“Yes?”
Carson rolled his eyes and slipped the ring on.
“Yes.”
Zach surged out of his chair, and Carson rose to meet him as he stepped around the small table and swept Carson into his strong embrace.
“I love you, baby,” he said between kisses.
“I love you, daddy.”
Zach grinned as he reached down for the remaining ring and held it out for Carson to see. Inside was another inscription, and as Carson looked closer, he could see that it read Sweetheart.
“I don’t understand. They’re both for me?”
“Women get engagement rings and wedding bands. Why should my sweetheart be any different?”
Carson felt his face heat as he blushed.
“What about yours, then?”
Zach lifted the duck from the box, revealing another band. It was simple, the same brushed platinum as his, but bigger, clearly sized for Zach.
“Look,” Zach said, tipping his head towards the box with a suspicious twinkle in his eyes.
Carson lifted the ring and turned it until he could read the inscription.
“Oh,” he breathed. “Oh, Zach, thank you.”
“Still doesn’t mean you can call me that at work.”
Carson laughed as he kissed Zach, ring clutched tightly in his fist.
There was only one word on the inside, the perfect match to Carson’s: Daddy.
The End