26. Will
Chapter twenty-six
Will
W ell, fuck. New kink unlocked. Cas got so into the sensation of sounding, he didn’t even notice me touching him and I finally got to stroke his hard cock until he started coming in my hand. Which I’d sorta hoped for, but it still went way better than I ever could’ve expected. Especially the sex after. Good goddamn. Unfortunately, Cas and I cannot spend every waking moment of the day fucking. I have to be at work, like a responsible adult, generating income. Ugh. At least I’m getting training pay for having to babysit the new hire, who’s about as yappy and excitable as a gay Jack Russel terrier. Don’t get me wrong, Riley’s cute as a button and not the sharpest tool in the shed, which any guy should love to snap right up. Hell, six months ago I sure as shit would’ve. Not anymore.
The next time I see Jess, I’m making a point to sell this guy to him as if I’m a used car salesman. Fuck, I’ll even smack Riley’s ass like the hood of a car and say, “This baby can fit so many dicks in it,” if that will make any difference. Ultimately, I go for a more subtle approach.
Jess shows up to take Riley off my hands and teach him all about the goats. I flourish my hands around our new coworker like Vanna White.
“Riley,” I simply say, with a smirk aimed at Jess.
Riley turns at the sound of his name, and I offer a warm smile instead. “This is Jess. He’s my best friend, and he’s worked here the longest.”
Riley smiles politely and feigns interest in Jess’s friendly nod. Fack.
“He’s the guy my boyfriend mentioned,” I say.
Riley cocks his head at me, and Jess raises a brow.
“Will, can I talk to you for a sec?” Jess says.
“Of course.” Riley is competent enough to watch the register for five minutes. I hope.
Jess pulls me toward the office and drops his voice down to a hiss. “What the fuck are you doing?”
“What?” I ask with an innocent smile.
“Why does it sound as if Bailey’s trying to pawn that kid off on me, and why are you going along with it?”
I roll my eyes. “It’s not that extreme. He’s new. And lonely. He needs friends.”
“So be his friend.”
“Allow me to emphasize lonely , again. He knows no one in the area and half the gay population of this town is standing in this room right now.”
“He’s a barely legal airhead.” Jess rolls his eyes again, but he’s starting to smile.
“Exactly! Those are the best ones, Jess. No expectations. No basis of comparison. You can mold him into whatever you want. He’s like a gay blank slate waiting for you to draw in cum all over him.”
“You’re despicable.” Jess’s mouth quirks up at the corners.
“Yes, I am,” I say with a wide smile. “All I’m saying is, maybe don’t be afraid to put yourself out there just because he’s so young. Give him a chance. Worst-case scenario, nothing comes of it. Best case, you’re getting your dick wet.”
“Okay,” Jess huffs.
“Atta boy,” I say.
Jess follows me back to the front and takes Riley outside for some bonding—er, training—and I’m really hoping Jess moves fast because I cannot handle Riley fawning all over my boyfriend every shift that we’re working together. They come back in the early afternoon, and Jess leaves until the start of his closing shift tonight.
I’m hoping to see Riley infatuated when he bounces back over to me at the front register. No such luck. Not that I can tell, anyway.
“So, you have fun playing with the goats?” I tease.
“Yeah, it wasn’t as bad as you made it sound,” Riley says. “And Jess is a nice guy.”
“He is,” I agree with a wide smile.
“He, um, he told me that you used to date.” Riley flicks his baby blues up at me.
“Oh, no, we’re friends now. Er, still. It didn’t really get serious. Or last long.”
“Because you met your boyfriend,” Riley says with a winning smile. “But you haven’t been together that long. Isn’t that right?”
Oh. Oh no. This is not how this is supposed to go.
“Sorry,” Riley says immediately after. “It’s just that… You’ve been really nice to me, too, Will.”
“No, it’s okay. He and I… we met last year at the farmer’s market and we’ve liked each other the entire time. So, no, it’s not exactly recent. Kinda like how I was friends with Jess for years before we ever dated.”
Riley nods along at this information and I’m starting to think this is going to be the end of it. Crisis averted.
Someone comes by with a return shortly after, and that’s the perfect opportunity to teach him. Returns are few and far between and I’d like him to do it at least twice before running the register solo. Riley hovers right beside me the entire time, gradually leaning closer until he’s resting his chin on my shoulder while he watches. I stop talking to look over at him and he gives me the adoring smile once again. I can practically see the little hearts in his eyes. Fucking fuck.
Of course, the only thing that can make this awkward as hell moment even worse is the sound of someone clearing their throat. Cas smiles back at me and seeing him flushed shoots desire through my veins from my heart all the way to my cock.
“Baby,” I say with a smile.
I walk around the counter and scoop him up, then plop him right back down on the counter so he’s perfectly level with me. Genuine happiness reaches the surface and Cas hands me an iced coffee that he must’ve already set on the counter for me while I was distracted. Perfect fucking man. I don’t know what I did to deserve him.
“Having a good day?” Cas asks.
“Now I am.” And I comb a hand through his hair just in case he has any doubt exactly what I mean.
Cas shifts his eyes over to Riley, literally looking down his nose at him while swinging his legs. “Wish you would’ve told me Riley was working with you again. I would’ve brought a coffee for him, too.”
“You’re too sweet,” I say with a kiss to his cheek.
Cas looks especially pleased, but he’s not focusing on me. “How’d it go with Jess?”
