random but i was just thinking about how my roommate (hes also my best friend of over 10 years so the trust lvl is almost as high as to my sister) managed to ease me into liking a food that i connected with childhood trauma for years -- it makes me think of kaveh def having haithams trust like that as well, like. i just can see it so well how the scribe immediately shoots anyone down who offers him a plate of smth he absolutely dislikes bc he tried it once and it upset him. kaveh tho? kaveh is respectful of haithams dislikes ofc but one day hes munching away at smth he prepared for himself and mindlessly offers haitham some and he tries it without a fuss and you can see him freeze for a second, both of them mildly surprised and even more so when haitham goes "its good"

in short, haitham refuses any foods he doesnt like regarding taste or texture but when kaveh offers him to try hes willing to do so bc he trusts kaveh sm (in most matters) and ends up liking it bc the way kaveh prepares it makes it bearable

(when theyre out for dinner and kaveh offers him some there, haitham refuses again bc he only eats it when kaveh cooks it)