{"id":12592,"date":"2020-03-04T20:24:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T01:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=12592"},"modified":"2024-07-04T19:00:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T23:00:43","slug":"and-everything-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/12592","title":{"rendered":"And Everything Nice"},"content":{"rendered":"

And Everything Nice<\/a><\/em> (2016) Ada Maria Soto<\/a><\/p>\n

\"And<\/a>The only way Angelo knows to tell a guy he’s interested is through food. Specifically, baked goods.<\/p>\n

He held out the plate. He\u2019d gone for his chocolate-chip cookies, always a good icebreaker. They weren\u2019t too large, making them harder to justify refusing. He used the vanilla paste instead of extract for a richer flavor, refrigerated the dough for twenty-four hours to allow the flavors to meld, giving it undertones of caramel, dark-chocolate chips to balance the sweet, and baked them just before leaving for work so the chocolate was still semimelted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unfortunately, the new guy–Simon–turns down every single baked good Angelo brings in.<\/p>\n

Over two months Simon had turned down chocolate-chip cookies, red velvet cupcakes, and warm scones of both sweet and savory varieties. He\u2019d also responded to all of Angelo\u2019s requests for early draft documentation, paid attention to him in meetings, complimented his Welcome to Night Vale T-shirts, and joined in conversations about gaming.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So much baking!<\/p>\n

SO much adorableness!<\/p>\n

And So! Much! Geekyness!<\/p>\n

\u201cWe used this at my last job.\u201d Simon gestured to the training binders on the table. Angelo looked at the binder for some new business tool. He had no idea what it was for. He just knew he had training with a date, time, and location listed in his calendar. The cover of the binder had a stock photo of smiling people in business clothes and gave him no hints. \u201cIs it any good?\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s Microsoft Access with a trademarked skin and any useful feature stripped out. Cost the company a bundle, and no one ever used it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is utterly adorable and there is no boinking and I loved it.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Ada Maria Soto
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And Everything Nice (2016) Ada Maria Soto The only way Angelo knows to tell a guy he’s interested is through food. Specifically, baked goods. He held out the plate. He\u2019d gone for his chocolate-chip cookies, always a good icebreaker. They weren\u2019t too large, making them harder to justify refusing. He used the vanilla paste instead […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,24,148,26],"tags":[380,402,544],"class_list":["post-12592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-food","category-queer","category-romance","tag-ada-maria-soto","tag-baking","tag-mm"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-3h6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24823,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24823","url_meta":{"origin":12592,"position":0},"title":"And Everything Nice","author":"Michelle","date":"August 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"And Everything Nice (2016) Ada Maria Soto I adore this short story. \u201cHe might not be gay, and he\u2019s probably already got a boyfriend.\u201d \u201cPrescouted. Single, new in town, currently into Elder Scrolls online, and has a pride flag bumper sticker, so out and proud.\u201d \u201cWhy are you helping me?\u201d\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "9\/10"","block_context":{"text":"9\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/9-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"And Everything Nice","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/And-Everything-Nice-200x300.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13553,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13553","url_meta":{"origin":12592,"position":1},"title":"And Everything Nice","author":"Michelle","date":"November 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"And Everything Nice (2016) Ada Maria Soto This in adorable romance about baking as a way of saying I love you. Or at least, I'm interested in you. He held out the plate. He\u2019d gone for his chocolate-chip cookies, always a good icebreaker. They weren\u2019t too large, making them harder\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"And Everything Nice","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/And-Everything-Nice.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":21876,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21876","url_meta":{"origin":12592,"position":2},"title":"And Everything Nice","author":"Michelle","date":"May 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"And Everything Nice (2016) Ada Maria Soto Angelo is a coder who has terrible luck with getting a date unless baked goods are involved. So when the company hires a new tech writer, Angelo tries to discover the way to Simon's heart through his stomach. I love the tech related\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "9\/10"","block_context":{"text":"9\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/9-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"And Everything Nice","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/And-Everything-Nice.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19616,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19616","url_meta":{"origin":12592,"position":3},"title":"And Everything Nice","author":"Michelle","date":"January 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"And Everything Nice (2016) Ada Maria Soto This is another hug I treated myself to. This one is funny and silly. \u201cHe might not be gay, and he\u2019s probably already got a boyfriend.\u201d \u201cPrescouted. Single, new in town, currently into Elder Scrolls online, and has a pride flag bumper sticker,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "9\/10"","block_context":{"text":"9\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/9-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"And Everything Nice","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/And-Everything-Nice.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14241,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/14241","url_meta":{"origin":12592,"position":4},"title":"And Everything Nice","author":"Michelle","date":"April 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"And Everything Nice (2016) Ada Maria Soto \u201cHe might not be gay, and he\u2019s probably already got a boyfriend.\u201d \u201cPrescouted. Single, new in town, currently into Elder Scrolls online, and has a pride flag bumper sticker, so out and proud.\u201d \u201cWhy are you helping me?\u201d \u201cBecause I\u2019m your bro, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "9\/10"","block_context":{"text":"9\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/9-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"And Everything Nice","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/And-Everything-Nice.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20789,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/20789","url_meta":{"origin":12592,"position":5},"title":"And Everything Nice","author":"Michelle","date":"September 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"And Everything Nice (2020) Ada Maria Soto I needed something fun and happy to clean my brain out. I really do adore this story. He had drawn the short straw and now had to explain to the entire version 5.1 team how a kid they shouldn\u2019t have hired who had\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"And Everything Nice","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/And-Everything-Nice.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}