Chapter 14
Oz’s emotions were all over the place. He was still reeling from the fact that Logan had been suspended for protecting a little girl from someone touching her sexually.
It was insane that a fifth grader had done that at all, but it was even crazier that Logan was the one being suspended as a result.
Oz hadn’t lied, he was as proud as he could be of his nephew, but it still angered him that Logan had been punished for doing what was right.
On the other hand, he was almost giddy at the thought of Riley spending the night again.
He couldn’t stop thinking about her. How she’d gone all mama-bear with that asshole principal.
When he’d asked her if she would be his emergency contact, he honestly hadn’t thought she’d ever need to step in. But she’d been amazing.
The evening had been good. Logan seemed lighter somehow, more open.
He’d smiled and laughed throughout preparing tacos, and after dinner, had sat down with Oz and they’d looked up all the schools in the area and discussed pros and cons.
Of course, they didn’t know what the kids were like who attended them, but they could visit each one to check that out.
They also talked about baseball, and Logan was still excited to start, but he also expressed concern that he might not be as good as other kids his age who’d been playing longer. Oz reassured him that he’d help him practice to get him up to speed.
Eventually, after walking Riley back to her apartment so she could pack a bag, they’d moved to the living room and watched television together. As the minutes ticked by, Oz became more and more aware of the sexual tension between him and Riley.
Logan was oblivious, lost in the action on the screen, but Riley was slowly driving him crazy…
and she knew it too. Her hand on his thigh strayed into dangerous territory a few times, and he had to physically shift her so her back was to him, his arms wrapped around her, to keep those wandering hands still.
But of course, that put her delectable backside against his crotch, and his cock was more than happy with the new position. His arm lay between her heavy breasts, and he played with her fingers as they half-reclined on the couch.
Just when he didn’t think he could stand lying there a second longer, the show ended and Logan stood.
“I’m going to bed. Oz?”
“Yeah, Slugger?”
“Um…” His gaze went to Riley, then back to Oz.
Oz stiffened. He didn’t like the look in his nephew’s eyes.
“Can I talk to you tomorrow? Just you?”
“Of course. Is something wrong?” Oz asked.
“No. I mean, not really. But I think I’m ready to tell you my secret.”
“Okay, Slugger. You can talk to me about anything, I hope you know that,” Oz told him.
“I wasn’t sure until today. Thank you for not being mad at me.”
“I would’ve been more upset if you hadn’t done anything to help Lacie,” Oz reassured him. “Get some sleep. I called my commander and he let me take tomorrow off so we could get the school thing narrowed down. We’ll talk in the morning.”
Logan nodded. “You don’t need to come tuck me in tonight. I’m good. You can hang out with Riley.”
For a split second, Oz had a glimpse of the future.
Of a teenaged Logan giving him a manly chin lift as he headed off to his room for the night.
Of Oz heading to his own room to find Riley waiting in their bed.
It both saddened him that Logan would grow up before he knew it, and excited him to think Riley might be with him for the long haul.
“How can he seem to be maturing right in front of our eyes? He hasn’t even been here that long,” Riley said with a small shake of her head.
Oz wasn’t surprised she was on the same wavelength.
She tilted her head back so she could look into his eyes as she said, “You’re a very good influence on him.”
“You aren’t worried about what his secret is?” Oz asked.
“Not really. I mean, he’s obviously worried about it, but I’m more emotional over the fact that your support of him today was the push he seemed to need to finally trust you. He wouldn’t be willing to open up to you if he didn’t feel that trust.”
“I’m sorry he doesn’t want to talk to you about it with me.”
“I’m not,” Riley said without hesitation. “You’re his uncle. You should be the one he wants to talk to. I’m only his babysitter.”
Oz moved quickly, shifting and twisting until Riley’s back hit the cushions. He hovered over her. “You aren’t ‘only’ anything. You’ve spent just as much time with him as I have, maybe more.”
“It’s okay, Porter. Seriously. I’m just so glad he’s going to open up to you about whatever’s been bothering him.
Just…don’t lose your mind if he tells you something you don’t like.
You two have come a long way, and the last thing I’d want to see is you doing something that would make him revert back into his shell. ”
“You think I’d do that?” Oz asked.
