#but that tasted very much like egg

[sunforgrace]

supernatural: the long road home retrospective was like when the canary collapses in the coal mine

#15x19 was like. huh it kind of smells like rotten eggs or perhaps sulfur in here. but these carton of eggs in the fridge #are not yet at their expiration date and I just made a very large omelette perhaps these eggs in particular are just very eggy #which would also account for the odd taste and body feeling i am experiencing but ive yet to expel the eggs so im sure its fine and #you know if you sit here and breathe it in you really dont notice the smell as much you kind of get used to it and i am certain its fine

[toytulini]

i may not be able to open posts from my notes or messages or get more context on posts via looking at the notes, but at least i can make fucked up coffee properly now

#toy txt post #while i was away i began my journey into coffee snobbery. im doing my best. i have a lot to learn #i have a fancy hand grinder that all the ppl on reddit hemmedvand hawed andaid it would probably be somewhat #Acceptable for pour over coffee that I got for less than $100. i want you to understand the coffee grinder ppl are insane. #there are grinders for sale that cost like more than my car did brand new. these ppl are insane? i got a chemex pour over #and a glass stovetop gooseneck kettle cos i couldnt find an electric kettle that didnt have the metal touching the water. prolly cos it #would make them less energy efficient and defeat the purpose but i dont fuck w metal water vessels cos historically They Keep Betraying Me #by making my drinks taste like ass. i got some genetic fuckery going on ig. like the cilantro soap gene but its the metal makes water taste #like ass gene? idk. but i wanted a kettle that didnt have metal and i wanted that gooseneck pour so i found one on Amazon. surprisingly #hard to find? annoying. mostly bc every search engine is bad and kept showing me metal kettles anyway. i got a grinder i got a pour over i #got a kettle i got fancy beans from a local small business i started drinking it black. im going to unlock these flavors. i will get it #but also. im still a goblin. i put garlic powder in with the grounds and made garlic coffee. its interesting. it tastes like garlic. and #coffee. but actually the garlic is mostly an aftertaste? #so it feels very similar to drinking a cup of black coffee to accompany your garlic bread actually. the first time i made it i think it #underextracted the coffee tho. second time i extracted the coffee enough but i didnt like it as much? both times. fascinatingly #i did not get strong aromas! which was weird: i find both garlic and coffee have pretty strong scents already #i wouldve thought combining them would make it stronger? it was a little stronger while brewing the second time but smelled good to me #i find the flavor of it compelling enough that id like to try to refine it a bit more and see if i can make it good #ive come a long way since my first garlic coffee haha #(adding garlic salt to black coffee out of a keurig. dont reccomend this: garlic salt has too much salt and it overpowers everything. #could not get a garlic flavor without overpowering salt flavors. so it mostly tasted like seawater with a hint of coffee. garlic powder is #the way to go. anyway next i want to try it with a lighter roast. i was using medium roast #of a local brand that i would name for exposure but wont name lest it doxxes me haha #also want to try egg coffee sometimes? the vietnamese one. looks..intriguing. robusta beans scare me a little tho #anyway. if youre interested in interesting flavors i recc garlic coffee. it was intriguing. if i find a methodology i think tastes best #ill update yall #im also interested in other things. i want to experiment with spicy coffee. chili powder or cayenne #make the paprika dracula coffee haha #im also admittedly intrigued by butter coffee? as a flavor profile tho not for fad diet reasons.

[snckt]

there used to be a bakery who made the most mediocre cinnamon rolls that were in turn sent out to various diners to be sliced into the most perfect of cinnamon roll french toast. suddenly all it’s flaws benefited what it would become : the slightly stale texture could handle an egg bath, the not sweet enough dough drenched in syrup, etc etc. but they went out of business and the superior stand alone cinnamon roll now sliced up is just. it’s not as good gosh dang it

#i’m eating it right now and it tastes of egg because the cinnamon roll was baked last night and this dough is very much. spongey? #which is fine if you like eggs #i however do not

