Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 08:56:43 +0100
From: Drew Hunt <drew.hunt@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: The Ties That Bind 5

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Chapter 5

Danny woke the next morning.  He didn't want to open his eyes just in case
the events of the previous day had only been a dream.  Danny thought that
if he kept his eyes shut, he could maintain the pretence.

"Are you awake Danny?"  Chris said shaking his shoulder.

"Yeah Chris I am."

"Well why don't you open your eyes then?"

"I'm too frightened."

Danny then felt a soft pair of lips on his own.  Chris somehow had sensed
Danny's fears.  "If you open your eyes now and look downwards, you'll see
that I've got a little present for you."

Danny didn't know what Chris meant, so he opened his eyes out of curiosity.
Chris was waving his engorged penis at him.  Danny had never seen Chris
hard before.

"You call that little?"  Danny said.

"Do you fancy a snack before breakfast lover?"  Chris leered at him.

All Danny could do was to nod his head.

"Well you'll have to go and get it then.  It wouldn't be that easy for me
to bring it up to you." Chris laughed.

"Sorry Lion."

Danny scooted down the bed and began to lick at Chris's pole.  Chris
stroked Danny's hair as he worked.  Chris and Scott had awoken a few
minutes earlier, and they'd decided to get Danny involved in a suck circle.

"Well I want to get in on the act too."  Scott said adlibbing the script.

Scott moved himself so his organ was at Chris's face, and his mouth was
close to Danny's erect member.  Scott had to manoeuvre Danny round a bit to
get the best angle and complete the circle.  It didn't take long before
they each had a mouth full.

Neither Scott nor Chris had ever had oral sex with anyone else, so it was
left to the more experienced Danny to direct things by example.  Danny
pulled back Chris's foreskin, gently cleaning out all the Smegma
surrounding Chris's Glans.  He then went on to give his lover an oral
treat, the likes of which he'd never experienced before.  Chris copied as
many of Danny's actions as his overwhelmed senses could remember, on
Scott's dick.  Being a quick learner, Scott performed the same action on
Danny.  This circular learning experience continued till Danny, who had
never been able to delay an orgasm, shot his bolt.  Of course having a
mouthful of Chris, he wasn't able to warn an unsuspecting Scott of his
climax.  However, Scott coped with the surprise pretty well.  Scott was the
next to erupt, and a couple of seconds later, Chris came too.

By some unspoken agreement none of the participants had swallowed their
partners load.  Without speaking Danny and Scott made their way to Chris's
lips, each depositing most of his held back treasure into Chris's waiting
mouth.  Chris mixed all three loads, then he gave back some of the mixture
to each of his lovers.  Seeing Chris swallow, his cubs did the same.

The symbolism of his cubs offering their prey to the senior member of the
pride wasn't lost on Chris.  He was deeply touched by his lovers' actions.

"Oh wow!"  Danny said collapsing back onto the bed.  "Boy that was fun."

"Yeah sure was Cub."  Chris said smiling at him.

Danny thrilled at being called by this special nickname by his idol.

"Are you enjoying being part of Chris's pride?" Scott asked Danny as he
pulled himself up on one elbow, and looked at Danny.

"It's fantastic.  It's just so great to be loved by you guys."

Scott and Chris smiled.

"And it's great that you give your love to us too." Chris said to Danny as
he squeezed his shoulder.  "Okay gang, much as I'd like to stop here with
you two all day, I've got to get up for work I'm afraid."  Chris got out of
the bed and made his way to the bathroom.

"Do you think it would be alright if I kissed you whilst Chris, sorry Lion
was out of the room?"  Danny timidly asked.

"Of course it's alright.  We are boyfriends in our own right after all."
Scott told him.

"Oh right I wasn't sure."  Danny said as he zeroed in on Scott's mouth.
The two were still kissing when Chris came back from the bathroom.

"I don't know, when the cat's away, the cubs will play."  He said tickling
Scott's underarms.  They all laughed.

