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๐šœ๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š’๐š—๐š๐š˜ ๐š—๐š˜๐š๐š‘๐š’๐š—๐š (๐šŠ๐š‹๐š‹๐šข ๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐šœ๐š˜๐š— ๐šก ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š›)
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----๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  - ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐Ÿ!๐š๐›๐›๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ
----๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ - ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐›๐›๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ '๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ' ๐š๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.
----๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ - ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐, ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ž, ๐š๐›๐›๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  (๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐›๐›๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ), ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐š๐›๐›๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
----๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐
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----๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐Ž๐‘๐’ ๐ƒ๐Ž ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐€๐‚๐“! ๐“๐‡๐€๐“ ๐†๐Ž๐„๐’ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐Œ๐˜ ๐–๐‡๐Ž๐‹๐„ ๐๐‹๐Ž๐†
----๐š/๐ง - ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž, ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž, ๐๐‹๐„๐€๐’๐„ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  โ€˜๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™ (๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ ๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ง) ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ. ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ , ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ง๐š ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ˆ'๐ฆ ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐š ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ <๐Ÿ‘ ๐ˆ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ญ.
----๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž (๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ซ) ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐š!!(๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ)
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Abby was in an exceptionally agitated mood for most of the evening, but she believed, in her shoddy wisdom, that nobody could really tell.
โ€œI swear to God if there is even a single parsley flake out of line, none of you are gettinโ€™ outta here alive tonight.โ€
ย  โ€œI need everything to be going 500% faster and, at least, 1000% more smoothly, assholes! Got it?!โ€
ย  โ€œWhoever the fuck keeps chopping the carrots medium dice style instead of brunoise is getting their fucking face ripped off before dessertโ€™s been sent out. Pull it together!โ€
ย  A shaky chorus of โ€œYes, Chef!โ€™sโ€ reverbed through the steely silver restaurant kitchen, bouncing on and off of the spotless appliances and shiny tiled walls, and meshing with the clangs!, shlicks!, and plops! that regularly sound in the back of Delicatesse.ย 
ย  Yeah, she was hiding it pretty well if she did say so herself.
ย  No one could really blame her, though. Not with how badly she needed things to go exquisitely tonight.
ย  And everyone knows how sorry she is for snapping and raising her voice and throwing things (theyโ€™re all confident that tomorrow sheโ€™ll shuffle in with her hands clasped behind her back, head hanging towards the floor, eyes flitting from place to place spilling with hundreds of apologies and a box of syrupy treats for them all to enjoy until theyโ€™ve thoroughly forgiven her), because everyone knows that she honestly canโ€™t help herself when it comes to pleasing you.
ย  So, when half a month ago she had broken the news that you, her absolute favorite person in the entire galaxy, was going to be eating at the restaurant in a couple of weeks for your fifth โ€˜Best Friendiversaryโ€™, they kind of knew exactly what to expect from Chef Abby.
ย  She had even put together a small team of her most talented subordinates to carefully craft a separate menu to be used specifically for tonight. Days spent tasting and testing various combinations of sauces and vegetables, grains and flavorful meats to ensure that your taste buds could never find an equal competitor.
ย  She knew you better than anybody else did, of course, so after finalizing each dish, she could only count down the seconds leading to your arrival.
ย  It didnโ€™t matter if its entirety was a nightmare to prepare, as long as you could sincerely feel the affection emanating from each serving.
ย  She needed you to love every diminutive detail, or she wasnโ€™t sure what sheโ€™d end up doing.
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ย  Chef Abby is much, much too busy clenching and unclenching her hands around the late afternoon air to even think about facing you right now.
ย  Okay, sheโ€™s definitely thinking about it. Sheโ€™s probably spending an unsettling amount of time trying not to if sheโ€™s being honest with herself.
ย  She knew that you would search every inch of the kitchen for her once you finished your food, and she was beyond pissed at herself for hiding behind the building like a frightened kitten, but she just couldnโ€™t take it.
ย  You, amiable, kindly, lovely, you had arrived 10 minutes before dinner was set to begin. This wasnโ€™t a problem considering that the team was completely prepared for your arrival hours ago, but it did mean that Abbyโ€™s already teetering blood pressure reached an all time high after spotting you through the tiny door window.ย 
ย  A flicker of regret panged in the back of her head.
