"Hmm… since you're learning now, I think it'll be best to start with the easier words and then switch to reading through it when you're comfortable with it." Halm shifted a little in the seat, pulling both Cas and the recipe book a little closer.
"Okay. Which ones do you think would be easiest." Cas picked up Nix and held him close for comfort.
Halm scanned the page again, going to the list of ingredients. He pointed to the word cup.
"We'll stick to the smaller words for now," he said.
Cas nodded, reading over the word a few times. "Coo… no… c… cup…?" He ran his finger over the word.
Halm smiled again, nodding his head a little.
"Yes," he said. It was starting to be obvious how proud he was of Cas when he figured out a word.
Cas kept looking over the page, searching for shorter words. He was definitely struggling with a few of them, but he was doing better than he expected.
Halm smiled softly as they worked, occasionally helping Cas sound something out when need be. Still, he mostly let Cas figure it out on his own. Eventually, he paused.
"You're doing amazing," Halm said, smiling at Cas.
"Thanks, love…" He mumbled, trying to stay focused. When he thought really hard, he seemed to do better than when he was distracted.
Halm turned back to the recipe book. This time, he chose a more complicated word- 'chocolate.' He didn't say anything, he just waited with his finger under the word.
Cas turned his eyes to it and seemed to grow nervous again. "Um…" He glanced over to the picture of cookies and the word 'chip' beside 'chocolate'. After a few more seconds of processing this information, he spoke again. "Chocolate…"
Halm was a bit surprised by how quickly Cas figured it out.
"Good job," he said with a small smile. He knew Cas hadn't sounded out the word. "Context clues can be good too."
Cas smiled a bit. "Cool… how much more of this are we doing today?" He asked.
"Well, how much more do you think you want to do? You've made a lot of progress so far." Halm smiled even more when he saw Cas smile, giving him a little hug.
"Um… I dunno. It definitely stresses me out a lot, so not too much more."
(eyyyy… I've returned from the abyss!! You wanna keep this going, restart it, it just let it die?)
(Hello!! We can continue if you want or restart or even do an entirely different roleplay :) I'm flexible)
(if you restart, don't forget to tag your friendly neighborhood stalker)
(Okay! I think It'd be best to just start over. I'll make a new thread)
(but of course)