NeroAnne: James is totally on board with that logic. Mindy on the other hand…well when it comes to her self image, anyone who tells her anything she don't already believe for herself either don't know what they're talking about or they're just saying that to be nice. These issues have been on going for many many years and are just refusing to ever go away. Esha Napoleon: Thank you!
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"You were amazing tonight Spaghetti," Phil informed Mindy as James started the car and began to drive away. Before they had left James had handed Mindy some of his clothes to change into, which she happily did. Because of their enormous size difference, his clothes always hung really really loosely on her. But with her added weight loss, they were hanging even more off her than usual. That was not lost on James in the least and he hated it. He absolutely hated it and he was not going to allow her to just waste away in front of him. He knew that she was all for performing again and stuff but it wasn't worth her health. It wasn't worth her health at all.
"Thank you Meatball," Mindy said, smiling back at him before looking at James.
"You stole the show again Baby Doll," he told her, kissing her hand lovingly. He couldn't deny that she could rock a stage like no other. "I think we should go out to eat to celebrate."
Mindy hesitated at the deliberate mention of eating (which didn't sit well with him at all) before nodding her head. "Okay Jamie. But I want to get Connor and talk to Cooper alone."
James's grip on the wheel tightened so much that he just about broke it. "What?" he said in disbelief.
"I know I hate him and all but I have to second that what," Phil said, throwing his two cents in. "You can't talk to that idiot alone. Are you absolutely insane?" The glares that were sent back his way made him wince. "I didn't mean it like that!"
James didn't care how he meant it. The fact of the matter was, Phil was still on his shitlist for daring to spark one of Mindy's schizo episodes. "Shut the fuck up back there," he growled, reaching back and smacking Phil as hard as he could. "I don't want to hear anything from you, you hear me?"
"You're not the boss of-OW!" Phil shrieked in pain as James hit him harder this time.
"I fucking mean it Princess," James growled, not in the mood to be fucked with at all. "I already beat you once don't make me do it again."
Phil huffed loudly and folded his arms over his chest, totally pouting now because James had been mean to him and Mindy wasn't doing anything about it. He had already apologized to Mindy about freaking her out when she had caught him watching her old stuff. He didn't see why he was still being punished for it. The way he saw it, the shit was all over Youtube anyway. Anyone who wanted to watch it could, and they could do it any time they wanted to.
"I won't be long Jamie," Mindy promised, returning the conversation back to the subject of her talking to Cooper alone. "I just want to-"
"No Baby Doll," James said, shaking his head. "Please no. Don't do that, I'm begging you not to do that."
"But Jamie it'll be real quick, I promise. Trust me, nothing bad is going to happen to me in there."
James kept shaking his head. "I trust you but I don't trust him. I'll NEVER trust him again." He cupped Mindy's face in his hand and gave her a pleading look. "You go in there, I'm going in there and I'll fucking kill him. I can't handle the thought of you being alone with him. I don't even want you going to the door to go get Connor. I wanna send Princess Straightedge to do it. I don't care if Cooper rapes him."
"Thanks you fuck!" Phil snapped, breaking his silence out of anger.
Mindy shook her head and leaned over so she could snuggle with James as much as she could while he drove. The yelling they had done before was weighing heavily on her mind and she couldn't stand it. She never ever wanted James to be upset with her and he clearly had been beyond upset during the yelling, so she was going to go along with what he said and not talk to Cooper tonight. She wasn't thrilled about having to wait because she had promised Jeff she would get after Cooper but keeping James happy was the bigger priority at the moment. And as long as Connor was home and not with Cooper anymore, it wouldn't be like Cooper would be able to do anything to him again.
James hugged her tightly and kissed the top of her head. The fight (even though he refused to verbally call it that) they had earlier was making him guilty as fuck and he did not want to ever do that again if he could ever help it. But even if she wanted to see Cooper alone he couldn't allow that. He didn't like telling her what to do because she was his partner and his equal but when it came to that he had to make an exception. He had to think of her safety before anything else and he didn't trust Cooper around her at all. She maybe didn't like it and maybe she forgave Cooper but there was just too much to risk by letting her get her way on this. It killed him to know Cooper had even hurt her the first time so the thought of it happening a second time was just way more than he could possibly handle.
