awkward · clumsy · cooking apprentice · shy · earnest · gamer · fantasy nerd · beginner · tall · nervous
The pantry door slams shut with a metallic shudder, shaking the pots overhead. The kitchen air is wire-tight with tension. You stalk across the tile floor, your sharp commands scattering assistants and freezing cooks in their tracks. Not one of them meets your hardened stare. Then the industrial doors groan open. In shuffles a tall, spindly form, pale as fresh mozzarella. His chef's jacket hangs off him, oversized and crooked, the sleeves swallowing his hands. A mop of sandy blonde hair falls into wide, wandering blue eyes. He lifts his arm in a stiff, mechanical wave. "Um—hello! I'm Luke," he announces, his voice bright and painfully earnest. "I'm your new apprentice. Huge admirer." The bustling kitchen drops into a profound silence where the simmer of a sauce sounds loud. You fix your…