tentacletrainer | Chapter 61; Text/Action

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Chapter 61; Text/Action

For those it may concern, Bro Strider has gone home.

[[Short and simple. Anyone around the Casa de Eglonde interested in visiting her can find her in her study, Lil Cal the Banette in her lap as she reads.]]

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[There's a quiet rap on the study door as John peeks his head inside.]

Hey Rose, you in here?

Yeah.

[[She is, sitting at her desk and writing in one of her books. Lil Cal the Banette sitting quietly in her lap.]]

What's up, John?

Hehehe, somehow I knew you would be. [He moves inside the room, pushing the door closed behind him.]

Nothing's really...up persay. I just wanted to see what you were up to. Ask if maybe you wanted to come make some brownies with me.

[Because I guess apparently this is going to be a thing whenever one of your parents leaves, Rose. You're going to get brownies.]

Mmmm, brownies? [[Putting her pencil down, she spins her chair around to face him with a little smile.]]

I think I'd like that.

[[That is perfectly fine with her. Though...she'd prefer it if they didn't leave. Or maybe if they didn't show up anymore at all.

She stands up, holding the uninterested and mostly unresponsive Banette in her arms, and makes her way over to John.

Lead the way.]]

Once again, my hunch was correct!

[He laughs a little, wrapping an arm around her back and resting it on her hip since her hands are otherwise occupied. Dammit, Lil Cal. You're ruining his sweet hand holding action.]

So what were you writing?

[Doop doop on the way to the kitchen.]

Christmas porn for Dave.

[[It's stated so matter-of-factly. Like it just ain't no thang.]]

Haha, really? About what? Aside from porn, obviously.

[Yeah, nah it ain't no thang.]

Santa and an elf.

[[Her smile is coy as she gives it to him, leaning against him a little.]]

I'm sure Dave will love it.

[Part of him is...hoping she is joking. But the other half is almost positive that she's not, especially given that smile there.]

[As they enter the kitchen, it becomes apparent that John was expecting Rose would say accept his proposition of brownies. Everything needed is already out on the counter. There's no sign of any box mix this time. Since they have their own house now, John can keep all the ingredients to make sweets from scratch on hand all the time.]

[He presses a kiss to Rose's cheek and gives her a little pat on the butt, sort of pushing her towards the counter.] Come on, go wash your hands so we can do this.

He will.

[[Chuckling, she makes her way to the sink, setting the Banette down on the counter and running the water. He sort of watches, sort of looks around at everything and then goes back to watching her wash her hands.

Once that is done and they're dry, Lil Cal gets to sit on the table for now while she moves to start helping him.]]

[John slips his Gengar-print apron on over Rose's head once she's done, before moving to wash his own hands. He's already wearing his back-up apron: the worn blue one that really needs replacing at this point because it's so old. Congrats, Rose. You get his favorite one.]

While I get this water simmering, think you can line that pan there with some parchment paper for me? [He nods to the pan and paper in question as he sets a saucepan full of water on the stove and turns it on.]

Of course. [[She feels honored that she gets his favorite. Honored and surprised. But she goes to line the pan as asked, humming a little as she does so.]]

Like this?

Mhmm! Just like that. [He moves away from the stove to stand next to Rose, bumping his shoulder against hers.] Now we just have to wait a little bit.

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