{"sf1_id":1119286,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Untouchable: Chapter 47: Steadfast: Xander","author":"Dars","words":1972,"posted_at":"2017-01-06T18:59:00.000Z","tags":["Anthropomorphic","Border Collie","Cat","City","Family","Gay","Interspecies","Male","Novel","Plot Development","Relationships","Romance","Story Series","Tiger","Wolf"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1119286-untouchable-chapter-47-steadfast-xander","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/1119286","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=1119286\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"\"Oliver did you hear me?\" Xander asked\"Hear what, no I'm sorry, what did you say?\" Oliver\nasked glassy eyed.\"I asked if you wanted lunch,\" Xander said.\"You did? Oh... I'm not hungry... where is Paul he\nwas just here?\" Oliver asked.\"Oliver he left to go to the store... to pick up\nstuff for when Jill gets here, he talked to you about it that was twenty minutes\nago,\" Xander said then thought, \"crap Sean's messed up today and so\nis Oliver.\"\"Oh sorry I'm just distracted,\" Oliver said.\"Yeah, I noticed, this is about your family, Oliver\nI saw this with Sean I know you're not ok. How can I help?\" Xander asked.\"...I don't know, I don't think anyone can fix\nthis,\" Oliver said.Xander sat next to Oliver on the couch angled towards him\nand took his paw.\"Like I said, Paul, Sean and I have claimed you as\nour family,\" Xander said, \"you are welcome in our homes.\"\"You and Paul have, Sean said he couldn't be family\nbecause it's a sin...\" Oliver slumped onto Xander's shoulder but there\nhundred pounds difference just crushed Xander onto his back. Oliver cried on\nhis chest wetting his shirt and fur. Xander held Oliver till it was getting\nharder to get enough air.\"Why are you so heavy?\" Xander asked.\"Are you calling me fat, cause I'm not!\" Oliver\nsaid.\"No, just unnecessarily large,\" Xander said,\n\"Translate that however you like.\"\"Thank you, Xander,\" Oliver said then kissed\nhis cheek.\"...You are family,\" Xander said while he\npictured Paul and Sean, and tried not to get hard from the warm body nestled\nagainst him. The tangy cinnamon sweet feline scent made him lightheaded. Xander said, \"Uhm, you're crushing me.\"\"Oh sorry, I needed that, I'm going to get water and\nblow my nose, do you need anything?\" Oliver asked.When Oliver Got off him Xander checked his phone and\nadjusted himself before things got obvious.Neal texted, \"Sean's not responding, but he's at\ncity hall, did he really tell Oliver what their were doing was a sin?\"\"Yeah, Oliver seemed shaken up about that, then he\nused Paul's phone to call his parents and they basically cursed Paul and\nthreatened a restraining order against him and Oliver,\" Xander messaged.\"How could someone do that to their kid... I had a\ntough time with my super religious step mom but we worked it out,\" Neal sent.\"Yeah how?\"\"I moved out kinda simple you know.\"\"I don't think that'll work here... you know if you\nhadn't tried to have sex with him, you might have been helpful talking to him\nabout this,\" Xander sent.\"I was not exactly sober,\" Neal sent.\"Well if and when you guys do talk you wouldn't\nflirt, right, or get turned on by him, will you?\" Xander asked.\"There are tons of guys I'm attracted to doesn't\nmean I'd instantly try and... well I did when high on pain killers... but I\nwouldn't sober,\" Neal sent.\";) sure buddy,\" Xander sent.\"Who are you texting?\" Oliver asked when he\ncame back to the couch.\"Neal,\" Xander said, then continued after Oliver\nflinched, \"He was on a large dose of some pills Pence had him take after\nhe choked me. He wanted to apologize for that.\"\"So he gets violent?\" Oliver asked.\"Only when you force him to relive that camp\nshit,\" Xander said.\"Ah... you were interrogating him about the camp\nlike you interrogated me about being raped?\" Oliver asked.\"Kinda, I don't want to interrogate, I just feel\nthat we should talk to each other about everything, so we can help each\nother,\" Xander said.