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: March 24

"Did You Get What You Wanted" by Mal Blum

#song of the day #not a great day! but all days end and I did make so much good food today #an egg foo young sort of thing that tasted so much like if you egged a blooming onion and put little pork chunks in #and then later taco beef and refried beans and chipotle rice and it was as always a hideous mash all together but it tasted /amazing/ #and we watched the end of season two of Marvel's What If and I gotta say it was bangin. it was bitchin. #the season as a whole had some blah notes but the last three episodes rocked it was very very fun I was so happy to see it #and this song feels good to sing. it's kind of hard to describe I don't know if I'd call it fun necessarily? but it's neat and enjoyable #I sing it in the back of my throat kind of and it feels odd in a good way and I really like the pacing and build of the sound #'when it feels more like a war / and I've been choosin sides just like any other guy #what did you want it for? / god I hope I get a gift bag / a little of my faith back #but I'd never ask you / did you get what you wanted / or at least did you want what you got' #and somewhat unusually that's not a verse or a chorus but rather the end of the one moving into the other #they fit together very well and I like to sing it

[milo-melon]

Mr Grizz gives out season passes to Wahoo World as compensation for Salmonid families effected by his company operations as government mandated compensations and unluckily for the rest of the cephalopod world all the salmonids planned their family vacations for the same weekend

#Big run #Splatoon 3 #Splatoon #mr grizz #salmonid #I say salmonid families like they even have kids anymore with how many eggs are taken #I would very much like a mochi ball that looks like a golden egg especially if it actually tastes like salmon

[laststandx3]

If I were the last surviving member of a failed expedition in the arctic I wouldn't choose to keep living there. Like, one main factor of doom was that there weren't plants around and after all that suffering you choose to keep living without leaves in your life? without fruits? without apples and oranges and peaches and berries? without vegetables? No more eggplants or peppers or corn or onions? No man, when I hear Ross talking about his shot of lemon juice to fight scurvy I'll remember how good even a green salad tastes and pack my bag. Rip Francis Crozier but I need garlic in my life

#I might be biased as I've been vegetarian and then vegan for years but damn #I smelled an orange today and it felt like a dream #Imagine living the rest of your life w/o tasting fruits ir veggies ever again #marmelade #I get the guilt and the self imposed torture but never tasting strawberries again? #No that's too much #Did you guys ever had one of those mixed salads with oranges apples seeds tomatoes salad arugula carrots lemon juice pepper?? That's top 3 #🍉🍊🍋🍑🍎🍓🥝🍍🍆🍅🌶️🥒🥦🥗🍞🥐 #Like probably there are some eggs somewhere in the arctic but not very common #Even if we take in account only the plants available in the 1840s crozier is still missing common things like #Oranges! Baked potatoes! Tomatoes #If they brought a few plants with them they'd been alive now #Well not now

[theygender]

Idk how many of y'all watch Good Mythical Morning but I just want to say that as a gnc person it makes me so happy to see Chase get to dress however he wants and have it just be normal. The crop top he always wears during international food taste tests isn't treated as weird, that's just his cartographer shirt, and it's become such a signature look that other people have to wear it while filling in for him. He plays a few female characters that wear dresses, but the fact that he's playing a woman or wearing a dress is never treated like a joke. The actual joke is that the character he's playing is a fancy dancing cow or an alternate universe version of Little Debbie named Giant Deborah who can teleport across dimensions if you chant for her. The dress is just part of the character, and Chase just happens to be comfortable wearing dresses and really good at playing funny characters. Idk, it just makes me feel really happy to see another gnc person out there thriving and living their best life. I've always been hesitant about being out as nonbinary at work bc I didn't think it would be possible for people to just treat it like a normal thing, and recently I've been worried that once I graduate college and go on to more "professional" work my future employers may see my gender nonconformity as unprofessional, which scares me bc it's not even possible for me to conform to any gender expectations anymore. But. Here on one of my favorite YouTube channels there's a gnc person who gets to dress however they want for their job, even having roles where their gender nonconformity is important to the videos, and it's just treated like the most normal thing in the world. If that's possible then maybe the idea of finding a research job that will respect me isn't so far fetched

