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โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €ษดแด€แด›สœแด€ษดษชแด‡สŸ โ€˜ษดแด€แด›แด‡โ€™ ส™แด€ส€แด›แดษด โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €สแดแดœษดษขแด‡๊œฑแด› ๊œฑแดษด แด๊œฐ สŸแด€แดœส€แด€ แด€ษดแด… แด„สŸษชษดแด› โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €ส™แด€ส€แด›แดษด โ€œ แดกสœส ษช๊œฑ แด‡แด แด‡ส€สแดษดแด‡ ๊œฑษชษดษขษชษดษข แด€ษดแด… แด…แด€ษดแด„ษชษดษข แด€ส™แดแดœแด› แด‡แด แด‡ส€สแด›สœษชษดษข?โ€ โ €โ €โ €โ €
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i know dad, theyโ€™re not toys to play with and i know i have to respect how dangerous they are. but itโ€™s still cool that i can learn on the farm with you and mom.
and you remember why we allow you? that guns are unfortunately a large part of this country, number one killer is people not know how to use them correctly. so you knowing how to check if itโ€™s loaded, how to hold it correctly and make it safe is important.
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you and mom are both the best, none of my friends are allowed to shoot guns and they all think itโ€™s really cool that i can. donโ€™t worry, i tell them i have to be sensible.
a very big prize. but she did love me before that because your mom is just the best.
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layout courtesy of @TheSpiderfetus - thank you as always Mani! ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป
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great! i love the fair! did you give mom a big prize when you started dating? is that why she fell in love with you?
when theyโ€™re in town over thanks giving weโ€™ll go, show off a bit. mom will love you winning her a prize. girls love a guy who can win them the biggest stuffed animal the stall has.
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youโ€™ll take me right? so i can show off my skills and win all the prizes. do you think i could win something for mom?
be hard to find a kid twice your age that has a better aim than you. got a skill kiddo very few people have โ€” wait until the fairs in town youโ€™ll be winning every shooting game there.
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do you really think so? mom always says iโ€™m really good.
shooting? sounds good. youโ€™ll soon be better than both of us the rate youโ€™re going.
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hmm.. can we go shooting? i want to keep practicing so i can get as good as you and mom.
you pick. we can โ€” go fishing. ride the dirt bikes. go into town and hit up the arcade. go shooting. days wide open for fun.
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yeah of course! what are we going to do?
awesome. good lad. until then how you fancy keeping your old man company?
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fine, i promise dad. iโ€™ll be really good, i like hanging out with them.
correct they do. youโ€™re a lucky lad, though promise me youโ€™ll be good. misbehave and itโ€™ll not happen again.
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steve and aly love me too. everyone does.
auntie nat is bias because she loves you.
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iโ€™m always good! auntie nat always says so anyway.
best behaviour. theyโ€™ve full permission to tell you off if youโ€™re being too rowdy.
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rude!
take a wild eight year old for a few days? sold. no going back on that!
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a somewhat sceptical look crossed his features, but he wasnโ€™t about to question his dad on a day when he was still feeling fairly low on energy. it was nice to believe in something fantastical even if he wasnโ€™t entirely convinced. a quick nod, the same smile remaining as โ€”
โ€œyeah? lucky to have a mom who knows magic to put in the soup to make you better.โ€ on the edge of nate believing such stories at not, some tended to be hit and miss these days but clint tried to keep the magic alive as long as possible. ruffling the boys head on moving +
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โ€” he finished off the last of his soup. with that out of the way, he placed his bowl into the sink before wandering off to the living room to get comfortable on the couch, tucked under a blanket.
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a big spoonful of soup quickly swallowed, head bobbing in a nod and even managing a much brighter smile. โ€œme and mom napped for ages. my throat is still a little bit sore but itโ€™s feeling better. i had some more medicine too but this soup is the best.โ€ beaming in his momโ€™s โ€”
errands ran has clint slipping back into the house not long after the eight year old had taken seat at the table with bowl of soup under watchful eye on his mom. โ€œhey buddy.โ€ route into kitchen and directly small boy. hands resting on the either shoulder, leaning down to +
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โ€” direction for a moment before back to his dad. โ€œweโ€™re going to put the movie on after iโ€™ve finished this.โ€
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several hours more sleep, waking to find his dad had been replaced by his mom, he found himself tucking up beside her until she woke. hungry, and feeling slightly less groggy after having slept a good chunk of the day, it wasnโ€™t long before he was in the kitchen dining on a โ€”
this time as nate drifts off to sleep clint has remained with him for a short about of time. having been woken by laura later clint has slipped from the boys grasp. tucking nate into covers before dipping out of the door. either parent would be in calling distance when needed.
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โ€” bowl of his favourite soup, the heat of the liquid helping his sore throat.
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the mention of some of his favourite movies and the promise of ice pops caused a smile, even if it wasnโ€™t quite as wide as would be normal. another yawn, and despite the request to move downstairs, he found himself quickly drifting back off to sleep, tucked in the safety โ€”
โ€œletโ€™s watch sonic the hedgehog, see if we canโ€™t watch all three movies in one day.โ€ movies so well played in the house if and when nate is to fall asleep nothing would be missed nor needed to be rewatched. even if the film more annoyed the archer than it should. planting +
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