#Zekinaweek24

[dianadeadwing]

It’s that scene from near the beginning of ep 9.2 The Taking of the Funtime One Two Three where Tina goes up to recruit Zeke for their crew to steal the dune buggy from Family Funtime for day 2 of Zekina week. @tacosandtouchtanks

[ID:

Digital fan art of Tina and Zeke from Bob’s Burgers. They are standing in front of their school lockers. Tina is wearing a backpack and leaning with a hand up to whisper in Zeke’s ear. Zeke looks at her a Little slack jawed and confused.

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[konfuse-scribbles]

Just something small while I try to motivate myself to finish the fanfictionf or day one.

"Let it drop" is the theme of Day Three for #Zekinaweek24 over at @tacosandtouchtanks, so why not hiding from the rain together?

Small scribbly drawing, ink and water colours.

[abbott976]

Take Her Name Out Of Your Mouth

Zeke sighed as he towelled off and began to dress. Wrestling practice had been brutal today. Coach was prepping them for their upcoming tournament on Kingshead Island and had been pushing them hard all week. But today was finally Friday which meant a much needed break and some time with his girl.

As Zeke began putting his dirty practice clothes into his duffel bag, his phone buzzed on his locker shelf with a text from Tina.

"Hey baby, are you still coming by the restaurant tonight after practice? I figured we could hang out after closing since it's Friday :)"

Zeke smiled as he punched out a quick reply, letting her know practice had just ended and he'd be heading over soon.

Just as he hit send, he felt one of his teammates approach him. Unfortunately it was Bradley, who was the biggest asshole Zeke had ever met. He was a bully at best and a borderline predator in how he treated the girls at school.

Zeke couldn't stand how misogynistic he was, with Bradley always talking about his latest conquest in the locker room. Zeke had told him on more than one occasion he needed to mind his manners and respect the girls he was with, but Bradley always shook him off.

Today, Bradley had decided to push Zeke's buttons once again.

"Ooh got your little girlfriend waiting for ya Zeke? Bet she'd love to see you after practice, huh?"

Zeke tried to ignore him. He knew he could easily take Bradley in a fight and didn't need to stir up trouble. But if he couldn't keep Tina's name out of his mouth, Zeke would make sure he'd regret it.

"You know Zeke, I kind of get what you see in her. I mean the quiet shy type are always the kinkiest in my experience. I bet she's a real freak in the sheets for you."

Without a seconds hesitation, Zeke turned and decked Bradley in the jaw. All Zeke saw was red as he threw Bradley against the lockers.

"You'd be wise to take my girls name outta yer fuckin mouth Bradley."

"Oh yeah? Or what?"

And with that, Zeke let loose.

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"Hey Zeke, how was pract-- OH my God what happened to your face??" Linda all but screamed at him when he entered the restaurant.

"Hey Mrs. B. Don't worry I'm alright. Just busted my lip at practice. You know how Coach has been, what with the tournament coming up... He's been having us practice some new moves and one of the guys had me in a hold wrong, and I busted my lip on the way to the mat."

Linda studied him for a moment, and Zeke thought for sure she knew he was lying through his teeth. Zeke hated lying period, especially to the Belchers, but he hatrd the idea of Tina knowing what that jerk had said about her.

Just when he thought Linda was about to call him on his lie, she gave him a small half smile.

"Okay honey... how about you go into the kitchen with Bobby. Have him get you some ice for that lip, okay? I'll let Tina know you're here. She's upstairs helping Louise get ready for a date."

"Thanks Mrs. B"

Zeke knew that while Linda may have decided to believe his flimsy excuse, Bob would see right through him in a second. The moment Zeke entered the kitchen, Bob looked him up and down from the grill.

"So. I take it you got into a fight at practice huh?"

"....yeah."

"I got some ice on the counter for you. I set it out by the first aid kit. Looks like your knuckles could use some bandaging up."

"Thanks, Mr. B."

Zeke quietly washed his hands and began the process of bandaging his bloodied and bruised knuckles. Thankfully they weren't in too bad of shape. When he finished he put the first aid kit away and began to ice his lip, leaning against the prep station and waiting for the questions he knew Bob had for him.

"Do I even want to know what the fight was about, Zeke?"

"Probably not, considering it was about your daughter."

"You got into a fight over Tina at practice?? With who?"

Zeke sighed. "Remember that asshole I was tellin ya about last week? That Bradley kid who can't keep his damn mouth shut or respect any of the girls he runs around on?"

Bob stilled at this. "Yeah."

"Well let's just say he needed a lesson in keeping Tina's name out of his mouth. AndI made sure he learned it quick."

