Love Scott's reaction to Kip making pasta salad. Just the very primal, 'Oh you fed me? You made food for me? Smash'
And how very much taller than his partner Scott Hunter folds in half to rest his head on Kip's shoulder and be little spoon. It fucking kills me every time he does it. And the little jumping over the couch into Kip's arms like a happy little bunny rabbit doing a little flop?
Absolute perfection
When was the last time someone made homemade food for Scott for no reason except that they love him? When he was twelve, when his parents died?
He went to boarding school after that on a hockey scholarship. The school would’ve had staff to cook. The food probably wasn’t bad, but it wouldn’t have been customized to exactly what Scott likes best (pasta salad, but skip the feta because he doesn’t like feta).
Yeah, he probably stayed with extended family during vacations, but whoever they were, they don’t seem to be super close to him as an adult. He may have felt the need not to be too much trouble. Not to ask for pasta salad with no feta, in case his extended family decided he was too much work. And then he’d have to stay at the boarding school during vacations as well.
As an adult, maybe he had a meal prep service. Busy professional athlete. Again, people who are paid to make food for him. Paid to accommodate his preferences. Maybe a friend on the team cooks for him sometimes, but probably not that often. They’d also be busy pro athletes. And unless they were paying close attention, they might forget that Scott hates feta. He’s way too polite (and way too aware that most people don’t care that much) to criticize any food they make for him.
So when would he get homemade food for free? Mostly when the wife or girlfriend of a teammate cooks. And he’d be aware that he’s getting this food on sufferance. He’s a friend of their husband or boyfriend, and they’re feeding him as a favour to their boyfriend. It’s Scott’s job not to take up too much space in other people’s families, not be too demanding. Lest they grow tired of having him around and stop inviting him.
And then along comes Kip, and he’s giving Scott orgasms, and he’s making Scott’s empty apartment feel like a home for both of them, and he’s paying attention to Scott’s food preferences. And making food for both of them and putting it in Scott’s fridge (now their fridge) because he’s pretty sure Scott will be hungry when he gets home from practice.
Of course Scott goes nuts for this. Kip didn’t have to make pasta salad and skip the feta. He did it anyway. For Scott and Scott alone! Ilya Rozanov isn’t the only person in the HR universe with a domesticity kink.
