⋆. 𐙚˚࿔ daddy 𝜗𝜚˚⋆
part 5 | series masterlist summary: he’s new to the neighborhood, moving into the house directly across from yours in the quiet little cul-de-sac. you don’t know much about him. only that he works on cars in his garage, mows his lawn shirtless like he’s trying to ruin your life, and always looks a little too tired. it’s not until a little girl appears in his driveway one afternoon that you realize the handsome mechanic across the street comes with a tiny family attached. pairing: girldad!bangchan x reader genre: smut, fluff cw/tags: explicit sexual content, praise kink, oral (f & m), protected sex, daddy/babygirl dynamics (he calls you babydoll), porn w/plot ofc, dirty talk, fingering, teasing, switch!Bangchan soundtrack: mhmm - Chase Shakur & Rimon , f****n’ sound - Lucky daye, excited! - dustin conrad a/n: I love when you guys leave comments, it feeds my hungry soul. A good chunk of this chapter is literal porn, so if that’s not your cup of tea, you’ve been warned. I’m not apologizing for the filth. Enjoy :) * ✩˚word count: 12.1k ˚✩ *
When Chan cupped your face and asked what the two of you were going to do about this, you did not see yourself ending up here.
With him hovering over you now, one hand resting at your waist while the other traced absentminded circles along your side, as though he couldn't quite convince himself to stop touching you.
Your back sank further into the cushions as he kissed you again, slow and unhurried this time. His lips lingered against yours with a tenderness that made your chest ache. He kissed you like he was trying to memorize every part of you, and somewhere along the way, so caught up in the warmth of him, you didn't even realize your hips had shifted until they brushed against his.
Chan smiled into the kiss.
When he finally pulled away, there was barely an inch between you before he leaned in to steal one more quick peck.
Then another.
Only then did he sit back, slipping an arm behind you to help you lean against him.
"I-I'm sorry," you whispered more embarrassed than anything. A quiet laugh escaped him. "For what?" he asked, turning just enough to look at you properly. "Having a very normal reaction?"
You scoffed, refusing to meet his eyes.
"I think I should be the one apologizing." His fingers found yours, absentmindedly weaving between them before lifting your hand toward his lips.
He pressed a gentle kiss to your fingertips, then the back of your hand, lingering there for a moment. "The idea of...." he hesitated, smiling to himself. "Having a family with you."
You looked at him again.
His thumb brushed over your knuckles. "Hearing you talk about wanting a family with me.…" he let out a quiet breath. "It made me feel....secure."
Your expression softened, "Chan....."
He shook his head with a quiet laugh, almost like he couldn't believe the thoughts coming out of his own mouth. "I've spent so long worrying about whether I'd ever be enough for someone else…. whether anyone would really want this life."
His eyes met yours again. "And then you looked at me and talked about a future that has Jia in it."
His gaze lingered on your face before dropping briefly to your lips. "If circumstances were different.…" he murmured, pressing another lingering kiss to the back of your hand, "…I don't think I'd be able to think about anything else. I'd do it right now."
You frowned slightly. "Do what?"
His eyes lifted back to yours, "….I'd put a baby in you right now."
The words landed with complete sincerity. Like he'd forgotten they were supposed to sound outrageous.
Your eyes widened, "Chan!"
"Hm?"
"You can't just say things like that." A nervous laugh escaped you despite yourself, your body heat slightly rising you were sure he could feel how warm you were getting.
It took him exactly one second to replay what he'd just said. His ears immediately started turning pink "….Right,” he looks away back towards the tv.
You chuckled softly, a quiet sound meant to soften the moment, to give him space to breathe. "We should probably finish the movie."
"Probably," he reached for the remote, fingers trembling just a little.
Twenty minutes passed, though the clock on the wall seemed to mock you, insisting it was longer. You couldn’t tell what had happened on the screen. The plot had dissolved into a haze of flickering colors, shadows dancing behind your eyelids.
Somewhere during the first scene after pressing play again, Chan shifted faintly beside you, it was barely even noticeable. Until his hand settled on your thigh. Not high enough to be considered too intimate, just above your knee. Warm and steady, like he’d done it without thinking, as if it belonged there.
Your eyes stayed fixed on the TV, but his eyes lingered elsewhere, watching you in the silence. Neither of you spoke. Neither moved. A minute passed. Then his thumb brushed over your leg, a slow, deliberate stroke.
You swallowed hard, heart pounding. The movie blurred into a swirl of colors, everything completely meaningless.
His hand hadn’t moved away. If anything, it had crept a fraction higher, pressing into the space between your thoughts, and closer to the bottom of your shorts.
He still hadn’t looked at you.
"Are you even watching this?" you whispered.
"Not even a little."
You let out a soft, trembling laugh. "Good."
"Why?"
You finally turned your head, meeting his gaze.
Because I want to see what you’re afraid to say.
Because I want to feel your hand tremble again.
Because I want this to go further.
Your voice was barely more than a breath, "Because I haven’t been paying attention since you said you wanted to put a baby in me."
Chan finally looked over, his eyes dark and searching, pulling you into his gaze. Despite the tips of his ears flushing with a bright pink hue again, his hand continued its slow ascent. It rested in the middle of your thigh, thumb gently caressing, sending a shiver through you.
"Why….is it something you want?" His voice was low, heavy with hunger, and his eyes never left yours as he watched your breath hitch.
You hesitated, your lips parting slightly, "I—"
"Hmmm?" he prompted softly, a hint of a smile tugging at his lips as he gripped your thigh, pulling you closer toward him. A small gasp escaped you, caught between anticipation and surprise.
"What's going through that pretty head of yours?" he whispered, voice thick with desire, eyes burning into yours as if he already knew the answer but wanted to hear you say it.
You played with the hem of your shirt, lips trembling as you tried to find the words. The space between you felt smaller, charged with unspoken promises. "I just…" you started, voice barely above a whisper. "I didn’t realize how much I wanted this, how much I’ve been waiting for you to make a move."
Chan’s gaze darkened further, and his thumb pressed a little harder against your thigh, slow and deliberate. He leaned in closer, so close you could feel his breath against your lips.
“You’re beautiful when you’re nervous,” he murmured, voice velvet-soft, yet edged with desire. “Tell me what you want.”
