Playing Goddard: Part 6
Story by mercrantos on SoFurry
This is it. It's been a fun journey, thanks for all your support. I've had fun.
Special thanks to Vurumal for his valuable feedback.
Tuesday, 8th December, 2026
08.12.26 03:42:12
Can you come over once you're done work? It's important .
08.12.26 03:43:45
ohhh, feeling lonely? ;)
08.12.26 03:44:08
Not like that. It's something bad.
08.12.26 03:44:19
are you okay??
08.12.26 03:45:02
I'm not dying or anything but I need you to be here and help with something. Can you come over?
08.12.26 03:45:41
I can leave now. I'm basically done I can be there in 20.
08.12.26 03:45:57
Thank you. Drive safe.
Alex put his phone down. “Lily says she's on her way."
Naomi rested her head on his lap and looked up at him. It was her idea to talk to Lily, partly because she would be level-headed, and because she was the only other person who knew about them. Alex stroked his dragoness's feathers with his good hand. She had helped him pick out the pieces of broken glass and held his hand under the tap until the water ran clear. She helped him bandage it using her teeth and when it was done she kissed the cloth and declared “all better!" which nearly brought him to tears again.
“I'm not going to let anyone take me away," she said again.
Alex smiled weakly. “Neither will I. We'll think of something. Somehow we'll find a way." He leaned forward and pressed his lips against her forehead.
She licked him back. “Because you love me right?"
“Yes. Because I love you."
** ** She stretched her neck out so and rested her head on his shoulder. “How much?"
He scratched her neck behind her jaw. “Enough that I can't put it into words. Enough that I want you to understand that even if we do get separated-"
“We won't."
He pulled away. “But if we do, and this is the last time we're be alone together, I want you to know something. I want you to know this last year has been the most wonderful time of my life. Just teaching you has made me remember things I've forgotten and made me think in a way I've never done before."
Her eyes were wide and bright. He could see his own reflection in them and noticed the difference between his own haggard face and her flawless beauty.
“It's easy enough to say that I love you, because you're kind and sweet and beautiful, but all of that is so obvious it's not even worth saying. The truth is, when I took you from the facility I never would have never thought that you would turn into the person you are now. Every day you surprise me with something new. And every day I find something more in you. I can't wait to come home just so I can see you. So even if we don't see each other again, I'll never forget you. No matter what happens."
* * *
** ** When Lily came over he filled her in on the details of his conversation with Dimitri Goddard and Lukas Koskinen; about how they had seen the photo of Alex and Naomi together and realized he was the one who was supposed to dispose of her in the first place.
“....so they realized I had taken her," he said. “Something tells me they suspected me all this time but couldn't confront me until they had proof." He sipped his drink. He had asked Lily what kind of tea she wanted but she insisted he have something stronger and poured him a generous amount of straight whisky. “I think they figured that since I got along with the products so well, I wouldn't want to dispose of one."
When Lily heard the word “dispose" her eyebrows raised. “Does she know?" She glanced over to the couch where Naomi was sleeping.
“She knows. I told her everything. About how I stole her and why she was made."
“That's a lot to take in at once," Lily said.
“She took it pretty well. Better than I would have."
“Why do they want her back?"
“She's still worth a lot of money. They figure they can fix her wing and sell her to someone else now."
Lily scoffed. “Like she's just property. She's a living person."
“I know. And so do they but they don't care. She's just an investment to them."
“So if she's still worth so much, why did they want to get rid of her in the first place?"
Alex shrugged. “Maybe they didn't know they could fix her back then."
“I wonder if they're serious about fixing her. Maybe they're just saying that so you'll bring her in, and once you do they'll just kill her."
“That could be true. But I don't think so. I think they'd fix her, not out of compassion, but because she's worth so much."
“Does she know that they might heal her?"
“Yes. But she doesn't care. She said she'd rather stay with me. The thing is..." He kept his voice low, even though Naomi couldn't hear him. “It's so hard to say but I know it'd be better for her, just for the chance of a better life. She's started to limp, and I think soon she won't even be able to walk." He glanced over at Naomi's sleeping body. “So I don't know."
“You can't seriously consider that, can you? After what you two have been through?"
“I'm not considering it; I'm just putting it out there. Maybe there is no other option." For a second he thought about what would happen if he simply gave up Naomi. He could have a normal life. He could take his “substantial" severance and get a regular job. He had his fun, and maybe it was better to simply let it end rather than pretend he could have something he clearly didn't deserve. “And she could have a better life as well. She could walk properly, hell, she could even fly. She pretends not to care but I know she does."
Lily frowned. “It's kind of a 'if you really love her let her go' situation right?"
Alex stared into his glass.
“You do love her, don't you?"
He looked at her and the look on his face was clear enough it might as well have been written in ink.
“I see," Lily said. “Well, this is kind of a weird situation between us, so I'll just say what I planned to say once you finally admitted it. It's okay, and I understand. Or at least I think I do." She sat back and spoke like she was reciting a speech. She held his good hand and looked into his eyes. “I'm not dumb. I know how much you two care about each other. I know it goes beyond just physical. It might seem weird that I'd be okay with it, but I am. It's like... I don't really feel like I'm infringing on anything." She placed her hands on the table, palms facing each other. “You love your friends, your family, and your romantic partners, and they're all different categories" She slid her hands apart. “And now there's someone else you love, and it's just like another category. But it's not like you love the other people any less. Nobody steps on each other's toes. Or... claws." She winked at him over the rim of her wine glass.
He though for a second and said, “I guess that makes sense."
“Anyway, we've been dating for only two months. I'm not going to make you choose between us, so don't worry." She reached out and held his hand again. Her skin was cool from the wine glass. “If she's worth fighting for, then fight for her."
He looked up at her. “Thank you. Seriously, thank you. I don't know what I'd do without your help. I just really needed someone here to help me sort all this out. My hand really fucking hurts and this whisky isn't helping me think clearly." He had another sip.
“What are they going to do to you though?"
“They said I'd be fired. No. Laid off. With severance. So I have that at least."
“How much?"
“I don't know. But they said 'substantial.' So however much that is."
Lily chewed on a lock of her hair, frowning.
“What?"
“It's kind of strange they didn't just like, arrest you right then, and collected Naomi themselves. I mean, they could have. They're within their legal right."
“Goddard said he wanted to do it the civilized way. I just think he doesn't want to pay legal fees."
“When does that ever happen though? If someone steals from you, you don't let them go home and bring all your stuff back. They had you alone. They could have just called the police or had them waiting there."
“I think they just want it done quietly."
“No it's something more than that. They let you go and they're paying you off. I think they're afraid of something."
He rolled his glass around, watching the ice cubes spin. “Maybe they know... that I know. Or they suspect it."
“What do you know?"
“The emails," he said, talking mostly to himself. “The ones between the two of them. When he originally ordered her."
“What are you talking about?"
He ran over to his laptop and turned it on. “Remember when I said I hacked into Goddard's database and stole the original work order for Naomi? Lukas said he wanted one that was...here it is." He opened the file containing the email. “Read this," he handed the computer to Lily. Her eyes scanned back and forth as she murmured the words. “'...dragon companions of a special sort....willing to satisfy me whenever I want...' wow, sounds like a real perv."
“Keep reading."
“'...a set of genes we insert to make them more receptive to that sort of thing.' Wow, so that was their plan all along. Interesting. No matter they're so secretive."
He folded his arms then winced at the pain in his hand and unfolded them. “I had this crazy thought while I was driving home. I don't think it would work, but it's all I could think of."
