6. Atlas
6
atlas
Sterling Ridge never changed, it was like it was stuck in time and no matter how many times I came back, it was always the same. The last few years had been so hard; being away from Theo and Colt felt like a struggle that grew worse each time I was away. There was a time or two I almost said, ‘fuck it’, and came back home to them. Fuck being a doctor.
I was finally home with MD at the end of my name and all my hard work had paid off. As I drove down Main Ave, panic hit me head-on, leaving me on the brink of a nervous breakdown. It had been too long since I had lived with Colt and Theo. We had spent the last three years of my residency only seeing each other a few times a year and before that, we only spent breaks and summers together.
A nightmare plagued me last night, that they would leave me because I had been gone for so long and or they had moved on. I knew it was my mind playing tricks on me, but I was still scared they wouldn't want me anymore. My abandonment issue reared its ugly head as I stopped at a light. I opened our text thread to ease my nerves.
Colt: Please make sure your tire pressure is good, and your wipers are working. I need you safe.
Theo: Also stop if you get tired. We can go get you too. Drive safely.
Colt: Did you leave yet?
Me: I’m just about to leave.
Theo: Hurry up, but be careful, don’t speed.
Colt: And don’t get a ticket. We can’t wait for you to get here.
My breathing slowed. I was being irrational. Everything was going to be ok. I loved them and they loved me. We had been together for a while, and we weren’t going to be giving up on each other.
I turned onto the road that would take me to the ranch, passing the fork in the road which made me think of Nova and her daughter. I hadn’t seen them the last two times I had come into town. Before that, we had only seen each other in passing, except a few times when I helped her out or the guys and I helped her with watching Sol or doing small things for her. After that winter storm, she had been busy with motherhood. While I felt this pull to her, I never pursued it because she had a family, I had two loving boyfriends, and I wasn’t here all the time.
The small cabin that Colt and Theo had been living in came into view. Emotion clogged my throat as the reality sunk in that this was it. I was finally home with them, all of their patience and hard work was finally going to pay off. Parking next to Colt’s muscle car, I appreciated the new paint. It was much better than the pictures and I couldn’t wait till I could ride around with Colt.
I looked around as I got out of the car, hoping to see them in their work gear. There was nothing sexier than a dirty Colt and Theodore in boots, jeans, with a hat on looking gruff. They both wore the cowboy look so well especially on the horses, in the heat, sweating up a storm.
I needed to get laid right now.
It was only four in the afternoon, and while I was hopeful they would be home early, I knew that they might not be home yet especially if the heifers were finally giving birth. I took a deep breath to fully smell the crisp air. Things were so much different here than in the city, and while I knew I would miss the convenience of a big city, I was over the traffic and bad air.
I grabbed some of my bags out of my car as I went to the front door, finding it open. It still shocked me that they were so comfortable leaving things unlocked, but the city had made me wary of everyone.
The smell of something sweet hit me as soon as I swung the door open. Two burly bodies came towards me, the need to cry hit me as they enveloped me into their arms. I buried my face into Colt’s chest as Thedore held us.
“Fuck, I’ve missed you babe.” Colt’s deep timber was soothing.
“I don’t know whether to cry or laugh,” Theo said.
“Both?” I laughed, as a tear slid down my cheek.
Theo hugged us tighter, leaning his head against mine. No one moved and I was grateful they let me soak them up. Theo adjusted his feet a couple of times before he pulled away.
“Sorry,” he mumbled.
“It’s ok,” I said, turning around, wrapping my arms around his middle. “I've missed you, Theo.”
“You sure?” he said, his voice small and wavering. “I know I'm not the easiest to live with and I’m worried you’ll get sick of me. Small doses?—”
I pulled him down kissing him with all the love I had. He opened my mouth with his tongue brushing softly against mine, exploring me like it was the first time we had kissed. I groaned as he scooped down to pick me up and I immediately wrapped my legs around him.
