#I just don't want to needlessly tw cutlural themes because they're something to be celebrated not feared

[weirdstrangeandawful]

Whumpee who, for all intents and purposes, is of the same cultural background as Caretaker despite not looking it. Only, one time Whumpee gets sick and nothing seems to make them feel better. Caretaker knows this will be a long road to physical recovery but they'll be damned if there's nothing they can do to help them feel better, so they do what anyone would do: they ransack Whumpee's cupboards looking for comfort food.

And there, crumpled at the back of a well-used cupboard, crinkled from years of use and love, Caretaker finds a recipe. They don't recognise the word at the top of the page and there are ingredients they have to look up and play find and seek for in the cupboards (or, god forbid, the grocery store), but they persevere.

When they finally hand Whumpee what even Caretaker would admit looks like the perfect comfort food/drink [or it could look terrible by all accounts -- your choice], they can't help help but think they saw just a slight smile tug on Whumpee's fever-chapped lips and an albeit-muted twinkle return to their shark-like delirious eyes.

And so Caretaker pads softly down to the kitchen and quietly snaps a photo of the recipe.

Inspired by @allthewhumpygoodness' amazing fever posts <3

Casai recipe under the cut for good measure