Monday Night at Nell's

[mylandmyrules]

Leaning into the plates of latkes that kept appearing, Nell had prepared various toppings and sides to go with them, including applesauce, a pomegranate and honey topping, and a cilantro mint chutney. She also had a curried butternut squash and apple soup simmering on the stove as well as a variety of pastries for sweets after dinner.

The kittens were mostly dozing, though they'd no doubt rouse themselves when company came in to get their petting and snuggling in.

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[deathsmajesty]

"I think they sound absolutely delightful," she said. "All the bright lights and bright colors and as you said, the scent of pine redolent in the air, just as the kitchen smells of sugar and cinnamon and baking things and mulling wine..." She stepped closer, to wrap her own arms around him, tipping her face up to his. "I was thinking of getting one for the mansion, along with plenty of decorations--" Which she'd already bought, yes, you were welcome Summer's bottom line. "--and spending an evening decorating it. Though I suppose if such a thing holds no interest for you, I can find another time and simply set it up on a room you're in less often or the like."

Especially after an afternoon of skating perhaps not that she was expecting that yet, followed by dinner and an attempt at keeping Liliana from stealing all of the dough before he could bake cookies for them to enjoy while they decorated...

Didn't it sound like a lovely way to spend an evening together?

[chef_chocobro]

"My indifference," Ignis informed Liliana, faint smile tilting down toward her lift gaze, "doesn't necessarily denote a complete lack of interest, mind you, especially not when, already, you make quite the compelling case for me to reconsider my position on the matter. I think that sounds like a marvelous idea, and I would feel terribly put out to have missed it."

[deathsmajesty]

"Glad I could sway you around to my way of thinking," Liliana said, and he could hear her smile, nothing faint about it. "I didn't even have to point out that it will necessitate keeping Josu out of the front parlor to keep him from getting into mischief."

She was aware of Ignis' thawing towards her cat, but she didn't kid herself to think it meant he liked the feline, simply that he was learning to tolerate him better.

"If you didn't like the idea, I would have done it myself, of course--" She was enamored with it and wasn't going to let something as paltry as someone else's disinterest dissuade her "--but I will admit that the idea of decorating with you makes the whole idea brighter."

You know. In that non-couple-y way.