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thecandywrites · 5 years ago

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As Long As You Want To Be

Look, my grandfather (in law, he was my husband’s grandfather but might as well have been mine because that’s how close we were) passed away yesterday. He had dementia and alzheimers and we saw this coming (he has been on his deathbed for a week but the son of a gun was stubborn, god I adored him and am going to miss him) and this is how I have dealt with this on top of everything else hectically happening in my life and this is simply my outlet. But with modern orcs because no one can stop me at this point. Is there homework and big projects due that I should be working on instead? HELL YES. But am I avoiding them because they’re making me face reality? YOU BET. So let me have my emotional support fantasy, if you have happened to read part 1 and part 2 of this story then it’ll be nice to see these guys again and see how things have progressed.

As Long As You Want To Be

You were in your room in front of your mirrored closet doors, getting ready for today, it was your birthday and it was the big 18- legally an adult and you couldn’t be more relieved it was finally here because you had big plans that the only thing that had been holding you back was your age and you felt a sense of renewal today, like today was a turning point and you had been trying to get your ducks in a row behind the scenes so that when the time came, you could hit the ground running. And today was also your graduation party, all rolled into one huge blow out of a party.

You curled your long golden brown that ombre-ed into a warm golden blonde hair as you had gotten it colored yesterday, a gift from your aunt Sally at your favorite salon. You had just gotten back from spending an hour at Sephora getting your makeup done, a birthday gift from your sister Grace as she gave your littlest sisters just a light dusting of a shimmering nude eyeshadow so that they felt extra pretty for today too.

Your mom and your “aunties” got things ready in the kitchen because while you came from a big family, your family “adopted” many others so that you had an even bigger extended family. And they all came out today to show their support and your gift tables were already showing signs of overflowing since half the party came early to help set up for the party and your one gift table soon had to be two and was threatening to turn into three because your parents invited everyone you knew and everyone they knew and everyone came and invited their friends. And while you lived in a sizable suburban house that your parents had had custom built several years ago, it felt overstuffed at the moment and there were still more coming. But with it being a potluck, there was an overabundance of food on the many tables in the huge tents in the backyard.

You had three younger sisters and one younger brother, who was in the middle of all the girls. You were Brianna Richelle, then there was Blossom Grace who simply went by Grace who was turning 16 next month, then your brother Gavin George- who was 13, Adeline Olivia who was 11 and then the baby, Arianna Lillian who was 8 as Ady and Ari had a few of their friends over as did Grace while you had had all of yours come and spend the night with you the night before while Gavin also got to have some of his friends over, so it was already a very full house.

And you had especially invited Kihro’s younger sister over to hang out too. Since Kihro’s younger sister Shesly who was only 15 and shy but she was a sweetheart and even if Kihro and you would break up tomorrow, you and Shesly would stay friends and to see her with your friends who were helping her put on makeup and curl her hair and dress up and be one of the girls warmed your heart and your other orc girl friends from the other school districts also were here among your halfling friends and elven friends too and it made you so happy that they weren’t all grouped off, instead everyone was peacefully chatty and mixed.

Gavin was of course in his room playing video games with his friends, also brothers of your friends while your dad and your uncle were inside cutting up whole beef loins to make steaks and your mom was having your cake delivered as your friends hung out and gossiped in your room and you didn’t bother paying attention when you heard grunting outside your bedroom window as Kihro and his friends carried a big package around the house, under your window and you didn’t hear Kihro direct them and you definitely didn’t hear how he then came inside just as your dad left the house out the back door before Kihro asked where your dad was before he went through the house, said hi to your mom and gave her a quick hug before he went into the back yard where he found your dad firing up the grill and pulled your dad aside and talk with him privately away from everyone else as Kihro’s friends made themselves useful to help carry out the heavier dishes from the kitchen before they helped themselves to the snacks that were being set out before your cake arrived.

Your parents had gone all out for this party. Mostly because they almost lost you last year to your illness because you had spent your 17th birthday in the hospital barely hanging on by a thread and your parents felt they owed you a proper blow out this year and when you had mentioned a few things you had wanted- neither of them would tell you no. Your invitations for this party had been on par with many of the nicer wedding invitations and the DJ had set up in the garage and hung up a disco ball, laser lights and black lights and smoke machines and all kinds of stuff.

Your parents even had ordered a tiered cake and hundreds of cupcakes from your favorite bakery- Boonzaaijer’s- in your favorite flavors that had been custom created for you in addition to a baker’s dozen cheesecakes from the Cheesecake Factory and a chocolate fountain with the works. The cake itself was gorgeous. The top tier was a lemon creme cake with limoncello and sugared lemon zest in the cake batter, with ripe strawberries soaked in super sweet pink moscato in the middle layer between the two cakes with a strawberry puree and the frosting was a twist on strawberry lemonade and the cupcakes in this flavor had the moscato soaked strawberries in the puree in the middle and chocolate dipped strawberries gracing the top of the frosting on top. The second tier was white chocolate cake with luscious whole raspberries in a raspberry puree in the middle layer made with raspberry peach Grand Marinier and the frosting was a ruby chocolate frosting and the cupcakes for this flavor had chocolate cups stuffed full and piled high with perfectly ripe raspberries drizzled in a glaze made out of simple syrup and that raspberry peach Grand Marinier. The third layer was a twist on pineapple upside down cake, it was still a pineapple upside down cake but with peaches and soaked in a trio of rums and peach schnapps and the cupcakes for these were little cupcake versions of a pineapple upside down cake with peaches cooked in the rums in the middle. The fourth tier was a “mudslide” chocolate cake that not only had Kahlua and Godiva and Baileys in the cake but also in the frosting. It was hands down the most decadent cake you had ever witnessed in your life and Kihro and yourself were pretty sure your wedding cake was going to be exactly like this. (If he ever proposed that is, but first he needed to get a damn place of his own because your father forbade any engagement if he didn’t have a home to bring you to that was not his parents house or your parents house, much like his rule that you couldn’t go out on any dates in a car that wasn’t mechanically sound and completely paid for which wasn’t a problem because Kihro’s truck had been bought used and he had paid cash for it so it was a “hoop” that Kihro easily jumped through and one that all your dad’s siblings and friends thought was genius to implement much to the chargrin of your cousins and friends.)

Your father had also had the same BBQ joint that he used to cater the employee picnics bring in a few roasted pigs and tons of ribs and brisket too while one of your uncles- Gary- fried up a ton of chicken wings while your other uncle- Larry- who was a butcher- had gotten several whole beef loins at his cost and “gifted” those to the party and your dad and your uncle were grilling those themselves as your uncle Larry manned the grill but kept an ear open to try to overhear what Kihro was talking to your dad about in the backyard away from everyone but judging from your dad’s posture and his beaming proud smile as he looked at things on Kihro’s phone and listened attentively as Kihro was talking and gesturing with his hands, it was obviously going well and when the two hugged each other, he knew something was going on but kept that to himself as your other uncles and aunts and cousins came over as the men started to congregate around the grill and BBQ pits before a few curious ones decided to see what your dad and Kihro were talking about but Kihro quickly put his phone away as the others came over as your dad simply dismissed it as it was a “work thing”.

Just then the kegs got delivered. While you weren’t wild about beer, you asked for Kihro’s favorites so that he and the other adults would enjoy them as your father and all your uncles, both by blood and by “adoption” cracked into them, grunting growls- Home Improvement style echoing between all of them as they gleefully drank it down as the pit master let them have little bites of the roasting hogs and some ribs as they got the wings from the deep fryer as beers were drawn for everyone, even the DJ made an appearance to grab a beer and some wings and a few ribs as the Pit master and his crew gratefully took a few steins of beers themselves from the portable BBQ pits parked infront of the garage.

“So how are things between you and Brie?” Your uncle Gary asked as Kihro took a wing from the pile.

“Great.” Kihro answered as he slathered on Gary’s homemade hot sauce onto the wing as Gary looked from Kihro to your father as your father gave him a smile and a nod and that seemed to be enough for Gary.

“Have you found a place of your own yet?” Your uncle Larry chimed in from his spot by the grill nearby as he gave Kihro a speculative glance before he gave your dad a curious look.

“Possibly, just have to run the potential places by Brie to see what she thinks.” Kihro answered as he barely managed to keep the truth to himself by putting the wing in his mouth.

“Great answer.” Your father praised as he pat Kihro on the back as the rest of your uncles looked at each other curiously knowing that you were one of his favorite daughters and your father was never more protective of any of his kids than he was of you so for your dad to be so pleasant, let alone approving of your boyfriend, was a good sign that Kihro was a good and trustworthy guy.

“Well if you know of any good places, feel free to share with Max, I need to get him out of the damn house.” Your other uncle Robert instigated as Max just frowned at his dad as Kihro fought not to snort a laugh because the hot sauce up the nose was a bad idea.

“Same could be said about you Casey.” Carl added as Casey rolled his eyes as he sucked down chicken wings himself.

Truth be told, your father and all your uncles and your father’s friends were so proud to see Kihro try so hard and jump through so many hoops to court you properly and it gave them inspiration to push their own sons to match the same bar Kihro was making as well as urge their own daughter’s to expect more from their own significant others.

Then Kidron and Rhiox showed up with the rest of their kids along with the rest of your father’s OG’s, having dropped off their own gifts on the tables as Kidron made a B-Line for your dad and the hot wings as Kihro’s friends finally rallied around Kihro and the wings in the backyard before your friend Tysh noticed her own crush among Kihro’s friends from her spot overseeing the backyard.

“Oh, Kihro and his friends are here.” She announced before you nearly yanked your hair out trying to get the damn curling iron out of your hair before Melody made you sit back down so she could finish the back of your head.

“Oh you can wait five more minutes, I have three curls left.” She reminded you.

“What do you think Kihro got you?” Tysh asked.

“An apartment for himself would be ideal. Because the only two things keeping me from actually being engaged to him were I was 1. Underage, which starting today- I no longer am and 2. Him having a home to bring me to if we did get engaged and then married.” You answered.