ย  If she knew you would be wearing that dress, a sparkly, strapless little number that youโ€™d definitely been saving for this exact occasion, she wouldโ€™ve begged you to curl up on your sofa with her and watch shitty horror movies until sunrise.
ย  An incredibly devastating display, she found it. Watching you waltz out of line to your specially reserved table, in heels that made your calves look so damn pretty. And when you smiled up at the hostess after laughing at whatever sappy line she just fed you, Abby wanted to kick down the house entrance and hand feed you herself.
ย  But, naturally, what she ended up doing instead was accidentally burning herself on a hot stove and going out for a smoke break immediately after.
ย  Sheโ€™d been pacing in the warm summer breeze for maybe half an hour now, and she didnโ€™t see any end in sight.
ย  Fuck, she needed a drink.
ย  And you. She thinks that she very much needs to see you no matter how quickly her heart finds its way to her throat.
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ย  You think itโ€™s supposed to be fish.ย 
ย  In fact, youโ€™re pretty sure of it.ย 
ย  The lightly colored coating of orange and gold forming the crisp outer layer is familiar, inviting in the way it's positioned over a pile of cleanly-cut potato wedges, and flanked by three other pieces just like it.ย 
ย  But considering the last three courses that were served (each a more troubling, but certainly delicious fanciful โ€œdeconstructionโ€ of a totally normal, totally acceptable, already amazing dish than the next), caution wasnโ€™t entirely off of the table for now.
ย  So, when you pick up your fork and knife, and slowly separate one crunchy hunk into two, the simple sight of pearly white cod meat almost makes you split your bottom lip in joy.
ย  Abby was right. Fine dining really is its own โ€˜russian dollโ€™ experience. Chocked full with at least a thousand โ€œwhat the fuck am I looking at?!โ€™sโ€ before the main course has even been served.
ย  Youโ€™re only a little embarrassed when, after placing a fish/potato/tar-tar sauce amalgamation onto your tongue and chewing it eagerly, a soft moan followed by a surprised exclamation of โ€œholy fucking fuckโ€ escapes from your lips.
ย  You werenโ€™t even aware that something so straightforward could be this good.ย 
ย  It was like biting through the most tender memories of childhood meals brimming with laughter and ease, and snacks quickly snatched from the kitchen cabinet when you were positive the churning hunger you felt from a 12-hour on call would have you nipping at your own arm for the smallest form of sustenance.
ย  And yes, sure, maybe youโ€™re venturing into overdramatics a little, but it truly tastes like the chef has transformed you into a malnourished zombie, cut their own frontal lobe out of their skull, and fried it in bread crumbs and cornstarch before gently setting it beside all of your favorite condiments and telling you to dig in.
ย  You suppose, however, that even the act of lobotomizing herself for the sake of a happy customer wouldnโ€™t be a farfetched task for Abby Anderson, who revealed to you that, in her earlier days as a chef garde manger, once spent 2 hours in the middle of January driving to the only Indian supermarket she knew would be open at 6 in the morning, and an additional 3 hours after that trying to get back before breakfast in spite of the insanely slippery ice covering the Seattle roads. All because some guest flying in from California had called the night before his reservation was set and let slip that he had always wanted to try jackfruit, and was disappointed to hear that they didnโ€™t serve it.ย 
ย  He didn't even end up finishing his meal, telling the waiter that it was too chewy for his delicate teeth before sending it back and demanding a refund.
ย  Abby had almost bit her tongue off when the waiter relayed the information to her,ย 
ย  but she was pretty certain sheโ€™d do it again if it meant sheโ€™d get just the slightest chance at helping to prepare something genuinely special.
ย  ย And even though her station days are long behind her, and she can proudly call herself the Sous Chef of one of the most distinguished restaurants in all of Washington, Abby canโ€™t get enough of the electric, tingling sensation in her fingers and cheeks when sheโ€™s told a customer is more than sincerely satisfied.
Which is, you think, precisely, unfortunately, why she hasnโ€™t come to see you yet.
