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Was it?

Scooting across the bench, he gave the seat next to him a pat. “Now it will be easier to… share.”

The little pauses had to be in my head. He wouldn’t have made that sound dirty on purpose.

I cleared my throat, my eyes flicking in the direction of the bathroom as I contemplated fleeing, but I sat down instead. I could feel the warmth of his side against my own, and it felt oddly natural despite my trepidation. I tried to tell myself that I was just cold, maybe even just lonely, but it was more than that.

There were cheesy pop songs just waiting to be written about that moment.

“Yeah, um,” I said, gesturing to my plate. “Have as much as you want.” I bit my bottom lip to keep myself from offering to feed him. I was already pushing the envelope enough.

Adrian leaned closer, which I wouldn’t have even thought was possible. “How much will you give me? I don’t want to ask for too much.”

“I don’t think you could ask for too much,” I said, and my voice was hoarse. I tilted my head, searching his expression and trying to figure out just how much of this I was imagining.

“You’ll tell me if I go too far, though, right?” He looked down at the food then back up at me, at my mouth.

Jesus Fucking Christ.

“I’m not comfortable taking charge.”

I wet my lips with my tongue, spellbound. “Yeah,” I managed, if only barely. “Gonna have to do a lot more than this to scare me off, though.” I meant it to be a joke or something, but it ended up being more of an uncertain question instead.

“I’m counting on it. You’re going to help me with very… personal things. I don’t want to scare you off or push you away.” He gave me another of those innocent looks. “I like being with you like this.”

Like friends. That’s what he had to mean, having dinner and talking — not the other things that were running through my head.

“Yeah. Me too,” I echoed. He had to be completely unaware of the effect he was having on me. Goddamn it, I needed to get laid, pronto. I should’ve taken more of my own food, but I leaned in, pressing against him as I stole another piece of his value menu steak.

He watched my mouth as I chewed, and it felt a little like I was under a microscope. “You don’t mind that you’re going to have to see me naked?” There was another one of those damn pauses. “To help me with the tail?”

Mind? I couldn’t stop thinking about it, but that didn’t seem like the right thing to say. I still squirmed, taking my time before finally swallowing. “Um. No. No, I don’t mind. Are you going to um… How much help…”

Oh, for fuck’s sake. When had I turned into a stammering idiot?

Adrian shrugged and started poking around his plate as though trying to decide what to eat. He finally speared a piece of steak then glanced at me. “Lots. I haven’t been able to put it in. It seems like it would hurt, and no one’s ever… penetrated me like that. Do you know how to make it feel good?”

Then he ate the fucking bite like nothing he’d said was out of the ordinary.

I wasn’t going to make it through the evening without embarrassing the fuck out of myself. “I…” Goddamn it. I was not twelve! “Um. Yeah. Lube, prep, that sort of thing. You got a small one, right?” I asked, as casually as possible. I hadn’t looked that closely at the size of the plug. I’d been too busy looking at… other things.

“The plug and the tail?” The question came out like it was a typical, everyday kind of conversation. When I nodded, my mouth going dry, he continued, “It said it was a small, for beginners. I didn’t think anything too big would fit, but the website said this one would. The pup in the video I watched liked having his put in. He laid across his master’s lap.”

I cleared my throat, interest in food all but forgotten. “Would it be… easier if we were both, you know, already relaxed?” I asked slowly. “We could just play a little first, then you can let me know when you’re ready? You can… lay across my lap, if you want… If you don’t think that’s too weird,” I said hastily, like it wasn’t already fucking weird that I was talking about sticking a butt plug attached to a tail into my brother’s ass while he played pup and I played Master.

“I should probably be naked first when we play then, so I don’t have to stop and take off my clothes. That sounds right, doesn’t it?” Then he leaned close again and looked at my plate. “Can I have another bite? Yours is really good.”

I was stuck on him starting out naked, and it took me a minute to clue into what he was asking. “Yeah, sure,” I said, still trying to figure out what the hell had just come before that. “As long as you’re comfortable.”

Grabbing my fork, I started getting him more of the pasta. As I started bringing it up to his lips, he gave me a long look.

“I never thought I’d see you like this, but I’m getting more comfortable with you every time we talk and play. Thank you for helping me be a pup.”

What was I supposed to say to that? The only thing that came to mind… “Thanks for trusting me.”

Chapter 11 Adrian

Owen kept glancing over at me as he drove, weaving his way through the traffic with ease. I wasn't sure if it was a good thing or not. Dinner had been nothing like I’d expected, but it had been everything I could have imagined if I’d let myself see him that way before. It had been the sexiest date ever.

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