The team came every day, bringing food and changes of clothes for Leo. Leo never left his side unless Alex was completely asleep. The man tirelessly watched to see if he was uncomfortable and Leo learned how to change his bandages on his arm and hip. The arm was healing nicely, but the scar that he would be left with would make a warrior from the olden days proud.
It took almost a week before Alex’s fever finally was completely gone. The pain machine was then taken away and replaced with pills he could take when he needed them. The day after his fever broke a couple of nurses came into his room. One of them was carrying a long thick belt and the other a walker.
“Okay, Mr. Taylor, it’s time to get you up and moving around.”
They proceeded to help him sit on the side of the bed. When the black spots that were dancing in front of his eyes abated, they secured the belt around his waist. With a nurse on each side of him, he stood up on his good leg, holding onto the walker for dear life.
Unfortunately Alex couldn’t stay standing and had to sit down. The nurses let him sit for a moment, but then he was told to try and stand again. This time Alex not only stood, but managed to make it to the bathroom and back.
By the time they left, Alex grabbed the two pills out of the palm of Leo’s hand and swallowed them dry. That earned him what Alex was coming to call “the look.” If he was completely healed, he knew a punishment would be involved. Luckily they hadn’t discussed any of that in their relationship yet.
That evening Leo asked, “Tell me about your parents. Are they still alive? Do you any brothers or sisters?”
“My mom is remarried to a judge and is living in Boston with her husband and a couple of stepchildren. My brother and sister both live in Chicago. My brother is a doctor and my sister is a lawyer.”
“By your tone, it doesn’t sound like things are all that good between you?” Leo kissed the top of his head.
“Leo, my mom has a new family that doesn’t include me. I think my brother and sister see her a couple of times a year, but they are both busy with their careers and current bed buddies. We don’t see each other. They have their lives and I have mine.”
“Bed buddies?” Leo asked.
“Yeah, they believe in having acquaintances share your bed until you find the one that will suit and enhance your career.”
“What about your dad?” Leo asked, dismissing Alex’s siblings. Even he hadn’t been that cold in his strive for success.
“When my dad was alive, we lived on a lake with forty acres of woods surrounding our house. On weekends he would take me into the woods and teach me all about nature and the different animals that lived there. He would set up different situations where I had to find him using my tracking abilities. He taught me so much.”
Alex couldn’t hold back the tear that slid down his face. “Then when I was thirteen he got sick. The cancer killed him six months later. I think that’s why my brother became a doctor.”
Leo was still on the bed with him and Alex burrowed into his arms and cried.
When the tears dried and he calmed down, Leo asked, “Was that when your mother remarried?”
“No. After my dad died, she sold the lake house and moved us to Chicago. Life became private schools and after-school activities. My brother and sister excelled and I didn’t. I wanted to be back in the woods with my dad.”
Alex didn’t want to talk about it anymore so he asked Leo about his childhood.
Leo let Alex change the subject. He was already getting a picture of why the man had such a low self-esteem. His pet needed his total attention and love. And Leo was only too happy to give it to him.
“My childhood was totally different. My mother came from a huge Greek family and my father from an equally huge Italian family. Both sides were very wealthy and my parents never needed to work. As their only child I went along with them all over the world visiting exotic places. I always ended up in the kitchens learning to cook the foods from whatever place we happened to be. Creating food became my passion and my parents encouraged it.”
“Unfortunately now, I can see that being the sole focus of my parents’ love, I became self-important. I tended to concentrate only on what I was doing, forgetting everyone around me. I’ve found out the hard way, that I have to change things. ”
“Are your parents still alive?” Alex asked.
“Oh yeah, they’re still traveling. They told me they’re going on a two month honeymoon. If I remember it right, they must be on their ninth or tenth honeymoon by now. I think those two will continue to travel and love each other until the day they die.
They continued to talk, discussing what they wanted in the future. A solid home life was important to them both, as well as children someday.