“What?"
“What if I threatened to expose them, using these emails? If this knowledge was public it would ruin the company. If they knew that I knew this, they wouldn't touch me. They might even let me keep her."
“Sounds pretty fucking dangerous. Isn't this Lukas guy really rich?"
“So is Goddard. But that just means they have more to lose. More than I do, at least." He looked up at Naomi who had woken up and came to him, humming something to herself. A tune that he recognized but couldn't identify. She sniffed his whisky. “Is that rum?"
“It's whisky."
“It smells gross. You should have rum."
“Why?"
“That's what the people in your show drink."
“Do you want some wine?" Lily asked.
Naomi looked at Alex, who shrugged and nodded. “You're not nineteen yet but I'd say you could handle it. I don't know if you'd like it though."
Lily rolled her eyes. “It's not like anyone actually waits till they're legal age to drink at home."
“Some people did," Alex said quietly. Lily emptied Naomi's water dish and poured some wine into it while Naomi watched. She sniffed it and lapped up a bit. “It tastes weird," she said.
“I told you."
“No, weird in a good way."
“Like Alex!" Lily said, and she and Naomi chuckled.
Alex allowed himself a smile. “Anyway, I think threatening to expose them is the only option I have. But if I do that, they'll just put me in prison, and I won't have access to these emails so it won't do me any good." He played with his bandage and stopped. “Or they might just decide to silence me."
“Send the emails to me," Lily said, “Tell them if you're arrested I'll be the one who reveals them to the public."
“No," he said. “No, I don't want you involved any more than you already are. They don't know you know, and I want to keep it that way."
He looked at Naomi. She had finished her wine and she occasionally she mumbled something under her breath, or maybe she was singing. Then she said, quite clearly, “Drink and the devil had done for the rest."
“Where did you hear that?" he asked.
“Your pirate show."
“They're not pirates, they're naval men. But that's that song."
Naomi nodded. “Fifteen men on a dead man's chest," she said.
“What does a dead man's switch have to do with pirates?" Lily asked
“They're not pirates! And it's dead man's chest. It's... well the song is from pirate lore so it caught on. It doesn't..." He stopped mid-sentence and stared off into space. It felt like he was putting the final piece of a puzzle together. Some part of his mind knew this was called a 'eureka moment' “What did you say?"
“When?"
“What did you think Naomi said?"
“I thought she said 'dead man's switch' but she said 'chest'.
“What's a dead man's switch?"
“It's like when you're driving a big machine," Lily said, “and you let go of the handle or whatever, it shuts off so you don't run over people. My brother does that when he works on new buildings. There are these spinney things that go over concrete after they pour it to make it smooth. If you let go of the handle they shut off but he says one guy almost got killed because he taped over the switch because he was too lazy to hold it down, but he let go and it spun around for like an hour until it ran out of gas."
Alex was staring at his hands. “I heard the phrase 'dead man's switch' when I took programming. It's a program that activates automatically if a condition is fulfilled, without user input." His eyes were running back and forth like he was reading. “I could write something... if I was imprisoned or killed, it would go off." He looked at Lily. “If I die, the switch is released. And all those emails go public."
“How will it know to go off?"
“It will go off if I don't do something. Like log in."
“How will Goddard know if you've written it?"
“I'll tell them."
“Will they believe you?"
Alex smiled. “I can be persuasive." He looked at Lily and Naomi. The two people he loved (did he love both of them? Yes, he thought, and it was easy enough to admit.)
He stood up with his drink in his hand because he felt like this was an appropriate moment to give a toast. He felt like a pirate captain (naval captain, he reminded himself.) “I never wanted to be involved in something this big. I only started working at Goddard Genetics because I needed a job and they were hiring. But now it looks like I don't have a choice. I have to do something. I started this, and now I have to finish it, one way or another." He slammed back the rest of whisky. “Fuck it. If Goddard wants to play this game, I'll play them."
Wednesday, 9th December, 2026
He sat in his car and shut the door. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, held it and let it out. This was it. If he was successful today, he'd have his Naomi and could live in peace with her. If he fucked it up... well, he didn't want to think about what would happen. There was no point in waiting so he started the car. The screen was destroyed but at least the voice command still worked. He wondered what song to play and the answer came to him before he even formed the question in his own head.
“Car stereo, play DragonForce: Through the Fire and Flames."
He spent the rest of the ride looking at himself in the mirror and practising the smile he would use later.
* * *
“You came alone," Dimitri Goddard said. “Where is she?"
“Let's talk in your office."
Dimitri's eyes narrowed. Lukas started to say something.
“I promise you, you'll want to hear this," Alex said. “It shouldn't take too much of your time."
_ _ The same security guard escorted them into Ferris' office, which Alex began to think would soon be Lukas's office. He sat down, trying to wipe his sweaty palms on his pants without being obvious.
“I have a new deal for you two," Alex said.
“You're not in a position to negotiate anything. We gave you a chance to-"
“Stop," Alex said and remarkably, Goddard stopped.
“I want you to imagine a scenario and tell me what you would do. Imagine you built a business based on genetically modifying animals and creating new ones. You were successful at first, partially because of the quality of your products, but mostly because you were the first ones to do it, so you enjoyed a healthy monopoly on the industry. But then competition started to show up and you lost your competitive edge. You couldn't lower your prices or quality as that would ruin your image. So you started to do specialized creations, ones that cater to your customer's most basic, carnal instincts. You discover that this is a niche, but lucrative market. Of course, you can't reveal this publicly, it would destroy you. But you're too greedy to stop, so you do it in secret. But eventually, someone found out. Someone in your own company."
He leaned forward and placed his elbows on Ferris's desk. He kept his face carefully blank while he hoped his heart wasn't beating so loud Goddard could hear it.
“Tell me, what would you do in this situation?" He smiled then, and his smile came from an hour of practice. It wasn't so much a smile as the look a lion makes when it moves in for the kill. It was the look Naomi did when she pounced on him the other day. The smile of a predator.
Goddard, to his credit, remained impassive. “Interesting story. How would you ever prove any of it?"
Alex reached into his jacket and pulled out a folded piece of paper and handed it to Goddard whose expression changed from mild bemusement to worry as he read it.
“How did you get this?"
“That's not important."
Lukas leaned over and glanced at the paper. He turned to Dimitri. “You don't encrypt these messages?"
“They're behind a password-protected firewall. Nobody but me should have been able to access them."
“Well, this boy did." Lukas glared at Alex. “How did you do it?"
“I'm good with computers," Alex said.
“It doesn't matter." Goddard tossed the paper back on the desk. “Nobody will believe this, it's just words on paper. There's no way to prove it's real."
“Some people will believe it. People who work for you. They might get suspicious and do some snooping of their own. And if some boy managed to get this information, someone else might be able to. The whole company could be shut down, or it might be able to scrape by if the CEO is replaced by someone with more morals.
“And you, Lukas. The employees who work in your mines might wonder why, a month before you made your order for Naomi, you sold off ten million dollars worth of your own stock, causing it to drop in value by twenty percent and were forced to lay off hundreds of workers. I wonder what they would think if they knew that was the reason they lost their jobs. And since you're up for re-election in March and you only won last time by less than two percent of the vote, this might be enough to tip the scales. It would ruin your business and political career."
Lukas leaned on the desk, crumpling papers under his fists. “I did not take on my father's business so it could be ruined by some fucking-"
“Easy, Lukas," Dimitri said. He sat back and straightened his tie. “So what is it you want? Keep Naomi or you'll release all this to the public?"