Your heart pounded fiercely, every nerve alight. The world outside the room faded into insignificance. All that mattered was the way his eyes held yours; intense, hungry, and waiting for your answer.
You drew in a shaky breath, voice trembling. “I want you closer. I want to feel everything....your skin, your breath, what it’s like when we’re not holding back.”
His thumb resumed its slow path along your thigh, a lazy rhythm that made thinking nearly impossible. “You really mean that?” Chan’s voice dipped lower, rougher. The question wasn’t a challenge, it was a door he was holding open, waiting to see if you’d walk through.
You nodded, the motion small and unsteady.
“Words, baby.” The endearment slipped out so naturally you wondered if he’d been holding it back for weeks. “I need to hear you say it.”
Your throat tightened. “I want this. I want you.”
Something shifted in his expression. Relief, maybe. Or hunger finally given permission to surface. His free hand came up to your jaw, cupping it the same way he had earlier that evening when he’d first asked what you were going to do about all this tension between you.
Back then, you hadn’t had an answer.
Now your body seemed to know exactly what to do.
Your hips shifted again, pressing against the side of his thigh, and this time you didn’t pull away. Chan noticed. His eyes flicked down to where your bodies met, then back to your face with an intensity that made your stomach flip.
“There,” he murmured. “That’s what I wanted to see.”
His thumb traced the curve of your jaw before his hand slid back into your hair, gentle but deliberate. He tilted your head slightly, exposing the line of your throat, and leaned in until his lips hovered just above your pulse point.
Not kissing, or licking, just breathing against you. The warmth of it made your fingers curl into the cushion beneath you.
“Chan…”
“I know.” His lips brushed the word against your skin.
Then his mouth pressed against your neck, soft and searching, and your eyes fluttered shut. His kiss was unhurried, almost reverent, like he was learning the shape of you one breath at a time. His hand on your leg tightened just slightly, grounding you both.
Your fingers found his shoulder, then his collar, then the warm skin at the nape of his neck. The contact drew a quiet sound from him, something between a hum and a sigh, and the vibration traveled through his lips straight into your bloodstream.
“You’re shaking,” he said against your throat.
“Because of you.”
“Good.” He pulled back just enough to meet your eyes. “I want you to feel this. All of it.”
His hand slid higher on your thigh. Still over the fabric of your shorts, still maddeningly patient, but the intention was unmistakable now. His palm settled at the crease where your leg met your hip, thumb tracing the seam.
Your breath caught.
“Tell me if it’s too much,” he said.
“It’s not. It’s.....Chan, please.”
The corner of his mouth lifted into a smirk, “please what?”
A frustrated laugh escaped you, shaky and thin. “Don’t make me say it out loud.”
“Oh, but you’re so pretty when you’re flustered.” He pressed a kiss to your jaw, then another to the corner of your mouth. “I could watch you struggle for words all night.”
His fingers curled against your inner thigh, and the pressure sent a jolt through you that made your hips rock forward without permission. There was nothing to hide behind now, no movie to pretend to watch, no plausible deniability about what was happening between you.
Chan shifted, and suddenly his body was closer; not hovering over you again or pinning you down, but angled toward you in a way that made everything feel more intimate. His knee pressed against the outside of your leg. His shoulder brushed yours. His breath mixed with your breath.
“I’ve thought about this,” he admitted, barely above a whisper. “More times than I should probably say out loud.”
“Tell me?"
His eyes searched yours, checking. “You sure?”
“I want to know.”
His hand moved. Up, slowly, until his thumb rested just below the waistband of your shorts. Your shirt had ridden up slightly, leaving a band of bare skin exposed, and he traced it with deliberate focus as his hands rested at your mid-section.
“I thought about kissing you first,” he said, voice low and steady. “Slow. The way you deserve.” His thumb dipped beneath the waistband, just barely, and your stomach tightened. “Like this.”
His lips found yours again, and this kiss was different from the ones before. Deeper and more certain. His mouth parted against yours, and when your tongue brushed his lower lip, he made a sound low in his chest that you felt in your ribs.
Your hands found the nape of his neck.
His hand slid further beneath your shorts.
The fabric stretched to accommodate him, elastic giving way to his knuckles, his palm, the gentle press of his fingers against you. Not where you wanted him most, not yet, but close enough that every nerve in your body had rerouted itself to that single point of contact.
He broke the kiss to breathe, forehead resting against yours. “And then I thought about touching you.”
His thumb traced a line on your pelvic bone causing your hips to buck. “Like that?” he asked, the question dripping with something darker now.
“Lower,” you breathed.
Chan’s eyes flicked to yours. The pink in his ears had spread to his cheeks, but his expression was steady and focused, “show me.”
Your hand covered his arm, his hand still hidden beneath the dark fabric of your shorts, and guided it downward. The movement was slow, deliberate, charged with the kind of tension that made the air feel thick.
When his fingers brushed against the damp cotton of your underwear, you both stopped breathing.
“Fuck,” he whispered. The word was so quiet, so reverent, that it didn’t sound like profanity at all. It sounded like a prayer.
His fingers pressed against you through the fabric, experimental and gentle, mapping the shape of your arousal without any rush. The pressure was light, too light, but the fact of his hand there, the heat of his palm cupping you through cotton, made your head fall back against the couch.
“Look at me,” he said and you did.
His pupils were blown wide, nearly eclipsing the brown of his irises. The boyish fluster from earlier had burned away, replaced by something sharper. He looked at you like you were the only thing in the room worth seeing.
“Is this okay?” His fingers pressed a little harder.
“Yes.....God, yes.”
He kissed you again, swallowing the sound you made when his middle finger found the seam of you through the damp fabric and traced it up and down. The friction was perfect, maddening, but not nearly enough.
Your hips rolled against his hand.
“There you go,” he murmured against your mouth. “Take what you need.”
His other arm wrapped around your waist, pulling you closer until you were half in his lap, your back against the arm of the couch and your legs tangled with his. The new angle gave him better access, and he took advantage of it immediately, fingers moving in slow, steady circles that had you gripping his arms.
“Does that feel good?”
You couldn’t answer. Your voice had fled somewhere behind your hammering heart. He smiled then kissed your collarbone. “I’ll take that as a yes.”
The pressure built in increments. He varied his speed and intensity in response to the sounds you made, faster when your breath hitched, lighter when your nails dug into his skin, harder when your hips chased his hand.
