
Liebgott listens to Indie music.
He’s also the bass guitarist in a band called The Flashbacks.
The Flashbacks mostly cover songs by The White Stripes, Pixies, Metric, Arctic Monkeys, and occasionally Cavetown, but they do perform a few songs that Liebgott has written, including one dedicated to Webster.
Guarnere plays the drums in The Flashbacks.
Webster writes poetry and everyone claims to hate it. (Spoiler alert: they don’t.)
Webster is Instagram famous. (He mostly posts aesthetic photos he’s taken or little bits of his poetry.)
Luz is a huge fan of all kinds of ghosts, demons, and cryptids, but his favorite would have to be Mothman. He even went to West Virginia to look for him once, but ended up not seeing him.
Luz knows all of the lyrics to Take On Me and Tainted Love and sings them when he gets bored. Sometimes he doesn’t even realize he’s doing it.
Toye has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and used to go boxing with Guarnere every Saturday before they got in a car crash.
Eugene can sing and play piano. Like... Really well.
Eugene has a banana ball python named Peaches.
Babe used to paint a lot when he was a teenager, so now he’s really good at it. His favorite thing to paint is Eugene’s cat, Magnolia.
Lipton owns a small tea and coffee shop.
Lipton’s shop actually brought him and Ron together. Ron was a regular and always changed up his order to make it more complicated so he could stay longer and talk to Lip.
Ron has a rottweiler puppy named Dally and he carries him around in a puppy backpack. They have matching sunglasses.
Ron is a big Outsiders fan. He’s been to the museum in Tusla five times and read the book at least thirteen times. (And yes, he named his puppy after Dallas Winston.)
Shifty sends everyone a wholesome meme each morning to let them know that they are loved.
Shifty works at Lipton’s tea and coffee shop.
Muck eats tomatoes like apples and everyone’s extremely disgusted by it.
Malarkey, Muck, and Penkala like to hide tiny plastic alligators in front of everyone’s apartments. (They always put sharks in front of Webster’s apartment.)
Luz, Babe, Malarkey, Muck, and Penkala are in a group chat called “RIP Vine 😔😔😔” and each member sends a meme every day. It’s been going on for two years.
Everyone always goes to Buck’s football games, even though most of them don’t care for the sport, because they enjoy screaming at the other team.
Luz, Babe, And Talbert are Tik Tok famous.
Babe: Are you alright? You didn't sleep at all last night.
Roe: I got a solid eight minutes.
Roe: Not consecutively, but it's fine. You're not even that blurry
Band of Brothers and text posts ya’ll
genuinely fucking crazy how babe looks at gene in the foxhole scene because???? sorry if one of my friends said “bAaAbE” in a goofy ass voice and gave me THAT smile while I wrapped the bandana of my deceased situationship around his bleeding hand (I caused it) we would be exploring each others bodies immediately