Riley shook her head. “Not on purpose. But if he tells you something about how he was abused in the past, maybe by one of his mom’s boyfriends or something, I can totally see you losing your shit.”
Oz closed his eyes in pain. Then they popped open again. “You think that’s it? With all my talk about consent and all?”
One of Riley’s hands came up and she palmed his cheek gently. “I have no idea. I’m just saying, whatever it is he tells you, you can’t overreact.”
“I hear you,” Oz said, knowing she was giving him good advice. “I’ll do my best, but if it’s bad…I’m not sure what I’ll do.”
“You’ll deal with it. That’s what. Logan is a wonderful kid. He’s had some tough breaks, but your sister seemed to love him and that comes through loud and clear. She might’ve had some issues, but that doesn’t mean she loved him any less.”
“I know. I’m still coming to terms with the fact that she kept my nephew from me.
But I said some pretty harsh things to her the last time we talked, and she probably assumed I hadn’t changed.
It does make me feel a little better that she seemed to be getting her life together the last few years, and that she talked to Logan a bit about me.
I’d like to think she might’ve reached out eventually.
Especially since she lived nearby down in Austin. We were so close, and yet so far.”
“You’re a good man, Porter,” Riley said softly, repeating what she’d told him before.
Turning his mind away from his sister and her problems, Oz took Riley in.
She’d changed into a tank top when she’d gone back to her apartment.
It was perfectly decent, but he’d had plenty of indecent thoughts about her since she’d come out of her bedroom.
She had on a pair of elastic-waist pants that were extremely silky to the touch.
He loved how they felt when he ran his hand down her leg, but he wanted to feel her warm skin instead. Needed it.
Lowering his head, he nuzzled the skin under her ear, and she turned her head, giving him more room. “Ummmm,” she murmured.
“I can’t wait to feel you under me,” Oz admitted.
“What if I want to be on top?” she asked with a smile.
“I’d say fuck yeah,” Oz told her. “Above, under, behind, however you want me, I’m happy to oblige.”
“I don’t care. I just want you,” Riley said shyly.
“Time for bed,” Oz announced. His cock was throbbing in his jeans and he knew he couldn’t stay on the couch any longer without taking her. And he’d never risk Logan walking in on them. It would scar both him and Riley forever.
He stood and grabbed Riley’s hand, pulling her to her feet in front of him. His gaze roamed down her body, and he saw her nipples were hard. His mouth watered with the need to take those buds between his lips.
He heard her chuckle as she struggled to keep up with him when he towed her down the hall to his room. Logan’s door was cracked open as usual, and Oz made a mental note to do his best to keep them quiet. Then he was pushing open his door.
He shut it all the way behind them, keeping hold of Riley’s hand, then turned so his back was to the bed and sat, bringing her with him.
She straddled his waist, and he scooted backward, keeping Riley right where she was the entire time.
His cock pressed into the vee of her legs, and it was all Oz could do not to shove up against her like a sex-starved maniac.
When he got to the middle of the bed and his legs were no longer hanging off the edge, he turned them once more, so they were lying properly on the mattress.
“You know it’s so damn sexy that you can do that,” Riley said.
“Do what?”
“Move around with me sitting on top of you as if it’s not difficult at all.”
Oz grinned. “It’s not difficult,” he told her. “You’re tiny compared to me, and you’re kinda like my ruck sack.”
Riley rolled her eyes. “Oh, yeah, just what every girl wants to hear.”
Oz loved that they were joking with each other. He realized that he was having a good time. Yeah, he wanted her with every fiber of his being. Wanted to be inside her so bad his cock was throbbing in his jeans, but he loved that he could tease her and she could handle it.
His hands snaked under her tank top until he had both her tits in his hands. He squeezed gently, and Riley arched her back, pressing her flesh into his hands.
“I want to go slow. Make sure I don’t hurt you,” he said, his mouth watering.
She shifted above him, pressing harder against his dick.
“For the first time in my life, I feel desperate,” Riley said, looking him in the eyes as she did.
“I’ve never felt this way about sex before.
I’ve always kind of dreaded it. I did it because I knew it was expected of me.
But with you…I need it. I can’t wait for you to fill me up.
I’m a little nervous because of how big you are, and I’m assuming that’s the case all over, but I trust you not to hurt me. ”