When James pulled into Cooper's driveway, he glared back and Phil and jerked his head in the direction of the house. "Go in there and get Connor," he ordered. "And don't let him bully you into giving him more time to stay. He needs to get his ass out here right now because if he don't, I'm coming in there and getting him. And trust me, that won't be pretty."
Phil made a face and shook his head. "So first I'm your dog and now I'm your slave? Dude, that is just not cool on SO many levels."
"Dude, you better not keep lipping off to me or we're going to have a very serious problem," James growled, hitting Phil once again just for the hell of it. "You hear me?"
Phil gave James one very unhappy look before getting out of the car and heading towards the door. Mindy shook her head and looked up at James and sighed. "You're too hard on Meatsack," she informed him. "He didn't mean to hurt me. You don't have to be so mean to him still."
"But it's funny," he pointed out. "Besides, if I'm not mean to him, who will be?"
"You could try to be a little bit nicer," Mindy pointed out.
"I could but adversity builds character. I'm helping him in the long run Baby Doll." He smiled and showed off his pointy canines to her, which made her melt right on the spot.
"You're so nice Jamie," she said, nodding and running her fingers through his hair.
"I am, aren't I?" James grinned mischievously before tickling her stomach, making her howl with laughter.
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Cooper's lips were fused with Connor's, his kisses becoming more and more frantic as he thrusted faster and faster. The only sound in the room was his heavy breathing and Connor's frantic whimpers. The world around them had fallen away and they were both stuck in that moment, with the want and the need and the frantic need for release that Connor didn't really understand and Cooper needed because in that moment of ecstasy, everything was perfect again. Sure it didn't last very long but for the time it lasted, it was well worth it.
"Coopy," Connor whimpered, clinging to Cooper and digging his fingers into the skin on Cooper's back (he bit his fingernails all the time so he never really had any to scratch anyone with).
Cooper deepened his kisses, wrapping his hand around Connor's cock and bringing them both to climax within seconds. And just like every other time before, there was the utter bliss and the perfection…and then once he collapsed, limbs weak and shaky, reality set back in. And it sucked big time.
"Coopy?"
"Huh?" Cooper said, closing his eyes so he could go to sleep on top of Connor.
"I heard a banging noise."
Cooper frowned and opened his eyes back up, listening carefully until he heard the knocking on the door too. "Shit," he said under his breath. He reluctantly got up and went to the window, gulping nervously as he saw James's car parked in the driveway. "Oh fuck me," he said under his breath.
Connor perked up. "I get to be on top now?"
"No!" Cooper snapped. "Dad's here."
Connor's face fell. "What does he want?"
"Probably for you to come home." Cooper quickly tossed Connor his clothes before getting dressed himself.
"But I don't wanna go Coopy!" Connor whined. He tossed the clothes back on the floor and shook his head. "I wanna stay with you!"
"And believe me, I want you to stay too. But that's something you'll have to take up with Dad." Cooper once again threw the clothes back to Connor and this time would not let him do anything with them but put them on. "Now you remember what you're not supposed to do?"
"Tell anybody about what we do," Connor answered dutifully. In the moments they were not fucking Cooper was drilling it into Connor's head to keep his mouth shut about their activities. "I know not to do it Coopy I'm not stupid."
"I know but I gotta make sure you don't tell by accident." Cooper opened the door and jerked his head so Connor would get up to follow. Connor reluctantly did what was wanted of him and the both of them went downstairs, both of them expecting it to be either James or Mindy at the door. It was Phil though and Connor decided to get in Phil's face and start with the demanding.
"Go ask Daddy if I can stay longer! I wanna stay longer! I don't want to go home yet!"
Phil shook his head, getting more peeved off than he already was. "First of all, I'm not your slave. Second of all, you don't even need to be here in the first place. Your parents don't want you here at all."
Connor made a face and kicked Phil in the shin before pushing him out of the way. "Daddy! I wanna stay longer!"
"Mother fucker…" Phil hopped up and down on one foot while clutching his shin, giving Cooper a dirty look as he chuckled. "What the fuck are you laughing at?"
"You," Cooper replied honestly while getting a cigarette out of his pocket and lighting it up.
