Special Month
Salim stepped into the kitchen to find his son waiting, an eager smile on the teen's lips. There was coffee brewing and the table was set for breakfast. Except instead of the usual foods, the only item was a cake. Salim's mouth watered looking at the careful icing. Store-bought, of course, making him love it more. Zain sacrificed his own money for this.
[Happy birthday, Baba!] Zain cheered.
[Thank you.] He gave his son a hug. [No candles, I see.]
[Yeah, well, I didn't want to burn the house down.] Salim chuckled, shaking his head. He only had himself to blame for Zain's sense of humor. [Instead, I thought you could make a wish as you take the first bite.]
[Then how do we know it will come true?] Salim challenged.
[It just will. We both have big birthdays this year; it's going to be a special month.]
[If you say so,] Salim nodded. He didn't have the same fascination for the supernatural, but loved that Zain could still believe in such things. He cut the cake and tried to think of a wish. If this truly was a special month, then Salim would wish for something special.
I don't know what I want, or what I'm looking for, he admitted to himself. I wish it would come anyway, and I will know when I find it. He put a fork full of cake in his mouth. It was just the right amount of sweetness. Zain soon took a piece and together they enjoyed the cake.
Salim hadn't been looking forward to turning forty this year, but maybe Zain was right. Maybe this month would be special.
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You should see the other guy
It wasn't the plan to have Salim fresh from a fist fight for his birthday art but I randomly got a new set of gel pens and I don't usually use those so I figured I'd have some fun with them and this is the outcome 😁
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uff, first of all, I love jalims for their comfort
i love them so much
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no one really knows how much Michelangelo's Pieta influenced me.
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TBC?
I felt like this was a scene that was robbed from us somehow
I hope I haven’t butchered the Arabic expressions because I didn't find enough sources on them. ‘Ya wael’ was supposed to mean ‘oh, warrior’.
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Hot bubbly bath? Check. Candles? Check. Love of your life getting handsy? Hell. Yes.
Jason might not have been a huge fan of baths, but leave it to Salim to change everything about this man's life. Especially when said bath includes Salim himself already in it 🛁
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