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The kitchen is one of those places youโ€™ve never been extraordinarily familiar with, so, when youโ€™re led through the heavy double doors into what youโ€™ve always thought of as โ€˜Abbyโ€™s domainโ€™, you feel yourself freeze up a little.ย 
ย  Itโ€™s a lot of everything going on all at once, and while youโ€™re definitely used to the chaos of a fast-paced workplace, something about these hastily moving bodies in white coats make you feel like an obstacle. Like one wrong step means toppling this delicate ecosystem.
ย  Youโ€™re happy to see a familiar face in the form of Manny, who youโ€™d met before at the dingy old bar Abby held her 23rd birthday at. He expertly ushers you around the surfaces and corners making up the room, and gives you a sympathetic look when you request the whereabouts of one Abby Anderson.
ย  โ€œWell, she kindaโ€ฆwent for a smoke and never came back? She was already a littleโ€”okay, a lot fired up, so we thought it was best to let her chill out for a moment.โ€
ย  Ah, okay. That certainly explains itโ€ฆ
ย  โ€œHuh. Well, then. Iโ€™ll be right back. Down this hallway and through the back, you said?โ€
ย  He gives you a nod and youโ€™re promptly on your way, but not before thanking him and every other white hat in there for your unquestionably glorious dinner. Some of them smiled back at you and gave each other knowing glances, almost as if to say, โ€œWe told her so.โ€
The walk into the outdoors is a short one, and you catch sight of Abby, finally, after turning the corner and squinting your eyes a little, where sheโ€™s pressed up against the red brick of the restaurant, burning cigarette clutched between jittery fingers.
ย  Thereโ€™s your girl, you think, and lift up a bottle of white wine ceremoniously (Youโ€™d shoved it in your bag right before leaving, thinking that it could work as a little treat for you and Abby for the walk back to her place. This, though. This works, too).
ย  โ€œHey, stranger!โ€
ย  Abbyโ€™s head shoots up. Her eyes are a little puffy and the skin above her neck is all rosy and flushed, but youโ€™d say sheโ€™s the loveliest thing youโ€™ve everย  laid eyes on. She shudders a little when she locks eyes with you. Takes a deep breath and stretches to her full height once youโ€™re in front of her.
ย  She canโ€™t fight the watery smile that makes it to her features when you pluck the cigarette from her hand and place it to your own lips.
ย  โ€œSoโ€ฆyou come here often, orโ€“โ€
ย  Abby erupts in laughter at that and pulls the wine from your grasp, unscrewing it and gulping down a mouthful of the stinging liquid.
ย  โ€œJesus, fuck. Thatโ€™s atrocious. Whereโ€™d you even get this?โ€
โ€œIt was like 90% off at the grocery store! Itโ€™s, like, totally organic andโ€“โ€
โ€œFuckin awful, is what it is.โ€
โ€œPfft. Go fuck yourself.โ€
ย  You breathe in, feeling the warm rush of nicotine move across your shoulders.ย 
ย  โ€œSoโ€ฆโ€ You start again, a little more hesitancy in your tone than before. It makes Abbyโ€™s stomach spin.
ย  โ€œ...Youโ€™re out here and not in there with everyone else because of?โ€
ย  You watch as she clears her throat and takes another hearty swig from the bottle.
ย  When she turns to look at you, she thinks she might start crying.
ย  Youโ€™ve got this look on your face that yells โ€œYou could never make me love you any less.โ€ and suddenly, everything feels a whole lot smaller.
ย  Iโ€™m being stupid so fuckinโ€™ stupidstupidstupidโ€“
ย  โ€œManny said youโ€™d been out here for a while, and I wasnโ€™t sure what โ€˜a whileโ€™ meant? Like, 5 minutes or an hour orโ€“โ€
ย  Everythingโ€™s fine! Everythingโ€™s literally perfectly fine, it all turned out great, so whatโ€™s the problem?
ย  โ€œThis place is, like, a maze within a maze, you know that? Just goes round and round andโ€“oh!โ€
ย  Youโ€™re cut off by the slump of Abbyโ€™s wide frame against your own. A comfortable, intimate happening, reminiscent of when the two of you would cuddle in your Queen bed after equally exhausting workdays. You adored when she held you close like this, but at the moment, it was just a tad concerning.
