Tuesday Night at Nell's

[mylandmyrules]

Nell had been looking forward to tonight and had made an angel food cake to add to the usual foods she set out. There was also a hearty stew simmering because she'd felt like making one, which was also available for anyone who wanted some.

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[mylandmyrules]

"Nope," Nell agreed. "I don't much leave things undone for long."

She nodded to the kitchen. "Dish yourself up some stew, while I get some popcorn going." It must be love if Nell was letting him just get his own stew. And how far had she come that she wasn't waiting on him?

[sword_chocobro]

You loved to see it, really. And not only that, but Gladio was obviously comfortable moving around the kitchen and getting what he needed to do just that, with a small rumble in his stomach that made him realize he was hungrier than he thought he was. Or maybe it was just the promise of some of Nell's cooking that awakened it. Who could really tell?

"This smells amazing," he informed her, sending over another grin as he scooped. "Thanks."

[mylandmyrules]

Nell smiled at him, even as she marveled at Gladio happily serving himself food. Back home a man wouldn't so much as pour himself a cup of coffee.

She got the popcorn going and brought a few other things, including one of the drinks, into the living room, before returning to pour warm butter over the popcorn and rinse out the few dishes she'd just dirtied. Then she brought the popcorn into the living room and curled up on her side of the couch while Gladio dealt with the movie stuff.

"This is awful cozy," she said with a smile.

[sword_chocobro]

Was the rinsing out the dishes right away getting another crooked grin in light of his earlier comment? Oh, yeah, definitely. It might have faltered a little when he did go to deal with the movie stuff (look, he wasn't the tech guy, he was the swing-big-weapons-and-hit-things guy), but, thankfully, he was able to sort through it all without having to text Prompto asking what the hell the right input was supposed to be, and it was right back when he finally managed to get over to the couch to join Nell.

"I like cozy," he said, draping an arm over the back of the couch as he settled in. "Cozy's nice."

[mylandmyrules]

She shifted to be well within the drape of his arm and snuggled in. "Cozy is very nice," she said, taking a handful of popcorn. "So what is this movie anyway?"

[sword_chocobro]

Gladio dutifully reported the meta title, and grinned down at Nell as she got comfortable. "Apparently, it's a story within a story about a charming hero on a quest to be reuinted with his lost love. Sounds pretty epic. Romantic. And it said there was some swordfighting, too."

If you could even call those dinky little things swords! He was going to be so disappointed with the swordfighting, although it would still have its moments, for sure.

[mylandmyrules]

"Romance and swordfighting," Nell said. "Add in books and Cup Noodle and we'd have it all!"