“Pretty much. I've complied all of this information and put it on a cloud-based server account. Don't worry, I actually encrypted it before uploading it." He glanced at Lukas who was still fuming. “If I go more than three consecutive days without logging in, all of this information will be released to the public. To different news sites and every relevant social media platform."
Goddard watched him in silence. “I don't believe you."
“Yes you do. And even if you don't, what do you have to lose? Accept my terms and you're in the same position you are now, minus one dragon. Refuse and both of you will lose everything you've worked your entire lives to build. So here's the deal: I get to keep my Naomi. You won't come after me or her, ever. In return I'll keep my mouth shut. But if I'm imprisoned or if I die, the switch goes off. If Naomi is taken or dies in an unnatural or suspicious way, the switch goes off. Think about it: you get to keep everything you value. The only thing you lose is something you thought you threw away, which you didn't even know existed until a week ago."
Goddard rubbed his eyebrows. The clock behind his desk ticked the seconds away. “Wait outside. Lukas and I need to talk"
Alex left the room. He could hear the two men talking in the office but couldn't make out any words. He wondered if he was making a mistake. This seemed like a good idea yesterday. He could save the one he loved and walk away a hero. But there was always something in the back of his mind, some nagging notion that he hadn't considered something small but vital that could bite him in the end.
The door opened and Lukas came out. He gave Alex one last glare and strode past him.
When Alex came in the office Goddard was pouring himself a mug of coffee. He didn't offer any to Alex. “If you're going to keep Naomi, there's something you have to do for me."
“You're not really in a position to negot-"
“Drop the tough guy attitude. You'll get what you want so listen because you'll care about this. I can't have a flawed product on the loose. Naomi is broken and needs to be fixed."
“She's not a product, she's-"
“Fine, she's injured and needs to be healed. Use whatever fucking terminology you want." He sat down and stirred his coffee. He didn't look at Alex. “If she's going to be walking around in public, we can't have her limping around like a retard. Bring her in and we'll do the treatment for free."
“You want me to bring her in here?"
“You don't believe me? Fair enough. Like you said, I didn't even know she was alive until a few days ago." He leaned forward and lowered his voice. “To be honest, I don't actually care about what happens to one single dragon, no matter whose she is. We can always make more. Lukas cares, because of the weird business with his wife. But I care about one thing more than anything else: the perception of my brand and my products." he pointed at Alex with his spoon. “Do you believe that?"
He thought about the lengths the company went to only sell perfect units. “I believe that."
“If any of our products are less than perfect, it cheapens the brand, and we lose our edge. It makes the name Goddard Genetics sound sub-par. There's a reason why we don't advertise: because we don't need to. There's a reason why we used to incinerate every flawed product. We didn't just kill them, we turned them into ash. Nothing leaves this facility until it's perfect. Especially for our high-level clients." He pointed his mug at Alex. “Why do you think you were the one who was allowed to take care of our most expensive and exclusive products? Because you were the best handler we ever had. If anyone would have noticed a flaw, you would have."
“What kind of treatment are you talking about?"
“Surgery and stem cell treatment. We'd have to replace her entire elbow, bones and cartilage and tendons. We still have her DNA sequenced so it would take us about a week to print a new one. But that's only half of it. She still has a genetic condition, so her new joint would be injected with stem cells containing the proper DNA sequencing which would effectively cure it."
Alex said nothing. This all sounded too good to be true. Was this Goddard's last attempt to get what he wanted?
“Fuck it," Goddard said. “I'll even let you watch the surgery in the operating room if you want. I'm obviously not trying to steal or kill her. You still have your stupid fucking dead man's switch and I have everything to lose and nothing to gain by killing her. But you don't really have a choice here. You know she's not going to get better." He sat back and seemed to relax a bit. “Since we're making deals, I have one last favour to ask you. The only people who have products like that are high-level people in the company. Myself, Lukas, and a few executives. We're not quite ready to reveal the fact that some of our products have human-level intelligence. We plan on waiting until our dragons can have actual conversations and we'll hold a press conference with them. So I need you to keep Naomi under wraps until then. After that, she can talk to whoever she wants."
“Are you saying Naomi is the first dragon that can talk and hold a conversation?"
“The first one that survived. She was pretty cutting-edge when we made her and was basically a prototype of new tech. We gave her lighter bones and more efficient muscles to see if wings would support four legs. And a much more advanced brain and a few other tweaks to make her lighter, stronger and faster. Obviously not all of it worked, but that's what prototypes are for." He looked up at Alex over the rim of his mug. “I never thought she'd survive this long. For what it's worth, I'm sorry you had to go through all of this."
Alex thought of everything that had happened since he first saw Naomi. “I'm not."
“Lukas was serious when he said you would have been useful. We had our eyes on you for a while. You were the best handler we ever saw. You understood them better than anyone else. And I think they understood you."
Alex looked up at Goddard. “You said you used to incinerate the flawed products. You don't anymore?"
“Now we fix them. Using the process we'll do with Naomi. It takes longer and it's more expensive but it's worth it."
“What made you decided to save them?"
Goddard shrugged. “I changed my mind."
“Do you own any of your products, Mr. Goddard?"
The question seemed to take him by surprise “Yes, I do. Young ones."
“So now that you've grown close to them, you've realized they're not just products, but living, thinking beings. And you don't want to kill them, right?"
Goddard glanced downwards, pursing his lips. Yeah that's basically it."
“Can I ask you about the Sobek Project?"
Goddard's hand jerked back and his mug went rolling across the desktop, spilling coffee across the surface. He looked up at Alex. “Christ, you know about that too?"
“A bit. You're using human DNA to make them smarter, aren't you?"
Goddard found one of Ferris' extra shirts and mopped up the coffee with it. “They said it was still decades away. Of course they said that about gene-splicing in the beginning. Then they said that about six-limbed vertebrates. I did all that anyway. I didn't get where I was by listening to detractors."
“But why dragons?"
“Because it had to be something people would buy, no matter how smart they were. We built a business making dragons and used that money to pursue the Sobek Project." He tossed Ferris' coffee-soaked shirt in the garbage. He stood and Alex did as well. “One last question: when people see you with her, do they ask if she can fly?"
“I avoid answering. I just say she likes to walk with me."
“Well there's that at least. When she's healed make sure your neighbours see. Make sure they know she came from Goddard Genetics."
“I'll make sure. Also, what's my severance bonus?"
Goddard rubbed his hands over his face, “Christ, you don't know when to quit while you're ahead, do you? One months salary for every year you've been here. Anything more will seem suspicious to payroll. Be happy with that because it's more than you deserve."
He thought he might be able to get more but decided not to push his luck. “Oh, one more thing. I was also taking care of another dragon at home. His order was cancelled and the pens were full so I got to take care of him at home. I want to keep him too. His name is Rubik. GE/ML-19-0508"
“Fine." He wrote that down on a scrap of paper. “I'll contact you when we're ready for Naomi's surgery. You can pick up your severance cheque and all the relevant paperwork stating you now own her. We'll make up something, like you won a company raffle or something."
“And Rubik."
“Whatever."
Alex put his hand on the door and stopped. He looked back at Dimitri Goddard. “It was never about the dragons, was it? It's about project Sobek from the beginning. You wanted to create intelligence."
“Don't push your luck, Chapman. I don't need to tell you anything about that. For your own safety, don't ever mention that again. It will go badly for you, with or without your switch."
* * *
Lukas was waiting for him at his car. Alex slowed and looked around. What was he doing here?
