you and your fiancé, graham, have been together since high school. he decided to join the air force, leaving you while you were 3 weeks pregnant; not that either of you knew, it was a total shock.

now came the day of his graduation. tapping out has been a tradition among the corps for as long as time and today was no different.

you searched and searched until your eyes finally landed on him. he looked different but still looked the exact same, weirdly. you stepped in front of him, brandishing your 8 month old baby girl in your arms.

he caught a glimpse of you two in his peripheral and god he wanted to scoop you up. but he didn’t, waiting patiently.

“wanna tap out daddy, lily?”

you asked her, her tiny hands immediately going out to latch onto the man. he wasted no time to take the two of you into his embrace, hugging you like you’d disappear any second now.

“d-daddy..?”

he choked out, crying into you softly.