fandom_clinic | Fandom Clinic; Thursday [12/15].

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Fandom Clinic; Thursday [12/15].

Libby was running a little bit late for work that day, but she didn't come empty handed! It was just that she was trying out a new recipe for cupcakes, and they just took a little longer than she expected.

"They have zucchini in them!" she told them cheerfully, although they really wish she hadn't. "Vegan and gluten free, too! They taste way better than regular cupcakes, anyway."

She said, as if she'd ever really had regular cupcakes, and, in the rare cases she had, they were so cloyingly sweet she could barely eat any of it.

But she settled in at her desk, after taking a moment to remark on how fancy Stabby was looking, with his nice top hat and cane. "Does he have a date later on?" she wondered, turning just the faintest bit pink at the word date.

"No," one of the nurses explained, "he's going to a brine tasting."

The lack of a rim shot there just made Libby wonder if they should get Stabby a drum kit, and then her attention shifted to the computer, where she would spend the rest of her morning being incredibly frustrated and confuses as to why her "l.forrester" login for her study modules wasn't working, and she put on a little Led Zeppelin to help keep her calm as she tried to figure it out.

The Clinic is open!

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Computer problems aside, Libby is there and happy to help! She needs all the practice she can get if she wants to be as good a nurse as her dad some day!

Hopefully, not too many people are winding up here after getting roughed up by some hooligans in vintage 90s gear...

Oh look, someone was walking in and up to the front desk. And heading right for the front desk where Libby was. Stopping, he leaned on the desk slightly and gave Libby a grin.

"Hey there. Doing anything after your shift today?" he asked with a small wink.

Was Kurt showing off how good he was getting with the shapeshifting again? Yes. Yes, he definitely was, though he was pretty sure Libby knew it was him and not actually the barista from The Perk.

Libby had a pretty good idea, yeah, as her login issues were completely forgotten as she met that wink with a big, bright, excited grin.

"As a matter of fact," she then declared, doing a poor job of tucking that grin away as she straightened up very importantly and tried to look very serious, "I am, thank you. I was planning on hanging out with my boyfriend," and oh how using that word still managed to fill her up with little excited butterflies, even a week after she'd finally bit the bullet and asked him out officially, "actually."

Oh and hearing it was doing pretty much the same to Kurt as the grin on his face broadened, and he shifted back to his normal self.

"Oh, then I guess it's my lucky day because I was hoping my girlfriend (yeah, that really felt nice to say) would be free on her lunch break." Kurt lifted up the bag with a grin "Broke out some new recipes I need an expert's opinion on."

And here Libby didn't think her smile could get any bigger, and then she heard Kurt saying it, and, look at that, it did. She took a moment to just sort of revel in it, wondering if it would ever get old.

"Always," she reported, pushing her chair away from the desk to pull that second chair up to the desk for Kurt, patting the seat to coax him into it. "I can't seem to log into the computer today, anyway, for some reason, so I've had nothing but time."

"Oh, the island shenanigans actually working in our favor for once?" Kurt said, a huge grin on his own face as he sat down in the chair.

He looked at Libby for a moment, still trying to somewhat convince himself that they really were dating and that she had finally actually asked him out. Kurt didn't know if the butterflies and giddy feeling would ever die down and honestly, he would be perfectly happy if they never did.

"Time to ourselves sounds like a great way to spend a work shift," he said with a grin.

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"Well," said Libby, grinning faintly as she rolled her eyes a little and glanced over her shoulder toward the nurses, "not exactly to ourselves, but....I'll take it. Besides, I'm not really sure if the computer stuff is island shenanigans, or just some kind of technical difficulties. Maybe the system is down, or something."

"Maybe. I'm not going to argue the details" Kurt said, still practically beaming at Libby as he started pulling containers out of the bag. "Lunch with my amazing girlfriend is always my preferred way to spend the day."

He gave Libby another wink and turned his attention to the food for a moment.

"Hope you are hungry! Got some new dishes for us to try this time! We have some vegan meat balls, veggie tower stacks, a bit of cahsew and fig dessert and some hibiscus rose latte."

Overboard? Maybe, but Libby would always be worth it. And it didn't hurt that Kurt loved being in the kitchen cooking.

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"Oh, wow," said Libby, her eyes going a little wide as Kurt just kept pulling out one amazing option after another. Sure, she was kind of used to him really going that extra mile with most things he did, but it would always impress her how much he actually did.

"This is going to be amazing," she remarked. "And it's all vegan, too?"

She'd always been vegetarian, of course, but she was really trying lately to make that push into full veganism, ever since she read an article about the dairy industry that had her crying for about a full hour afterwards.

"Yup, made sure any butter called for in anything was switched with sunflower oil, and the late is dairy free too...so all 100 percent vegan for my special gal," he said with a grin. It helped that having (not grown up on a farm) the upbringing he did also meant he had always kinda gravitated towards vegetarianism too. Vegan was a challenge at times, but he was glad to be doing it with Libby.

"You're too good to me," said Libby, beaming still, and taking a moment to appreciate this nice little bit of simple rebellion against expected gender roles, that she was the one working and he was doing all the cooking for her. Not that she wouldn't return the favor later (maybe with more zucchini cupcakes! Lucky Kurt!), because all gender roles were bullshit, but it still gave her a little thrill.

Her attention then shifted to the cutlery drawer, opening it veeerrry carefully, in case of coffee,and then plucked out a few plastic utensils.