“Did Dimitri tell you?" Lukas said.
“Did he tell me what?"
“About why I wanted her in the first place."
“No, he didn't."
Lukas took off his glasses. He looked like he was on the verge of tears. “Naomi was the name of my wife. The first time I saw her she was wearing the most beautiful dress. It was pure white but wherever it creased it turned black. Along her arms and legs and shoulders. People around her kept asking her what it was made of, and who made it. I thought I could impress her by knowing Morgan and Dell made it, because they were my brothers. While they went into synthetic material science I was the only one to take on my family's business and I thought they were fools to take on such a silly enterprise. But when I saw how beautiful the Polyaron dress looked I finally understood. I had them design her wedding dress as well. But we were only together a short time before she was... taken from me. And I knew nobody would ever replace her.
“When Goddard told me I could design my own personal companion, I knew there was only one design that would be perfect. And I thought in some way, I could have her back. But then they said she was flawed and disposed of. I told them I don't care if she's broken, I still want her but it was too late and she was already dead. They would try again but I would have to wait. Then I heard rumours of you had saved her and I just wanted her back. I didn't think she could really love someone else. I was just being selfish." He looked up at Alex, his eyes red. “How is she? Is she happy?"
“I think so. She's worried about what might happen to her. But if she knows nobody will take her, and if she gets her wing fixed I think she'll be happy with me."
Lukas put his sunglasses back on. “Good. Keep her happy. Don't let anyone take her."
* * *
He texted Lily on the way home. He toyed with the idea of pretending that Goddard hadn't believed him and he would still have to give up Naomi, but decided nobody would find that funny. If anything he should come home wearing reflective aviators and throwing money into the air. But then he realized nobody would find that funny either.
What he texted her was: “I won. I told them about the dead man's switch and they caved. I'll explain it all when I get back."
“awesome! I knew you could. :)"
“Thanks. By the way, I got Rubik too. He's yours now."
“that's so great. I'll pick him up and bring him back to your place if you don't mind. Its past his lunchtime. Ill be at your place a bit after you then we can all celebrate together!!"
When he got home Naomi jumped into his arms and wrapped her wings around him, enveloping him like a blanket. He managed to say “Na-" before she smothered him with kisses. She pulled away long enough to say, “Lily said I'm yours now forever now."
He hugged her back, holding her up. “She's right. We don't have to hide anymore."
She kissed him again and wrapped her neck around his. She closed her eyes and made a satisfied sigh that vibrated his chest. “I've always been yours," she said.
He smiled at that and held her close. For a while they stood there enjoying each others touch while he ran his hands down her neck and moved his fingers in little circles and felt the smooth and subtle bumps of her scales and the warmth beneath them. Without realizing it he started swaying back and forth while he held her. Even the sound of her breathing was beautiful. After a few minutes he said, “You can let me go now."
“Never!" she said and squeezed him tighter.
“Never?"
“Nope. I'm never letting you go."
“I do have good news," he said. “But I want you to sit down while I tell you."
She gave him one final squeeze and let go of him. He set her down and sat in front of her. “They agreed to let me have you. And they also said they were willing to fix your wing." She looked up at him, her eyes full of hope. “You'd be able to walk properly without it hurting. And you'd be able to fly. How does that sound?"
Her eyes were wide. “Really?"
“Really. But if you don't believe them, you don't have to go through with it if you don't want to. I want you to be able to make your own decision."
He could see her thinking. “I... I'd really be able to fly?"
“Yes. Like you've always wanted. As high and as fast as you wanted."
There was something in her eyes beyond just hope. It was... longing. Like there was something she knew was close and ripe for the taking if only she could reach out and take it. Just looking at her he could almost understand what it must feel like to be built for something and not have it. Then she looked concerned when she looked back at him. When she spoke her voice cracked. “I don't want them to take me away from you."
“I don't think they will. They said they'd let me stay with you the whole time. You don't have to decide now, but I just wanted you to know." He stroked her jaw with his fingers and she leaned into him. “I didn't let them take you away before and I won't now. I promise."
She nodded into his hand.
* * *
When Lily and Rubik came back they sat outside on his porch while he explained to her how the conversation with Goddard went, except for what Lukas had told him outside his car. He had a feeling he'd keep that to himself.
“...I have a couple conditions, though. I obviously can't work there anymore, but I don't need to give back Naomi or Rubik. Goddard said they'll invent a raffle that I won. I hope they make me a receipt or something so I can frame it."
“So that's it? You've won?"
“I guess so. I'll still keep an eye out for anything suspicious. And I still have the switch active. But I think we can relax now."
She sat back in her chair and rested her legs on his. He took her feet in his hands and gently massaged them while they watched Rubik run around on the grass while Naomi chided him for trying to eat pinecones.
“I like it here. How far back does your property go?" Lily asked.
“I think it's ten metres from the edge of the house. But back there it's all forest so it's not like it really ends. There used to be a fence but it was old and rotted so I pulled it out."
“With your bare hands while wearing no shirt, right?" Lily grinned over the rim of her mug. (This time it was her choice: Black Tea with Vanilla)
“Totally. It was me and a bunch of my hockey guys and after we were all sweaty so we all took a big shower together and gave each other massages."
Lily bit her lip. “Really?"
“No, not really. Sorry. Anyway the property is big, but the house is small. The only reason I can afford to live here is because it's far away from everything. And Goddard pays me well enough. Well, they used to. I should probably look for another job soon. I don't really want to downgrade."
He glanced at Lily and tried to formulate what next to say, then just said it: “Do you want to live here with me?"
She raised her eyebrows. “Really?"
“It's not because I don't have a job anymore," he said quickly. “I just think that all we've been through..."
She put her hand on his. Surprising that it could still give him goosebumps after all this time. “Of course I'd love to. It'd be better than my apartment. And it'd be nice for Rubik to have some space."
“I thought so. And once Naomi's healed she'll be able to use this space to take off and land."
Lily lifted her mug to her face and looked at him through the steam. She paused and put it down. “You're going through with the procedure? Are sure you can trust them to give her back?"
“I don't have a choice either way. I won't just watch her suffer."
** ** She looked off into the sky, warming her hands on her mug. “You still don't trust them, and you're still going to bring her in. Because that's the right thing to do, right?" she smiled to herself. “You saved her life once, now you're going to risk losing her so she can live the life she deserves."
Alex thought of the way Naomi looked a couple of nights ago while she slept on him. Angelic, that was the word to describe her. “I'm not selfish enough to keep her here if she's crippled. She was made to fly and that's what she'll do. Even if she's not mine." When he spoke he sensed the finality of his own words and knew there was nothing he could do to change his own mind.
Later they all went to bed but he stayed awake, listening to them sleep. In the dim light he watched their sleeping forms while they slept. Lily's silhouette was a thin white line of moonlight. He reached out with a tentative finger and brushed a strand of hair from her face. Then her turned and gently ran his fingers over Naomi's feathers. They both looked so peaceful. Finally he crept out of bed and let himself outside and stood in the cold night air, watching the stars come out one by one as the trees lining his back yard turned into black silhouettes. The night air was cold but clean and crisp. He leaned against his porch railing, watching his breath rise and disappear.
Something was still nagging him and wouldn't let go.
Naomi said she'd be his forever and he knew she meant it. Their situation worked now, but what about next year, and the years and decades after that? He had thought about their future before, but it always seemed like a distant possibility. It was always a day-to-day problem to deal with while keeping her hidden. Now the stark reality of it was bare in front of him and he couldn't avoid it any longer.
