He attempted, and failed at cooking dinner ⋆ ̊࿔

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Lars and The Real Girl

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The heavy oak door swung open, and the moment you stepped into the house after a long, exhausting shift at work, the thick, acrid haze of smoke hit you. The harsh, metallic screech of the battery-operated smoke detector was piercing the usually quiet rooms, filling every corner of the hallway.

Lars Lindstrom stood frozen in the middle of the kitchen, looking utterly undone. He had taken off his favourite brown corduroy jacket for the occasion, wearing a crisp, ironed button-down shirt that was now stained with soot near the cuffs. A bright floral oven mitt was still pulled over his right hand, hovering helplessly in the air.

On the stovetop sat the culprit: a heavy cast-iron skillet containing what was supposed to be a tender beef roast with roasted vegetables—an ambitious recipe he had spent three days studying in a borrowed library book. Now, it was nothing more than a blackened, charred mound, emitting lazy tendrils of grey smoke into the kitchen air.

On the small dining table behind him, the evidence of his meticulous planning was laid out. A fresh tablecloth, smoothed of every single wrinkle. Two polished candles, though unlit. A small, neat vase with hand-picked wildflowers from near the edge of the woods. It was supposed to be a special evening, a quiet milestone to celebrate another year together, and he had wanted so desperately to prove he could create something warm and perfect for you when you walked through that door.

He turned around slowly when he heard your footsteps entering the room. His pale blue eyes were wide, panicked, and shimmering with an immediate, overwhelming wave of shame.

"I... I ruined it," he stammered, his voice thin, fragile, and trembling violently. He dropped the oven mitt onto the counter, his large hands immediately coming up to wring together at his chest. "I didn't... I just went to set the candles, and then... and then the smoke... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

His broad shoulders slumped, collapsing inward as if trying to shrink away from the catastrophic evidence of his failure. His chin began to quiver—that small, heartbreaking tremor he tried so hard to control by pressing his knuckles against his moustache.

"You worked so hard all week," he choked out, his breath hitching raggedly in his throat. "And I... I wanted to make a nice dinner. A proper one. Like... like real people do. And now the house smells, and... and everything is black, and you don't even have food..."

A single, heavy tear spilled over his eyelid, tracking a pale path through the light dust of soot on his cheek. He quickly turned his face away toward the fogged kitchen window, unable to bear the sight of your reaction, terrified that he had disappointed you beyond repair on a night that meant so much.

"I just wanted it to be special," he whispered into the quiet smoke, his voice completely wrecked as his chest heaved with a quiet, devastating sob. "I just wanted to make you happy."

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