"Now you don't have to be at the college until ten this morning do you Cub
Scott?"

"No, but I'll have a lift with you if I may.  I need to get a few things
sorted at the library before my first lecture."


"Okay then, we'll just have a quick bowl of cereal, then we'll have to love
and leave you I'm afraid Cub Danny."

"No problem."  Danny thrilled again at being addressed by his nickname.
Danny thought he'd use his time alone to do some housework for his new
family.  No one had asked him to do it.  The house wasn't particularly
untidy, but he thought he'd help out anyway, especially as Penny only
wanted a ridiculously small amount of board from him.  "I'll come down and
eat with you I think."

"Okay then."  Chris said.  "You better use the bathroom Cub Scott, but
don't hang about in there."

"Yes Lion!"  Scott said getting up and saluting him.

"Cheeky bugger."  Chris said chasing him out of the room.  Danny watched
from the bed, as Chris got dressed.  He still had difficulty in believing
that Chris was one of his lovers.  He just lay there with a silly grin on
his face.

Chris turned round at one point as he dressed and spotted Danny's
expression.  "It's all real Cub, trust me." Chris seemed to have an uncanny
ability to read Danny's thoughts.

Danny let out a breath.  "Yeah Lion I know.  It's just sometimes in the
home; one of the kids would go off for fostering with a view to adoption.
Within a couple of months they were back at the home though.  The parents
had changed their minds."

Chris stopped dressing and came over and sat on the side of the bed.  He
patted a space next to him.  Danny crawled to the indicated spot.  "Not
only is it real, it's permanent.  I know it'll take you a while to get used
to the weird living arrangements.  It's strange for Scott and me too, but
one thing we are absolutely sure of, is that we both love you, and we
always will."  Chris wrapped his arms around Danny and squeezed him.

"Thanks Lion, I'm working on my feelings of insecurity, honest I am.  It
just might take a bit of time for me to get used to the idea."

"You can have all the time you need my precious cub."  Chris said kissing
him on the lips.  "Now I'll have to get ready, because I can't be late, not
after having the morning off yesterday."

"Thanks for understanding."  Danny said getting up and going into the
bathroom to hurry Scott along.

* * * * * *

Penny had just been notified that her next patient, who was due to have his
knee x-rayed, hadn't shown up.  This alas was not an untypical occurrence.
Many people complained about the long waiting times for medical procedures,
'but if everyone kept their appointments, then the waiting lists wouldn't
be quite as long.'  Penny thought to herself.  Although she was sure that
the waiting room would already have her next patient in it, she was running
a little ahead of schedule.  So she decided to give her new son a ring,
just to find out how he was doing.  She'd really taken to the shy young man
who'd entered her house a couple of days earlier, and he was just so
polite.

Penny had been totally horrified at his disgraceful living conditions.
Knowing that Scott had now moved into her eldest sons room, Penny had
absolutely no hesitation in offering the room to Danny.  Penny's heart
ached for the suffering that the young man had gone through.  Despite all
the odds, he'd managed to find himself a job, and to have it cruelly taken
away was simply criminal.

The phone only rang a few times at the other end before a rather hesitant
voice said "Erm hello?"

"Hello love, I just had a couple of minutes spare, so I thought I'd give my
newest son a call."

There was silence at the other end; Penny thought that the connection had
been broken.

"Mum!"  The single word held such joy, such illation, that it caused
Penny's eyes to mist over.  "You're doing okay are you love?"

"Oh yes mum I'm fine.  I was just doing the vacuuming, it's a wonder I
heard the phone ringing actually."

"Oh Danny sweetheart, you shouldn't have."  Though she was delighted that
Danny had been thoughtful enough to do the housework.

"Oh I couldn't just sit here twiddling my thumbs.  Listen is there anything
I can be getting ready for tonight's tea?"

