I'm further ahead on these than I thought I'd be at this point, so I'll double up and post two today.
Prompt by ss-sunset.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Watermelon
"How can you not like it?" he argues. "It's the noblest of the fruits."
"It's the biggest—I'll give you that, Castle—but it's bland. It just doesn't have the same intensity as, oh, pretty much any other summer fruit."
He cocks an eyebrow in challenge. "Name one example."
She leans back in her chair and steeples her fingers. "Nothing can beat a peach at the peak of ripeness: soft, sweet, and so juicy, that, by the time you're finished, you're hopelessly sticky, but completely satisfied."
He swallows hard. "You did that on purpose."
"I rest my case," she smiles.