He shook his head. He got everything he wanted, so why was he worrying? For now it worked: Lily and Naomi said they were okay with them all being together. And whatever happened between them was something he could deal with when it came. He looked back at the door he left where they were both sleeping soundly. Maybe he was just worrying over nothing. The hard part was over.
* * *
When he woke up around noon he smelled bacon. He walked to his kitchen and Lily greeted him. “So now that you're unemployed you think you can just sleep in all day?" She said it with just enough of a smile to let him know she was joking. Before he answered she hugged him and said, “It's okay. You've had a pretty stressful couple of days. You deserve a rest so I made you breakfast and took today off so we can just hang out. All four of us."
“Wow. Thank you."
“No, thank you. You've done a lot for us so we're going to have fun today."
He looked back at the dragons. “What kind of fun are you talking about?"
She started spooning eggs onto his place. “What did you think I meant? Eat up. You're going to need it."
* * *
Lily knelt behind him and ran her hands up his bare legs then up his chest. She leaned her mouth close to his ear and whispered, “ever had a blowjob from a guy before?"
“No," Alex said. Lily just looked at Rubik and nodded, and he seemed to understand. He came up and sniffed Alex's crotch then gave it an experimental lick. He let out a rumble of satisfaction that was almost a chuckle and formed his lips over Alex's penis. Holding the head in his mouth, he ran his tongue over the underside of his head, making it jolt, then started licking along the length of the shaft, coating it in thick draconic saliva and quickly making it hard. The male dragon's tongue was thicker than Naomi's, and stronger. He didn't waste time on subtlety.
Alex's fingers clenched on Lily's thighs and he felt her lips on the back of his neck form into a smile.
“You're probably enjoying this more than I am," he said.
“Probably."
“What do you have planned?"
“You'll see."
The red dragon glanced up with his penis still in his mouth, gauging his reaction, his eyes bright. Alex gave him a slight nod and he continued. Rubik pushed forward and with one deft movement took the entire shaft into his mouth. The roof of his mouth was subtly ribbed and it rubbed over the sensitive head of his penis, slick and warm. He worked his jaw, closing it just enough to add a bit of pressure, then releasing it. The same lips that allowed him to form human words were wrapped tightly around his shaft, adding a bit of suction even as he moved back and forth making a slow wave of pleasure wash over Alex and pulse of precum spurt out of his penis. Alex saw Rubik's throat work as he swallowed it. The male dragon let out a deep “mmm" that made his whole mouth to vibrate around his shaft, sending a jolt of pleasure through Alex, making him buckle and nearly double over.
“Whoa. Is he doing that on purpose?"
“I think he just likes the way you taste," Lily said.
“He's never like, given a blowjob to anyone else before has he?" Alex asked.
“Don't worry, you're his first."
“Why is he so good at it?"
She giggled. “Why, are you enjoying yourself that much?"
“I was just curious. He has really good technique."
“I guess if you're being technical, you're the second male he's given a blowjob to. He's very flexible."
“So he...ohhh. Damn lucky bastard. Every guy has tried that at least once."
“Have you?"
“Once, a long time ago. It didn't work." The only thing he had to show for it was a sore back for a week and a bad taste in his mouth. But like so many things it seemed like a good idea at the time. Next to him, Naomi kept looking at Alex and grinning. “You've seen me naked like a million times," he said.
“Yeah but it's different now."
“Do you want to join in?"
“Yes" She jumped forward and joined in with Rubik. While he suckled on the tip of his penis, she ran her tongue along its length. Together they worked him, her with quick movements that seemed random, varying in intensity. She licked at the base of his penis, sometimes making long, slow movements, or quick licks he could barely feel or suckling at the sides as if she was kissing it. And Rubik continued with harder strokes that slowly built up the pleasure layer by layer. The visual image of both dragons licking his cock was more erotic than the physical sensation itself. He let out an unconscious “oh fuck." He wondered if they would fight over who got to swallow it. Visualizing it brought him close to the edge. He held on to both dragon's heads as they worked back and forth.
“I think that's enough of that," Lily said. “The night's young and we still have more to do."
“Have you planned all this out?"
She smiled at him and it looked like the way a cat looks at a trapped mouse. “Rubik, lay down in front of Alex."
At her words, the male dragon flipped onto his back. Lily squeezed Alex's shoulder, lightly bit his ear, and whispered in a husky voice, “If you suck him off I'll let you fuck him."
His heart skipped a beat and he looked at Rubik waiting for him, sprawled on the bed, legs spread, exposing himself for the human. His cock was fully erect and bobbed in the air. He realized there was no point in resisting.
He knelt forward and held the big meaty organ in his hands and felt the warmth radiating from it. Heavy and engorged, barely able to hold itself up. Thicker at the base than his own penis but shorter. It was just moist enough there was a slight sheen to it that caught the light. His testicles formed twin bulges just below where his shaft met his body and they looked heavy and filled with seed. They wouldn't be so full after tonight, he thought and took it as a personal challenge.
It gave off a heady, aromatic and slightly spicy musk that reminded him of baking, with notes of clove and pepper, and scents he didn't know the names of. Like sweat but in a good way. Like old books or home cooking and at the same time, clean and salty like the ocean's air on a cool day. It smelled like masculinity and sex, and the kind of unconscious, inherit power that every dragon has simply by existing. It was intoxicating, like it had a direct connection to his body, bypassing his brain completely. It made him want more. A single line of precum had escaped the tip and had run down his shaft. Without realizing it his mouth was open and his tongue was running up the shaft, feeling each of the little ridges that made up its undulating surface. Dragon precum was sweeter than he imagined and he licked up every last bit of it and swallowed.
When he reached the tip of Rubik's cock he pressed his lips against it in a kiss. Then pushed forward and let it part his lips and penetrate his mouth. The ridges rubbed against his tongue as well and tickled them. Alex always liked it when Naomi ran her tongue across his penis, so he did the same and swirled his tongue around the underside of Rubik's shaft and behind his head, using his own saliva and the copious amount of fluid that was leaking out of Rubik's cock. Rubik tensed and crooned deeply.
Alex smiled to himself. I could get good at this, he thought. He pushed in deep as far as he could and stayed there acclimatizing to its length and girth. He managed to get it deeper into his mouth than he expected, as if it was shaped perfectly to reduce a gag reflex. He could feel the dragon's heartbeat in his cock and for some reason thought this was incredibly sexy. He looked up at Rubik. The dragon was looking down at him, his eyes were narrowed and his mouth was slightly open. There was no way for it to be true, but it looked like his face was flushed, even though it was always red.
He continued, slowly bobbing his head back and forth, getting a few inches of dragon cock in his mouth at a time. He was worried Rubik might just thrust into his mouth and make him gag, but he seemed to show enough restraint and simply let Alex do his work. It was actually relaxing and almost hypnotic. He closed his eyes and just enjoyed the feeling of the thick, rubbery organ sliding in and out of his mouth, occasionally swallowing and feeling the warm fluid run down his throat. A single line of precum escaped his mouth and dribbled down his chin. He wiped it off and continued.
Rubik grabbed on to the back of Alex's head with his claws and thrust against him. He let out a deep throaty growl loud enough Alex could feel it through the vibrations of his body. The reptilian cock pulsed once and Alex braced himself for what was coming. The next pulse brought a thick spurt of draconic cum that coated his tongue. The taste was not at all unpleasant, thick and creamy and slightly salty. He swallowed but more came as Rubik thrust against Alex, forcing his cock deeper into his mouth. The next spurt went straight down his throat and some distant part of his mind missed that he couldn't taste it. He tried to get it all in his mouth but a dribble of cum escaped his lips and ran down his chin. He wiped it off and licked his finger. He could get used to the taste.
