Page 78 of Their Little Helper

“I bet you look very nice when you’re dangerous.” Dally seemed to just be waiting while they studied my bidet because there were no sounds of anyone using it as I inched deeper into the room. “Even though it’s hard work.”

“I’m a hard worker.” Nodding, Harley didn’t seem to be in any hurry to move. “Larry said I was mean but fair. I’m glad he thinks I’m mean. I work hard for that too.”

So hard he exhausted himself.

“I’m glad you found something that you really like doing, baby.” Dally straightened and kissed Harley’s cheek. “Let’s go check on the water.”

For some reason, that had him sinking deeper into his little headspace again. “No. Not done.”

He wasn’t done studying the bathroom fixtures?

“Okay.” Dally wasn’t questioning that part, but he did turn his head from where they were crammed in the doorway. “Would you check on the water please?”

“Sure. No problem.” As I moved over to the tub, I raised one eyebrow and just got a frustrating shrug.

Dally had no idea what was going on either.

Well, little Harley was chatty when he wasn’t utterly exhausted, so I knew we’d hear about it sooner or later. For the time being, I told myself we’d have to be patient as I added the bubble bath into the deepening water.

Dally wasn’t the most patient creature that ever walked the earth, but he managed not to poke Harley or rush him. It was actually impressive considering how much he wiggled and how fast his brain processed thoughts.

He managed to make it at least forty-five seconds before he tried again. “Do you have questions, baby?”

That was actually a good one, so we both waited to see what Harley would say.

“No.”

Okay.

The way Dally’s head cocked said he hadn’t been expecting that answer. I wasn’t sure what Harley would say, so I wasn’t as surprised.

I was surprised that it took several inches of water filling the tub for Harley to finally give us more information, though.

“I’m a big boy, Daddy.”

No, he was not.

“What is our big boy thinking about?” Dally asked probably the most generic question he could, but we both held our breath while we waited for Harley.

“Being Daddy.” What was probably going to be an adorably dramatic sigh was interrupted by another yawn. When he got control of it, Harley huffed and pouted, but he moved back into the main space in the bathroom. “I’m a big boy so I can be Daddy whenever I want to.”

If I was translating all that correctly, some guy at work called him a fucker, but Harley wasn’t upset because he wasn’t a fucker or being fucked, but he was a big boy, so he could bottom whenever he wanted. And the bidet was still causing him to think about it entirely too much, but he was done analyzing it for the time being.

“That’s right.” Dally was barely hanging on to whatever was firing off in his head, but he did an amazing job of keeping it to himself. He looked like he wanted to pop but he behaved himself admirably.

Probably because neither of us knew what an exhausted and curious to bottom Harley would do if we pressed him too much.

And I personally was not going to explain to our tired little that we wouldn’tPapahim until he was a lot more awake at the very least…the fact that I wasn’t sure what else to add to that list was also slightly frustrating and didn’t have me in the mood toPapaanyone.

But our big boy gave us time to process as he walked over to the tub and then raised his hands for us to start taking off his clothes. The height difference between him and his Daddy meant I was in charge of taking off Harley’s T-shirt but Dally handled the rest while trying to behave himself.

Once he was naked, however, his brain tried to start spinning in circles again. “I…I had to tell you that I’m a big boy so you know.”

I was pretty sure it related to thebeing Daddytopic, so I nodded and did my best to respond since he’d aimed that one at me. “Yes, and thank you for making sure I know what you’re feeling and what you want. I like making you happy.”

That had Harley’s head bobbing as we held his hand and he carefully stepped into the tub. “I had to tell you. Now you know.”

Oh.

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