00QAD: taco tuesday
i hope the housekeeper comes in on wednesday mornings ‘cause taco tuesdays with four hungry boys (in more ways than one) is a very messy affair
danny would definitely be the first one home and he’ll have picked up hard taco shells as well as corn tortillas. then it’s time to ensure the kitchen counters are clean, the sink is emptied, the veggies are rinsed, and a couple of candles are lit so the flat feels homey and inviting. he’ll leave the classical music playlist to alex!
when james gets home with the other two nerds, he gets started on cooking some high quality grass fed ground beef from the butcher. none of that tesco meat! he’s good at making man-food. the flat starts to smell scrumptious. time to also saute veggies for the bean chili. one of them is bound to be vegetarian “this week” at least, and it’s probably q.
alex puts on some background music and starts chopping up the veggies and shredding the cheese, while q pets/cuddles/feeds turing and tesla until danny calls out for the 7th time that he should set the table.
alex dices coriander leaves (aka cilantro) like a pro and laughs at danny’s jokes while danny cleans up the messes. a long long time ago, danny promised himself he’d make alex laugh. and now alex laughs. but it’s not because danny is funny. it’s because alex finally lives a life where he can let go and enjoy himself to his heart’s content.
meanwhile q hovers over the stove as james peels off his fogged up glasses and gets him to taste the food, om nom. later, there will be sour cream on body parts instead of tacos.