"Oh you sweet boy.  No it's fine.  I normally do the supermarket shop on a
Friday, and as I'm on the early shift, I'll do it on my way home, so I'll
bring something back with me.  Have you any special requests love?"

Danny had never been consulted about what he wanted to eat.  At the home,
the menu didn't ever vary from week to week, and when he moved out into the
bed-sitter, he had only himself to cook for.  "Erm no I don't think so,
I'll just have whatever you usually have."

"Okay son, but we'll have to sit down sometime, and you can tell me the
sort of foods you like.  You're part of our family now, and you've as much
right to have a say in what we eat as anyone else."

Danny managed to get a 'thank you' round the lump in his throat.

"Okay sweet-heart, I'll be home about half-past four this afternoon.  You
can tell your brother Scott not to be eating all those biscuits when he
gets home from school this afternoon, I don't want him spoiling his
appetite for dinner."

Danny remembered Chris's comment about their mum always fussing about the
boys spoiling their appetites.  "I'll tell him mum."

"Good, not that it'll do any good.  Anyway love, I better get going.  Make
yourself a sandwich from whatever the other two left in the fridge for your
lunch."

"Okay mum thanks."

"Bye son."

"Bye mum."

Penny replaced the handset at her end.  "Such a sweet boy."  She said out
loud.

"Hello Pen."  A head stuck itself round the office door.

"Oh hello Barry."  She smiled at the visitor.  Barry Cornwall was a man in
his mid forties; an even six feet tall, dark brown hair, and of thin build.
However every time she looked at him she found herself captivated by his
deep green eyes.

Barry had also lost his partner, his wife Rose had died from complications
during pregnancy, their daughter Abigail only lived for a couple of months,
no one ever gave Barry a satisfactory answer as to why he managed to lose
both members of his family in such a short space of time.

"I've got the agenda for the next 'Friends' committee meeting."

"Oh thanks Barry.  Oh listen whilst your here, I want to ask you about that
junior Porter's post."  Penny went on to fill Barry in about Danny, and how
he had just been made redundant.

Barry listened to Penny's words.  He had admired this lady, for he regarded
Penny as a true lady for a long time.  She'd shown him great kindness and
understanding when Rose had been taken from him five years ago.

"Right yes I see.  I don't know when the post will be advertised, you know
the bureaucracy in this place."

"Tell me about it.  I've been waiting for the ceiling light in the far
corner of the main x-ray room to be fixed for a fortnight now.  When I
asked about it, it seemed I hadn't ticked the right box, or stamped in the
right place or some other nonsense."

"Oh I know, I know.  Listen why don't we have a chat about it over lunch if
you've not got any other engagements?"

"Sounds lovely."

"Okay, a sandwich in the Coach and Horses over the road at quarter past
twelve?"

"It's a date."  She smiled, so did Barry.

Barry was still holding the printed agenda as he walked out of the x-ray
department.  He was so distracted at the thought of having lunch with Penny
that he'd forgotten to hand over the document.

* * * * * *

Chris looked at his watch just after he'd put his comments at the end of a
circulating discussion paper on yet another Government directive aimed at
cutting costs, whilst trying to maintain the same level of service.  The
proposed changes were ludicrous.  At the bottom, in pencil, Chris had
scribbled 'ROUND OBJECTS!"  He would erase the phrase and add something a
little more politically correct after lunch.

Chris used the toilet and then came back into his section and signed
himself out for lunch.  The first rule of working in an office was 'do your
shitting in works time'.  Chris closed his office door and picked up his
telephone and dialled his home number.

"Hello?"  Danny said from the other end.

"Hello my little Cub.  I just thought I'd check in and see how my lover was
getting on?"

"Oh Lion I'm getting on great."  Danny certainly was, now he'd heard from
one of his lover's.  "I'm just pottering around the house, getting myself
familiar with everything."

"Okay, so long as you're not bored.  You can go and watch the telly
upstairs in our room if you like."

"Thanks, I might do that in a bit."