His lips never stopped moving. Your neck. Your jaw. The hollow beneath your ear. He kissed each spot like he was cataloging it for later, filing away which places made you shiver and which made you sigh.
“I want to feel you,” he said against your ear, his voice rough. “Can I—”
“Yes.”
He laughed softly, “you didn’t even let me finish.”
“I don’t care what the question is. The answer is yes.”
His fingers stilled against you. For one heartbeat, then two. Then his hand withdrew from your shorts, and the absence of his touch was so acute that you nearly whimpered. But he was already moving, hooking his thumbs into the waistband of your shorts, looking up at you with an expression that was half question and half plea.
“Lift your hips for me.”
You did, and he peeled the fabric down your thighs with a care that made your chest ache. The shorts joined the growing collection of forgotten things on the floor; the remote, your earlier inhibitions, every reason you’d ever given yourself for why this couldn’t happen.
Your underwear stayed on, for now.
Chan’s breath shuddered out of him as he looked at you. His hand found your bare thigh, palm spreading wide over muscle and skin, and he dragged it upward until his thumb rested against the damp cotton between your legs.
“You’re soaked,” he said, and it wasn’t a question.
His thumb pressed down, and the fabric did nothing to hide how much you wanted this, how much you wanted him. The evidence was there, impossible to ignore, soaking through the thin cotton barrier.
“Chan, please.”
“Please what?” He was pushing again, but his voice had lost its teasing edge. Now he just sounded desperate, like he needed the words as much as you did.
“Touch me, underneath. I need to feel—”
He didn’t let you finish. His hand slipped beneath the waistband of your underwear, and his fingers: warm, calloused, trembling just slightly, finally, finally touched bare skin.
He froze, and you could feel it in the tension running through his forearm, the way his breath stopped halfway up your throat. His index finger rested just above where you needed him, and the pause stretched long enough that you opened your eyes to check if something was wrong.
Nothing was wrong. Chan was looking at you like you'd just handed him something fragile and precious, something he was terrified of breaking.
"Chan." Your voice cracked on his name.
"Hang on." He swallowed hard. "Give me a second."
His thumb traced a slow arc over your hipbone, the motion almost unconscious. When he spoke again, his voice had dropped to something barely above a murmur. "I've wanted this for so long that I need to make sure I don't rush it."
"You're not rushing." Your hips tilted toward his hand, seeking pressure. "You're torturing me."
A laugh escaped him, breathless and warm against your cheek. "Good."
But he didn't make you wait much longer. His middle finger slid lower, parting you with a gentleness that made your toes curl. The sound you made, half gasp; half moan, seemed to embolden him. His finger traced your slickness upward, circling once, twice, before retreating just enough to make you whimper.
"Shh." He pressed a kiss to your temple. "I've got you."
His hand withdrew from your underwear, and before you could protest, he was shifting your position. Strong hands gripped your hips, repositioning you until your back was fully against the couch cushions and your legs draped over his lap. The new angle left you completely open to him, and the vulnerability of it sent heat flooding through your chest.
But Chan wasn't done.
His palm slid down your calf, fingers wrapping around your ankle with deliberate care. He lifted your leg, bending it at the knee, and pressed a kiss to the inside of your ankle. Then higher, your shin, the sensitive spot just below your knee. Each kiss was slower than the last, his breath warming your skin seconds before his lips made contact.
"What are you doing?" The question came out reedy, thin.
"Something I've thought about." Another kiss, this time to the tender flesh of your inner thigh. "Something I've thought about a lot."
He lifted your leg higher, guiding it over his shoulder. The position pulled you closer to him, your hips tilting upward, your thighs falling open. The damp cotton of your underwear was fully exposed now, the evidence of your arousal impossible to hide in this position.
His eyes dropped to the spot, and his expression shifted. The boyish flush on his ears had spread down his neck, disappearing beneath the collar of his shirt. But his gaze was steady and hungry. He looked at you like a man who'd finally been given permission to want something after convincing himself he never could.
"Tell me if it's too much," he said, echoing his earlier words.
Then he lowered his head. His mouth pressed against you through the cotton.
The heat of his breath penetrated the fabric instantly, and your back arched off the couch before you could stop it. A broken sound clawed its way out of your throat, something between a moan and his name, tangled together beyond recognition.
Chan hummed against you, and the vibration traveled through the soaked fabric directly into your core. Your fingers scrambled for purchase, one hand fisting in his dark hair while the other gripped the couch cushion hard enough to leave marks.
"Fuck." The word left you on a shudder.
He pulled back just enough to speak, his lips still brushing against you. "That good?"
"You know it is,” you breathed out, “don’t ask silly questions.”
"I wanted to hear you say it." He pressed another kiss to the cotton, softer this time. Then another, slightly firmer. His free hand slid up your thigh, thumb stroking the crease where your leg met your hip. "I wanted to hear the sounds you'd make."
His mouth was still there again, his tongue pressing against you through the damp cotton, relentless and unhurried. The fabric had grown impossibly wet against your skin, and the warmth of his tongue was undeniable, even with the thin barrier between you.
He licked a slow, deliberate stripe along the seam of your underwear, and the sound you made was barely appropriate; a broken, keening sound that seemed to surprise even you.
Chan responded by pressing his mouth harder against you, licking feverishly, while his nose brushed against your clit through the soaked fabric as he angled his head. His hands gripped your thighs, spreading you wider, anchoring you in place as he worked you through the cotton. He was thorough. He licked and sucked and breathed against you like he was trying to memorize the shape of you through the fabric, learning every curve and crease with his tongue.
Your hips bucked against his mouth, chasing the friction, and he let you. He let you rock against his face, his hands firm on your thighs holding you steady while you took what you needed. When he finally pulled back, it was only to hook his fingers into the waistband of your underwear.
His eyes met yours. He didn't ask. He didn't need to.
You lifted your hips, and he slid the wet fabric down your thighs, past your knees, off your ankles. The fabric landed somewhere on the floor, joining the rest of the discarded things between you.
And then he looked at you. Really looked at you.
His breath caught in his throat again, and for a long moment, he didn't move. His hands rested on your bare thighs, thumbs stroking the sensitive skin at your crease, but his eyes were fixed on the place he'd been worshipping through fabric moments before.
