This is my entry in the
Literotica Valentine's Day Story Contest 2025
. If you enjoy it, please vote by giving it stars at the end.
Many thanks to my long-suffering editor, neuroparenthetical. Also, special thanks to Bridgetrose, whose support and encouragement helped get this story over the finish line.
This story contains Daddy-daughter love. If it's not your thing, you've been warned. It's a work of fiction, and all characters are over the age of eighteen.
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Valentine's Day is coming up soon. Even though it's weeks away, the stores are already filled with heart-shaped boxes of candy, sentimental greeting cards, and love-themed odds and ends. I don't mind that one bit, though. It's a special time of year at our house -- one with some history to it.
To properly relate the significance, I'll need to back up a little and tell you about my son-in-law, the moron. More properly, he's my ex-son-in-law, since the divorce was finalized a while ago. Early last year, he moved out of his and my daughter's apartment and shacked up with some stupid slut he'd met on line. Perhaps I'm being overly critical of the slut; the real villain here is Chad, the doofus who left my sweet daughter in the lurch. She was devastated, of course, but she did her best to cope. The immediate problem was financial; Rachel couldn't afford the apartment by herself, so she was forced to move back home. That was fine by me; I was looking forward to having her back home with me. I'd been lonely in my big, empty house, and I couldn't imagine a better housemate than my daughter.
Before she'd gotten married, it had been just the two of us. Fran— sorry, my wife, and Rachel's mother— had been shopping, and on the drive home, a drunk driver had run a stop light at eighty miles an hour. She'd died instantly, so they'd said. The guy had walked away nearly unscathed— just a few bumps and bruises. He'd killed my wife, but he'll be eligible for parole in less than a decade. Bastard.
Rachel had been just eight at the time, and the loss of her mother had hit her hard. I'd been worried about the fact that she wouldn't have a motherly influence to help her through the trials and tribulations of becoming a woman. I never met anyone to take Fran's place. I'd been both Mom and Dad for the next ten years, trying to guide my daughter through the joys of puberty and growing up. As far I could tell, Rachel had handled it well. We'd had heart-to-heart talks about boys, about the changes her body was going through, and all the things her mom should have been there to help with. I'd taught her how to shave her legs. I'd gone to the store with her to buy her first bra. I'd given her the talk about the birds and the bees, although she'd already heard most of it from her friends at school.
Needless to say, Rachel and I became close. I've often wondered if the popular perception about dads and their daughters is true. Is there always a special bond between them, regardless of circumstances? I know Rachel and I had something, but I truly believe that it was so much deeper than what most dads could possibly have with their respective daughters. Ours was a bond forged through adversity— the adversity of losing her mother, who was also the love of my life. I'd do anything for my daughter, and I know she'd do the same for me.
The first February after her mom had died, I'd taken her out for a special Valentine's Day dinner, complete with flowers and a nice card. That first time, I'd told her she was Daddy's Valentine; she'd liked that a lot. One look at her bright eyes and beaming smile, and I'd known that a tradition had been born. As she'd gotten older, she'd begun to look more and more like her mom, and on more than one Valentine's Day, I'd felt like I was back in high school, out on a date with my best girl.
She and Chad got married when she was only eighteen. I wasn't overly enthused about it, but my attitude was that if she was happy, I'd be happy for her as well. What I didn't know at the time was that even then, he had something going with another woman. I don't know a lot of the details, and I'm just as happy not to know. One thing I do know is that he hurt my baby girl, and for that, I'll never forgive him.
Proving what an absolutely horrible person he was, Chad walked out just weeks before Christmas a year ago. By the time February rolled around, Rachel had gotten over the initial shock, and was working through all the other emotions that go with discovering a cheating spouse. Valentine's Day had been a fun day for Rachel and me in her younger years, and I didn't want him to spoil the occasion. I planned to take her out to a fancy restaurant, buy her some flowers, and present her with a card addressed to "Daddy's Valentine," just like I'd done for so many years before Chad had entered the picture.
I made reservations at our usual restaurant, and checked to make sure Rachel hadn't made other arrangements. "Are you ready for our Valentine's dinner? I've made reservations at Fogo de Chão for tomorrow night. It'll be just like old times."
She looked at me for a moment or two. "Dad, what if we changed things up a bit? Chad and I had a ... different way to celebrate. I learned to cook a few things, and I can whip up a mean steak
au poivre
. I think you'll like it. "
"Whoa, sounds fancy! What is it?"
"Essentially, it's just ribeye," she said with a chuckle, "but with extra stuff. Trust me, you'll love it."
"Okay then, we'll eat here!"
"Umm, there is one other thing, and I hope you'll be okay with it. It's going to sound a bit odd. Promise me you'll consider it before saying 'no.'"
She'd gotten my attention. I promised to consider whatever she said, but I'll admit, her tone made me a little apprehensive.
"Chad and I were what's known as 'at-home nudists.' We were usually naked when we were just hanging around the apartment. I never mentioned it to you, because, well, I was kind of embarrassed, but I came to enjoy it. I really love the freedom of not wearing clothes, and I don't want my enjoyment of nudity to be associated with Chad. I don't want to let him ruin it for me. If you have a nude Valentine's dinner with me, it'll help me to forget Chad. Will you? Will you have a nude dinner with me?"
Her request took me a bit by surprise. I wanted to make sure I responded properly— I didn't want to lose her a second time. When I'd lost her to Chad, it had felt far too similar to when I'd lost her mom. There'd been none of that "gaining a son" bullshit happening in either my head or my heart; that's for sure. When she'd moved back in, it had felt like both a new start and a very confusing echo of an old one. It had just been the two of us, in