Dan lay in bed restlessly watching TV and trying to drop off while the thunder raged outside. In many ways it wasn't the thunder that kept him awake, his wife was away visiting family, and his daughter had her high-strung friend Lexi staying over. They were both 18 and looking forward to moving away to Uni in the autumn this might be their last sleepover for some time.
Dan changed the channel looking for something mind numbing that would allow him to fall asleep. He had just settled down to watch Predator for the umpteenth time when he heard the door to his daughter's room open and feet pad across the hallway. Just one of the girls going to the toilet he assumed until he heard a tentative knock on his door.
"Yeah I'm still awake."
The door opened a crack, and he was not surprised to see Lexi peek round.
"Is it OK if I come in for a bit?" She asked while almost hiding the behind the door.
Lexi was one of those girls that had a lot going on, she wasn't ill but had allergies, she worked hard but was always stressed and in Dan's opinion worst of all she was a very anxious person. When the thunder had started, he hoped the girls were either asleep or that they were both awake. He assumed his daughter who could sleep through an earthquake had resisted Lexi's attempts to wake up.
"Yeah sure, thunder got ya spooked?"
She bit her lip which he thought was cute and dashed from the door, into the room and under the covers into the space usually occupied by his wife. While this type of occurrence had reduced as she matured it was pretty common if Maddy was asleep and Lexi felt anxious. In Dan's experience lying talking to her usually saw her head back to his daughter's room in an hour or so.
Dan couldn't help himself as she dashed through the room in drinking in her long, skinny pale legs and skinny little frame which was hidden by a big baggy t-shirt. He'd seen her in enough tight tops to know that t-shirt was covering a skinny frame but with hips that flared beautifully, giving her a nice figure, great bubble butt and of course her small but perfectly pert tits.
"Thanks," She said getting under the covers, "Thunder freaks me right out and Maddy is out like a light."
"No problem kiddo, hope you don't mind me watching an old movie."
Dan knew from previous conversations that Lexi was more bookish than a film buff.
"Sure, no problem, what is this?" She commented as she took in the action.
"It's a classic, Predator but it did come out before you were born."
She kind of shrugged and settled under the duvet. Dan could feel the warmth of her body leeching across to him and it made it really hard to concentrate on anything but the hot, sexy, young woman in his bed.
"So do you jump into your parent's bed when there's thunder?" Dan asked as he suddenly wondered if this was her normal behaviour or just something she had gotten into the habit of doing here over the years.
"Used to, but you know a few years ago they kind of asked me to not. I get it I'm meant to be all grown up but thunder really does make me anxious."
Dan nodded as she talked. "How do you usually deal with your anxiety? You know I'm lying here watching TV cause I can't sleep and my thoughts keep me awake, it's not anxiety but I have a few things I do to try and cope and get some sleep."
By now they were both looking at each other as much as the TV.
Lexi bit her bottom lip again and Dan couldn't help it, he found that cute and sexy as well and he felt his cock start to swell.
Lexi sighed, "Well some things work well, and others really don't, ya know?"
Dan almost sighed that teen "Ya know?" was one of the verbal ticks he really hated. So, his answer was probably slightly sarcastic.
"No, I really don't know Lexi!"
"Well OK so like, if I'm feeling anxious music and reading always help, they take away the feeling."
"Yeah, that makes sense." Dan responded.
"But like just now, I'm anxious, terrified of thunder, can't stop my brain whirring and really not very much works."
"OK so you're now talking to me and in a safe space and the thunder is moving away so does that help?"
Lexi nodded, "For sure, I always feel safe with you."
Dan smiled, "Thanks."
She absolutely would not feel safe with him if she had been inside his head any of the times he had seen her nearly naked since she matured!
"So now what's making you anxious?"
"Well really the anxiety is like constant, and I find myself overthinking things which makes me anxious and then it spirals."
"OK OK so if your mind races and your anxiety is peaking do you try like breathing or mediation?"
Again, she nodded, "They sometimes work."
As she said that she bit her lip again and started to speak but stopped herself, "There is.....well."
Dan turned onto his side and looked at her directly. "What? Go on you can tell me."
"It's kinda personal and embarrassing."
"Most of life is Lexi I'm afraid. Come on I promise no judgement. It's probably not something that unusual anyway."
Lexi took a deep breath, "Well when I feel like this, anxious and distracted and all whorly then, I, I."
She took an even bigger breath, "I touch myself."
She let all of that tension out in a big sigh.
Dan laughed, "So you masturbate cause it makes you feel good and kinda sleepy?"
Lexi bit her lip and nodded.
"Don't we all Lexi, that's perfectly normal."
"Really it seems like no-one else would, I don't know it seems like why would that work for everyone but I guess you're right."
"It works for me." Dan said acutely aware that his cock was now swelling.
Lexi made a little shape with her mouth and moved her lips side to side in a sort of considering some options before she spoke. Dan watched her thoughts play out on her cute young face.
"I feel kinda better after talking, is it OK if I stay here awhile?"
Dan had no idea what was going on here but was just gonna roll with it.
"Sure."
Lexi snuggled down and seemed to close her eyes, conversation over for now Dan turned his attention back to the film, he found his hand sliding towards his now fully erect cock. Wondering if he could get away with stroking it, he became aware of Lexi moving and her breathing changing.
Was she, he thought to himself?
Lying there in the light of just the TV he couldn't tell until he heard Lexi gasp.
"Oh." Soft and low but definitely a sex noise.
He turned towards her, her eyes were closed and her mouth open, her breathing sounding more ragged than sleepy. He was sure he felt movement.
He watched her, he was sure she was masturbating, after a minute he knew she was as her head tipped back and she moaned while biting her lip.
"Mmmmmmmmm."
Dan couldn't help himself, he reached over and put his hand on the arm she was using to pleasure herself. She stopped for a second and then continued. Her movements seemed freer now she was not masking her activity.
