The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone is one of the most prestigious culinary schools in the entire country. Every year thousands of prospective chefs apply with only a handful chosen to attend. There is a long history of friendly fire between the Baking and Pastry students and the Culinary students, each specialty attracting specific personality types that don't always see eye-to-eye. While the bakers thrive off of order and precision, the hotsiders lean more towards gut feelings and controlled chaos. Never has this been more apparent than between Lukas Patterson and Julianna Molina.
For Luke, the CIA is a chance to appease his parents while still working on his music career in the background. Cooking isn't quite the same as writing music, but there's an art to it that can't be denied. Sure it stings a bit that his parents are willing to support this creative endeavor and not the one he cares the most about but beggars can't really be choosers.
For Julie, the CIA is a way to fulfill one of the promises made to her dying mother without having to fight through the pain of a different promise. The quiet of the Bakeshop in the early morning and the routine of prepping a recipe and moving through the steps has helped her find a sense of order in a world that felt out of control after the loss of her mom. There are still traditions to be carried on when it comes to baking, and if she uses school as an excuse to stop pursuing music, well no one has to know that but her.
And while at first they may believe themselves to be complete opposites, in time they come to realize they actually have a lot more in common than they originally thought. It's hard to hate someone when you start to find pieces of yourself reflected back in them. What starts as light teasing on Luke's side and pure annoyance on Julie's slowly starts to melt into something a lot softer. Turns out that sometimes when opposites attract and walls break down, the best kind of fire finds a way to burn.
look at me making a moodboard and writing a synopsis for a fic I am barely three chapters into writing😅 maybe posting this will force me to find a way to finish this fic, or maybe it will continue to live unfinished in my google docs forever.
