[ and it does. it gives him that ease that she's always been too good at managing to provide. an escape from the rest of the shit he deals with. a home even when he isn't there with her. ]
might want to be careful with that distract me too much and that hot hot coffee might end up spilling everywhere
[ it's enough to call her back to the early days of their relationship, long before he put a ring on it. and proof that whatever that quintessential it is, they've still got it. ]
As long as you don't burn anything important. Oh, probably customers too.
[ they'd had this long before they even realized it, but it was made even more obvious during the brief time it'd almost been lost. but as much as he holds his own resistances, he's never been more glad to have it back. ]
by that question, do you mean what am i making you for dinner
[ because there can't be any way she's in charge. ]
[ it might be something that gets misplaced or sidetracked from every now and then, but she doesnβt doubt their ability to hold onto it with everything theyβve got. because heβs part of what keeps her going in this place and she canβt take that for granted. ]
I said what I said. Iβm buying.
[ more like sheβs ordering and heβll be picking up on the way home. ]
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might want to be careful with that
distract me too much and that hot hot coffee might end up spilling everywhere
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As long as you don't burn anything important. Oh, probably customers too.
Question: what do you want for dinner?
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by that question, do you mean
what am i making you for dinner
[ because there can't be any way she's in charge. ]
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I said what I said. Iβm buying.
[ more like sheβs ordering and heβll be picking up on the way home. ]