challenge eight, prompt two
Title: Colored with Red 14
Author's Name: wizened_cynic
Fandom: Crossover - SVU/Gilmore Girls
Pairing: Alex/Lorelai
Words: 530
Notes: I'm supposed to be on sabbatical, but apparently flying_peanuts is the boss of me. fewthistle agrees. Title supplied by drummer_jew2002.
They spoke of distance and space, the rounding of the earth before love.
"What do you think came first: love, or cheese?" Lorelai stared intently through the door of the microwave, as if she could will the lasagna to cook faster by glowering at it.
"I think," Alex said, "that you will get brain cancer if you keep sticking your head so close to the microwave."
Lorelai frowned, but backed away. "Don't change the subject. Love, or cheese?"
"What kind of question is that?" Alex said. "The two are mutually exclusive."
"Let's forget separating the state from the church for a minute." Loreai paused and shook her head. "Wow, I can't believe I just said that. Anyway, pretend that Darwin was wrong and the whole intelligent design theory isn't a complete scam thought up by Republicans --- what do you think God made first: love or cheese?"
"God made humans," Alex said. "Humans made cheese."
Lorelai pointed her fork in Alex's direction. "That is a good point. But what about love? Who made love?"
"You don't make love --- well, not in the sense you're thinking of anyway," Alex rolled her eyes as Lorelai gave her a toothy grin. Such philosophical debates should not be had until after they'd consumed the necessary post-sex lasagna. "It's a function of the human brain. So I suppose you could argue that God made humans and love, and then humans made cheese."
"See, I don't agree with that." The microwave stopped, interrupting Lorelai's rebuttal. She took out the container and brought it to the table.
Alex scraped off the burnt, crusted cheese at the edges of the lasagna.
"That's going to give you cancer," Lorelai said. "And don't hog the cheese."
"I'm not. What were you disagreeing with?"
"I don't remember," Lorelai said, chewing. "You know what I think would be cool? If humans invented cheese to express their love."
Alex could not formulate a response to that, so she just nodded.
"You have no idea what I'm talking about, do you?"
"Not a clue."
Lorelai stabbed into the center of the lasagna and smiled like a cat that was about to sharpen its claws on a brand-new sofa.
"Stay on your side," Alex warned, and Lorelai stuck her tongue out.
Her tongue tasted like tomato sauce and cheese, and something else. Maybe love.
"This is going to kill us," Alex told Lorelai as she broke off the kiss. "Lasagna at three in the morning? I'm not even going to get into how this is all MSG and preservatives. It doesn't even taste that good."
"Ah, but there is something so ultimately comforting about eating tomato sauce and ground beef while we're not wearing any underwear."
They contemplated this as they finished eating, brushed their teeth a second time, and crawled back under the covers. Lorelai teased her toe up Alex's calf until Alex told her to stop, she wasn't ticklish so give it up already, and as all sober thoughts grew drowsy, Lorelai punctured the silence, asking, "What about ground beef? What do you think came first: love, or ground beef?"
"Sleep, Lorelai." Alex put her hand over Lorelai's lips. "Sleep."
Author's Name: wizened_cynic
Fandom: Crossover - SVU/Gilmore Girls
Pairing: Alex/Lorelai
Words: 530
Notes: I'm supposed to be on sabbatical, but apparently flying_peanuts is the boss of me. fewthistle agrees. Title supplied by drummer_jew2002.
They spoke of distance and space, the rounding of the earth before love.
"What do you think came first: love, or cheese?" Lorelai stared intently through the door of the microwave, as if she could will the lasagna to cook faster by glowering at it.
"I think," Alex said, "that you will get brain cancer if you keep sticking your head so close to the microwave."
Lorelai frowned, but backed away. "Don't change the subject. Love, or cheese?"
"What kind of question is that?" Alex said. "The two are mutually exclusive."
"Let's forget separating the state from the church for a minute." Loreai paused and shook her head. "Wow, I can't believe I just said that. Anyway, pretend that Darwin was wrong and the whole intelligent design theory isn't a complete scam thought up by Republicans --- what do you think God made first: love or cheese?"
"God made humans," Alex said. "Humans made cheese."
Lorelai pointed her fork in Alex's direction. "That is a good point. But what about love? Who made love?"
"You don't make love --- well, not in the sense you're thinking of anyway," Alex rolled her eyes as Lorelai gave her a toothy grin. Such philosophical debates should not be had until after they'd consumed the necessary post-sex lasagna. "It's a function of the human brain. So I suppose you could argue that God made humans and love, and then humans made cheese."
"See, I don't agree with that." The microwave stopped, interrupting Lorelai's rebuttal. She took out the container and brought it to the table.
Alex scraped off the burnt, crusted cheese at the edges of the lasagna.
"That's going to give you cancer," Lorelai said. "And don't hog the cheese."
"I'm not. What were you disagreeing with?"
"I don't remember," Lorelai said, chewing. "You know what I think would be cool? If humans invented cheese to express their love."
Alex could not formulate a response to that, so she just nodded.
"You have no idea what I'm talking about, do you?"
"Not a clue."
Lorelai stabbed into the center of the lasagna and smiled like a cat that was about to sharpen its claws on a brand-new sofa.
"Stay on your side," Alex warned, and Lorelai stuck her tongue out.
Her tongue tasted like tomato sauce and cheese, and something else. Maybe love.
"This is going to kill us," Alex told Lorelai as she broke off the kiss. "Lasagna at three in the morning? I'm not even going to get into how this is all MSG and preservatives. It doesn't even taste that good."
"Ah, but there is something so ultimately comforting about eating tomato sauce and ground beef while we're not wearing any underwear."
They contemplated this as they finished eating, brushed their teeth a second time, and crawled back under the covers. Lorelai teased her toe up Alex's calf until Alex told her to stop, she wasn't ticklish so give it up already, and as all sober thoughts grew drowsy, Lorelai punctured the silence, asking, "What about ground beef? What do you think came first: love, or ground beef?"
"Sleep, Lorelai." Alex put her hand over Lorelai's lips. "Sleep."