I take hold of Patton's hand, smiling at him as we walk towards the beach. A small hand takes hold of my free one. I smile down at Sadie, who smiles back up at me.
"Terrence!" Patton shouts to the boy, running off into the distance. "Careful, there's a road"
"Dad, I'm fine" The boy yells back down the street with a roll of his eyes. I try not to laugh at how sassy our boy has gotten, he's growing up too fast.
"Terrence! Listen to Daddy." The small girl on Patton's shoulders shouts down the street. Patton seems to be struggling to hold her, she's getting big too.
"Leave him, El, he's just a silly boy" I say, looking up at the girl on my husband's shoulders. Ella laughs and goes back to playing with Patton's hair.We manage to get all three kids down to the beach, Patton looking relieved that he can finally put down the four year old. She immediately runs off to help Terrence build a sandcastle, Patton running after her with the suncream. Sadie reaches into the bag, finding her sunglasses. I remember when she bought those last summer, I told her that they were too grown up, she rolled her eyes and said: "Dad, I'm six, I obviously need these sunglasses". I laugh at the memory, our kids get their sassiness from me.
"Go play in the water, Sads, or at least help those two with the sandcastle" I say as she lays back on our beach towel.
"I'm sunbathing, Dad"
"You're seven"
"And I want a tan"
I laugh and scoop her up off the towel. "DAD! No! Put me down" She yells as I put her over my shoulder and carry her towards the water. She gives up and breaks into a laugh. Patton smiles at me from where he's now helping the eight and four year olds build a sandcastle. I place Sadie down with them. She jokingly folds her arms and pretends to look cross. I laugh and help the others with the sandcastle. It ends up being a pretty nice one, but the tide is proving it won't be on the beach for long.Patton and I moved to the coast about five years ago. When Terrence was three and Sadie was two. We felt it'd be better as a family to live near the sea, and we all love it. It's not too far away from Logan, who's now working at a University and loves every second of it. And it's not too far away from Roman and Thomas, who now live together and are engaged. I often go and visit Doris, who's still somehow working in that bakery.
"I wanna go in the sea" Ella says, frowning.
"Me too" Terrence whines.
"Race you both" Sadie says, and all three get up and start sprinting to the water's edge.
"Careful!" I shout behind them. Patton laughs, standing and helping me up, and we walk back towards our beach towel. We sit down, sighing.
"God, those three are difficult" He sighs out, shaking his head. "But I wouldn't change it for the world."
I turn and smile at him, kissing him gently on the lips.
"Look at us" I say victoriously, "look how far we've come" He laughs and nods.
"To think, that kiss in the rain was ten years ago" He says. Wow. Ten years. That's when you know it's for life. We both sit, silently reminiscing, listening to the splashes and laughter coming from the shallow water.
"God we were young and stupid" I say, and he laughs, lying back.
"Dad!" Terrence yells from the water.
"He means you." Patton and I say simultaneously.
"Daddy!" Ella shouts up the beach. "Come play with us!"
Patton sighs, kissing me on the forehead before standing up.
"Alright, what game?" He asks the kids, running down to the water's edge.I smile, watching my husband and three beautiful kids playing in the water. We have come far. We've done so well. I'm so happy. I look to my wedding ring, watching how it glints in the sunlight, sparkling like his eyes. I love him. I love them. My family. Us.
It hasn't always been so perfect, like every other love story, but this is it for me, and god, am I happy that it is. Our journey has just begun, I can't wait to see where it takes us, and in the end, I'd do it all again.
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and in the end, I'd do it all again [Moxiety]
FanfictionSanders Sides Patton X Virgil Fluff Fic The cover art is not mine! If you are able to find the artist please let me know so I can credit them ❤️ I'll be adding one chapter a day, every day, so stay tuned! 🖤 Shoutout to @MoxietyShipper_708 for tel...