Raleigh directs, Spencer obeys. He takes the brush in one hand and a potato in the other, hesitating just briefly before beginning his task. "It's a good thing you told me what to use or I would have taken 'scrub the potatoes' to mean 'run them under hot water for a bit.'"
He's half-joking--half--but this is precisely why ramen is the sort of meal he prepares, minimal preparation and clean-up but beyond that, far fewer chances to muck it all up; but he'd volunteered to help, and he really is happy to because this dinner is for Joel, a show of appreciation for everything he does and his boyfriend does so much. He knows Joel would say Spencer does the same for him, that it isn't a one-way street and they rely on each other, and it's all very true but still... He's glad that Raleigh had been ready and willing to put something like this together.
Of course, all these thoughts keep distracting him from the task at hand, and he's marginally concerned that Raleigh will end up threatening him with that chunk of meat in her bowl if he doesn't finish scrubbing by the time she's done.
"You say easy," he says, the amusement evident in his voice, "but you just named three ingredients in the name of the food alone, and it's fries. When I think 'easy' do you know what comes to mind? Popcorn. Oven-ready chocolate chip cookies. String cheese. That's easy." He glances at her with a smirk, and he's only teasing but he hadn't earned much more than a practically devastated glare from Joel once he'd rattled of the list of what his regular diet had consisted of, and he expects Raleigh would give him a very similar look. He's eaten significantly better food in the past few months than he has in the past few years, which he's grateful for, but the change certainly wouldn't have happened without Raleigh or Joel.
"Oh, did you work on the property today? I know I said my check is the best I could offer but if you do need help with fixing anything up, er... well, Joel looks awfully good in a tank top." He narrows his eyes, scrubbing harder at the potatoes because it really wouldn't do to start thinking about Joel's incredible arms and strong shoulders right now. "And I suppose I could probably figure out how to hammer a nail into the wall without breaking any new fingers."
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He's half-joking--half--but this is precisely why ramen is the sort of meal he prepares, minimal preparation and clean-up but beyond that, far fewer chances to muck it all up; but he'd volunteered to help, and he really is happy to because this dinner is for Joel, a show of appreciation for everything he does and his boyfriend does so much. He knows Joel would say Spencer does the same for him, that it isn't a one-way street and they rely on each other, and it's all very true but still... He's glad that Raleigh had been ready and willing to put something like this together.
Of course, all these thoughts keep distracting him from the task at hand, and he's marginally concerned that Raleigh will end up threatening him with that chunk of meat in her bowl if he doesn't finish scrubbing by the time she's done.
"You say easy," he says, the amusement evident in his voice, "but you just named three ingredients in the name of the food alone, and it's fries. When I think 'easy' do you know what comes to mind? Popcorn. Oven-ready chocolate chip cookies. String cheese. That's easy." He glances at her with a smirk, and he's only teasing but he hadn't earned much more than a practically devastated glare from Joel once he'd rattled of the list of what his regular diet had consisted of, and he expects Raleigh would give him a very similar look. He's eaten significantly better food in the past few months than he has in the past few years, which he's grateful for, but the change certainly wouldn't have happened without Raleigh or Joel.
"Oh, did you work on the property today? I know I said my check is the best I could offer but if you do need help with fixing anything up, er... well, Joel looks awfully good in a tank top." He narrows his eyes, scrubbing harder at the potatoes because it really wouldn't do to start thinking about Joel's incredible arms and strong shoulders right now. "And I suppose I could probably figure out how to hammer a nail into the wall without breaking any new fingers."