Hey readers! So this is basically a writing exorcise I like to do and decided to start posting. I did it years ago and truly enjoyed it and it helped my writing tremendously. Usually I'll pick a short prompt from a writing book I own or a story based on a song that's stuck in my hand or even request. So I hope you all enjoy my little one shot rambles!

Terrible Things
I watched my teenage son Blaze flirt with Gray's daughter Storm in the guild and felt pain in
my chest. I remember being his age. I had no clue what love was not in the slightest. My main focus was finding Igneel, who had time for love? While I didn't realize it then it was the only thing I really wanted. To truly be loved, maybe that's why I spent so many years chasing a ghost that was my father. It was around that time I met Blaze's mother.
She was beautiful... weird, but beautiful non the less. I think what made me like her the most was how real she was. She had no clue that I was the Salamander she was originally so excited to see, yet she went on to me about her dreams of joining the guild I call home. I knew her heart was nothing but pure when she paid for my and Happy's dinner. The first real meal we'd had in months and knowing how much we both ate it wasn't cheap.
It didn't take long to realize that maybe Lucy was looking for love as well. With her distant father and lose of her mother Lucy was just as lonely as me. True we had our family at the guild but Lucy was the first to get to know me as more than the hothead of the family. Just like I always seen more than a pretty face within her.
It took longer than I'm proud to admit that she was the girl of my dreams. Honestly I was just scared that she'd leave or something would happen to her. Losing Igneel almost destroyed me losing someone I shared a deep connection with again would have ended me. It was easier to just pretend the feelings weren't there, to keep my cool the best I could.
That night Blaze asked me how I told his mother I loved her for the first time. The memory made me laugh.
"Son it was the most wonderful night of my life, but it was all your mother. I was staring at her, probably not as sneakily as I should have been but she was just too cute trying to finish the next chapter of her novel. She turned around and bluntly asked if I was in love with her. I think we were both tired of hiding our feelings, you can always tell by their eyes if they're in love with you. Lucy's always held a little fire in them when she stared at me that I didn't notice until that day and when I looked at her it was like she was the only star in the sky. Blaze I'm only telling you this because you're around the same age as we were when we fell in love. I want you to be careful."
Anyone that was around us could tell how we feel about each other, most before we even realized it. The day we told the guild we were together there was not a single shocked face in the building. Instead they all broke out into "finally" and other loud cheers. We spent that entire week drinking too much with the guild, but we didn't care we was happy truly happy for the first time in our lives. We'd joke about how her spirts would react to the news of our relationship knowing the majority held a crush on the beautiful blond. We'd share dances and kisses and was too caught up to notice that a whole week had passed since our last job. Not that we cared we always found a way to make rent. There wasn't a job that first week that could have compared to having time to just be in love.
It only took a few months before I proposed to her. I didn't see a point in waiting we both knew we wanted forever. I opened the little box as carefully as possible. Even thought I knew she would say yes I couldn't help but be nervous.
"You know that I love you, will you marry me?"
I was never good with words she knew that, but that simple sentence brought us both to tears. The happy kind, she slipped the ring on her left ring finger and we were both excited for what the future would bring.
I never talk much about Lucy and I especially not to Blaze. I knew one day he would start asking questions about our relationship, and while I knew that what Lucy and I share is fairy tale I only held fear for my son as he was begging to fall in love as well.
"Son I know I hardly talk of your mother it's just hard to think of her. Life it can do terrible things. It takes people that don't deserve to lose their life. Every single day I pray that life treats you differently. Losing your mother was the hardest day of my life." I could tell Blaze was surprised by me bringing Lucy up. She died only a few years after his birth, he hardly knew of his mother. He was always full of questions about her, but I usually shut them down.
It happened on a mission I couldn't get to her in time when she was hit with dark magic. There isn't a day that goes by I don't regret taking that job. Her words haunt me whenever I think back to the day so I try to as little as possible.
"Natsu please don't be sad, you were the greatest thing that ever happened to me."
For the first time in front of my son I broke down. I usually tried to act strong but I fell straight to my knees.
"Blaze, don't fall in love. There's never going to be a day I regret loving your mother but the pain that came with losing her isn't something I would ever want you to experience. I know that when love hits you, you don't get a choice Lord knows I tried to fight loving your mother. If you do get a choice son I beg you to walk away. I just can't bear to see this happen to you. Life can do terrible things, please be careful."

I know these aren't necessarily the best just little drabbles to keep me writing. I do hope you enjoyed it though!