Chris continued to talk, getting ever more suggestive with his comments.
It wasn't exactly phone sex, as Chris's office door wasn't locked, and
anyone could just walk in.  Danny stood by the phone massaging his raging
erection through his jeans.

"Listen Cub, I'll have to go now.  I've booked a session in the office gym
starting in five minutes.  Now this is an order from your lion.  You are
not to cum till I get home and I tell you that you can."  Chris said with a
smile in his voice.

"You bastard!  Getting me all worked up."  Danny whined.

"Yeah, cruel aren't I.  Now behave yourself my horny little cub."  Chris
said hanging up.

Danny replaced the receiver.  He thought about going into the bathroom and
wanking off anyway.  After all Chris would never know, but then Danny
decided that it might be rather fun to play along with the game.  He'd
always wanted someone to, well not exactly take charge of him, but to watch
over and protect him in a kind of benevolently masterful way.  He was sure
that with Chris, ably assisted by Scott, he'd found his ideal partnership.

When Danny investigated the kitchen cupboards to find something for his
lunch, he hit on the idea of baking a cake.  He'd enjoyed the cookery
lessons at school.  He'd never been given the opportunity to practice his
skills at the home, and the bed-sitter just wasn't geared up for such
things.  He saw that Penny kept her cupboards pretty well stocked with all
the things he'd need.  So after eating a quick peanut butter sandwich,
Danny got on with his project.

Danny had just removed the two cake tins from the oven when the phone rang
again.  He answered it from the kitchen extension.

Before Danny could speak he heard, "Hello my studly cub, I hope you're
missing me?"

Danny had an idea.  He put on a high-pitched voice. "Greenville Convent
School, Sister Margaret speaking?"

"Oh fuck!"  Danny heard softly from the other end.  Then he burst out
laughing.

"Danny you git, just you wait till I get home."

"Sorry Cub, I couldn't resist."

"I guess that'll teach me to wait till I hear the person on the other end
speak."

"Yeah, I had Chris on the phone just over an hour ago.  He got me all fired
up, then he ordered me not to cum."

"Yeah sounds like something he'd do."

"But the funny thing is, I want to obey him."

"I know, he has that affect on me too."

"Odd isn't it?"

"Well yeah, but I've always kind of done what he says, he always seems to
have my best interests at heart though.  I've never known him to abuse his
power."

"No I didn't think he would do that." Danny admitted.

"Well anyway, I just called as I've got a bit of time between lectures, and
I wanted to know how my newest brother was getting along?"

"Oh he's doing great.  I've baked us a little something to have after tea."

"Oh what?"

"Not saying."

"Meanie!"

The two of them laughed.

"Anyway, I better be getting to my next lecture.  See you about four this
afternoon brother Cub."

"Thanks, see you then."

Danny put the phone down.  He was deeply touched that each member of his
new family had taken the trouble to give him a ring.  Danny felt truly
loved.

* * * * *

"Oh it's a chocolate cake!"  Scott said when he burst threw the door.

"Yeah, I don't know how to bake much else really."  Danny admitted.

"Never mind it's my favourite."  Scott said going to the knife drawer.

"And you can forget about that Cub."

"Huh?"

"The first piece will be cut and offered to our Lion!" Danny said with
pride.

Scott smiled.  "That would really make his day."

"Well I just felt that I wanted to do something to show him, and you, that
I'm so happy to be a part of you guys."  Danny said getting a bit
emotional.

"It's a lovely touch Cub.  I guess this is what it's all about.  Doing
little things for each other to show them that we love them." Scott said
giving Danny a hug.

"Yeah though I don't think I could ever do enough to show all my love and
gratitude to you, the Lion and mum."

" Just love us back.  That's the best way to show us what we mean to you."
Scott said giving Danny an extra squeeze.

Penny came home a little while later.  She smiled at the cleanliness of the
house, and the fact that Danny had baked a cake.  She had some news for
Danny, but she thought she'd save it till everyone was present.

