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Hannibal Lecter ([personal profile] sharp_man) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2017-07-04 08:22 am

The Park, afternoon to evening

Hannibal really did enjoy his adopted country (it had immense opportunities for someone like him), and he would also accept any excuse for a party.

So, here they were. He'd set up a decent, industrial-sized grill on the lawn, arranged for an insane number of picnic blankets (mostly red, white, blue, or some combination thereof), and even bribed one of the local magical types to ensure that the weather would be perfect. And he had, of course, been cooking for days; all that was left was grilling the last-minute things.

Jono had agreed to handle the fireworks later, but for now there was mostly mingling and food.

There were several dips: tomatillo salsa verde, french onion, and a bagna cauda, with both traditional and less common vegetables for dipping, along with homemade potato and tortilla chips.

There were any number of salads: crispy potato with chiles, celery, and peanuts, tomato, onion, and roasted lemon, cabbage and jicama, potato with grilled kale, and raw beet and cucumber.

Then there were the non-salad side dishes: flatbread with fava beans, cucumbers, and burrata, salted and spiced melon, "tater tots" with spicy mayonnaise, and of course grilled corn (with miso butter).

On the grill were burgers with a high-quality meat blend, veggie burgers, the best hot dogs available (with a number of interesting toppings available, and ribs.

To go with all of this were mint tea, watermelon basil iced tea, iced hibiscus sweet tea, watermelon sangria, and a keg of Baltimore Pale Ale.

And if the main dishes weren't enough, there were of course desserts. Sorbet in grapefruit cups, strawberry rhubarb pie, roasted pears with espresso mascarpone cream, and s'mores cupcakes.

This was Hannibal. There was no such thing as going overboard with food.

[OOC: Open post! Come and party!]
whoisalicewhite: (Default)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] whoisalicewhite 2017-07-05 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Oooo! Parker leaned in and rewarded him with a kiss for that, and then said thoughtfully, "Sex outside?"

Did sex while camping count, or not? They'd mostly been in the tent.
geniuswithasmartphone: (Yo Hold Up)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] geniuswithasmartphone 2017-07-05 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
"There are bugs out there!" Hardison said, scandalized.

If he'd had pearls, he would have clutched them.
whoisalicewhite: (Sneaking away)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] whoisalicewhite 2017-07-05 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Parker snickered, then snort-giggled, and said, "Your face!" But that still got him another kiss, for making her laugh like that.
geniuswithasmartphone: (Yelling)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] geniuswithasmartphone 2017-07-05 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Is doin' exactly the right thing for the idea of bugs crawlin' on me durin'," he declared, though his grumpiness was mitigated at all these Parker kisses.
whoisalicewhite: (you amuse me)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] whoisalicewhite 2017-07-05 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay, okay. Sex indoors. Fireworks outdoors." Someday she'd figure out a way to get both together in the same space, but there just wasn't enough lead time this year. She leaned into him and asked, "What's your favorite thing about the Fourth?"
geniuswithasmartphone: (Fond Look--Parker)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] geniuswithasmartphone 2017-07-05 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
"You mean besides spendin' it with you an' Eliot?" Hardison asked, because that was honestly his favorite thing about every day, "Gotta be the fireworks. We can have a cookout pretty much any time, but there's somethin' cool about lookin' up at the sky an' seein' it blossom into color."
whoisalicewhite: (contented)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] whoisalicewhite 2017-07-06 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
"There is," Parker said contentedly, leaning into him.

Which was why there would be fireworks in the bedroom, someday.
geniuswithasmartphone: (Assessing The Situation (w/Parker))

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] geniuswithasmartphone 2017-07-06 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Except those fireworks, while pretty in the sky, involved explosions and flammable chemicals. Those did not belong in the bedroom, Parker!

"I like kissin' under 'em, too," Hardison observed. Innocently.