#good mythical morning #rambling #idk i just get emotional sometimes #as someone whos worried that even gender nonconformity would be viewed as unprofessional in my future field and frowned upon #regardless of whether i would be interacting with the public #seeing someone whos able to be as gnc as they want at a job where theyre being FILMED for the public and posted to an audience #really does kinda give me hope that i can find acceptance one day #its really cool that stevie presents in a gnc way too sometimes but shes not on camera as much #but idk. it just makes me feel happy #im watching the international foods taste test they posted today and chase is wearing an even shorter crop top under his cartographer shirt #and i was just like HELL yeah you GO king!! #as someone whos been watching the show for a long time and has also seen a lot of old episodes from before i started watching #i like seeing how much more confident chase is now that he dresses how he wants to as well #in a lot of the old videos he dressed very much like a stereotypical straight boy and he seemed a lot more shy and timid back then #now you can just tell how happy he is. he seems so confident in himself and he contributes so much to the show now #idk. i want that one day. i hope i can find a stable career where I'll be accepted for who i am #instead of having to pretend to be something else or worry about what people are thinking of me if i dont #my job now is definitely better than some of my old ones but i still dont really know what people think of me now that im somewhat out #and spending 40 hours a week walking on egg shells with your own damn existence isnt fun :( but. maybe its not forever. i hope

[lightbulb-warning]

hehehehehehe easter egg >:}

why yes this WILL be completely covered and not able to be seen in the final image!!

#my sense of humor is over the top and underwhelming. it sucks- as in its AMAZING #shh it's okay you get it #its really really really funny #actually there has never been a funny joke before i invented comedy. you're welcome!!!!!!! #it's about the journey ✨ #/very much j #im so sleepy #mango energy drinks were on sale in bulk so i bought a shitton of them and now everything tastes and smells like fake mango #easter egg is such a weird term ive never had the chance to use it before #im guessing it's because they are both “fun” and hidden to be found. im gonna look it up #yes okay it's true. confirmed!! fax!! real!!! that is exactly why they are called that!!! #wow im so incredibly smart my iq is at LEAST 2 #anyway yeah have a nice day!!! #wip

[kn11ves]

people overestimate how much spices are put in mexican cooking. its truly not that many. maybe a few herbs for caldos here and there, salt pepper ......................... we genuinely dont use that much. i mean i use garlic salt but its garlic salt. its just garlic garlic isnt a spice. most of the heat comes from chiles. of which we only use like 5 types regularly. maybe for some special dishes we need different spices like cinnamon or smthn but thats if youre making mole sauce which most of us would just buy the glass container from the store. indians actually use a lot more spices than mexicans even tho our foods r usually called super spicy we get heat from different places

#forgive me indians if im wrong u can throw eggs at me #but anyway its just im very upset watching great british bake off mexican week (MY OWN FAULT) like what the fuck are you DOING😭 #good mexican food fr doesnt even need that much spice. i can fry a unseasoned thin piece of beef and pair it with red rice and ohhhh my god #and the only spices in red rice is. s. salt. does buillon count? Buillon that we do use a lot certainly. Buillon. its just tomato onions #garlic buillon Da Rice oil 2 fry Da Rice.................. i mean sometimes a serrano chile laying on top..........literaly idk its not #much #this could entirely be biased tho. my family is from michoacan and um they certainly did not have that many spices at the ranch #but it is central mexico at the same time soo idk #just trust me. my food tastes good. my whiteboy roomatebestie says so

[oculusxcaro]

What are Khare's favourite dishes to prepare and why? Are there any dishes she would like to learn how to make?

Liking this post for a question ~

Khare's favourite dish to prepare is none other than the traditional fried breakfast! The American version of this meal is a little different from what she's used to back home, but it's so quick and easy to make that it's no big deal. Crispy bacon with sunny eggs? Pancakes with syrup and hash browns on the side? In they go, prepared how the customer likes though she often wishes she could add beans as a proper fried breakfast is supposed to have. She's picked up how to make a variety of meals since starting work at Pauli's Diner, many of them quick and easy so currently there aren't any dishes she'd like to learn ASAP unless it's a special request or for somebody she really cares about. Unfortunately her diet has become somewhat limited since her physiology mutated, leaving her unable to enjoy things she once used to.

