anomaly_research_nerd | MHA #16

Yesterday’s date had gone well, and last night was amazing. Just hanging out at Cutter’s, watching movies, eating junk food, and eventually falling asleep… it had been a simple yet perfect date. And Connor had been touched by how much Cutter had tried to make sure everything they did was something he would like and enjoy. That meant a lot to him, so when Connor awoke early that morning and saw Cutter still passed out in the bed next to him, he had an idea of how he could return the favor and do something special for Cutter now.

“Breakfast in bed,” he said to himself with a smile as he glanced back at Cutter. “Perfect!”

So, slipping out of bed as quietly as he could, Connor made his way to the kitchen. He examined the fridge and the cabinets for a couple of minutes. Cutter really did need to go shopping, and soon! But eventually, Connor found everything he needed, at least he thought so…he’d never tried to make pancakes before, but really how hard could it be?

And so he started pulling out mixing bowls and random measuring cups and gathered up the ingredients and got to work. It…. was not going as well as he had hoped. A couple of the eggs ended up cracking when they hit the floor. There was flour everywhere, which meant when Connor went into the living room to get his phone to look something up, he accidentally tracked flour all over the carpet. He forgot to use the cooking spray with the first batch he tried to make, and so they had ended up more burnt than anything. And honestly, he was not exactly being stealthy about the process easier, his usual klutziness coming into play at least a couple of times.

“Ok, this is good… this is fine… I can work with this…”Connor was muttering to himself as he tried to clean up the batter that had spilled out of the bowl just then as he started the next batch of what he hoped would be edible pancakes.

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From:

itsananomaly

Yesterday had been such a nice day, it had been perfect spending it with Connor, enjoying a nice dinner and a movie and then to finish it Connor spending the night.

He woke up to find the bed empty, so he wondered where Connor had gotten to and then he heard a noise coming from the kitchen and he eventually made his way over.

“What’s … er … um … what’s all this?” he asked with a fond smile as he took in the current disaster that was his kitchen.

From:

anomaly_research_nerd

Connor turned around quickly the bowl of batter sloshing a little in his hands as he did. He stared at Cutter, blinking slightly in surprise.

"Nick! I... umm you're awake!"

Yes Connor that was the obvious part and not at all the answer to Cutter's question.

From:

itsananomaly

Cutter watched with an amused expression, “I am awake, yes,” he grinned, “I heard a lot of noises coming from the kitchen, I was starting to think it was a velociraptor,”

His smile widened, “so what’s going on in here?”

From:

anomaly_research_nerd

"Ummm well... I..." Connor turned and looked around at the kitchen then back to Cutter. "It was... supposed to be breakfast in bed... Gues that kinda didn't work out."

From:

itsananomaly

Cutter blinked a bit at that, no one had ever tried to make him breakfast in bed before, Helen and Stephen had not been the type for grand gestures like that and he smiled fondly at Connor, "you did this for me?" he looked around at the kitchen at Connor's attempt, "I ... no one's done this for me before," he admitted, ducking his head slightly.

Edited Date: 2023-03-12 05:49 am (UTC)

From:

anomaly_research_nerd

"Well, I mean... technically, that still stands that no ones made you breakfast in bed yet," Connor said with a somewhat defeated sigh. "BUt yeah... wanted to do something special for ya.... failed again, but yay for effort?' he said with a somewhat self-deprecating tone.

From:

itsananomaly

"This is special for me Connor," Cutter said gently as he walked over to Connor, careful to not step in any of the mess on his way over, "you know I'm sure we can salvage this, I'm sure it will taste just fine, even if it's not quite the same as breakfast in bed," he considered.

From:

anomaly_research_nerd

Connor looked over at Cutter as he made his way across the bit of a minefield the kitchen had become, a surprised grin spreading over his face. "Yeah? You... you still wanna?" Sorry Cutter, Connor was still a bit used to a successful date often times ending up a disaster so.... he had all but given up on this panning out.

