Love, Eternal | ✔️

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"Can you back the fuck up Samuel?" I can feel him breathing on arm, has he never heard of personal space? "No, I refuse to let you fuck this up! Remember those cookies you burnt?"

"I was seven and how the fuck did you remember that?."

"They were pre-made from the store Stevens, and I remember the sheer disappointment of biting into a burnt cookie" I can feel his chin on my arm now.

In my research about how to help people in comas I've thought maybe comforting smells from her favorite foods would help her, I had remembered the first time I visited her house that she had an array of foods so I enlisted the help of Samuel, and now we're standing in my kitchen trying to make papoutsakia.

"Why are you breathing down my neck Samuel, aren't you supposed to be making the mashed potatoes for the side?" I turn my head towards him, his eyebrows are furrowed his mouth slightly open. He's concentrated on what I'm doing.

"I have to make sure you don't ruin the bèchamel sauce"

"You've literally never made it before either so please enlighten me on how the fuck you're gonna make sure I don't ruin it?" Sami doesn't even cook ramen

"I'm just gifted, and if you argue that I'll tell my dad to not help you. By the way, why do you need my help?" He finally walks away giving me room to breathe as I whisk the sauce and hopefully the mashed potatoes will be done by the time I'm done.

"I beat her dads ass" I say bluntly, I'm not ashamed of it. I'd gladly do it again and again.

"Mhm and why did you do that?" Oh no, he's having a blonde moment.

"Samuel, I found her in her house bleeding." hitting the counter as I finish the sentence I'm trying to not let my anger bubble over and lash out at him, he doesn't deserve that.

I hear him whisper '0h' to himself as if he finally connected the dots.

"Did you at least give him hell?" I can hear the slightest hint of anger in his tone

"As much as I could but nothing I do to him would ever be enough." That thought frustrates me, I want to bring hell to Earth just for him.

I turn my attention back to cooking, I take the pan off the stove as I begin to stir in the egg yolks seasoning with salt, pepper and a pinch of nutmeg whisking quickly.

Now all that's left to do is assemble them and put them in the oven. Samuel has been a little too quiet, "how's it going over there Sami?" I ask, I turn around after getting no response

He's sleeping. I roll my eyes but continue to let him sleep as I try to cook quietly.

Laying the eggplants on the baking pan, I carefully take out some of the flesh, sprinkling with some cheese not too much she doesn't like a lot of cheese.

I put them in the oven to bake for twenty minutes, "Hey" I gently rub Samuels back to wake him up "I don't want to see Santa" he mumbles, okay then I guess I'll go the other way.

"OH MY GOD! DOLPHINS CAN WALK ON LAND!"

"AHHHH!" Sami screams falling out of the seat, his arms flailing around. I cant help but laugh at his reaction, "STEVENS!" He groans