Total pages in book: 81
Estimated words: 78043 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 390(@200wpm)___ 312(@250wpm)___ 260(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 78043 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 390(@200wpm)___ 312(@250wpm)___ 260(@300wpm)
“Both. I want to ignore it and not be surprised. I don’t want her to see me as some kind of nutty worrier who can’t handle his kinks.” Dean huffed and wiggled until he was nearly on my lap. “I’m a very good Daddy to him but that’s just not me.”
Understatement of the year.
“You are a wonderful Daddy to him and you’ve always been very supportive when he needed you to be and when we were fucking him.” Just because Dean wasn’t comfortable with it didn’t mean he hadn’t been trying.
“You’ve done a great job of trying to understand his needs.” Joel just had so many we had to divide them out. “I like that part of his desires, so I will handle talking to his mother about anything in that conversational category.”
No matter how weird they were.
“Ugh.” Dean was obviously back to not knowing what he wanted, so I just gave him a hug and waited for the sound effects to fade. “Okay, tell me. I want to look like a good partner when you have to explain it to her. Because let’s face it, she’s going to ask.”
She was…and judging by Joel’s personality, she wasn’t going to understand why it made Dean squirm.
“She understands the concept of safewords, so if it comes down to it, we’re going to use them.” And I wasn’t going to feel bad about it at all. “Just remember that she seems to like us, though. That will go a long way.”
“I’ll try.” Dean sounded a bit too dejected over the whole thing, so I knew we needed a new way to approach the conversation.
“Good.” Shifting subtly wasn’t really an option because I was going drastic, but I knew he’d adapt. Mostly because I was pretty sure he needed his Dom at the moment and not his boyfriend person. “Kneel for me. I’m going to tell you how I’m going to meet that part of Joel’s needs.”
Dean went still for a split second before nodding slowly and easing back from me. “You like that.”
It wasn’t a question but I nodded anyway. “I do. I think you look sexy like that and it settles something in me. I don’t know if I have the right vocabulary to explain it, though. Not enough dirty reading on the internet probably.”
Barely managing to hide his smile as he grabbed his pillow and knelt down between my legs, he tried to look serious as he bobbed his head. “Joel’s done plenty of research. He can help you figure out the words.”
Barking out a laugh as I brought my hands to Dean’s face, I couldn’t help imagining that as I stroked his cheeks. “Oh yeah, he’s probably got some kind of dirty thesaurus to help me too.”
Nearly giggling, Dean nuzzled into my hand as he settled into place. “Yeah, but he’d be very happy to help.”
“Then he’d tell me exactly how I could reward him for being so helpful.” My teasing comeback was so right on the money that Dean laughed again. “But you, on the other hand, don’t tell me when you want to be rewarded.”
Dean’s gaze dropped to my chest as a sheepish expression took over his face. “I’m not unhappy and I’m very well taken care of by my partners.”
That was the weirdest way to describe what he was feeling ever.
“But you wouldn’t mind if I wanted you to submit to me more?” Taking a slightly more assumptive route through the conversation, I knew I was on the right track when he went still again. “You’ve been growing more confident in how to be Joel’s Daddy, but we haven’t spent as much time focusing on our relationship.”
His shrug was deceptively casual but didn’t seem like he was trying to tell me I’d been a dick partner. “How would you want to do that?”
He seemed happy with that idea, so I started stroking my thumb on one cheek and massaging his shoulder with my other hand. “I don’t know yet. We need to work that out together, but my first thoughts were about going on a date just the two of us and carving out some time in the week where it’s just the two of us exploring things.”
Dean swallowed and licked his lips, either thinking or just needing a moment for his brain to recover. After a few seconds, his head jerked back and forth. “Joel wouldn’t mind and we could pick times like now when he’s busy.”
We were all taking way too many classes but he’d also shoved in volunteering to be a professor’s minion for something extra to put on his resume. We probably all should’ve had more common sense, but our schedules made sure there were weird pockets that only overlapped with two of us.
“I think that’s a great idea and we’ll make sure you two get good together time too.” Dean’s soft smile pulled me in and made me kiss him. It was barely brushing my lips against his, but it got a needy sigh from him as I pulled back. “Daddy and boy time where you could play or give him a bubble bath. Maybe get him fast food that comes with a toy.”