With that, Zeke turned, dropping his ice pack on the counter, and began to prep some tomatoes for tomorrow's special. Bob stood silent beside him for a long time as he grilled and plated burgers through the late dinner rush.

When Tina came downstairs a while later looking for Zeke, he turned to Bob, and quietly asked

"Mr. B...Think we can keep what I told you between us? I don't like lying to Tina but I don't want her to know what that ass said about her. I don't want to upset her over what he said about her."

Bob simply patted him on the shoulder, giving his silent nod of agreement. As Zeke began to walk out of the kitchen to greet his girlfriend, Bob called after him.

"Hey Zeke?"

"Yeah Mr. B?"

"Thanks for looking out for her."

[tacosandtouchtanks]

Welcome to #ZekinaWeek2024

20th May 2024 - 26th May 2024

Day 1: cinema Day 2: heist Day 3: let it drop Day 4: [free space]  Day 5: snacks Day 6: bully Day 7: friendship

RULES:

How do I participate?

Create something related to the prompts and our OTP, upload it and enjoy that you created something.

But I can’t draw…

Don’t worry! There is so much more you can do!

All forms of media/art are allowed! Editing a video, writing a fanfiction, formulating a headcanon or an analysis. Editing a graphic or a creating a moodboard. Recording an audio or a musical composition, creating a playlist of songs, get out your cosplay or do a photo shooting with some merch you own, maybe give a recommendation to a fanart or fanfiction! Let’s get creative! Everything is welcome!

Don’t be shy with liking and reblogging each other’s work.

Will you reblog my work?

Heck yeah! Please use the hashtag #ZekinaWeek24 as the first tag or mention this blog in your description @tacosandtouchtanks

Why Zekina and not Zina?

Glad you asked, phantom person that I use as a stand-in! Zināʾ (زِنَاء) or zinah (زِنًى or زِنًا) is an Islamic legal term referring to unlawful sexual intercourse. (Wikipedia)

I think it would be disrespectful towards islamic peoples believes to use it as a ship name as well as considering the meaning “unlawful sex” of all kinds… I don’t think it would be a good ship name.

Meanwhile Zekina is only a name and surname in a couple of countries, so basically free for grabs! Let’s go with that!

Rules:

Everyone is welcome to participate.

This is an event to celebrate the romantic involvement of Tina and Zeke from the show Bob’s Burgers, but portrayals of them as friends are welcome too! (But no other ships with either of them.)

No reposting of other peoples work! (Sharing a link is fine, using graphics and scenes from the show is also fine.)

You do not need to have a tumblr blog to participate. However, if you are not blogging on tumblr and would like to see your work featured on this blog, I need you to submit it. (You can stay anonymous if you want to)

Sharing links to your works from other social media sites (Ao3, twitter, instagram) as a submission is absolutely fine

Don’t worry if you’re no native speaker. Use the language you feel most comfortable with!

(I don’t feel like it should have to be said but…) No bashing on other artists’ works or harassing others. Zeke and Tina would never approve of bullying, and neither will I.

Please help to spread the word with spreading this post.

Have fun! <3

Questions?

[burgerspeople]

New oneshot for Zekina Week Day 6

[dianadeadwing]

A late entry for day five snacks of Zekina week over at @tacosandtouchtanks

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Digital fan art of Tina and Zeke from Bob’s Burgers sitting on an outdoor wooden bench with a dark railing in the background. Zeke has his arms over the back of the bench and is holding a stick of cotton candy in one hand. Tina leans towards him while holding a red white and blue popsicle.

/end ID]

[dianadeadwing]

It’s that meme but Make it Zekina for Day 1 of Zekina week. @tacosandtouchtanks

The prompt is cinema so she can be a movie star and singer too. Their outfits are from ep 6.14 The Hormone-iums. Just Some Zeke typical good natured yearning while being totally happy with Tina living her best life even if it’s away from him.

[ID:

Digital fanart of Tina and Zeke from Bob’s Burgers in their outfits from Hormone-iums episode in season six. Zeke is standing mostly in shadow facing a large red sign with a large picture of Tina’s smiling face on it. The sign reads „Tina Belcher“ and „The Hormone-iums“.

/end ID]

[dianadeadwing]

A wip for the Zekina week free day @tacosandtouchtanks Tina’s glasses usually happen last so that’s why she doesn’t have them yet.

[abbott976]

The Truth Comes Out

"Just let it drop, T-Bird. Clearly she isn't ready to talk about it yet."

"But WHY?! Why couldn't Louise just tell me?"

Zeke sighed as he flipped another burger on the grill. Tina was beside him prepping ingredients, the two of them covering at the restaurant so Bob and Linda could have a much deserved date night.

