Page 42 of Mouth to Mouth

“Not too hot.” Brad kissed Luca’s forehead before placing his own hand under the faucet, testing the temperature. He hummed and nodded before capturing Luca’s hands and putting them under the water.

“Have to sing,” Luca told him when Brad added soap to their hands.

“Sing?” Brad questioned.

“Two times,” Luca said. Did Brad not know this? “Twinkle twinkle little star⁠—”

The first time Luca had to sing by himself but the second time Brad joined him. He had a nice singing voice. Luca was sad when they finished.

“All done, my little star,” Brad told him. He shut off the water then grabbed a couple paper towels.

Luca held his hands out as Brad dried them.

“Good boy.” Brad kissed his forehead once again.

All the praise and kisses were confusing. That was something that a Daddy would do. And Brad was not Luca’s Daddy. He shook his head. Those were big boy thoughts. No big boy thoughts allowed. Luca was having too much fun. “Play?”

“Yes.” Brad smiled at him. “That dinosaur was so close to catching the humans.”

“Bad humans,” Luca told him.

“Very bad humans,” Brad agreed.

Luca was glad that he understood.

Brad held his hand as he pulled Luca out of the bathroom.

Remembering where he was, Luca glanced around the big room. It was so bright and colorful. Fun. Full of laughs and even some snores.

“Everyone is fine,” Brad whispered in his ear. “Josh took Dawson to one of the quiet rooms. James and Jacob are cuddling over there.” Brad pointed. “And Scott fell asleep with his head on Cal’s knee.”

Luca bit his lip. Maybe they should just go home. It looked like his friends were tired.

“Jacob, Cal, James, and Scott will probably head home soon. Josh assured me that Dawson is fine and for us to take our time playing. There’s no hurry.”

It was okay to play. Everyone was fine. That relieved him.

Brad led Luca back to the spot where Luca’s new toys were waiting for him. Luca dropped to his knees and picked up his T. rex. He looked around, wondering if Brad would let him play with the toy again sometime. They were really cool. Luca didn’t have many toys of his own. Maybe he should start investing in his little side.

“Big boy thoughts,” Luca complained.

“No more big boy thoughts.” Brad joined him on the floor. “Tomorrow is soon enough for that.”

Luca nodded his head. “Tomorrow.”

* * *

Luca

Rolling over, Luca stretched out his legs and wiggled his toes. His bed was so comfortable. Too bad the damn alarm thought it was a good time to wake up. He smacked the alarm on his phone until it stopped beeping at him.

Luca sighed. Normally he didn’t mind mornings. Luca enjoyed them, honestly. It had been a late night though. After two in the morning before Josh and Brad had dropped him and Dawson off at their apartment. By the time Luca had been dressed in his grown-up clothes and helped into the back seat of Josh’s car, his regression had faded away, leaving Luca with all the adult thoughts that he’d been avoiding over the evening.

Brad was a great Daddy.

There was no doubt that Brad had experience with the Daddy and little dynamic. Brad watching over him in the club’s nursery had been perfect. Luca hated the man that pushed Brad out of the lifestyle. It wasn’t fair.

And Luca wanted to spend more time with Brad like that.