“He’s had six months, why hasn’t he gotten one yet?” Sasha asked.

“He can’t find a place he likes. He nitpicks every place. ‘Not a safe area’, ‘it’s too small’, ‘it’s too expensive’, ‘no garage to park the work truck’, ‘the apartment has issues’. You name it. There was even one apartment, it was a freaking duplex and it was perfect but no- he had a really bad feeling about the guy we would be renting from. Which actually worked out because two months later- the house itself sold and the current tenants were kicked out into the street without warning and their deposit was never returned to them. So there’s that.” You explained with a heavy sigh.

“Borug just got a condo.” Korryn bragged from her spot on the other side of the room, taking snaps on her phone to send them to her current squeeze- Borug which you were sure once his money ran out, she’d be dropping him like a hot rock. Korryn was Grace’s friend and she was a year older than Grace but a year younger than you and Korryn wanted to be close to the center of attention wherever she went and for Grace’s sake, you put up with her at your party. Because honestly- you couldn’t stand her. But you supposed you could be gracious on your birthday.

“I thought Borug didn’t have any money left after getting his car.” You questioned innocently, knowing Borug had to beg for a downpayment on his favorite car and a raise from his dad so he could afford the payments because he didn’t have the money saved because he had blown it in Vegas the month before clubbing with Korryn who had invited herself to some tech expo his dad’s company was attending and if you were a betting woman, Borug also got his parents to buy him a condo too because the shame of having a peer, that peer being Kihro, be farther in life than him- was too much for Borug to bear.

Borug was very competitive and had a huge chip on his shoulder and was incredibly entitiled and an ego that you were positive your house was too small to contain it. But he hadn’t always been like that, as a kid he was awkward just like you. And in the classes that you didn’t share with Kihro, you had shared with Borug. He was also quite popular in school, part of the preppy jock group because he played sports too. But he was always nice and friendly to you at least.

Borug was the eldest son of a man who owned one of the biggest tech companies in the Great Lakes and was always at the home shows for their tech and home security systems and his dad was part of the Business Owners Association, which your dad was also a part of and you had grown up seeing him a lot at the home shows and Association meetings that you had made snacks for that he helped you with when you were younger but once he was ‘old enough’ to be in the meetings himself with his dad, that stopped.

Almost immediately after Kihro asked you out, Borug asked Korryn out, Korryn had a huge bosom, like each boob was the size of a basketball kind of big bosomed and she had a belly which for orcs, they usually loved fuller figured women so that wasn’t surprising but she had no ass and a richer yet smaller family who lived on Laken Lake which was a lake known for its lavish lake houses, speed boats and water sports while your family lived off of one of the Trinity Lakes that all connected together to form a three lobed lake, which were better for fishing and your family were avid fishers, a pastime you and Kihro enjoyed a lot together. Especially when he would help clean the catch and had a way of frying the fish that was amazing.

However, something that you didn’t know was once Kihro had asked you out, he literally passed Borug who was also on his way to ask you out, he had even strutted accross the lunchroom but neither you or Kihro had noticed. When Borug had been passed by Kihro and saw Kihro sit at your table, he sat down at the next table over and eavesdropped and once Kihro asked you out to the dance and you accepted and especially once you kissed Kihro, he knew he didn’t stand a chance right then and so he had asked Korryn out to the dance after school since she had a different lunch time.

It was only supposed to be until Kihro crashed and burned and Borug was supposed to come in and scoop you up and save the day and she was, according to a mutual friend, was just a right now girl. But Korryn hadn’t been happy with that and had insisted that they be an item since Borug’s plan was to treat Korryn the way he wanted to treat you, which ended up being an invitation to a super fancy restaurant that he was sure Kihro would have a hard time paying for and of course lavish Korryn with a gown and the “star treatment” which she had no problems taking absolute advantage of. But the problem was- was you had gotten another flair and hadn’t gone to the fall formal because you were in the hospital so you didn’t witness any of that except through Korryn’s social network feed on Grace’s phone because you weren’t friends with her on any social media which you could care less about.

And of course by winter formal Korryn’s claws and hooks were fully embedded into Borug as she pushed them to be this picture perfect couple and Borug could only wait until Kihro would fail to jump through a hoop but every one Kihro jumped through with ease and to see you and Kihro be together so naturally and effortlessly and especially so happily, made his gut sour because while him and Korryn looked great on camera, the moments between the camera flashes were awful. Between her difficult and demanding personality, emotional immaturity, nonexistent life skills and zero work ethic coupled with piss poor money management along with her inability to compromise because she had been catered to by her parents and her other friends her whole life- the relationship was incredibly strained. He was stuck with a girl who pushed him to spend all his money on a “lifestyle” and expensive lavish gifts on her and it was something he couldn’t hope to support long term. And the barely mediocre sex he got from her wasn’t worth it but with her being the popular girl, no other girl would go near him for fear of Korryn’s retaliation socially. He literally got a big pair of tits. That was the only positive in that relationship for him. And Korryn was constantly spewing his personal business and every argument he ever got into with her, she told EVERYONE so that she could get “everyone” on her side.

Meanwhile you had taken her behavior as notes about how not to act as Kihro was eternally grateful for it and every time Borug would complain to their mutual friends, Kihro would simply sit back and smirk that at least his girl didn’t do that shit and if anything, it gave Kihro the assurance that he had made the right decision by asking you out and doing everything in his power to keep you happy and content, if not sated the best ways he could, basically through his mouth and his hands because regular sex wasn’t allowed. Yet anyway.

While you were open to a degree to your parents about the relationship because you had witnessed how your friends had kept some dangerous secrets from their parents and how that had not ended well at all, so much so that you kept your parents in the loop and were honest with them, so much so that they trusted you more and gave you freedoms that your friends couldn’t even dream of, freedoms that you wisely did not abuse.

At the same time, you were also very discrete to everyone else- so that on the rare occasion where you two argued, he made sure to never escalate anything so that the two of you could talk it out and come to either an agreement or a compromise and no one ever heard anything about it, to the point that no one knew you had the disagreement in the first place except or your parents when you had simply mentioned it after the fact which impressed your parents and his. You urged him to stick to his budget and not splurge on anything but that if he needed to buy anything, to invest in quality and only buy something once and were just in general, a sweet, supportive girlfriend while he did his best to be as helpful, supportive, gentle and affectionate as he could be. You two got along like you had been together for years and asking you to a dance and dating you had been the best decision of Kihro’s life as well as yours. He had already spent his fair share of sleepless nights in the ER with you because it was important to him and to your parents to really see you at your worst physically and you wanted him to go into a relationship with you with his own eyes wide open.

By now though, he had gotten you over a dozen beads that you were sure would pull your hair out if you tried wearing them all at the same time but instead you got them on a necklace that you never took off and that you guarded with your life, except for the gold promise ring/ engagement bead, that never left your hair.

Once your hair was done you practically bolted out of your room to go downstairs to see Kihro, leaving your friends laughing as they followed you downstairs as they watched you having to hug your way through everyone who wanted to wish you a happy birthday and congratulations before you finally managed to get outside before you were swarmed by all your uncles and cousins before you finally got to your dad then Kihro before you glued yourself to his side.

“So? How’s the beer?” You asked Kihro giddily. Hoping that he got to get his favorite at least.

“Delicious.” Kihro praised as he offered you the cup to sip it, which you did, a tiny one. It was dark and intense but for the beer connoisseurs, very good because it was a Dragon’s Milk in a seasonal marshmallow and dark chocolate flavor.

“It’s definitely beer.” You giggled as you handed it back and shuddered before you comically looked down your shirt.

“Ok, so it isn’t replacing my boobs with chest hair immediately, that’s good.” You teased which got everyone to bust out laughing as Kihro nearly spit out his beer laughing himself.

“Would you still love me with chest hair Babe?” You teased Kihro who comically grimaced.

“Sure.” Kihro sarcastically agreed as he pretended to dodge the question and drink more beer which made you laugh as you noticed Tysh give her crush Akhi a beer and judging by the hopeful smile she gave him, she was trying to catch his eye, and judging by the way he bashfully took it from her, he liked her too but you knew Akhi was more shy than Kihro ever was and Tysh was one of your prettier friends before you noticed Korryn zero in on Borug and practically plastered herself on him and kissed him, which was a sloppy open mouthed kiss and you noticed how Borug actually sagged his shoulders in defeat and winced at being yanked down to her level as she pulled his hands to hold her before you looked back at Kihro and lowkey pretended to gag as Kihro watched Borug with amused pity before he turned to you and nearly spit out his beer again snickering a laugh at your reaction like it was the greatest inside joke as he rubbed soothing circles into your back and was grateful your arm was looped around his lower back before he sweetly kissed the crown of your head which made your dad grin at your discrete PDA as Borug’s dad gave Korryn the side eye because he didn’t approve of Korryn at all. He knew a gold digger when he saw one and felt his son could do so much better and was almost to the point of bribing his son to dump her for good because the two fought almost all the time.

“So how’s massage school?” Borug’s dad Draig asked you.

“Going great. Getting A’s.” You beamed.

“Getting proposed to every time she’s in the clinic.” Your dad revealed.

“Oh really?” Draig blinked but grinned.

“They’re not serious proposals, they’re all joking.” You clarified.

“But you have to be pretty good if they’re offering, all joking aside.” Draig countered.

“Ok so I’m known as Big Touch. Because I have little hands but a big touch because I’m heavy handed and they expect the other orc girls who are strong enough to deliver that kind of touch but so far they’re softer handed than I am. So when the clients ask for deep tissue and firm pressure, they expect one of the other girls to come out to meet them and when they see me they always laugh, not believing I’m Big Touch. But about five minutes into the session they find out real quick I’m the real deal, and about 10 minutes in they drop the “tough guy act” and ask me to ease up and by the end of the session they’re believers and try to get rebooked with me. And as it stands I’m booked out until August and I should have all my clinic hours in by then.” You explained.

“And he’s cool with you working on other guys?” Draig questioned you with a look at Kihro who simply grinned proudly.

