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Cupcakes, Friday 6/3, Period 2

Like the last two weeks, Stark was at the front of the room today with a box of mystery ingredients in front of him. “Welcome back. Nothing kraken-themed this week, in case anyone was worried.” There were other things to worry about.

“I thought white cupcakes this week,” he said. “So we’ll have a variety of white ingredients to try.” Ingredients he had not, of course, checked again after packing them into the box to begin with.

“I have white chocolate, coconut, cream cheese, egg whites, macadamia nuts, mayonnaise which sounds like it shouldn’t work in baking but it does, I promise...” Stark pulled out each ingredient and set it in front of him as he listed them off. His voice trailed off as he saw the last two ingredients and he sighed before continuing. “ …and then there’s onion and garlic.”

Yes, he shot a suspicious glance in Summer’s direction (assuming she was there). Not a long one because he was still awkward, but he did look her way.

“I have some already made cupcakes, if you like. None with onion or garlic. That I know of. If anyone wants help I’ll be here to assist.”

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Like someone fed you an onion cupcake.

Summer Smith

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There are plenty of recipes to try or there are some cupcakes for snacking in the back.

That brief but suspicious look was definitely being met with an objectionable expression of innocence yet again, because dude, she told you she wasn't the one putting the weird stuff in the baskets!

Like, it was fair to assume, sure, but did Stark really think she wouldn't totally own that shit if it was her?

She almost wondered if she should hire Rosa or someone to look into seeing who the real box infiltrator was.

Almost. She was definitely way too busy being smug about already knowing about mayonnaise somehow working well in desserts, and, eventually, totally adding garlic and onion garnish to her cupcakes and plastering that shit all over her Insta, because of course she would.

Maybe Summer was working on some sort of very long con that involved not taking immediate credit for strange cupcake ingredients! Stark didn't know.

"Are you going to eat those after you take pictures?"

It wasn't a dare. It wasn't a request for a cupcake (though he would try one if she asked). He was just curious.

....Summer would definitely work on some sort of very long con that involved not taking immediate credit for strange cupcake ingredients. That was also VERY fair.

She was not, in this case, and might eventually be a little mad at herself that she hadn't thought of it herself, but these ingredients had absolutely nothing to do with her.

At least, she was pretty sure they didn't.

But who really knew, in the grand scheme of things?

"I am a little curious," she admitted, "but I'm not sure yet. Why?" Here, she could only flash Stark a devious grin. "Did you want one?"

He should know by now that if someone opened the door to an invitation in most things, Summer Smith was absolutely going through that door.

Look, it was possible future Summer was going to use time travel to add all these ingredients and honestly it wouldn't be that surprising.

"I don't want one," he said. "I'll try one if you like."

To be more appreciative! Not in a creepy way. He hoped.

Future Summer would 110% totally do that.

And Current Summer wrinkled her nose a little, because she couldn't, morally, try to press one on Stark if he didn't want one, even if she apparently could, and, dammit, sometimes it sucked being one of the good Summers!

She seemed to flip-flop a little on it, though, before finally shaking her head. "I'll just save them for Goose. I'm not making you eat garlic, onion, and white chocolate cupcakes in your own class unless you wanted to, Stark."

She was just going to keep holding onto that hope that one day, he might finally want to.

It wasn't, like, a strong hope, by any margin, but it was there.

"I already skipped your banana fish concoctions today," Stark pointed out. Why had he pointed that out? Seemed unwise.

Unwise seemed like an understatement, and a little sus was now being added to that, as Summer looked at Stark and tried not to think about what might bring a man to such depravity as apparently arguing for eating an onion, garlic, and white chocolate cupcake.

"Everyone," she countered, "should skip my banana fish concoctions."

"I agree," he said, nodding. "I didn't try the... other one either." Oh no, back to not making eye contact again.

He might not be able to look at bananas for a bit either.

And, really, Summer would have had serious doubts for her efficacy as a teacher if anyone could, after that.

"You know there's no obligation to try any of the horrible things I come up with, Stark," she checked, because she was positive they've had this conversation before, but it apparently bared repeating, "right?"

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"I know. I just... don't want you to feel unappreciated."

Or too appreciated. It might be a fine line there.

Summer blinked.

Oh.

....ohhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Summer's mouth opened, even took in an inhale of breath about to turn into words, seemed to think better of it, and tried again.

"Honestly?" she said. "It's the thought that really counts. So...." She nodded. "Thank you."

Stark nodded before offering a hesitant smile. "Of course. I... alright. Maybe next week there will be something. Or I'll come for jello, at least."

He nearly always showed up for the jello.

A smile was good! Right? Summer offered a soft, uncertain one back. "And maybe next week," she offered, "I'll try to make something a little..." She glanced over at her garlic-and-onion sprinkled cupcake, "...more edible."

You know. So he could appreciate her making it less...disgusting to appreciate her.

"For this class," she quickly clarified. "Not mine. That would defeat the whole purpose of mine."

"That's probably edible," Stark said, frowning at the cupcake. "Just not...palatable?"

"Do you have a color suggestion for next time?"

"Just because something is edible," said Summer, with a particularly nuanced note of authority in her voice on this matter, "doesn't mean it should be."

And as for the question?

"And I don't know," Summer shrugged, but her smile and lack of thinking about it suggested that perhaps she did, actually, "pink, maybe?"

Everyone contain your shock and surprise.

"I agree," Stark said. "I wasn't sure you did." Summer, you put bugs in a jello shot 2 days ago.

"We could do pink." What sort of horrible pink surprises might appear? "I'll look for pink recipes."

The smile on Summer's face wasn't trying nearly as hard as it should to appear sheepishly remorseful for her own food crimes as it should have.

"Pink," she said, "is a very good color. I'm looking forward to it."

And any terrible things that made their way into the box were absolutely not her fault, dammit!

They might be future Summer's fault though!

"Pink is good," Stark agreed. He was skipping both blue and purple this time around. "Berries, maybe."

Hopefully not Pepto-Bismol or anything that horrifying.

Shhhh! Don't give future Summer any ideas, narrative!

"Lots of pink candies, too," Current Summer offered, far more helpfully.

"Pink...starbursts?" Stark asked. He wasn't sure how they'd work in a cupcake but maybe they could just go on top.

"I'll look for things. Maybe at the store?"

He's here, after all

I'm so tiiiiiired all the time.
14 more days with the kids.

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