Page 69 of Casey
Epilogue
Preston
One month later
“You’re not some kind of fluffer in a porn studio. If he’s not hard for the pictures, that’s fine.” Lane’s voice in what was supposed to be an empty building would have startled me anyway, but the words had me stopping in my tracks.
When Eli responded, I had to stifle a groan. “But he said he wants them to be sexy. That meanserection.”
What the hell?
I normally wouldn’t have cared what they were up to, because with Eli nothing surprised me anymore, but Casey had left the house earlier saying he was going to dinner with those two lunatics. My plans had initially been to stay home and relax, but when my whole street had gone dark because of an issue with a transformer, I’d decided to go in and get some work done.
Evidently, that might not have been the best decision.
Quietly walking toward the stairs where their voices were coming from, I smiled when I heard Casey sigh. “That doesn’t mean to grab my dick. I can get hard on my own.”
What were they doing?
Casey answered my unasked question as he continued. “I said I wanted the pictures to be sexy—like my level of sexy, not yours.”
A rough scoff had me cocking my head. Roman?
“Eli, don’t drive him crazy. Frowns are not sexy and you are being too helpful.” Roman’s words had me trying not to laugh. “Do we need to discuss boundaries again?”
Lane answered yes, but Eli said no as Casey giggled.
His laughter let me know whatever Eli had done hadn’t upset him.
“I won’t behelpfulanymore.” Pure drama radiated from Eli’s voice, but that just had Casey giggling even more.
I could almost picture Lane rolling his eyes. “Do you really want Casey to have to explain that you helped him get hard? That’s not a conversation I think either of you wants to have with Preston.”
Eli and Casey both groaned, but neither seemed actually worried.
“I’d die. No, you stay back so I don’t have to have that conversation with Preston.” The confidence in Casey’s voice had me wanting to wrap my arms around him.
He’d come so far in such a short period. He was still shy around most people, but as he’d grown to accept the rest of the group at Leashes and Lace as his family too, he’d found more confidence. Being able to finally walk away from his old job and start his new business full-time also seemed to have given his self-assurance a jump start.
As Roman started to give directions, it became easier to piece together what they were doing. Casey had been making an effort to come to more of the photo shoots, but I’d thought that was just to support the guys. Evidently, he’d been a bit more curious than I’d realized.
I’d teased him a bit that one day I wanted sexy pictures of him to put up on the walls, but I hadn’t thought he’d taken the idea seriously.
When I realized how quiet it had gotten upstairs, I knew that Roman must have started taking pictures. As I reached the bottom of the stairs, I heard his quiet but still-gruff orders to Casey. Patient wasn’t his default setting, but I could hear him doing his best as he told Casey to move his hips or tilt his head.
After a few minutes, Roman gave Eli an order to turn off the main lights. Knowing it would throw the room into darkness and shadows, I quietly inched my way up the stairs until I could barely see into the main studio.
Casey was standing in shadows, a short cream-colored nightie giving glimpses of his ass as he moved. Eli and Lane were off to the side giving words and signs of encouragement. Eli’s bouncing and Lane’s quiet strength seemed to be giving Casey the courage he needed, because every time I could see his fears start to rise, he’d look over at them for another boost.
It was so outside his comfort zone I knew he was shaking on the inside, but he seemed determined to follow through with it. Every time he got his shot of confidence, he’d look back over at Roman and the shoot would continue.
“Just picture that it’s Preston watching you. I bet he’s going to love that nightgown.” Eli’s orders had Casey closing his eyes for a moment before opening them again. “That’s better. He’s going to love it so much I bet he finds a reason to spank you right away. Can you imagine how sexy it’s going to look with your pink ass peeking out?”
Eli gave a low moan as Casey blushed and fought to keep looking at Roman. I heard Roman chuckle as he snapped away. “Yes, don’t hide the blush. It’s perfect. Beautiful shyness in the shadows. Perfect.”
As I slowly crept back down the stairs, I had to agree with Roman. The combination of his shyness and desire was beautiful. I wanted nothing more than to charge in there and pull Casey into my arms so I could tell him how gorgeous he was, but I wouldn’t ruin his surprise.
When I reached the bottom of the stairs, I looked up one last time and smiled. My sweet boy was full of surprises. One year ago, he’d walked into the office with confusion pouring off him, and now he was up there in a tiny, sheer nightie posing for pictures.
Sometimes changes came in leaps and bounds, whirling us around, but sometimes they needed time to grow to show how perfect they would be. But no matter what the changes and how fast they turned our lives, I knew I would be with my sweet, shy boy forever.
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