Mutton Chops - Backtomac - Video Blogging RPF [Archive of Our Own] (2024)

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the first week or so was good, in between cooking for your boss and yourself you were able to explore parts of Texas by yourself, do some shopping for clothes and decor and settle in. Schlatt had kept his distance and had limited his interactions between the two of you, although when you did interact it would always end with laughter and small exchanges of giggles.
you still weren’t sure what he did in his spare time nor what he did for a job, he would leave his house once every few days, for a few hours. if he didn’t do that, he was in his room talking and shouting. you got the sense that he was important, perhaps he worked from home because he was famous or for health reasons?? or just being lazy? when he was around the house he ran a sloppy schedule, you tried to remember what times he would usually finish to try and prepare lunches and dinners perfectly on time, but often you’d either be waiting an hour or he would be. but he didn’t mind too much, as long as it was hot.
Schlatt wasn’t fond of being disturbed in his room, he kept himself very hidden when he went in there. you weren’t allowed to open the door, only to knock, and if, on the rare occasion he did open his door, he would stick his head through a gap or stand in the hallway with you. and as he didn’t like the distractions, he told you to message him when foods were ready. it was hard trying to familiarise yourself with this strange situation you had found yourself in, even harder to figure out the person you’re working with.

-present-

“Orange chicken recipe…” you mumble to yourself “5 oranges... zested and juiced…”
“Orange chicken?” you hear a co*cky tone coming from across the kitchen, you nod still focused on scribbling down the recipe on a piece of paper.
“I was considering just getting takeout tonight, it might make your life easier.” you could hear the smirk on his face as he walks closer to where you were. still focusing on your recipe, you could feel him getting antsy for your attention.

“Hey?” he snaps his fingers “I’m talking to you”.

you quickly turn around and see him with a big wide grin. “Sorry, what were you saying?” you say a bit embarrassed.

“Do you want to order food to the house or go out for dinner? on me.”

your lips fall apart, you hesitantly look back at your list.
“it would be nice to just chill out this evening, I can go shopping tomorrow. As long as you come with me to Walmart tomorrow” you chime in with a slight jokey tone.
“Bet.” he says smirking at you slightly. “What do you want? there’s a good pizza place and a good Korean place nearby.”

“you’re paying, you should choose” you lean against the kitchen counter, facing the man opposite you.

“hmm” he tuts to himself and bites his lips slightly, you stare at him, noticing each individual feature of his face, how they all worked so well together. he was a very handsome man; it was like you were seeing him for the first time again. you could feel your face heating up slightly.

“I’m thinking pizza” he finally blurts out.

“don’t say its little Caesars”.

“you’re ruining me here” he jokes then goes over to a drawer next to you, pulling out a menu for a local pizza place and slaps it on the counter next to you.

“Giuseppe’s” you read.

“Good job” he says sarcastically.

your face immediately turns bright red.

“We can order in an hour, let me know what you want, just knock on the door” he nods and walks back to his room.

an hour passes, you spent your time writing recipes for the next couple of days that you needed to buy tomorrow. you decided what you wanted and sheepishly walk to schlatts room. you hear his deep voice murmuring through the door. you knock lightly. not being acknowledged at first, you knock again, louder.

“Come in” he shouts.

you are a bit shocked but open the door a crack just in case you interpreted him wrong.

“[name], you can come in.” he says more sternly.

His room was painted a dark blue with a white feature wall, most of his furniture was made of a dark oak. You see his cats on the black bedsheets sleeping together. you see in his room, similar to yours also has a bathroom attached to it. he was sat at a desk with a pc in front of him. he was playing a game, human fall flat?
“You decide what you want?” he looks flustered, and his hair looked scruffy.
“Umm yeah can I just get a pepperoni pizza and some cheesy garlic bread”.

you can hear chirps from his headphones that were placed on his desk.

“What are you doing?” you smile gently.
“Playing a game with friends” he says quickly whilst dialling the pizza place.
“Can I say hi?”
he looks up at you, a bit shocked.

“Uhm, yeah sure” he says flustered and quickly stands up giving you the headphones. he leaves the room to call the restaurant. you put the headphones and you can hear 3 voices chatting to themselves about random things.