ย  โ€œYou alright there, chef?โ€
ย  A muffled โ€œfuck offโ€ is heard from against your shoulder and she holds you even tighter. The cold glass container is nudged into your lower back. You place a hand in her too-tight braid and let it unravel against the stroke of your fingertips. A few contented groans against your form later, and Abby feels strong enough to face you once more.
ย  โ€œJustโ€ฆwanted you to like it. Always just want you to like it. Wanted to make it perfect for you.โ€
ย  You let out a tiny laugh and she glares. Rather mildly, but itโ€™s still a pointed stare.
ย  โ€œOh, honey. You got yourself all worked up over me? How flattering!โ€
ย  She rolled her eyes and turned away. Not that she didnโ€™t love it when you teased her, but she was a little all over the place emotionally. You chased her with her hands, placing both arms around her waist and pulling her back into you.
โ€œYou know, everything was spectacular, right? Like, Hollywood spectacular. I felt like I was in fuckinโ€™ Ratatouilleโ€“โ€
โ€œYouโ€™re such a dickโ€“โ€
โ€œ-which means that everything went so stupidly perfect. And I loved every little thing about it. So, really, the only thing you gotta worry about is how to top this next year, cause I have a few ideas.โ€
ย  She tilts her head back towards you, and you know youโ€™ve got her now.ย 
ย  โ€œLike what?โ€
โ€œOkay. How aboutโ€ฆโ€
ย  The wine bottleโ€™s back in your hand, and, with a jerk of your head towards the open road, you spin around in front of her.
ย  โ€œ...you and I go back to your place, we get wildly drunk, and I tell you everything that was going through my mind tonight?โ€
ย  An almost shy gaze arises from the blonde and she looks down towards the kitchen entrance.
ย  โ€œLet me grab my things and then, itโ€™s a date.โ€
ย  Before she can leave, though, she presses a single, sugary sweet kiss to the middle of your forehead.
ย  โ€œHappy Anniversary, sweetheart.โ€
ย  A grin from you.
ย  โ€œHappy Anniversary, honeybear.โ€
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thank u for reading! and welcome to my new blog <3
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I never thought i would see the bear and tlou mixing up but you know what im not complaining๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ need more of chef!abby in my life now
SHSHSHSJSNS chef!abby would always make sure youโ€™re well fed and goes to all the fancy markets really early and knows all the vendors by name !!!! she gets up early to start the prep so thereโ€™s always quick kisses and snuggles before sheโ€™s off to work !!! when she comes back she showers the day off of her, but when she gets into bed thereโ€™s still the unmistakable scent of salt in her hair
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Never not thinking about post pt. II Abby and how she was probably running around Santa Barbara with a tan and this haircut ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป
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LUPE GARCรAย and CARSON SHAW in A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (2022 -) part II
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So I am claiming ownership over FNAF now
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WILL POULTER HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESS IN BEING SO HOT IN "THE BEAR 2"
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Mini Chef
happy belated birthday Abby @elentiyawhitethorn!!!!! whipped up a little something featuring Chef Rowan for you, hope you enjoy ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š
Word count: 871
Warnings: literally none
Enjoy!!
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Aelin had to admit, she was utterly exhausted.
Her hair was a mess, her shirt was a mess, she'd been wearing the same shorts for five days in a row, she hadn't gotten more than three consecutive hours of sleep for weeks, and she desperately needed a shower.
But it all faded away when she looked into Lana's big green eyes.
Her daughter--her and Rowan's daughter--was only three months old, but she'd completely taken over her parents' lives. And neither Aelin nor her gorgeous chef fiancรฉ would have it any other way.
Aelin took a long pull of her water and sighed, feeling like she hadn't had water in weeks, when really it had probably only been fifteen minutes. She glanced at her phone, the screen lighting up with a text from her mom, and was on the verge of responding when Lana's cries sounded through the baby monitor.
Text forgotten, she headed into Lana's bedroom, finding her daughter wide awake and fussy, moving her little limbs inside her sleep sack.
"Hi, Lana lovey," Aelin beamed, scooping the baby into her arms. "You slept so well, little love!" Her nose wrinkled. "Guess I know what woke you up, though."
Lana's cries softened into murmurs, and she blinked up at her mother, an adorably toothless baby grin spreading across her chubby little cheeks. As Aelin unzipped her sleep sack, she flailed one arm, managing to catch a handful of Aelin's shirt, which made her babble with joy.
