bio_nerd (bio_nerd) wrote,
@ 2013-08-03 04:42:00

(Backdated) Dinner Date minus talking about feelings (she hopes at least)

He'd invited her over for dinner with the whole 'not talking' thing still valid. She could not express how much of a relief that was for her. God she hated talking or analyzing her feelings.

This time she showed up at his door with a case of beer. Hopefully the good kind, judging from the price. But then again, she couldn't actually tell, and had to rely on judging from labels and prices and going for something not American. Maybe she'd stumbled on something half decent...she hoped.

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	bio_nerd 2013-08-09 04:40 am UTC (link)
	"Careful, if you do such a good job I'll start making up projects to have you work on." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-08-09 04:46 am UTC (link)
	"I'd love to see what your imagination can devise. I have no doubt you're plenty creative when suitably inspired." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-08-09 04:57 am UTC (link)
	"And you're going to be my muse?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-08-09 04:58 am UTC (link)
	"That's the question at hand, isn't it? So, I don't know. Do I inspire any particularly creative and interesting thoughts in you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-08-09 05:10 am UTC (link)
	"I don't come over to dinner for people who I don't find interesting," she pointed out with a wry smile. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-08-09 05:32 am UTC (link)
	"Well, that's a start then, since you're obviously here. We'll just have to come back to this line of thought and see what comes up as the night goes on." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-08-09 05:55 am UTC (link)
	"You're very observant, and I can live with that suggestion." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-08-09 06:12 am UTC (link)
	"I do my best." he replies, pausing there to go check on the food. He takes the steaks out to let them cool and sit for a bit, filling the room with the smell of the garlic marinade. That done, he returns to the table to finish his salad. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-08-09 06:32 am UTC (link)
	"That smells far far too enticing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-08-09 06:56 am UTC (link)
	"Enticing was the goal. The steaks need about 5 minutes, then dinner will be served." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-08-09 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Smells like something I'd be more than willing to wait for." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-08-09 07:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Don't worry, it won't be long. Chance to finish our salads. You want a different beer with dinner? I've got some other things that might be worth trying too." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-08-09 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	"Sure, I'm always up for trying new types of alcohol." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

heytheredelilah
2013-08-09 10:59 pm UTC (link)

When they're finished with the salads, he takes the plates to the kitchen, and returns with a cranberry lambic for her, to see if she likes something with some sweeter notes than most beer. Besides, it should compliment the steaks, he figures.

Those are next, served alongside generous amounts of garlic mashed potatoes, and vegetables marinated in the same garlic marinade as the steaks before cooking.

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	bio_nerd 2013-08-10 02:04 am UTC (link)
	The sweeter notes to the beer is certainly appreciated, but it's the rest of the meal that has her full attention. "This may be the best steak I've had in...maybe ever. Is cooking something I should add to your powers list?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-08-10 02:30 am UTC (link)
	"I learned a few things here and there, but mostly, its just following recipes and having the patience for it. I'm glad you like it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-08-10 03:06 am UTC (link)
	"Tim and his R&D buddies can't cook to save their lives despite me pointing out it's really just practical chemistry. Glad someone in the organization can cook, was starting to think it was a SHIELD-wide epidemic." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-08-10 03:18 am UTC (link)
	"Tim brews some excellent beer. He is absolutely capable of cooking, he just denies it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-08-10 03:23 am UTC (link)
	"Oh no, trust me, it's a weird quirk of his lab. He brews great beer, and the whole lab are whizzes with explosions, but the most they touch when it comes to cooking is the microwave. And I've been told there have been incidents even with just the microwave." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-08-10 03:57 am UTC (link)
	"That's because they keep trying to improve the microwave. Poor thing never stood a chance." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-08-10 04:10 am UTC (link)
	"I'm cautious about even going near theirs let alone operating it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-08-10 04:11 am UTC (link)
	"You should be. Every time I cook lunch in there, I come out able to lift five tons more than normal." he deadpans. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-08-10 04:12 am UTC (link)
	"I would suggest using the microwave farthest from their lab," she laughed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2013-08-10 04:19 am UTC (link)
	"That's the usual goal. But when I'm confined to the labspace, there's really only the one down there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2013-08-10 04:27 am UTC (link)
	"Well I can guarantee my lab microwave is fiddle-free. Official seal and all." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)