Rubik lay back, panting and staring at the ceiling. Alex wiped his mouth and stretched his jaw. “Well, I can cross that off the list."
“And you're just getting started," Lily said.
“What do you think, Rubik?" Alex said. “Think you can keep going?"
“Oh, he can go as much as he wants," Lily said.
“Lucky bastard. What's the most you've managed to get him off in one day?"
“Eight or nine times. That was a fun day..." she trailed off and was silent for a second. Then coming to her senses, she crawled over to Rubik and held his head in her hands. “What do you say, mister? Do you feel like taking it from Alex?"
“Yeah!" he said. He seemed to know what to do without being prompted and lay back and spread his legs in much the same way Naomi did for him, showing off the GG logo on the bottom of his feet. His cock bobbed in front of him, still hard and glistening. One last dribble of cum still dripped from it and hung in midair, glistening with milky translucence.
“He looks like he's done this before," Alex said. “Has he?"
Lily smiled. “He loves it. Don't you Rubik?"
“Yup."
“With whom?"
“Just me. And some toys."
“Toys?" Alex said, impressed. “Wow."
“I'm a bad dragon," Rubik said and Alex wondered if that was a reference to something.
“Don't worry, he'll be able to take you no problem," Lily said.
“Works for me." He grasped the base of Rubik's cock and gently squeezed it up like a toothpaste tube. A copious amount of cum oozed from the tip, more than enough for what he needed. He smeared over his own penis till it was dripping. Alex straddled Rubik's tail and crouched over him. His penis touched Rubik's own, and the ribbed surface of the reptilian cock gently kissed the underside of Alex's own, making it jolt.
He withdrew and thrust against the male dragon, rubbing their cocks together. The two male organs slid against each other, slick and rubbery and warm. He used both hands and ran them up and down both of their shafts using the precum from both of them as lubrication. Alex let out a wordless moan. The first stimulation he had this session and Rubik's cock was ribbed and slick, and (he assumed) the ridges would feel just as good on his insides than on the outside.
His testicles were looking slightly deflated and looser after his orgasm. And nestled just underneath them his anus, slightly puckered and centred on the ridgeline of the middle of his tail. Alex ran a slicked finger over the rim of the dragon's hole, causing him to tense up.
“You're sensitive, aren't you?"
Rubik nodded, watching him. Alex continued slid his finger around in little circles, feeling the puckered surface. The more he did it, the looser and slicker it felt. He slowly explored the dragon's hole and gently probed his finger past the tight ring of flesh. He looked up at Rubik to see any sign of discomfort but the dragon was watching him, his eyes were lidded and his teeth were over his bottom lip. He took that as a sign to continue. He withdrew his finger and felt how it clenched around his digit, then pushed it in farther to the second knuckle, feeling the dragon's insides. He was loose and slick enough Alex could slide it in without resistance, and he pushed his finger in all the way and hooked it up towards himself and felt the hard bulge of his prostate. Rubik let out a deep, low moan and Alex smiled to himself. He added another finger and slid them back and forth, making the dragon growl with pleasure and squirm on the bed, his long serpentine neck arching backwards and mouth open as he clawed the sheets. Alex found himself thinking this was the first time Rubik had contact with someone who knew his body; someone who shared (more or less) the same parts with him. He was hot and wet inside and Alex imagined what it would feel like to have more than just his fingers inside him. The thought of it was too much to resist.
“Alright, I think you're ready," Alex said. Rubik looked down at him. His mouth was slightly open and he was breathing heavily, and he looked down at him with a pleading, urging look that asked him to continue. An urge Alex was more than happy to sate. He withdrew his fingers and touched the head of his penis against the rim of the dragon's hole then pushed inside.
Slowly, bit by bit, he pushed inside, watching the tight ring of flesh expand and envelop his cock. Then with a pop that was accompanied by a gasp of pleasure from both of him, his penis head slipped inside. The muscle gripped him tightly, like it didn't want him to go any further. Then Rubik let out a breath and relaxed, allowing Alex to push in farther. He pushed in a tiny bit at a time then out, making mini-thrusts that pushed him deeper inside a small amount with each stroke. He was just loose enough to enter and the precum was making it easier to slip through but doing nothing to alleviate the tightness. The inner folds of Rubik's insides massaged his cock just like the dragon's maw did, but tighter, as he slipped in inch by inch, thrust by thrust, until he felt cool scales against his skin as he hilted the dragon. He looked down and saw where his own flesh ended, nestled right against the dull red scales. The red dragon looked up at him, his mouth slightly open.
“You okay Rubik?"
“Okay."
Lily said something behind him but her voice was muffled. He turned around and saw her underneath Naomi. They both looked quite busy in a tangle of pale skin and black and white scales. “What did you say?" he asked.
She lifted one of Naomi's legs out of the way to say, “you should make out with him now."
Alex looked at the dragon below him who was watching him. The bony ridge that made up his brows made his eyes look intense.
“That's kind of, uh..."
Lily wiped her mouth. “What, gay? You're balls-deep in his ass, I don't think that matters anymore."
Naomi had pulled her head out from Lily's legs long enough to watch him with wide eyes, biting her bottom lip. When she saw Alex was watching her he winked at her and she made a sheepish smile and would have blushed it she could.
He ran his hands over the Rubik's smooth scales, feeling the hard muscles under them. Naomi was elegant and beautiful, all curves but dangerous in a way, like a curved knife. Rubik was more blunt but stronger, like a sledgehammer. He was rougher, and something else, a word he couldn't put his finger on. Then he thought, obviously, the word he was looking for was “masculine."
He could feel the heat from Rubik's insides and the constant gentle movement of his breathing. Slowly he withdrew and then pushed in, feeling the ridges and valleys of Rubik's insides rub against his penis. Then again, watching Rubik's face and the way his eyes narrowed as he let out a wordless huff of breath. Faster he thrust in and out, holding on to Rubik's legs as leverage as started slamming into him properly now, fucking the dragon the way he knew he wanted to be fucked. Rubik stretched his head back, mouth open and panting. His wings folded tight beside him, like he was hugging himself and his feet curled up, clawing in the air dangerously close to Alex's face. Somehow the element of danger made it better. He felt like an animal. With Naomi there was always some romance to it. Even the first time they made love there was that emotional connection. But now with Rubik it was all physical and from that physicality there was borne a passion that was wholly separate from what a loving relationship was. Sex stripped bare of any baggage or risks; it was just the physical act itself.
More precum oozed from the dragon's cock as it bobbed in the air, hitting his belly and leaving smears of wetness on his scales. He bent forward, snaking his long serpentine neck, and licked off the precum from his own belly. Then as Alex watched, he licked his own cock clean with a few messy slurps and took his cock in his own mouth.
“I've always wanted to do that," Alex said to nobody in particular.
** ** Meanwhile Rubik's breathing was getting faster, and more precum oozed out of his mouth. His eyes were shut closed, and he was breathing heavier, and every exhale was a deep moan almost like a growl. Alex took that as a cue to fuck him harder and he leaned forward, getting better leverage and more depth. Skin smacked against scales amidst the grunts of both human and reptile. Then Rubik tensed and let out a moan that reverberated his body, nearly making Alex slip out of him. But he steadied himself against the dragon's legs and rode along with him as his ass convulsed, sending shockwaves through Alex' sensitive penis.