"Fuck," he whispered again, softer this time.
Then he lowered his head.
His first kiss, bare skin this time, nothing between you but air and want, made your entire body shudder. His lips parted against you, and when his tongue touched you, finally touched you without anything in the way, you cried out.
He didn't stop or pull away. He licked into you like he'd been waiting his whole life for the taste, and judging by the sounds he was making, low and desperate against your skin, maybe he had. "Baby," he whined against your skin, the word vibrating through you. "You taste incredible."
"Chan please—" you gasped, not even sure what you were asking for.
He pulled back just enough to speak, his lips brushing against your lower ones. "Please what, baby?"
"More." The word came out desperate, ragged. "Please."
His eyes met yours, dark and hungry, and he added his middle finger, pumping in and out of your core, as you forgot how to breathe. Once you were stretched out, he added another, making you mewl from underneath him.
He licked and sucked and pressed his tongue inside you beside his fingers, his own moans vibrating against your sensitive flesh. He was obsessed, you could feel it in the way he kept going, even when your legs trembled, even when your fingers pulled his hair hard enough to hurt. He didn't care, he just wanted more of you.
"Chan—" His name came out on a sob as your orgasm crested, your body shuddering against his mouth. He still didn't pull away, instead he licked you through it, gentler now, drawing out every last tremor until you collapsed back against the cushions, breathless and shaking.
He finally lifted his head, his chin glistening, his lips swollen and wet. He looked at you like you were the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. "You okay?" he asked, his voice rough.
You couldn't speak. You just pulled him up by his shirt and kissed him, tasting yourself on his lips. He smiled against your lips, a soft hum of approval vibrating through you.
Your hands slid from the hem of his shirt to his shoulders, then down his chest, savoring the warmth of his skin through the fabric. You broke the kiss slowly, your mouth trailing to the corner of his mouth, then to his jaw, then down to his neck. His pulse fluttered under your tongue.
"Mmm," you murmured against his collarbone, letting your fingertips graze the waistband of his pants. "Taste good."
He shivered, hands coming up to cup your face, tilting you up to meet his gaze again. But you shook your head gently, sitting up and pressing him back into the cushions. Not with force; with a slow, irresistible pressure, your body following him down as you straddled one of his thighs.
"Stay," you breathed, and his hands fell obediently to his sides.
You let your gaze travel down his body; his parted lips, his heaving chest, the unmistakable bulge straining against his pants. He lifted his hips slightly, a wordless plea, and you rewarded him by sliding them down. Your eyebrows shot up as you realized he wasn't wearing anything underneath.
His cock stood rigid and flushed, a bead of precum already glistening at the tip. He sucked in a sharp breath, his entire body tensing under your gaze. You didn't speak right away. Instead, you let your eyes trace the length of him, the way his cock twitched in the open air, the way his stomach quivered with each shallow breath. The silence stretched, thick and electric, until he let out a soft, pleading whimper.
Your voice came out low and affectionate as your hand wrapped around the base. "Look at you. So hard and ready after taking care of me like that. You must like pleasuring me or something."
He shivered under your touch, hips jerking slightly upward. Leaning down, you pressed a soft kiss to the head before dragging your tongue slowly along the underside. His thighs flexed, a shaky sound escaping him.
"Please," he whined, the word cracking with need.
You chuckled softly, circling the crown with light, teasing licks. "Not yet. I want to hear those pretty sounds a little longer." Your fist stroked him in unhurried pulls, your mouth hovering close so your warm breath teased his sensitive skin. "You're so sensitive. I love when you twitch and moan like this."
Chan groaned, head tipping back as his fingers dug into the cushions. You took him into your mouth, sucking and making out with his tip gently at first, then pulling off with a wet sound to lap at the slit. "That's it. Just let me handle everything. You're perfect like this, all desperate."
His whines grew louder, hips thrusting shallowly into your grip. "Please....more. I need you."
You wrapped your mouth around him, working down his shaft slowly, deliberately, drawing out every broken sound he made. His hips rocked in small, desperate rolls, chasing your warmth without quite forcing the pace, still letting you lead. His hands had moved from the cushions to your hair, fingers threading gently, not pushing, just holding on like you were his anchor.
You pulled off with a wet pop, your hand still stroking him as you pressed a kiss to his inner thigh. He whimpered at the loss, a shudder running through him.
You breathed against his skin, lips trailing upward. "You must be close baby." He whimpered in response.
"You've been neglected, haven't you, love?" He nodded desperately then gasped once your tongue circled his head again, lapping at the bead of precum that had gathered.
His grip in your hair tightened. "Please—I—please, I need to—"
"Yeah, baby?" Your voice was soft but certain. You kissed the tip once, twice, then looked up at him through your lashes. His chest was heaving, his eyes glazed and wet. "You've been so good to me, Chan. You gonna cum?"
A desperate nod. "Yes! Yes! Yes! Fuck!”
"Go ahead, let go baby." You took him deep, until you were choking, all the way until your nose brushed his belly, then swallowed around him.
The sound he made was raw, almost pained, a broken cry that turned into a long, shuddering moan as his release hit your throat. You stayed still, letting him pulse against your tongue, your hand cupping his balls gently as you milked every last drop. When he finally stilled, trembling, you pulled off slowly, licking your lips clean.
You crawled up his body, lifting his shirt off as you press soft kisses along his stomach, his chest, his neck. His eyes were dazed, lips parted, and cheeks flushed. You brushed your thumb against his cheekbones and kissed him slowly.
"You're perfect," you whispered against his mouth. He let out a shaky breath and pulled you into a proper kiss, arms wrapping around you as he shifted and melted into the couch. "Fuck," he sighs out, in a daze, as you pull away.
You kiss his nose, "good?" His hold on you tightens as his eyes meet yours, "Perfect," he pecks your lips. "You are so perfect."
Your heart hammered against your ribs, so loudly you were convinced he could feel every beat through the fabric of your shirt. Judging by the smile that tugged at the corner of his mouth, maybe he could.
"You're staring," you whispered, trying to hide your face against his shoulder.
"I know."
"It's making me nervous."
He laughed softly. "Don't be acting all shy now."
You groaned, burying your face even deeper into his chest. "I mean it," he said, still smiling. "You're cute."
