a gift fit for the king

Kai

The moment I open my eyes, something or rather, someone, lands on me with a thud.

"WAKE UP, DADDY!"

Adrian.

Another warm body climbs onto my chest—Kit, who is holding a handmade scroll covered in colourful wax drawings.

"Here are the rules for today," she declares. "No meetings, no work, His Majesty King Kai of Ilya must eat at least two slices of cake, and kiss Mrs. Paedyn Azer Mom at least one hundred times."

"EW, no kissing," Adrian groans.

Paedyn laughs and steps aside just as a blur of blonde curls rushes into the room. Ava eagerly climbs onto the bed and hands me a slightly crushed sticky bun atop her favourite purple flower plate.

"Here's your breakfast, Daddy," Ava says, grinning.

"Thank you, sweetheart." I press a kiss to her head.

"Alright, kids, why don't you go eat breakfast with Gail? Let's let Daddy take a minute to get up before you bombard him with all your gifts," Paedyn says as she ushers the kids out of the bedroom. After they file out, she turns back to me.

"Happy birthday, Kai," she says, her voice low and warm.

I sit up, the sheets pooling at my waist, and reach for her hand, tugging her gently toward the bed. "Come here."

She doesn't hesitate. Her knees sink into the mattress as she leans in, wrapping her arms around my shoulders and letting me bury my face in the curve of her neck. I pull back and cup my hands around her face and kiss her.

"You know," I murmur against her mouth, "I'm starting to think you bribed the kids with cake to get rid of them early."

She pulls back, grinning. "I might've hinted that you'd need a little quiet before the chaos."

I laugh, tugging her down beside me until she is stretched across my chest. "Remind me to reward you later."

"Oh?" she asks. "Is that a promise, Your Majesty?"

The teasing gleam in her eye makes something stir low in my stomach. I brush her hair back from her face and kiss her again, slower this time. My hands roam her back, slipping beneath the hem of her robe.

"I love you," I whisper.

"I love you too, Azer," she whispers back. "Now, are you ready for the chaos?"

By the time we make it out of our room, the palace is already buzzing.

Streamers in Ilyan gold and green drape across the grand hall, courtesy of Kit and a very patient palace steward. There are flowers—forget-me-nots, and poppies. Paedyn has joked we are throwing a royal wedding instead of a birthday—and music plays from a quartet hidden beneath the staircase.

The kids have planned the day down to the minute.

There is a scavenger hunt across the palace. A three-tiered cupcake stand holding rows upon rows of lemon tarts, as well as a huge chocolate cake. Adrian insists on dueling me in the courtyard with wooden swords, and Ava demands I help her paint a picture on the east terrace while she hums some made-up birthday song. Kit gives a dramatic toast at lunch that leaves me grinning from ear to ear.

"Today is the day my dad was born," she begins. "Which means none of us would be here without him. So he should get everything he wants—except for a dragon, because Mom said that's too dangerous, and also maybe not real. But maybe next year."

"Thanks, Princess," I tell her, ruffling her hair when she finally sits down with a satisfied little smile.

–

"Alright," she announces, clapping her hands together. "Before we end the day, it's gift time!"

"FINALLY," Adrian shouts, sprinting across the room with a wrapped box almost the size of him.

Ava trails behind, holding a paper crown made entirely of painted macaroni and glitter. Kit walks forward, arms full of crumpled parchment and a very suspiciously taped-together book.

Adrian is the first to shove his box into my lap. "Open mine first!"

I peel away the paper to reveal a carved wooden horse, a little lopsided, but detailed enough to show effort. Adrian bounces on his toes. "I made it with Gail! That one's you. You're the horse."

I blink. "I'm... the horse?"

"Yeah! Strong and fast and brave and—" He leans in. "I was gonna give you a sword but Kit said I wasn't allowed near knives."

Kit sniffs. "You're welcome."

I pull Adrian into a hug, laughing. "It's perfect."

Ava places a glittery parchment paper crown on my head next.

"It's because your real crown doesn't sparkle enough," she explains.

"And this," she adds, pulling something from behind her back, "is your special drawing. It's us! You're holding hands with Mommy and I'm riding a unicorn."

"I love it," I say honestly, hugging her to my chest.

Kit holds her gift out to me.

"This," she says solemnly, "is The Book of Dad Wisdom."

Inside, she's glued together drawings, poems, and funny things I'd said.

"Thank you, my Kitty," I say gently placing the book onto the table.

Finally, Paedyn steps forward, a smaller box in her hands.

"I didn't wrap it fancy," she says. "But... I think you'll like it."

Inside is a slim leather-bound journal. The first page has her handwriting on it, looping and familiar.