“Yeah, of course, because she’s a professional and if they can’t respect her and the profession they have no business being her clients and she doesn’t need their business if they step out of line and she has no qualms about dismissing anyone. She already has five job offers and her clientele list that is following her from the clinic to wherever she decides to go is already several pages long. She doesn’t need my ego or my possessive jealousy holding her back from making bank because she can stand to make just as much as I do if not more which I don’t have any problem with at all. It would be like her being so jealous she won’t let me do my job when there’s only a married housewife at home without her husband right?” Kirho defended as your love for him was oozing out of every pore on your body as you beamed a bright happy and appreciative smile at Kihro while your dad, all your ungles and Kidron beamed happily themselves while Draig couldn’t argue with that while Borug outright pouted. Because while he wasn’t wild about Korryn, he totally was jealous of every guy who commented on her instagram pictures complimenting her massive cleavage but wanted to get into fights with everyone who called her “butterface” which you thought was hilarious.

“So Korryn told me that you got a new condo is that right Borug?” You asked Borug, shifting the attention over to him as you looked from him to Draig who’s shoulders dropped.

“Yup, it’s at The Glen. Just signed the papers yesterday.” Borug boasted. The Glen was a brand new condo complex that was about 20 minutes away and many of the young people who’s parent’s lived on Laken Lake were snatching up condos there like crazy.

“So that means we need to go furniture shopping Baby.” Korryn cooed excitedly and you had never seen Borug force a smile so hard before. You actually felt sorry for him. But it wasn’t your business or a problem you should ever try to fix. You could only stand back and watch to see what happened and hoped that they both wouldn’t fight during your party.

“And how much did that cost you?” Your dad murmured to Draig.

“Too much.” Draig muttered back.

“What about you Kihro? Haven’t you been apartment shopping for like half a year?” Borug jabbed.

“I have, haven’t found the right place yet.” Kihro just shook his head no with a smug smirk because he overheard your dad from his spot.

“Cause you’re too picky?” Korryn snidely instigated with a smile that you wanted to slap off her face.

“Well being “picky” can be a good thing. Brie needs special accommodations because with her business, some of her clients are going to be using walkers and wheelchairs and they can’t do stairs and even if she works for another outfit, I’m sure she’ll still do her own thing on the side and I have to be mindful of that. Plus I need a place close to the hospital because of her health and I need a place to accommodate her pets and mine.” Kihro just started to list off as your mom came out to let everyone know that things were ready for the party to go into full swing.

“Aww, well that’s because you’re so sweet and thoughtful Kihro.” Your mother praised which got a grateful smile from Kihro and you.

“Party’s ready when you are Brie.” Your mother informed you.

“Sweet, how are the hogs Mr. Terry?” You asked the pit master from his spot in front of the portable pits.

“Been ready Sweetie.” He called back.

“Well then lets do this.” You instigated before the party got into full swing and you pigged out on all the food and got to dance, Kihro never leaving your side for a moment before you were urged to open your gifts and of course you not only had your little sisters to help while Grace was your recorder and even had Kihro’s little siblings help you which Kihro loved and adored that you made an effort to include them and were sweet and nice to them.

You got all kinds of massage tools and your aunts Sally and Marry, (married to Larry and Gary respectively) hand made you flaxseed pillows to use in your practice and had gone to the fabric store to pick out all this pure cotton fabric in all these patterns they knew you would like and together they got their sewing machines out and had sewn you over a dozen of them in all these different sizes and a few different styles and you nearly cried because you knew this was a labor of love.

Your parents of course had gotten you your ideal massage table and a new car, which meant your current one got to be a hand me down to Grace as an early sweet 16 which she was thrilled with while Draig and his family had gotten you the best massage table on the market along with a damn tool box with all kinds of massage tools, the table itself was fully electric and had all kinds of extra bells and whistles and it made your jaw drop, it had taken Borug, Draig, Kihro and all of Kihro’s friends to carry it since it was very heavy. You got all kinds of gifts from everyone while your sisters and Kihro’s younger siblings had all gotten orders from Kihro and your parents to make sure you opened Kihro’s gifts last and when it came to the last few gifts, the first gift from Kihro was a small box and in the box was a coconut half.

“What is that? Half a coconut bra?” Korryn sneered.

“You would need four of those.” Borug laughed as he made to grab her boob but she shifted away so he couldn’t. “Tease.” Borug teased with his nose in her ear, making her shudder and turn back to him.

But instead you looked at it and immediately knew what it was.

“Oh no way, you didn’t.” You started laughing at Kihro who was sitting down front and center as you looked it over.

“What is it?” Your mom asked.

“It’s a coconut hide for a reptile mom.” You informed her.

“Ew!” Korryn complained before you handed a second box. And once you took the paper off, it was a reptile shipping box which made you squeal in excitement before you got your pocket knife out and opened it as your brother Gavin was instantly much more interested as he scooted his chair really close to you.

“Oh you got Gavin’s attention really fast.” Your dad laughed as you had Gavin sit right next to you.

“What do you think it is?” You asked Gavin.

“It better be either a snake or a gecko.” Gavin insisted because he thought reptiles were awesome and already had a bearded dragon himself and it was something he and Kihro’s younger brother Mohre bonded over.

“Oh my gods, oh my gods, oh my gods.” You started to chatter excitedly as you opened the box and found a few bags before you opened up the first bag and peeked inside.

“It’s a snake!” Gavin cheered before you let him peek into the bag too.

“What kind is it?” Gavin wondered before you pulled it out before you looked in the box to see the different snake cards.

“That, is an ivory leopard?” You guessed at Kihro who nodded to confirm.

“Sweet.” Gavin beamed.

“Aren’t you just gorgeous!” You cooed to the snake.

“What else did he get you?” He asked as he eagerly. “I’ll hold that, you need two hands to open the others.” He insisted as he held out his hands to take it from you before you handed it over before you looked in the other bags.

“Oooh, this must be the pastel super coral glow, hello sweetie.” You cooed as you got the snake out of the bag before you passed it over to Gavin who held the other snake in his hand before you got to the last one.

“And this is a crystal ball!” You cheered when you got them out.

“Thank you Babe, I love them. Now I just gotta get some tubs or something.” You realized before looking back over at the giant box left by the gift table before you looked at the smug grin on Kihro’s face.

“You got me a rack system didn’t you.” You playfully accused Kihro before you wrapped the crystal ball around your neck to hang out as you opened up the box and found it was indeed a rack system.

“Thank you so much Baby.” You cooed to him as you came over and kissed him, the crystal ball sticking it’s head out to sniff Kihro.

“You’re welcome.” Kihro cooed back.

“What are you gonna name them?” Your sister Ari asked as she got the super coral glow from Gavin.

“I don’t know, I’ll take suggestions.” You answered before your sisters went to the office and got a pad of paper and decided to take a poll to what to call the snakes into a basket.

“How about we go set this up so these precious babies can rest.” You urged Kihro before he and his friends got up and picked up the box and the other gifts and carried them up the stairs while everyone went back to party and you simply sat on the bed with your brother and your little sister, each of you holding a snake as you watched proudly as Kihro and his friends got to work setting up the rack system and getting everything ready and to you in that moment, Kihro couldn’t get any sexier.

You knew he wasn’t perfect but the gods be damned you couldn’t see any flaws at this moment. Here he was sitting down on the floor, reading the manual and putting it together accordingly and a screw driver in his hand and he might as well have been naked with a dozen roses posing on a bed because you could feel the wetness squish between your legs. You wanted to fuck his brains out is what you wanted to do. But you had to admit that what you wanted more than snakes for your birthday was his own independence but it had not been the time or the place earlier to ask him about it. You waited patiently as Kihro put it together and all his friends made sure each tub was ready to go before you put the snakes away in their new homes.

“Guys, could you give us a moment please?” You requested to his friends once they were done before everyone else left as the snakes settled into their new homes.

“What’s wrong?” Kihro asked as he read your face and body language.

“I don’t want to be ungrateful or anything. But I would have been happier if you had used all the money that you spent on all this getting an apartment.” You answered before you peeked up at him and saw him beam another proud smile at you.

“Brie, why do you think I got a rack system capable of housing 12 to 40 snakes when you only have three and I only have three?” He questioned.

“Because ball pythons can become an addictive hobby?” You guessed.

“That’s true but, because I knew that if I got you this, it would give me a moment to privately give you these.” He said as he reached into his pocket and gave you two business cards.

One was a bank manager’s business card with an appointment time written on it for Monday and the second was a realtor’s business card.

“What?” You breathed as you looked at the two as you realized what the implications of these were. “Wait, are you getting preapproved for a home loan?” You asked as your heart started to race.

“We are.” Kihro corrected.

“We?” You repeated as a bright smile soon bloomed on your face before you squealed and leaped into his arms and was happy when he caught you and held you up so you could kiss him.

“Why didn’t you give me these as my present?!” You asked.

“I didn’t want to embarrass you, just in case, I know we both like to keep our private affairs private.” Kihro answered.

“Well with the present company, that would probably be wise.” You laughed with a pointed look at Korryn’s things she had left in your room. “That was very kind and thoughtful of you. Thank you.” You thanked him.

“And I don’t think the bank will approve it if you don’t have this.” He said as he carried you over to your chair and sat down with you still in his arms before he dug into his pocket and pulled out an engagement ring, a mermaid sapphire one and you were instantly crying tears of happiness as he put it on before he produced another gold bead for your hair, a larger one but the same style as the first as you sat there and happily waited for him to add it to the other in your hair.

“How do I look?” You asked when he was finished as wiped at the streaking mascara under your eyes but your smile shamed the sun.

“Beautiful.” He whispered before he framed your face and kissed you earnestly and you melted in his lap and returned the impassioned kiss.

“Pack a bag, I’m taking you on a trip this weekend, after the party.” He urged.

“What?” You laughed in surprise.

“Before we actually tie the knot and get married, I want to make sure I can fit in my bride.” Kihro explained as he palmed your belly but reached under you to sensually rub at your center.

