Page 38 of Magic and Mayhem

I was his dragon…of course he could see me naked.

I couldn’t shift with my clothes on.

Silly Daddy.

“Sometimes I think we’re having two different conversations.” Daddy’s brows pulled together and he almost frowned, but he leaned in and gave me a soft kiss to know not to worry.

I had a good Daddy.

“Alright, I will stay over tonight, and as long as it’s what you want, we can sleep together in the same bed.” Leaning closer, he rested his forehead against mine. “But I’m not moving in and I’m not sure how far we should go tonight. You’re going to tempt me, but I don’t want to rush our relationship.”

Daddy was very good at finding things to worry about.

Wrapping my arms around his neck so I could keep him close, I gave him my serious face. “I’m going to keep you, Daddy. That means it will be very hard to rush things. But I will tell you if you manage to find something that would be rushing.”

That’d be hard, though.

Making thinking sounds and humming to himself, he finally huffed. “Tell me one thing that would be rushing you.”

Oh goodness.

No one told me dealing with Daddy worries would be so hard.

I was going to have to warn Alick and Lorne…they probably didn’t know either.

“Babies.” That was the first thing that came to mind and it made Daddy’s eyes really big. “I’m not ready for kids and I might never be, Daddy. I like being the center of attention but maybe that will change? I don’t know.”

Thinking.

Thinking bigger.

Thinking harder.

“I don’t know another one right away, but I’ll worry about it if you want me to.” For some reason, Daddy groaned. “You like worrying. I think it’s because you’re a Daddy but it might be the whole police officer thing?”

I hadn’t really considered that part until it’d just hit me.

Pow.

Yep, that made Daddy even more of a worrier than average…but I should probably still explain it to Alick and Lorne.

“I will worry enough for the both of us, cutie.” Letting out a deep breath, Daddy kept his forehead on mine, so it must be his favorite serious talk position. “We can talk about thehaving kidsthing at some point down the road, but it’s not a deal-breaker for me either way.”

“Okay.” It wasn’t for me either, so that was good. “When do we get pancakes? Do you think we have time to kiss now or should we wait until after dinner? I kind of want to get you distracted but food is important.”

And Daddy had teased me with a lot of yummy ways to have pancakes.

He laughed, shaking his head as he straightened. “Alright, pancakes first, kissing second, and curious conversations after our third date.”

Hmm.

Daddies were very interesting creatures.

“Daddy?” Puckering my lips to make him laugh again, I loved the quick kiss he gave me. “Is this our second date?”

“That’s a very good question, my little distraction.” Daddy was back to wearing his thoughtful frown as he started putting more groceries away.

He was so silly…I was his little dragon.