Pushing the Limit -Book 2 - 12. Chapter 12

David woke up on Monday morning to the sound of TC’s alarm on his phone. He let his mind drift back to that still half asleep stage, knowing that TC would be his snooze alarm. Sin was once again in the middle of him and TC and he too stirred at the annoying sound. David automatically threw his arm over Sinclair’s waist and scooted closer. His hand ended up resting on TC’s hip, so he stretched it just a little further so it was resting on his ass cheek instead.

TC’s chuckle rumbled through Sinclair and into David. TC allowed them to catch a few more winks before he abruptly ended their morning cuddle session by throwing off the covers from all of them. He liked the A/C set low at night time and the overhead fan was on high so the air that hit their skin was cold.

“Dammit.” muttered David.

He heard TC kiss Sinclair and then heard TC say “Give you other Sir a kiss and go use the bathroom. We’ll let Grumpy Head here shower first. He said he needs to be at work early.”

David felt Sinclair lean over him and as those lips came toward him he pulled Sin close, giving him a proper good morning kiss.

Sinclair kissed him back, then TC pulled him away to plant his own kiss on the man. Sinclair broke free and climbed over both of their legs and said “I’ll go get the coffee started if it’s alright with you Sirs.”

TC nodded and he and David watched that perfect ass head to the bathroom first before making his way to the kitchen. David felt TC snuggle closer so he tried to pull the covers back over them. TC was having no part of it.

“Nope, you said you needed to be at work early. Go get your ass in the shower so you won’t be late.” TC said as he smacked David’s ass with laugh.

TC pushed himself away, stuck his tongue out at David playfully, grabbed his shorts and disappeared in the direction of the kitchen. David resolved himself to getting up. He rolled off the bed and headed to the bathroom. He turned on the shower and then unleashed his bladder into the commode. He snagged a new razor from TC’s stash and grabbed his shaving cream as he stepped into the warm spray. Showering alone wasn’t any fun so he made it as quick as he could. After drying off and getting dressed he borrowed some of TC’s aftershave and followed the scent of heavenly java to the kitchen.

Sin was still naked and David swallowed hard before shooting TC one of those glances that said ‘you’re such a shit.’ He adjusted himself before sitting down. Sin brought him over a cup of coffee, with just a little bit of creamer, just how he liked it. As David took the first sip Sin came back with a bagel and cream cheese and a bowl of mixed fruit. David smiled up at him and said “Thank you Sin. Good job.” TC nodded and a light blush tinted Sin’s cheeks. David was really starting to enjoy seeing him turn pink.

“OK, I'm going to try to get a hold of the scuba place today and see if we can schedule some lessons for the week after next. That should give you and Sin time to get to the doctor’s and get his medical clearance. I think there’s a form that’s online that the scuba center will need filled out.” David said to TC before biting into his bagel.

TC replied “I’ll call the office today and schedule an appointment for next Monday if I can. If not, then we can go to the walk-in center. You know how it is sometimes, trying to get a new patient in. At least it’s not snowbird season. I’ll text you when and if I get the appointment set up. We need to start looking at the weekend schedules for all of us for the next few weeks. Now that Sin’s play is done I'd like him here every weekend.”

“I’ll see what I can do about the next few weekends. You do realize I can’t blow off my kids indefinitely. Now that school is starting Owen will be staying with Mike and Renee during the week instead of at my place. He and Lyssa may want to spend some weekends here.” David said, noting the look of near panic on Sin’s face.

David was quick to assure him, “Hey, don’t worry about meeting my kids. They’re both really easy going, as well as open minded. They know all about me and TC, well mostly. As a matter of fact Lyssa once told me that we needed to find someone we could both be happy with and share him.”

TC snorted and laughed, saying “Why does that not surprise me one little bit? When did she tell you that?”

David chuckled and replied “Last year on their birthday weekend. You were busy teaching Owen how to navigate and I was busy explaining that we both wanted different things when it came to a partner and neither of us could give each other what we each needed. Obviously I didn’t listen to myself.”

Sinclair still looked skeptical. TC stepped over to wrap his arms around the smaller man and said “David’s right. His kids will like you. I was worried too before I met them, but David is an amazing Dad and he’s helped raise two amazing kids. We’ll both be with you whenever you meet them. David won’t hide things from his kids. He never has. They’re very accepting and so is their mom and her husband.”

Sinclair seemed to relax and he went back to eating his breakfast.