#elisethetraveller #memes ;; prompts #🌈 || headcanons #🌈 || character sheet #Fried breakfasts are the king of breakfasts #She quite enjoys it since it's savoury and she can actually taste some of the things like meat and eggs #Super quick and easy to make too #Just a matter of juggling things like timing the toast #A PROPER fried breakfast has mushrooms and tomatoes and/or beans #The American version is so odd like pancakes? French toast?? Those are seperate! #Just the thought of syrup on everything makes her want to cry #If that's what they want then what's what they get #Cooking for other people is a joy since now she's... you know #Obligate mutant carnivore and all #Pancakes are fun to cook tho so not all bad #Wishes she could enjoy peanut butter and honey on toast again #Thank you very much for sending this also Wolfy <3 #Energy felt a bit low today so this was nice to think about

[marx-soul]

just tried a century egg for the first time. a very perplexing food

#not sure if i liked it yet. didn't dislike it though #very nice aftertaste but the experience of eating one is just so bizarre #the texture color and taste are truly unlike anything else ive ever eaten #coincidentally that was also my first time eating a duck egg but that's much less noteworthy

[vanitycokes]

im going to make the most disgusting dish imaginable rn

#its one pan frnch fries eggs and chicken #it turns into a weird fritatta thing and the fries taste pretty good bc they fry on the chicken skin fat #ill add like tomatoes and onions just so it dlesnt look too much like slop to trick my brain when it very much is

[nethereasypeasy]

Some fluffy head canons I have about the Baldurs Babes

mainly at camp :)

Gale stops tav to lace their boots, sarcastically tutting as he does it.

Karlach holds her hands round someones bowl and cups to warm them if they cool down too much. (Mama K microwave™)

Jaheira and Halsin share nightcaps and chat about the tadpole team. Mainly laughing at their comparative lack of experience - always ends on a 'they're good eggs tho' vibe.

Astarion and Shadowheart rate people's hair to eachother as an injoke, tav hears them mumbling numbers behind them whenever they speak to someone.

Lae'zel asks Gale to explain and pronounce things when no one is around because the 'annoying wizard' won't make fun, he's too eager to teach.

Jaheira has the best bedtime stories but they get Karlach hyped up and she asks a lot of questions till Astarion begs her to be quiet. Wyll takes mental notes for his own storytelling.

Karlach will force a game of 'I Spy' any time there is silence on the road.

Wyll is very good at little random gifts, he just remembers anything someone mentions to him. He's also low-key emotional if you return that kindness, 'you remembered?! 😭'

Halsin stops, kneels and whispers as he points and shows tav interesting plants or animals he spots when walking. 'look there's the mother and her babies' type shit. (He is camp dad(dy) ok)

Wyll teaches Lae'zel fencing. She's too keen though and tries to pin him down. She is not as graceful... But she has fun... chk!

Gale keeps a tiny portrait of Tara on him, you can't tell me modern au Gale's phone wouldn't be full of cat pics.

Astarion watches over the camp at night, he acts like he 'might as well/ I'm the only one lurking in the dark around HERE darlings' but sometimes he secretly gets a little teary looking at his first real friends all together.

Shadowheart writes moody poetry. She would tell Gale but she doesn't care for his taste... Or his possible critiques. If he ever did find her journal though he would be VERY enthused.

Astarion and tav will play with people's wardrobes when looting. Tav loves a funny hat and Astarion will do impressions of who he thinks would wear such god's awful attire.

Gale and Wyll play chess together after dinner some nights. They both say progressively cheesy lines when they take pieces, which is its own game itself at this point.

Halsin would quietly sing or hum to owlbear baby and scratch at night. Little lullabies and he'd probably tuck them in too. OR he'd be big daddy bear and snuggle up, especially when owlbear is scared and misses his mum.

