Letting Hearts Heal (26 page)
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Authors: Luna Jensen
“Fuc—messing up being a dad. Messing things up with you,” Dean replied without hesitation. After a second he added, “Fires.”
“But you still
do
it. You give it your best—being a daddy and being there for me. Wanting to be with me. Being afraid of something doesn’t mean that you don’t do it. I just got that,
now
.”
Dean frowned. “So… what are you saying?”
Mason smiled even though nerves were setting in. “I’m saying that I’m sorry for being so dense that I risked our relationship for something that I’d gotten wrong in my head. It doesn’t really matter if I’m afraid. I’ll still cook. And when the stable is rebuilt, I’ll go out there too.”
“You’re forgiven.”
“Just like that?”
Dean nodded. “Just like that.”
“Can we ask him? Can we, Daddy? Huh?” Wyatt whispered loudly.
“Ask what?” Mason inquired.
“Remind me never to make plans with you again,” Dean told Wyatt, narrowing his eyes playfully and dropped a kiss in the damp curls.
Wyatt giggled, the sound like balm to Mason’s frazzled heart.
“Mason, Wyatt and I want to ask you if y—”
“If you’ll stay with us forever and ever and be my daddy too!” Wyatt interrupted, bouncing a little in Dean’s lap. “Please?”
Dean chuckled. “Well, yeah. That. Though we did have a plan that involved a bit more finesse.”
Feeling as if smiling so wide might split his face in two, Mason squeezed Wyatt’s hand. “Wyatt, what do you do if you love someone?”
“Kiss them!”
“That’s right.” Mason leaned in and gave Wyatt a kiss on his cheek. The boy giggled delightedly. “I’d love to be your daddy.”
Mason then looked up at Dean and leaned in to kiss him too. A soft, quick, and beyond-perfect kiss. “I love you two more than anything in the whole world, and I’ll stay here as long as you want me.”
Dean leaned in for another quick kiss, and then he pulled Mason into his arms, Wyatt squashed between them. The fire might still rage outside, but Mason felt whole. Healed.
About the Author
L
UNA
J
ENSEN
writes and lives in her native Scandinavia, where she escapes the real world by inventing her own fantasy realms. A true Viking, she loves a well-deserved beer, running in the snow, and knitting socks.
Blog: http://www.lunajensen.blogspot.com
E-mail: [email protected]
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