“Take me to bed,” I demanded, as he kissed down my neck walking through the living room.
Colt chuckled, “I’ll put dinner on pause.”
“Don’t take too long,” I shouted, as we went down the hallway to the bedrooms.
“I’ve missed you, Doc,” he said, against my lips, walking through the door of our room.
“I’ve missed you so fucking much,” I said in between kisses. “Now fuck me because I can’t wait anymore.”
“As you wish, Doc,” he said, throwing me on the bed.
Theo unbuttoned his shirt slowly.
“I don’t want sweet Theo. I need fast and hard Theo,” I said, taking off my shirt and unbuttoning my jeans. “I need to feel you for the rest of the day.”
Theo groaned, unbuttoning his pants before helping me pull mine off. He fell to his knees taking my cock into his mouth. I cried out, running my hands through his hair. He looked up at me through his lashes, bobbing his head up and down.
“Damn, you guys work fast,” Colt growled, watching Theo suck me down.
“Fuck, you’re going to make me come,” I cried out trying to push Theo away.
“Let him ease your urgency,” Colt said, crawling on to the bed completely naked.
He kissed me through my orgasm as every part of my body felt like it was going to erupt.
“Fuck, Theo, I almost forgot how good you are at giving head,” I said, looking down at him licking his lips.
“If you forgot it, that means I’m not doing a good enough job,” he said leaning over me, kissing me softly. “I’ll try harder next time.”
“I don’t think I would survive,” I groaned, as he pumped my cock that was still half hard.
“We’d make sure to keep you present,” Colt said, sucking on my nipple.
“Fuck,” I moaned, as Colt bit my pec.
Theo kissed my sternum as Colt kissed his cheek, pulling him in for a kiss. I missed watching them together. They fought for dominance, but usually Theo won with his sweet kisses, taming Colt’s aggressiveness.
“Fuck, maybe I want to watch you guys fuck while I get off in the corner,” I said, running a hand in each of their hair.
“Nope, we are going to fill your holes, A,” Colt said, turning towards me as Theo kissed down his neck.
“We need to fuck our boyfriend and make sure he knows who he belongs to,” Theo said, kissing me softly.
He moaned against my lips as I wondered what Theo was doing to him. “Fuck me, brand me, show me who I belong too.”
I moaned as Theo pushed my legs up, kissing my almost hard cock, my balls and then my taint. Cold liquid touched my ass along with a finger swirling the liquid around. I tensed for a minute before forcing myself to relax. It had been way too long since I had had sex and my ass was not in shape to take their big cocks.
“I got you, Doc,” Theo said, taking my cock into his mouth as he pushed a fingertip inside me.
It glided in without resistance, like my body was more than ready to get dicked down. Colt captured my moan in a kiss, he always swallowed my pleasure like it was a drug. Theo popped off my cock as Colt took over stroking as another finger was pushed into me.
“Fuck,” I panted, pulling my knees back more, opening myself up more.
“Our Doctor is such a slut,” Colt said, looking at Theo who was mesmerized by fucking my ass with his fingers.
I laughed and remembered that Theo used to get offended by me when Colt degraded me.
“If you’re laughing, I really must be doing something wrong.” Theo narrowed his eyes at me.
“No, I was just— Fuck!” I bucked up when he stroked against my prostate.
“If you’re laughing it means you aren’t begging enough,” Colt growled. “On your knees, now.”
I whined when Theo took his fingers away, flipping over quickly pushing my ass in the air when someone smacked my ass hard.
“Yes,” I groaned, pushing my ass back again.
“Nope, you know you aren’t in charge,” Theo snapped, hitting my ass again, but not hard enough.
“Please,” I whined, as Theo fucked me with his fingers again, softly hitting my prostate.
“Look at you, whining like a slut.” Colt grabbed my hair, pulled my head back, and pushed his fingers in my mouth. “Suck on them.”
I obeyed without any hesitation.
