Page 89 of Magic and Mayhem

Daddy laughed, not getting offended, which was a very good thing. “Come here, cutie. Cuddle time.”

I liked cuddling, but I wasn’t going to get distracted. “No orgasms, Daddy. Just innocent cuddles while we talk. I have to pay attention.”

And stay awake if I was going to take him flying.

Huffing, Daddy stuck his nose up in the air as he led me into the living room and over to the couch. “Would I distract you just to get my way?”

Yes.

“No, Daddy. I don’t know what I was thinking.” His eyes twinkled as he nodded, but we both knew I was right. “You’re a very good Daddy and take good care of your boy.”

Daddy wasn’t the only one who could use guilt.

He flashed me a grin before pulling me down to sit on his lap. “Yes, and that means explaining what I’m thinking so you don’t worry about Daddy worries.”

Yep.

So I put my hands on my lap and waited…and waited.

Daddy had his thinking face on and was rubbing my back as he got his words in order, so I didn’t rush him. And thankfully just before my patience ran out, Daddy nodded to himself. “First, I want to fly with you, cutie. I want to see the world like you do and I want to explore something new with my boy.”

Okay, that made sense.

But I knew if I waited, Daddy would keep talking, so I just nodded and sat still.

“Second.” Daddy kissed my cheek and ran a hand over my head. “I want to show you that I’m not afraid of you, no matter what you look like. I know that doesn’t have to be flying, but you were so excited to share that with me, and I keep coming back to it.”

Well, flying was amazing.

And I was really smart for knowing that Daddy wasn’t done talking.

“Third.” He took a breath and gave me another kiss, soft and gentle, before leaning back against the couch again. “Third, I love my sweet little dragon and I want to make sure you know that. I want to make sure you know you can trust me completely and I want to show you that I trust you completely.”

Aww, Daddy knew he loved me.

I was so patient, I was amazing.

“I’m glad you know you love me, Daddy.” Kissing his cheek so I didn’t get distracted by his lips, I stayed on topic. “I knew it wouldn’t take you long but it’s been so hard to wait because I love you so much and I didn’t want to rush you.”

But now it wouldn’t be rushing him to move in with me…he knew he loved me, so that made it okay.

Daddy gave me a bigyou’re so cutesmile and shook his head like I’d been silly. “You’ve been very patient. Let me guess, you knew you loved me right away?”

Nodding, I gave him another kiss.

Yep, we were going to get distracted if I wasn’t careful. Daddy smelled so good and all I wanted was to snuggle closer and rub against him.

“Yes. You knew how smart I was and you had the best smiley eyes and you were so special.” He’d been amazing. “You were always proud of me and you took such good care of me. You fed me the very first time we met. I knew you were meant to be part of my hoard.”

Daddy blinked. “Because you get to play with me. Yes, I can see how that makes me part of your hoard.”

He was so smart.

Best Daddy ever.

“Exactly.” I’d told him I was going to keep him but I could tell now he understood. “I knew you belonged to me like I knew what my hoard should be when I was younger. I just looked at you and I knew. You were going to be my Daddy. I just had to learn how to take care of you like I did the other special things in my hoard.”

Taking care of their hoard was the most important thing a dragon could do, so I was always going to be very careful with Daddy.

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