Page 37 of All Tied Up

“Right,” they both agreed.

Ugh. On the one hand, it sounded like the most perfect weekend ever. Neil knew already that Sebastian would take care of his every need, and Jamie would coax him into doing all sorts of naughty things that he wasn’t usually brave enough to do on his own. He was certain the scenes would be everything he’d ever dreamed of.

But it was the rest of it that he craved even more. The firm foundation of a Daddy’s caring support. The thrill of breaking free of everything that he usually repressed so hard. He could see it all with delicious clarity.

That was also what made it a horrific proposal.

He’d kind of imagined all of this with, well, at least someone who he could have a real chance at a relationship with. Someone who saw it going somewhere.

There was still a teeny tiny chance that the person he could spend the rest of his life with was in this basement right now, talking with some other sub, and he would be missing out on it.

That’s what Sebastian and Jamie had tried to protect him from.

He wasn’t sure he had the energy to find out, though. Or to risk the chance of a lifetime. Because that’s what it would be, now that he knew what these two were offering.

The no emotions part would be difficult, though. He’d already been having feelings before he even realized they were properly flirting with him. He wasn’t sure how to separate out attraction to the two of them and affection for the bond he saw between them.

“Could I think about it?” he asked tentatively.

“Of course,” Jamie agreed readily. “Also, we can do some parts of it without the rest. Like, snuggles and caretaking without the sex, or sex without the kink or just… you know. We’d talk about limits and expectations. We have each other all the time, so this would be about giving you what you need.” He gave Neil a lascivious look. “Or fulfilling your fantasies.”

Oh God. The idea of Jamie and Sebastian working together to fulfill his fantasies was mind blowing. Not just being invited into their dynamic, but having all of their attention on him… It was like winning the kinky lottery.

When he hadn’t even bought a ticket.

He was beginning to think that turning this down would be stupid. What if he never got a chance like this again? What if it was years before he met the right man to be his Daddy? What if it never happened?

“One more thing,” Sebastian added. “We were going to do a public demonstration tomorrow night. If you join us for the weekend, you could be part of that scene, observe, not attend, or even ask that we not do it at all. But I wanted to put that on the table.”

Neil sucked in a sharp breath. “What would that entail?” He could already imagine it. Jamie and Sebastian doing… something with him, maybe even if he was blindfolded. Maybe with his eyes closed. But knowing that strangers were watching. That he was a demonstration for them to enjoy...

“I can’t tell if that was a good gasp or a bad one,” came Sebastian’s soothing voice.

“It was a good one,” Neil murmured. “I think I like the idea of being…”

“On display?” Jamie asked.

Neil nodded.

“Well, that makes things much easier.” Sebastian sounded pleased. “And what we do can be pretty flexible. Jamie was asking for a role play scene, maybe headmaster and naughty school girl. I was thinking of wax play or Shibari. You know,” he winked, “Mario’s not the only one who can tie knots. There can’t be any sex—we’re a business and we aren’t licensed for that—but if your thing is anywhere else along the line of pleasure or pain, just tell me and I can probably make it happen.”

Fuck. Neil’s heart was beating about a million times a minute. He was finally doing this. Him. With two people who were so hot that they made it difficult for him to breathe. All he needed to do was to say yes.

“I…” One syllable. Three letters. “Can I decide tomorrow? I mean, I like all of it...” he said shyly. It felt different knowing that they both enjoyed his shyness. That they were watching him and wanting him. “But can we just… Like we’ve been doing? To start?”

“Of course, baby boy. I think that’s very wise of you. How about we get things cleaned up down here and then we’ll come up and tuck you in.”

“That sounds good,” Neil agreed. Actually, it sounded heavenly. And instead of them rejecting him for his indecision, Sebastian thought he was wise. He felt a proud glow in his chest which somehow eclipsed all of his other accomplishments of the past dozen years.

“Can we tuck him into our bed?” Jamie asked hopefully.

Sebastian gave him a startled look, but recovered quickly. Did the two of them not usually have guests sleep beside them? Jamie blinked a couple times, too, like he was surprised at himself. Neil wished he understood even a fraction of that silent conversation.

“I think that’s for Neil to decide,” Sebastian finally told Jamie sternly. “But he needs sleep tonight. No playing.”

Jamie groaned. “That’s gonna be really hard, Daddy.”

“If you can’t keep your naughty little hands to yourself and keep us awake all night, I’ll know exactly who doesn’t get to come.”