Then I looked at my woman, and asked, “You want to do this?”
Her eyes were misty, then she smirked, “Will you wear a tux?”
I grumbled.
She chuckled.
I looked in those crystal blue eyes of hers and whispered, “For you. Anything.”
Cotton was behind me, growling.
I flipped him the middle finger.
Ripper
Age 50
Had I known that when I said,Sadly... the dreams and wishes of a nine-year-old... of this nine-year-old, didn’t come true,I would have kicked my own ass.
Because nine-year-old me hadn’t mether.
I had just finished making sure the house was locked up tight and checked on our kids, when she walked out of the bathroom after having a bath.
Yes, I prepared it for her.
Yes, I had candles for her.
Yes, I had a bottle of wine in an actual bucket this time.
Yes, I put her towels in a towel warmer.
She looked at me and smiled.
My heart skipped a beat.
Even after all these years.
Then I flipped over the covers before she slid inside and covered her up.
Like she always did at night, she curled into my side.
“Love you, Alexander,” she whispered as she yawned.
“Love you too, Star Shine,” I told her.
I fell asleep with the light to my darkness curled up against my side.
And as long as there was still air in my lungs, and blood in my body, I would beherArmor against this great big world.
The End.