"Hello mum."  Scott said giving her a hug and a kiss on her cheek.

Danny still felt a little self-conscious about showing his affection to
women.  He'd had no real experience of doing so, but he gave his new mum a
chaste peck on the cheek anyway.

"Oh thank you son for cleaning up."

"It didn't take long, the house was pretty clean to start with.  I didn't
go into your room though, it didn't seem right somehow."

"Oh you sweetie, you could have run the vacuum round, I wouldn't have
minded that, but thank you anyway for your consideration."

Penny told her sons that she'd bought three ready cooked chickens from the
supermarket.  Scott nuked some potatoes in their jackets in the microwave,
and then he put them into a hot oven to crisp up.  Just before Chris came
home, Danny got out a couple of bags of mixed salad leaves.  With the
addition of tomatoes, cucumber and a few other items, their meal was
complete.  Danny and Scott secretly derived a great deal of pleasure from
preparing a meal for their man to come home to.

* * * * * *

"Hello folks."  Chris said coming through the kitchen door.  He kissed his
mum on the cheek, and then he went over to Scott, and kissed him on the
lips.  Danny was standing next to Scott, but Chris just wrapped an arm
around Danny giving him a squeeze. "Were you alright on your own today
Danny?"

Danny did his best to hide his hurt feelings at not been greeted in the
same way as Scott, but as Penny didn't know about their relationship, he
understood why Chris hadn't kissed him.  "Oh yeah L, Chris it was great to
be able to potter around a nice house like this one."

"Okay boys, Chris wash your hands, because your tea is ready.

Chris went to the sink whilst Danny, Scott and Penny carried the plates of
food into the dining room.

Conversation between Penny, Scott and Chris flowed freely, but Danny was a
little more reserved.  Although he understood the reasons why, he still was
pained by Chris's less enthusiastic greeting of him.

After the chicken salad had been eaten, Penny announced that Danny had been
busy, and he'd made them a chocolate cake.

"Oh lovely Chris said smiling at a still perturbed Danny.

"Would you like to go and get it from the kitchen Danny?"  Penny asked.

"Yes mum."

Danny was glad to leave the table; he was having great difficulty in
holding his emotions in check.  Chris of course had been aware of Danny's
distress during the meal, and it pained him that he had been the cause.

When Danny came back into the dining room, he placed the cake in front of
Chris, and silently returned to his own seat.

"Erm mum."  Chris spoke up. "There is something you should know.  I, or we
didn't plan to tell you this so soon, but circumstances have kind of made
it necessary."

"Oh?"

"Yeah look, I've known Danny for a couple of years now as he's a member of
my Rugby team, and Scott knew him from school."

"Oh yes, you used to ask for an extra piece of fruit for Danny didn't you?"

Scott nodded, he was too nervous to trust his voice.

"Well erm mum, Scott and I, well erm we've decided to, because basically we
love Danny so much, and he loves us, we've included, erm made him an equal
part in our relationship."

Ever since Danny's arrival, Penny had been paying close attention to how
her three sons interacted with one another.  She saw the same awed look on
Danny's face, which Scott used to have whenever Chris came into the room,
or if Chris's name was mentioned in conversation.  Penny also picked up on
how Scott and Chris treated their new brother with so much love and caring.

Penny's suspicions grew when she observed Scott's reactions to her question
about finding a nice girl for Danny.  Penny was a quiet woman who said
little, and missed even less.  Her hypothesis had been virtually confirmed
that morning when she got up.  The door to Danny's room had been left open,
and the bed was unoccupied, and it hadn't even been slept in.  Although she
knew that Danny was a tidy boy, even he couldn't match the hospital corners
that Penny had used to make up his bed.

