by M. A. Innes
It was Zac.
“There we go.” The one part I wasn’t sure about was the touching. I’d never had to think about how or when he’d wanted to be teased or played with. He’d always been pretty much an open book about that kind of stuff, so second-guessing was an odd feeling.
I wanted to run my hands over his chest and play with his nipples to make him squirm. Ignoring those desires and focusing on taking off his clothes felt...frustrating. Could I touch him? Was that okay? In the book, the main characters seemed to have times it was sexual and times it wasn’t, but how did Zac feel about it?
There were so many things we needed to talk about, it was hard to keep track.
Moving to strip off his sweats, I told myself I was going to start a list. With touching right at the top of it.
As he stepped out of the pants that puddled around his feet, I glanced back to check the water level in the tub. It was hard to make sure through the bubbles that were starting to overtake the tub, but it looked almost full, so I reached over and turned off the tap.
When I didn’t look too closely, Zac seemed calm. But the careful breaths he was taking and the fact that his cock was hanging softly in front of him screamed out how nervous he was. A truly calm Zac would have been talking a mile a minute and been hard as a rock.
His dick had a hair-trigger.
Pulling him into my arms, I kissed his cheek and let him rest against me. I wanted to tell him it was alright and that I just wanted him to have fun with his new role, but I wasn’t sure if he wanted to talk about it yet. “I think the bubbles got slightly out of hand. I’m not sure you’re going to be able to see the boats.”
Zac chuckled and nodded. “Maybe just a little.”
He’d teased about calling me Daddy, but I wasn’t sure how seriously he’d really meant the comment. So far, he hadn’t actually called me that and every time he spoke, it was almost like a ghost of the word just silently hung there at the end of his sentences.
That was going to be another thing for the list if it didn’t come up while he was in the tub.
Stepping away, I pointed to the bubbles. “Hop in. I’ll let you play for a while before I wash you.” The words shouldn’t seem erotic—but they were.
Evidently, Zac thought so too because he shivered and his cock started to thicken. I wasn’t sure what to do about it, but he just ignored it and nodded. “Okay.”
We were also going to have to talk about giving me clues or cues to let me know what direction to take a situation. As his daddy or Dom, I knew I was supposed to guide the scenes as long as I stuck to the limits we set up, but this was so new, I wasn’t sure what to do.
Research. I knew how to research. I just needed to take those skills and give them a new direction. Age play.
He was clearly having some kind of internal debate, but Zac slowly got into the water and sat down amid the bubbles and boats. I wasn’t sure what to do while he got his bearings, so I sat down on the bathmat beside the tub and just watched.
That just seemed to make him even more nervous, because he kept glancing back and forth between the boats and me. This was supposed to be fun and relaxing...not stressful and awkward.
Reaching into the tub, I found a toy buried in the bubbles. “Found one, baby. Oh, it’s the red one.”
He cracked a small smile, then took a deep breath. “I like the boats.”
“I hoped you would. There were some animals that looked fun too, but I thought we could go back and find more together.” With a short timeline and no idea what he might want, I thought I’d done a pretty good job.
Zac reached for the boat and started slowly steering it through the bubbles. “That sounds fun.”
“We’ll pick out some toys too if you want. Like blocks or something.” I wasn’t sure what would appeal to him, but I knew there had to be something.
“And some cars?” His smile was more mischievous and less stressed. He was going to have fun shopping.
“Of course.” Not wanting to promise him the moon, I quickly qualified it. “And once we make some rules, we can decide how you earn more toys. Maybe by being good or by following the rules.”
His face scrunched up like he’d sucked on a lemon. “Rules?”
Laughing, I reached in and tickled him without thinking about it. He squirmed and giggled, making the water slosh. “Yes, rules. Boys need rules to follow so they don’t get in trouble.”
A shiver raced through him, and I could see desire flash through his eyes. “But boys sometimes get in trouble when they don’t listen to their...daddy.”
It was close enough to calling me Daddy that something squeezed inside me. “That’s right. Sometimes Daddies have to punish their boys or spank them to remind their boys to be good.”
Another shiver had Zac shifting. I knew he’d gotten hard at the thought of getting spanked. “There will be times I have to bend you over my lap and spank you, baby.”
He swallowed hard and nodded, licking his lips. “Yes...Daddy.”
My brain kept going back and forth about how erotic the playtimes were supposed to be, but my dick wasn’t conflicted at all. He liked Zac’s sweet words. They should’ve been completely innocent, but they somehow were sexy and made me want to show him how much I loved the words.
I reached out and cupped his cheek. “Good boy.”
Zac moaned and closed his eyes as he pressed his face into my hand. “Your good boy.”
“That’s right, baby. You’re all mine.” I sat up on my knees and kissed his forehead.
His eyes slowly opened and the love and tenderness in them had my heart aching again. I’d fallen for him the first time I’d seen him and nothing was going to change that. Zac must have seen it in my eyes because he smiled and started zooming the boat around the tub, sound effects and all. I let my hand move down his face and rubbed his back slowly.
I wasn’t completely sure how I felt about it all, but just knowing he was sharing something special with me made it sweet and beautiful. This was a side of him that no one else would get to see and was just for us. It went beyond being in love or even making love. This was a hidden side that he was letting me see because he trusted me and believed in us.
Relationships took all kinds of turns and twists, but that just made the road more interesting.
As I watched my husband play in the bubbles and laugh as the boats disappeared, I couldn’t help but marvel at the unexpected path our road had gone down. It wasn’t something I’d have ever sought out or expected, but I had a feeling it would turn out to be more perfect than anything I could have mapped out for us.
Zac glanced up, smiling and finally relaxed. “Do you want a boat, Daddy?”
Nodding, I tried not to react to the word. “I would love one, baby.”
There would always be twists and turns, but it was taking the journey together that mattered.
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M.A. Innes is the pseudonym for best-selling author Shaw Montgomery. While Shaw writes femdom and m/m erotic romance. M.A. Innes is the side of Shaw that wants to write about topics that are more taboo. If you liked the book, please leave a short review. It is greatly appreciated.
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