\"Well it hurts now but it will help, or it should.\nWe need to find Sean,\" Oliver said.\"He went to city hall, I'll head over and track him\ndown,\" Xander said then noticed he was holding Oliver's paw again. In his\nsurprise he squeezed Oliver's paw and Oliver squeezed back. \"Xander, I'm glad to know you, and that Paul has\nyou, you're a really great guy,\" Oliver said.\"Thank's Oliver so are you, I mean your house is\nopen to all of us,\" Xander said.\"Well like you said we are family, but I have to get\nwork done, I'll be able to do that knowing you're taking care of Sean... I wish\nhe would reply to texts, there all unread,\" Oliver said.\"So are mine... shit I better get going, Oliver in a\ndifferent world a better world you'd have the family that a guy like you\ndeserves,\" Xander said then stood.Oliver rose with him, and said, \"You and Sean are so\nloving, thank you.\"Xander felt an embarrassing warm stirring with Oliver\nstanding so closely. He needed to go but before he could leave Oliver hugged\nhim and the stirring grew. Xander hugged back, in a rush trying to hide things, but Oliver\nlooked down with an eye brow quirked, his confused expression flashed to a\nbemused knowing.Xander thought, \"Alpha fucking damnit.\"\"So Sean said you get turned on really easily, but I\nhad no idea,\" Oliver said.\"Oh shut it, I'll be going now,\" Xander said\nthen ended the hug.\"Well there's lube in the bathroom if you need to\ntake care of things,\" Oliver said grinning one of those infuriatingly cute\nfeline grins.\"I'll save it for later,\" Xander said then walked\nto the door.\"Lucky Paul, see you later Xander,\" Oliver said\nfrom behind his laptop in the kitchen.Xander called Paul.\"Hey babe, what's up?\" Paul asked.\"I thought I was Otis?\" Xander asked.\"You are but not always,\" Paul said.\"Oh... ok, anyway, I'm heading into city hall, it\nmay take a while to track Sean down, when will you be at your place?\" Xander\nasked then stopped at the bus stop.\"I'm going back to Oliver's he has that guest room\nfor Jill, but I have to head over to Bellevue, Northgate mall didn't have what\nI wanted,\" Paul said.\"Why didn't you try Alderwood?\" Xander asked.\"The manager said they had it in Bellevue and they\nput it on hold, I'll be back late,\" Paul said.\"Oh, ok well I'm looking forward to cuddling,\" Xander\nsaid.\"And what else?\" Paul asked.\"Everything else, just like you like it,\" Xander\nsaid.\"Sweet I can't wait,\" Paul said, \"but I\ngot to focus on the road.\"\"My bus is here talk to you soon,\" Xander said\nclimbing aboard.Xander debated telling Paul about getting turned on by Oliver,\nbut Paul would just tease him about it. He sat on the bus as it trundled its\nway down town.He wished he had more coffee, the espresso was now\nrunning thin for four hours of sleep.The buildings moved past hypnotically.  \"Ma you and Pa\nhave to let me go, please it's the last one before college... Pleeeease,\nPleeeeeease! Sean will be back from camp,\" I said.Mom's black and\nwhite muzzle unhappily looked over the family photos on the living room wall\nwhile she folded more laundry, then said, \"I will talk to Pa about it and\nwe'll see.\"\"If you said\nyes he'd have to say yes,\" I begged.\"Oh put away\nthose puppy dog eyes, they don't fit you anymore,\" she said.\"Growing up\nsucks, next year I'll be in summer classes unable to go,\" I said, knowing\nmom would want me to have summers off to see the family.\"What do you\nmean you're taking summer classes?\" Mom asked.\"Well, if I\ndon't have things to look forward too, what's the point in taking that time off\nfrom school,\" I said.\"I see cute\nfailed so you're going for coercion?\" Mom said.\"I'm going\nmarketing mom, I'm just practicing,\" I said unable to stop my tail from\nwagging.\"Well mister\nconfident, take this pile to your sisters room,\" Mom said as the front\ndoor closed. Dad must be home.\"Sure mom...\nhow long do you need?\" I asked.\"Oh hush, and\nget going,\" She said smiling at me.I scooped up the\nlaundry and darted up the stairs before dad circled back to the living room.Nora and Claire's\ndoor was closed, I kicked it in lieu of knocking.