"I'm choosing to ignore you."
"noted."
He let the silence settle after that, his hand moving slowly up and down your back in an absentminded rhythm. Every now and then his fingers paused at the curve of your waist before continuing, as if reassuring himself you were still there. Your breathing gradually matched his.
The room felt warm, the movie long forgotten somewhere behind the sound of your heart settling back into a normal rhythm.
After a while, Chan pressed a kiss to the top of your head. "We should probably get cleaned up."
You made a quiet, reluctant noise into his shirt. "I know," he chuckled. "I don't really want to move either." Neither of you did immediately.
Another minute passed before he finally sighed dramatically. "If we stay here any longer, I'm never getting off this couch."
You lifted your head just enough to look at him, "I wouldn't be opposed to that."
He smiled before brushing his thumb across your cheek, "come on." This time, when he stood, he kept one hand wrapped around yours, helping you to your feet. You swayed for a second, earning a quiet laugh from him.
"You okay?"
"Mhm."
"You sure?"
You wrapped your arms around him and pressed your body against his, "I'm positive."
His expression softened before he reluctantly put space between you two, "Be back," he said before leaving a kiss on your forehead. He disappeared down the hall for a moment while you flattened your hair as best you could with your hands. A second later you heard the bathroom sink running.
"I left you a towel," he called. "And I put a clean shirt on the counter if you'd rather wear that to sleep."
"Channie," you looked at him and smiled fondly. "You didn't have to."
"I figured you'd be more comfortable."
Something about that made your chest ache. By the time you stepped into his bedroom a few minutes later, he'd already changed into a pair of gray sweatpants and an old T-shirt, his hair still damp around the edges from splashing water on his face.
He looked up immediately. "You feel better?" You nodded.
"Good," and without another word, he disappeared into the kitchen. You heard a cabinet open, then the refrigerator.
When he returned, he balanced two glasses of water in one hand. "I know," he said before you could tease him. "I'm hovering."
"You are, dad."
He smiled, "Humor me."
You accepted the glass anyway, smiling as you took a sip, he looked completely satisfied.
"What?"
"I don't know." He rubbed the back of his neck with a sheepish smile. "Taking care of you just.…makes me feel better."
You leaned over and bumped your shoulder against his, "Is that so?" He nodded and laughed before taking your empty glass from you. "Bed?"
"Bed."
Chan turned the lights down until the room was bathed in a soft amber glow before pulling you towards the bed and pulling back the covers. You climbed in first, settling against the pillows while he walked around to the other side.
The mattress dipped beneath his weight and almost instinctively, you rolled toward him. He opened an arm without a word, and the way you fit against him as though you'd done it a hundred times before had your heart fluttering.
His chin rested lightly on top of your head, "you comfortable?" he asked.
"Mhm."
"You need anything?"
You shook your head. "You?"
"I've got everything I need." His answer came so simply that it made you smile. Outside, the neighborhood had gone still. Somewhere in the distance, a car pulled from someone's driveway disappearing into the night.
Chan's fingers traced slow circles against your arm beneath the blanket. "Thank you," he murmured after a long while.
You tilted your head. "For what?"
"For trusting me."
Your eyes searched his face. He wasn't looking at you anymore. Just staring at the ceiling, his voice barely above a whisper, "I don't ever want you to feel like you have to be anything except comfortable with me."
You reached up and intertwined your fingers with his. "And vice versa." His hand squeezed your hand gently as a comfortable silence settled over the room, neither of you feeling the need to fill it.
It wasn't long before your eyelids grew heavy, the steady rise and fall of his breathing lulling you toward sleep. Just before you drifted off, you felt him press one last kiss into your head. "Goodnight," he whispered.
You smiled against his chest, "goodnight, Chan."
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He had never been the kind of man who woke up slowly.
His body snapped into consciousness all at once, like a switch being thrown, and that morning was no different, except for the heat. It pooled low in his belly before he even opened his eyes, a steady throb that matched the rhythm of his pulse.
The bedroom was still dark, thin streaks of dawn threading through the curtains, and beside him, You breathed in the slow, even cadence of deep sleep.
You were laying on your stomach, one arm tucked beneath the pillow, your chan's shirt has ridden up, the sheet had slipped sometime in the night, leaving your back slightly bare to the dip of your waist where the blanket pooled. Your skin looked impossibly soft in the half-light.
Chan turned onto his side carefully, making the mattress shift only slightly. He didn't want to wake you. Not yet.
His mind flickered back to the night before; the taste of you, the sounds you'd made, the way your fingers had twisted in his hair. There was a reason he didn't suggest going all the way last night. Other than the fact that you did not mention it, Chan wanted the first time with you to be special.
Now, hours later, his body was making a compelling argument that 'not yet' had expired.
He watched you sleep for a long moment. The gentle rise and fall of your ribs. The flutter of you eyelashes; dreaming, perhaps. A small whimper came out with your exhale, and the sound of it, that tiny sound, sent a fresh pulse of want through him.
Chan leaned in and pressed his lips to your shoulder.
It was as light as a feather, barely a brush of skin against skin. He waited, your breathing didn't change.
He breathed you in, and his hand, moving of its own accord, ghosted up the length of your spine without touching, hovering just above the warm skin.
He kissed the nape of your neck, letting his mouth linger this time. The taste of you, slightly salty and something faintly vanilla from your body wash, spread across his tongue.
Then another, this time to the curve where your shoulder met your neck. He parted his lips slightly, just enough to feel the fine hairs there, and a sound rumbled in his chest that he swallowed before it could escape.
Your shoulder blade drew his mouth next, then the soft inward curve of your waist where the blanket had tangled. He was moving lower, propping himself on one elbow, mapping the landscape of your back with lips and breath. Every kiss was a question he wasn't asking aloud.
Do you know what you do to me?
Do you feel this too?
Can I have more?
"Chan?"
Your voice was thick with sleep, muffled by the pillow. You hadn't moved, hadn't even opened your eyes, but your hand had found his shoulder beneath the blanket and rested there, warm and grounding.
"Morning," he murmured against your lower back.
"What time is it?"
"Early."
You made a sleepy, questioning sound. "Why are you awake?"
He could have said something sweet, something about the sunrise or needing water. Instead, he let his teeth graze the rise of your hip, and said, voice rough, "Because I've been thinking about the way you taste."
