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shaggy, freddy, velma, and daphne all sat in a circle in the back of the mystery machine. scooby laid down on the ground right outside the open doors, he was more than welcome to sit inside if he wanted but he was content outside for now. daphne and shaggy were discussing their supply while velma and freddy listened, confused but content. honestly shaggy was a little confused too. daphne had all these extra herbs and papers and pretty pieces she liked to rotate in and out to smoke with. shaggy was a simple man and would smoke anything. daphne settled on a joint which she mixed mugwort, lavender, blue lotus, rose, and mint into.
daphne grinned and lined it up for shaggy to roll.
“shaggy,” she motioned dramatically. “would you do the honors?”
“like, gladly m’lady.” shaggy began rolling with easy focus.
fred snorted and velma cringed.
“please never say m’lady again, it physically hurt me.”
“would like, madame work better?” shaggy’s grin widened.
“my liege,” freddy tipped an invisible hat at daphne.
“my grace,” daphne tipped hers right back.
“you lot don’t even need drugs to act like buffoons,” velma spoke with a fond tone.
“that’s what makes us like, totally awesome,” shaggy said.
freddy handed his lighter to shaggy so he could do the honors of starting the rotation. shaggy took a deep inhale and exhaled through his nose like a dragon before he passed it to daphne.
“like, how many of the guys we catch do you guys think are like, high?” shaggy was always the one who started the high talks with questions like this.
“i would have asked if not how many,” freddy said.
“oh freddy they are definitely high,” daphne said. “the question is on what exactly.”
velma hummed thoughtfully before saying, “some of them are probably taking stimulants so they can stay up all hours scaring people, searching for gold, and then going into work the next day.”
“you are like, so right velms!”
“and it’s always for money,” daphne groans. “which is so stupid! i bet their partners hate them!”
“none of them could get into a relationship,” freddy snorts out the smoke. “can you imagine it?”
“holy shit pillow talk with like, the miner would have been horrid!”
“capitalists are the shiftiest in bed,” velma said, taking a pensive puff. “not givers, very selfish.”
“like, amen to that,” shaggy shook his head.
“shaggy when did you have sex with a capitalist?” freddy asked.
“high school was like, a dark time for me, man.” shaggy took a puff and watched the smoke float off his lips. “screw you aaron chadwick.”
“holy shit, shaggy i fucked aaron too!” daphne’s eyes widen. “remember?”
shaggy’s eyes light up with realization.
“you told us about him after it happened,” velma said.
“was he the one who bit?” fred asked.
“no that was aaron samson, aaron chadwick tried to explain why we can’t just print more money.”
“daphne,” Velma looked at her pointedly. “you know what, inflation-“
“oh yeah of course i know i just wanted to watch him get frustrated. he started sweating.”
“ew,” fred scrunched his nose. “i didn’t think he was either of your types,”
“like shaggy said: high school was a dark time. that comp het was kicking my ass.” daphne sighed.
fred nodded solemnly.
a moment of quiet before freddy turned to velma.
“did you fuck aaron too?”
velma shook her head. “i can’t remember the dudes name. someone at a ren faire we went too. one of my rare quickies. wasn’t worth it.”
“so then like, how did you know he was a capitalist?”
“because he kept following me afterwards!”
“oh my god, i remember who you’re talking about!” daphne grinned. “i thought it was weird you would want to leave a ren faire early.”
“lucky for me he was allergic to dogs,” velma smiled softly at scooby just as he sauntered in. scooby puffed his chest out proudly as velma scratched him behind his ears.
“where was i during all of this??” fred looks down at his lap, perplexed.
“that was the ghost princess i think, it was like right before we realized she had like snatched you up freddy.”
“oh shit! what did she even do you to you?” daphne asked.
fred shrugged, “literally just left him in a basement with all the other knights she had kidnapped. pretty boring.”
“oof,” velma shook her head. “they never plan ahead that far,”
“i mean good thing that we always arrive,” daphne grinned and pat fred’s shoulder.
he smiled and nodded.
shaggy and daphne were by this point passing the joint between the two of them, velma and freddy were sufficiently high to their liking. sometimes after they got high they would decide on what town they would go to next but tonight was about winding down. after the joint was done they all climbed on the roof and looked at the night sky. in the middle of the desert without another soul around for miles, every single star was visible.
the group of teens laid in a cuddle pile together, soaking in the warmth of each other’s presence.
“i love you guys,” freddy said. he only said stuff like this out loud when he was high. it was always an implied thing between all of them.
daphne grinned and ruffled his hair.
“love you too freddy,” velma hummed.
“yeah like, you guys are my favorite people on the planet.”