Rubik's throat worked as he swallowed several times and Alex felt a twinge of jealousy that he was saving it all for himself. Rubik let go of his cock, letting it slip out of his mouth, connected by a thin white line. He licked his lips and his cock let out one final spurt which landed on the tip of his nose. Without thinking about, Alex leaned forward and licked it off.
The dragon's ass felt different after his orgasm; looser and warmer and slick with human precum. He leaned against the dragon and pounded him harder, getting closer and closer to his own orgasm with each thrust. Now there was no hesitation and no reason to hold back. He held on to Rubik and with a final few hard thrusts, bore down and let out a grunt as his penis stiffened inside the dragon and shot out a powerful spurt of cum.
He gasped, convulsing and writhing as he emptied himself into the dragon. Above him he saw Rubik's half-lidded eyes and the tips of his teeth poking out from under his lips, and below he saw Rubik's cock still releasing a few more spurts of cum, doubtlessly urged on by the human's thrusts.
Alex collapsed on top of the male, resting his head against his chest and panting. Rubik's still-erect cock was hard against his belly. He could feel the dragon's heartbeat against his chest. He looked over at the girls who had finally disengaged themselves from each other, looking satisfied and a bit damp. He was about to say something when Rubik spoke three words that made a shiver run down Alex's spine. “Not done yet."
He looked at Rubik. “What?"
The red dragon squirmed out from under Alex and pushed him up so Alex was kneeling. “On your back."
The male dragon stood and in this position he towered over the human. He looked down at Alex, and from below the hard bony ridge that bordered his eyes made him look stern and his eyes were fierce. His muscles and tendons stood out under his scales, and they were tensed like he was ready to strike. And between his legs, he was still just as hard as he was before.
“Uh, Lily?" he said, still watching the male. “Is he normally like this?"
“When he gets horny."
“I thought he was done." He glanced over at Lily.
She smiled at him. “He's just getting started. Don't worry, he'll be gentle at first."
“At first?"
“On your back," Rubik repeated. There was something in his voice that told him he wouldn't take no for an answer. Some rational part of his brain knew that no good would come of refusing, so Alex complied. What happened next surprised him. Rubik crouched down and sniffed at his crotch, then opened his mouth and started licking the human's sensitive and still hard penis, lapping away the last of his cum and swallowing it.
He was gentler than Alex expected, and he felt himself begin to relax. A part of him was relieved thinking this was the only other thing Rubik had in mind, but a much larger part of him was disappointed there was nothing left in him. And that disappointment evaporated once Rubik moved down lower, licking the base of his shaft, then down past his balls, and started gently probing his anus with his tongue. The moment his tongue touched his ass, Alex jerked back in surprise. Rubik made a wordless growl and held him down, his claws poking into Alex's skin. Not enough to really hurt, but enough to let the human know he could make it hurt if he wanted to. For a second he understood what Naomi felt when he was rough with her; he could ask Rubik to stop at any time, but of course he didn't really want the dragon to stop, besides, there was some fun in the fantasy of just being held down and used by someone who would use him for as long as he wanted and didn't care how long it took or what Alex was feeling. And that was a different thing altogether. His licks became were stronger and had an urgency that spoke to his arousal: he wanted to get Alex wet enough to mount him and his urgency was tangible. It was an instinctive, feral urgency rather than a conscious choice.
Rubik pressed his snout to Alex's skin, sliding his wet tongue across the surface of his anus, coating it in thick, slimy draconian saliva and getting the tip of his nose slick with fluid. His tongue penetrated him a few times, and Alex pushed himself backwards into the dragon's face and moaning without realizing it. Rubik rested a claw on his leg, gently spreading the cheeks apart and getting in deeper, coating him inside and out with a copious layer of draconian saliva that was thick and slick enough to act as lubricant
Alex held the dragon's head as he probed into him, running his fingers across his snout and feeling the way his cheek muscles moved as his jaw and tongue worked. His penis, which had meanwhile grown soft, was quickly becoming erect again without being touched. Rubik's tongue was tactile and very deep. It thrust in and out of him, seeming to grow thinner or thicker as it flexed and moved in and out of him, hitting all his most sensitive spots. It was enough to make him squirm and grab fistfuls of sheets as the dragons expertly lapped and probed at him. Impossibly, without even touching himself, he could feel another orgasm building, mere minutes after his most recent. Just as he was about to approach the crest of his pleasure and come crashing down, Rubik stopped.
“What did you stop for?"
The dragon stared at him, his eyes flashing.
“Oh. That."
Without speaking, Rubik grabbed his ankle with the claws on his wing and pulled him over so he was laying on his stomach, legs spread. The dragon rested one claw on Alex's back, pressing down on him with just enough weight to make his message clear: Alex wasn't going anywhere. He climbed into position above him and pushed him down to the bed until his face was pressed against the sheets, and ass still up in the air. Rubik bent down, his snout millimetres from Alex's skin, snuffed and growled, making the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. He ran his tongue across the back of his neck, tasting the sweat of the human and nipped at his ear. Then he then whispered something quietly enough only Alex could hear; a single word that made goosebumps crawl across his skin.
“Mine."
_ _ That activated a part of him that had never been used before. He couldn't help but push his ass up into the air. He felt Rubik's hard cock jab against his buttock once, then again, leaving smears of precum that were cool in the air. Then third time he tried to reposition himself Alex felt something prod against his ass. Rubik gave a grunt of satisfaction and pushed himself forwards and with one thrust, the head of his cock popped inside him. Alex clenched involuntarily, then let out a breath and made himself relax and let the throbbing, swollen cock enter him.
He was less gentle than with his cock than with his tongue. Alex felt his ass being stretched bit by bit as Rubik started thrusting and out, only pushing in a bit each time. Finally!, Alex thought. He tried to thrust backwards but Rubik pulled back and almost slipped out.
“Not yet," the dragon said, making tiny thrusts in and out of him, barely pushing the head into him.
Alex gritted his teeth in frustration and clenched his hands in the sheets. After months of lily begging him to do this finally he had relented and now that he wanted to the dragon won't do it. Alex, meanwhile, was practically drooling with anticipation.
Bit by bit the dragon pushed into him. Each thrust seemingly the same as the one before, but slowly he started to push inside a little bit more until more than half of his length was inside him. Then he hit a wall, as the bulge on the base of Rubik's penis pushed against his ass. His cock was thickest around the base, and it felt far larger than he remembered it looking. Rubik paused, breathing heavily and Alex could feel his chest moving in and out. Without warning, he growled again and made one hard thrust. There was a moment of resistance as Alex gasped as he was stretched wide to accommodate the thick draconic organ then he pushed himself all the way inside him and it was like a mini-orgasm in a fraction of a second.
“Oh, fuck," Alex said. Pain was quickly replaced by pleasure as he forced himself to relax and take it fully. He felt his cock jerk without touching it. A slow feeling of warmth flowed from the spot like it was heat bleeding through his veins. The knot-like bulge on the base of Rubik's cock was the perfect size and shape to press on his prostate and he dimly wondered if that was intentional and decided that it probably was and he was glad of it.
“Good boy," the dragon grumbled from above him. Alex said nothing and knew there was nothing to say. A human would have bent down and asked to continue bur Rubik didn't. He just kept going.
“How's that?" Lily asked from underneath Naomi.
“It's..." he said thickly into the sheets. “I need a second to get used to it."