“Do you like popcorn?” Alex asked.
“Yes, especially eating popcorn while watching action movies.”
“I love action movies.”
“Although, a foreign film now and then is fun to watch.”
“I’ve never seen a foreign film.” Alex wasn’t sure he’d be able to make it through a foreign film, but he would try for Leo.
Well, when we get home, we can find a foreign film and watch it together.”
“With popcorn?”
Leo smiled. “With popcorn.”
Alex looked at Leo smiling at him. He still couldn’t believe the gorgeous Italian-Greek actually wanted to be with him, a plain Jane or maybe it was a plain Joe. Part of him kept waiting for someone to come in and take the special man away.
* * * *
The next day, right away in the morning, the doctors came in and started testing his hip. Every kind of picture known to man was taken. X-rays and images and then a big dollop of goop was painted on it. As one technician was running a wand over his hip while staring at a screen, Alex couldn’t help but ask if he saw one baby or two. His attempt at humor fell short and no one in the room even cracked a smile. After that he kept quiet.
Once the pictures were taken, the doctors poked, prodded, and bent Alex’s poor hip this way and that. By the time they were done, Alex was covered in sweat and was again reaching for the pills in Leo’s hand. Now they had to wait for the results.
A few days later the whole team was sitting around his room eating hamburgers, just keeping Alex and Leo company. The doctor came in with a stack of papers and a serious look on his face. Alex automatically slid his hand into Leo’s. After Alex assured the doctor that the team could stay, the doctor started talking.
“Mr. Taylor, I have all of the results for the tests performed on your left hip. After evaluating them with the radiologist, I can say with reasonable certainty that at this time you do not need a hip replacement,” he said without preamble. “But you will need to walk with crutches, then a walker and a cane over the next six weeks. You will also have to have daily physical therapy, preferably in a pool. I would also advise that most of your exercises in the future be performed in a pool. There will be less strain on that joint.”
“Will I be able to do my job on the rescue team?” Alex asked, squeezing Leo’s hand painfully.
“Once your hip has healed completely and you have finished rehab, you should be able to do just about anything you want. Let me be brutally honest. Daily exercise in a pool is the key to keeping that hip strong without damaging the joint more. If you are doing an activity and the hip hurts, you need to stop. If you continue what is hurting it, it will swell, causing damage. You do not need a hip replacement at this time, but you will be having one in the future. Anymore questions?”
“What happens next?” Jack asked.
The doctor turned to address Jack. “A representative for the local rehab center will be in to discuss moving Mr. Taylor into one of their facilities.
“Can he fly?” This question came from Damian.
“As long as he can lie down during the flight I don’t see a problem,” the doctor answered.
“If we provide Alex with a way home where he can lay down during the flight
and has a qualified person preforming physical therapy on him in a pool, can he skip the whole rehab center and come home with us?” Cade asked.
“I don’t see why not. A local orthopedic surgeon in your state can review what was done and what needs to be done. He can also monitor his progress,” the doctor answered.
“Good,” Cade said. “We’ll start making the arrangements and when Alex is released we can go home.”
Alex watched as everyone took over the conversation and he became invisible while still in the room. He should be used to this as this was how it usually worked. It was hard to believe it was over five years since Treb had watched him giving a demonstration on tracking techniques at an army base one weekend. From what he understood Treb had immediately called Cade and by the end of the weekend Cade had approached him with a job offer.
Being around all these men who tended to take over every situation had always overwhelmed Alex. And just like when he was a child dealing with his family, he just let them.
Since meeting Leo he had gotten used to being the center of attention. Now it looked like it was back to old times. But then there was a clearing of a throat that brought everyone’s attention to Leo sitting at his side.
“I think we should ask Alex if he would be more comfortable at a rehab center or going home.”
