We were enjoying a summer evening at home with our only daughter, Mia, back from her first year of college with her boyfriend in tow. It had felt weird when she'd left for school, and having her back home this last week drove home how much my wife and I had missed her.
The year on her own had matured her, changed the dynamic between us. Mia had always been the sweet girl that never pushed boundaries. Now she thought nothing of kicking her feet up and enjoying a drink with us. I liked it.
As usual when she had a few drinks, my wife, Claire, was digging in her heels over something silly. She always seemed to come up with the most ridiculous ideas then refuse to change her mind no matter the evidence to the contrary. Usually it was something silly, but this time she'd seized onto something that was too dangerous for me to wrestle away from her.
Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor, so I stared blankly ahead like a new recruit trying to avoid the drill sergeant's attention.
"Seriously, you should hear how girls talk when guys aren't around," Claire insisted. "Right, Mia?"
"We're filthy. Deplorable," my daughter agreed seriously.
I tried but failed to suppress a snort, shocked by Mia's words and wondering exactly what my little girl had gotten up to in her first year at university.
"Got something to say?" Claire said, rounding on me with a look that could kill. I looked helplessly to Todd, Mia's boyfriend, but it was clear the nineteen-year-old young man was out of his depth. "Women can be just as sexual as men. No. We
are
just as sexual!"
This time, I couldn't help but laugh. Wrong move. Or maybe the right one, since I desperately wished to goad Claire further on this topic since I knew what wine and talking about sex would lead to.
My wife grew pink with rage, which caused Mia to start hooting encouragement and ended any hope I had for holding it together. A full belly laugh erupted from me. Todd nervously joined in as Claire stewed.
It took a full minute before I regained enough breath to talk. That's when I said the words that would set all of our lives on a different course. "There's a difference between talk and action. Anyone can read a few of your romance novels and pretend. If you think women can be as sexual as guys, then prove it."
Claire ground her teeth. "Prove it? How?"
I shrugged, but then my eyes fell on Todd. "What's your favorite porn?"
Todd turned white as a sheet. Wide-eyed, he looked around the room for help, but even Mia was silently shaking with laughter. Finally he stammered out something incomprehensible.
"It's MILF, right?" Mia said, smiling innocently at her boyfriend. "The mommy stuff with all the dirty talk?"
"Mia!" Todd hissed, eyes darting to Claire then to the ground.
"I like the gangbang stuff," Mia said quickly. "And threesomes. Lesbians. Oh! And cum. Love creampies and facials and anything where the girl is sticky at the end!"
"Mia!" Claire gasped.
"What about you, Claire?" I prompted. She turned pale. But her nipples were poking through her bra and shirt. "Cat got your tongue?"
"I don't watch porn," she said.
"Then tell us about the steamy romance novels you read. What was the one where the woman was a priestess of some god and an absolute pain slut? I think you read it about ten years ago. Then again five years ago. Then last year--"
"I don't remember anything like that."
"Kush, something or another, right?" I said, enjoying how my wife squirmed from embarrassment. "I think you got about a third of the way into that book and suddenly you were all about getting tied up and fucked in the ass--"
"John!" Claire gasped.
"Whoa," Todd muttered, now looking at my wife with interest.
"Way to go mom!" Mia said between fits of laughter. She tried to high five her mother, but Claire was too preoccupied with glaring at me to notice.
"You remember the book, right?" I asked again sweetly.
"
Kushiel's Dart
," Claire replied at last. Then she finished her drink, gathered up the empties, and went to the kitchen.
A man would have to be a fool not to enjoy watching her walking away. I love my wife, so I know my take on her appearance is biased. But she's a ten out of ten if I've ever seen one. About 5'7" with a long, svelte body crafted from years of dance and yoga. She had on a short t-shirt and thin joggers that clung to her round ass just enough to demonstrate a lack of panty line and show the subtle jiggle of her perky cheeks with every step.
I looked but Todd stared.
Mia grinned as she leaned in to loudly whisper into her boyfriend's ear. "That's your kind of mommy?"
Todd flushed, looking nervously at me.
Mia and I shared a look. If there was any doubt she was my offspring, it vanished in that moment. Holding my eye, she nodded. It felt like the last piece of puzzle fell into place inside me.
"Okay, so I read steamy books," Claire said, returning with hands full of drinks. The flush of her cheeks had dulled to a light pink. "And Mia and Todd watch porn. What about you?"
"Like daddy, like daughter," I said, nodding toward Mia. "I like a little bit of everything. But especially anything where the girls seem to genuinely enjoy being a slut. That's what I really like. Sluts that embrace it."
Claire was hanging on every word but tried to act disinterested. "So you like sluts?"
"Love them," I said. I noticed that Mia beamed when I said that. "Part of the reason I went after you."
"John!" Claire covered her mouth. "I think we've had enough of this sort of talk."
"I agree. And I think we can all agree that everything stays between us?" I looked at my daughter and her boyfriend, then finally my wife. Todd and Claire nodded eagerly, ready to move on. Mia grinned. I turned back to my wife. "Then maybe it's time you prove all your talk about women being just as sexual as men. Put your money where your mouth is, so to speak."
"Okay..." Claire said after a long pause, not sure where this was going. "What does that mean?"
But despite her hesitation, I could see that she was intrigued. Curious, yes, but the challenge appealed to her competitive side.
"Suck Todd's dick."
For a moment, no one said anything. Mia smiled as she watched her mom. Todd's mouth flapped open and closed. Claire sat still, her face a mask.