This is nicely told. A little bit of humor helps. The inclusion of the Nathan's eating contest is great. Comedic--toast instead of hot dogs.

The love of toast is pushed to the absurd, but you acknowledge that in your story.

Several AI detectors noted some AI content here, but the reading was unanimous so we went ahead and curated. Just to be clear, we do not accept any AI content, although images can be generated by AI.

Thank you for sharing this toasty story with us, @moclassic