Bound Between You, page 20
part #4 of Tender Control Series
“Wonderful.” I tried to picture the calendar. “How does Thursday work for you? Master Niall and Master Julian have a date on Wednesday and we have a lot of plans already in place.”
Miles had been so eager he hadn’t made me wait until Monday to look at his calendar, but they didn’t need to know about therapy until I knew who they were, at the very least.
I thought things were going well, but the grumpy man didn’t appreciate being ignored, especially when the pretty man kept chuckling and didn’t seem to agree with the frowning Dom’s mood. “You need to RSVP. It’s just fucking polite.”
What?
That didn’t seem to be aimed at me, so I turned to Niall and Julian who were both watching the other Dom like they had no idea how to respond.
“We’ve been busy.” Niall’s answer didn’t pacify him.
The men scattered around us found that to be hysterically funny.
A businessman-looking Dom stroked the head of the man kneeling at his feet before speaking up. He looked like he should’ve been the CEO of something, but the man at his feet looked strong and sexy like he worked with his hands for a living.
More people to paint…this was going to be so much fun.
The businessman Dom raised one eyebrow and kept a more subtle smile in place. “I think what we’re trying to point out is that you’ve both been ignoring us until the last few days, and even then, you won’t actually answer questions. You just respond randomly.”
Okay, now I could see why they’d all been frowning at us.
I smiled and decided to distract everyone just a bit. “We’re working on our communication skills. Thank you for clearly explaining what you’re concerned by.”
That stopped the frowning, at least.
Turning to the grumpy Dom, I widened my smile. “I’m sorry they’ve gotten behind on practical things. I’m an attention whore and it just seems to be a side effect. What even should they have RSVPed for? I hope we didn’t put you behind on something important.”
Now the grumpy one was just blinking at me so I turned to the pretty one. “I’m Keegan.”
He chuckled. “I’m Carter. It’s nice to meet you, and the RSVPs are for our wedding.”
Weddings were such fun.
All the drama and insanity fed the muse for months.
“That’s wonderful. Congratulations.” The nightie said wedding dress to me, but I wasn’t going to assume and end up making him uncomfortable. “I can’t wait to hear about the plans. Are you doing plus ones or is it a very small event? They’ll share a plus one if they’re allowed. I love weddings.”
The pretty man smiled. “I will mark them down for a plus one, and if you give me your number later, I’ll text you the details so you can put it on everyone’s calendar.”
“Perfect.” It was going to be so much fun.
Turning back to Julian and Niall, I gave them both kisses and wiggled between them. “Weddings make me horny, so no punishments that day that lead to a lack of orgasms, deal? I think that’s fair for one day, and let’s face it, you’ll get a lot of mileage out of it too.”
The interesting young man behind me spoke up again. “I like him, Master.”
The man just groaned as I turned my head to reply. “Thank you. I love meeting new people. We really need to have dinner this week.”
As he nodded, I turned back to my Masters. “I don’t know why I was so worried about meeting your friends.”
Well, they’d been worried, really, but it didn’t seem polite to point that out.
Julian grinned, looking like he agreed with me but not saying it. Not that I blamed him. He had to at least pretend to side with Niall when he was in Dom mode. It seemed to be an unwritten rule.
Hmm, I was going to have to ask Miles what he thought other ones might be.
It might save us a bit of frustration if we already had the unwritten rules actually written.
“Come here.” Niall pulled me close, shaking his head as he glanced at Julian in some sort of silent Dom communication that had both of them sitting down in a loveseat. As they arranged me with one ass cheek on each thigh, I ended up wrapped up in their arms, pressed between them.
It was perfect.
We got a few more interesting looks from the people around us, probably because my Doms were so fucking sexy, but it didn’t take long before everyone was smiling again. As I relaxed into them, I heard the teasing going on around us and the questions that were not-so-subtly tossed out.
Julian teased and Niall huffed, just like I knew they would.
