Page 28 of His Middle

“Did you want me to add your clothes to mine?”

Sawyer turned around to the sight of a butt-ass naked Noah. He wasn’t buying the exaggerated look of innocence on his face for one second. He flattened his expression then strolled past Noah as if he hadn’t noticed the tan lines bisecting Noah’s hip bones, or the way they perfectly framed his hairless balls and semi-erect cock.

When the time was right, Sawyer had the feeling his hand was going to be extra sore from all the spankings he’d be giving Noah.

“That’s all right, I can do it myself.”

Sawyer kept his back to Noah while he peeled off his own clothing and tossed them in with Noah’s. However, he kept his briefs on. When Sawyer turned around, he almost laughed out loud at Noah’s frown.

The disappointment was real.

He gave Noah a wry smile. “I’m going to run upstairs and take a shower.”

Noah perked up. “I can join you—”

Sawyer held up his hand in a stopping motion. “I’ll be fine on my own.” Noah’s fallen expression tugged at Sawyer’s heart. “But I was thinking. Would you like to let your middle out to play tonight?” He gave Noah a softer smile this time. “I feel as though it’s been too long since you’ve been allowed to embrace your true self, to escape from all this unending stress.”

Noah wrung his hands and Sawyer immediately recognized the change in him. Gone was the impish seductor, and back was the boy who’d been dealt too many harsh blows in recent months.

Noah peered up at him through glimmering eyes. “You’d do that for me tonight? You’re not too tired?”

Sawyer pinched his eyebrows together. “Of course I’ll do that for you, sweetheart.” Naked or not, Sawyer couldn’t stand it. He rushed to Noah then tugged him into his arms. “Why would you think I’d be too tired? Even if I was exhausted, I wouldn’t tell you not to regress, to hold back from who you are or what you need. You never have to ask if that’s okay with me, got it?”

Noah squeezed him hard, tucking his head under Sawyer’s chin as he rested his cheek against Sawyer’s chest.

“Thank you. Thank you so much. I’ve had other Daddies say they didn’t feel like it when I needed to be in my middle space. I guess they didn’t want to have to, I dunno, interact with me differently? I’m not sure.”

Sawyer held in the rage that was building from Noah’s revelation. If someone didn’t want to be a Daddy to a little or middle a hundred percent, they needed to walk away and find someone else. This was utter bullshit.

“Do you think it was a sex thing? That they were afraid they wouldn’t get any while you a middle? And for the record, I don’t have a problem with that. But if they did, that should’ve been something they revealed before getting involved with you. Have you had contracts or some sort of agreement with your play partners?”

Noah jerked up his head, a smile plastered on his face. “You’re okay with sexy times while I’m a middle?”

Sawyer chuckled. Okay, so the sixteen-year age gap did make one difference between them. Noah’s never-ending quest for sex. Although, he mused that it wasn’t exactly a bad thing.

“I am, but focus, okay? Because even though we discussed a lot today already, I want to get everything on paper before we go much further.”

“But I can still be a middle tonight?”

Sawyer sighed. He could see it would take Noah a while to adjust. “What did I just say? You don’t have to ask. You’re my boy and it’s up to me as your Daddy to make sure you’re getting your needs met.”

Noah batted his eyelashes. “Allmy needs?”

Noah was nothing if not persistent. “It’s also Daddy’s job to guide his boy in the right direction and determine whether something is appropriate for him or not.”

Noah furrowed his brow. “How is sex not appropriate?”

Sawyer groaned. “Sex isveryappropriate. Using sex to avoid communication or moving too fast when there are issues to be discussed first, isn’t. That’s why Daddy’s in charge.”

Noah let out an exaggerated sigh. “I suppose.”

Sawyer needed to steer things in a different direction before he negated everything he’d just said. Particularly since he was still holding a very naked and very enticing Noah against his own almost naked body.

“Now be a good boy and go upstairs and get into the tub. You can play in there with your action figures while I take my shower.”

Noah’s eyes seemed to glaze over, and he broke into a grin. “Can I play Mario Kart after?”

“Get into your jammies first, then yes. After that, we’ll figure out what to do for dinner.”

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