I'm ok with hoping for a c/r situaiton in this hand because the board is so dry. The problem is that you're right, 2NL often doesn't produce the result you're hoping for here. The fact that you only get 1 caller on the turn tells you that you likely would have taken it down of the flop with the same bet I think - I think he's often coming along because you checked the first time so he thinks you're bluffing or really weak. Although you're hoping for a bigger pot with such a great hand, at that point it was 25 cents, which is more than 10% of your stack, so at least it's decent.