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"May I get up, Sir?"
Neil looked up from where he'd been slowly feeding Andrew bites of food and over at Kevin.
"What do you want to do once you're up?" he asked back. Neither of them had many strict rules to follow but clear communication was always their rule No. 1.
Kevin blushed just the tiniest bit. It was adorable.
"I want to kneel with Andrew."
Neil inclined his head and then turned back towards Andrew who was kneeling beside him. "Would you like it if Kev joined you, Drew?" he asked gently and brushed a strand of hair off his forehead.
Andrew blinked a few times – he'd already been slowly drifting off into subspace with Neil handfeeding him – but after a few seconds he was present enough again to answer Neil's question.
"Yes. Sir."
Neil smiled. When he looked up again, he was instantly met with Kevin's ecstatic expression.
"You may get up," he said. "Take your plate and cutlery into the kitchen and then join us with your cushion."
"Thank you, Sir. Thank you, Drew," Kevin said and then got up.
"You're welcome, baby." Neil said just as Kevin stepped into the kitchen.
When Kevin returned with his bright orange cushion, he already seemed a bit calmer and when Neil asked him to kneel, he could see the restless energy fall off him as he knelt down a few inches from Andrew.
Andrew seemed torn for a few seconds and both Kevin and Neil calmly waited for his reaction.
"Closer?" Andrew asked then, his voice smaller than Neil would like, like he expected denial because that had often happened when he had asked for anything as a child.
“Yes.” Kevin moved immediately but slowly, just as conscious of Andrew's boundaries as Neil was, shuffling ever closer to Andrew until Andrew's shoulder touched his arm. Andrew leaned into it, relaxing just for a second before he tensed again.
"Okay?" Kevin asked concerned.
Andrew swallowed visibly. "I should have asked first."
Neil could see Kevin struggle with an appropriate reaction, so he said, "Ask him then."
"Can I lean on you?" Andrew asked in a toneless voice like he’d already given up on getting a yes now that he'd – in his mind – messed up.
"Yes," Kevin said once again smiling.
Andrew gave a relieved sigh and Neil watched mesmerized as he consciously relaxed his body bit by bit until most of the weight of his upper body was resting on Kevin.
Kevin's smile widened with every bit that Andrew relaxed. "Can I put my arm around you?" he asked when Andrew had settled, and Neil could tell he was careful to keep any expectations out of his voice.
Andrew took his time answering and Kevin once again waited patiently.
"No," he said after a few seconds of deliberation and then slowly moved, but not to get away from Kevin again. Instead, he turned the hand resting on his knee on Kevin's side palm up.
It took Kevin a few seconds to see the gesture for the offer it was but then he moved his own hand and held it an inch above Andrew's.
"Yes," Andrew said without any hesitation this time and Kevin slowly and gently covered Andrew's hand with his and intertwined their fingers.
Neil could see the shudder that went through Andrew at that, but he could tell it was a good kind of shudder and was immediately followed by Andrew relaxing even further into Kevin. Neil was sure he had never seen anything more beautiful. Sometimes he still couldn't believe he got to be with them like this, got to watch them trust not only him but also each other after they had more or less discreetly fought each other for his attention in the beginning.
On the topic of attention.
Neil thought for a second what sound would disrupt them the least but still get him their attention. He slid his pointer finger over the rim of his water glass and like he'd predicted both Andrew's and Kevin's eyes were immediately on him once again, but they didn't move out of their entanglement or even grow tense again.
"Would you like to eat some more, Drew?"
From the look in his eyes even just the words were enough for Andrew to slowly start drifting again.
"Yes, Sir," he said.
Neil took a cube of cheese from his plate and brought it to Andrew's lips, not minding in the least that he wasn't meeting him in the middle like he usually did. Comfortable as Andrew was against Kevin's shoulder Neil could never begrudge him that.
Andrew took the cube in his mouth and sucked on Neil’s fingers for just a moment before he pulled off again.
Neil smiled, unable to even tease him for the move, too aware of how much trust it displayed and also just enjoying the simple pleasure of Andrew's beautiful lips around his fingers.
"Would you like to eat some more, too, baby?" Neil addressed Kevin.
"No, Sir."
Neil accepted that with a nod. "Is there anything else I can get you?"
“I want… Can you…” Kevin clenched the hand that wasn’t holding Andrew’s.
“Tell me what you want, baby,” Neil said.
Kevin huffed, then swallowed and tried again. “I want your cock in my mouth.”
“Thank you, baby,” Neil said and reached past Andrew to brush his hand over the light blush on Kevin’s cheek.
He would have loved to use Kevin as a cockwarmer, he slipped into subspace so easily whenever he did, but that unfortunately wasn’t possible with the way they were sitting at the moment and nothing short of an earthquake would make him disturb Andrew. But he had another idea. He opened the small drawer under their table, installed there for situations like this and pulled out a dildo gag that was shaped like his cock. It had been weirdly humiliating to order, even online but he was glad he had made the purchase now. From the way Kevin’s eyes widened as he saw it, he was glad too.
Neil picked up another piece of food, this time a small strawberry, and fed it to Andrew before he slowly got up and walked over to Kevin with the gag.
“Open up, baby.”
Kevin opened his mouth and Neil slowly slid the gag into his mouth. The sigh that gusted out of Kevin’s mouth when it was all the way in made Neil smile.
