F1 One Shots

#123 Charles - Cookies

NARRATOR POV.: Brynn placed her tablet on the counter of the open space kitchen, scrolling down until she reached the recipe she was searching for. SPRINKLE SUGAR COOKIES, that's what she wanted to bake at that moment. Around 3 months prior, she decided that she wanted to get back to baking, what was her hobbie in her teenage years, and until now, every few days, when they weren't on "run" to another race weekend or something, she tried to bake something new. So far, she had made pumpkin pie, muffins, brownie, rice krispie treats and kiss cookies. Kind of a lot, concidering that most of the time they were away from home, traveling from race to race. She, of course, had to "fix" the recipies' in order to let Charles eat them with her, even through he's on strict diet. Her and Charles really got into watching baking and cooking competition shows, just like when they were teenagers. The things they made on those shows always seem SO delicious... Brynn thought that, even though her "baking skills" are a bit rusty, she does quite good job, concidering that she hadn't poisoned them yet.
She scrolled further down and checked if she has all the igridients prepared next to her on the kitchen counter. Sugar, butter, baking owder, salt, eggs, vanilla extract, flour, cinnamon, sprinkles and vegan food coloring. Happy, she moved onto the recipe itself. She read it twice and then decided to just follow along, if she needed any help. Then, Brynn put the butter into the bowl and grabbed mixer, to make it "fluffy". It took some time, but then, finally, she thought that the butter is "fluffy" enough, and she could go on with the recipe.
-Baking again B?- Charles walked into the kitchen after his time in "the office", where he had online meeting with Mattia and some other team members -Andrea would kill me, if he saw how many baked goodies I eat... And I probably should double my gym time, to not make him suspicious...
-I will take it as a compliment Charlie!- she replied with chuckle and added sugar, baking powder and salt, to start mixing again.
-That's more than definitely a compliment mon Cherie! You know I love everything you bake!
-And let's leave it that way Leclerc!- she giggled and grabbed the eggs and vanilla extract to add it to the dough as well, making Charles laugh. Then, brunet hugged his girlfriend from behind and placed loving kiss on her cheek.
-I cannot wait to taste this sweets..- he commented and kissed her neck.
-You'll have to wait, but let me assure you, that I changed the recipe in a way, for you to eat them freely, without Andrea complaining..- Brynn chuckled again and they both started to laugh, as she scooped 3/4 cup to another bowl, this time a smaller one.
-Can you hand me the red food coloring?- she asked him as she repeated the process and added the cinamon to it.
-Et voilà mon Ange- Charles replied and did as told with smile on his face. It was making him happy to see Brynn so relaxed and getting back to things which made him fell for her so deeply and utterly those years ago...
-Mix it for me?- Brynn brough him back from his little daydream and handed him a wooden spoon.
-Of course- he agreed and proceded to mix red dough in bowl, while Brynn washed her hands and cleaned the counter a bit. She did quite a mess with flour and all that, that was evidednt...
When the red dough was done, Charles passed it to his girlfriend, and she took small part of it in her hands, to skillfully form a spherical shape. She then, repeted the process couple of times, and Charles watched her.
-Need a hand in those too?- he asked, letting go of her. Brynn only nodded and smiled at him, and Charles smiled back, as he washed his hands and proceeded to copy her steps. Brynn watched her boyfriend from the corner of her eye with gentle smile. His focused face made her smile even more and she had to surpress a giggle. When she spotted Charles struggle, as he twice chunked a bit from his dough and reformed the cookies and still frowned.
-You ok, mon Cherie?- she asked him, still lining her shapes on the baking sheet.
-No, not at all actually..- he sighed and added, seeing her raised brow -How do you make them look exactly the same every time?
-A lot of practise from the past Charlie- she smiled gently and added -You're doing awsome job if you ask me- she said and kissed his cheek.
-If you say so Cherie..- Charles sighed, but smiled nevertheless.

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Once the balls were formed, they repeated the action with cinammon dough, and then flatten them out next, cutting the edges with glass to make perfect O shapes. When they were done, Brynn placed both baking sheets in the oven and set it on right temperature and timer.
-And now we wait..- she sighed, happy with herself.
-Ok, my baking queen- Charles said, and hugged her again, to kiss her lips -I love you, you know..
-I know, and I love you too. Way too much..- she replied and kissed him again, a bit longer.
Then, after that short and cute moment, they seperated again, and started to clean the kitchen, to kill the time. They didn't say anything, just smiled to one another from time to time, leaving only the sprinkles and vegan nutella on the counter, to decorate the cookies when they'd be ready.
-We have still 10 minutes, before they'll be ready..
-Let's chill on the couch- Charles suggested and Brynn complied, as they side by side slumped down on the couch, still having one another close. They didn't need words, just cuddling seasion on the couch...

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Before they knew it, timer dinged loudly and Brynn peeled herself from Charles's embrance, earning a whine from Charles, at the loss of contact.
-Brynn....!- he whined and reached out to her like a baby, indicating her to come back.
-Excusse moi Charlie, but your cookies need me- she replied, pecked his lips and went to the kitchen, to take the baking sheet out of the oven. They looked perfect, but she checked them with fork before taking out. The second she stood upright, she felt a pair of more than familiar arms around her waist.
-They look delicious B!- he made a comment and placed sweet kiss on her shoulder.
-Well, thank you- she giggled and added -I think five more minutes, to let then sit, and we can decour and eat...
Charles hummed in responce and smiled to himself, once again, reminded why he loves her so much. She's just perfect, and you can't tell him otherwise...
After that 5 minutes, they got to decour their cookies, happy with how they turned out. Then, they placed them on a plate and made their way back to the living room.
-Comedy movie and cookies?
-We think the same thing Charlie- Brynn agreed and they rather quickly "set up" their evening.
-I love your cookies, and whatever you cook or bake mon Amour.... It's delicious!- Charles said after first bite of red- sprinkled cookie.
-Merci Charlie. I'm happy you like them- she smiled and added -You're right, they turned out amaizng- she said happily, as she dumped half of the cinammon cookie in nutella.
That was how they had spent most of their evening, chatting, watching different movies and stuffing their stomach's with cookies. After that, they took short nap, and then changed into sports wear, to "burn" those cookies by exercising. Andrea created a workout routines for both of them, and they happily complete them twice or sometimes even trice a day. The "baking mission" was called a success...
THE END

I hope you have the same happy time as me...
Stay safe people!
Have a nice day! / Goodnight!
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