From:

itsananomaly

"I still do," Cutter assured him, "we'll get this cleaned up in no time and finish the rest of breakfast together," he smiled and he leaned into give Connor a hug to show that he did mean what he said.

From:

anomaly_research_nerd

Connor returned the hug and nodded. "Aye, I can get it cleaned up. Hopefully, there's enough to salvage too, though.... you really do need to do some shopping, Nick." He gave a small smirk because he knew what the state of his own fridge and pantry were like and he really didn't have room to talk.

From:

itsananomaly

"I'm going to help you too," Cutter added, just in case Connor thought he'd have to do it alone, "and I can't remember the last time I went grocery shopping, I'll have to fix that soon," he admitted, "I guess there wasn't a lot to work with huh?" he said with a sheepish grin.

From:

anomaly_research_nerd

"Aye selection was a bit limited" Connor agreed and then gave a small smirk. "But judging by how well this attempt went, probably for the best I didn't have more things on hand to make a mess with!"

He gave a small laugh and then leaned over and kissed Cutter's cheek softly then started looking at the mess he had made, trying to think of where best to start.

From:

itsananomaly

“Well, I’ll look into making sure my fridge is properly stocked,” Cutter promised, going slightly red at the kiss on the cheek, he surveyed the kitchen, “so where do you think we should start?”

From:

anomaly_research_nerd

Connor pondered for a minute. The floor was a mess and they would likely end up tracking it all over if they left it for much longer.... But the counters were bad too and there was batter still dripping onto the floor ....

"Maybe divide and conquer?" he asked with a small shrug. "I'll start on the floor and you can work on the counters?"

From:

itsananomaly

“Divide and conquer, sounds like a plan,” Cutter grinned as he carefully made his way to the cupboard under the sink and started getting everything out that they needed for the cleaning tasks ahead of them.

From:

anomaly_research_nerd

Connor nodded and watched Cutter get the supplies out. He really did try hard not to stare at the very nice view he was given as Cutter bent down to grab the things from under the sink.

What? He had eyes, and Cutter was right there in front of him! Wasn't his fault!

(It was totally your fault for staring Connor)

From:

itsananomaly

Cutter slowly stood up, maybe he had an inkling to the kind of view that he was providing for Connor right then and was taking his time deliberately so that Connor could enjoy staring a bit more.

He turned around, cleaning supplies in hand and noticed Connor staring, "is there something wrong?" he asked with a head tilt and a rather amused and totally innocent expression.

Edited Date: 2023-03-13 12:27 am (UTC)

From:

anomaly_research_nerd

"Hummm?" Connor said, trying to act innocent. "Oh, here... let me help you with those..." Connor said as he reached out to get some of the bottles and rag from Cutter, his cheeks turning a nice deep shade of red just then.

Edited Date: 2023-03-13 12:45 am (UTC)

From:

itsananomaly

Cutter smiled fondly at Connor trying to act innocent as he handed over the bottles and rag to him, "thank you," he said, "between the two of us, we'll have this cleaned up

From:

anomaly_research_nerd

Connor nodded and grabbed a few things, and just chose a spot to start working on. The entire floor was going to need a good scrubbing, so he just picked a corner and started working.

From:

itsananomaly

While Connor started on his end, Cutter started on wiping down the benches. It was a bit of a juggling act with how many plates and bowls were already out but he figured if he could at least get a start on the spilled batter and stop it dripping to the floor that would definitely be a help.

From:

anomaly_research_nerd

"Dang it all... never realized how sticky pancake batter could be" Connor said as he was on his hands and knees, in the middle of the kitchen, trying to scrub the batter off the tile of Cutter's kitchen floor before it had time to dry.

From:

itsananomaly

Cutter couldn't help but laugh at that, turning slightly to look at Connor, "well that's why it usually does go in the pan," he grinned, "you're not supposed to get it on the floor,"

That was very helpful Cutter.

From:

anomaly_research_nerd

"Thank you Captian Obvious," Connor said with a mock glare as he turned and glanced over his shoulder. He couldn't hold it though as he locked eyes with Cutter, a grin spreading over his face.