“Now feel how we stretched you out,” he growled, pulling his fingers from my mouth.
Another finger slid into my ass making me moan louder. I looked over my shoulder to see them pushing their fingers into me. The sight was so erotic I almost came.
“Nope, not yet,” Colt clipped, slapping my ass. “Beg.”
“Fuck me, please,” I gasped as another finger was thrusted into me.
The sting from the stretch was enough to pull me back from the brink of coming, but it soon turned into pleasure.
“Please,” I cried out. “Fuck me, use me.”
Another smack.
“I think you can do better than that,” Colt taunted. “If not, I guess Theo will just fuck me.”
“No, no, no. Please, fuck me. Use me as your toy, my holes need you,” I cried out as they hit my prostate with each thrust. “Please wreck me.”
Emptiness hit me as they pulled out of me, making me emotional. I was getting ready to demand they fuck me when I was filled with one thrust.
“Oh, god,” Theo moaned behind me. “You feel so tight Doc.”
Theo ran his hands up and down my back before he thrusted into me again.
“Shit,” I whimpered, letting my head hang down between my shoulders.
“Come, little slut, show me how well you suck cock.” Colt lifted my head to look at him. “Stick that tongue out for me.”
He was stroking himself as I opened my mouth, slapping his cock against my tongue before thrusting slowly into my mouth. He gave me time to adjust before he fucked my mouth in tandem with Theo. In and out, in and out, the repetitive motion had them fucking me like a well-oiled machine.
“My pretty little slut, you ready for my cum?” he groaned, his abs rippling with pleasure.
I moaned, nodding my head as much as I could around his cock. He erupted into my mouth with a grunt as I tried to swallow as much as I could.
“Damn, that fucking mouth,” he growled pulling me up, changing the angle Theo fucked me.
He kissed me, stroking my cock. I cried out in seconds coming into his hand as Theo shouted, releasing with me. His grip on my hips was bruising, but that's what I wanted and what I had needed. It might be a while before this need to be claimed went away, but my mind was an ugly playground. It let me believe that they wouldn’t leave me for now, but I was hoping each fuck, each declaration of love and action would make me lose my uncertainty.
“Good morning,” I said, walking into the kitchen that smelled divine.
Colt was flipping pancakes as Theo was on a computer at the dining table.
“Morning babe,” Colt said, as he leaned over to kiss me. “Coffee is ready, and breakfast will be done in a few minutes.”
“I love you,” I said, nuzzling into his scruff.
“You feeling ok?” he asked, pouring more batter on the griddle.
“Good, freshly fucked,” I said, grabbing his ass.
“If you're still walking, maybe we need to go again,” Theo said in front of the table. “I might have to stretch first because I almost pulled a muscle yesterday.”
“I may be walking, but that doesn’t mean my ass doesn’t hurt,” I laughed while getting a mug to pour coffee in.
“Maybe we need to edge you for a few hours and see how that goes,” Colt said, as I smacked his ass.
I walked over to the table to see what Theo was doing. His big hands were typing on a laptop that looked way too small for him. By the way he was stabbing the keys, I was afraid they were going to break.
“Good morning,” I said, kissing his cheek.
“Mornin’,” he said, pulling me onto his lap and kissing the living daylights out of me. My stomach tensed in pleasure as he grabbed my ass, grinding me into him.
“I’ve missed this so much,” I said, leaning my forehead against his. “I’m glad I don’t have to go, I don't think I would have survived any longer.”
“Look at all you have accomplished,” he said. “I’m so proud of you.”
“Thanks,” I said, my cheeks growing red, kissing him once more before sitting in my own seat.
“Over medium, A?” Colt asked.
“Please,” I said, looking over Theo’s shoulder. “What's this?”
“It’s—”
A soft pounding was at the door.
“One of the goats?” I smiled excitedly to see what animal they had gotten since I had been gone.
Theo shook his head as he got up. Uneasiness hit me as I wondered who the hell would be here. I glanced at Colt to see if he knew, but he shook his head at me.