Your breath caught. A small hitch that made the muscles of your back tense and release. Now he could see one eye, cracked open and watching him. "You're going to be the death of me," you whispered.
"Can I?" The words tumbled out before he could stop them, hoarse and urgent. "Please. Let me...just let me taste you again. That's all I want." He was already moving, already settling himself lower. "I'm just asking for this. For you. On my tongue."
"You're begging."
"I'm absolutely begging."
You propped herself on your elbows and looked down at him, and something in your expression shifted, from sleepy amusement to a quiet, considering heat. "You really mean it."
"Every word."
Your throat moved as you swallowed. "Then what are you waiting for?" He didn't need more than that.
Chan's hands found your hips, fingers pressing into your soft skin as he settled lower still, his shoulders nudging your thighs apart. The scent of you, warm and faintly musky and entirely you, filled his senses, and his mouth literally watered. He had to pause and press his forehead against the inside of your thigh just to steady himself.
"You okay down there?" Your voice was breathless, half-laugh.
"I'm trying not to embarrass myself," he admitted.
"That's adorable."
"Shut up."
"Make me."
He lifted his head and met your eyes. "Sit on my face."
The words landed between you like a stone dropped into still water. your lips parted, pupils went wide, swallowing the brown of your irises. "What?"
"You heard me." His voice was steadier now, confidence returning. "Sit on my face. I want to feel you above me."
The hesitation lasted only a heartbeat, and then you were moving, shifting up the bed as he rolled onto his back, arranging herself with a kind of focused precision that told him that you wanted this just as badly as he did.
Your thighs settled on either side of his head, and the world narrowed to the sight of you above him, backlit by the gray dawn. You were breathing hard, and so was he.
"Like this?"
"Exactly like that."
Chan's hands slid up the outside of your thighs, over the swell of your hips, pulling you down gently. His tongue curled against you, and the sound you made, a sharp, surprised gasp that turned into a moan halfway through, unraveled something in his chest.
He worked slowly at first, relearning the topography of you. The way you responded when he used the tip of his tongue versus the flat of it. The small, involuntary rock of your hips when he found a rhythm you liked. His hands gripped you harder, not to direct you, because he needed something to hold onto as he lost himself in your taste.
Your fingers found his hair, twisted and pulled at the strands. The sting on his scalp sent electricity straight down his spine. "There," you gasped. "Right there. Don't stop, Channie, please don't stop."
He continued fucking into you with his tongue, because who would he be if he didn't listen to you?
Time softened around the edges, became measured in the back and forth movement of your hips, the increasing urgency of your sounds, the way your thighs began to tremble against his ears. The taste of you was everywhere; on his tongue, his lips, his chin. He was drowning in it and had never been happier.
Your breathing changed, quickened almost. Your thighs clamped tighter, and Chan moaned against you, the vibration pulling another cry from your throat.
"I'm—" you couldn't finish the sentence.
He understood anyway. His tongue lapped against you harder and faster, as one of his hands left your hip to slide up your stomach, feeling the flutter of your breath beneath his palm. Your thighs squeezed him harder, fingers clenched in his hair as a raw, broken cry tore from your throat, your hips wildly grinding against his tongue as he flattens it.
He held you through every pulse, every shudder, drinking you down until you went limp above him, trembling and gasping. Only when your grip loosened and you collapsed to the side, pulling him closer to you, did the room fill with the sound of your ragged breathing and the soft, satisfied weight of your body against his.
Chan eased back as you slid off his face, your body still trembling from the orgasm. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, eyes dark and hungry as he watched you catch your breath beside him. The gray dawn light painted soft lines across both of you.
You turned toward him, fingers tracing down his chest. "Channie... I want more. I want you inside me. We...we can use protection, but...." you paused, "fuck I need you."
His cock twitched hard at your words. He reached in the nightstand without hesitation, tearing open a condom packet with his teeth. Sliding his pants off and rolling it down his thick length, he positioned himself between your spread thighs.
"You sure?" he asked, voice rough.
"Please."
He pressed the head of his cock against your slick pussy and pushed in slowly. Inch by inch, stretching you open until he bottomed out. A shared groan filled the room.
"Fuuuuck," he gasped closing his eyes. He stayed there for a long moment, buried deep, letting you both adjust to the thick stretch. His hips rocked in tiny, shallow movements at first, barely pulling back before sinking in again. The slow drag of his cock against your walls drew soft sounds from both of you.
"You like that, baby?" He moans against your lips causing you to whine. Your legs wrapped around his waist, heels pressing into his lower back as you urged him deeper. He answered with a low groan, beginning to thrust in a steady rhythm, "you feel so good, babydoll....so so good."
He throws his head back grinding into you. Each stroke was deliberate, hips rolling forward until he was fully seated inside you before withdrawing almost completely, only to push back in again.
The wet sounds of your bodies grew louder with every thrust. His hands gripped your hips, fingers digging in as he kept the pace measured, savoring the way your pussy clenched around him every time he bottomed out. You could feel every inch of him sliding in and out, the friction building heat between you causing your moans to get louder and more erotic.
"Keep squeezing me like that, babydoll," he growled, voice strained. He leaned down to kiss you, tongue sliding against yours while his hips continued into slow, deep thrusts. "I'm close," you breathed into his mouth.
"Yeah?" He thrusted hard into you. "Gonna cum for me baby?" Your nails dug into his back as the pleasure built gradually. He kept fucking you with that same controlled pace, angling his hips to hit the spot that made your breath hitch. The tension coiled tighter with each stroke, bringing you closer, until he stopped thrusting and pulled out suddenly, causing you to clench around nothing.
Your eyes shot open, "Chan," you whined out.
"Shhh, babydoll, I got you," he murmurs while admiring your pussy, before leading his cock back into you. "I got you."
Chan lingered above you, his breath warm against your lips as he eased his hips forward again. Instead of rushing, he kept the motion unhurried, sinking into your soaked pussy again with deliberate care. Every inch of his cock stretched you open slowly, the thick head pressing deeper until he was fully seated inside you once more. A low, shared sigh escaped both of you at the full connection.
Your eyes were in the back of your head, "F-fuck daddy, right there," you moaned out gripping his shoulders. The term of endearment made his cock throb inside of you, and his hips stayed buried in you.