“You’re doing so well.” Neil fastened the straps of the gag behind Kevin’s head and then pressed a kiss to his forehead. “So beautiful for me.”
Kevin sighed again and Neil could tell he already wasn’t far from subspace. When Kevin suckled on the dildo, it went straight to Neil’s own cock, like there was a connection between the original and the replica. He could vividly imagine Kevin’s full lips around his cock, his tongue touching the vein on the underside but not moving. They’d have to do this again soon but then with Kevin's lips stretched around his actual cock.
Neil pressed a kiss to the crown of Kevin’s head and then sat down next to Andrew again. He picked another cheese cube from the few pieces remaining on his plate and brought it to Andrew’s lips. Andrew accepted the bite once again, this time without any teasing and chewed it very slowly before he swallowed it, the movements more automatisms than anything else. He had fully drifted into subspace now.
Neil pushed the plate with the remaining bits of food further onto the table and turned on his chair to face his subs – or, well, his sub and his switch, but Andrew was clearly submissive at the moment – fully. They were both floating, drifting in subspace, just from Neil seeing to their needs. The love that filled Neil at the sight of them, kneeling side by side, holding hands, Andrew leaning on Kevin, made him feel like he might burst at any second. He was so lucky they had decided to be with him, both individually and together, and he wouldn’t give them up for anything.
He let them float for a while, paying more attention to them than the laptop he’d brought in from his office to get some work done but he hadn’t expected it to go any other way.
Almost half an hour had passed when he crouched down in front of Andrew to slowly pull him back again.
“Drew, come back to me, love. I have a slice of your favourite cake for you here.”
He knew better than to touch Andrew when he was in subspace, touch was already a maybe for Andrew when he was completely aware of his surroundings, so there was no chance Neil was going to touch him now and risk triggering him. But there was another sense in addition to hearing that he could try and reach Andrew with. He turned to the table and got Andrew’s slice of cake. He scooped a bite of the cake on a fork and lifted it to Andrew’s nose, only just far enough away that he wouldn’t get chocolate cream on his nose if he for some reason flinched. He hoped it would work similarly to smelling salt only much, much gentler.
He kept up his gentle talking as well and just a few minutes later Andrew first scrunched his nose adorably and then slowly blinked. Neil lowered the fork back to the plate.
When Andrew’s eyes were fully open, they were trusting and softer than Neil had ever seen them before, but the feelings receded moments later. That only made Neil treasure the tiny glimpse more. Then, Andrew raised an eyebrow, probably at his positioning, but he still didn’t make any move to get away from Kevin. Neil was so proud, Andrew had already come so far.
“You should drink something and then you can have your chocolate cake.” He offered a bottle of water to Andrew but when Andrew made no move to take it, he uncapped it and slowly brought it to Andrew’s lips.
“Small sips,” he cautioned and carefully tilted the bottle upwards.
A few drops escaped from Andrew’s lips and dripped from his chin. It was adorably messy.
When the bottle was half empty Neil took it away and brushed the remaining droplets off Andrew’s chin with his thumb.
“You’re doing so well, sweetheart, letting me take care of you. Are you with me again?”
“Yes, Sir.”
“Good. Let me take care of Kevin and then we’ll all relax on the couch for a bit.”
Andrew gave a lazy nod. Neil leaned in slowly, giving Andrew plenty of time to deny him and when he didn’t, gently pressed a kiss to his cheek. Then he scooted over to Kevin.
Many people might say pulling Kevin out of subspace was easier than with Andrew, but to Neil it was just different. He brushed his fingers through Kevin’s hair and then tapped on the back of his gag with one finger. Kevin suckled on it again which made Neil smile. He almost felt bad that he’d have to remove it in just a minute.
“Come back to us, baby?” Neil brushed his thumb right behind Kevin’s ear. It was one of the most sensitive places on Kevin’s body and a good place to touch whenever Neil wanted to bring him back to the present. Kevin shuddered and moaned.
“That’s right, baby, you’re doing so well.”
Neil reached around Kevin’s head and unclasped his gag. When he tugged on the back of it, Kevin only let go of it very reluctantly.
“I know, baby,” Neil said and swiped away a bit of spit from Kevin’s lips with his thumb. “You can have my cock soon, but first we have to get your energy up again."
He helped Kevin drink from a second water bottle once he was mostly present again and then helped both Kevin and Andrew, who were incredibly reluctant to be apart even if it was for just a few seconds, to the couch. He grabbed their water bottles and snacks – a smoothie for Kevin and of course the chocolate cake for Andrew – and then joined them on the couch. They had already curled up together close as can be but readily made space for Neil in their tangle of limbs.
“I could get used to this,” Neil said when Andrew and Kevin had demolished their snacks and curled up even tighter around him.
“Me, too,” Kevin said and pressed a kiss to Neil’s hand that was resting on his shoulder.
“Ugh… I guess…” Andrew contributed after a few seconds. How Andrew had already gotten enough of his wits back to pretend he was above physical affection while he was currently in the middle of a cuddle pile Neil didn’t know, but it was so typical of him that Neil could only press a kiss to his forehead and then laugh when he pretended to be annoyed by that as well. Yes, he definitely wouldn’t mind if this became a permanent part of their relationship.