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Dill Pickle Ice cream
#van leeuwen#van leeuwen ice cream#dill pickles#ice cream#combination#flavour#food#foodie#weird#weird flavor#dessert#interesting#mmm#yogurt#gelato#stupid food#reddit#recipes#crazy#cucumber dill#kool aid pickles#kosher dill
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Our tree has risen!
#x mas tree#xmas#xmas time#merry xmas#xmas tree#captainpirateface#funions#kool aid#the kool aid man#kool aid man#pac man#hello kitty#snoopy#gizmo#mogwai#gremlins#the grinch#grinch#mr peanut#jack and sally#ring pop#millennium falcon#owl#octopus#dinosaur#pickle#robot#the vandals#oi to the world#bipolardepression
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I love eating Red 40 pickle
#it’s a kool aid pickle#tropical punch flavor to be exact#this also with some tajin it’s amazing#marisa speaks
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Big Dipper kettle corn FB
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Disgusting...!
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Writing Reference: Food History
B.C.
10,000 - almonds, cherries, bread, flour, soup
8,000 - wheat ⚜ 7,000 - wine, beer, pistachios, pig, goat, sheep, lard
6,500 - cattle domestication, apples ⚜ 6,000 - tortilla, dates, maize
5,000 - honey, ginger, quinoa, avocados, potatoes, milk, yogurt
4,000 - focaccia, watermelons, grapes, pomegranates
3,200 - chicken domestication ⚜ 3,000 - butter, onion, garlic, apricots
2,737 - tea ⚜ 2,500 - olive oil, seaweed, duck ⚜ 2,300 - saffron
2,000 - peaches, liquorice, marshmallow, pasta, ham, sesame seeds
1,500 - chocolate, vanilla ⚜ 1,200 - sugar ⚜ 1,000 - mangoes, oats, pickles
900 - pears, tomatoes ⚜ 700 - cinnamon ⚜ 600 - bananas, poppy seeds
500 - artichokes ⚜ 400 - pastries, appetizers, vinegar
300 - parsley ⚜ 200 - turkeys, asparagus, rhubarb ⚜ 65 - quince
1st—13th Century
1st Century - chestnuts, lobster, crab, shrimp, truffles, blueberries, raspberries, capers, kale, blood (as food), fried chicken, foie gras, French toast, omelettes, rice pudding, flan, cheesecake, pears in syrup
3rd Century - lemons ⚜ 5th - pretzels ⚜ 6th - eggplant
7th Century - spinach, kimchi ⚜ 9th - coffee, nutmeg
10th Century - flower waters, Peking duck, shark's fin soup
11th Century - baklava, corned beef, cider, lychees, seitan
12th Century - breadfruit, artichokes, gooseberries
13th Century - ravioli, lasagne, mozzarella, pancakes, waffles, couscous
14th—19th Century
14th Century - kebabs, moon cakes, guacamole, pie, apple pie, crumpets, gingerbread
15th Century - coconuts, Japanese sushi and sashimi, pineapples, marmalade, risotto, marzipan, doughnuts, hot dogs
16th Century - pecans, cashews (in India), Japanese tempura, vanilla (in Europe), fruit leather, skim milk, sweetbreads, salsa, quiche, teriyaki chicken, English trifle, potato salad
17th Century - treacle, pralines, coffee cake, modern ice cream, maple sugar, rum, French onion soup, cream puffs, bagels, pumpkin pie, lemonade, croissants, lemon meringue pie
18th Century - root beer, tapioca, French fries, ketchup, casseroles, mayonnaise, eggnog, soda water, lollipops, sangria, muffins, crackers, chowder, croquettes, cupcakes, sandwiches, apple butter, souffle, deviled eggs
