I’m supposed to be sleeping but I could not rest until I got this out…
Retired!Hollanov going to a dinner party and Shane, since having indulged in a love for food and being full, having gained more weight than is socially acceptable, has to be all but rolled out of the house. He’s a little drunk and so full he’s almost waddling, still waving at Bood and Cassie as Ilya leads him to the car, and he undoes his pants the moment the car door closes before putting on the seatbelt because it’s way too much pressure on his poor, overfed belly otherwise.Â
Ilya drives them off. It’s way past sunset and the radio is on low, a pleasant hum of background noise barely audible above the rumble of the engine and tires. Ilya is concentrating on the road, new glasses on because he needs them for driving now, a little tired but alert and more than capable of getting his fat husband and his own full ass home safe.Â
Then Shane smacks his mouth.Â
It’s innocuous by itself, but it’s accompanied by a little grunt and the brush of fabric against leather. Then the rustle of clothes, another grunt, and the quietest of taps of fingers against bare skin.Â
“I was thinking you were full,” Ilya says, daring a quick glance at the passenger seat. He tears his eyes back less than a second after and tightens his hands on the steering wheel. “You said you could not eat another bite, lyubov.”Â
Shane sighs deeply. He’s rubbing his gut in wide, slow circles because it feels good, and Ilya’s hands are cruelly unavailable. It’s true that he’s really very full, of course—but there’s nothing quite like a craving.Â
“I want a burger,” Shane says. He shakes the expanse of his belly just a little, just enough to watch his fat ripple in the muted glow of the control panel, and unsuccessfully stifles a burp in his collar. “And a shake.”Â
“I need it,” Shane adds. He’s always needed it, being full, but never acted upon it. Years ago, he’d have repressed it easily. But Shane’s a little drunk, and stuffed full, and he didn’t get this big by resisting. “Ilya. Ilya, I need it.”Â
Ilya swallows audibly. “If you eat it in the car, you won’t be able to get out.”Â
“Yes I will,” Shane slurs, petulant. He could barely get up from the dining chair earlier, but that’s before. He can eat again and still get out of the car. “I can.”Â
There’s a moment of silence between them. Then Ilya turns on the blinker and merges, confidently, to use the next exit leading to a fast food restaurant.Â
He orders Shane a meal. Burger with two patties and lots of cheese, a large fry, a banana milkshake. Onion rings too, which he claims is for himself but Shane knows, from his head, through his full belly, down to his toes, will be for Shane instead.Â
“As long as you can still get out of the car,” Ilya says, when he hands Shane the bag. It smells mouth-wateringly good, but he refuses to let go when Shane takes it. “Promise.”Â
“Promise,” Shane says breathily, and Ilya finally lets the bag go.Â
Shane eats the remainder of the drive. The burger first, juicy and hot and greasy, the bun tacking to his teeth. There’s onion and ketchup and something softer, as if to mellow it all out. He gets it down in a haze of food and enjoyment, boxers tight, vision blurring outside of the food.Â
He gives Ilya an onion ring and eats the rest. He feeds Ilya a handful of fries but stuffs the rest into his mouth, chewing laboriously, hiccuping through every swallow. He’s taking his first sip of the milkshake when the car comes to a halt, and when Shane sluggishly blinks enough to gain some awareness, he sees they’re home. He’s painfully overfull, rather than just almost unpleasantly stuffed.Â
“Can still get out of the car?” Ilya asks, tone a bit mean, but he doesn’t wait for an answer and exists the vehicle instead.Â
Shane takes another sip of his milkshake before readying himself to open the door, but it’s opened for him by Ilya instead. He stands tall, face unreadable, and it takes him less than a second to tsk and lean down to undo Shane’s seatbelt.Â
“Useless at everything but eating, hm?” He says lightly.Â
Shane shakes his head. Ilya steals the milkshake from his hand, takes a sip, and straightens back up.Â
Shane lifts his legs out of the car. His belly has gone unbelievably taut and firm, itchy now, but it’s heavy enough in his lap that he allows himself to uselessly adjust the weight of it to fall more into the dip of his big thighs. He braces himself on the frame. Tenses his legs. Tries to lift himself up.Â
He falls back on his seat. The car rocks. A whimper rises from his throat at the movement, hands back on the mass of his gut, trying to soothe.Â
Shane tries again. He has to be able to; he promised. He wants the rest of his milkshake and lie in bed and get his belly rubbed. He can’t do that if he’s stuck in the car.Â
His vision blurs again, wet this time, and he looks up at his husband. He doesn’t know why he’s begging.Â
“Doesn’t work?” Ilya asks.Â
“No,” Shane says, and he sounds pitiful before he has to burp. “Sorry.”Â
Ilya takes pity on him. Shane tries for a third time, and Ilya’s hand wraps around Shane’s bicep to pull him up further. When he’s finally standing his back curves under the heft of his overtaxed stomach: Ilya hands him his milkshake and kisses him, slow and sweet, fondling the soft, gelatinous overhang that’s bare and exposed to the elements.Â
They walk inside. Shane finishes his milkshake somehow, and is so full he’s sitting up in bed and panting. Ilya curls around him, gentle, petting him and pressing a tums on Shane’s tongue.Â
And he can’t wait for breakfast.Â