\"Go away Xander\nno boys are allowed,\" Claire said threw the door.\"I thought it\nwas no adults not boys,\" Nora said.\"Xander's\npretty much both now,\" Claire said.\"Hurry up, I\nhave your laundry,\" I said tired of how ridiculous they were being.\"Gross he's\ngetting his scent all over them,\" Nora yelled the door flying open,\n\"Give me those.\"\"Xander are\nyou going on vacation with the Miller's tomorrow?\" Claire asked.\"I will if mom\nand dad, say its ok,\" I said.\"They always\ndo,\" Claire said jumping on me with a hug.\"I'll miss you\nClairebear,\" I said.Nora jumped on me\ntoo, \"You won't miss us you'll be having too much fun.\"\"Nora I always\nmiss you two, but aren't you worried about my scent?\" I asked hugging them\nback.\"Not if you're\nleaving,\" Nora said.I said, \"Will see\nwhat-\"\"Xander can\nyou come down for a minute,\" Dad called up the stairs.\"Coming,\"\nI called back, then said to Nora and Claire, \"Well I'll be packing, when I\ncome upstairs.\"I ran down the\nstairs jumping the last six steps.Mom and dad sat in\nthe living room on the couch by the bay window.\"Hi, Pa, what\ndid you want to talk about?\" I asked then worry settled on me with their\nreserved eyes.\"Son we aren't\nsure you should go on the trip with the Millers this year,\" Dad said.\"But I haven't\nseen Sean in four months!\" I said.\"I know but we\nthought we could invite Sean to go camping with our family this year\ninstead,\" Mom said, \"we feel he should have a safe place, to be,\nwell, himself.\"\"Why would our\ntrip be safer than theirs?\" I asked mentally weighing a tent with Sean versus\na hotel room with Sean. I settled on the hotel room in case noise was a factor.\"Xander you\nunderstand what type of camp they sent him too...right?\" Dad said.\"It's one of\nthose pray the gay away camps, we both tried praying, it doesn't work. Sean's Sean,\nit'll be fine,\" I said.\"Xander how\nlong did you pray?\" Mom asked.\"A couple\nweeks off and on,\" I said, and wished we would talk about something else.\"Xander honey,\nthis was seventeen weeks everyday praying, coaching and Alpha knows what\nelse... We don't want to tell them how to parent but we don't want you under\ntheir care anymore,\" Mom said.\"So you're\nsaying no to Disney?\" I asked.\"No, we're\nexplaining what we think you should do. You are, however weird it is to\nimagine, an adult now,\" Dad said, then added, \"Don't answer now talk\nto Sean first.\"\"He is always\nwelcome in our house, and it's much less crazy and full since, Thomas, Ronan,\nand Kerry moved out,\" Mom said.\"So I should think\non it?\" I asked knowing my decision.\"Yes and pray\nson,\" Dad said.Mom said, \"His\nmom should be picking him up today, we are going over there-\"\"I'm\ncoming!\" I said.\"-there to\ntalk to them about the trips and our misgivings.\" Mom continued.\"Oh you all\nare going to argue again aren't you,\" I asked while I fidgeted.\"Well hopefully\nnot, but you're gay and there's nothing wrong with that honey,\" Mom said,\n\"I don't want them making you think that you're anything but ok.\"\"Mom it will\nbe ok, I know it will,\" I said, \"So when are we heading over?\"\"Yes after we\npray, remember Sean might not be the same as he was before,\" Dad said.\"Let's\npray,\" mom said patting the cushion between them.I sat on the couch\nMa and Pa hugging me as we held paws then prayed.?\"Alpha\nour father and Shepherd, we ask for your guidance, please help us know what to\ndo that will best further your love in this day and this world,\" Dad\nprayed, while I wondered how Sean might be different.\"Alpha,\nprovider and protector, please help us to be able and capable of being the\nhelping home to Sean if he needs it,\" Mom prayed.\"Alpha, please\nhelp me know how to love Sean for who he is, was, and wants to be, amen,\"\nI prayed.\nMa\nand Pa chorused the Amen and both gave me another squeeze.","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1118872-untouchable-chapter-46-rebounding-oliver.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1120214-untouchable-chapter-48-reversion-sean.json"}