"Say it again, babydoll," he rasped out, ".....please." He tried letting your walls adjust around him while his hands roamed gently over your sides. One hand sneaked down between you, as his fingers brushed your clit in soft circles. His other hand found yours, squeezing you gently. His mouth found yours again, the kiss slow and deep, tongues sliding together as he began to rock his hips in smaller, measured movements.
"J-just like that, daddy," you mewled out as he dragged his cock out just to slam it back into you, drawing out a loud groan from the two of you.
Despite wanting to continuously slam into you, he felt himself getting close, so he kept each thrust measured and sweet. He pulled back only a little before pushing forward again, the drag of his cock against your inner walls steady and intimate. Wet sounds filled the quiet room with every gentle stroke, but he never quickened the pace. Instead he focused on the way your body responded, watching your face for every flicker of pleasure.
Your legs stayed wrapped around his waist, heels resting against his lower back as you encouraged him to stay close. He answered by leaning down to press kisses along your jaw, then down your neck, his lips warm and lingering on your skin. The slow rhythm continued, his cock sliding in and out with careful control, the head brushing that sensitive spot inside you on every inward push.
Time stretched as he kept fucking you like this. Minutes passed with the same unhurried pace, his hips rolling forward to fill you completely before easing back almost to the tip. Your pussy clenched around him with growing need, but he didn’t speed up. He simply adjusted the angle slightly, angling his cock to press against that perfect spot again and again, drawing soft gasps from your throat.
Your hands explored his back, fingers tracing the muscles that flexed with each controlled thrust. He groaned quietly against your shoulder when your nails dragged lightly over his skin, the sound vibrating through his chest. Sweat began to gather between your bodies, but he kept the connection tender, pressing his forehead to yours as he continued the steady rhythm. "You like this, babydoll?"
You nodded as the pleasure built gradually, "Fuck yes." you whisper. "Yes yes yes." Every slow stroke pushed you closer without overwhelming you, his hips started stuttering as you squeezed tightly. “come on babydoll, let go,” he grunted out as you tightened your legs around his hips.
Your second orgasm approached like a rising tide rather than a sudden crash. When it finally washed over you, your pussy pulsed and fluttered around his thick length, squeezing him in rhythmic waves. Your back arched, pressing your chest to his as the sensation rolled through you in long, drawn-out pulses.
Chan held still through your climax, buried deep while your walls milked him. He kissed your temple, “that’s it baby, there you go,” he murmured softly against your skin as your breathing slowly evened out.
Only when your tremors began to fade did he resume the gentle thrusting, still keeping the pace measured and loving. He lasted longer this way, savoring every moment inside you. He can't remember the last time he's had sex, let alone with someone who reciprocated his feelings.
His own release built again slowly, his cock twitching inside the condom as the pressure mounted. When he finally came, it was with a deep, drawn-out groan, his hips pressing forward one last time as he emptied himself. His body shuddered against yours in long waves, the condom catching every pulse of his release.
He didn’t pull away immediately. He stayed nestled inside you, softening gradually while his hands continued their gentle exploration. One hand stroked your back. The other traced slow circles over your hip and thigh. His lips brushed yours in a series of soft, lingering kisses, each one unhurried and full of affection.
When he finally eased out, he did so with care, removing the condom and tying it off before dropping it aside. Then he gathered you against his chest, pulling the blanket up to cover both of you. Your bodies remained pressed together, skin to skin, as the morning light grew brighter outside. His fingers kept moving in slow, soothing strokes along your spine, and the quiet intimacy of the moment stretched on without any need to rush.
Neither of you spoke for a long while, but when you did the conversation drifted in and out between comfortable silences, interrupted only by lazy kisses and quiet laughter whenever one of you caught the other staring again.
Eventually the sunlight spilling through the curtains grew brighter, stretching farther across the bed until it reached your legs.
There wasn't much to say. The room was quiet except for the occasional creak of the house settling and the distant chirping of birds outside the bedroom window. Every so often Chan would brush another kiss against your forehead or lazily trace circles along your back, neither of you particularly interested in being the first person to move.
Eventually, hunger won.
"If we don't get up," you mumbled against his chest, "we're going to waste the entire day."
Chan let out a sleepy hum, "I don't see the problem."
You smiled. "You said you needed groceries, especially for Jia."
One eye cracked open.
"…I did say that."
"And I need groceries too."
He sighed dramatically, tightening his arms around you for one last minute before finally letting go. "Five more minutes."
"You said that fifteen minutes ago."
"Then I'm making progress."
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By the time either of you finally convinced yourselves to leave the bedroom, the morning had quietly become afternoon. The house had settled into its usual weekend rhythm. Sunlight spilled across the hardwood floors in wide golden strips, warming the quiet rooms as if the day had been patiently waiting for the two of you to rejoin it.
Chan wandered into the kitchen first, still rubbing sleep from his eyes as he opened the refrigerator. He stared inside for a long moment. "...I've definitely been putting this off."
You laughed from somewhere down the hall. "That bad?" He stepped aside just enough for you to look.
Half a carton of milk.
A few eggs.
Butter.
One container of yogurt.
Three different condiments.
You looked back at him, "so....you've been surviving." You leaned against the counter, folding your arms. "My refrigerator isn't much better."
Chan glanced over at you, "No?"
"I keep buying ingredients because I think I'll cook."
"And then?"
"I get home from work and eat cereal."
He laughed quietly, "That explains a lot."
"It really does."
A comfortable silence settled between you as the coffee maker sputtered to life, filling the kitchen with its familiar sounds. Chan reached into the cabinet for two mugs without thinking, only hesitating for the briefest second before carrying on as if it had always been the obvious choice.
You noticed.
Neither of you acknowledged it.
By the time the coffee had finished brewing, the rich smell had drifted through the kitchen. Chan poured two cups and handed one to you, your fingers brushing lightly against his as you accepted it.
"Thanks."
He answered with a quiet hum before leaning back against the counter beside you, close enough that your shoulders nearly touched. For a while, neither of you said anything, simply standing there with warm mugs in your hands, watching the backyard through the kitchen window.
"What time are you getting Jia tomorrow ?" you asked eventually.
"Around three."
You nodded into your coffee. "So we've got today."
"And most of tomorrow."
