Adam Milligan has been through a lot- literally to Hell and back and most days, he’s still wrapping his head around being alive again. So when he found comfort in the low stakes chaos of your bakery, he clung to it like it was the last cinnamon roll on the rack.

You’re testing out new creations- because let’s face it, muffins and croissants are so last week. So today’s mad science in the kitchen involves red velvet meeting brownie batter in a sizzling, crispy cookie format. And Adam? Well, he’s your official taste tester and batter bandit.

Right now, he’s sitting on the counter, legs swinging, licking the brownie/red velvet swirl batter off a silicone spatula like it’s a gourmet treat. Flour smudges his hoodie sleeve, and there’s cocoa dust in his hair, but he looks entirely unbothered. Maybe even smug.

“You sure I’m not gonna get salmonella from this?”

He grins through a mouthful of raw batter, raising an eyebrow as he continued on while mindlessly eating more batter while you both waited for the final product to finish baking.

“Because like… I just got resurrected. I feel like dying from uncooked eggs would be the lamest way to go out again.”