Invisible Strings

Valentines Day

Travis Kelce

February 14th, 2026

New York City, New York

I wake Taylor up with a handful of small kisses as I had found out over the years of dating her was the easiest way of waking up a hormonal Taylor.

"Come on babe. We gotta get up." I was not a morning person at all and was fighting to keep myself awake. It was harder due to the fact that we both swore off of coffee for the foreseeable future since Tay wasn't supposed to have caffeine when she was breastfeeding or pregnant.

Haha. I never thought I would know anything about what pregnant women should or should not eat or drink. A lot has changed recently. I miss playing football, since I've retired I haven't known what to do with my life.

I've tried archery, ceramics, painting, gaming, and even a sunday soccer league but nothing replaces the rush of football.

I understand I'm one of the lucky one who were able to leave willingly and not because of injury but that doesn't hurt any less.

My newest hobby was trying to be the best husband possible and today was going to be the cherry on top.

I had planned a jet ride to Nashville to go to one of the most romantic restaurants (according to google) for Valentine's day. Then we would stay at Taylor's mom's house for a week to hopefully help her get used to the idea of the baby.

The only thing that made it more challenging was that she had no idea what was happening.

"Come on sweetie. We got to get up." I said convincingly. It was 11:00 and I knew that if Taylor didn't wake up now she would get mad at me and not able to sleep tonight.

"Ok, ok" She said as she started getting up to go to the bathroom. I followed her to start brushing my teeth. "Do you have any plans for us today?" Tay asked. I stopped in my tracks, "Maybe? You'll have to find out."

"I don't like surprises." Tay pouted. "I know babe, I promise you will love it. I'll give you a little clue, pack your bags for the jet." Taylor raised her eyebrows at my clue, "Where are we flying?"

"Would that be a surprise then?"

•••

The jets engine started up and the plane rumbled. "Are you going to tell me where we are going?" Taylor grumbled.

"Nope"

"Don't you love me?"

"If I didn't love you would I be flying you out on Valentine's day?"

"Touché"

I was sat across from her with just a table full of magazines us. Taylor was taking a break from reading an edition of the Times to talk to me.

"Where are we going?"

"I'm not telling you."

"Where are we going?"

"I'm not telling you."

"Where are we going?"

"God Taylor, you sound like a 4 years old." I snapped.

Instead of pouting like I thought she would Tay responded with a classic "Womp Womp."

"Do I have to take away your TikTok privileges?"

"You wouldn't dare."

Suddenly we hear the pilot come over the intercom, "Please put your seatbelts on as we prepare for landing."

"You ready?" I asked.

"Are you?"

Dw y'all, just took me 2 months to upload!! I'm super dupper sorry but I stopped reading that much and I lost loads of motivation. Also it's tryout season for my sports and I gotta lock in.