“Teddy Bear!” Crying came from the door, and I got up immediately.
“Sol,” Theo said as Nova’s little girl ran to him and hugged him.
She was crying gibberish, and I looked out the door for Nova.
“Sol, where is your mommy?” I asked, sliding into my tennis shoes.
“Mommy fell,” she cried. “She’s not waking up.”
I grabbed my keys, opened up the trunk and got my kit out.
“The Rhino!” Theo shouted.
I ran to the utility vehicle they had, and we took off. Sol was crying on Colt as he held her close. He murmured things to her and rubbed her back like a father would. If I had ovaries, they would be screaming at me to make this guy a dad. Colt was aggressive, mad at the world, and quick to anger on his best days, but right now, this little girl had him wrapped around her fingers. He was soft, kind and protective.
We abruptly stopped, pulling me from my daydream of Colt as a dad. Sol ran around the house as we followed her to see Nova lying on the ground on her stomach.
“Don’t move her,” I snapped, as Theo was about to turn her.
“We don’t know if she has a broken back or neck and I don’t want to cause any more damage,” I said, kneeling next to her checking to see if she was breathing. “Sol, what was your mommy doing?”
“Was she on the roof?” Colt growled.
I looked over my shoulder to glare at him when I noticed the ladder was on the floor along with a blue tarp.
“She said she needed to put it on the roof before it rained.” Sol pointed to the tarp.
Shit, she could have fallen off the roof and that was at least ten feet high. A number of things could be wrong with her, broken bones or worse a severe head injury. I lightly ran my hands over her back and legs, starting my assessment from there.
“Why won’t she wake up?” Sol cried out and Nova’s eyes immediately opened.
“Sol!?” She got up incredibly fast looking around for her daughter.
“Whoa,” I said, holding out my hands.
“Mommy!” Sol pushed her way past me to hug her mom when Nova turned completely white almost falling over.
“I got you,” I said, pulling her into my arms.
Sol leaned over, kissing her mom’s cheek as Nova tried to push away from me crying out when the movement hurt her.
“Hey, hey,” I said softly. “You just fell off the roof.”
Her eyes were unfocused, an indication she probably had a concussion.
“Shit,” she whispered. “I don't remember getting on the roof.”
“You needed to cover it before it rained,” Sol said.
She closed her eyes tightly pushing her face into my chest.
“I’m really dizzy,” she murmured.
“We need to get you to the doctor,” I said, checking other areas of her body.
“I think I’ll be fine, I just… I just—” Her words trailed off.
“Hey, Nova, I need you to stay awake,” I said, touching her face.
“Atlas,” Colt said, as I glanced back at him.
He nodded to the floor and just behind Sol was blood. I immediately looked around, checking her body when I felt a trickle of blood on my arm.
“Sol,” Colt said, holding his arms out for the little girl. “We are going to need to take your mommy to the doctor. How about we eat some pancakes, and I take you to camp?”
“Mommy?” Sol looked at Nova who had opened her eyes.
“That sounds like a good idea,” she slurred. “Mommy is ok.”
“Come on, let's get her to the doctor and get you fed,” I said, pointing at my med bag.
Theo brought it to me, his eyes never leaving Nova. I don’t know what was going on, but he didn’t look good either. Colt took Sol inside to get her things as I sat Nova up to see the gash she had on her head.
“Ok, I’m going to pick you up?—”
“Let me, please,” Theo pleaded.
“Ok, Theo is going to pick you up,” I said, as Theo knelt in front of us.
“I think I’m fine,” she said, her speech not getting better.
“No, you're not darlin’,” Theo said, pulling her close to him.
“Make sure this stays on her head,” I said, packing my things.
He nodded, heading straight for the utility vehicle. Did he have feelings for her? He had never said anything about her, but maybe they had grown close, maybe this was a chance to plead my case. She belonged to us, and I felt that in my soul.