David continued, “I’ll see what I can do to clear the next few weekends. I may have to be out of town a few days toward the end of September or beginning of October, I’m not sure yet. Greg is working on his first bid proposal for a demolition in the Dallas area. I’m helping him with it and if he gets it I may have to go with him to meet with the new clients. He really stepped up while I was gone and I owe it to him to help him out whenever I can.” David said. He finished up his bagel and Sinclair was there to clear his plate for him. He certainly was trying to please them both.

It was new for David to see this side of a submissive. He was used to handling them in the bedroom or in a club. He could understand the draw to it that TC craved, but he didn’t feel the same pull, which is why, when he finished his coffee he took the mug to the sink and rinsed it out before putting it in the dishwasher. He wanted Sinclair to know that while he appreciates what he did for him, David was OK with taking care of some things for himself.

Glancing at the clock on the microwave, he gave Sinclair a kiss and then one to TC before grabbing his phone, wallet and keys from the counter. He hadn’t left them there so he knew it was most likely Sinclair who had made sure they were in plain sight. He left TC’s house in a good mood. He had originally wanted to go in late today, but Greg really needed help with his proposal and David didn’t want to get caught up in the Monday scramble to get organized for the week and then not have time to help out.

Mid-morning he got a text from TC who had managed to get an appointment for that day. There had been a cancellation and since Sinclair already had the day off, they were able to take advantage of the short notice. TC had gone into his work for a few hours. The appointment was the last spot on the schedule so Sinclair was going to pick him up at four thirty. The medical center was only ten minutes from TC’s office.

Knowing that medical clearance would be sooner rather than later David took a break and called the dive shop that TC had told him about. It was the same place that TC got all of his dive supplies from for his work. He then sent a text to Sinclair reminding him to print out the clearance form the scuba center would need. He also asked him to print out an extra form and they could have the office fill out his at the same time.

David was able to set up certification classes for him and Sinclair for the following week. He was looking forward to it. He used to dive a lot with his friends in high school. One of their dad’s had a boat and they would be out nearly every weekend in the spring and summer. He now wished he had kept up with it. But, like with so many other things, life sort of got in the way. College, new interests, then a new job and starting a family, and those sort of events had pushed the memories of diving to the back of his mind. Now he could focus on it again and it would be more meaningful because it was something that would make not only him happy, but TC and Sinclair too.

He thought about what he had told Sinclair about meeting his family.He knew that none of them would have any problems with the whole thing, at least he hoped not. He figured he should have a talk with everyone beforehand, just in case they had any questions. The kids had already figured out that he was into BDSM, but he had never really gone into details with them as it wasn’t really any of their business. Now that Sinclair was going to be part of the dynamics he figured a little education might do everyone some good.

David called Renee and asked her if he could stop by one night this week when everyone was there. She responded that the only night that everyone was going to be home was tonight. He was welcome to come for dinner if he could make it. Wow, he didn’t expect to be doing this quite so soon, but he figured this way he wouldn’t have time to get all worked up about it. Was there really a good time to tell your ex-wife and kids that you were pursuing a three way relationship? Probably not.

David looked at the time and figured he could put in another hour and then head up to Renee and Mike’s house. Renee had told him that Mike had settled into his new job quite well and that he managed to schedule his road trips so that he was only gone three days a week for three weeks out of each month. The week that he didn’t have to travel he worked from home four of those days. So far it was going great.

He was able to wrap up what he was working on and sent a text to TC to let him know what was going on and that he would call when he was done. Traffic was light and he made it to Renee’s house shortly before they sat down for dinner. Mike was there and his kids were surprised to see him. He told them that he had something to discuss with everyone and it could wait until dinner was over.

Renee had made a pork roast in her Instapot thing that was the latest cooking trend. It was basically a more modern, safer version of the old fashioned pressure cooker. He remembered vaguely that his mom had used one a lot when he was a kid. He could almost smell the pot roasts that she used to cook in there and the way the pressure release spun around like a top when it released steam.

In addition to the seasoned pork, Renee had made homemade mashed potatoes and garlic green beans. Comfort food, plain and simple. It had been a while since David had a sit down meal with his ex wife, her husband and his kids. It always made him grateful that they all got along so well. He knew he was very lucky. During dinner his kids filled him in on what their plans were for the upcoming school year. Classes had just started and they were both excited for their senior year and all the activities it involved, eventually leading up to graduation. Lyssa showed him the list of events throughout the year and David couldn’t remember doing anything close to what was on there when he was a senior. HallowScream, homecoming, athletic senior nights, senior skip day, beach day, Grad Bash and prom were all on the list. The list which of course came with a price tag, times two. David would gladly contribute to the cause and both his kids knew it.

