#Fez x Rhonda

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Fictober Day 3: "I know you better"

That '70s Show Fanfiction

Fez had finished tempering chocolate in his industrial kitchen at home. He was trying out a recipe he created for Halloween candy. Rhonda designed packaging, and he hoped the manufacturer would deliver it in time.

The molds he'd designed himself months ago. He poured chocolate into them and slid the tray into his refrigerator. The pumpkin- and gost-shaped candies needed twenty minutes to set. It should go well, but his insides were melting with anxiety.

He wiped his sweaty hands on his apron, and Rhonda shouted, "Cocoa Puff!" Rhonda behind him. He stumbled from the refrigerator to her arms. "I'm sorry," she said and positioned him upright. 'I forget that you disappear into a different world when you're working."

"Yes. I did not expect you back for a half-hour."

"It's already past two. I'm starving!" She grasped the refrigerator handle, but he shouted at her to stop. "What's wrong?"

He grabbed frozen pork chops from the freezer. "Wrong? Nothing is wrong."

"I know you better -- and your voice is two octaves higher than usual."

He put the foil-wrapped pork chops into a pot, placed the pot in the sink, filled the pot with hot water, and weighed down the pork chops with a ceramic canister. "They will be defrosted before your hunger devours you."

She cupped his chin and pecked his lips. "Thanks. Now what's devouring you?"

Ah, his mashed potato was so perceptive. He wouldn't know what to do without her, and that was the problem. Her parents had discovered oil on their Mississippi dirt farm, taking them out poverty to the rich life. They were the real Beverly Hillbillies, except they had remained in Mississippi.

"I'm worried my candies will not be good enough for Miss Kitty's Halloween party."

Rhonda laugh-snorted. "It's only October third. You've been working on this candy for a month and have another month to perfect them. So what's actually bothering you?"

Fez glanced around the industrial kitchen. Their house in Kenosha was bigger than he believed he would ever live in. "What am I offering you?"

"Fez -- " she gestured to the sink -- "you're making me lunch."

"Ai, that is not enough! You're getting a PhD in kinesiology ... did I pronounce that correctly?" She nodded, and Fez continued. "Your career will help people. Becoming a chocolatier will make me happy. I hurt you to make me happy, too, but you forgave the unforgivable."

He ripped off his apron and tossed it to the floor. His life was a sham.

Rhonda picked up his apron. "Hey, that was over a decade ago, and you were under a bad influence."

"Do not use Casey Kelso to excuse my behavior. I am a horrible, horrible man."

"What's bringing all this up now? I don't get it. We're happy. Having a career that makes you happy will help other people. Remember Willy Wonka -- the movie version." She held his apron to her chest and sighed. "Gene Wilder is so sexy in it."

"Yes, he is. I suppose ... well ... " Fez ran his palm over the cold granite counter top. "Halloween is our favorite holiday -- and the anniversary of when we reconciled. This year, it feels more important than ever."

Rhonda slipped the apron over his head and embraced him. "Mr. and Mrs. Forman basically said it is. They've recruited all of us for her party. Even Kelso, Brooke, and Betsy, and they live in Chicago! We're only in Kenosha."

"And Jackie and Hyde live in Milwaukee. Perhaps the pressure is bringing up feelings I have not completely dealt with."

"We're gonna turn thirty next year. We have a lot of plans. I can't be your shrink. I can only tell you that I love you and want us to stay together past when you've gone bald and I've gotten arthritis."

She tried to kiss him, but Fez gasped and stepped backward. "I am not going bald! My father still has his hair."

"Gray, then." She attempted to kiss him again, and he let her. "I've got contacts at my university. I'll get the number of some shrinks for you ... if you're willing to try therapy."

"I'm willing to try anything as long as it means I can enjoy everything we have together."

She clasped his shoulders tightly. He winced, and her grip loosened. She had become better at assessing her own strength but not perfectly, and maybe that was the answer. Unlike chocolate, tempering his guilt did not have to be a perfect process. It could not be by its very nature. He was human, not candy.