"Clever girl," Aelin chuckled, kissing her daughter's forehead. "Okay Lana love, let's get you into a fresh diaper, hmm?"
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With Lana freshly changed and fed--wearing a onesie Aelin just knew would make Rowan cry--Aelin carried her out into the living room, settling her comfortably in her rocker with a few toys. "Here, how about you keep mama company while she tries to get a handle on this mess, yeah?"
Lana babbled, apparently happy to have playtime while her mother was busy.
Aelin laughed and gave the rocker a little nudge, setting it in motion. She rolled her neck, considering the living room, then turned on a playlist and picked things up, restoring the room to some kind of normalcy. Satisfaction coursed through her when she surveyed the room about half an hour later, pleased to see it so much more organized and tidy.
Then, of course, she spread a blanket over the freshly vacuumed floor and brought Lana onto the blanket. Lana beamed and giggled, overjoyed to be able to lay down and squirm, already trying to figure out how to move her little baby body.
"Stop growing so fast," Aelin teased, smacking a raspberry against her daughter's stomach. Lana shrieked with laughter, tiny fingers clutching Aelin's hair. "Okay, okay lovey, let's let go of Mama's hair, yeah?" She passed Lana her favorite stuffed animal in return, a well-loved teddy bear that had once been Aelin's own.
That was how Rowan found them when he came home--Lana playing with the teddy bear, Aelin sitting next to her, both mother and daughter grinning and laughing.
"How are my girls?" he asked, an impossibly soft grin curling his lips.
"Look, lovey, it's Dada!" Aelin lifted Lana up so she could see Rowan. Her little face lit up with glee, and she dropped the teddy bear, babbling unintelligible syllables that sounded suspiciously like "Dada."
"Hi, little love," Rowan laughed, taking Lana from Aelin's arms and lifting her into the air. "Dada missed you!" Lana squealed and squirmed, calming when Rowan tucked her close to his chest, pressing a kiss to her soft blonde hair. He blinked, taking another look at her outfit, and then groaned, his head tipping back with laughter. "Again, Fireheart?"
"Love you too, Chef," Aelin laughed, wrapping her arms around his waist.
He snorted a laugh and kissed her. "Please tell me you didn't find this in a store."
"Of course not!" she exclaimed. "I had Ells make it, I just sent her the design."
"Wicked woman," he teased.
She snickered. "What, you don't like it?"
Lana was wearing a soft gray onesie with Daddy's Best Recipe lettered onto the front, the words adorned with a chef's hat on top and a spoon along the side.
"Gods, no...I love it," he admitted, a little sheepishly. "If you show my parents, though, I'll crawl into the floor and die, I swear."
Aelin giggled. "So dramatic, Chef." She rose onto her tiptoes and kissed his cheek. "I did send a photo to Lys and Aeds, though."
Rowan's whole face went scarlet. "No," he gasped, dramatically. "Please, Fireheart, tell me you didn't!" Despite his theatrics, though, his eyes twinkled with suppressed laughter.
"Aeds still wants to kick your ass," Aelin snickered.
Rowan broke into laughter. "Blondie can try."
Lana wriggled, babbling again, and grabbed Rowan's shirt, tugging with a surprising amount of strength for an infant. He lifted her up, kissed her little nose, and raised her so she was face to face with him, both of them beaming at each other.
Aelin felt the tears before she could stop them, and she didn't even try to control the ridiculously huge smile that spread over her face. Gods above, how did she get so lucky?
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-Hey, um, if you were to have kids all over again, what would you do?
-Oh, honey, I wouldn't have 'em.
-Alright.
-You know, Nat, I'd, umโ€ฆ What would I do? I wouldโ€ฆ Iโ€ฆ Iโ€™d want them to be not so fuckin' afraid of things, you know? I'd protect them less. Yeah. I'd want 'em to have more fun. Make more mistakes. Get into more fuckin' trouble, you know? I don't know how to do it, butโ€ฆ but that, that's what I'd do. Ma-make sense?
-Yeah.
The Bear - 2x08
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What's more intimate and found family than nicknames?
