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🥰"and then what?" j. hughes

🥰fluff

you and jack laid in bed, his arm around you and your head on his chest. "y/n, what do you think our future looks like?" jack asked you. "well, we're married, and we have three sons. they all play hockey of course. we homeschool them, one being 6, one 8, and one 10 and it's christmas. we live in a medium sized cottage, somewhere cold, and every year when it gets cold enough, you and i go out and make a rink for the family. you and the boys are doing some drills and games while i'm inside cooking christmas eve dinner. when i finish i try to call you guys in but it's nearly impossible to get you off the ice until i say that the food is ready," jack chuckles at that part because he knows it's true "continue" he says "we sit around the table and eat our christmas dinner, then we go and sit on the couch to watch a christmas movie. when the movie ends each one of the boys gets to open one present, they all open brand new hockey sticks and head out to start using them. it's 11 o'clock by the time we finish all the dishes and cleaning, our sons occasionally running in and out of the house with their skate guards on, and we look out the window to see that it had gotten dark and the boys were only using the light of some flashlights taped to the tree branches around the rink." "i have done that before" jack says, you smile picturing it. after a few seconds of silence jack pipes up "and then what?" so i continue. "well, we finally get them inside by telling them santa is gonna fill their stockings with coal if they don't go to bed. they all rush to get to sleep. once they finally fall asleep we stick every present under the tree and sit down with a glass of eggnog, maybe with a little rum if we're being honest because three sons is exhausting." he laughed knowing full well he's the reason his dad has grey hair. "and?"
"we wake up in the morning and watch the boys open all their presents, then we eat breakfast- i would make french toast the way my dad always made it when i was a kid. and after we eat we all head down the the frozen lake and skate around as a family, then head home and drink some hot chocolate before heading to your parents house for christmas dinner since my parents can't be in the same room with each other for more than five minutes" (my parents are divorced lol sorry if u can't relate)
i laugh even though he knows it hurts me. "and the kids open more presents but this time we get gifts too since we aren't the ones buying. then we eat a great christmas dinner and head home, and you and i fall asleep like this after we tuck in the kids." there was a long silence before you said "what do you think" he replied "it's perfect" before you both fell asleep in each other's arms.

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sorry this one was short it's like 1:20 am rn and i'm exhausted. also, let's go canada! world junior finals tomorrow!! let's take home gold this year! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