Although he wouldn't mind being candy if Rhonda were the one who ate him.

[sulietsexual]

"Fez, I threw up twice that night!" "Yes. All over my heart!"

Fez & Rhonda [Requested by @hydesjackiespuddinpop] That '70s Show [1998 - 2006]

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Make my wish come true All I want for Christmas is you

Merry Early Christmas everyone!

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Cool question! I'm going with one song per couple, sticking to the 1970s (or earlier, but songs canon / potentially canon to the characters).

Eric/Donna: "Thirteen" by Big Star

This song is their song on the show (or is used to represent their relationship on the show), and it fits them perfectly. I can't hear it without thinking of them.

Jackie/Hyde: "Thank You" by Led Zeppelin

I viscerally experience Jackie and Hyde as soulmates, and this song captures that feeling. It's by Hyde's favorite band. He gives Jackie his favorite shirt, which is a Led Zeppelin shirt, signaling that he sees no end date for their relationship (and Hyde's commitment to her). Plus, if we take as canon the T7S character diary entries posted on the series' official website when the show aired, Jackie likes Zeppelin's live songs.

Kelso/Brooke: "Take a Chance on Me" by ABBA

This song played in the original airing of "I'm a Boy" (6x08). The lyrics encapsulate Kelso's POV toward Brooke perfectly.

Fez/Rhonda: "Feels Like the First Time" by Foreigner

This song played in the original airing of "Tornado Prom" (4x15). In this episode, Fez thinks he and Rhonda will have sex the actual first time. That aside, the songs lyrics express Fez's feelings for Rhonda well. (The band's name is an unfortunate coincidence.)

Red/Kitty: "Golden Years" by David Bowie

This song played in the original airing of "Red's New Job" (2x14). After everything Red and Kitty have been through together, including the loss of Red's twenty-plus years job at the auto-parts factory, I think the lyrics of "Golden Years" fit them.

Which songs do you think fits each couple in the show?

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All of them!

Sam - Sam reads as strong, kind, and dependable. All the things E/D would want their son to be.

Holly - I picked the name because it's pretty and simple.

Rose - Because I think it's such a cute name for a girl.

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Violet- What can I say, I like flower names.

Ana - Idk. It just sounds like something Rhonda and Fez's would name their daughter.

Christian - I'd assume Fez was raised Catholic. Rhonda, I'm not sure. Basically the name is takes after Saint Christopher

Isabel - I got the name from TVD and I also think it sounds sophisticated.

Scarlett - It's a strong, yet beautiful name.

Clara - Kitty actually helped Eric pick the name. In this au, Eric was so busy he didn't have a name picked yet when Clara was born.

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Rhonda moodboard!

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[jacquelineshyde]

I love your take on what Fez and Caroline's relationship could've been. What's your take on Fez and Rhonda's relationship in the show (and any other thoughts you may have on it)?

Something I love of this part of the show is that little before we get to see Rhonda for the first time, it was Caroline and Hyde who started mentioning her. The writers actually made her part of the school scenario and the gang’s life. She exists out of them, that’s what I mean, and it makes her even a more interesting minor character… it also makes her deperture from the show less good.

As for her relationship with Fez, I would had liked if she would had stayed for longer in the show. The excuse we got for her to leave was out of character from the Fez we were seeing get developed since she entered the dynamic of the show.

Fez’s characterization before Rhonda appeared was of a boy who had a high sex drive and couldn’t find his way to not only get lay but start a relationship. 

His experience with Caroline was scary thanks to bad writing and bad representation, so his next relationship needed to be softer and realistic to keep teaching him in this new field that is having a couple. 

I think what made his relationship with Rhonda even more richer was the growth the character got by understanding and respecting Rhonda’s boundaries and desires, as well as lowering his neediness. 

Which then the writers screwed with one tiny little chance that honestly made no sense and was the first step to making Fez from an actual sweet guy to a freaking creep. I believe this was the first strike from the pile of crep of Fez’s characterization on the rest of the show.