To Kai — for the memories we've made, and all the ones we haven't yet. This is for you to fill — with thoughts, with days, with dreams.

P.S. I've already filled page 100. No peeking until you get there.

I look up at her, and smile so widely my cheeks hurt.

"Thank you, darling," I say as I pull her into a kiss. She laughs against my mouth.

"Also, I wanted to give you this," she says, handing me another box. I open it and look up in surprise.

"You're giving me a dagger?" I ask, incredulous. It is a slim knife, but it has beautiful carvings of forget-me-nots and poppies on one side. The other has words engraved in it — for your undoing. Paedyn nods shyly.

She softens then, leaning into my touch. "You like it?"

"I love it," I say fiercely. "But not nearly as much as I love you."

–

Paedyn

After we tuck the kids in bed, Kai collapses in bed, shirt off.

"Still up for my last gift, Azer?"

His head snaps up.

I grin at him, then motion for him to take his pants off. He fumbles with his belt, but eventually manages to take it off. I climb onto bed with him, and tug off his boxers.

His cock springs free, already hard, and the way his breath catches makes me smile.

"Someone's eager," I murmur, wrapping my hand around him and giving a slow stroke. His hips jerk up into my palm, and I can feel how tightly wound he already is.

"For you?" he rasps. "Always."

I lean down and kiss his chest, trailing my lips over the scar near his ribs, down the line of muscle, until I'm kneeling between his thighs. I glance up at him as I press a kiss to his tip. I slide my mouth over him slowly, savoring the way he groans, how his thighs tense beneath my touch. I take him in deeper, until his hips buck up and his hand flies to my hair.

A strangled sound escapes his lips when I hollow my cheeks and suck.

"Paedyn," he rasps. "Don't stop—please."

I pull back just enough to look up at him, eyes dark and shimmering with promise. "Not yet," I whisper, sliding my hands up his thighs, gripping him firmly as I rise to hover over him.

I smile before sinking down onto him, inch by inch, feeling the heat and hard length fill me completely. We both gasp, a shared rush of breath and skin.

I start to move, slow and sure at first, then gathering speed with every roll of my hips. Our bodies fall into rhythm, the heat between us building like wildfire. His hands roam, nails scraping lightly over my skin, sending shivers down my spine.

Kai

The sensation of her walls clenching me is overwhelming.

"Paedyn," I growl low in her ear, "you feel so damn perfect." I pull her down onto me fully, thrusting up to meet her, slow and deep, then faster, harder—every stroke sending us both closer to the edge.

She rolls her hips in time with my thrusts, and every time she does that, it pushes me closer to the edge.

The first wave of the orgasm hits me like a freight train as Paedyn cries out. Her pussy ripples against my cock, and she rides out the orgasm until it softens. I groan as she climbs off of me, the cold air sending waves of shock through my spine as it hits my groin.

"Alright, let me pay you a thank you, darling," I say.

I flip us over, pressing kisses to the inside of her thighs first, teasing her, inhaling the scent of us still lingering in the air. When I finally drag my tongue through her folds, she arches off the bed with a soft gasp.

My tongue licks a long, slow stripe up her center and her hips jerk at the contact. I wrap my hands under her thighs, pulling her closer to my mouth, and dive in deeper — licking, sucking, teasing her clit with soft flicks until she moans, her back arching.

"Fuck—Kai," she breathes, one hand tangling in my hair, the other gripping the edge of the sheets. "Right there..."

I smile against her, then flatten my tongue and circle her clit before sucking it between my lips. She gasps.

Paedyn

I can barely breathe—each flick of his tongue sends another jolt of pleasure through me, tightening the coil low in my stomach until it's almost unbearable. I grip his hair harder, anchoring myself as my thighs tremble around his shoulders.

"Kai—" I gasp. "Don't stop, I'm gonna—"

He groans against me, and the sound vibrates through my core. His tongue circles my clit again, slow and firm. My body arches, heels digging into the bed as the climax crashes over me.

White-hot and consuming.

I cry out his name as my vision blacks out, hips jerking, trying to pull away from the overstimulation, but he doesn't let me. He keeps going, softer now, lapping at me with gentle strokes until I'm shaking, breathless and wrecked.

He lays next to me, his arms encircling me, and slowly our breathing evens out.

"Happy birthday, Azer," I murmur into his chest.

"Thank you, my Pretty Pae, it was the best one yet." he says back. 

Kai

Her lips brush mine in a whisper of a kiss, and I pull her tighter. 

I press my forehead to hers and whisper, "I love you. All of you, always."

She smiles. "I love you too, Malakai Azer. King of my heart, forever."

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