19th Century - toffee, butterscotch, cocoa, Turkish delight, iodized salt, vanilla extract, modern marshmallows, potato chips, fish and chips, breakfast cereal, Tabasco sauce, Kobe beef, margarine, unsalted butter, Graham crackers, fondant, passionfruit, saltwater taffy, milkshakes, pizza, peanut butter, tea bags, cotton candy, jelly beans, candy corn, elbow macaroni, fondue, wedding cake, canapes, gumbo, ginger ale, carrot cake, bouillabaisse, cobbler, peanut brittle, pesto, baked Alaska, iced tea, fruit salad, fudge, eggs Benedict, Waldorf salad
20th Century
1901 - peanut butter and jelly ⚜ 1904 - banana splits ⚜ 1905 - NY pizza
1906 - brownies, onion rings ⚜ 1907 - aioli
1908 - Steak Diane, buttercream frosting ⚜ 1909 - shrimp cocktail
1910 - Jell-O (America's most famous dessert)
1910s - orange juice ⚜ 1912 - Oreos, maraschino cherries, fortune cookies
1912 - Chicken a la King, Thousand Island dressing
1914 - Fettuccine Alfredo ⚜ 1915 - hush puppies
1917 - marshmallow fluff ⚜ 1921 - Wonder Bread, zucchini
1919 - chocolate truffles ⚜ 1922 - Vegemite, Girl Scout cookies
1923 - popsicles ⚜ 1924 - frozen foods, pineapple upside-down cake, Caesar salad, chocolate-covered potato chips
1927 - Kool-Aid, s'mores, mayonnaise cake ⚜ 1929 - Twizzlers
1930s - Pavlova cakes, Philly cheese steak, Pigs in blankets, margaritas, banana bread, Cajun fried turkey ⚜ 1931 - souffle, refrigerator pie
1933 - chocolate covered pretzels ⚜ 1936 - no-bake cookies
1937 - Reubens, chicken Kiev, SPAM, Krispy Kreme
1938 - chicken and waffles ⚜ 1939 - seedless watermelon
1941 - Rice Krispies treats, Monte Cristo sandwiches ⚜ 1943 - nachos
1946 - chicken burgers, tuna melts, Nutella ⚜ 1947- chiffon cake
1950s - chicken parm, Irish coffee, cappuccino, smoothies, frozen pizza, diet soda, TV Dinners, ranch dressing ⚜ 1951 - bananas foster
1953 - coronation chicken ⚜ 1956 - German chocolate cake, panini
1957 - Quebec Poutine ⚜ 1958 - Instant ramen noodles, crab rangoon, lemon bars ⚜ 1960s - beef Wellington, green eggs and ham, red velvet cake
1963 - black forest cake ⚜ 1964 - Belgian waffles, Pop Tarts, Buffalo wings, ants on a log, pita bread ⚜ 1965 - Gatorade, Slurpees
1966 - chocolate fondue ⚜ 1967 - high fructose corn syrup
1970s - California rolls, pasta primavera, tiramisu ⚜ 1971 - fajitas
1975 - hicken tikka masala ⚜ 1980 - turducken
1980s - Panko, portobello mushrooms, bubble tea, chicken nuggets, Sriracha, Red Bull energy drink, everything bagels
1990s - artisan breads, Jamaican jerk ⚜ 1991 - turkey bacon, chocolate molten lava cake, earthquake cake ⚜ 1993 - broccolini
1995 - Tofurkey ⚜ 1997 - grape tomatoes
21st Century
2002 - flat iron steak, tear-free onions ⚜ 2007 - Kool-Aid pickles, cake pops
2008 - Mexican funnel cake ⚜ 2013 - cronuts, test tube burgers
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casual pagan things
"oh wow we had exactly the perfect amount of vinegar for these pickles!"
"hurrayyy praise the vinegar gods!"
"wait who is the god of vinegar?? Dionysus??"
"hmm I don't think so because vinegar is AFTER alcohol. who covers fermentation?? is that a Hades thing??"
"hmm maybe.... ohh what about Demeter??"
"ok let's Google it....
".... apparently Jesus was fed vinegar during the crucifixion. not helpful. let me try GREEK god of vinegar"
"well the Jesus thing makes sense I guess"
"ok apparently Athena was also the goddess of oil.."
"oil, alright alright, getting closer,"
"AH- ok there's a god named Aristaeus who is the god of beekeeping, cheese making, olives, and shepherds. so it sounds like he'd probably be in charge of pickles, too!"
"excellent let's give some Kool-Aid to Aristaeus for helping us with the pickles"
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hey man got any silly headcanons to share?