Owen had already looked into what he would need to do to apply to both the Coast Guard Academy and the Naval Academy. He didn’t need a Congressional nomination for the Coast Guard, but it was necessary for the Naval Academy. Mike said that he would look into that for him. His line of work required interaction with various government officials within the state and he was confident he could find someone who personally knew one of the current Congressmen in office. The deadline for early applications was October 15th, and Owen was planning on making that deadline. Lyssa had pretty much decided to stick close to home. She had decided that she wanted to pursue nursing as a career and was going to apply to the State College of Florida and the University of South Florida’s Sarasota campus. That way she could live at home to save on expenses, for which David was eternally grateful. He secretly hoped that Owen would be accepted to either Academy as tuition was free as long as he graduated and put in the required number of service years.

David helped clean up after dinner and when everything was taken care of he asked if they could sit in the living room. Once everyone was settled they all looked at him expectantly.

David cleared his throat. There was no other way to do this other than just jump right in.

“So.” he started, clearing his throat again. “I feel I owe everyone here an explanation of why I really fled to Europe a few months ago. You all know that TC and I were pretty involved for the past year or so. It didn’t start out that way. TC and I were best friends in college and that’s where we should have picked up from. Instead, TC made an offer to me that I accepted. I’m not sure how much any of you know or even suspect about our relationship, but the only was to describe it is that we’re both into BDSM. Bondage. Dominance. Sadism. Masochism. We are both Dominants. TC and his husband Elliott, who was what we call a true submissive, had a D/s relationship that went beyond the confines of the bedroom or playroom. Elliott was submissive to TC twenty-four hours a day, three-hundred sixty-five days a year. He wasn’t a slave to TC, he wasn’t a housekeeper or a butler. He loved TC to the extent that he wanted to make him happy and he wanted TC to be proud of him. Yes, he deferred to TC for pretty much everything, even down to what he wore most days. TC decided where they would live, what they would buy, where they would go on vacation, what they would eat. Elliott wanted all of this from TC. He knew that TC would take care of him, would place his well being above his own. TC adored him, defended him, honored him, loved him and most of all he treasured Elliott.”

When David paused, Owen asked “So how does that affect what you and TC have?”

David answered “It affects everything. I am also a Dominant, but I don’t have the need to have a 24/7 relationship with a sub. I need control over them behind closed doors. TC is very much into the bondage side of the lifestyle. He can work magic with ropes and create artistic masterpieces that are as much a visual stimulant as well as a sexual stimulant. I, on the other hand, am a sadist. I have a need to inflict pain on my subs.” David held up a hand, seeing the looks that had come over every one of their faces. This was always the part that a lot of people had trouble understanding. Hell, he didn’t even understand it himself some days. It was just part of who he was.

“You can ask questions after I’m done explaining.” David informed them. Making sure they all nodded in understanding he continued, “I don’t inflict pain on them for the soul purpose of hurting them. The subs that I always do scenes with, want the pain. Some of them have an actual physical need for it, for others it may be more of an emotional connection. Submissives want to please their Doms and part of submission for many of them is being able to handle the pain that is inflicted on them. It’s the Dom’s responsibility to keep their sub safe and push them to their limits. They are giving a part of themselves to someone else and as a Dom there is a sense of power and satisfaction in knowing that. There is, or at least there always should be, a mutual satisfaction between the giving and receiving of pain. For those who are into this type of behavior it can heighten, or intensify their gratification”

Seeing that his family wasn’t freaking out yet, David jumped into the next revelation. “So when TC and I reconnected last year I expressed an interest in finding out more about the submissive side of things. TC offered to help me explore some aspects of submission. If it had been anyone other than TC, I never would have agreed. But TC and I had been best friends and I trusted him completely, which is a major part of any relationship, D/s or not. It went OK at first. What we did was fun for both of us and we approached it as such, something that both of us could enjoy for a little while. I could see what it was like to hand over control and TC would get to exert some control, something he hadn’t done since Elliott died.”

David needed to take a breath and pause before he decided how to approach what had happened. Lyssa caught his eye and gave him a little smile. He swore that girl would never waiver in her support of him, no matter what he said.