“Uh, I don’t know if..” You began to counter as your cheeks flushed even though in that moment you didn’t want anything more.

“Your dad already gave me the go ahead, no more chaperones, no more hoops, we can just be together and the only clause was that I didn’t knock you up, so as long as we can be safe about it, we don’t have to hold back anymore.” Kihro explained as you were ready start immediately. But instead you kissed him before you practically leaped off of him to grab a bag and started stuffing enough clothes to get you through the weekend and an outfit for the appointment on Monday, you wanted to look as professional and mature as possible.

“Ok, let’s send everyone home, I’m ready to go.” You insisted which made him laugh.

“Easy horndog. The night is still young, we have plenty of time, we’re not going that far.” He assured you.

“But I am going to put this in the truck.” He explained as he took his bag and you left your room with your hand still intertwined with his before your mother was already at the base of the stairs which prompted Kihro to leave your bag at the top of the stairs because he could sense you were about to be swarmed.

“And?” She asked excitedly since your dad had clued her in before Kihro brought your intertwined hands up to show off the engagement ring before she squealed and as soon as the people around saw the ring, word spread like wildfire though the party and Korryn turned a few shades greener as she looked at your engagement ring before she looked expectantly at Borug as if he had been secretly keeping one for her in his pocket and you were too happy to recieve congratulations from everyone else to notice how Draig gave Borug a warning glare with a pointed look in Korryn’s direction but Kihro caught it as did everyone else apparently as your dad nearly died laughing but happily hugged you tight.

“You sure it’s ok?” You whispered in his ear.

“Yup, as long as this is what you want, I’ll support you no matter what.” Your dad reassured you before he kissed your cheek affectionately.

“Thank you, I love you so much Dad.” You told him before you let go and received all the other congratulations from everyone else and if you had thought the party was in full swing before, now it really was. You danced until you felt your feet were going to fall off, you ate until you were stuffed and drank until you were just a little tipsy but so happy and at peace.

And once most of the party guests finally left, you left too with Kihro. Granted his truck wasn’t nearly as nice as Borug’s sports car. It was still all Kihro’s and you didn’t worry about a thing as you sat next to him and held his hand when he wasn’t shifting gears. You didn’t care where you were going, he could drive on for forever. He drove until he came to a beach house in South Haven which was only half an hour away.

“What is this place?” You asked curiously as you got out of the truck and looked up at it.

“An airbnb.” He beamed as he got your bags and his and entered the code on the door to be let in. He had actually spent his morning getting this place ready because he was hopeful that your dad would say yes and he had packed the fridge with enough food to get you through the weekend and your parents had packed you enough leftovers to also get you through too.

“Home away from home for the weekend.” He said as he managed to pick you up and carry you over the threshold which cracked you up.

“How in the world were you able to afford all of this?” You wondered as he put you down and the bags down on the other side.

“Well actually Borug and I had the same amount in savings when we both asked out our girls and so far in the six months he’s dated Korryn, she’s bled him dry while my savings has done nothing but go up even though I’ve been beading you well and the snake thing was something I was going to do either way and since you love it as much as I do- I might as well make it a couple thing, something we can do and enjoy together. Plus even when your health is bad and you can’t physically manage to give massages, this can be a backup for us.” He explained.

“And even if we don’t make any money with the snakes. They’re still pets to add to our menagerie because honestly, finding an apartment that checks all the boxes we need it to is slim. But a house- we’ll get much farther with a house and the market is pretty big and open right now.” He explained. “Besides if I had gotten an apartment right when we got together, I would be six months of rent poorer and while the house we could get won’t be as nice as a condo…” Kihro began.

“Oh my gods, I can not begin to tell you how much I don’t want a condo just on the off chance that Borug and Korryn would feel entitled to come over since they’re “neighbors”. No, hell no.” You interrupted him which got him to bust out laughing.

“Ok, we’re in agreement on that.” He beamed.

“Let’s get something we can both manage but we can make it our own. It doesn’t have to be brand new, we don’t even have to get something custom, not now, not ever because we had enough headaches with our current house as it is. It would be nice to get something just semi nice- functional, something that we don’t have to bulldoze and start from scratch, but not a money pit either. But something with space, obviously a garage for the work truck and a yard big enough for Kelly that is either fenced in or we can fence it in and we can make it ours over time, it doesn’t have to be picture perfect for me to move in, I can work with anything. And if we’re doing this together, let’s do this together all the way, I absolutely insist on adding my savings to yours for this and all the money I just got from graduation which I know you took all of yours and added it to your savings. I just had the birthday party to end all birthday parties and a graduation party to end all others and we don’t need a wedding to end all weddings ok? No need to go into unnecessary debt, let’s just get preapproved for a home loan and small equity loan for some modest home improvements that we can do ourselves over time so we can turn whatever house we choose into our home.” You urged him and noticed he nodded along with everything you said so you could tell you were both on the same page.

“So suburbs.” Kihro gathered.

“Yeah basically.” You nodded.

“Awesome, I’m happy we’re in agreement about this because everything you just said is what I was thinking and planning anyway. So, want to get naked?” He asked which made you laugh.

“Hell yeah! I’d thought you would never ask Baby.” You giggled before he picked you back up and put you over his shoulder and grabbed your bags and started going up the stairs as you cackled from your place over his shoulder.

“Woo! Conquer me Baby!” You cheered which made him laugh before he playfully bit your ass with a flirtatious growl which made you squeal even more before he got to the bedroom and let you drop onto the bed before you bounced, laughing so hard your ribs hurt.

But your laughing died down to giggles as you sat up and watched Kihro strip his shirt off before he stalked up the bed towards you, your legs were already splayed for him, your wetness soaking through your shorts so there was a wet spot over your core and when he got on all fours over you- you greedily pulled him to you to kiss your nerves away as his weight settled over you as you let that comfort you. The feel of his surprisingly soft but supremely warm skin over his hard, sculpted body was lighting you up just as much as his hands stroking your soft sides from lifting your shirt. His hands, although rougher from callouses from years of hard work, yet there was a supreme gentle reverence in his touch. Like you were a precious gem he was caressing. Like you were his greatest treasure. You couldn’t feel any safer or more comfortable than in his embrace.

Yet you were so relieved when Kihro slowed down and just laid over you and kissed you until all the tension in your body melted away and when Kihro started kissing your neck and chest, you were itching to get out of your clothes and feel all of his skin against all of yours as you started tugging on your shorts to get them off and that seemed to be what Kihro was looking for before he lifted himself up on his elbows to give you room to remove them and your underwear as he took that cue to take his own pants off and you could only giggle like a loon to see his cock straining in his boxers as you palmed it and started stroking it as you started to lavish open mouthed kisses to his chest and neck as his touch got a little firmer and deliciously needy before he helped you out of your bra.

“There’s my friends.” Kihro practically giggled once your boobs were free from their constraints before he grabbed them and started kneading them before he started sucking on them as you threaded your fingers through his hair and pulled him closer before he moved one hand to your center and delved in which made you moan and throw your head back.

Before this was as far as you could go. But now, instead of only getting your feet wet as the waves caressed them and staring at the water, now you could jump right in. You eagerly pulled the covers down and moved the two of you to between the covers before you greedily got him over you and between your legs and it took a little bit of work getting the head in because it was softer and squishier than the rest of the shaft and once it was in you both blew out a shaky breath of relief which got you both to laugh a little breathlessly and with a good and gentle push, your maidenhood gave way but he was in, it was a tight fit, but he fit and you felt your prayers and his were answered and Kihro made sure you were as comfortable as possible for every bit of it and made sure you were ok and made sure that you wanted this and was ready to pull out, literally- at any moment. But you stuck your heels behind his legs and locked him in because you didn’t want him going anywhere but farther in.

“We made it this far, come on Baby, take me all the way home.” You insisted before he looked at you so softly.

“I’m already home with you.” He murmured as he pressed his forehead to yours.

“Me too.” You whispered as you shared a breath with him as he started to ease in and out as the pain lessoned and morphed into pleasure and the more relaxed and turned on you got the more your canal opened up and the easier it was but at the same time you could tell Kihro was officially on a slippery slope because while you could tell he was bound and determined to get you to cum before he did but you could tell he was fighting his own release as if it was a mighty foe.

“Baby, get a condom on before you lose your load.” You urged.

“No, I can...I can last.” He tried to insist as he rested his head on the pillow next to your head as you kegalled and constricted around him as you grinded against him with a meaningful look that said ‘Are you sure about that?’

“Oh fuck, yeah, ok, ok, ok.” Kihro caved as he pulled out and rolled over so he could get into the drawer where he stashed a box of condoms and he had spent last night trying to find the ones that would fit him best and once he was protected you got on and started to ride him and he just stared up at you in awe wonder.

“You are the greatest vision my eyes will ever see.” Kihro professed and your heart melted.

“Aww, likewise, I can’t wait to live the rest of my life with you and I don’t care where we live or what we do as long as we’re together doing it.” You mirrored as a few happy tears came to your eyes. “I’m just so happy that you’re mine.” You confessed before he sat up and cradled you in his arms.

“I’m always going to be yours.” Kihro vowed. “Just like you are always going to be mine as long as you want to be.” Kihro added.

“I wouldn’t worry about me ever changing my mind if I were you.” You reassured him. “You’re stuck with me.” You giggled. “As long as you want to be.” You added as you bit your lip.

“I’ll always want to Baby,” he purred before he kissed you and nibbled on your lip because seeing you bite it only made him want to nibble on it himself which made you giggle.

“You and your lip fetish.” You teased.

“Not just any lips, your lips, all your lips.” He practically growled which made you squeal in delight as he hiked his hips up with more power that nearly knocked the air out of your lungs but made a moan spill from your kiss swollen lips.

You let your instincts take control and before you knew it you were so close you recognized the home stretch and by now Kihro had flipped you over and was pounding into you as your body was tensing from the extreme pleasure Kihro was giving you and then with one last push, you were falling into bliss just as Kihro was stuffing that condom full as he slammed into you so deep you felt the head run into the top of your cervix as his fingers dug into the softness of his hips as his growling roar of completion was the most amazing sound and helped amplify your own orgasm.

