Monday Night at Nell's

[mylandmyrules]

Nell was in the mood for comfort food today so she made a big pot of chicken and dumpling stew and a smaller pot of a veggie stew for the Detective if he should stop by. She also prepared a batch of sourdough rolls to pop in the oven so they'd be piping hot when it was time to eat. Then, with time to relax, she curled up on the chair by the gas fireplace with the cats and read her book.

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[sword_chocobro]

"Yeah," Gladio allowed, "but you can get whatever you want out of me on any given Saturday."

A beat.

"Any day that ends in Y, really," he had to admit.

[mylandmyrules]

Again with the laughter. "Aren't I the lucky one then," she said. "It's like my birthday any day I want!"

[sword_chocobro]

"Without even getting that much older, either," Gladio smirked. "Yeah, I'd say that's a pretty good deal. And how about this? You got the birthday you wanted to have last Saturday, how about you have the birthday I'd like to give you this Saturday?"

[mylandmyrules]

"What would you -" Nell started then stopped. "Yes. If I'll be with you, yes, whatever you'd like will be wonderful."

She trusted him. She didn't need to know specifics to agree.

[sword_chocobro]

"You're gonna love it," Gladio promised, smile and tone softening a little with that start-and-stop of a question that tumbled into such a firm decision to just trust him, and, since that kind of thing shouldn't go unrewarded, the next kiss he bent down to give her fell on her lips this time.

And his own lips didn't move too far away, either, when he offered, "And it's April 2nd."

[mylandmyrules]

How he made the gift of his birthdate such an intimate, practically sensual thing, Nell had no idea. But he did. And she shivered delightedly, leaning up to kiss him again. "I know I'll love it. How could I not?"