Rhonda was also a good adition to the main cast. She was funny and her interactions with the rest of the gang were good. If we could had the chance of seeing her grow to be part of the basement’s dynamic, I think things would had been great. She gave it some fresh air and she should hand interacted more with the girls in a more positive way.

At the end, if she had to really go, we were robbed of a more respectful reason and proper clousure. It’s a shame we have to put her in the long list that things that went wrong because the writers couldn’t care less about the characters. As long as it was “funny”, everything was allowed. That’s bad writing.

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WERE ERIC AND DONNA EVER REALLY THAT GOOD FOR EACH OTHER? WHO KNOWS. THIS IS JUST MY OWN TWIST ON IT.

Rating:

Teen And Up Audiences

Relationships:

Eric Forman/Donna Pinciotti

Eric Forman/Buddy Morgan

Jackie Burkhart/Michael Kelso

Fez/Rhonda Tate

Characters:

Eric Forman

Donna Pinciotti

Steven Hyde

Buddy Morgan

Jackie Burkhart

Michael Kelso

Fez (That ‘70s Show)

Laurie Forman

Red Forman

Rhonda Tate

Kitty Forman

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Relationship-Breakup

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not recommended for e/d fans

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Internalized Homophobia

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hinted j/h

eric and jackie friendship

Rivalry

Bitterness

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Jukebox Headcanon-Metas Game

Send me an ask with a letter and number listed below, and I'll give you a headcanon or meta-headcanon hybrid.

A = AU T7S where this character or couple doesn't exist on the show

B = Babies, how many kids (or grandkids) and their names

C = Career (or career-change)

D = Date night

E = Emotional wounds

F = Favorite memory

G = Greatest regret

H = Hidden talent

I = Ideal honeymoon (or second honeymoon) destination

J = Jelousies

K = Knight of the Round Table or King Author character they most resemble in deed and/or personality (gender blind)

L = Love language

M = Missed opportunity

N = Necessary change to their characterization or relationship

O = Other TV show they could fit into and what role they'd play

P = Pet(s)

Q = Queer (LGBTQ+) AU headcanon/meta-headcanon hybrid

R = Reading preferences

S = Song that represents them

T = Tatoo(s)

U = Undercover caper they might undertake

V = Vampire, werewolf, or other mythological creature they would be / become

W = Wedding, big one or small one

X = Ten things I like and/or dislike about them

Y = Younger adventure or experience they had, pre-T7S

Z = Zennie interaction, positive, neutral, or negative (i.e. other characters' interaction or experience with Jackie/Hyde as a couple or Jackie, Hyde, or a Jackie/Hyde experience in the relationship)

Eric

Donna

Jackie

Hyde

Fez

Kelso

Red

Kitty

Laurie

Bob

Midge

Joanne

Mitch

Buddy

Rhonda

Brooke

Eric / Donna

Jackie / Hyde

Kelso / Brooke

Fez / Rhonda

Red / Kitty

Laurie / Fez

Eric / Buddy

Fez / Buddy

Jackie / Donna

Jackie / Eric

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Fictober Day 25: "it consumes me"

That '70s Show Fanfiction

Fez and Rhonda's candy shop had a window that let people outside watch Fez make candy. He'd laid wax paper on the counter, and he spooned individual chunks of southern pecan praline onto it. The recipe was passed down through Rhonda's family, which he explained to the customers inside the shop who were also watching.

The daily shows were his idea. Adults seemed to love it as much as their kids, and Fez loved entertaining them. But his individual pralines weren't as uniform as they should've been. The Halloween cake he would help Miss Kitty make occupied his thoughts. He had added a pyrotechnic element to the design after Kelso suggested it.

Rhonda pulled him aside from the window counter once the wax paper was fully covered. She insisted he follow her to the pantry, which held ingredients and supplies, and was connected to the kitchen via a door.