The gang have played 'never have I ever' ONE time and ONE time only. It was a messy night.

... Jaheira was 100% last man standing.

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #astarion #gale dekarios #astarion ancunin #gale of waterdeep #bg3 companions #karlach #shadowheart #wyll #wyll ravengard #jaheira #halsin #lae'zel #karlach cliffgate #bg3 headcanons #baldurs gate 3 #baldurs gate headcanon #tav #bg3 tav #fluff #bg3 fluff #baldurs gate 3 fluff

[ms-demeanor]

Hey also you know that post about getting better at cooking and handling meat and stuff?

Meat is really expensive and it goes bad pretty quickly.

If you're a new cook and you're trying to figure out how to pan-fry something so that it tastes good, might I recommend tofu?

I'm not saying "treat tofu like meat and try to replace all your favorite meat dishes with tofu" (though, I mean, if that sounds good - go for it), I'm saying "it's a lot easier to practice heating a pan and flipping objects in a pan for a meal and seasoning objects in a pan when the objects in the pan cost two dollars instead of ten dollars."

Tofu lasts a lot longer in the fridge than meat does, is easy to season, and you can easily learn how to pan-fry it into a tasty snack (or main course) and only requires a little extra prep. You can also pretend that the tofu is raw meat (the texture isn't dissimilar) and start practicing for things like how to take it out of a package or cut it on a sanitizable surface, etc.

My favorite way to cook tofu is to press extra firm tofu for at least half an hour (you can get a cheap tofu press for around ten dollars, or you can put it between two plates with some books on the top plate - this is that extra prep i was talking about - tofu cooks best if you press the excess water out), then slice a 14oz cake of it into 8 slices. I lay these flat and sprinkle cayenne pepper, mushroom powder, and smoked paprika on all of the slices, then I rub it in and flip the slices and season the other side the same way. I cook it in a frying pan with a thin layer of avocado or olive oil over medium heat, flipping every two minutes until the flat sides start to crisp up a little. Just before the last flip I add about a tablespoon of tamari sauce (you can use soy sauce, I've just got allergies) to the pan, sprinkling it over the tofu so that both sides get a little bit of sauce on them.

I have that with steamed vegetables and with jasmine rice (with two teaspoons of rice wine vinegar per 3 cups of dry rice and 4.5 cups of water). I also make a honey-siracha-mayo sauce that I dip the tofu in.

It's really good. And now I end up eating leftover rice and sauce with fried eggs for lunch at least two days a week and that's also really good.

This has become one of my go-to low spoon foods because it's so easy to make, it's filling, it tastes good to me, and it has become extremely easy for me to keep a stock of tofu in the fridge compared to the effort of keeping un-expired meat in the fridge.

I find that a 14oz pack of tofu feeds two adults for one meal, though I can stretch that to three meals if I'm the only one eating.

It makes a very cheap, filling, easy dinner that I can keep the ingredients around for without too much concern for food waste or anything going bad (the tofu that I get lasts about a month in the fridge and these days I just buy three packs every time I'm at aldi and cycle in new stock - it costs $1.50 per pack)

If you're interested in becoming a better cook, rather than worrying about actual high-risk products like raw chicken that can be seriously dangerous and also cost a fair amount, tofu has a pretty low barrier to entry while also being a good way to learn on a new ingredient that has some similar properties to raw meat.

[keeps-ache]