Rubik chuckled, a deep reverberation in his chest. He re-positioned himself, one wing rested on Alex's back between his shoulder blades, the other held his wrist down. With the other hand injured, Alex was effectively trapped. He tried to pull his hand away, just to see if he could but it was held down fast. Yet Rubik wasn't as rough as he could be, even though he was surprisingly strong for his size - strong enough he could probably hold down Alex and have his way with him even if he tried to get away. With a twinge of what might have been shame he realized that thought was just as erotic as the physical part itself. He would be here for as long as the male dragon above him wanted him to be there – and that thought opened up a part of his mind that had never been used before. He wondered what would happen if he started to struggle and try to get away – would Rubik let him go, or would he hold him down roughly, clamp his jaws down on Alex's shoulder, and fuck him harder?
As if answering him, the male dragon started thrusting in and out of him again, pulling his cock out, then shoving it back in hard, each thrust accompanied by a corresponding bloom of pleasure that grew bit by bit, making Alex gasp and pant. He looked back (as much as he could while being constrained) and saw Rubik's bulk taking up most of his vision: the dragon's powerfully muscled legs behind his own, thrusting in and out. If he strained to look back he could just see Rubik's cock thrusting in and out of him. Above him the dragon's head moved back and forth; the lips pulled back just enough to reveal a row of white, sharp-looking teeth. He moved his head down and their lips touched. Rubik's neck was long enough for their faces to reach each other's and Alex didn't hesitate to open his mouth and accept the dragon's probing tongue into his own.
He shut his eyes and let the dragon do what he wanted. He found himself moving back and forth, timed to Rubik's thrusts as their mouths pressed against each others, their tongues intertwined. Rubik's breath was hot against his mouth and tasted of salt and spice.
His own penis was already painfully hard and pressed into the bed so he tried to push himself up and relieve the pressure but he was only able to lift up his ass a bit and inadvertently impaling himself deeper onto Rubik's cock. He wanted to touch himself but with one hand held down and the other one injured, he was powerless. As if reading his mind, Rubik let go of his hand and rested both his wings on Alex's back. His claws dug into his skin and Alex knew it should hurt but it didn't. Now that his hand was free he could touch himself and his hand wandered down to his own crotch. But Rubik didn't let him. With a single “no," the dragon grabbed his hand again and held it down.
“Damn you," he thought, but another part of him knew it should be this way. He knew Rubik knew it as well: he was there to take it and that was it, and all he could do was accept it as he was roughly taken from behind and bred. He could smell the desire coming off the dragon. It was a heavy, musky scent that paired with his fierce passion perfectly. Rubik started to speed up, his breathing became more frantic, the sounds of his scales smacking against the human's bare flesh became louder. He was sweating and breathing heavily and pushing back, trying to impale himself deeper on the dragon's engorged cock. It was like a physical force pushing him back, one that overwhelmed his logic with lust and desire.
He could feel himself getting close now. It was like the familiar buildup to an orgasm, but somehow different: subtler, like being able to feel a deep base note before you can really hear it. Like the sense of knowing an ending is coming. The hair raised on his arms. The feeling grew inside him until he knew he knew it was inevitable, he squeezed his eyes shut and waited for it... and there it stayed like he was teetering on the top of a hill, almost making it but unable to push himself off the last bit. It felt like anything would be enough to push him over the edge. He knew if he was allowed to use his hands he could cum instantly but of course Rubik wouldn't let him and his penis remained infuriatingly (and quite literally) out of reach.
Meanwhile Rubik continued to pound away at him, frantic and fast, then his jaws clamped down on Alex's shoulder and he growled gain, his breath hot against Alex's skin. The dragon's body tensed and his maw clenched, each tooth sending a sharp spark of pain through him but the pain didn't undermine the pleasure so much as it enhanced it: it felt appropriate, somehow. The dragon's cock swelled inside him and pulsed, then a hot spill of seed filled him up deep inside, copious enough he could feel it warm and thick inside him. Rubik's cock swelled, and it was just enough pressure on his prostate to bring him right to the precipice of an orgasm, and there he stayed for a single, agonizing second before he was pushed over the edge.
A rushing wave hit him like he was thrown into water, racing through his nerves like electricity. A spasm he couldn't control took over his body, inadvertently pushing himself back and impaling himself deeper onto Rubik's cock as his knees shook and threatened to buckle and only barely managed to keep himself up. He let out an inhuman, almost draconian moan as his penis twitched hard enough it ached and shot out a thick spurt of cum that hit his own chest. He could feel himself convulsing around Rubik's cock which continued to pulse inside him. In this mindless state of sexual bliss time seemed to slow to a crawl, and he stayed there, pushing back and forth as the dragon continued to pound away at him. He grunted into the sheets as he was filled and emptied out at the same time.
Eventually it stopped and time fell back into place. He stayed there for a minute, catching his breath and waiting for the feeling to slowly creep back into his arms and legs.
“I told you that'd be fun," Lily said. He could hear the smugness in her voice.
Rubik dismounted him and with a small tug, pulled out of him. He felt a drop of dragon cum ooze out of him and travel down his balls, leaving a warm line of wetness. Rubik licked it off.
He stretched his back and winced, then touched his shoulder and it came back tinged with red. “You were right." He collapsed onto the sheets. “I just need to lie here for a bit."
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** Sunday, January 7 2029 – 2 years later**
“Dragons are the coolest animals ever," Alex said.
Lily laughed. “You already said that." She brushed her hair out of her face and her ring caught the sunlight and sparkled.
“I know, but I really mean it." There was a dragon on the deck of a large yacht, talking to someone. This one was a dull green and Alex wondered what its genetic makeup was. In the last couple of years he had started seeing them everywhere. He watched it take to the air and flap away.
“Do you miss her?" Lily asked.
“Of course I do. All the time." He leaned against the railing that bordered the Seawall and watched the ships in the harbour balanced on their own shimmering reflections like imperfect paintings. The yacht drifted lazily by and he thought to himself, if he had a boat there was only one thing he'd name her. He toyed with the ring on his finger.
“You still can't leave it alone, can you?" Lily asked. Her eyes were playful.
“I'm still getting used to it," he said and kissed her. Her breath was vaguely minty. When they parted he heard a thump behind him and turned around. He smiled when he saw her. “We were just talking about you, Naomi. I missed you."
His dragon looked up at him, panting. “You just saw me like half an hour ago. Anyway guess what? I saw the bald eagle that lives by False Creek and I raced it and I almost caught up to it!" She paused to catch her breath. “Did you know they can fly at over forty-five metres a second? That's over a hundred and sixty kilometres an hour!"
The device strapped to wing beeped and said, “Only while diving. In sustained flight, a Bald Eagle can fly at-"
“Okay Artemis that's enough," Naomi said. The device was silent.
Alex leaned down and ruffled her feathers. “You'll be faster if that thing wasn't on your wing slowing you down."
“Yeah but then I'd get lost!" Naomi glanced at the phone clipped to her elbow, right next to the scar that was barely visible as a thin grey line marring her otherwise perfect scales. Once he had asked her if she wanted the scar treated or removed but she said she wanted to keep it as a reminder. She looked back at Alex. “I'll meet you at home, okay? I wanna fly there! And I bet I can get there faster than you can!"
“I bet you can too. We'll see you there."
She grinned at him, crouched, and with a powerful flap of her wings she launched herself into the air. She hovered there for a bit, and he knew she was just doing it because he liked to watch her. Even after two years he wasn't tired of it, and he didn't think he ever would. With a single perfect flap she turned in the air and sped off into the sky.
** The End**