whenamarshmallowmeetsahothead:

“Three – two – one!
Happy New Year!”

It was still seven pm, but
they were watching the Times Square Ball Drop on TV. Danny had
Grace, but they weren’t spending the night together, because Grace
had ‘a super cool party with my friends, dad, don’t be so lame!’

“Happy New Year, Danno,”
Grace said while kissing her dad on the cheek.

“Happy New Year,
Monkey.” Danny hugged her tightly, not believing how big she’d
gotten.

“Happy New Year,”
Grace said again, kissing Danny on his other cheek.

“What’s this one for?”

“That’s from uncle
Steve.”

“Monkey, uncle Steve is
right over there.” Danny pointed to the kitchen, where Steve had
gone to grab more beers and a soda for Grace.

“I know, but he thinks he can’t give you one, so I’m doing it for him.”

Danny stared at his
daughter perplexed, wondering when she’d gotten so perceptive. Then
he started thinking how he could let Steve know that he could give
Danny all the kisses he wanted.

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Prompt #1 for the 365 Day Prompt Challenge.