He nods in acceptance, even though it isn’t what he wants to hear.

The plug is soothing and good after what he’s just endured, and he needs to focus on that.

Liam lifts him off the bench. Daniel takes a stumbling step to the bed and half sprawls onto it, Liam helping him get comfortable. Liam hauls him into the heat of his body. He’s a furnace and he smells like Dominant. He’s sweaty and pleased. Smug. He rumbles a sound as he keeps Daniel close.

Daniel tips his head back, mouth open, and Liam kisses him, soft and careful.

“You know you were amazing, don’t you? You were so good, Daniel. That was so difficult for you. And you were so beautiful and sweet. So willing, even though it was difficult. Did it hurt, honey?” Liam asks in a low voice and kisses him again.

Daniel sobs and presses closer, kissing his Dominant again and again. “Was I good, Daddy? Really?” That’s the important part.

Did it hurt? He doesn’t even know. It’s so far from an accurate description that it isn’t even worth answering.

“Perfect. Why don’t I tell you what pleased me? You wet twice, babydoll. You submitted so much you came from it, and you took all of my knot. I came so hard, sweetheart. Got to breed you right up. Pretty submissive. I’m sure you have some complicated feelings about it. Now you get to tell me, we get to talk about it. That’s very important.”

“Why?” he whispers. He doesn’t want to talk about it. Slick leaks out of him in a dribble and he wonders if he could take his Dominant again.

“What are you thinking about?”

He shakes his head. “Not yet. Please.”

“How’s your plug, my sweet boy?” Liam asks, giving Daniel a reprieve. He reaches between Daniel’s cheeks, touching it gently.

“Daddy!” he gasps, shoving closer and away at once. Somehow his ass is pressed against Liam’s half-hard cock.

“You’re unbelievable, Daniel.”

Daniel almost believes him. The truth is he’s never felt so peaceful. He is in the right place, doing what he is supposed to do. He can’t think of the last time he was so certain of himself and his place in the world—hell, his purpose. It isn’t to kill people or to be in the army. It isn’t as a whore to whatever altered man needs a hole to fill. He’s meant to be with one man and devote himself to the man he loves.

It’s too early to say anything about how he feels. But this Dominant needed him. And Daniel did it well.

He’s proud of that.