Chilly Boulder, Thursday after classes

[stykera]

Stark had won in the Floor is Lava this morning. Stark had won at paintball this afternoon. More importantly, Stark had beaten Anakin in both classes. Stark's day, so far, was wonderful.

And his day promised to get better. After Stark's second victory Summer had suggested celebrating somewhere. They'd had drinks last night to celebrate her performance at the Summer Games, after all, so it only made sense to celebrate Stark's wins today.

Naturally, Stark had overthought this before being not-so-gently reminded that the day was only so long so he needed to make a decision. He'd decided on celebratory ice cream and now was trying to decide on what to order.

"We could share something?" he suggested to Summer as he looked at the menu. "Or each get different things. Maybe we could try both then?"

[expecting the gently modded redhead for this absolutely-not-a-date ice cream excursion but this is also a very open post! Others in search of frozen desserts are very welcome!]

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[somethingwithturquoise]

So, when Summer had told Stark that they could go and do whatever he wanted to do to celebrate his double-victory today, she pretty much braced herself for anything. And with a portal gun and a spaceship readily available? There was a lot of possibility there! He could have gone for anything. A N Y T H I N G.

So the fact that he decided he just wanted to go get ice cream?

Kind of adorable, actually.

"We are both grown ass adults, Stark," she reminded him. "I think we can both get our own things."

[stykera]

Stark hadn't wanted to ask for too much. Or anything... serious. Ice cream had seemed like a safe and enjoyable option!

"We are. I just... sometimes sharing is nice." He was planning on a large sundae with an absurd number of toppings on it that could absolutely be shared a little if someone else wanted.

"A browmie sundae," he told the bored looking teenager behind the counter. "With chocolate chip ice cream and hot fudge and peanut butter sauce and marshmallow and cherry syrup and extra whipped cream and cherries and rainbow sprinkles. Please."

He turned back to Summer. "And you?"

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer's brows lifted a little as Stark's order continued and continued and then continued some more, but, also, you know what? First in both his competitive classes was no small feat, he'd earned it, and now her attention shifted to the bored teenager, who probably already knew what she was going to ask before she actually said anything.

"I take it you guys are still not doing flies?"

The teenager rolled their eyes and Summer rolled hers right back. "Look, I can't help it if your flavor profiles are still tragically stuck in a dimension that clearly has never been taken over by giant space spiders. I'm telling you, it's way better than it sounds. But, whatever, I'll take strawberry. With rainbow sprinkles and peanuts in a chocolate waffle cone, pleeeaaasssee."

A beat.

"And chocolate covered raisins."

Which were not the same, but close enough.

[stykera]

"Maybe you ought to bring your own flies," Stark suggested, looking faintly horrified at himself for saying such a thing.

The teenager behind the counter gave him a very odd look for the suggestion but then went back to preparing their orders.

"I wonder if I should have eaten something for lunch besides this today," he said, half to himself as he took the sundae and headed to a table once he thought Summer was ready. "But this can be lunch and dinner."

[somethingwithturquoise]

"It's just not the saa~ame," said Summer, putting just the right of whine in it that the word required, "when it's you're own flies."

But she was giving Stark a bit of a withering look as she licked at her ice cream cone while following him to the table.

"But have you seriously not eaten any..." A brief pause, for a very significant distinction, "food...since yesterday?"

[stykera]

Stark sat down and scooped up a spoonful of whipped cream and sauce without any ice cream at all before answering.

"I didn't have any food for breakfast," he confirmed. He ducked his head then grinned a little shyly. "But you know that."

[somethingwithturquoise]

"You could have eaten something in between your classes, you dingus," said Summer. "You can't have ice cream be the only thing you eat today, Stark."

And she ate a little bit more of her own.

"At least I got strawberry, so I can make the argument for having fruit."

[stykera]

"I could have something else later. And there's peanut butter on this. And a brownie underneath. And cherries on top!" He plucked one of the cherries off the top and held it out to her. "See?"

[somethingwithturquoise]

"You got so much stuff on that thing that I actually forgot about the cherries," Summer admitted, as she sat down across from Stark and just took a moment to just sort of look at him and his ridiculous sundae with a faint expression of fondness on her face.

"But you did win both your classes today," she added, eventually, "so it's allowed. You probably should eat something vaguely healthy at some point, though."

[stykera]

"I might," Stark said, popping the cherry in his mouth. "If I'm still hungry. Or maybe I'll just have something more substantial tomorrow. Maybe breakfast?"

Perhaps there was a way someone could ensure he ate breakfast.

"Right now I'd rather eat other things. This is good. Would you like a bite?"

[somethingwithturquoise]

"You did say something about maybe trying both," Summer pointed out, with a little bit of a grin, as she tilted her ice cream cone his way. "You want some of mine, too?"

[stykera]

"I like trying new things, sometimes," Stark told her. "You're a good person to try new things with."

His favorite person to try new things with, really.

"Thank you." He slid the sundae toward Summer, then started to reach for her cone. He stopped himself and instead leaned forward over the table so he could reach the cone with his mouth.

Yes. Summer did essentially have him eating out of the palm of her hand.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Stark may have been the one trying the ice cream right now, but it was Summer was was eating this all up. And a small part of her couldn't help but think that she could very easily just move her arm and send that cone right into his face.

But then where would she be? Broken trust and depriving herself of more ice cream.

Although she certainly would help with the clean-up.

"How is it?" she asked. "Good?"

[stykera]

"It's good," Stark confirmed, licking a stray bit of ice cream off his upper lip.

"Would you like some of mine? There's plenty of whipped cream if you just want that."

[somethingwithturquoise]

"If I'm going to try yours," Summer stated, almost matter-of-factly, as she pulled back her cone and deftly licked up a bit that was threatening to drop on the table, "I'm definitely going to want more than just whipped cream, Stark."

[stykera]

"You can have as much as you like," Stark said, nudging the dish a little closer to her. "You know that. I just know you like whipped cream."