&& — STARTER FOR AURORA CLEMENTINE, @rcryclement ,
an one in a million moment, that’s what he had heard one of his employees saying as he put a beanie on bernard’s head, covering his brown, slightly curly hair and little ears before they went out. the man doesn’t even try to defend himself, knowing it’s worthless, knowing they are all right. mathieu isn’t the most present father—far from it, he doesn’t spend time with his son, still feeling all those edgy feelings growing inside of him everytime he had to be alone with the five-year-old; but he isn’t all that bad. and perhaps it was the holiday’s spirit taking over, wanting to take the boy out for a dessert.
the simple feeling of the little, gloved hand around three of his fingers as they walked down the street was enough to make him feel as if he couldn’t do this—but one look at the little boy beside him, jumping the different paths and avoiding the lines on the sidewalk, makes his lips curl up a little. violet would definitely be the one to adore taking him out like this, with warm clothes and hearing him talk about cupcake flavors… that’s definitely the main problem of being with the kid—everything he did was enough to make him grow nostalgic, sad and missing the one who would never come back.
so lost in his thoughts, he almost freaks out when feeling the little boy letting go of his hand to get to the store—luckily, they are on the right side of the street, no need to cross it, and bernard only rushes to pull the door open. mathieu lets out a breath he hasn’t even noticed he had been holding. with a breathy laugh, he opens the door and watches his son running inside, hearing his voice greeting the girl behind the counter by her name. furrowing his eyebrows, the man looks at the her and almost rolls his eyes. “dad, do you know rory?” he hears bernard asking, looking up at him with the his big, curious eyes. “she’s always here when i come with nanny!” he proceeds, and the adult can’t help a small (though kind fake) smile as he looks at the blonde. “oh? she’s always here when i come too.” he says, not with excessive sarcasm on his tone.