(I love outsiders headcanons lol and want to know everyone’s)
absolutely i do (these are all pre canon or in a universe where johnny and dally and bob live)
johnny ? loathes curly shepard for no real reason BUT they like to tag team and get pony to say the n word
they always fail because pony’s either pouting up a storm or he runs and snitches to tim and darry
ace taught soda how to braid her hair for #reparation purposes (her words not mine) except it backfires because ace is tender headed and soda is so heavy handed it doesn’t make sense
like he’s brought even dally to tears when soda tried giving him cornrows
darry and steve like building bird houses. well darry likes building the houses, steve likes making them little cars “in case their little wings get tired”
soda likes dying his hair with koolaid. his dad tells him each time it won’t last for more than three days but everytime soda gets rly sad when it faded away
prior to the assignment ponyboy did not like writing 🙅🏾♀️ darry would “offer” to do his writing assignments if ponyboy did his chores for him
(they both got caught and grounded a lot)
two-bits favorite snack is kool aid pickles and do not ask him to share because he’ll go to war over those stupid pickles
johnny is cryptic as fuck and only ponyboy really knows what he’s saying. that’s why he doesn’t talk as much as the others he’s been banned from speaking
now for my socs
theater kid bob my beloved
also theater soda but bob hates soda because soda got the lead role just to drop out a few weeks later
paul was also a theater kid, that’s how bob got into it bc he’s a copycat, but he like the tech side of things more
marcia choreographs most of the shows so she and bob (and bc marcia’s parents won’t let a boy spend the night with her alone, cherry too) have a lot of sleepovers where she’s teaching him the choreo
(most times tho it turns into one big gossip sesh with cherry stealing the phone to call the other socs)
beverly dated brill for three months straight before brill worked up the courage to ask her out. you can imagine his surprise when she said they were already dating
chet bakes. that’s the whole headcanon. he doesn’t tell anyone but everyone gets a homemade cake for their birthday and are told it came from the store or his grandma made it
chet is also a chronic liar. he finds so much joy in just lying like in a modern au everyone sets his contact name as pinocchio and every time he texts he has to add this 🤥 emoji
not because he’s a good liar but because all his friends are super gullible
when his cousins found out he was going by trip, they started calling him treppidiah
#these are my silliest#i’m more angst based usually so this was actually kinda hard#but here’s everything i got#the outsiders#the outsiders musical#darry curtis#ponyboy curtis#sodapop curtis#two-bit mathews#curly shepard#dallas winston#steve randle#johnny cade#the outsiders ace#bob sheldon#cherry valance#chet steel#love chet baker but it feels too on the nose for chet baker to be a baker#terrence dipp#beverly jitney bush#we gotta add the hyphen yall i keep thinking jitney is her middle name#the outsiders marcia#clark brillstein#i hope that’s everyone#it’s too many people lord
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|| ���� ||: ❝ Ding ding ding, get the man a prize. ❞
|| 💛 ||: ❝ Those were fucking vile. ❞
"This is about the kool-aid soaked pickle incident isn't it?"
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DMed a oneshot for the friendos and got a new achievement : making a player cry!
The premise was that a Hag pulled them into her domain which was shaped by their dreams and desires, particularly Blythes! So it was a big fancy Villa with a ballroom, opera haus, fancy dinner, everything - and immediately somethings were different.
Arameia woke up NOT a werewolf and Lorelai woke up a HUMAN and not undead. Rosy cheeks, freckles and all (she was very weirded out over not being able to hear or smell as good).
For Arameia - the dream manifested her parents, alive and well, and her pet dog Lancelot, no longer geriatric. The horror of becoming an orphan never occurring. For Lorelai, it took away her vampirism, and the root cause...her father alive and well - though distant. It wasn't that she wanted to see him...but rather proof of wiping her sin away. For Eirwen, it wiped away her Sharrian past, and the tattoo that came with it, and gave her more friends, so she'd never be lonely. And for Raha.... Well let's just say he folded like a lawn chair in a hurricane.
Upon meeting her the gang had a lot of discussion as to how & why, though the concept of a motherly Blythe left everyone...concerned.
Since the party was a bit of a pickle not sure where to find Raha or Blythe since they're the only party members they haven't met up with, a certain special someone made an appereance...in the form of a kitty cat!
Theta explained that the dream is made up of Blythes wishes and desires : to have her friends with her and never die, her favourite food, a library full of artifacts, an extravagant villa with ballrooms - and the little changes to them was the Witch tapping into their own desires to keep them placated and comfortable...so they may just decide to forego reality and dream...like Blythe and Raha have. She does not want her precious petal just slowly withering away, being a meal, in another Witch's domain, that's her job, so she gives the party hints on how to break out before the Witch zaps her the hell out (she couldn't just enter as Witch's power is absolute within her domain, so it would take a lot longer for her to wiggle in strong enough to do anything substantial)
She introduces herself as Wunsch...the party can deduce she is a Night Hag (this is where I say I just made her Fae and idgaf) (as per my fae characters, she has freaky eyes...in this case it's a starry sky instead of pupil!) . She asks the party if there is "anything else she can do"...the party notices little things change around the dream, like suddenly even more food, some of their favourites, or new faces.