mmm metals,

#just me hi #i bit the inside of my cheek by accident lol- #i dunno why mouth blood tastes better than skin blood. or maybe that's just me hfhvf #//hey why are hotdogs so gross #why are they. textured like that .-. #very bad i can't even describe how much it's like Eegs #eegs... eggs... eags.... it's all the same........ peave and love............ #and they can taste quite gross!! i don't understand what happened to my taste hvhfhd #one day it's a-ok and the next it's Euw. Summin Is Wrong Here #//HEy i need to find that post with the little orange snake with its little dragon helmet‚ it was so cute :> #snakes are neat! i'm still scared of them but they are pretty cool #still disappointed that giraffe necks don't work like that :// coulda had the worst creature to ever exist #elephants are too big but a giraffe is smaller so that makes it Much scarier #//hm. ykno i am significantly more scared of small creatures than big ones #at least a big one i know it's the end if something happens‚ or my dumb luck'll somehow rescue my hapless self again #but small ones?? there can be So Many. Like SO Many. Like I Would Rather Drink Pool Water Than Deal With Them #bugs </////3 #when i was younger i was scared of butterflies so that should put it into some perspective hbvfhsvja #i don't like... their legs....... #Dear Bugs!! You Are Very Nice But Please For The Love Of All That Is Good Don't Touch Me :) #/hey but big cats are kinda medium. cows are Little Scary‚ big cats are Mid Scary and a bunny with rabies is Big Scary hh #little cats though ?? little bitty baby cats ??? the scariest thing on the planet i am only partially joking #it'll be like 3 a.m. and a little kitten has no sense of rudeness so!! it'll just Attack you! spitting clawing biting and if your blanket i #too thin you are F u n k e d. and you wake up in fight-or-flight and realize you're STILL being attacked by a tiny little creature that you #canNOT (repeat; canNOT) fight so you kinda just get to the point where it's like an old western stand-off until one of you leaves the room. #usually the kitten hvhfh #//it smells like some kind of cleaner in here and :< it smells baad #baaad... baaaa :> #baaaaaa #//ok i'm going to spin in circles now uvu

[clairenatural]

Dean doesn't like the word "boyfriend." He decides this the second time Cas says it–the first time it was new, shiny, exciting. The second time, he fights the urge to cringe.

It's not the "boy" part. It's not. It would have been, for a long time, but he's dug all that shit up and unpacked all the suitcases. They hold hands in public. They kiss goodbye in front of his coworkers at the garage.

It's just–not enough. Not nearly. Jack comes home from hanging out with his friends and fills Dean on the gossip and his boyfriend and her girlfriend and–that's not them. "Boyfriend" feels like a cheap mockery. Like how demons used to tease.

He's heard "partner." He's heard it from Sam, to Eileen, but he doesn't know how he can stomach it. He's said that word too many times. I'm Agent Tyler and this is my partner, Agent Perry. This is my partner, Agent Page. My partner, Agent Stills. All lies. Sam says he likes it, that he's making it mean something real. Besides, Eileen loves it.

Good for them, Dean thinks. It makes his skin crawl.

So he sticks with “boyfriend” and he shrugs off the funny urge to protest every time Cas says it. It makes him happy, and honestly, it’s not like he has an alternative.

It’s a Sunday when he realizes that somehow, Cas does. They’re at the farmer’s market, like Cas is every weekend, but Dean had picked up weekend shifts and missed the past few. Cas is excited the whole way there, telling Dean about how he’d manage to befriend the local honey vendor in his absence, how she’d invited him to a beginner’s apiarist group she helps run. They beeline (heh) to the honey booth as soon as they get there, and the woman--Judith? Janice?--smiles up at them both, hands Cas a jar of honey like she’d been expecting him, and says “Oh, this must be the husband! I’ve heard so much about you.”

Dean stares at Cas. Cas stares at the honey. Judith/Janice stares at both of them, smile fading as the silence goes on a beat too long. 

Dean clears his throat. “Uh, yeah. The husband, that’s me! Ha ha.” Beside him, Cas relaxes, just barely. In front of him, the woman breathes an audible sigh of relief. “Sorry,” Dean shifts. “Just didn’t, um. Realize I was such a hot topic.” 

The smile he gets is almost sympathetic. “Oh, only good things. Here,” she hands him a business card. “You should also come out to our meeting on Wednesday. Lots of people bring their partners.” She leans in, almost conspiratorial. “Beekeeping can be wonderful for couples.”