Phil scowled and shook his head. "Fuck you you fucking rapist."
Cooper stiffened at the comment but he kept his poker face as much as he could. He just inhaled and then exhaled the smoke, making sure it all went in Phil's face. Phil jumped back, coughing and sputtering and Cooper leaned back against the wall, listening to the screaming match that had started between James and Connor because James wouldn't let him stay longer.
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"Connor baby please don't be sad," Mindy pleaded with the pouting Connor as the waitress served them all their food. They were at a late night diner once again and Connor was sitting next to Phil, arms folded over his chest and his head down in a pout. James had absolutely refused to let Connor stay at Cooper's any longer and Connor had not liked that at all. He had screamed and cried and pleaded to get his way but he had lost. So now he was pouting and not talking to James, which was not going over very well with the crowd in front of him. "Please don't be sad we missed you so much."
"I wanted to stay," Connor said, not giving up his pout without a fight. "Its not fair Mommy, I wanted to stay!"
"You were there long enough," James said shortly. He wrapped his arms around Mindy and hugged her tightly while shaking his head at Connor. "You're lucky that you were there as long as you were. I don't even want you there at all-"
"Of course you don't," Connor said, getting snippy because he was mad. "Because you're MEAN!" The few people that were at the diner at this time all turned to look at him but he didn't care. He just balled up his fists and nailed Phil in the side of his head with his fists.
"OW!" Phil shrieked, recoiling in pain. "Mother fucker! What the fuck is wrong with you?"
"Connor!" Mindy scolded, reaching over and grabbing Connor's wrists before he could hit Phil again. "That wasn't nice."
"Although it was kind of funny," James said with a shrug. "Princess Straightedge makes a good punching bag."
"No I don't!" Phil shrieked, glaring daggers at James. "Stop encouraging this you asshole!"
"Make me Princess."
Mindy shook her head and ignored the bickering boys as she kept her attention on Connor. Jeff had told her about Cooper and Connor's activities and she could pretty much smell Cooper on Connor (and if James could he was chalking it up to the fact that Connor was actually wearing one of Cooper's shirts), which just did not set well with her at all. "What did you and Cooper do honey?" she asked, trying to interrogate him as discreetly as possible.
"Stuff," Connor replied.
"What kind of stuff?"
"Stuff!"
James glared at Connor for snapping at Mindy. "Could you be more specific?"
Connor sighed loudly. "We played games-"
"What kind of games?" Mindy quickly asked.
"Candyland, video games and Coopy tried to teach me how to play poker but it didn't work because I kept cheating."
James snorted and shook his head. "Of course…why are you wearing one of his shirts?"
"Mine gotted dirty and muddy and ripped when I was playing in the backyard so we just threw it away," Connor answered. The truth actually was that it had accidentally gotten ripped during one of the sex sessions with Cooper but he wasn't about to admit that. He was smarter than that.
Mindy and James exchanged looks. Both of their bullshit detectors were going off and Connor knew it. "What?" he whined, stomping his foot and attracting even more attention to them. "You still don't believe me? Why don't you ever believe me?"
"Connor we never said-"
"You would believe me if I was one of the stupid babies!" Connor snapped, glaring at James hatefully.
James shook his head and glared back at Connor. "Don't start on that again. The babies are not stupid and I do believe you about stuff."
"You don't wanna believe me now though. You just wanna believe that Coopy is bad." Connor shook his head defiantly, not about to change his mind on the subject of Cooper. He had definitely inherited James's stubborn nature, there was no denying that. "Coopy's good. Coopy loves me and he's good and stop making that face Daddy! That is mean!"
Mindy patted James's hands and tried to wiggle out of his grasp. "Maybe I should talk to Connor alone. I don't want you two to fight again."
Phil snorted loudly. "I wouldn't do that Spaghetti. He's been spending so much time with Cooper there's no telling what he would do if he got you alone."
That was not a good thing to say because it got him kicked in the shins by James and Connor snapped on him because he couldn't truly snap against James and get anywhere with him. He grabbed Phil by the back of the neck and yanked him up to his feet, completely ignoring Mindy's screams as he bashed his head into the diner window before storming off to go pout in the car.