"I swear to whatever God is up there young man, if you don't stop what you're doing right now, I'm not buying this ice cream you love so much for the rest of your life!" Natsu shouts as he glares at his eight years old son.
The little blond stops what he is doing and turns his head toward his dad. He looks at him with his blue eyes, a smirk on his lips, and for a moment Natsu swears he's seeing a copy of his husband.
"But papa said I could express myself how I wanted! Moreover, he said that I'm a real artist!" his son argues.
"Yeah? I'm pretty sure your 'papa' didn't mean for you to draw on walls when he said you could express yourself! I also think that at your age you should know this. Seriously Eliot, how are we going to clean this?" Natsu sighs, running a hand through his hair.
This time the little boy doesn't say anything as he lets his gaze falls on the floor. He probably understood that Natsu wasn't playing and was really upset, and Natsu couldn't help but feel a little guilty for it. He hates seeing his son like this, and he could feel the urge to just take him in his arms. He doesn't indulge himself though, after all his son has to know when he is wrong and Sting always gets on his case when he gives up too easily.
"Go to your room, I'll find a way to clean this before papa comes home," Natsu finally says.
He watches as Eliot goes to his room without arguing. He waits until the boy disappears in his room before he turns his eyes to take a look at the wall. There are a lot of doodles that Natsu doesn't recognize, and each one of them is bright in colours and hard to miss. Rolling his eyes he goes to the kitchen to take everything he needs to clean the mess his son did from under the sink.
When he returns to the wall, he crouches down, ready to clean the surface but he stops himself as he takes a good look at the drawing in front of him.
He can see two men, each one holding a little boy’s hand. Above the two men, he can read "Daddy" and "Papa" in clumsy handwriting. For the smaller frame, there's a little "me" written next to it and Natsu can't stop the tears gathering up in his eyes as he lets himself sit on the floor.
The wall is still a mess, the drawing isn't even that good, and Natsu is pretty sure Sting's legs aren't supposed to be that long, but he can't bring himself to erase this picture of them on the surface, because somehow it looks perfect to him.
And when Sting comes home a few moments later, he doesn't question the reason why Natsu is sitting in front of the wall, crying silently. He just sits next to him, taking his hand in his, resting his head on his shoulder.
"I think it looks pretty good there too."
Thank you to my sweet @watcher-ofthe-sky for the help with the beta job for it feels like the hundredth time ! I'll make up to you someday !
Posting this super early since I'm a little busy today, Hope you'll enjoy it