" Chris, you're mother isn't as green as she's cabbage looking you know.
I've suspected ever since Danny came here that there was more to you three
than first met the eye.  Danny was so eager to help me make your tea today.
I watched you come in this afternoon, I saw how you greeted each one of us,
and I couldn't help notice the pain that Danny experienced when you didn't
greet him in the same way as you did Scott.  Chris, either you should have
just hugged Scott and Danny the same way, or better still not tried to pull
the wool over your mother's eyes.

"I've become so much more observant about you and Scott's behaviour to one
another since you told me that you were lovers.  Your news of wanting to
include Danny in your relationship, well it hasn't come as a complete shock
to me."

Penny finished her little speech.  Scott wore an expression of amazement,
Danny looked a bit frightened at being outed, but Chris just smiled.

"You're a wise old bird aren't you mum."

"We'll have less of the old thank you very much Christopher.  Now I think
you owe Danny over there an apology, not to mention a kiss."

Danny blushed bright red then.

Chris got up from his seat; he went round to Danny's chair, pulled it back
and lifted an unresisting Danny to his feet.  "Danny, I'm desperately sorry
for making you feel uncomfortable this afternoon.  I love you! "  He then
laid a tender but still passionate kiss on Danny's lips.

'Oh the orchestral music again' Danny thought as he experienced Chris's
lips on his own.

Chris guided him back to his seat, Danny was still a little uncoordinated
from the roller coaster of events and revelations which had played
themselves out at the dining table.

"Oh wow!"  Danny eventually said.  "Look Mrs erm mum, are you sure that
it's alright, erm oh heck I don't know."

"Danny.  It's very unusual I have to admit.  However so is having one son
in love with the other.  All I ask is that all three of you genuinely and
truly love one another."

"Yes mum I do.  Very much."  Danny had started to cry then.  Scott got up
and came to his lover's assistance.

"Hey come on, it's alright.  I know it must have been really frightening
for you."

"I thought I'd be asked to leave."  Danny said.

"Never!"  The others said in unison.

Come on bro, we haven't started in on that lovely cake yet.  My stomach is
wondering what's wrong."  Scott said hugging Danny.

Danny rose to his feet, cut the cake and as previously discussed with
Scott, he gave the first piece to Chris.  The latter smiled up at him.  He
understood the significance of the gesture.

"Oh this is very good."  Chris said smiling round a mouthful of cake.  Once
he'd swallowed, he looked at his mother. "Mum we absolutely have to keep
him now.  I love your chocolate cakes, but Danny must have added a special
ingredient, it's fantastic."

Danny was still feeling a little shy, so he bent down and whispered in
Chris's ear. "I made it with a large helping of love!"

It was a good job that Chris didn't have a mouthful of cake at the time,
because he wouldn't have been able to swallow it thanks to Danny's words.
Chris stood up and gave Danny a firm hug.

"Okay boys you can take your cake upstairs to your room.  I take it the
room belongs to all three of you now?"

"Yes mum."  Came the triple response.

"Well I still have a spare room then it seems.  I think I'll leave it empty
though, goodness knows what would happen if I put someone else in their."

"No mum, our circle is complete now."  Chris said pulling Scott into a
three-way hug.

"Okay, okay upstairs with you all.  I'll do the washing up."  Penny said
through misty eyes as she shooed 'her boys' upstairs.  'Oh I've forgotten
to pass on my news to Danny, it can wait till later.'  Penny thought as she
watched the men in her life try rather unsuccessfully to mount the stairs
three abreast.  'I hope they'll all be happy.' She worried as all good
mothers' do.

* * * * * *

"I'm not normally such a cry baby."  Danny insisted as he lay in the centre
of their bed with Chris and Scott at either side of him.  "All I've done
since I've come here is to bawl my eyes out.  Something I taught myself
never to do in the home, or at least not when anyone could see me."

"My precious Cub, you have had a lot of things to deal with since you came
here.  I'd be amazed if you hadn't cried."  Chris said rubbing Danny's
stomach.

"Thanks Lion."

The three of them began to discuss their unusual relationship once again.