“Wow,” you breathed as you basked in the afterglow as Kihro rested over you and caught his breath.

“Uh huh, wow, well worth the wait, damn baby, that was the best...just...the best...most amazing, you’re so amazing, holy shit that was mind blowing.” Kihro gushed as he cuddled with you and kissed you all over. “Thank you, thank you, thank you for the best sex of my life.” He thanked you which made you crack up.

“Best sex of our lives so far.” You giggled because truth was Kihro was every bit of a virgin that you were.

“That’s true.” Kihro conceded before he kissed you before he pulled away and a huge load of semen was ballooning out at the head which made you both giggle.

“Been saving that for me huh?” You gently teased as he pulled away and very carefully took it off before he tied it off and threw it away and got cleaned up and got you cleaned up.

“I’m sorry if I hurt you Babe,” he cooed as he helped clean you up.

“That pleasure was definitely worth the little bit of pain and discomfort, it’s only going to get better from here.” You reassured him before you both got ready for bed and finally got a chance to sleep together in the purest sense.

When you woke up, you had some amazing morning sex before you made breakfast together, being ever so grateful that Kihro could cook and not just cook but clean up after himself before you walked to the rest of the beach and just talked about everything under the sun and made all kinds of plans before you went back and decided to open all your cards that you had gotten that your parents had dumped into a bag for you as Kihro wrote down who gave what for the purpose of writing thank you cards as you counted up the money and gift cards and come Monday morning, you deposited all that you could and got a bank balance at your bank so that you could take that to Kihro’s bank and to your surprise, your parents and Kihro’s parents met you there for the purpose of co-signing, you knew that Kihro’s parents would co-sign but to have your parents also cosign meant a lot to you that they would give you this kind of support.

Now the hard parts- finding a house and planning a wedding.

#modern orc love story #modern orcs #orc #orc lovestory #orc lemon #orctober #in june #God I love this story #near and dear to my heart.#fun fact #Boonzaaijer's is a real bakery #I have no idea if they carry those cake flavors #I was watching sugar rush as I wrote this #can you tell?#But doesn't that cake just sound AMAZING?#I need to go eat a twinkie to fill my cake craving #because I can't fucking bake #But my imagination is boundless

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atths--twice · 5 years ago

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Beauty in the Broken

After a pot breaks, Scully and Mulder deal with the mess and repair what has been broken.

This was a story idea brought about by a discussion on Twitter about this Entertainment Weekly photo shoot.

I hope you enjoy it!

November 2010

Scully looked up at the cupboard and sighed. The red Dutch oven sat on top, precisely where she had asked Mulder not to place it. Damn him and his tall physique. He would have no trouble reaching it, but she lacked the extra inches.

“Shit,” she whispered and sighed again. She wanted to make a stew and that bastard had set the pot out of her reach.

Turning her head, she looked toward the laundry room knowing she would need to get the step stool, but hating that she had to do it. Dropping her head back, she groaned and walked into the laundry room.

Turning on the light, she moved aside the basket of clothes Mulder promised to fold, and the broom he used to clean up a mug that broke two days ago. Taking the step stool from beside the dryer, she lifted it past the basket, and put the broom in its proper place.

Walking back to the kitchen, she opened the step stool and set it close to the counter. Stepping up onto it, she reached up, her fingertips just brushing the sides of the pot, unable to get a grip on it.

“Whatcha doin’?” Mulder asked from behind her, causing her to jump and grab the cupboard.

“Shit, Mulder!” she exclaimed, turning to look at him, exhaling loudly. “Why do you sneak up on me like that?”

“I’d hardly call it sneaking up when I live here,” he replied with a lopsided grin.

“Don’t be cute when you’ve just scared me,” she said, turning back to the pot and trying to pull it closer.

“Want some help?”

“No! I am perfectly capable of reaching… a goddamn… pot!” she yelled as the pot still escaped her grasp. “Why the fuck did you put it up here when I asked you not to do so?” She turned to him, anger in her eyes which grew when she saw his wide smile.

“Where else would you like me to put it, Scully? We rarely use that one and we don’t exactly have an overabundance of cupboard space.” He crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows.

“We use it enough that it should be kept-”

“Where your little arms can reach it?”

She stared at him, narrowing her eyes, before turning back to the pot, trying once more, determined that she would reach it.

“Scully, just move and I’ll get it for you.”

“No! I don’t need you to do that. I can do it myself.” She tried again and then stepped barefoot onto the counter, something she would despise anyone else doing, but desperate times called for desperate measures.

Her hands slid around the pot and she shouted out triumphantly. Lifting it up, she misjudged the weight and as she made to step back onto the step stool, it slipped from her grasp and she cried out, giving Mulder enough time to step back and out of the way. It crashed to the ground and shattered into thousands of pieces, scattering all over the house.

Neither of them spoke, too in shock to say anything. When the reality of the situation hit, she sighed loudly and he looked up at her.

“I’m sorry,” he said, his tone quiet.

“No,” she sighed, stepping onto the step stool. “I should have let you get it. I was being stubborn and persistent and…” She started to step down and clean up the mess.

“What are you doing?” he asked, putting his hand up as he stepped towards her. “You’re not wearing any shoes. Stay there, I’ll be right back.” She sat down on the countertop, staring forlornly at the broken bits covering the floor.

Walking out of the room, he returned with a pair of her shoes and the broom and dustpan. Handing her her shoes, he began to pick up the larger broken pieces and put them in a paper bag. She put on her shoes and tied the laces, stepping onto the step stool and then down to the floor.

For the next hour, they picked up glass and swept the floor. Furniture was moved and the vacuum came out, the whole first floor receiving a thorough vacuuming. The mop was used, any final pieces trapped within the fibers.

Mulder took the bag full of broken glass to the garbage bins as she sat down dejectedly at the dining room table. When he came back into the house, he sat beside her and covered her hand with his own.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered, squeezing lightly as she squeezed back.

“I know, and it’s not your fault. Not entirely,” she said with a small smile. He laughed and nodded. “I just wanted to make some stew. It sounded good and it’s been so cold lately… I don’t know.”

“We have other pots,�� he said, rubbing her arm softly.

“No. It works best in the Dutch oven.”

“Let’s go get something. We’ll get changed and go get something delicious,” he suggested and she smiled, covering his hand on her arm.

“Changed? But I’m in my comfy beef stew clothes,” she pouted and he laughed again.

“Okay. So someplace where we can wear comfy beef stew clothes… how about our couch, and I go get us something?”

“With fries?” she pouted again and he nodded with a smile.

“Whatever you want,” he told her, kissing her forehead and standing up. “I’ll be back soon.” She smiled as she watched him leave, standing up to grab plates and napkins, placing them on the coffee table.

She turned off the lights, lit some candles and opened a bottle of wine, not caring that it would be a simple meal of fast food. Opening the refrigerator, she stared at the ingredients she bought for the stew and shook her head. Maybe tomorrow.

When he returned, they ate on the sofa, sharing fries and onion rings, laughing over the crashing of the Dutch oven, both of them accepting blame. He wiped the corner of her mouth with his thumb, sucking it into his own mouth when he was finished, and her stomach burned with desire.

The candles had burned down low when they finally rose from the couch, far less clothing than when they sat down. Clearing their mess, they finished their wine, blew out the candles, and headed up to bed.

Coming home from the hospital the next evening, Scully stepped inside, tired and shivering as she closed the door. Turning around, she saw a box on the dining room table with a red bow tied around it. Shrugging out of her coat, she smiled as she walked over to the table and untied the ribbon.

It was a brand new Dutch oven. She opened the box and took out the packaging, finding not another red one, but a beautiful green one. Lifting it from the box, she admired the look and the weight of it, smiling as she did.

“I figured green was a better choice, after all clearing up so many broken red pieces,” Mulder said, stepping up beside her. Looking up at him, she smiled and nodded.

“I couldn’t agree more,” she said, setting the pot down and pulling him down for a kiss. “Thank you.”

“Hmm,” he hummed, kissing her again. “I also happened to see the fixings for that stew you wanted to make and I couldn’t let them go to waste.” She nodded and smiled as he shrugged her shoulders. “So let’s get cooking, baby.”

She laughed and nodded again, taking the pot to the sink to wash it as he went to take the food from the refrigerator. Working together, they had the meal prepared and in the oven cooking in hardly any time.

“So, we have about an hour and a half before we add the potatoes. What should we do in the meantime?” he asked, handing her a glass of red wine with a raised eyebrow.

“Well, I’m sure we can think of something,” she smiled, taking a sip of her wine with a smile.

“I do have an idea. One that I guarantee will be stimulating and when finished… well,” he nodded and clucked his tongue. “It will be very pleasurable.” She raised her eyebrows, licking her lips, before she bit the bottom one. “Depending on if you win, of course.”

“Win?” she asked confused, as thoughts of his naked body evaporated.

“Yeah,” he said, reaching for something on a dining room chair. “I challenge you to a game of Scrabble.” He showed her the box and wiggled his eyebrows at her.

“Oh, Mulder. You know these challenges never end well for you.”

“This time it will be different.”

“You said that last time… and you lost spectacularly.” He shook the box, the tiles and racks hitting against the sides, and he made a come on motion with his hand. “Okay, fine. Go grab the dictionary now because you know you’re going to challenge me. Medical dictionary too.”

“Yes!” he said, setting the game down and heading to grab the dictionaries.

She shook her head with a smile as she sat down, set her glass of wine on the table, and opened the Scrabble box. He quickly joined her, the dictionaries set beside him, as they began to pick their tiles and arrange them on the racks.

Shouting and laughter filled the room, as did the delicious aroma of the meal they prepared together. Losing the first round, he demanded a rematch, and giggling from happiness and the wine she drank, she agreed.

Best out of five, with Scully victorious, the meal finished and the wine long gone, they saved the leftovers and washed the dishes. Drying the Dutch oven, he looked at her and she smiled, looking up at the top of the cupboard with a nod.

