Middle Eastern Spinach Hand Pies and Pistachio Honey Cake from Sweetness Follows by @hedgehockey
Today's fic is from the 2024 Dreamling Bingo prompt, Bakery, so there are many many many food mentions in this fic! I'll probably have to revisit this fic in the future to make more things, but for today I chose the spinach pies and the honey cake. In this story, Hob owns a bakery/coffee shop with Joanna (there is always some funny banter going on between these two!) and Dream is an artist. But the most adorable part of the fic is that this is also a dad Dream and little Orpheus fic! Hob always watches their little antics and pines after the dad, as they regularly walk by the cafe. But one day they come inside and soon they become regulars, much to Hob's delight! It's a one-shot but a slow burn, and there's a lot of mutual yearning! But I really love the pace because it feels so real, and watching them fall in love is really sweet.
Here are a few lines from the fic!
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Hob looks up from wiping the coffee bar, to see Jo leaning back against the counter, watching him.
“I’m sorry, what?”
“Do you think he’s a musician?"
“Who?”
“Mr tall, dark and scary, with the rainbow mini-me? The one you’ve been watching for days?”
“Shut up, Constantine,” Hob warns, turning back to the coffee bar and shaking his cloth over the grounds bin.
“I think I’m going to go for a walk,” he says. “I’m taking a pie.” This week they’re selling middle-eastern-inspired spinach hand pies since spinach is one of the few ingredients still in season. He drops one of the crescent-shaped pastries into a paper bag, and turns towards the front door.
[I made Lebanese fatayer, which are usually triangles, but I was in a rush and rectangles were easy to shape 😁. We continue with more food.)
