aren't you charming?

lorelai wasn't very good at maintaining relationships, she especially wasn't very good at making friends. it had never been important to her. winning, succeeding, crushing her enemies into fine dust, that was important to her. redwood hollow had worn her down some over the years. that's how she ended up with standing lunch date with eilonwy pelydryn of all people. a sweetheart, truly. a damn lifesaving doctor. she was like a shining beacon of hope in lorelai's otherwise stormy and cutthroat world.

eilonwy of all people was surprised that she had somehow managed to strike up a friendship with lorelai hart over the years. both their schedules were near impossible to match up apart from the longstanding lunches they kept to make sure they caught up with one another. she admired lorelai and everything she had built, it was impressive and lorelai herself was an impressive woman.

"oh, i don't know about that. maybe the second sweetest person around," he smiled fondly at her. it quickly broke out into a grin when eilonwy agreed to the jello. "love strawberry. that's the perfect valentine's day treat." flash shouldered his fake bow-and-heart-arrow and held his hand out for her to take, trying to keep it extremely cool while doing so.

"i don't think that can be true, cupid." flash had invited her for valentine's jello and eilonwy didn't think she had ever looked forward to jello like she was now. she smiled while cupid tucked away his bow and arrow and took his hand, their fingers interlocking while they started the walk to the cafeteria "my day has been wonderful. i've been doing rounds and making valentine's with the kids. the little boy robert in central nine got to ring the bell this morning because he's in officially remission. it was a really special moment to share today. and now i get the joy of joining you" she smiled over at him "how has your day been?"

Flash(back): Valentine's Day (February 14th 2026)

eilonwy hadn't much thought of the holiday in regards to herself. she had been caught up with work and making sure all the kids in the wards felt like they were included in the sweet holiday by dropping them off some colouring and a little chocolate for each of them. candygrams were going round to patients and the heart decorations that adorned the hallways and rooms were a lovely pop of colour to brighten up the place.

"thank you very much, doc. i appreciate that," he grinned, looking a little too pleased with himself over eilonwy's compliment. "it's the nicest one i've ever been too. gotta say, though, i can't wait for the food. i'm starving."

"i'll make you a deal. if you don't get into any shenanigan related injuries here, you can have my dessert"

Hiro nodded along, making a mental note to maybe visit the hospital sometime. Kids always had the best ideas for how to make bots look cool, especially if they knew this much about colours. “Ohhh, I see. Those kids must be pretty knowledgeable then.” More knowledgeable than Hiro at least.

eilonwy smiled and nodded "they are, some of them take their colours when colouring very seriously. we have colours all over the place, they come up in conversation a lot"

Kronk couldn't imagine having to be that close to the issue. It wasn't like you could just walk away when it was your job. "That must have been hard. No, thankfully. I don't what I would do, if that were to change. Or god forbid, if something happened to me. I wouldn't want my family to worry. I'm sorry, if you don't want to talk about it I understand."

"it was. it feels more personal when it's someone you know who is in pain or suffering." it felt too personal. the stakes felt higher when it was a friend laying in front of her in a hospital bed. "i'm glad you didn't have to deal with any of that. unfortunately it's rarer than you'd think around here. i hope you or your loved ones never have to face something like that. it's okay, people are curious and have questions, i don't blame you or anyone else for asking about it"

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she appreciated the help that honeymaren had offered but that idn't mean she wanted the woman to hurt herself helping her move her antique dressing table. "thank you, if we can take it over to the far wall and place it there that would be great"