With very little effort, he placed it up there, and she shook her head- damn him and his height. Turning around, he pulled her to him.

“Next time you need it, let the tall person with long arms get it for you, okay?” he teased with a smirk.

“You had better take that back,” she said, trying to pull away from him as he laughed. “The loser of Scrabble doesn’t get to make any demands.”

“Fine. Best out of seven?” he asked, tightening his hold on her, as she narrowed her eyes at him.

“You’re on, and you’re going to lose.”

“Prove it.”

He let go of her and they sat down once more. As he shook the bag of letters, she glanced at the Dutch oven, knowing that would be its permanent location.

But the fight for that knowledge is half the fun, she thought glancing back at him with a smile as she reached for her tiles, ready to beat him once again.

#msr fanfic #x files #x files fanfic #post iwtb #the domestic msr kills me #cooking together #board games

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deadinarussianelevator · 5 years ago

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Adjusting to Coronavirus World

Well friends, here we are. We are living in a world that is almost completely different from the one we were living in back in February and the beginning of March. This came quickly, and we were forced to morph into new customs and rhythms of life. What we’re going through... it’s basically culture shock.

For starters, you have the honeymoon phase. This phase lasts different for everyone, for some its a week, for others four weeks, and for others it’s gone by like... day two. This phase is where everything is new and you’re kind of having fun with the new pace of life, whatever that may look like. Soon, however, you discover that the pace you’ve been going at is not sustainable, and... you know what? You actually miss your old way of life. Moving along, you start to notice things that are different, and you start to mourn the way things were. Every one social distancing and wearing masks? That’s weird, different, and scary for us westerners who are not used to that. The government dictating what we can and cannot do, and our movements outside are restricted? That’s like... the antithesis of what American culture is about. All of a sudden, we’re living in a different world. Part of what you might miss is just being with friends. Other things include simple basic foods that are a staple in your diet - such as ground beef (or, in my case, breakfast sausage as well). There’s a limited supply of everything, which is so bizarre to us as Americans where we are used to an overabundance and standing in a grocery store aisle for a couple minutes deliberating on what brand or flavor we want. These changes, especially with them happening all at once, can lead to culture stress. It’s weird, because as I’ve been going through these things I’ve thought, “Wait, I know this stress I’m feeling. I felt this living in Morocco.” Culture stress is weird, because you don’t really realize that your stressed, or why your stressed, until something becomes the final straw and you break down in tears, or in anger, or however you cope with stress. Often, you take things fluidly as they change, feeling only a little bit of stress whenever they come to you, but those little stresses don’t fade. They compile into one big Stress, and your body is trying to cope with the stress you feel. For me, my jaw has beed super tense. I go through days of complete and total lack of motivation because everything is just so overwhelming. So: how do you cope with culture stress? It’s definitely a long-haul problem, BUT after a while you adjust. Adjusting is like a roller coaster sometimes, where you have days that you’re like, “Wow, this culture isn’t so bad after all” and days where it’s more, “Everything is awful and it sucks and I don’t want to leave my bed.” How you deal with those bad days affects your overall adjustment, so here are some few tips I have from previous experiences with culture stress.

When you find a thing in the store you haven’t been able to find, GET IT. Make it a treat, and use it to have a little celebration. You found ground beef? Taco night it is. Go all out with cheese, chips, guac... whatever you find, go all out.

Your comfort movies? Watch them. Pace yourself, of course, but maybe have a movie night once a week where you watch a comfort movie. Those days you want to hole up in your room and do nothing? Indulge that for a couple hours and watch a show... but then get out. Go for a walk. Don’t let the discouragement win. It’s hard but fight it.

FaceTime friends or family that you’re separated from. Talk to them for an unlimited amount of time. Exchange stories of weird things, normal things... all things.

Tell your people you live with about your stress. Often when one is feeling down, the other is able to encourage. Or you and your roommate(s)/family/whatever can wallow together and just have a complain fest. The important thing is: Get it out. Rant. Rave. Just expell all the thoughts.

Finally, I would suggest listing the things that this new pace of life helps you appreciate. A silver lining mentality goes a long way.

Anyway, this may make sense to some, it may not. But for me, it’s helpful to look at this period of adjustment through this lens. Take it or leave it, but I hope it gives some people some tools to aid in their dealing with stress during this time.

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Walter settles in to cook, apron tied and everything, and he pushes his tablet my way.

"This is slanderous," he says, obviously faking outrage. He's found a study proving that while there aren't health-related downsides to eating meat, an overabundance of it can cause some problems. Meat calories shouldn't fully displace veggie calories, to make a long story short.

The problem is, Walt loves his meat. Insert Gay Joke Here, ahahahahahahahaha - but while he likes to pair main proteins with side dishes, he's also the type who pairs greens with a small steak and half a sausage. He's also admitted that one of his comfort-related meal plans typically consists of a massive platter of cooked red meat of various types and is technically okay with foregoing greens if there's some sort of easy excuse like a lack of time. It's sort of hard for me not to recall the lunch breaks in which I've seen him snarf a not-insignificant portion of lasagna along with a side-order of Chicken Parm.

I get that fat became Walt's defense mechanism, of a sort, but I'm not about to demand that he start packing on more rolls for me to cuddle. I sigh.

"Look, hon - nobody's about to demand that you cut off all indulgences, but it means that if you're working on a Christmas buffet, try and not go overboard with the meat-based stuff, alright? I know getting occasionally overstuffed is a bit of a kink of yours, but just try and avoid popping a coronary, alright? Besides, good food's always better with people around and your Football Season Meat Piles of Loneliness sap all the fun from great items."

He gives me that precise look of his - let's call it Food Lust - that usually comes just before he chucks an incomplete dish into a sealable container, declares we'll eat it tomorrow and that we're instead going for, well, whatever fatty goodness has him salivating in the moment. I intercept his hand before he gets to the phone.

"No takeout. We already have pizza or burgers over weekends, we can't just give in because you've got a meat boner."

He looks at me like I'm the one giving him a meat boner, and finally relents with a sigh.

"It's Moroccan beef, tonight," he says. "I was thinking we could skip on the carrots and raisins and add more ground beef."

I start working on the carrots and give him my best air of finality. "Nope. I want raisins and I want carrots."

He pouts. "You're no fun."

Not that it stops him from briefly pushing himself against my left side and from landing a kiss on my temple, though.

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How to make Meatballs?

The meatballs are an antiquated Neapolitan planning gave over by grandmas. Their trademark is to contain in the batter, notwithstanding the exemplary fixings, pine nuts and raisins, fixings generally utilized in the conventional food of southern Italy. Their taste and surface are exceptionally specific, with a without a doubt intriguing character. This expansion of fixings will positively be extremely welcome to the individuals who love to fluctuate their cooking at the table. Attempt them!

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Fixings:

MINCED BEEF 400 gr

BREADCRUMBS 150 gr

EGGS 1

PARMESAN CHEESE 80 gr

1 twig PARSLEY

CLOVE OF GARLIC 1

SALT TO taste

Dark PEPPER TO taste

Spread or grease - 10 gr

RAISINS 60 gr

PINE NUTS 20 gr

TOMATO PUREE 400 gr

Little ONION - 1

Additional VIRGIN OLIVE OIL (EVO) 4 tablespoons

OIL FOR FRYING TO taste

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At the point when you need to get ready Neapolitan meatballs most importantly: absorb the bread a holder, press it well and gather it in a bowl with the minced meat. Set up a genuinely fine mince of garlic and parsley and add it to the bowl along with the meat and bread. Add the egg to the batter, season with a spot of salt and ground pepper, then, at that point, add the hand-hacked spread, raisins, pine nuts and season the mixture further with a liberal small bunch of ground Parmesan. Work the blend well with your hands, so as to combine every one of the fixings well as one, so as to shape a special or more all conservative batter.

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When the mixture is prepared, take little divides of batter and structure the meatballs. Bring the broiling oil to temperature in a dish, when the oil has arrived at the ideal temperature, plunge the meatballs into the bubbling oil and let them cook well on all sides, until they are softly carmelized. When the ideal cooking is reached, channel them on a colander, pass on to eliminate all the overabundance oil and briefly keep them to the side.

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Set up a pureed tomatoes in an enormous pan. Finely slash an onion and put it to dry in a container with a shower of additional virgin olive oil. Add the tomato puree to the skillet and change the sauce with a spot of salt. When the sauce is marginally diminished, add the meatballs to the sauce and let them flavor well for no less than 10. After the showed time, quickly serve the hot Neapolitan meatballs.

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Custom made Carp Boilie Formula Tips For Utilizing Master Feed-Energizer Fixings!Pure Black Seed Oil Supplier

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I have as of late seen an introduction by a portion of the world's driving nutritionists and wellbeing specialists as of late which was a goldmine of experiences and data with respect to carp snare improvement. I was effectively connecting their discoveries about probably the most powerful dynamic segments and concentrates that bring the body once again into balance, by copying fat and lowing glucose and expanding insulin opposition, and expanding moving of glucose to the muscles for fuel rather than towards fat stockpiling!

You may ask what has this to do with carp trap and getting carp, yet it has totally a gigantic basic significance of viewpoints essential to improving carp snare working inside carp that builds your gets hugely!

Among the substances referenced are alkaloids and I have found a lot a greater amount of these and different variables in later occasions, that I truly prescribe in my educational costs to people and gatherings today. You may be thinking about what else you need to adventure to give you the greatest edge!

There are some unmistakable available resources to outfit the most basic segments of stimulatory substances found in models, for example, fenugreek, garlic, bean stew, dark pepper and hemp.

There are some significantly incredible dynamic substances that truly take care of job when remembered for carp goads and they don't just work throughout some stretch of time in total inside a food lure worldview, yet they work in a flash as fish really ingest them in arrangement!

