Page 66 of Lucky Sucker

My gift. A bloop sounded from my stomach, the nervous bubbles popped. My guess was locked in, but now I was second-guessing it. This clearly wasn’t a replica model of him.

At the door, a giant teddy bear sucked in at the center from where Daddy’s hands were clenching it. He peered from the side to see me. “Are you gonna invite me in?”

I gasped. “Are you a vampire?”

“I think you might be with the way you—” He paused, seemingly seeing someone in the hallway behind me.

The teddy was nearly as tall as him. I didn’t know how it would ever fit in my bed. Although, I would absolutely try. Daddy came into the house with it, squeezed through the front door. He had a plastic grocery bag on his wrist too, swinging around with rustling thuds as it collided with everything.

“Congrats on the game,” Elliot said as we passed them in the dining room.

“Thanks,” he called back, hauling the teddy up the stairs behind me to my room.

Alone in my room, the three of us; me, Daddy, and the enormous teddy.

“I love it,” I said, nearly falling over my feet to hug and kiss him. “I can’t believe you bought me something this big.”

He picked me up and gently placed me on the teddy. It was going to help replace the want for Daddy’s body in my bed during the night. “I brought some things from the convenience store, and—” he pulled a backpack off and around a shoulder. “I brought the projector, and some stuff, in case you wanted it.”

“What stuff?”

He showed me inside the bag. “It’s just some of my clothes and older team stuff that. I saw someone say that guys in relationships together can share wardrobe, and I really like seeing you in my jerseys. So, I wanted to bring some older ones over. And also a couple of things that smell like me, assuming you don’t wash them, but—”

This was his first time in a relationship and being a Daddy. He was doing such a good job at both of them. “Yes, please. Anything that smells like you, I want.”

“I also brought the cologne I wear so you can spray it on the bear,” he said. “But I’ll have to take that back with me, I don’t want to lose my smell. It’s what helps you find me on campus, right?”

I nodded. “Yes.”

“Good. And I brought snacks. You mentioned you like juice boxes, so I grabbed a multipack and I also brought cookies, as well as that leftover cake from last night. I figured you’d enjoyed it more than me. If Julia had seen it, it would’ve been in the trash.”

The cake had been amazing, happy to have more of that considering we hadn’t finished it yesterday. I was impressed with his listening skills, especially to know I loved apple juice, specifically from the carton, and with the little straw they provided on the side of the box.

“I think I might’ve distracted you from the plans,” he said. “So, can you show me how you like to play?”

“I set up a circle,” I said. “I don’t think there’s a lot of room though for my new friend.” I wiggled my bum into the teddy. “It’s so big, maybe it won’t fit on my bed.”

“You can always sleep on him,” he said. “I’m sure he’s really comfy, but obviously not as comfy as me.”

That was true, nothing could compare to the touch of Daddy’s skin under my face, and the way I could hear his heartbeat go fast or the way it sounded when he chuckled. But the teddy bear would do when I couldn’t give him a hug.

“Did everyone see you carry this from the house?” I asked him.

“Oh yeah, I think I saw every single person who lives in Maplehaven. But I wanted them to see. I wanted them to know I’ve got the most sweet boyfriend and he deserves more than just an oversized teddy bear, but this was all I could manage to show that love.”

I leapt from the teddy back into his arms. He was so strong, I felt so safe in his arms, almost like he would protect me from the world in them.

We eventually got to play together as I introduced him to my little play style. I knew some littles went for full immersion into the play, but I didn’t regress as young as some people I’d played with before. There was a club in Manhattan I’d been to once, and it was all I needed. It wasn’t for me.

The constellation light show from the projector played on the ceiling and I had cartoon reruns of the Powerpuff Girls on. The bright pastels and color scheme was one of my favorites, so appealing to have on in the background.

Daddy colored in the pages with me, telling me I was doing a good job, and then offering me my juice box. He held it and even squeezed gently so I didn’t have to suck too hard through the straw. He smiled so much with me, it gave me the warm head pats and body strokes I deserved as a good boy.

“I want to make plans with you,” he said.

“Yes please.” I stopped my coloring in to look at him. “What kind of plans?”

“There’s a nearby ranch close to this town, and they have these animals there you can pet, like goats and stuff. Wilde Ranch, I think. They’re near Pineberry Falls, have you been?”

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