All eyes now were on Alex. Taking a deep breath, he asked, “Where would I stay? I’m not sure my house is set up for me using a walker. I could have the house remodeled but that would take time. And then there’s the problem of a pool? Maybe it would be best if I went into a rehab center.”
“You can stay with me and Brian,” Jack answered. “We have that huge house and it has a pool. I’m qualified to perform physical therapy. While you’re staying with us, your house can be remodeled.”
Alex thought staying with Jack sounded pretty good except for one small or maybe big detail. He looked up at Leo with a question in his eyes. Of course Leo knew what he was asking.
“I’ll be where you are, Alex, if Jack doesn’t mind having two guests instead of one.” Leo looked over at Jack.
“Of course not.” If you and Alex are a couple, then you are more than welcome,” Jack said with a not so subtle question of his own.
This time Alex answered with confidence. “Yeah, Jack, we’re a couple.”
“All right then, I’ll get the paperwork started.” The doctor concluded the meeting and left the room.
The next few days flew by in a flurry of activity around Alex. He of course was mostly stuck in bed. He could get up now with the use of crutches to go to the bathroom. A couple of times when Leo had thought he was asleep and had left to take a shower, Alex got up by himself and had tried taking a small trip down the hallway. He didn’t get far across the room before his body gave out on him, weakened by the infection. The second time he tried it, he managed to make it just outside his room, but when he turned around to crutch it back to his bed, he just couldn’t go any further. Just as his arms gave out and he started heading toward the floor, strong hands slid around his waist and he found himself braced against Leo’s hard, gorgeous body.
“You have earned yourself a spanking when your hip is healed for this one, pet,” Leo quietly spoke in his ear. Alex had learned already that when Leo’s quiet calm voice came out, he was not a happy man.
“I’m just trying to get some strength back,” he tried to explain.
“Which is all well and good, but until you’re stronger, you will wait until someone is with you. If you fall you could injure that hip even more. Do we have an understanding, Alex?” Leo squeezed Alex briefly around the waist to emphasize his point.
“Understood, Sir,” Alex answered and then froze. Where had that come from? They hadn’t discussed the details of a Dom/submissive relationship although their roles in the relationship were getting clearer every day.
“It’s okay, Alex,” Leo reassured him. “When we get home and have some privacy, we’ll have a nice long talk about what we both want and need out of this relationship, especially the rules. We’ve already discussed a few things. We’ll work it out, pet.” With that, Leo helped Alex into bed.
Alex was able to sit up now for short periods of time. Although he found he had to lean on his good hip, taking pressure off the bad one. At this point of his recovery, every hurdle he made it past was a major victory.
Then the afternoon came when they were all going home. The team had bought a mattress and put it on the floor of Damian’s plane. They had also bought a second mattress to put in the back of an SUV for the ride to the airport and then to get home from the plane to Jack’s house. Alex just wasn’t ready to sit and ride in a vehicle for any amount of time, no matter how smooth it rode. Alex waited impatiently for Leo to help him get dressed and then the team would arrive and he could go home.
Chapter Four
Alex woke up to the most exciting thing that had ever happened to him. There was a large determined finger up his ass. There was also a very delicious, warm, wet mouth sucking and biting the side of his throat, making goose bumps stand up along his arms and legs. A hard, muscled body was pressing against his back, supporting him while he lay on his good hip. The leg with his injured hip had been brought forward and his bent knee was resting on top of a few pillows.
Now Alex felt another finger join the first in his ass. He breathed through the slight twinge until his muscles loosened. Slowly those tantalizing fingers moved easily in and out. Leo pegged his sweet spot, making a small whimper escape. Alex wanted to move but knew if he shifted his hips there would be pain and knowing Leo, everything would stop.
Their loving became the most passionate, erotic torture he had ever experienced in his life, as he held still while Leo opened him further, pushing a third finger into him. Steadily Leo rubbed against his prostate, making shivers run up his spine. As he pulled out Leo widened his fingers, only to push back in, rubbing those nerves again. Alex couldn’t stop his protest when those fingers pulled out, completely leaving him empty. “Please,” he begged.
