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Luke's, Thursday

"Huh." Greg looked up, surprised, as Duke came in for his usual Thursday shift. "You came back."

Behind him, Ali handed Danny some cash, looking annoyed.

"Shut up and get to work," Duke told them. "You all remember I'm your boss, right?"

His kitchen staff just laughed.

Today's specials
CATCH OF THE DAY!
Flounder a la moutarde

"You, uh." Danny leaned in surreptitiously, his voice low. "You remember this is a diner, right?"

Duke rolled his eyes and added to the specials board:

with french fries

"Better?"

Danny nodded and went back to work.

Luke's was open.

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He's in a good mood today, staff aside.

"I think I'll just take the fries."

Hello to you, too, Octavia. And your tiny headtilt at the specials board.

"Don't tell me you're tired of fish," Duke said, even as he put her order in, then came over to give her a kiss hello. "Break my heart why don't you."

Octavia snorted a little. "I just can't read what it says past the 'flounder'."

She could make up for all of it by reaching up to meet him for that kiss.

"And you don't trust that it might be good?" Duke said. "A la Moutarde. 'With mustard'."

"I trust it's probably good, because I trust you," Octavia retorted. While sneakily taking one of his hands in hers. "But I'm still just taking the fries."

"Fine, fine, I see how it is," Duke said, tone light and cheerful. He snuck another kiss.

The kitchen staff probably didn't miss this.

"You want anything to drink?"

The staff could just deal. There was a lightness here that had been missing for a long time.

Octavia gave his fingers a squeeze.

"Sure," she said. "Diner-runner's choice."

"Strawberry cream soda," Duke decided. "Grab a seat." He patted the lunch counter. "You can watch me work."

"Lunch and a show?" Octavia teased with a rasp as she pulled away to take her newly assigned seat. "Wow."

"Only the best for my snogon," Duke said. "You been settling back in alright?"

"I guess," Octavia replied with a little shrug, settling down. "Feels like a regular day."

Whatever that even meant.

Duke started working on her drink. "Been awhile since we had one of those."

"It has," Octavia agreed with a sigh. "Too long."

Duke finished her soda and set it in front of her, with a bowl of fresh strawberries on the side. “To regular days, then.”

"To regular days," Octavia agreed a little wryly, picking up the drink with an appreciative, fond look at the strawberries.

Then she took a sip. Really focused on giving it a taste.

"... Oh, this is good."

"Yeah?" Duke grinned, pleased. "Glad you like it!"

Danny swooped in with her french fries, then darted away to give them privacy. Duke stole one of the smaller fries from the edge of the plate and popped it into his mouth.

"Met any newbies yet?"

Octavia tended to like everything he put in front of her, but it was never not worth it to see his reaction when she said it out loud.

She reached for a fry for herself, too. "Just one."

For her, even that was kind of impressive.

“Wow,” Duke said, because it really was. “One of the students? Or the new boat guy, maybe?”

He should probably refer to his new coteacher by name.

"Edward's not new."

Not quite what he'd asked, but a valid point all the same.

"The Jackdaw was here for a while last summer." About a week or something, but still.

"He cruised in, saw something brewing, and cruised out," Duke agreed. "But he's new enough."

"Well, he's not new to me." Anyone whose men she'd sparred with wouldn't count, clearly.

She looked down at the strawberries. Picked one up.

Got milder.

"It was a student."

Duke watched her, wondering how this kid had managed to set her off.

"Yeah?" He picked out another french fry. "Tell me about them."

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