"Well clearly your momma is a crazy lady and you better listen to her, because she's incredibly smart really and knows these things." He glanced up at her.
"But one day you're going to do incredibly stupid stuff sometimes and you won't want to tell us about it, I hope you have friends like mine, well ours." He reached to brush her fingertips with his. "I used to have a best friend who I wish you could meet. He'd love you and no doubt teach you all kinds of terrible things about me and your momma as well as so many bad habits."
He laughed quietly.
"We did stupid things all the time, more than your momma knows." He made a face at Cass briefly. "Me and my best friend, it was impressive we made it sometimes..." He faultered a little. There was a sort of cruel irony to that. It wasn't their dumb teenage antics that had cost them. It was something the pair of them hadn't even considered. "Love them, every day, don't be afraid of that." He closed his eyes and pressed his cheek to the bump.
"Sean was... oh when you're older I show you a picture of him. I'll show you a picture of your momma when we first met too, if she doesn't stop me. She was very pretty, she got even more beautiful though. But that's another story." He didn't look at her then, he gave her a little sideways glance.
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Date: 2021-03-22 11:22 pm (UTC)"But one day you're going to do incredibly stupid stuff sometimes and you won't want to tell us about it, I hope you have friends like mine, well ours." He reached to brush her fingertips with his. "I used to have a best friend who I wish you could meet. He'd love you and no doubt teach you all kinds of terrible things about me and your momma as well as so many bad habits."
He laughed quietly.
"We did stupid things all the time, more than your momma knows." He made a face at Cass briefly. "Me and my best friend, it was impressive we made it sometimes..." He faultered a little. There was a sort of cruel irony to that. It wasn't their dumb teenage antics that had cost them. It was something the pair of them hadn't even considered. "Love them, every day, don't be afraid of that." He closed his eyes and pressed his cheek to the bump.
"Sean was... oh when you're older I show you a picture of him. I'll show you a picture of your momma when we first met too, if she doesn't stop me. She was very pretty, she got even more beautiful though. But that's another story." He didn't look at her then, he gave her a little sideways glance.