“Don’t worry, pet. I’ll take care of you. Just remember, if you move, everything stops. Tell me now if you need help. I have some soft rope that I can tie you with to help you to stay still.”
“No rope this time. I’ll stay still. Please I need…” Alex pleaded. His dick was so hard it hurt and pre-cum was dripping steadily down onto the sheet under it.
Leo brought the blunt head of his latex-covered cock to that tiny rosette that would shortly take him to paradise. Pressing in slow but steady, he didn’t stop until it stretched enough to let the head pop through. Alex whimpered but quieted when Leo stopped and let him adjust.
So far his pet hadn’t moved. It had been a risky decision so early in his homecoming. They had just arrived at Jacks yesterday and the poor man had only eaten and slept since then. But Leo needed to take their relationship to the next level. Most importantly he needed to claim Alex’s body, to make him his. It was important that he show Alex that Leo saw and wanted to only be with him. Now that they were home again, Leo knew his past problems would be popping up to challenge them. Leo also knew he had to continue to build a solid foundation in this relationship because he wanted this man to be his forever.
“Please, Sir, I’m ready now. I need you to move.” Alex’s begging raised Leo’s excitement even higher. How he loved it when a pet begged.
Carefully so he wouldn’t jar the injury too much, he pushed into that tight hole a few inches more, splitting it open further. Then he pulled out, only leaving the head of his cock still inside that warm heat. Again he pushed in, going a little further. He repeated these actions until he bottomed out, balls tight against Alex’s ass.
Leo could feel Alex trembling in his arms, but he wasn’t ready to end the exquisite torture just yet. He started a slow steady rhythm of pushing in and pegging that bundle of nerves that had Alex whimpering nonstop. Pulling out, he felt Alex’s hole tightening even more, trying to keep him in. Leo kept this up for qui
te a while until Alex tried to reach for his own cock to stroke himself off. That wasn’t going to happen. That long slim beauty was Leo’s now.
Leo grabbed Alex’s cock before Alex could touch it and held it firmly in his hand. “This is mine from now on. You may only touch it to pleasure yourself with my permission. That is a firm rule. You will be punished if you disobey.”
“Yes, Sir,” Alex replied, whimpering, on the edge of coming between what Leo was doing to his body and his mind. “Oh shit, I’m gonna come. Please, I’m gonna come.”
Alex couldn’t hold it back. Stream after steam jetted out of the tip of his cock, coating Leo’s squeezing, helping hand. Alex felt Leo shoving that beast of his all the way into his hole until their bodies were pressed securely together. Leo brought his other arm around his waist, holding him even tighter. Although Alex desperately wanted to move, he was held immobile, while Leo’s hand continued to pull cum from his quivering dick.
Something clicked inside of Alex and instead of fighting what he was feeling, he welcomed it. Being controlled completely in Leo’s arms made everything bigger, brighter and he found he was able to just let himself feel.
Leo continued to squeeze every drop from that lovely red dick. Then he raised his hand to his pet’s lips and had him lick it clean. Once his hand was clean, he firmly held the man’s waist and took his own pleasure. Sure firm strokes thrust in and out until he felt his own orgasm bubbling up. “Squeeze down, pet,” he ordered. The feel of that tight hole clamping down even more set off his orgasm. With a deep grunt he filled the extra-large condom full as he continued to plow his way into that delicious warmth. Finally he finished and could only collapse down behind his pet, holding him close.
* * * *
Alex was in an awesome mood. Leo had dropped him off at the boss’s house for the Rescue for Hire’s weekly meeting. After the meeting was finished, Leo was taking him out to lunch. This would be their first official date. It had been over two weeks since he had come home and thanks to Jack’s torture in the pool he could put a little weight on his hip while using a walker. He also thought all the loving Leo had been giving him helped.
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