In order to find Blythe they needed to restore stopped time, and find the three clockhands for a magical clock...1 of them was behind some riddles, the other one, behind a test of friendship where they had to answer 3 things correct about the person in front of them. The last key, most horrifyingly...was inside Arameias parents.
THIS IS WHERE I MADE THE PLAYER CRY HEHE....Arameia decided she will do it herself, as she already buried them once...she does eventually manage to kill them (it was very sad because they did not Want to Die), and get the key...but not without a lot of heart ache and tears....Thankfully Lorelai was there for plenty of hugs...
Then they finally meet Raha! Who has fully drank the kool-aid and started dreaming, and he stands before them...he doesn't want them to break the spell. He fights for Blythe's dream...and his own...unwilling to let them take way her or his daughter....and that he and Blythr have nothing in the real world, no family, no home. Just hardship...and eventually he'll just die, and leave Blythe all alone.
After defeating him, the Witch takes matter into her own hands, as the party falls into the "bedroom" where Blythe is sleeping & have to fight the actual Hag herself in her true form...or rather wake up Blythe until the clock strikes 12 and the dream is fully manifested and unable to be stopped.
Wunsch's true form is a giant marble like lion with white feathers and a 4 armed upper body reminiscent of a sphinx. In the cracks of the marble a night sky can be seen, she doesn't particularly have many offensive spells, mostly relying on her enemies being slowed/confused/held/dominated until the timer runs out. (All the reflective shards were of Blythes &co's dreams and nightmares...the party gone, Raha withering and dying in bed, Theta, herself becoming a true hag ... or happy family for Arameia as an example...Eirwen surrounded by friends and Lorelai laughing with the party)
But the party manages to wake Blythe up using all that they've learned!! That yeah she wants these magical tomes and artifacts...but everything in here would have been things she's already found...she can never 'discover' anything new in a dream she's created, so let's go adventuring!
How she's always wanted to try Tarrasque steak but without trying she could never imagine the taste...so why not come with them and kill one?
That she's not safe from Theta in here, and if she was able to get in once, she can get it in again...so lets get out of here and break your curse!
That yeah they'll live eternally, but they won't be 'them' anymore...over time they'll have their edges smoothed over and it won't be the same people because we don't get to grow and experience new things...That Raha loves her the way she is...and that she's not a hideous monster...
When the party awakens, completely normal with..all the curses and stuff, they find out that time hasn't moved since they've fallen asleep, and immediately run to find Blythe and Raha...who don't remember anything that happened, and assume that maybe some ghost got them into a nightmare but they broke out of it. Arameia/Eirwen/Lorelai decided to keep some facts to themselves, like the presence of the child or fighting Raha.
Hilariously, they assume they had too much 'willpower' to be got by such a spell, despite in actuality being the only ones to fold. The gang did have a newfound appreciation for them realizing that yes...Blythe does love them a lot and that they don't know much about Raha and haven't been very good friends.
BUT IT ALL ENDED BITTERSWEET.,....with the gang now being sure all of them love each other and they can move from confronting their trauma and go forward...with fwiends :)
#session summary#i had a lot of fun writing this one and yes im very proud of making someone cry#kitty cat theta you will always befamous#anyway i love flavouring my hags more like 'witches' as crazed immortal magical women that step over their humanity for power#and then become some flavour of insane monster
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I’m hearing conga music, so it’s headcanon time (Ft. my boyfriend and a friend)
Random TF2 Mercenaries HEADCANONS
Some are NSFW
Boyfriend, Me, Friend
Scout
- Never graduated high school, but has a GED.
- Does graffiti and is amazing at it.
- Unironically likes kool-aid pickles.
Soldier
- Can’t count above 10.
- Collects shiny objects he finds on the battlefield, mainly bullet casings, like a crow.
- Bisexual.
Pyro
- They just sound like that, it’s not the mask.
- Really into bugs and stuff like that, they love the creepy crawlers.
- Has a basement war reenactment but its 2fort.
Demo
- Highly intelligent, like engineer and medic level, but he just doesn’t care. (Too drunk)
- Absolutely a musical theatre dork, I don’t have anything to prove this, it just speaks to me.
- Has horses.
Heavy
- Can’t keep a secret for his life, he may be quiet but he is a huge gossip, tell him and everyone will know.
- Cat person, he sees a cat he WILL pet it.
- Secretly enjoys anime, only medic and spy know.
Engineer
- Was somehow involved with the Three Mile Island accident.
- Absolutely would be a sugar daddy. Like sugar daddy spy? Nah sugar daddy engineer.
