Chapter 14 - The Roller Coaster Ride of Raising a Child
January, Dave and Leroy brought home their rambunctious toddler. The following week, Dave turned thirty-five, and they had a small celebration since they had Jason. Leroy wasn't ready to hand Jason off to anyone just yet, so they just stayed in as a family. This was fine with Dave, but he was going to make damn sure he gets some form of sex for his birthday. When they put Jason down for the night, Leroy went around the house and made sure all the doors were secure before pulling Dave off to the bedroom.
Dave was surprised that Leroy was showing some interest in sex since he refused to do anything the few nights prior. After Leroy shut and locked the bedroom door, he started kissing Dave and backing him up to the bed. "I love you, Babe. Happy Birthday." Leroy pulled Dave's t-shirt off, unbuttoned, unzipped his pants and pushed them down his legs.
"I love you too, Leroy," Dave responded as Leroy pushed him back on the bed and finished removing his pants. Leroy got the lube down off the closet shelf and was leaning down to take Dave's cock in his mouth when they heard Jason crying.
Leroy quickly jumped up to see what was wrong, unlocking the door and rushing over to Jason's room. Jason was standing next to the bed crying. Leroy picked him up and held him to him. "What's wrong, Jason?"
Jason wouldn't answer Leroy. He just continued to cry his crocodile tears and hold on to Leroy for dear life. Dave came walking into the room, fully dressed. "Why is he crying?"
"Don't know. Maybe a bad dream. He won't tell me."
"Did you check to see if he is wet?"
"No, I haven't yet. Just trying to comfort him first," Leroy responded.
After Jason started to calm down, Leroy tried to lay him down, but he clung to Leroy. "Jason, I will hold you, but let me check to see if you are wet." Jason allowed him to lay him back on the bed, to change him. He was wet. Then Leroy picked him back up as promised. Jason spent the rest of the night sleeping between Dave and Leroy. They were able to steal a couple of goodnight kisses, but that was it.
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In February they celebrated another of Leroy's birthdays, along with another clean CT scan. He was feeling his age now, a whole whopping thirty-five. He didn't realize that running after a three-year-old was going to tire him out so much. He didn't return to the school that semester. He hoped that in the fall, he would get a chance to take a class or two, but for the time being, raising a child was enough work.
Both Dave and Leroy were trying their hardest not to sleep in the same bed as Jason, but they kept giving in to his sad puppy dog eyes. Or when he did show up on Dave's side of the bed, Jason knew he could climb in and wouldn't be taken back to his room. Leroy was a little better on taking Jason back to his bed when he would come to his side.
Their sex life was almost non-existent. When Dave would come in from work, Leroy was usually out cold on either the bed or the couch, trying to stay up. On Dave's days off, Dave would take up most of the responsibility of taking care of Jason, even though Leroy told him it was okay. Leroy wanted Dave to have a nice day off, not having to deal with a three-year-old. Dave wanted to give Leroy a break, so Leroy could make love to him after Jason would go to bed. Usually, that didn't happen because Jason would just tire both of them out.
The social worker, Lisa, showed up a few times in January and February. Some of the visits were planned, some random. One morning in March, she decided to stop by, so she could catch Dave at home. The last few visits she made in the afternoon, Dave had already left for work. When she showed up, of course, it was the morning from hell. Jason was throwing a fit. But as long as Leroy stood and held him, he was quiet, so that is how the visit started. "Dave, how's everything?"
"Trying at times," Dave said and smiled. "But we're making it."
Lisa laughed, "I can tell." She looked at Leroy standing and rocking Jason. Jason fell asleep, so Leroy walked Jason to the bedroom. When he came out and sat next to Dave, she continued. "You two are getting time for yourselves, right?"
"Yeah, we try," Dave responded.
"Okay, going to just say it straight. Are you two having sex?"
"We try," Dave responded again.
"But you're not?" Lisa asked.
Dave chuckled, "No, to be honest, no we're not. Leroy is generally too tired by the time I get home, and then the nights I'm here, after we put Jason to bed, all we want to do is sleep."
"Well, this is an order, because I want you two to succeed as parents. You have to make a date night, one night a week. If you don't keep one night for yourselves, I would hate this to hurt your marriage. I know Leroy has tons of siblings, so you need to start reaching out to them to watch Jason for a few hours. You two need to stay strong for one another."
