The Story of Jai- Jai Courtney One Shots p. II

Little Boy Blue: The First Snow

It's Winter time and Aidan is excited about playing in the snow if only Leader Wic was...  Please Rate.Comment.Vote

 

Eric hated Winter, the cold wet snow that would seep through his uniform, and the way he lost feeling in his face from the bitter cold temperatures. He would rather stay in and drink a steaming cup of coffee while he read a good book, not many people knew about his stash of books and he would prefer to keep it that way.

That was, however, before Aidan came into his life. Aidan, who was now enthusiastically tugging at the hem of his pants and chattering at him.

"Wic me pay snow," Aidan stated as his brown eyes sparkled with excitement.

"Aidan, I know the snow looks fun but it's not," Eric argued lightly as he picked him up and sat down on the couch.

"No, Wic, me pay in snow." Aidan insisted.

"No Aidan, we have plenty of games and books inside to play, wouldn't you like to play one of those?" Eric suggested.

If the other members could see him now, The King of Dauntless, bargaining with a three-year-old. He would never be able to show his face outside his apartment again if anyone were to see it., He had garnered a reputation and he wasn't about to let a three-year-old destroy all that.

Aidan's bottom lip began to quiver and his eyes water.

"Wic, pease let Aiden pay." Aidan whispered in a small voice.

Eric looked his son in the eyes, and a very small part of his heart clenched at the tone, he hung his head and groaned.

"Okay, let's go play," Eric responded with a half smile that quickly turned into a grimace as Aidan let out a loud squeal and threw his small arms around Eric's neck, the small part of Eric's heart that had clenched at the tone in Aidan's voice swelled with an emotion that he wouldn't dare name.

Once Eric had dressed Aidan in his winter gear, Aidan was trying to drag Eric by the hand and with one last deep sigh, Eric locked the door and they made their way to the outside training area where many members had gathered already to have snow ball fights and just enjoy the weather. Eric thought it was such an Amity thing to do and previously would often sneer his lips at the people having fun.

Eric found a bench and motioned for Aidan to go enjoy himself while he gingerly sipped his steaming cup of coffee. When Eric stood up to put his cup in the bin, he felt a cold liquid begin to work its way down the back of his neck, leaptcausing a shudder to run through him. Spinning around, he looked and saw Aidan standing there with a wide grin on his face.

Eric reached up to the back of his head and just as he suspected, his once perfectly coiffed hair now stuck to his head lightly, and he snapped his eyes to Aidan.

"Did you throw a snowball at me?" he questioned Aidan.

Aidan nodded with a giggle.

Eric opened his mouth to scold him when he was assaulted with another snowball.This time he knew it wasn't Aidan, and he quickly scanned his surroundings and saw Cam standing there with a smirk on her face.

Eric narrowed his eyes at her and crossed his arms.

"What? He made it look fun" she argued as she walked toward Aidan.

"Cam!" he squealed as he ran towards her.

She began laughing aleapedinto her arms, and his laughter grew louder as she twirled him around in the air.

Eric felt the corners of his lips upturn on their own accord as he began to chuckle lightly at their interactions.

Aidan pulled away from Cam and returned to building a snowman, while Eric and Cam sat on the bench together.Her presence was less annoying than it once was, she was fairly tolerable. He was pulled from his thoughts when Cam elbowed him in the ribs.

"What's wrong?" she asked him.

"What do you mean?" he replied.

"You've got that look on your face." she informed him.
"What 'look'?" he asked her.

"The 'I'm Mr. Big Scary Dauntless Leader' face" she chuckled.
"Don't you have someone else to annoy?" he asked her pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Aw there's no one else I would rather annoy than you Leader Wic" she informed him.

Aidan bounded up to Cam and frantically pulled her towards his pile of snow. She chuckled as she knelt down to help him make a snowman, Eric lost himself for a moment while watching them, as he wondered what it would be like to laugh and smile, to feel joy while playing with Aidan. He never thought he would be capable of such feelings, but since Aidan had came in to life his world had begun to change. While casually glancing at his watch, he saw that several hours had passed and saw a now unconscious Aidan being carried by Cam, her lips curled in a soft smile.

"He literally just passed out." she giggled.
"Thank you, I'll take him." Eric reached for his son, Cam hesitated.
"No, I can carry him up for you." she suggested, the emotion in her eyes taking Eric by surprise and he slowly nodded.

The walk up to his apartment was silent, Eric unlocked the door and pushed it open and reached once again for his sleeping son, this time Cam gently kissed Aidan's head and handed him over, where he automatically curled into Eric and snuggled deep into his chest.

"Thank you" Eric said.
"You're welcome..." she mumbled.
"Well I've got lots to do tomorrow so...Goodnight...Eric" she whispered the last part but Eric heard it as if she had shouted it.

She called him Eric, since adopting Aidan she called him Leader Wic, but when she called him Eric it hit him hard like a blow to the chest, he opened his mouth to wish her goodnight but she had already left, and Eric frowned as he closed the door to his apartment.

With Aidan snug in his bed, Eric couldn't stop thinking about Cam and how she had called him Eric. It was the last thing on his mind as he fell asleep that night.