"We really should think about starting to keep less disposable utensils around," she noted, as he handed some over to Kurt, "but I get how it could be a sanitation issue. I hate wasting so much plastic, though. Eventually, our whole planet will be nothing but plastic, cockroaches, and Twinkies."

"Never," Kurt said with a grin and shake of his head. He watched her get the silverware and gave a thoughtful nod as he listened to her.

"Well, we can always get a couple of sets and I can wash them up easily enough afterward. I'm already washing bowls and containers. Couple of sets of spoons and forks won't really make it any harder."

And now Kurt's grin shifted slightly as he realized he might have just figured out another little gift to get Libby.

"I can probably get some nice sets ordered at T&C. I can just bring them with me each time. Can also get some reusable straws too while we are at it!"

"There's no need to get anything special," Libby said with a laugh, although it was kind of nice that Kurt had thought of something like that. "They're just forks and spoons and stuff, but reusable straws could be nice. Although those are just breeding grounds for bacteria sometimes, they're really hard to clean out properly..."

She grinned at Kurt, though, scooting her chair just a little bit closer so she could nudge his shoulder with her own.

"We could just stick to foods that don't need utensils, and just eat with our hands like cavemen."

And that shoulder nudge got one right back in return and even a quick shift so his head rested against hers for a bit. There still might be a set or two coming - maybe a nice wooden set for each of then, with a nice "L" and "K" on them. Or something else sickeningly sweet and adorable like that.

"Aye, I could find some good finger food recipes I am sure," Kurt said with a grin. And speaking of hands, he was resting his on the desk, as close as he could get to Libby's without actually touching.

Well, there really wasn't much point in trying to get close without touching, because as soon as Libby saw where Kurt's hand was going, she was going to snatch it right up in her own.

"Maybe food we can eat using just one hand," she suggested, giving his hand a squeeze to show why their other hands might be otherwise occupied.

And now everyone in the clinic was getting diabetes.

"Sandwiches. That could definitely work with one hand" Kurt said now very distracted by the butterflies and the heat he felt rising in his face as he returned that squeeze with one of his own.

And it was a good thing that Libby was not very busy today because there was a good chance it would take quite a lot to get them apart at this point. And he was perfectly fine with that!

And with her hand in Kurt's, leaning against him oh-so-comfortably, Libby looked over the food to see if any of it could be plucked up now with her fingers, but it looked like she had to finangle a fork out of its wrapper (easy enough! A nurse had to be pretty skilled with handling a lot of things at once!), so she could stab it into the 'meat'balls and pull one out.

"How was your morning?" she asked. "You didn't spend all of it in the kitchen, did you?"

This was nice. This was very nice. Kurt was just going to sit and enjoy this for a bit. Didn't matter he couldn't reach the silverware or his plate from where he was situated oh so comfortably.

"Eh, just a couple of hours. Didn't have class this morning so had the free time. Figured I'd make the most of it and make something really nice for our one-week anniversary. (yes they were totally going to be counting weeks nad months for a bit at least.) What do you think of it?" he asked with a nod towards the 'meat'balls.

One week anniversary. Sure, it was a little cheesy, but Libby kind of loved it and gave a small, pleased sigh when she heard it, grinning around her bite of meatball.

"A couple of hours?" she gawked a little, with a flabbergasted laugh and a shake of her head. "I could never spend that much time just cooking things."

Anything longer than half an hour, she just tended to drift off with daydreams, which is why she always picked dishes duty back home. Far less chance of forgetting something on the stove or in the over and burning dinner to a crisp!

"But definitely worth it," she assured him. "These are really good, Kurt."

And that simple praise was all he needed and all he would ever need to keep cooking away. Kurt smiled and pulled Libby a little closer and stretched slightly so he could skewer one of the meatballs himself.

"I like cooking and it's always fun making things for someone who means a lot to you. And besides, we'd make a good team in the kitchen. Tag team the meals and enjoy time together. Sounds like a win-win." For ya know that hopeful future time when they were more than just newly dating love-sick puppies.

"I think we make a pretty good team outside of the kitchen, too," Libby pointed out. "But I am pretty biased."

"Aye that we do!" Kurt said, shifting his hand and giving Libby's a little squeeze. "Gonna miss ya during the break. But I'll call or text you every day, ok?"

"Not if I call of text you first," said Libby, because ohgod, of course she would.

"I'll miss you, too," she added, her smile a little softer. "I know my parents won't mind if you want to come visit, but I know you have your own holiday stuff to take care of, too..."

"I might be able to swing by for a quick visit. It's a pretty good sized break, and I know the folks wouldn't mind me taking a few days to come to see you before it ends" Kurt said with a grin. "They really like you, after all. They still want you to come visit at some point too, especially now that we are official and all that."

You just had to add that last part, didn't you, Kurt? Just to leave Libby all basking and beaming over it before she laughed.

"It's funny," she said, "I always thought I hated labels and how restrictive they'd feel, but I think I actually really like this one.

"You know," she added, "I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind if I took some time to visit you, too. If we plan it right, we might not have to miss each other at all!"

Kurt had been slapped with many labels, most against his will, in his life. But the label of 'Libby's boyfriend' was one he would wear with pride and utter joy.

"Oh we definitely could! You can come with me for the first part, and then I can come with you to visit your family!"

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