“Yes, Daddy.” Kai’s voice shook, but Nolan would take it.
Tension that he hadn’t known he was holding eased out of his shoulders, and he pulled Kai back into a hug, wrapping his arms all the way around him so that he was tight against his body and swaying gently with him while his tears dried.
“From now on, any hard thing you have to deal with, you bring it to me and we’re going to deal with it together. We’re going to do it over and over again until you learn to run to me, not away from me, understood?”
“Yes, Daddy.”
“Come on, let’s go up to bed.”
Kai clung to his hand but allowed himself to be led upstairs to their bedroom.
Nolan sat on the edge of the bed pulling Kai into the v of his legs.
“You looked so beautiful tonight,” Nolan told him looking up at him, his hands spanning his corset over his ribs.
“Before I ruined the whole night?” Kai gave him the tiniest, self-deprecating smile, but he still looked so fragile, and that just didn’t sit right with Nolan.
“Baby, you need to stop thinking so much in black and white.” He reached around Kai’s back for the bow at the base of his spine that cinched the corset into place. “You didn’t ruin the whole night. We just took a detour on our way home.”
Kai gurgled with tired laughter, but his grin spread and Nolan puffed his chest with pleasure. He pulled the corset loose, and Kai sighed, draping his arms around Nolan’s neck.
“Damn, that feels good.”
“It’s the hottest thing I’ve ever seen. One day, you’re gonna wear it for me with nothing underneath.” He worked it open and tugged it over Kai’s hips. letting it fall to the ground.
“I wanted to wear it for you tonight.”
“Nuh-uh. I want a whole night, and I want to be seduced. Sexy dance and everything.”
“Should I tell Myles to get me some heels?” Kai asked a little more playfully.
“If you want to,” Nolan said, mouth curving in approval as he tugged Kai’s tie off and started undoing the buttons of his shirt.
“I liked dancing with you tonight.”
“Same. And I liked making out with you on the balcony. And seeing you take on that security guard. Baby, you looked so fierce. I was so proud.”
Underneath his blush, Kai looked pleased. Nolan pushed his shirt off of his shoulders and let it hit the floor. “Your heart is so good. There’s nothing anyone could say to convince me otherwise.”
Kai’s smile dipped. “I just know what it’s like to be him. Iwashim. Sometimes you hoped people would help, but if you couldn’t have that, you just hoped people wouldn’t notice you at all.”
“But you noticed and you helped.” Nolan stood and pulled the thin undershirt over Kai’s head.
“I tried.”
“You helped. You stood up to a bully. Baby, that thing was too tight! Look at you!” Nolan fretted, sitting back down on the bed and taking in the angry red lines on Kai’s torso where the stays had dug into his skin. “Does it hurt?” he asked, frowning as he ran his thumbs down them.
Kai shook his head.
“How many times do I have to tell you to? Use. Your. Words.” He punctuated each word with a kiss against his chest.
“No, Daddy.”
Nolan hummed with approval and reached for Kai’s belt. When he pushed his trousers over his hips, Nolan’s brain melted for the second time that night as all of the blood in his brain flooded to his dick.
“Goddamn,” he whispered, forcing Kai to twirl awkwardly, with his pants around his thighs. Kai laughed, stumbling over his discarded clothes and trapped legs. Nolan grabbed his hips, pulling him down onto his lap so he didn’t fall. “Ooh baby, you’re in so much trouble.”
“Yeah?” Kai asked a little breathlessly, grinding back on Nolan’s hard cock and letting his head loll on Nolan’s shoulder. Nolan reached around, gripping his inner thighs and pulling them apart as far as they’d go with his pants still around his thighs. “I changed my mind. This is the hottest thing I’ve ever seen.” He stroked Kai’s trapped length through the satin with his thumb until he reached a damp spot just over his head. “Needy baby,” he whispered when Kai moaned.
