Let's Hear It For Finishing A Story :)

It was about time I finished one of my stories that had just been collecting dust on the shelf and yesterday was the day.  After talking with a good friend from FLOSS and helping her with story ideas for Charles' demise (don't ask *giggles*), I finished my first light fluffy fic of Charles and Martha after the Presidency.  Of course, in this timeline, Day Five never took place and Charles retired from office without incident.  Now he has the time to devote his attention to Martha and he wants to prove how far he is willing to go to repair the damage to their marriage over the years by cooking her a dinner.  Now I know people will say that they don't think Charles is the type to be an experienced chef and I would agree that creatively he wouldn't be but when it comes to the methodical execution of preparing a meal he could do this with ease.  He strikes me as a very organized, logical person who would enjoy doing something that guarantees the same result each time and requires precise measurements and instructions.  Just my take on the issue :)

Another thing about this story that I tried to incorporate but I think a second rewrite will be needed before it comes out the way I wanted is the idea that cooking and marriage have many parallels.  And as the two of them prepare the meal together, they discover what they loved about each other in the first place.  There's something about coming together to help each other perform a common task that helps in putting the past behind you and makes you grow closer together.  Unfortunately, I think I could have done a better job on showing those parallels in their conversations and actions but I hope you get a little bit of that idea as you read the story itself!

However before I unveil this little piece of fun let me hand out the next set of Christmas presents for clementine_lime, clicketyclick3, and  crashandburn.  The icon for each person goes from left to right in the order I just gave :) Merry Christmas!

( Gifts for clementine_lime, clicketyclick3, and crashandburn! )

And finally here's the story I was babbling about for the last few paragraphs.  I hope you enjoy it!

( Culinary Differences (PG) )

 

I know you want me to be supportive of you during this hour of need but I can't help but think of how unsupportive you've been of me...