Tina had been ranting to him for the last hour because on her way home, she'd seen Louise and Rudy at the local coffee shop. She'd almost gone inside to say hi, until she saw Lousie lean in and kiss Rudy while they waited in line for their order.

Tina had immediately ran to the restaurant and filled Zeke in on what she'd seen, and had been spiraling ever since about why Louise would feel the need to hide that she and Rudy were finally more than friends.

"Does she think we'd judge her?" Tina asked, concern laced in her voice.

"No, I don't think so. I think Louise has just never been great with her emotions. Maybe she's afraid that telling you will make it too real for herself and she doesn't want to mess up a good thing. I mean, we've all seen them. She's clearly liked him for a while," Zeke pondered as he plated a burger and fries. "She'll tell you when she's ready. Just give her time."

Tina sighed. "I guess you're right. I just..I just feel a bit hurt I guess. I mean, Louise and I talked about everything when you and I started dating. She was there through all of it for me and I just...I guess I wanted to be there for her too."

Zeke smiled at Tina as she took the plated food out to the hungry customer. He knew Tina loved her family and that she really valued being able to be close with them and have such a strong support system in them, and it made sense Tina would be a little hurt that Louise didn't reciprocate those feelings on the surface. But Zeke had been around the Belchers long enough to see that Louise cared just as much about her family. She just cared in her own special way.

When Tina returned through the doors of the kitchen with another order, Zeke stopped her, wrapping her in a hug and kissing her forehead.

"I get why you'd be hurt she didn't tell you, but trust me. Louise cares for you just as much as you do her. She just needs time to process this in her own way. She'll tell you when she's ready and then you'll be able to fangirl with each other just like you did about me," he said with a wink.

Tina laughed and kissed him on the cheek. "Yeah I guess you're right. Thanks for listening to me."

"I'll always listen to ya T. And who knows, maybe Louise will be ready to talk sooner than ya think."

Zeke nodded his head toward the restaurant entrance where, at that moment, Louise was walking in with Rudy, holding hands with a bright blush on her face. Rudy looked over the moon while Louise smiled sheepishly at Tina through the window. It looked like it was time for a classic Belcher sister talk after all.

[abbott976]

A (Friend) Date

When they're in high school, Zeke would totally ask Tina to go see a movie, intending for it to be a date. But Tina wouldn't realize it was a date right away. She'd hope of course; she'd had a crush on Zeke for a few years at that point. But she would try to keep her expectstions in check, assuming it was two friends going to the movies since they'd become better friends over the years.

Zeke would be so sweet about the "friend" date, picking out a movie he knows she'd enjoy, picking her up and holding all the doors, getting her favorite movies snacks. And Tina would be none the wiser, because that's just how Zeke always was with her. He was always kind and thoughtful. He was always sweet with her. And it never failed to make her flustered and nervous because she actually really liked him.

They'd be in the theater and of course it'd be freezing. Zeke would notice Tina was cold and offer her his wrestling hoodie, and Tina would absolutely melt over wearing his hoodie with his name on it. He'd hold her hand through the rest of the movie after that.

Then after the movie was over and he had taken her home, when he walked her to the door, he'd ask if she enjoyed their date. Tina would immediately freeze up, suddenly connecting all those little dots that she had wanted to mean something but hadn't allowed herself to hope for, because she didn't want to lose Zeke and ruin their friendship.

Seeing her surprise, Zeke would blush and stutter, concerned she hadn't enjoyed their evening or that he'd been to forward with her. Maybe he had read unto things wrong and she didn't like him the way he thought she did. But Tina would immediately dispell those fears by wrapping her hands around his neck and bringing him in for a kiss. Because now that she knew Zeke returned her feelings, she wasn't about to let him go.

[abbott976]

Heist Highlights and Late Nights

When Tina grows up, she ends up being a writer. She loves writing her erotic friend fiction and romance novels, but as her day job she's a journalist for the Seymours Bay newspaper.

Zeke works in the restaurant with Bob and when he comes home he always has to make sure Tina isn't overexerting herself. Especially on days like today, when she's investigating a local heist and the leads for the story she's been working on have run dry and she's still up at the table sorting through her notes when he comes home even though it's later than he'd normally get in.

"Come on T-Bird, just take a break for a lil while and eat something with me."

He'd sit and listen to all her theories and help her sort through them, making sure she ate what he assumed was her first meal since breakfast since she never took care of herself during a story like this.

Tina would be at her wits end with all the different rabbit holes she would have traced the heist down, and we all know that Bosco and the other detectives were useless.

Someone had staged a robbery at the Wharf Arts Center during a huge gallery showcase. But nothing from the show was actually missing. The real heist had been the old painting in museum storage that were worth millions. There was little evidence, and fewer reliable witnesses. But something just wasn't adding up.

