prompt: the first time gajeel comes home to his newly-wedded wife or the first time his kids speak/call him "dad" ♡
I picked gajeel coming back to his newly wedded Wife tho I’m not sure its obvious or whatever lmao. Anyway thank you and I hope you enjoy this and I’m sorry for taking so long!! @asamino
Wrote this while listening to this song
Gajeel was used to being alone for most of his life. Even when he was with Metalicana he would spend most days by himself when he wasn’t supposed to be training. So, coming home to an empty room at night was something the iron dragon slayer never thought about as strange, even when Lily began living with him nothing seemed to really change nor should he ever thought it would be.
Until she started staying over.
It was when that room he lived in seemed to become something like a ‘home’ or a place he actually wanted to be and anticipated coming too when before he would do almost anything to not go back to a dark half empty house. But that all seemed to change when Levy came into his life, even before their relationship had changed. when she first saw his room the look of pity that crossed her face was hard to ignore since she made it painfully obvious how pathetic his living situation was.
But when things changed between them, he was thankful that he let her redo his soon to something actually livable, especially the bed. It always seemed that because of her he began thinking of things he never thought of before, it was strange and scary at times and Gajeel hated to admit that at times he wanted to push her away. It was so strange that he never did but brought her closer to himself especially when they started to live with each other after the guild broke up.
It was then it seemed like the most unnatural thing to be away from her. To not see her reading on the sofa or the bed, or feel her warmth beside him in bed as she snuggled up against him or stole the blankets while lightly snoring. Gajeel could feel himself smiling to himself when he would wake up cold and see her sleeping curled up.
All before grabbing the blanket from her and unwinding her to his amusement and her half-awake yelling and sleepy hits on his arm that ran out of steam and ended with Levy spooning him asleep making Gajeel feel more content than ever.
So, none of it should be strange when he arrived back to their home from a long mission seeing Levy there sitting on her knees at the coffee table looking through a huge book. Her features soft with a tiny smile on her lips as she leaned her head against her hand looking the most satisfied, he thinks he’s ever seen her. Though it seemed not to last long when she blinked her large brown eyes and looked up her soft smile turning bigger her face flushing.
“You’re home! Welcome home!” she laughed as she started to get up but Gajeel shook his head a pleased grin arriving on his face.
“Nah I’ll come to ya ya need to rest ya know.” Levy rolled her eyes and he could see her move her hand up to her small belly and then his eyes focusing on the gold band on her ring finger. They always did things a little backwards it seemed. Gajeel then moved and sat on the couch next to where she was on the floor Levy just smiled up at him before leaning her head onto his knee not saying anything. Gajeel lifted his hand then and placing it on her wavy blue hair and rubbing it back.
“I’m home.” he finally said.
Levy nodded looking up at him then her brown eyes shining bright, “Welcome home, Gajeel.”
Gajeel just leaned down then kissing the top of her head enjoying the laughter that came from Levy as she leaned against him and started to talk about her day and asking about his day the conversation was light and airy, something Gajeel enjoyed between them. It was not always serious or about whatever drama the guild was in at that moment, not thrown together because of situations forcing it on them. But there together enjoying even the most mundane of conversations but it always feeling like the first.
Since it wasn’t just his room that was empty until she came into his life.