Natalie "Nat" "Sugar" "Sug"
Carmen "Carmine" "Carmy" "Carm" "Bear"
Michael "Mikey" "Mike"
Richard "Richie" "Rich" "Rick"
Sydney "Syd"
Tina "T"
Gary "Sweeps"
Ebraheim "Ebra"
Neil "Fak"
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Honorable mention "Jeff"
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you know that one scene in the bear where Sidney is cooking dinner and she hast to prepare that first bite so itโ€™s perfect? ๏ฟผchef!abby cooking dinner at two in the morning for a sobering reader, even plating the fucking food as if reader will remember in the morning, her hand ))))))))): cupping the air underneath her chin while she spoon, feed her that first bite, and explains why the bourguignon complement the mash and balances out all the umami flavors ๏ฟผ
d u gotta be quiet cause iโ€™ll explode!!!!!!!! head chef abby oh my fuck โ€” the cupping of the spoon. head chef! abby who protects waitress! reader from mean customers ๐Ÿคง๐Ÿคง๐Ÿคง
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So happy you're spamming my dash with Santa Clarita Diet, its the best! The scene that lives rent free in my head is near the end of season two, they're gonna leave Abby at an aunt's house while they go on the run.. "Aunt Cathy called" with more menace in her tone than occured in all 3 seasons of that zombie show combined.
"..make that time you didn't take me to the one direction concert seem like a walk in the park" what a threat! What a subtle way to remind the audience exactly how old Abby the character is!
"I've had my go bag ready since you killed Gary" of course you have! You absolutel royal.
Gawd I've gotta watch it again. Thank you
Abby is like the character of all time. Sheโ€™s a sixteen year old dumbass! Sheโ€™s a criminal mastermind! She loves her parents, but every time she says so out loud, they think sheโ€™s fucking with them! Sheโ€™ll turn any object into a weapon in the blink of an eye! Sheโ€™ll pass out at the sight of her motherโ€™s dislocated bits! Sheโ€™s literally the only reason these people have survived so long, and also has come perilously close to blowing herself to Neptune in the name of ecoterrorism! Truly. What did we do to deserve Abby Hammond, and how do we keep it up?
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I JUST SAW THE FNAF MOVIE AND I FUCKING LOVED IT!!!!!!
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The fact that the Awakening is the opening track of Southern Air is a huge part of the reason it is my favorite Yellowcard album.
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Gallagher Girls and Their Food Crimes
Cammie: Eats popcorn without salt or butter
Bex: Made a steak out of A1 sauce and then made the actual steak into the sauce
Liz: Texas Pete's on eggs
Macey: Salad with no dressing if any sort
Tina: Ate a banana. Sideways. With the peel.
Eva: Eats cupcakes by licking off all the frosting and then eating the cake
Courtney: Worships Chick-fil-A sauce
Mick: Pickels. On pizza.
Kim Lee: Bites string cheese instead of tearing it
Anna: Melts cheese in a bowl and eats it with a spoon when she's too lazy to make actual food
Zach: Eats the weird bread with the seeds in it
Grant: Will and has eaten anything available (to be fair, the grilled cheese had been under the bed for only a few days)
Jonas: Eats the dark dark chocolate (the type that's probably used in interrogations)
Rachel: Self explanatory
Abby: Ate an entire baguette sideways
Matt: Dips his pizza in honey mustard
Joe: Dips his pizza in barbecue sauce
Townsend: Has no taste buds whatsoever
Catherine: Has an obsession with sour apple flavored candy
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I have a good friend in Arizona who used to be a chef. He spent his whole life in kitchens, first with his mom, and by his early teens, thrown into the tumult and madness of the restaurant variety. By the time I met him, in the early '90s, he was spending his time flipping between Tucson, where we worked at the same gourmet cafe, to Bisbee, where he had grown up, working his own catering company on the side.
On slow nights, when the blistering blast furnace heat of the day had settled into a comforting, breezy warmth, we'd sit on plastic chairs in the parking lot just outside the cafe, which was situated in the heart of a downtown that hadn't quite caught on yet, and he'd smoke, and we'd bust on each other and talk about food. Eventually, he let me cook with him a bit, and the owner, a fabulously outfitted blueblood from the horse farms of Virginia, felt confident in my abilities enough to situate me in the kitchen for small cooking assignments, making scones, putting together wild rice salad, and the like.
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