The physiological particulars with respect to the associations between the delivery and working of chemicals that control circulatory strain, liver and heart working, insulin opposition and digestion and fat consuming and so on, are essential to the carp fisher and without a doubt to large catfish fishermen as well. Substances relevant to these things really have alluring dynamic impacts and effects diversely and on various levels that increment taking care of reactions within the sight of snares that contain them!

Everybody thinks about molasses. Utilized in boilies, glues, stick blends, spod blends, etc, and molasses are something beyond an agreeability enhancer and sugar. It contains a genuine taking care of trigger in addition to numerous dietary elements in addition to others that expansion movement in the cells of fish and help advance taking care of.

Molasses spike glucose which in a manner implies that for a restricted period at any rate, your carp or catfish get a surge of energy that empowers expanded taking care of action. This is especially significant in times of lower temperatures or in times of lower water oxygen immersion, where boosted snare solvency and raising of fish digestion by various methods are significant to try and get nibbles!

Fish are fundamentally the same as people in how sugars are prepared utilized or put away. Interminable business carp snares are made utilizing huge degrees of sugars in light of the fact that for a certain something, these are a lot less expensive to purchase and address a tremendous piece of how by far most of business trap producers can make benefits in making pellets and boilies and ground goads and stick blends and so on Remembered for the array of starches and related items used to make and expand benefits are bread morsels, roll suppers, entire and squashed seeds, semolina, heartbeat and bean flours (which are dominatingly sugar containing, for example, soya flours and dinners.

Other significant carb fixings utilized incorporate semolina, maize flour and maize feast. There are numerous different carbs utilized which regularly relate (or not) to fowl food type items. There are entire and squashed nut items, tiger nut flour and dinners, fine and coarse nut suppers and cooked nut feast, squashed seed items, for example, CLO, etc. Certain snare organizations that I have seen direct additionally beef up their lures utilizing wheat or oat grain. Be that as it may, the occurrences where I saw this were clearly more for building up of lures and expanding benefit than only for improving prebiotic-related or resistance and assimilation boosting working of lure!

Any place a snare contains a critical substance of carb, particularly related to any high omega or related oil and fat substance, (remembering that found for hemp oil, soya flour, fish dinners, marine suppers, etc,) everything implies energy stockpiling for carp to both produce and afterward needs to consume off!

In nature, carp and other omnivorous animals, for example, people and even early canine bloodlines feed upon vegetation. A piece of this is to improve digestion and absorption and to improve food throughput practically in addition to build glucose consuming proficiency and adjusting of numerous frameworks including boosting the invulnerable framework differently, in addition to numerous different viewpoints.

The strong colors inside plant materials including Carophyll increment digestion and interior adjusting and different impacts and effects steadily and are fundamental for adjusting of the energy arrangement of fish.

I have seen for that wels catfish have demonstrated a positive affectability to red kidney beans and sweetcorn for example. This is far than pretty much crude energy. Per temperature system increment these fish require more elevated levels of protein, calorific oils and protein, when contrasted with carp. However, they actually require their internal energy framework to be adjusted by the dynamic segments inside the food sources they burn-through.

Both carp and catfish will dominatingly devour protein-rich food at numerous times of the year and truth be told their bodies developed in manners unequivocally to do this and to most proficiently process and acclimatize amino acids. However, sugars are exceptionally poor in amino acids. Starches are utilized in good old food traps to save protein so more is really changed over naturally as opposed to being squandered.

However, snare is definitely more about making interior equilibrium than protein, since this is only one piece of the entire adjusting of the inside framework. This is important for the motivation behind why many lure details which are not planned utilizing high or adjusted dietary sort food snares are profoundly effective without being goads that prize fish with real food supplements. Such snares when continually changed simply continue getting fish and work right away requiring utilization of undeniably less lure and costing undeniably less cash.

I'm keen on such goads on the grounds that by far most of carp fishermen over feed their swims with readymade snares and carp and catfish are delicate to other more powerful, substitute wellsprings of variables that balance their interior energy and actual physiological frameworks on critical levels, that make fish more energy effective!

A contributor to the issue with starches and carp specifically, is that where they gorge feed on instant goads which contain protein, carbs and oils and so forth that they just don't need, or basically are taken care of such a lot of volume so regularly, that they really become unequal inside. Carp and catfish developed like people inside, so they shrewdly gorge feed where a taking care of chance presents itself and afterward the food is handled and all potential elements utilized or put away for additional self-processing or catabolizing of put away energy and different elements accessible for endurance and upkeep.

Where people continually over-devour an excessive number of carbs and are just putting away fat and turning out to be hypoglycemic, this currently addresses a wellbeing and out of equilibrium eating scourge. This is a lot of a mirror in the utilization of starches utilized inside carp traps as well. Utilization of starches in people is a tremendous issue today in the western existence where sugars are devoured at unfathomable frequencies by most of individuals overabundance to necessities. Wheat a significant guilty party in this illness scourge of diabetes and stoutness, coronary illness and malignant growths and so forth, with individuals just not comparing wheat utilization with fat stockpiling and wheat and refined sugar or fructose-glucose incited insulin obstruction.

Carp are like people in that they can build up a protection from insulin brought about by too significant levels being delivered throughout some undefined time frame so the job insulin has in controlling glucose levels is hindered. Numerous people attempt to consume off their fat by practice yet this isn't sufficient! Glucose is continually supplanted constantly. Individuals don't understand how huge this is, both in controlling and directing this inside their own body and in carp and in how to misuse this to get more carp and catfish!

Numerous individuals don't understand that even supposed solid flavor and spice powders might be built up with wheat and even with sawdust on account of some cinnamon items. In one examination in the states by the division of wellbeing out of 16 diverse locally acquired examples simply 3 really ended up being genuine cinnamon. The rest where different materials including sand and sawdust enhanced utilizing cinnamon oil! So you need to verify that your provider is an excellent one!

The Rye Flavor Organization close to me is one such provider who ensures that the entirety of their items are sans gluten, as in wheat-beginning gluten free. Numerous individuals are amazingly delicate to wheat gluten because of utilization of present day triploid wheat which is the structure that most people in the west currently burn-through, yet which was never reared to be processed by the human stomach related framework and really goes about as a conceivably deadly aggravation in the improvement of lethal stomach related plot conditions as a result of it! (Any time you feel your gut swell up because of sugars and you experience an energy depleting sort of feeling consider this!)

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For Want of Yeast

Andie requested some Hunk and Sal and burgers, and this got a little bit out of hand because, I mean. Come on. That’s one of my all-time favorite Hunk moments. I had to do their second meeting justice!

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Hunk spent a solid three months trying to make a passable burger for the other paladins. When he’d first started he’d thought (naively) that it wouldn’t be too hard. Ground meat grilled up in a patty with some assortment of condiments on a bun. Easy, right? It wasn’t like trying to recreate the perfect texture of ice cream or the heat of a good salsa. They’d found plenty of edible alien meats over the course of their travels, and the condiments all came down to experimentation.

The problem, he soon realized, was the bun.

Bread was hard to find in outer space. Good bread, even harder. Most planets didn’t seem to have anything equivalent to yeast, for one thing, so while flatbreads and crackers and even something like tortillas were plentiful, real bread was not.

And then there was the grain. Once he’d given up on finding bread, Hunk had set out to make it. He had a whole array of flours in his kitchen—this one with the right taste but far too coarse a texture, that one okay texture-wise but bitter. He’d made plenty of passable flatbreads, and once when he’d found something like baking soda he’d managed an imitation banana bread. But yeast breads? Sourdough? Out of the question.

It was amazing how many comfort foods you missed out on when you didn’t have access to Earth microorganisms. Grilled cheese, burgers, pizza. Hell, they didn’t even have yogurt they could trust not to make them all sick.

It figured when he finally found real, genuine, eat-it-with-butter bread, it would be at Vrepit Sal’s.

The paladins had returned to the space mall to resupply, and Hunk had only gone because, frankly, he didn’t trust Coran not to come back with three tons of inedible nutrient sludge. Pidge had happily volunteered to distract Coran with their tech needs, Shiro and Allura were on “miscellaneous necessities” duty, whatever that meant, and Lance was supposed to be helping Keith pick out the best lasers for Pidge’s new castle-defense plan. Hunk had a feeling they would return with the bare minimum of lasers and an overabundance of facial creams, sewing supplies, and assorted 80’s junk from the Earth Store.

Though, to be fair, most Lance’s haul would probably be less self-indulgent than Pidge and Coran’s.

The trip had started out okay enough, despite Hunk seriously considering heading back to watch the castle-ship with Kolivan and Slav. His head was constantly swiveling in search of the mall cop, Varkon, or anyone else who might recognize the “space pirates” from their last misadventure, and he avoided the foot court like the plague for as long as possible, but there was no way to get around the fact that that was where they were supposed to meet up.

Hunk was the first one there, of course. No one expected Keith to be able to drag Lance away from his fun, and Pidge and Coran, together, were the worst sort of enablers. But he’d expected Shiro and Allura to be on time, at least.

He found an empty table on the far side of the food court from Vrepit Sal’s and sat down with his purchases, but the pillars and fake plants hiding him from Sal got in the way of his search for his friends. After five minutes, he sighed, grabbed his bags, and cautiously made his way into the open.

That was when he saw them: a dozen beautiful, flawlessly golden buns. Hunk watched between the leaves of a hot pink shrub as Sal called out orders to his assistant—not the old lady from last time, but a lavender Bytor whose eight arms were tending four skillets and a saucepan simultaneously. They actually looked like a proper kitchen staff, and the line of customers said that at least some of Hunk’s instructions had stuck.

And, okay. Hunk had to be a little bit proud of that, despite the simmer of resentment he felt at the sight of the guy who’d literally tried to kidnap him.

The question was how to sneak a taste of those roles without letting Sal know he was there. Maybe once Allura got back, he could convince her to go Galra and buy a few. Shiro would be on Hunk’s side, probably. He’d once said he’d trade his right arm for a dinner roll—and, yeah, it had been with the same wry smile he always wore when his dark humor reared its head, and, yeah, he’d laughed it off afterwards, always quick to assure Hunk that whatever he was cooking sounded perfect.

