Days Like This
The warm summer breeze caressed a soft cheek, making auburn eyelashes flutter open. Hiccup was leaning against his husband's chest, and Jack himself was settled against the trunk of a large maple tree atop the little hill overlooking the park. The park where the two had been the night they kissed for the first time, the park that opened the adoption conversation, the park where they'd been coming to play with their children for so many years now.
Smiling gently, Hiccup gazed down at Jamie and Sophie off in the distance; the teen boy busy on the climbing wall as the double-digits girl shot hoops. A few minutes later both activities were replaced by a game of chase, the siblings' gleeful shrieks echoing around the green. Full of energy, full of joy. A soft chuckle sounded above the engineer's head, and he tilted his head back to look up at his white-haired husband, who was watching their kids with an amused expression on his face. Noting the emerald eyes trained on him, Jack leaned down and kissed Hiccup's forehead; murmuring quietly. "They're really something aren't they?" The aubrunet hummed his agreement as he snuggled further into Jack, smiling as pale arms tightened around him and a chin rested on his shoulder. "They really are."
Beaming, Hiccup let out a contented sigh as he closed his eyes and thought of his family. Jamie, with his bright smile and inquisitive mind; Sophie, with her bubbly laugh and adventuresome spirit. And Jack, with his boundless joy and tender heart; his husband, his love. How lucky he was to have them all, to create a life with them. And as he sat there listening to his children's laughter and Jack's heartbeat, Hiccup was thankful for days like this.
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A/N And that's the end! *sobs* I had so much fun writing this story, I ran out of ideas for more sections but maybe I'll get some inspiration down the road...Thank you to all my readers!