It’s at this point that Cas clears his throat and finally looks up from the honey in his hand, evidently giving up hope on escaping this conversation. “Thank you, Janet.” (oh. Janet.) “Dean works late on Wednesdays, but I’m very excited to see you all.” He’s pulling out money as he says this, apparently deciding to just go ahead and end the entire interaction. He hands her the bills, grabs Dean’s hand, and is already moving away from the booth by the time Janet calls “See you Wednesday!” after them.

Cas drags him all the way back to the car without stopping for tomatoes, or Sam's carrots, or the free-range eggs that are way too expensive but Cas buys anyway because you can taste when the hen is well cared-for, Dean (whatever that means). They slide into the car, still not talking, and sit in silence for several long seconds. Dean stares at Cas, who stares out the windshield at the parking lot.

"I can explain," Cas speaks, finally, right as Dean was about to open his mouth and say anything to break the silence.

Dean pauses. Can you? Cause I feel like I missed a few chapters, he thinks.

"I don't work late on Wednesdays," he says instead.

"Oh." Now it's Cas staring at Dean, and Dean staring out at the asphalt.

He turns the keys. He drives them home.

Later, making dinner, Dean rolls the word around in his head. Husband. He's making his husband pasta (It's missing the tomatoes. He's made more with less).

Husband doesn't feel like a costume, like an ill-fitting suit and scratchy tie. It doesn't feel like high school gossip, or a monster trying to hit him where it hurts. It settles in warm in his chest.

It's just the two of them that night, and they're eating in the comfortable silence of the bunker until Dean clears his throat and brings it up. "Why does Janet at the farmer's market think we're married?"

Cas pauses, fork of pasta halfway to his mouth. He puts the fork down and takes a deep breath. "I'm sorry."

"I'm not mad," Dean hurries to clarify. "It's just that there's usually, uh. Steps, you know. Like a whole....thing."

"I'm aware." Cas sighs. "She assumed, seeing us around - the first time I spoke to her without you, she asked where my husband was. And I..."

"You didn't correct her?"

"...No. I, um." Cas is looking down at his plate again. He picks up the fork, still half-full of pasta, then puts it back down again. "I didn't want to?" He says the end of the sentence like a question but looks back up at Dean and squints just a bit, and Dean knows he's watching for a reaction.

"Uh huh."

"It felt trivial."

"To tell her we're not married?"

"To call you my boyfriend." For the first time, he stumbles over the word.

Dean blinks. "You--" he stops, brain processing too much information to finish that sentence. "Okay." He leans back in his chair. Sighs. Rubs a hand across his eyes and lets it drag down his face. "Okay, listen. I don't like boyfriend either, but we gotta...talk about it."

"We are talking about it. You don't like it either?" Cas leans forward as Dean slumps back, following him across the table.

Dean snorts. "No, man." He shakes his head. "It's been a decade. I've seen you die." Six times. But who's counting.

"I agree." Cas pauses, and then, as if it's the most natural conclusion in the world, "Will you marry me?"

Dean actually laughs at this. "You're asking me that now?"

Cas quirks an eyebrow at him. "I've grown quite fond of calling you my husband at the farmer's market. I'd like to continue."

Dean stares at him in disbelief. It's not how he'd pictured it going, but he also can't think of it going any other way. Slowly, he nods. "Yeah, okay. Let's be husbands."

Across the table, Cas grins at him.

"But we're getting rings," Dean points a finger at him, because something about this is going to be normal.

"If you'd like. Although I already told Janet that you can't wear a ring because of your work at the garage, and I don't wear mine in solidarity."

"Rings," Dean insists, and decides to overlook the rest of that sentence. For now. He stabs his fork into a pile of the pasta. "And let me stop for the damn tomatoes next time."

They get rings and wear them on chains around their necks. Cas puts a beehive on the hill, and there's a small ceremony in the summer - a "vow renewal" to Cas' beekeeping group, who all receive invites attached to little jars of honey. Janet gets the nicest one.

#mae clairenatural writing fic in the year 2023...... #go easy on me im rusty #i started this a year ago and decided to finish it and that was PAINFUL #destiel #deancas #destiel fic #1.2k words #my words