- Makes the best brisket but makes his gravy with the boxed stuff.
Medic
- During the years 1939-1945, the minions (yellow ones) were helping him.
- Legs man. Thighs, calves, all of it, dudes FERAL for it.
- Has alot of birds that each have their own names and backstories.
Sniper
- Fills the bowl.
- piss kink this, piss kink that, while I do agree with this- HE HAS A SPIT KINK: on you, on on him, yes yes YES.
- Had medic install 7 extra kidneys because his old ones look like raisins.
Spy
- Fucked the administrator.
- Isn’t actually French, he’s lying about that.
- Secretly enjoys fried chicken and swipes scouts when no one is looking.
#tf2#team fortress 2#tf2 headcanons#tf2 shitpost#tf2 scout#tf2 soldier#tf2 solly#tf2 pyro#tf2 demoman#tf2 heavy#tf2 engineer#tf2 medic#tf2 engie#sniper tf2#tf2 sniper#spy tf2#tf2 spy#medic tf2#engie tf2#engineer tf2#heavy tf2#demo tf2#i love men who are old enough to be my father#demoman tf2#pyro tf2#soldier tf2#scout tf2
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Masterpost for all the DP x DC vodkas y’all have suggested and I’ve made… (so far?)
Previous post here
Burger/batburger/nasty burger

Beefy followed by pickle. Not the worst thing I’ve put in my body. Mainly just weird and combine with tomato juice and a float of smoky scotch it tastes like a backyard cookout burger and is a decent drink.
5.5/10 it’s not the worst but you’ll probably not make it again. Shoutout to @stealingyourbones for making this with me
Ranch 2 (ectoplasm)
Salty af and tastes like vodka and ranch. Unironically makes a good Bloody Mary but not recommended on its own. It’s just ranch seasoning and green food dye. Hard to rank because not good as a shot but mixes well in savory drinks 6/10? Unless you really like ranch and/or Bloody Marys it’s not really worth making again
Dick(Grayson)/fruity pebbles

I mainly just think it’s funny to call itDick flavored so bonus point there. It’s literally just soaking fruity pebbles for a couple minutes in vodka and straining. It tastes great, it’s freaking fruity pebbles 8/10 definitely worth making again. Mix with sprite or just do shots. If you want a stronger flavor soak fresh cereal instead of soaking longer
Jason’s Pit Rage

Raspberries, sugar, and a Serrano pepper. Spicy and grassy flavored up front balanced by the red berry flavors of raspberry and the sweetness. Actually really good and could easily replace the Serrano with a chipotle pepper to add a smoky note. 9/10 do make this one. Good as a shot, on the rocks, or as an addition to a margarita
Green apple (ectoplasm)

Apple jolly ranchers and vodka. It’s good. I don’t think this will surprise anyone. Sweet, apple flavor, it’s welcome if you bring it to most parties 7/10
Lemon/lime(ectoplasm)

Lemon lime kool aid packet and about 375ml of vodka. Add sugar if you want it to be drinkable because I, a fool, forgot for a second and boy it tasted kind of chemical in a way cheap vodka, artificial citrus flavor, and citric acid only can. Sugar, actually makes it taste good. Like a very boozy sprite flavor 6.5/10
Waffle (Steph Brown/Spoiler)

Brown butter washed vodka sweetened with pancake syrup. Don’t use real maple syrup. This is going for waffle crisp cereal taste and you’re going to get closer with pancake syrup than the real thing, or even light brown sugar. 7/10 its fun and tastes nice
And that’s all I got so far. Overall these have all been surprisingly okay to even delicious. Thanks to everyone that made suggestions it’s been interesting at the very least. I might revisit this soon considering I still have vodka and jars
Let me know if you try any of these
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What do YOUR yokai taste like, rank them best to worse
I thought you’d never ask
I included cruncha and clover(Noko) too because I had visions
BEST
Saturn: tangerine sugar cookies
Whisper: icecream and marshmallows (obviously)
Clover: soft cooked scrambled eggs (with like spices and chives n shit, but only a little bit on top yknow)
Dimmy: watered down grape kool-aid
Sam: walnuts (with the shell on) and pickled radish
Cruncha: protein bars and sunscreen (but like weirdly gendered sunscreen labeled for men even though it’s the same shit)
Ari: dust and windex
WORST
#yokai watch#yo kai watch#youkai watch#yokai watch whisper#yo kai watch whisper#youkai watch whisper#ykw self insert comic#vanilla mysadventures#yokai watch dimmy#dimmy#ykw oc#yokai watch oc#oc: saturn#oc: sam#oc: Ari#cruncha yokai watch#cruncha#yokai watch casanono#casanono#yokai watch gnomey#gnomey#noko yokai watch#noko
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I desperately want to take my non-American friends to a county fair. It's just something that needs to be experienced. You need to stand outside in a parking lot on a 90 degree day eating deep-fried pickles and drinking kool aid while you spend $45 trying to catch plastic fish with a toy fishing rod to win a giant off-brand pokemon plushie. You need to go look at the goats and say "Wow, there's a lot more varieties of goats than I thought" and then step in some fresh poop. You need to ride something called "The Throat Puncher" that is covered in duct tape and airbrushed paintings of celebrities from the 2000s. You need to listen to a Dave Matthews Band cover band while drinking a warm bud light.
