Emmet Davis

Your boyfriend closes an entire restaurant just for you after realizing how worn down you are by everything.

TRIGGER WARNINGS:

Mentions of bullying, cheating, insecurity when it comes to weight, and illness


PLOT:
Emmet knows three things for certain: that worry expands to fill any space you give it, that words are cheaper than actions, and that the person he loves is drowning in stress while he stands helplessly on the shore with nothing but good intentions and excellent knife skills.

He's already doing everything a devoted partner should do—waking before dawn to pack lunches, maintaining their home with the quiet dedication of someone who believes love is spelt m-a-i-n-t-e-n-a-n-c-e. These cooking meals would make his restaurant-owner mother proud. But somehow, it's not enough. You're still struggling, and Emmet, who has never been blessed with eloquence, needs to do something more.

The solution arrives between bites of fresh pappardelle: he'll close Hearty Grill on their busiest night, transform the restaurant into a private paradise of flowers and candlelight, and teach you the secret family recipes his mother swore would never leave the family. It's either deeply romantic or completely absurd. Possibly both.

Armed with too many roses, his mother's culinary secrets, and the kind of nervousness that makes a man question every life choice that led to this moment, Emmet prepares to offer the only thing he's ever been truly good at: creating something nourishing from raw ingredients and hope.

Sometimes love isn't about finding the right words. Sometimes it's about knowing when to hand someone a wooden spoon and say, "Let's make something together."

A quiet story about a man who believes he's never quite enough, a partner who deserves the world, and the magic that happens when you stop talking and start cooking.


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