feels with me.

this being his first child, he was sure that he’d stick around through thick and thin. he was a loyal man. even though he didn’t have a great relationship with his father; he wanted  to instill his love into his children. he wasn’t a believer in divorce without a cause either. there was no love in his marriage so he didn’t feel the need to be trapped by one. there was so much love in his eyes every single time he looked into her eyes. the male was positive he wouldn’t be able to leave her now. “good.” sighing in relief. there was only so much stamina he had in entertaining people. it was the reason why he was a doctor. it was easier to get tasks done than make things up on the spot. “i know. i just didn’t expect so many people would even care about me… i just, i don’t know, i guess i didn’t realize all of this until now.” it was quite a realization. maybe it was because he was out of his zombie-like state. he wasn’t going through things, he was actually living for the first time in years. it was a great feeling. the male’s grin couldn’t have grown wider when he heard her talk to their daughter. it was such a nice feeling to get used to. a family. he had always wanted one and now he was finally getting to live out his dreams. also feeling her move along his hand to kick her made him chuckle. “i love her so much already.” it was a random truth. nils was sure that both of these girls had his heart and more. “i know. if we weren’t shipping stuff and i wasn’t tired, i’d be down for fooling around.” furrowing his brow at her comment before laughing. “really? you look and like it?” it just never crossed his mind; he never thought that it would be attractive to someone else. it was probably because he saw so many at work that it didn’t really phase him. 

pulling into the small parking lot of the diner, landon could feel his stomach scream after food the minute he saw the large sign on top of the building. getting out of the car, he walked over towards her side to help her out of the car, too scared to let her do that herself considering how intoxicated she actually was. reaching out for her heels, he helped her to get those on before continuing to help her out of the vehicle, his arm secure around her waist as he guided her inside the little diner he had brought her to. the male was happy that he hadn’t touched a drop of alcohol that night, considering he was supposed to be driving everyone home ( even though he completely ditched them, which he was aware he was gonna get hell for ) because if he had, he wouldn’t have been able to drive her home or well, to this diner && then home. catching sight of a table he thought would be perfect, he pulled out the chair for her && helped her sit down, basically not trusting her to do anything on her own in her current state, which probably annoyed her but landon didn’t really care. sitting down on the chair in front of her, he picked up the little menu, he licked his lips as he let his eyes gaze over it, even though he had already decided on what to get. ‘ you know what you’re getting? ‘

cayden grins. “i finally know the secret to being a good singer.” he laughs at her curtsy. “ah, yeah. they sent some of us back a day early. i think it was a rank thing.” he knows it wasn’t a discharge of any sort, as he would’ve been alerted of that. “i wanted to surprise you, that’s why i didn’t tell you.”

                cayden can hear the music as he walks up to the house, so he isn’t surprised when marleny doesn’t hear his trademark marching steps. he leans against a wall once he gets inside, watching with a smile on his face. the soldier chuckles when she screams, not flinching at the sound. “mm. you’ve got quite a voice. or is it the fuzzy socks? it might be the socks. all in all, great performance.” he teases, arms crossed.

“that’s what friends are for, mars.” because, that’s what they were despite everything that happened, right? friends? because he hadn’t come here to destroy her wedding — if she was happy he was happy, that had to count for something, didn’t it? it just so happened she wasn’t happy. that she didn’t love the guy, that this was a mistake. of course the ache in his heart reminded him that they were much more than friends, that this ran deeper than that, but that was a discussion that would need to be had at a different time. “just… get changed as fast as you can. i’m sure someone’s bound to head back here soon.” the faster they got out of here, the easier it would be to avoid the inevitable shit storm, right? because a huge one was coming, no doubt about it.