“Oh, ah, he’s very nice,” Riley flounders. “We don’t have any overlapping time off this week, but uh… maybe next week. Once the new schedule comes out.”
“You shouldn’t have to wait that long, cutie pie,” Cas says with a frown.
What… what the fuck is happening?
“I’ll take you out. There are some guys I can introduce you to who live right outside town.” Then Cas turns his head to me and beams.
“Uh… when?” Riley asks.
“Tomorrow,” Cas chirps. “Will has to close and I’ll be all alone and bored, anyway.”
Oh, no. No, no. No fucking way.
“Baby,” I say.
“Simmer down. I’m not taking him to a rave or anything,” Cas chuckles. He reaches up and pets my buzzed head with pure affection in his eyes. “Works out perfectly. You’re closing with Jess and it’s been ages since you’ve seen him. And I’ve got a meeting in the city with a potential investor the next day. You can stay home and hang out with Jess, and I’ll get a room out there and stay overnight.”
“What about Riley?” I stammer.
“I can catch a rideshare back. I’m a big boy,” Riley argues.
Cas smiles and fans his hand out, very pleased with his handiwork.
“I still don’t like it,” I say.
Cas wraps his arms around me for a tight hug, his lips right by my ear while he barely breathes out a whisper. “Just think how tight I’ll get after a night away. You can wreck my ass all over again, Daddy.”
I raise a brow at Cas when he pulls away, sliding himself off the counter so he bumps into me slightly once he’s back on his feet.
“You’re right,” I say to Cas. Man always knows how to win because he’s not afraid to play dirty. “It is a good chance for me to catch up with Jess and you won’t have to be up before sunrise the next day to get to your meeting.” I peck him on the lips to show him my sincerity.
“Wow. You guys have such a mature relationship. Like adults and shit,” Riley admires from the register.
That’s us. Responsible fricken’ adults and shit.
The next day comes and goes. Riley opens with Cheryl, but there is an overlapping hour where all of us are working together. Cas makes plans with Riley about meeting up that night, and Riley floats out the door at the end of his shift with the promise of being dicked down on the horizon. Jess seems shocked that Cas is okay with us hanging out, and honestly, I am too.
Then again, Cas knows I’m not interested in Jess and he very clearly does not approve of Riley being around me. He’s probably hoping getting railed will have the same effect on Riley as it would a dog in heat, and maybe he’ll calm the fuck down and stop sniffing around me. Again, not interested in Riley either and it’s kinda cute how he thinks he has a chance. His crush on me, and his interest in Cas, is mostly annoying. While I don’t like the idea of Riley around my boy unsupervised, Cas is undeniably doing me a favor by taking him out to meet someone else after pawning him off on Jesse didn’t go as well as planned.
The next day, I’m closing again. Jess’ll open and tend to the goats. I get to show up a few hours later before the lunch rush. And since Riley is supposed to be learning to close, he’ll take over the register, then get to duck out an hour early while I lock up alone. Or, at least, he’s supposed to. He’s not at the register when I get there, but I dismiss it, thinking he must be outside with Jess longer than he was supposed to be. Cheryl doesn’t seem too bothered since I’m here, so she hands over the keys and heads to the office before she leaves. About an hour goes by and… still no Riley. What the fuck?
Cas shows up around the same time as usual with afternoon caffeine. Best boyfriend ever. He even brings a second one for Riley like he said he would. He frowns when he sees me alone at the register.
“I thought Riley was working with you tonight?”
“So did I. Starting to think he’s no-showed,” I say. “I can’t imagine he’s still outside with Jess, and Cheryl didn’t say he called out.”
Not even a minute later, Jess comes into the store and looks at the two of us. “Where the fuck is Riley?”
“He’s not out there with you?”
“No,” Jess growls. Cas offers him the spare iced coffee, and he begrudgingly accepts. Hopefully that puts him in a better mood.
“He’s probably hungover,” I say before looking to Cas for confirmation.
“Don’t look at me. I poured him into a rideshare before he could turn into a pumpkin,” Cas says with a shrug.
“You let him go alone?” Jess asks.
“No, of course not.” Cas sighs. “He met some guy, and they left together.”
“What guy?” Jess asks.
Cas shrugs. “Riley was going straight home anyway, so I didn’t see the harm. It was kinda the whole point of taking him out somewhere with a wider pool of options. He had fun.”
“Then he’s probably passed out at home and forgot to call in before his shift,” Jess agrees. With a sigh, he looks at me. “You okay closing alone?”
“Yeah, of course. Get the hell out of here,” I say with a smile.
Cas puts a hand out, offering to take Jess’s trash for him.
Jess smiles back at both of us and hands over his mostly empty cup, filled only with ice and the essence of coffee. “Thanks for the coffee, Bailey.”
“No prob.”
As soon as Jess is out of earshot, I smirk at Cas and stroke some hair behind his ear. “Look at you, playing nice with the other boys.”
Cas shrugs, looking extremely pleased with himself while he grins.
“You’re still mine,” I remind him.
“I’m yours,” he parrots with a wider grin.
“My bottom ,” I tease.
Cas rolls his eyes.
“What? You’re mine. You’re never having sex with anyone else ever again. Ergo, you’re officially a bottom. My bottom. And my good boy.”
With that, I pull him in for a smooch and kick him out of the store before I get myself in trouble being unsupervised around him.