They were so similar yet so different it was amazing to watch them work in unison. They might have seen their differences as bad things at one point, but I loved the strength their differences gave our relationship. Love wasn’t meant to be easy. Anything truly worth it was never easy.
We were bound between their past and the future I knew would be beautiful…and I couldn’t wait to see how the series that would make up our life would eventually unfold. That was the beauty of art and love…the journey was just as beautiful as the final picture.
And I couldn’t wait to see what the future held for us…
Epilogue
Keegan
Beautiful.
Everything from the decorations to the way Niall and Julian behaved was perfect.
The first was due in large part to the Dom groom’s mother—she was wonderfully fascinating—and the second was because of the therapy, but I was enjoying every moment of it.
Tugging on Julian’s hand, I whispered as we walked through the backyard of one of the Dom groom’s brothers, flowers and decorations everywhere. “When we have our commitment ceremony, I want to do Mom’s backyard like this.”
There was a lot to keep track of but the groom’s mother had worked with Carter, the sub groom, on getting everything perfect and they’d done an amazing job.
Julian chuckled as Niall gave us both a curious look. “We’re not going to rush, but yes, I think the yard would be perfect for something like this.”
“And that yard is private enough that if some of the guests wanted to come dressed a little less conventionally, it wouldn’t be a problem.” Most of the people at Grant and Carter’s wedding were dressed very nicely, but there were more than few who seemed like they’d be more comfortable dressed a bit less formally.
My Doms looked damned sexy in their suits, but it was so easy to imagine everyone in their club gear that I wasn’t sure what I wanted for our ceremony…once they got around to asking, of course.
But since we’d only been going to therapy a little over a month, I wasn’t expecting it to happen anytime soon. Just the fact that they’d been talking to Miles and that Niall was working through his problems was miracle enough for the moment.
Niall cleared his throat as we moved over to our seats, the rows of chairs decorated with either a dark blue to represent Grant or a creamy pale pink color to represent Carter. “Do you think he’s going to wait for us to ask him or do you think he’s just going to start planning it all one of these days?”
Julian’s answer made me giggle. “It could go either way. It’s just going to depend on whether he thinks we’re dragging our feet or not.”
Nodding, I gave them both very innocent cheek kisses and smiled sweetly. “I’ll let you figure out what the timeline for taking our time versus dragging your feet might be.”
“Brat.” But Niall’s smile said that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.
When we’d first met, even the hint of a ceremony between the three of us would’ve given him hives from all the worries, but with the therapy starting and just seeing how confident their friends were about our relationship, he was much more laid back.
Oh, he’d always be my dramatic Dom and a worrier, but there was something about him that felt more at peace. Julian too. His calm seemed more about having someone he trusted to submit to sometimes.
We were taking that slow, but just the simple things Niall would do for him outside of any kind of a traditional scene was enough to make him feel loved and protected…and that made him a lot less snippy with Niall.
It was amazing what a bit of submission could do for a person.
“You’d be bored if I was too well-behaved.” My cheeky answer had someone in the row behind us giggling. I turned, giving him a wink and a smile as Niall sighed, making us both laugh.
“I think we should test that theory.” His dry response had Julian trying not to grin, but he was doing a terrible job of it.
“Hmm, I promise two weeks of my best behavior once we’ve had a commitment ceremony of some sort.” Before Niall could give me another dry comeback, everyone seemed to perk up and the last few people that had been wandering around sat down.
It was time.
We all held our breath for a few seconds of absolute silence before everything fell into place and the music started. Grant looked elegant in his suit, but Carter was the star of the show as he came down the aisle in an elegant dress that was covered in lace and had an old-fashioned look.
Reaching out on either side of me, I held their hands and watched as the two men came together in front of their family and friends. As Niall and Julian squeezed my hands, I knew we were all imagining us being up there…making promises…binding our lives together forever.
One day we would be standing there staring into each other’s eyes as we said the words for everyone else to hear, but I could already feel their commitment in every hug and see it in every smile. I knew they loved me, but until that moment, I would cherish every conversation and every win as they battled the past to win our future…because love was always worth fighting for.
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