*comes in wearing a ribbon on his head* "Happy Birthday, son. That's right. I'm your present."
nose took a whiff of something familiar to smell in the air as a tiny sweat drop licked it’s way down the side of his cheek, lips trembled slightly as the boy felt his heart started to thump louder in the deepness of his chest. no way, it couldn’t be .. calloused hands moved to push away the mess of ROSY TONED HAIR as the head slowly turned, cold shower of sweat washed down the spine of his broad back as a swallow was made, hard enough to expose he was nervous. how long had it been since he last saw him (?) right .. that fateful encounter of their reunion but also the last time they would see each other again. was he maybe dreaming right now (?) maybe he had decked in the tub as lucy had warned him for to not do, but yet he did it often.
the hues fell on the giant red scaled creature before the hand shakily moved out, unable to believe what he was actually seeing, neither did the voice carry his allowance to speak or utter a sound either. no the poor boy was paralyzed to the core, only those arms was able to reach out, fingertips touched the harden nose of his dragon dad, before transparent tears teared up the view, blurry out those STRONG YELLOW eyes who looked back at him in silent. his words still lingered around the boy as the atmosphere felt heavy, and yet so lighter then a feather. gripping a better reach as the cheek leaned against the tip of his large nose, the eyes was squeezed tightly to keep those tears back, and yet he couldn’t. they betrayed him at the same time his cheek touched those familiar scales once again, teeth so tightly gritted as his lips was trembling, but he wasn’t scared .. he was happy.
Happy Birthday, son. That's right. I'm your present.
❛ —— dad .. thank you .. ❜
even if it was a dream .. he still was happy, happy he remembered this day.