Encouraged by Lyssa he went on, “Things started to get complicated, but neither of us really would admit to ourselves, let alone each other, why, until the last day we were together. Even though we got along sexually, we both wanted different things from a relationship and neither of us could compromise. Believe me, if we were in any way capable of finding middle ground, we would have. We fell in love, knowing that it couldn’t work. You can’t control who you fall in love with. That’s why I left so suddenly. I got completely overwhelmed and honestly, I was scared of losing myself.” David could still see uncertainty and questioning from all of them.

He decided to drop the final bomb on them while he was on a roll. “So, as far as finding middle ground, we think we may have done that. TC and I will never be able to survive as a couple. However, we met someone who may be exactly who we need. His name is Sinclair and we met him at a club. TC thinks he is a true submissive, similar to Elliott. We’ve decided to date him, both of us. So yeah, we’re trying to see if a three way relationship will work for us. I wanted you all to know because neither TC nor I ever want to hide something like this and we want him to meet everyone eventually. We realize that it’s not what would be considered a conventional relationship by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s something that feels right.” David nodded as he stopped talking.

Lyssa, of course, was the first one to comment when she said “You told me last year that people aren’t like puppies, you don’t share them. What changed your mind?”

It didn’t surprise David at all when Lyssa brought up their conversation form over a year ago. He answered “TC and I are developing our own relationships with Sinclair, as well as redefining our relationship with each other. There’s no ownership, or sharing involved, like with a puppy. Think of it this way. TC and I are like two ends of a bridge being built from each side of a river. No matter what, our two sides will never meet in the middle, there’s not enough material there. Sinclair is what will fill in the gap. He hopefully will complete both of us so that together we’ll be a whole bridge. He can give TC what he needs, he can give me what I need and I can give TC a measure of submission that I can’t give anyone else when I need to or want to. Knowing that I can control when I submit to TC is something that I need. We don’t know for sure if it’s going to work, but we have to try.”

Lyssa and the rest of them pondered this for a few minutes and David was surprised when Mike spoke next. “David, I only have one question for you and then I’ll tell you what I think. Do you think this arrangement will make all three of you happy?” he asked.

David smiled and merely answered “Yes.”

Mike sat back in his chair and relaxed, stating “Well, as long as all of you are happy and it’s consensual, then it’s really none of our business how you conduct yourselves at home or anywhere else. I hope this works out for all of you. I’m looking forward to meeting Sinclair.”

Lyssa came over to hug her Dad. “Daddy, I’m proud of you. I can’t wait to meet him either. I love you and I’m so happy that you and TC can keep loving each other too.”

“I love you too, Alleycat.” David declared.

Owen came over and gave David a hug as well saying “I’m happy for you too Dad. So is this dude a twink?”

“OWEN!” Renee admonished.

David just laughed and corrected his son. “Nope, he’s totally not a twink. He used to be a gymnast. He was training for the Olympics when he got an injury that ended his career. He’s short, but he’s built like a brick shithouse. Solid muscle.” David winked at Renee.

Renee was trying not to laugh as she admitted “David, you will never cease to amaze me. Or surprise me for that matter. In our lifetime together you’ve declared your love to me, knocked me up with twins, dropped the ‘I’m really gay and not bisexual’ bomb on me, and now the ‘I’m a sadist by the way’ bomb, and for the knockout punch you tell me you’re in a threesome whatever. You will always keep me on my toes won’t you?” Renee nudged the kids out of the way so she could give David her own hug.

"Thank you Ren, I love you, you know.” David whispered as he embraced her.

You’re welcome, and I love you too.” she whispered back.

David felt like a weight had been lifted. He knew deep down that this little family of his would stand by him, but even he had to admit, it was a lot to drop on them at once.

It was getting late so David thanked everyone again for being so understanding and accepting. They made him promise to talk with TC and Sinclair to figure out when to meet him. Owen and Lyssa tried to make him promise to have a get together at his house for swimming and grilling. He made no promises other than to say he would talk with the other two.

Once he was in his car he called TC. Even though it was a little after eight, TC wanted him to stop by, Sinclair was still there and they both wanted to see him. Thirty minutes later he was pulling into TC’s driveway and parked behind him. He was in a really good mood knowing that his family accepted him just as he was and they were willing to give his new relationship a chance.

When David walked into the house Sinclair and TC were in the living room, Sinclair was sitting on a cushion on the floor with his back against the couch. His body was pressed up against TC’s legs and TC had his fingers entwined in Sinclair’s hair. David smiled at that. TC had always been a very tactile person. He was the type who would often touch someone's arm or shoulder when he talked to them. He needed the comfort that such touch brought to him.