"Look Danny."  Chris said.  "Scott has what you'd describe as a submissive
personality.  He feels more comfortable if someone else makes major
decisions, he prefers to be led, rather than be the leader.  I suspect that
you are a bit similar in that respect, though you've had to put up a tough
front to the outside world in order to survive."

"Yes Lion, you're right, I just never found anyone who I could trust enough
to lead me."

"Please Cub, I would be honoured if you would allow me the privilege of
being the one to lead you."

"Yes, yes Lion I would gladly let you do that.  You've led us on the Rugby
pitch for a while now, and I've never regretted voting for you as captain."

"Thank you my Cub.  I had this discussion with Cub Scott, and I told him
that in return for him giving me his heart, I gave him a promise to protect
and watch over him.  Will you allow me the same?"

"Gladly."

"Lion?"  Scott spoke up.  "I did some research in the library at the
college this morning about rituals, initiation ceremonies and things like
that.  I want us to have some kind of ceremony, I'm not sure what form it
should take yet, but I think it would, well, kind of bind us together more
tightly.  I know straight couples get married, and some gay couples have
commitment ceremonies, but well we are, well a bit different." Scot
giggled.

"We certainly are little one.  Yes I like the idea, we'll give it some more
thought, but we all have to feel comfortable with the ritual."

"Yes I know."  Scott said, and Danny echoed the same sentiments.

"Well my pride.  It's almost time for the game to start on the telly."
Chris said switching on the set from the remote control.

The three of them settled down to watch.  Chris re-arranged the pillows, so
he was propped up and slightly elevated in the middle of the bed, he had an
arm protectively wrapped around each of his cubs, as they rested their
heads contentedly on his chest.  All three felt totally secure, believing
that they were exactly where they wanted to be in the order of things.

* * * * *

"Okay Cubs, bath time."  Chris said once the game had finished.

"Aww, can't we stay and watch more telly?"  Scott said in a little boy
voice, Danny giggled.

"Grrr, Get in that bath tub you dirty little cub!  Otherwise I'll have to
spank you."

"Oh Cub Danny save me, save me."

Chris manoeuvred Scott's giggling body over his knee, and gave him a couple
of sharp slaps to his rear.  Then Chris righted Scott and pushed him out of
the bed.

"I'm going, I'm going."  Chris watched Scott leave the room, then he turned
to a rather white faced Danny.

"What is it little one." Chris said softly.

"Please Chris, erm Lion, I'm sorry, but I don't think I'd ever want you to
hit me."  Danny said cowering away a little from Chris.

"This was because of what happened to you in the Children's homes?" Chris
asked.

Danny nodded.

Chris opened his arms.  "Come here my precious one."

Danny accepted Chris's embrace.  Chris rolled Danny on top of him.  He
began to stroke Danny's back as Danny laid his head on Chris's chest.  "Now
this is very important.  Although I'm the dominant one here, I will never,
absolutely never do anything to either you or Scott that you don't want me
to."  Chris went on to tell Danny all about him spanking Scott four years
earlier, and Scott's admission to Chris a couple of weeks ago that he would
enjoy the occasional light slap.  "But I only do it in fun, and only
because Scott gave his permission.  I promise you Cub; I'll never hurt you.
I might come across as being rather tough, and sometimes a bit
overpowering, but it would destroy me if I ever hurt either of you."

"Sorry Lion, seeing you spank Scott, well it just brought back too many bad
memories.  I realise now that Scott let you do it.  It was just an
automatic reaction I guess."

"It's understandable.  I'm sorry precious one, we should have explained it
all to you before hand, then it wouldn't have come as such a shock to you."

"Oh it's fine now, but I don't think I'd want you to spank me, well, I'd
have to think about it for a long time first."

"My sweet Danny Cub, it doesn't matter, I love you, and I will never do it
even in fun unless you say different."  Chris then kissed Danny on the
lips.  Danny responded vigorously.  Chris could feel Danny's hard on
pressing into his chest.

