boys //ziam

chapter six

little jordan^^

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jordan loves the park, it's the only thing that can calm down even his worst tantrums. so zayn brought him to the pack regularly and just let him go play. he pays more attention to lucas as he's much younger and needed to be around him.

four year old jordan runs to the playground, playing with everything he sees. he goes a bit too far away from his mom, but he has been to the park so often he knows where to find him if he gets lost.

he sees a stranger staring at him from a bench.

"hey kid," the stranger smiles at him. "come here."

jordan walks closely to the man. "i'm not talking to you, mommy said i'm not supposed to talk to strangers."

the stranger laughs. "i'm not a stranger kid."

"i don't know you," little jordan says, frowning. "so you are a stranger mister."

"i'm a friend of your mommy," the strange man says. "see, i know your name is jordan. why would a stranger know that?"

"hey, how do you know my name?" little jordan questions.

"that's because i'm your daddy kid," the man says.

"i already have a daddy," jordan responds. "mommy says mister liam is going to be my new daddy, he's lucas daddy and lucas is my brother so he's my daddy too."

the stranger growls, scaring little jordan a little. "that man is not your real daddy, i am."

"if you're my real daddy, how come i don't know you?" jordan questions.

"i had to be away for a while but now i'm back baby," the man smiles. "aw you still don't believe me kid? look, i got a picture of me and your mom right here."

he brings out a picture that was neatly folded in his pocket and shows it to the young boy. jordan face lights up as he recognizes the person in the picture.

"mommy!" he says excitedly. "so you're really my daddy?"

the man nods. "but you can't tell anyone you saw me okay? i'm on a top secret mission and no one can know i'm here especially your mommy."

"woah are you a secret agent?"

"yes, that is exactly what i am," the man responds. he gets up from the bench and crouches till he's jordan's height. "i want you to promise me something kid. i want you to promise to never forget me okay? i would stay with you if i could but daddy has something he needs to do."

jordan nods.

the man stands up on his feet and gives him a long stare then smiles sadly. jordan can see his eyes teary and regretful; but of course he has no idea what it means.

"i want you to take this picture, keep it so you don't forget about me," he says, bringing out the picture from earlier that he showed jordan from his pocket and folding it neatly in jordan's coat.

"i'll be back for you kid," he says. "remember that."

"okay!" jordan responds innocently, watching the man disappear not knowing that this would be the last time he would get to see him in a very long time.

jordan runs back to his mommy. zayn ruffles his head when he sits close to him. lucas is playing around, but not able to go to far.

"where did you go to jordi?" zayn questions.

"it's a secret," he says.

zayn laughs. "well it's time for us to go kids."

jordan sighs, "okay mommy."