TC looked up and smiled as David came across the room. “Hey there, come on over, have a seat.” he said as he patted the couch next to him.

“Hello Sir. Can I get you anything?” Sinclair smiled as he looked up at David.

“No Sin, I'm good. Renee stuffed me to the gills. It was a nice dinner, good old fashioned comfort food.” David answered as he leaned down to give Sinclair a kiss and then leaned over to TC for the same.

“So how did the appointment go?” David asked, not wanting to delve into his evening just yet.

“Go ahead Sin, tell him.” TC instructed.

Sinclair smiled and David knew that everything was good. “It went well. I’m apparently very healthy and barring any weird alien blood or something showing up in the lab results I can start scuba lessons with you whenever you can get them set up.” Sinclair announced.

“That’s great. I’ve already scheduled classes for next week. I had them break it up for us a bit. We can do all of the online stuff this week and get that out of the way. Then next week there are two classroom sessions and when we complete those we can schedule the pool time. I figured it would be better to wait and see what our schedules are like. We can do two, hour long sessions or one, two hour session. We’ll have to see what will work best for us. Then there’s just the open water training and we’ll be good to go.” David told them

“That’s great David. I’m looking forward to diving with you guys. I was thinking maybe we could get away for a long weekend, go down to the Keys for a couple of days, depending on your schedules.” TC mentioned.

“I have a few long weekends. We follow the same school schedule as the county and there’s at least three that I know of before Thanksgiving. I do have Mondays off too. I’ve never been to the Keys before.” Sinclair said, not realizing that he had spoken first.

TC cleared his throat and merely said “Sin.”

David saw Sinclair drop his gaze before apologizing “I’m sorry Sirs. I should have waited to be spoken to first.”

TC’s grip tightened slightly as he drew Sinclair’s head back slightly so that he could see his face. “Thank you Sin. While we are happy that you are as excited about this as we are, please remember to hold your answers until you are addressed directly. Understood?”

David knew that it wouldn’t always be this way, but for now TC wanted Sinclair to get used to being asked for his opinion.

“Yes Sir.” Sin replied.

“David, how did things go with Renee and the kids?” TC asked.

“Much better than I ever hoped for. I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised but everyone is very supportive. Even Mike. He merely asked if this was something that would make us all happy and when I said yes, he just basically said ‘that’s all that matters.’” David replied.

He then recapped the conversation that he had with his family and how proud he was to have kids that were so open. TC laughed when David recalled how Owen had asked if Sinclair was a twink, and Sinclair blushed when he said he told everyone that he was built like a brick shithouse.

As he wound down the recap of his evening he said “You do realize that Lyssa wants a meet and greet as soon as possible and both kids are pushing for a swim and grill night at my house.”

TC addressed Sinclair “Well Sin, what do you think? Would you like to meet David’s kids?”

Sinclair looked at TC and then over at David. A nervous smile flashed across his face and he asked “Do I have a choice?”

TC caressed the side of his face and assured him “Unless it involves your safety, you will always have a choice Sin. We’ve already told you that we’re not going to force you to do something that you don’t want to do or are uncomfortable with. We know you’re probably nervous, but I can guarantee that David’s kids will be nervous too.”

“OK. If I have a choice then I choose to meet them. But can we wait until the weekend after this one? I’d like to have a whole weekend with just us three, if that’s alright with you Sirs.” Sinclair stated.

David answered this time, saying “That’s a wonderful idea Sin. Why don’t we spend the weekend at my house so you can get used to it and it won’t be a strange place. I want you to feel at home there too. Besides, my grill is bigger than TC’s.” David laughed and TC flipped him off. Sinclair laughed, already feeling more at ease about the impending introductions.

Sinclair and David both got up reluctantly. It was already getting hard to go their separate ways but they all knew it was necessary. They each had to get up early so David and Sinclair said goodbye to TC. TC left both with a searing kiss for each of them, trying to imprint a part of himself on each of them. David didn’t know when they would finally decide to take things a little less slow, but he was certainly looking forward to it. He kissed Sinclair and opened his car door for him and then watched him back out of the driveway before getting into his own car.

He waved at TC who had watched them from the house. Once he was home he sent a quick text to TC and twenty minutes later replied to the text Sinclair sent, letting them know he made it home. Yessir, the next few months were going to be most interesting.