But Hunk could hardly forget that that was the one and only time Shiro had ever actually expressed a preference for any particular food. Nor could he ignore that Shiro was particularly quick to devour any kind of carb Hunk set before him—flatbread, pasta, the lumpy orangish tuber they’d dubbed space potatoes.

It would be better if Hunk could surprise him with the bread, but he’d rather ask for help then end up chained to a stove for the rest of his life.

He shifted to get a better view of the restaurant, but his bags slipped, disturbing the shrub he was hiding behind. Hunk froze as Sal’s gaze swept toward him, shooting a plea toward every corner of the universe that Sal wouldn’t spot him.

No such luck.

Hunk yelped as Sal’s eyes widened. Then, as Sal turned to bark something at his line cook, Hunk snatched up his bags and made a break for it. A harried alien surrounded by half a dozen kids stepped into his path at just the wrong moment, and Hunk spun, wishing he’d come in his armor, incognito be damned, just so he’d have something more than a grayish sausage link to brandish in Sal’s direction.

“Stay back!” Hunk called, fumbling with the rest of his bags. “I’m armed.”

Sal stopped, holding up his hands, and Hunk would have laughed at the scene if he weren’t already playing out a lifetime of serving mediocre food under the watchful eye of the Worst Cook in America while Zarkon’s Number One Fan patrolled, muttering to himself about nabbing that pesky pirate just as soon as he had his proof.

“Hunk!” Sal cried, beaming. “Vrekt, kid, it really is you! How’ve you been?”

The greeting—twice as friendly as Hunk had been expecting and at least three times as familiar—caught him off guard, and he slowly lowered his sausage sword. “Uh… fine…?”

Laughing in delight, Sal reached out and clapped him on the shoulder. Hunk yelped, nearly dropping the sausage, and frowned.

“Are you feeling okay?”

“Okay? I’m a lot better than okay! The way this place has turned around since you were here? You’re a real life-saver, kid, you know that?”

Hunk only blinked. Quite suddenly, he found himself being steered back toward Vrepit Sal’s, his babbled protests handily ignored. Hunk could already feel the manacle snapping shut around his ankle.

“And this,” Sal said, blissfully ignorant of the freight train of fear careening through Hunk’s head, “is Luks.”

The Bytor wiped one hand on the towel at their waist and held it out for Hunk to shake while the other seven kept at their tasks: washing vegetables, chopping tubers, searing meat.

“Wow,” Hunk said, shaking Luks’ hand. “You’re… you’re pretty good at that.”

Luks fluffed their tail—legitimately fluffed it, like a frickin’ bird fluffing its feathers—and muttered a quiet thank-you as Sal bundled Hunk off for a tour of the stockroom. Gone were the tubs upon tubs of mush and the freezer-burned odds and ends. This new stock room almost rivaled Hunk’s setup on the castle-ship.

Hunk whistled. “Okay, okay, I’ll admit it. I’m impressed.”

Sal beamed. “It’s all thanks to you, kid. And I mean that. You wanna stick around a while? I’ve been trying to expand the menu, you know. I could use your advice.”

“I don’t know, Sal. My friends...” Hunk trailed off as his eyes fell on several more crates’ worth of bread. “Sorry. Is that bread?”

Sal’s ears swiveled, and he followed Hunk’s gaze to the crates. “Bread?” he said slowly, as though he’d never heard the word before. “They’re called food sponges. I give ‘em out with the special. Good for soaking up the extra sauce, you know?”

“Could I…?”

Hunk barely waited for Sal’s nod before he snatched up one of the buns and lifted it to his ear. It crackled when he squeezed, and it smelled enough like bakeries back home to make Hunk’s mouth water. There was no reason for his heart to be beating against his ribs as he tore off a small piece and popped it in his mouth, nor for his knees to go weak when the bun tasted wonderfully, flawlessly like he’d hoped it would.

“Oh my god,” Hunk moaned. “Where did you get this?”

“Uh… I dunno. My guy bought it off some deep space trader. Never seen anything like it.”

Hunk resisted the urge to scarf down the rest of the bun, his head already spinning with plans for that night’s dinner. Grilled cheese for Pidge, burgers for Lance and Keith, garlic bread and French toast and stuffing and fondue and anything else Shiro could possibly hope for.

“How much?” Hunk demanded, reaching for the credit disc Allura had given him and performing some quick mental math to figure out how much money he had left. Two thousand GAC at the butchers, another fifteen hundred on spices and other kitchen staples…

Hunk grimaced.

“Okay, forget GAC. Would you be willing to part with one of these crates if I showed you another use for these, uh, food sponges?”

Sal seemed confused, but he nodded. “Heck, after last time I’d give you just about anything, but if you don’t mind teaching me a new recipe...”

Hunk grinned. “Awesome. You’re gonna want to take notes on this one, Sal. It’ll revolutionize this food court—mark my words!”

Sal was clearly skeptical of Hunk’s claim—even more so when Hunk selected only a single pan and a spatula. He found some ground meat from the cooler that he recognized as lenna. It tasted a little gamy—more like venison than beef, but wonderfully juicy. It cooked up into a nice patty with just a little bit of salt for seasoning. (Salt was a nearly universal constant, a fact Hunk had learned early on and for which he was still eternally grateful.)

The restaurant was a little thin on condiments, so Hunk went for a minimalist approach, topping the burger with a sharp, cheddar-like cheese, something like mild barbecue sauce, and a leafy vegetable with a taste unlike any Earth food.

He presented the burger to Sal on a freshly sliced space bun, then crossed his arms and sat back for the show. Sal picked it up, considered it for a long moment, then took a bite.

Almost at once, his eyes lit up, and Hunk bit back a laugh as Sal took a second bite almost before he’d swallowed the first. He hollered to Luks and offered them a taste, and then the people at the front of the line were tripping over each other to get a look at the new dish the cooks were so clearly excited about.

Grinning, Hunk clapped Sal on the shoulder. “Well. I think I’ll leave you to your customers.”

Sal was already snatching up ingredients to demonstrate for Luks, but he spared a wave over his shoulder. “Thanks a million, Hunk! You really are a genius.”

Flushing, Hunk turned and headed for the door, a box of buns under one arm, bags dangling from the other. He was barely out the door when he caught sight of a familiar Segway cruising through the crowd.

With a yelp, he dove back into the kitchen. Sal frowned at him, mouth open to ask why Hunk was huddled under the counter like a spooked cat, when Varkon rolled up.

“Security,” Varkon barked. “Clear the way. You!”

Hunk cringed, catching Sal’s eyes as he turned away from the grill. “There a problem, officer?”

“News bulletin,” Varkon said. “Straight from high command. Priority one. The paladins of Voltron have been spotted in the area.” Hunk’s heart dropped as the cold blue glow of a holoscreen washed over Sal’s face. From his hiding place, Hunk couldn’t see the image, but he had a front row seat to the shock and recognition in Sal’s eyes.

Hunk really should have worn his armor. He gave the buns a longing look as he set the crate aside; it was too big, too bulky, and he’d need at least one hand free to push through the crowd.

Then he closed his eyes and got ready to run.

“Haven’t seen ‘em.”

Hunk jumped, biting down on his tongue to keep from gasping aloud, and stared up at Sal. The shock was gone, replaced with bored disinterest. He crossed his arms as Varkon scrutinized him in silence.

“You sure about that?”

Sal snorted. “Course I am. What species is that, anyway? I think I’da noticed if something that funny-looking walked up to my counter.”

Cursing under his breath, Varkon revved his engine. “Curse those paladins. You keep your eyes open, you hear? Let me know if you see them.”

“Right away,” Sal promised dryly. He watched for a long moment, unmoving until Hunk made a break for the door. Sal caught his wrist, holding him in place. “Give it a minute. I’ll tell you when the coast is clear.”

Hunk gaped up at him, but didn’t dare speak. It was a miracle none of the customers had sold him out. Though… none of them were Galra, as far as he’d seen. Just Varkon and Sal and a couple other shop owners. Huh. Hunk had never really stopped to consider the implications of that before.

Sal whipped up a few more plates, never once glancing at Hunk, then shrugged out of his apron and let Luks know he was taking a break. As he headed for the door, he gestured under the counter for Hunk to follow.

“You helped me,” Hunk said, slipping out the employee entrance behind Sal, holding tight to his box of buns. “Why?”

Sal tipped his head to the side. “You know why I named this place Vrepit Sal’s?”

“Uh.” Hunk frowned. “That’s Zarkon’s motto or something, isn’t it? Vrepit sa?”

With a shake of his head, Sal chuckled. “Zarkon’s motto. Kid, that’s a Galra saying, and a lot of us don’t like what Zarkon’s turned it into. You know what it means?”

“No,” Hunk said. “I don’t.”

“It means making yourself better, all the time, every day. It means not settling for something just because it’s always been that way. Which is ironic, because that’s exactly what I was doing—settling. I’d stopped trying before I met you. Why put the effort into something no one’s interested in anyway, right? I mean, who ever heard of a Galra chef?”

Hunk glanced over his shoulder, scanning the crowd for Varkon. And for his friends—they had to have finished by now. What if Varkon had found them? “You saved me because I taught you to cook?”

“I saved you cause you taught me to care. You ain’t like most people ‘round here. I figure if those other paladins are anything like you, then maybe I don’t want Zarkon to find you. Maybe I want you out there shaking things up.” He paused, then smiled. “I guess what I’m saying is… vrepit sa, paladin Hunk.”

The smile caught Hunk off guard, and he had to choke back tears as he shook Sal’s outstretched hand, albeit clumsily. “Vrepit sa, Sal. I’ll try to come visit you sometime, okay?”

Sal’s face softened. “I’d like that. Take care of yourself, you hear?”

Hunk nodded, hoisted the groceries, and backed away. He felt like he should say something, but he couldn’t find the words. Sal smiled knowingly, inclined his head, then turned and vanished into the crowd.

#voltron #vld #hunk #hunk garrett #vrepit sal #ko-fi request #fic #thank you!

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