"We will, Lisa. Thank you," Leroy spoke up and squeezed Dave's hand.
When Lisa left that morning, Dave and Leroy just continued to sit and cuddle with one another. They knew Lisa was right. It has been a little straining these past two months. Dave told Leroy that he was going to call Allison and ask if she would watch Jason that coming Saturday night. It was his next night off. When Leroy went to check on Jason, he called her to set it up. She was amazed they hadn't asked sooner.
When Saturday came, it was a little hard prying Jason from Leroy. The longest Jason had been out of Leroy's sight was when Leroy had his doctor visits, including seeing Dr. Watts since January. When Dave pulled away from Allison's house, he laughed at Leroy, "Honey, he is just going to be there overnight, so we can have a night together. He will be okay."
"I know Dave. It's just, and I know I'm stupid, I miss him already."
"Well, I miss us. So you can be away from Jason for a few hours."
Dave took Leroy to dinner and had the night planned. When they returned to the house, Dave pulled Leroy down to their bedroom. When Leroy walked in, his eyes went wide. "When did you have time to do all this?"
"When you took forever to pack Jason's overnight bag," Dave laughed at Leroy. "Leroy, take your clothes off now and get in the bed."
Leroy didn't have to be told twice. He loved it when Dave took charge, and they missed his birthday this year. When Leroy lay down, Dave walked to the head of the bed and handcuffed Leroy's left hand to the headboard, then walked around and did the same to his right hand. Leroy had a huge smile on his face. "If you don't get the smile off your face, I will just walk out of the room," Dave chuckled. It only made Leroy smile even more, so Dave walked out of the room. He chuckled all the way to the kitchen as Leroy was begging him to come back.
When Dave came back into the room, Leroy's mouth dropped open. Dave had chocolate syrup and whipped cream in his hands. Dave put them down on the side table and pulled on Leroy's left ankle and attached a strap to it and then did the same to his right. Leroy was now spread eagle on their king size bed.
"Would you like pain or pleasure, Leroy?"
"Oh God," was all Leroy could say before Dave grabbed up the whipped cream and sprayed it on his cock and balls. "Oh, shit, that's cold." Dave didn't say anything. He was too busy licking up all the cream and taking Leroy's cock in his mouth. He reached up and pinched Leroy's nipples, and Leroy moaned loudly. Occasionally Dave would spray more whipped cream on Leroy's cock and then tease the hell out of him.
Dave rose up from Leroy's very erect cock and smiled up at him. He got off the bed to remove all of his clothes and reached over and poured a little chocolate syrup on Leroy's nipples and dove down on them. "Oh shit Babe, I've missed this," Leroy panted. "Date night is, a yes from now on." Dave looked up at Leroy, smiled, and kissed him.
"Definitely."
Dave couldn't wait any longer to fuck Leroy. He quickly released his ankles then grabbed the key for the handcuffs. "Just leave them and fuck me, Dave." Dave didn't think. He dropped the key, grabbed the lube, rubbed it on himself and on Leroy's ass, and quickly opened him up. Dave added some more lube and pushed the head of his cock into Leroy. "Oh shit, Dave." Leroy tensed up and balled his fist up, willing himself to relax.
"I'm sorry," Dave responded. "I wasn't thinking."
"Fuck it, Dave, and fuck me." Leroy wrapped his legs around Dave and was pulling Dave into him.
When Dave was completely in Leroy, he bent down and kissed him. "I love you."
"Ditto, fuck me, Dave," Leroy smiled up at him.
Dave started fucking him hard, fast, and deep. He grabbed Leroy's legs and put them over his shoulders. Leroy's ass was off the bed because he was curled up so much to be fucked. Leroy wished he had his arms free but liked not being able to do much. Dave was rubbing Leroy's cock when he could. To do it properly, Dave would have to drop one of Leroy's legs. He did end up doing that because he was getting close and wanted Leroy to go over the edge too. It didn't take long to cum for either of them. It felt great. When Dave did release, he saw stars. Leroy shot his cum past his cheek, then it hit his chest, and his last few pumps didn't make it beyond his stomach.
When Dave lowered Leroy's other leg from his shoulder, Leroy groaned. "Shit, I'm not made to bend like that anymore." They both started laughing, and Leroy's cell phone started ringing. Leroy went to get up and realized he was still handcuffed.