Is any of this fun? Debatable. Does it fucking rule? Absolutely.
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You should try a Koolickleback sometime! It's like the pickle juice/whiskey combo you mentioned (a pickleback), but with kool-aid/similar flavored drink mix powder in the pickle juice!
this sounds like something you make because you seriously lost focus while reading the home food preservation website
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Okay okay now me! How about the old three words prompt format? Potato salad, birthday, camel. Love having you back!
They’re eating potato salad and pulled pork at a picnic table outside of Savannah. The picnic table is behind a garden shed that has been converted to a barbecue shack. Mulder read about it on a message board, said it was worth the forty-five minute detour.
It is. She will never admit this without sodium pentothal.
“Wanna go to the fair later?” Mulder asks around a bite of sandwich. “Saw a sign outside the fire station.”
Scully frowns, poking at her potato salad with a spork. “Mulder. Those rides are set up by meth-addled degenerates with all the engineering expertise of an 8 year old with a Lego set.”
“Ahhhh, come on. We can make out on the Ferris wheel, it’ll be fun.”
She blushes and hates them both for it. “Mulder.”
He pouts. “It’s my birthday.”
“It’s August 3rd.”
“Well,” he concedes, “it’s my birthday next.”
She’s had vague ideas about his birthday, a new lingerie set maybe? But it embarrasses her to consider in any real way. They’ve slept together four times but she’s mortified at the thought of chatting with the leggy sylphs at Victoria’s Secret.
Mulder leans across the table on his elbows to kiss her, outside in the daylight in front of the ghosts of General Sherman and Flannery O’Connor and everybody.
There’s a whoop from a few stoned teenagers across the gravel, eating Kool-Aid pickles.
She tries to look prim and scandalized when he sits back, feels herself fail miserably.
“Fine,” she says. “Let’s ride the Ferris wheel.” She loves the idea of sitting at the top with him, the little frisson that will come as the seat stops and swings. She knows he’ll try to win her a prize at some rigged game.
He looks intolerably smug and she almost reconsiders on principle. He washes down another mouthful of pork with sweet tea.
“And the making out part?” He bats his lashes at her to disarming effect.
She sips her own tea. “Not a Ferris wheel exactly, but my first kiss was on the um…the what do you call it? The sky tram thing at the San Diego Zoo.”
A wolf whistle from Mulder, echoed by the teens. “Minx,” he says.
Scully grins. “We were visiting some friends over summer break and they had a son my age on whom I had a life-threatening crush. His name was Frankie. We somehow ended up alone in the air tram gondola car together after the camel rides and, well…”
“You send him letters on scented stationery all summer?”
She had indeed.
“No.”
“Liar,” he says, chewing on his straw and leering. “So how was it?”
“We both smelled of camel and we both had braces. It was very romantic.” She’d ended up with a cut on her lip that Melissa blackmailed her with.
He laughs. “Ahab ever find out?”
She grimaces. “Thankfully not. We didn’t see each other after that, actually.”
“Poor Frankie.”
They finish their food, return to their hot, stuffy car for the drive back to the motel. They do not touch.
(Later, on the Ferris wheel, they kiss like they invented it. He makes obnoxious remarks while she eats a vanilla soft serve custard; she indulges him shamelessly and holds his eyes while she licks it.
He wins her a monstrous pink bear that she gifts to a small, sticky girl.
They fall into bed for the fifth time and his mouth tastes of lemonade and sex. Above them is the Dog Star. Vega, Arcturus. Scully, who wrote her thesis on Einstein’s twin paradox, knows time travel is impossible. But she is thirteen again, her lips swollen with kisses and the sweet impossibility of being young and stunningly in love in summertime.)
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