#halffizzbin

so julie riffed this passover one off the dome for me:

Main Character moved from home country to go to college in new york, and then just stayed there. he kind of quit practicing while there, and lied to his parents that he's totally still doing all the stuff.

then one year his parents have a surprise!! they managed to get last minute tickets to a broadway show! and it just so happens to be next week, which is the week of passover!! Main Character gets to host seder, isn't that exciting??!

Main Character is like FUCK. he passes a local temple on his daily commute and he's always thought about going in, but he never has. this time he does, he hauls ass over there and accosts a rabbi - ("and the rabbi's name is Elijah, of course," julie says) - asking him to coach MC in jewishness so that it looks like he's been doing it the whole time. rabbi is like 👀 but agrees.

the week is heavy partly because Main Character can't seem to go off book, but mostly because he's reconnecting with his culture and his faith and realizing it means more to him than he thought. maybe he's missed it all this time. maybe Elijah got that sense from him the day he came in. maybe Elijah has seen him pass by in the mornings, and seen the pensive way he looks at the windows. maybe he's wondered about him.

Main Character panics about the seder though and begs Elijah to pretend they're old college friends and help him host the seder. i don't know why, and MC doesn't know why, but he actually agrees. he's gotta stop by his grandma's first, but leave a seat for him, he'll be there in time to start.

it goes great! Main Character's parents love elijah, and they can 100% tell their kid has been LYING, and what the fuck they actually knew the ENTIRE TIME but never said anything, oh and Main Character realizes he's bisexual.

MC and i figured out why Rabbi agreed to do the seder. it is because he's in love with him. WOW!

there is a goof at the end about MC being hesitant to tell his mom about it, and elijah is like why, is she homophobic? but no, MC just doesn't know how to explain bisexuality to her

julie deadass just spun that one out

we came up with a few others, including a silly purim one, but the most coherent one, julie gave the title and i came up with the story. it is called Where The Challah Is lmao

so, ada and ivy finalize their bitter divorce on the day of Rosh Hashanah. ada's friends tell her this is good, it's a new start for her. she agrees, but can't seem to feel any better.

she leaves their shared bakery and starts her own. she has a year of failed relationships. then she runs into ivy again at the next rosh hashanah service. it's cold and awkward but they're forced to help do the baking together. they argue over the best way to do it, and realize they missed this: arguing over baking.

over the next year they reconnect, and merge their bakeries again. ivy proposes the next rosh hashanah. and the one after that, they are about to celebrate their second first anniversary.

the recurring bit is them arguing over the best way to make challah (which is actually pretty basic so why are they so convicted about slightly different ways to do it? well why should i know?) and they eventually decide there can be two challah breads. actually, there can be three: the ada way, the ivy way, and the both of them way. why are there so many of these? it's ok, everybody can take some home.

because the point is that they were making something together: delicious food, and a home. home is where the challah is.

bam. lesbians. jewish lesbians in aprons. come at me