"One thing though."  Chris said.  "Did you wank yourself after I spoke to
you on the phone this afternoon?"

"To be honest I thought about it, after all you'd never know, but then I
got the strongest urge to want to please you, and I decided I'd wait till
you said it was alright."

"Oh you beautiful Cub."  Chris said kissing him again.  "Right then, we'll
take care of that this minute."

Chris rolled Danny off him and crawled down on the bed, and licked at
Danny's tool.  He employed some of the techniques that Danny had shown the
pride that morning, to bring Danny off to an earth-shattering climax.

Chris came back up the bed and watched amusedly as Danny came back down to
earth.  "Enjoy that sweet one?"

"Oh yeah, lovely. Can I do you?"

"That's not necessary, we'll wait for Scott to come back in I think.  We've
always got to guard against one of us becoming jealous of what the others
get up to, that's something we'll have to watch closely in our
relationship."

"Yeah."  Danny nodded, "I can see how that could happen."

Chris and Danny cuddled until Scott came back into the room.

"Okay Cub Danny, your turn for the bath."

Danny went to get his own bath.  Once he'd gone, Chris told Scott that
they'd have to be careful about physical things in front of Danny.

"We should have thought of all that before we started."  Scott said.

"Yeah but he's alright with it now.  I told him that I'd never do anything
to him that he didn't agree to."

"Thanks Lion.  We will have to take special care of our newest Cub."

"Yeah."

"Oh, I just remembered, I got him a present today."

"Oh?"

Scott grinned and retrieved a brown paper bag from the bottom of one of the
wardrobes.  He opened it and showed the contents to Chris.  "Are you coming
with me?"

"Yeah of course."  They giggled as they went to the bathroom.

"Can we come in for a minute please Cub?" Chris asked.

"Yeah okay."

Danny saw his two lovers' grinning faces as they entered the room.

"Now Cub Danny do you remember the first bath you took in this house?"
Scott asked.

"Only vaguely, why?"

Scott smiled "Well you said you'd never had one before, so on my way home I
went to the toy shop and got you this."  Scott pulled out a large yellow
rubber duck, and he tossed it into the bath at Danny.

"Oh I remember now."  Danny said picking up the duck.  Danny had a wide
smile on his face.  "Oh how lovely.  Thank you very much."

Danny played with the duck for a few minutes as Scott and Chris watched.
He was so touched that they'd helped to fulfil one of his childhood
fantasies.  Danny's bed-sitter only had a shower cubical, and if he'd had
bought a toy duck at the home, he'd have been laughed at by the other kids,
and it would have been stolen from him, or confiscated by a member of
staff.  So Danny had never known the pleasures of playing with a toy in the
bath, well not one that wasn't attached to his own body.

Chris and Scott left their lover to it; they made their way back to their
room.

"Danny has missed out on so much.  We'll have to take extra special care to
make sure we show him as often as possible that he's loved."  Chris said.

"I'm sure mum will help with that too."

Chris took a shower once Danny had finished in the bathroom.  Once all
three were clean, they decided to have an early night.

"As Scott chose the sleeping arrangements last night, I think it's your
turn to make the decision this time."  Chris said to Danny.  "In fact why
don't we take it in turns?"

"Yeah, that's a good idea."  Scott said.

"Oh erm, it was nice being in the middle last night, so if it's alright can
I cuddle up to Cub Scott, with you spooning me from behind?"

"Fine by me."  Chris said.

"Me too."  Scott said.

So after a quick circle jerk, with each one sitting cross-legged on the
bed, each stroking their partner with their right hand, our three heroes
arranged themselves for sleep.

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To be continued.

A big thank you to all the readers who wrote to me following the little
rant I had at the end of the last chapter.  I think I replied to everyone
individually, so this is just by way of a collective thank you.  Anyone
else who cares to write to me is most welcome to do so.  Hey I'm not proud
(LOL)

drew.hunt@blueyonder.co.uk