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Joe’s own body was aching for release. He could feel his climax building but refused to give in. He wanted to come, but not yet, not yet, not yet….
    Mackenzie shuddered, his voice became a long, syncopated moan, and Joe let himself go. He kept moving as he came, his cock gliding more smoothly with the extra lubrication, thrusting and filling and laying claim.
    They rested together, Joe still inside, kissing lazily over Mackenzie’s shoulder.
    “I missed you,” Mackenzie finally whispered.
    “I missed you too.” Joe was scared of the next part, but he knew he wanted to say it. “And I love you.”
    Mackenzie smiled at him. “Damn right you do. I’m awesome.”
    “Yeah, you’re okay,” Joe agreed, and they stayed like that until the cold wind reminded them that they needed to get dressed.

Chapter 4

     
    “W HERE ’ S MY daddy?” Austin asked, taking a break from building a tower with his mashed potatoes. He was looking at Joe, of course, his trusted source for all questions, and Joe was staring back at him like a deer in the headlights.
    “Who do you mean, buddy?” Joe finally asked, and he’d managed to make his voice level and calm. “You’ve got a lot of people who kind of split that job up. Can you use a name? Who are you looking for?”
    Austin looked impatient. “My daddy ,” he repeated. Then he looked around the table. “Lacey and Vannah’s daddy is in heaven. Ally’s daddy is in heaven. Where’s my daddy?”
    “Toronto,” Joe said simply.
    “Practically the same thing, really,” Mackenzie suggested, but Joe just made a face at him and then turned back to Austin.
    “Like I said, you have lots of people who act like daddies. Lots of people who help take care of you and love you. But technically, Nick’s your father.”
    “Nick?” Austin looked confused. “The one who visits?”
    “Yup,” Ally said, jumping in happily. “It just shows how technical titles aren’t really all that important, you know? Technically, Nick’s your daddy, but really Joe or Will or even Mackenzie do a lot more to look after you, right?”
    Austin nodded.
    “Some might say Griffin does more to look after you,” Ally continued, her tone sweet.
    “Ally,” Joe warned.
    “Griffin saved him from a blue jay this afternoon,” Ally responded. “That’s more than—”
    “Ally!” Joe said. His voice wasn’t loud, but there was a tone in it that demanded respect. He waited a moment to be sure she was done, then turned to Austin. “Was a blue jay being mean to you? Do you want to tell us what happened?”
    Austin certainly did, with much hand waving and excitement. It was an absolutely epic tale, especially when Savannah joined in with her own version of events. Joe watched the kids, and Mackenzie watched Joe. He was so good with them: patient, affectionate, supportive without being overprotective. He was a perfect father to this brood, only two of whom shared any blood at all with him. It made Mackenzie want to see Joe with a baby, someone of uncomplicated parentage who could just be Joe’s kid, not his sister or his nephew or an orphan he was taking care of. Instead of adoption, maybe he and Joe should look for a surrogate. Mackenzie didn’t have a strong urge to see his own genes replicated, but Joe’s? Yeah, Joe should definitely reproduce.
    Possibly Mackenzie was getting a little ahead of himself. But they loved each other. They’d said it, and they’d meant it. It had only been a few days, but things had been perfect since then. Joe was busy, sure, but when he was with Mackenzie he was really with him, focused and attentive and loving. It was important not to rush things, especially with someone as skittish as Joe, so Mackenzie would keep his little dreams to himself, at least for a while. It wasn’t like he needed something to distract himself from reality, anyway. Reality was pretty damned sweet.
    Especially when Joe asked Ally and Lacey what their plans were for the evening. It was Friday