"Your pralines are uneven," she said among boxes of baking cocoa and jars of different kinds of nuts. "They're never uneven. What's wrong?"

Fez brushed his fingers through his hair; he'd have to wash his hands after this conversation. "Miss Kitty wants a cake that will wow for her Halloween party, and she is very excited about the fireworks Kelso will teach me to install in the cake. The party is in five-and-half days. It consumes me."

"Aw, Fezzy ... " Rhonda yanked him into a hug. He eased into her warm yet firm embrace.

"Miss Kitty rid our house of the ghost," he said against her shoulder. "It is a debt I must repay."

"I don't think Mrs. Forman looks at it like that. She and Mr. Forman asked all of Eric's friends to pitch in."

He disentangled himself from her strong arms. A bag of jelly beans on a nearby shelf enticed him, but he would not eat away his stress. He learned that pitfall in culinary school.

"In my homeland," he said, "not repaying debts is worse than having a haunted home."

"You're worried about Kelso being your fireworks teacher, aren't you?"

"Yes!" he shouted, and a mixture of relief and guilt roiled in his stomach. "Even though he is much better at setting them off, he's still ..."

She caressed his cheek. "Kelso. Yeah, I understand. I'll find you a professional pyrotechnics guy to help this weekend."

He covered her hand on the side of his face. His guilt was fading away. He would invite Kelso to observe the professional. Kelso might enjoy the lesson as much as Fez's customers enjoyed Fez's candy-making. "I'm grateful to you -- for so many reasons."

"I'm grateful to you, too! I've never felt as loved and cherished in my life." She indicated the boxes and jars of ingredients in the pantry. "I used to find solace in that kind of stuff. I never had a high self-esteem; I accepted being treated like I'm worthless. Your accountability is so important."

She drew him into a gentler hug than before. "You learn from your mistakes, taught me how to trust that I'm important. My parents gave me money, but you helped her build an amazing life."

He parted from her enough to kiss her -- really kiss her. They made out against a shelf of spare pots and pans. They clanked and crashed together. One of the staff was bound to walk into the pantry, but he didn't care.

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Ideal T7S endgames

Red x Kitty

Jackie x Hyde

Eric x Donna (even tho the writing for them post s3-4 ish is terrible, I will always love them)

Fez x Kelso

Brooke x Kelso

Fez x Rhonda

Endgames I’ll also accept

Eric x Buddy

Eric x Jackie

Hyde x Melissa

Eric x Donna x Jackie

Donna x Jackie

Endgames that make me seethe

Jackie x Kelso

Jackie x Fez

Hyde x Donna

Hyde x Sam

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Who I’d pair the other characters with in my JE/EJ fics for ships.

Donna with Raquel or Brooke

Hyde with Melissa or Fez (S1-4 Fez keep in mind)

Kelso with Fez or Brooke

Fez with Kelso or Rhonda (Pre the S4 finale)

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Fez and Rhonda’s lives in Point Place, circa 1995-present

Despite being back in each other’s orbits two years back, neither made the first move due to being involved in their own things. Until Fez sets up a dating profile and gets matched with Rhonda. From there on, they started dating again. A few months later, Rhonda gets pregnant with their first child (Rose) and soon moves in with Fez.

Fez proposes a few months after Rhonda gives birth and they tie the knot in June 1997. Things are smooth sailing as Fez continued his job at Chez Fez and Rhonda being a teacher at Point Place High School. Soon after Rhonda gets pregnant with their second child (June) and eventually gave birth. They end up retiring a few years after June graduates high school.

They still currently live in Point Place and would look for any chance to hang out with the rest of the gang. It’s lonely for them, with both their kids out of the house, but still make sure to spend as much time with their kids as they can.

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T7S otps because I wanna be positive

Jackie x Hyde

Fez x Kelso

Eric x Donna

Brooke x Kelso

Red x Kitty

Honorable mentions: Fez x Rhonda, Bob x Joanne, Jackie x Eric, and Donna x Jackie