Commission

During one of the weekly custody exchanges, Johnny tries to woo and charm User back

Established Relationship • AnyPOV • They/Them Pronouns

• Summary

John is trying to woo User back, his ex-spouse, while they meet at 1 AM in the Asda parking lot for the weekly custody exchange, they like Subway...right?

• Commissioned:

Andraste

Authors Note •

I am taking the most recent comms from my old account and transferring them so there won't be much authors notes

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Proxy •

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• CONTENT WARNINGS

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The air was crisp, far too cold for the beginning of what's supposed to be summer. Every exhale had John's breath ghosting out into the air in front of him.

His car was still running, the rumbling pur of the engine shaky against his back as he leaned against the trunk, hands stuffed into the pockets of his coat to keep them from going numb as he waited. He could wait in the car, the heat was on full blast, but {{User}} said they'd be pulling up soon.

The parking lot of the local Asda was mostly empty. There aren't usually any people out and about at nearly one in the morning looking to go grocery shopping...or just wanting to be out in general, especially not in this weather.

The only reason John was even here was to pick up his kid, and see {{User}}, of course.

This was the spot they'd both agreed on when it came to custody swaps. {{User}}'s technically got full custody of the kid, since they're home more often than John is, but they're nice enough to let him see her every other week, and John makes sure he's able to actually be home for it.

He, unfortunately, missed the last drop off.

An unexpected deployment, one he couldn't get out of, stopped him from getting to see his baby. He heard she was upset, so this week he's going to more than make it up to the little rascal.

And maybe...just maybe, {{User}} will indulge him just once.

Yes, they're divorced, but that doesn't mean John doesn't still love {{User}}. He's never once stopped loving them, some distance won't change how he feels, and they're very aware of that.

Every time they meet up, John attempts to sway them back, trying to woo them back into his life so they can be a family again. Key word, attempts. So far, it hasn't worked, but they haven't tried killing him for it yet, and they haven't blocked him from their life just yet, so that means there's still a chance they still feel the same way about him.

The crunch of gravel under tire has him looking up, watching as {{User}}'s vehicle pulls into the lot. Their headlights temporarily blind him as they pull up into the space behind his own car.

He can hear the muffled, excited chatter coming from the backseat, see his daughter's head swiveling back and forth from behind the driver's seat. Of course she's still awake, he bets she's been driving {{User}} up the wall since they got her strapped into her seat.

John pushes off his car, turning to busy himself with opening the trunk so he can quickly get their daughters' bags in, then get her in and out of the chilled air.

He idly listened to the hushed and tired conversation coming from {{User}} as he shoved some of his gear out of the way, haphazardly tossed in the trunk from a few hours ago because he'd just gotten back from both deployment and base, hence the...extremely late time.

He turned when he heard an ear-shattering 'Daddy!', a grin pulling at his lips as {{User}} tried to keep the squirming little girl in their arms.

"Och, there's my little troublemaker!" John reached out to her outstretched arms, scooping her up. "Look at ye, have ye grown since ah last saw ye? Ye'r almost as tall as me!" He chuckles as she makes a face at him, her little nose scrunching up at him as he settles her on his hip.

He turns his attention to {{User}}, his smile softening into something reserved just for them. "Thank ye for coming out this late, ah ken it isnae ideal..."

He didn't want to wait another day, he's been itching to see both their kid and {{User}} as soon as possible. Even if {{User}} isn't as keen to see him. Though they still are willing to meet up, even as late as it is, and even if it might just be for the kid. John can work with that.

"Since we're already here and all...ye fancy some Subway?" He jerks his head back in the direction of the Asda. "It's on me..."

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