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Will barked a laugh.“Is that a joke? This is like my porniest wet dream come to life.”

Daniel’s smile was back at that, erasing the anxiety from Will’s mind that he had done something wrong.

He’s like a beacon,Will thinks. Like a goddamn lighthouse.

And then just as quickly, his smile was gone.

“If I hadn’t come onto you, would youstill want me?”

“Absolutely,” Will said without hesitation.

“And if I didn’t want to do this daddy thing, you’d still want me?”

“Yes. I would,” Will said.“We can drop that part of it right now if you want and keep going.”

Daniel tucked his chin and seemed to think that over.

“I don’t think I want to,” Daniel said.“I think I want to keep going just like this. I was just scared that maybe you didn’t want me… and I couldn’t clear my mind.”

“That’s ok, baby,” Will said quietly.

“I don’t know what to do,” Daniel said, sounding awfully young. He looked at Will with his big brown doe eyes, like something out of a cartoon. “Would you teach me, daddy?”

Will stifled a shudder and nodded. Something kicked alive inside of him at the words. He could feel that part of himself coming back—the piece that was fully committed to the scene, to being a daddy for his perfect boy.

And that piece of him had a very tempting idea.

“There are other ways to get your head into it, if that’s what you want,” Will said.

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It waseasy for someone to say, “Clear your mind.”

Making it happen in reality was something entirely different.

Once Daniel had let his anxieties and hangups intrude on the moment, he couldn’t figure out a way to kick the thoughts out of his head. It was something that happened sometimes in class, when he was driving, and when he was trying to sleep.

He’d never been able to figure out how, exactly, to quiet the thoughts and the doubts. So when Will offered another way to clear his mind, Daniel was eager to try it.

The word "spanking," once it had been uttered between them, had the same quality as the words "daddy" and "good boy"—silly at first but in the same moment, deeply erotic.

How had Daniel gotten so long in his life, he wondered, without considering everything that had landed in his lap today? Will suggested spanking—asked if Daniel wanted to try it. Daniel blushed, dropped his eyes, and nodded.

He turned, acutely aware of his nakedness, and flipped to his belly, assuming that Will would want him on all fours.

"No baby," Will said gently. "I want you to relax. It's not a punishment. I just want you to lie down."

"I don't see how that's going to—"

Will stopped him with one disapproving look.

"Are you going to trust me or do you want to be punished?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Sorry. Yes. I trust you." Daniel did as he was told, lying on his back and waiting patiently to understand how Will could possibly get access to his ass like this. Will reached for his ankles, pinning them together and then lifting them—and immediately, Daniel had his answer. He reached to hold his calves, to lift himself higher in the air, but Will just batted his hands away.

"Don't worry about it. Just relax."

Will moved him around until he had Daniel exactly how he wanted him, with Daniel's knees resting against the back of Will’s shoulder, his ankles crossed and ass hitched into the air. He felt incredibly exposed, especially because he couldn't see what Will was doing on the other side of his body.

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