Tina had had too many misadventures with Lousie over the years to not be suspicious of the shady arts dealer that had been on the scene during the night of the gallery. The woman was too suspicious and no one had seen her at the end of the night, leading Tina to believe she had staged a robbery to distract from her true hesit: the older paintings in museum storage.

What felt like hours later, well into the middle of the night, Tina finished her ramblings about her suspicions of the woman to a tired Zeke who was barely keeping his eyes open next to her at the table.

"Well it sounds like you've got yer story Tina. I knew you'd solve it."

Relief washed over her with his words. Finally, she had cracked the case and could rest, knowing that in a few hours she'd need to be up and in the news office to write up her story.

Tina gave him a content, sleepy smile and rested her head against his shoulder. Zeke chuckled, picking her up from her chair and taking her to their bed. He loved how passionate Tina was about her work and knew she'd write a great story about the heist. For now, his girl needed some rest.

[abbott976]

Eating for Two

Zeke double checked his grocery list as he took another lap through the refrigerated section. Tina was 36 weeks pregnant with their first child and her cravings only seemed to get stronger the closer it came for to their little one's due date.

Zeke had asked Bob to check in on Tina today while he ran some errands, knowing that Bob would bring Tina her biggest craving of all: a burger from his restaurant with extra extra cheese. Plus it gave Zeke piece of mind knowing that someone was there to look after her while he was out, since she'd begun nesting recently and decided nothing in the nursery was in the right place anymore.

Zeke felt a bit guilty knowing that Bob would get roped into moving the furniture around but took comfort in knowing that Tina was at least staying off of her feet.

He had one more item to get and he'd be heading back home. He'd already gotten her jar of peanut butter and those small gherkin pickles that had been a constant craving throughout the pregnancy. He had just added a fresh watermelon to his cart as well, which had become the latest addition to her snacking list. Since he knew Bob had the burger covered, he only had one more thing to cross of his list: sugar cookies. But not just any cookies, the ready to bake cookies with the holiday themes from the refrigerated section.

Unfortunately for Zeke, this was always the hardest thing on Tina's list to find. Zeke had been to three different stores today in between his other errands of getting the tires on his truck rotated and making a deposit at the bank. He knew he couldn't go home without those damn cookies unless he wanted to see Tina sob because he didn't have them.

"Fuck what aisle would they even be in? Does the picture really matter or will they taste the same as anything else?" Zeke wondered aloud to himself.

At this point he knew better than to verbalize his questions to his wife. Last time he'd done such a thing she'd cried for 20 minutes as she frantically explained that yes, the cheese from the deli did in fact taste different when it came from the one on the other side of town thank you very much. That was the moment Zeke learned to just do whatever he could to keep her happy and satisfied, knowing that would be his key to surviving this pregnancy.

Just as he was about to give in and try for store number 4, he found them. The last box on the shelf!

Zeke quickly grabbed the cookies and sighed in relief. As he made his way to the checkout, he couldn't help but smile to himself at the thought of how overjoyed Tina would be when he got home.

When Zeke arrived back at their place, he found Tina with her feet up, eating one of Bob's burgers and laughing with Linda as the pair watched as Bob struggled to move the crib into just the right place.

Zeke felt his heart swell, loving the sight of his growing family surrounded by people who cared about them. As he unloaded the groceries, Tina smiled at him from across the table, winking like she'd caught on to his musings. Zeke kissed her forehead in passing, and made his way to help Bob, knowing the two were in for a long evening of rearranging the nursey. But he'd do it ten times over so long as it kept that smile on Tina's face.

[tacosandtouchtanks]

Day seven of #ZekinaWeek24

Prompt: friendship

(uncountable) The condition of being friends.

(countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.

(uncountable) Good will.

wiktionary | friendship

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[tacosandtouchtanks]

Day six of #ZekinaWeek24

Prompt: bully (countable and uncountable, plural bullies)

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege. [from late 17th c.]

A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.

A hired thug.

A sex worker’s minder. (A pimp)

(uncountable) Bully beef.

(obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.

The small scrum in the Eton College field game. (rugby)

Any of various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper gobies

(obsolete or dialectal, Ireland and Northern England) An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade

(dialectal) A companion; mate (male or female).

(obsolete) A darling, sweetheart (male or female).

(field hockey) A standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other's hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances.

(mining) A miner's hammer.

Wiktionary | bully

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Day five of #ZekinaWeek24

Prompt: snacks

A light meal.

An item of food eaten between meals.

(slang) A very sexy and attractive person.

wiktionary | snack

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Day Two of #ZekinaWeek24

Prompt: heist

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