MHA #8, Saturday

[stykera]

Stark had spent a good portion of yesterday working on a birthday cake. He'd considered cupcakes because that's what he usually made but a full-size cake was different and possibly more special, so he'd gone with that. And he'd covered the cake with purple and gold edible glitter. It had seemed appropriate and he'd found it amusing. He only hoped the recipient of the cake would as well.

The cake was on the table, along with far too many takeout containers for two people. Not because he'd ordered and received too many. He'd ordered from several places on purpose. That way there were choices. Hopefully at least one was correct.

He wasn't entirely confident he'd done enough for this birthday, given that the 3 most recent birthdays he'd attended had involved 21 bars in a row (Stark was very glad he was not going to be visiting 78 or even 24 bars today), a very large and loud arcade, and a glittery western themed party. He was also a little worried that it might be more than Faye really wanted. He'd have to see.

He thought she'd be pleased. He hoped she'd be pleased. He'd find out either way once she arrived.

[For the purple-haired 78 year old!]

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[stykera]

Stark very happily returned that kiss, then grinned widely. It was good to be appreciated.

"Good. I'm glad you like it. I liked doing it." He really had enjoyed trying to make something special. "But I hope you're hungry. Or you could skip dinner and just have cake."

[flourish_or_perish]

"I'm always hungry, Stark," Faye told him confidently. "But, like...the cake is the only part you made, right? Because I kind of want to look at it more? Should I take a picture of it?" Faye Valentine: Instagram novice.

The rest of it was takeout, it seemed like, and while she very much appreciated having attention and money spent on her, it was really the effort of the cake that had kind of gotten to Faye.

[stykera]

"I only made the cake. But it's your cake," Stark pointed out. "You can do whatever you like. If you want to take pictures you should take pictures." Was he quietly thrilled that she liked it enough to want to take pictures? Absolutely.

"I didn't make anything else. Just the cake. I just ordered a lot of food."

[flourish_or_perish]

"I want to take pictures," Faye decided, fishing her phone out (as always: don't worry about where she had been keeping it) to take a few careful photos of said cake. "Cakes this nice are temporary, and I want to remember it."

She was maybe assigning a lot of stuff to the cake here out of a combination of not really knowing what to do on a birthday, aside from what she'd seen in movies and stuff, and overwhelming feelings over the fact that Stark had done literally anything at all (let alone what she was viewing as a lot.)

[stykera]

"Then you should take pictures. I'm glad you think it's nice. I wasn't sure." He'd thought it looked good but Faye was occasionally (often) something of a mystery to Stark. Her reactions had him feeling very good about his choices so far though.

"I hope it tastes good too. The frosting did, when I was making it."