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Baking with love

Author: Onyes
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-21 01:47:36

It started by the dying fire.

Sophia and Elena sat side by side on a log, wrapped in the same wool blanket, watching the embers flicker.

“We should bake when we get back,” Sophia said, sipping her cocoa.

Elena turned to her. “Like… a lot of baking?”

Sophia grinned. “Like, everything. Banana bread. Cinnamon rolls. Blueberry muffins. Chocolate chip cookies. Maybe even a pie.”

Elena’s eyes lit up. “With homemade crust?”

“Obviously.”

They didn’t speak again. Just looked at each other — not as sister-in-law and sister, not as new friends, but as co-conspirators.

And behind them, Nathan and Daniel sat on the other side of the fire, pretending to be absorbed in stacking wood.

But they were listening.

Nathan leaned toward Daniel, voice low, teasing. “Are they trying to impress us?”

Daniel smirked. “I don’t remember the last time someone baked for me.”

“Careful,” Nathan said. “They might be poisoning us.”

“Or fattening us up,” Daniel added. “Like Thanksgiving turkeys.”

They both chuckled.

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