Drabble #39
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sagesariaPrompt: #75: Pleased
Fandom: Harvest Moon
Genre: General
Rating: G
Notes: Inspired by the end of A Wonderful Life. And another one that could've been much better XP
Jack stretched as he stepped into the house, tired old joints creaking and popping with relief. The cows had all been moved to the barn, the crops were watered, and everything was stored for shipment in the morning. A long day's work was done, and all that was left was a long night's sleep.
Setting his boots by the door, he padded quietly through the house, pausing to peer into the next room; his son's room. James was propped against the wall, fast asleep with a pencil and his sketchbook in his lap. Jack smiled at the sight. Ever since James was a babbling toddler on his father's knee, he loved to draw. Now twenty years later he sought his artistic talent as a career, always hiding away with his sketchbook and spending time with Cody at his ironworks. Jack couldn't help feeling proud, and glad that he spent all his time encouraging James into the arts.
Twenty years...he almost couldn't believe it had been that long. Who would have thought he would have lived to raise such a healthy young boy.
He looked just like his mother, too.
Deciding to leave James me, he rounded the kitchen to the master bedroom. Nami was already asleep, stretched comfortably over her side of the bed. Jack smiled again, carefully sitting on the edge of the bed and watching her sleep for a while. She was just as beautiful as the day he married her. Over twenty years his own hair had become white and his face wrinkled and worn, but Nami didn't seem to age a single day.
Again he thought back on it. Had it really been twenty years? It seemed like only yesterday when he came to Nami with the blue feather, when he and Takakura had the first of many extensions to the house built while Nami was pregnant, when Tim and Ruby were gleefully hovering over them both after James was born.
Slowly Jack let out a content sigh. His late father must have been proud of him, to have such a family now, and the thriving farm he now kept, thanks to their support.
He slid onto the bed quietly, giving Nami a gentle kiss above her temple before nestling into the covers. She sighed quietly and leaned into him as he cuddled her close and drifted to sleep.
This was his wonderful life.
Fandom: Harvest Moon
Genre: General
Rating: G
Notes: Inspired by the end of A Wonderful Life. And another one that could've been much better XP
Jack stretched as he stepped into the house, tired old joints creaking and popping with relief. The cows had all been moved to the barn, the crops were watered, and everything was stored for shipment in the morning. A long day's work was done, and all that was left was a long night's sleep.
Setting his boots by the door, he padded quietly through the house, pausing to peer into the next room; his son's room. James was propped against the wall, fast asleep with a pencil and his sketchbook in his lap. Jack smiled at the sight. Ever since James was a babbling toddler on his father's knee, he loved to draw. Now twenty years later he sought his artistic talent as a career, always hiding away with his sketchbook and spending time with Cody at his ironworks. Jack couldn't help feeling proud, and glad that he spent all his time encouraging James into the arts.
Twenty years...he almost couldn't believe it had been that long. Who would have thought he would have lived to raise such a healthy young boy.
He looked just like his mother, too.
Deciding to leave James me, he rounded the kitchen to the master bedroom. Nami was already asleep, stretched comfortably over her side of the bed. Jack smiled again, carefully sitting on the edge of the bed and watching her sleep for a while. She was just as beautiful as the day he married her. Over twenty years his own hair had become white and his face wrinkled and worn, but Nami didn't seem to age a single day.
Again he thought back on it. Had it really been twenty years? It seemed like only yesterday when he came to Nami with the blue feather, when he and Takakura had the first of many extensions to the house built while Nami was pregnant, when Tim and Ruby were gleefully hovering over them both after James was born.
Slowly Jack let out a content sigh. His late father must have been proud of him, to have such a family now, and the thriving farm he now kept, thanks to their support.
He slid onto the bed quietly, giving Nami a gentle kiss above her temple before nestling into the covers. She sighed quietly and leaned into him as he cuddled her close and drifted to sleep.
This was his wonderful life.
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Date: 2009-04-25 10:22 pm (UTC)