33581 / 38334 — john is the best dad
John looked up from his notes, over his glasses. “What’s the status?”
His fiancée spoke for him, gently patting his forearm. “He’ll be fine with a lot of rest in a few weeks. No thinking too hard or he’ll get headaches. But he should call the doctor—” Here she paused, to give Johnny a stern glare. “—if he starts seeing double again.”
“‘No thinkin’ too hard’.” John repeated, his voice steeped in derision. “This rockhead never thinks hard enough. Any less goin’ on up there and he’ll be a danged vegetable.”
A weak smile pulled at Johnny’s mouth. “…Love you too, Dad.”
“Uh-huh. You just quit gettin’ hit in the head.” He hunkered back down over his work, the smile lines around his mouth and eyes deepening.
