Moreid Baking AU
For @nixie-deangel
“I wanted to thank you,” Spencer began nervously, trying to hide behind a loose strand of hair. “F-For the d-donuts. Everyone at work loved them.”
“You took them to your work?” Derek asked, trying to keep the disappointment out of his voice.
“Yes?” Spencer looked up, tilting his head curiously. “Was- I thought-”
“I made them for you.”
Spencer blinked. “I don’t-”
“I like you.” Derek interrupted. “A lot, Spencer. I like you a lot.”
“... Is that why you’ve been baking for me?” Spencer asked. “The donuts, the brownies, the pie - all of it, was... flirting? You’ve been flirting with me?”
Derek sighed. “Would you like to have dinner with me?”
“Why didn’t you just ask me that in the first place?”
“Is that a no?”
“No.”
“O-Okay, well, I’ll-”
“No, I mean,” Spencer reached forward to grab Derek’s arm before he could shut his door. “I’d love to have dinner with you, Derek. I really would.”
“Yeah?” Derek breathed. “Tonight?”
“I can’t,” Spencer shook his head. “I’ve just been called into work, we’ve got a case. In New York.”
“When you get back then.” Derek nodded.
“Yes,” Spencer nodded back. “I’ll call you, okay?”
“Spencer...”
“Yeah?”
Derek swallowed. “Be safe, okay?”
The smile that lit up Spencer’s face took Derek’s breath away. “I will be. I promise.”
Then, in a burst of confidence even Spencer didn’t know he possessed, he pressed his lips to Derek’s cheek before darting off.
“I’ll see you when I get back.”
Derek stood, half frozen as he watched Spencer walk away. He lifted his hand to his cheek, touching where Spencer’s lips had met his skin.
“See you, Pretty Boy.”