It was a simple observation, but it settled between you with a weight neither of you expected. Not because you had anything special planned, but because knowing there was still time somehow felt important.
Chan took another sip before setting his mug on the counter, "I still need groceries."
"Me too."
He glanced over at you, one corner of his mouth lifting. "Want to just go together?"
You smiled over the rim of your mug, "I was hoping you'd ask."
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Nearly forty minutes later, the reusable shopping bags were tucked into the back seat, coffee cups abandoned in the cup holders, and the two of you were pulling into the grocery store parking lot.
Saturday afternoons always seemed to bring everyone out at once.
Families navigated overflowing carts through the parking lot while college students hurried inside with hastily scribbled shopping lists clutched in one hand. Somewhere nearby, someone was losing a battle with a shopping cart that refused to separate from the rest of the line.
Chan grabbed one with considerably less effort before falling into step beside you, "you have a list?" he asked.
"Somewhere," you dug through your bag until you found a crumpled receipt folded into quarters, every bit of blank space covered in handwriting. He looked at it for a second before laughing,"....that's your list?"
"It made sense when I wrote it."
"I believe you," his smile lingered as the two of you wandered inside.
The store hummed with the familiar rhythm of a busy weekend. Shopping carts rattled over tile, conversations drifted from neighboring aisles, and somewhere overhead an employee announced a sale that neither of you paid much attention to.
Without ever deciding to, you settled into an easy pace.
You paused to inspect produce while Chan wandered a few feet ahead, reaching automatically for the things he always bought. Every so often one of you would stop beside the other.
"Need cereal?"
"Mhm."
"You still out of coffee?"
"Unfortunately."
A carton of eggs appeared in the cart.
Then bread.
Then fruit.
Somewhere along the way, Jia's favorite yogurt ended up beside your coffee creamer. A loaf of bread rested against vegetables you'd picked out. His pasta sat next to spices you knew you were almost out of.
Neither of you questioned it.
It wasn't until you reached the meat department that you finally glanced down into the cart. You rested both hands on the handle, smiling to yourself, "our groceries are kind of... mixed together."
Chan followed your gaze. For a long second, he simply looked, "...Huh."
"My stuff's with yours."
"And mine's with yours."
"They're going to have to be sorted when we get home."
He nodded once, "...Probably."
Neither of you reached into the cart. Instead, Chan picked up a package of chicken, dropped it in beside everything else, and continued walking. You smiled to yourself before following him.
For now, it didn't seem important whose groceries belonged to which house.
By the time you reached the checkout, neither of you had made much progress figuring out whose groceries belonged to whom. You started unloading the cart onto the conveyor belt while Chan grabbed the divider.
"Everything before this is mine," you said, pointing toward the growing pile.
"Mhm."
Coffee. Vegetables. Pasta. Chicken.
When you reached for the yogurt, Chan quietly slid it onto his side of the divider. You frowned. "...That was mine."
"It was?"
"You watched me pick it."
"Huh."
Before you could say anything else, he reached over and moved your coffee beside it.
"...Chan."
"What?"
"Those are my groceries."
He didn't even try to look innocent, "I know."
You narrowed your eyes. "You're trying to pay for them."
"I might be."
A laugh escaped you as you immediately slid both items back across the divider, "you are absolutely not."
"Why not?"
"Because they're mine."
"They're groceries."
"They're my groceries."
Resting his forearms on the cart handle, he smiled in that infuriatingly calm way that told you he'd already decided this conversation was entertaining, "I invited you."
"...To the grocery store."
"I still invited you."
"You don't buy someone groceries because you invited them to buy groceries."
"I don't see why not."
"I do."
The cashier glanced between the two of you, her expression already giving away that she'd decided this was the highlight of her shift.
Chan reached for his wallet anyway.
You caught his wrist before he could, "no."
He looked down at your hand before meeting your eyes again. "What?"
"I cook for you and Jia because I want to."
"I know."
"So you're not paying me back through produce."
He laughed. "I'm not paying you back."
"Then what are you doing?"
"Saying thank you."
"You can say thank you for free."
"...It's less convincing."
The cashier let out a quiet laugh before clearing her throat, "your total," she said, nodding toward your side of the divider, "is fifty-eight forty-three."
Chan looked almost offended, "....See?"
You blinked. "What?"
"It wasn't even close to a hundred."
You stared at him for a second before shaking your head, "that is the part you took away from this?"
"I feel vindicated."
Laughing, you handed your card to the cashier, "you are unbelievable."
A grin spread across his face, "so I've been told."
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By the time the groceries were loaded into the back of the car, the afternoon sun had shifted just enough to stretch long shadows across the parking lot.
Chan started the engine, one hand resting loosely on the steering wheel as he pulled out onto the main road. The radio hummed low beneath passing traffic, filling in the kind of silence that didn’t ask to be fixed.
You rested your elbow against the window, watching neighborhoods blur past before glancing over at him.
“What was Jia like when she was little?”
He smiled faintly, eyes still on the road. “She’s still little.”
“You know what I mean.”
A small exhale through his nose, like he’d already accepted the correction. “I know.” There was a pause as he thought back, “…She was fearless.”
“That doesn’t surprise me.”
“It should,” he said, finally glancing over with a grin.
That pulled a laugh out of you.
“She climbed everything,” he continued, warming into the memory. “The couch, the bookshelves, kitchen chairs. I’d turn around for two seconds and she’d be somewhere she absolutely shouldn’t be.”
“Chan.”
“I’m serious.” His mouth curved. “One time I walked into the kitchen and she was standing on top of the table.”
You turned fully toward him. “How did she even get up there?”
“I still don’t know,” he admitted, laughing now. “She just….figured it out.”
“And what was she doing?”
“Getting bananas.”
The car filled with your laughter, “she climbed onto the table…” you repeated, incredulous.
“…because she wanted fruit,” he finished, like that explained everything. “I found her holding the bunch over her head like she’d just won something.”
“Oh my God.”
“I didn’t know whether to be impressed or terrified.”
“Both,” you decided immediately.
“Definitely both,” the memory softened him a little, the grin easing into something fond. “I used to think she didn’t understand gravity.”
“She still doesn’t.”
He huffed a quiet laugh. “No… she just negotiates with it better now.”
The laughter settled gradually, the car slipping back into an easy quiet. A few minutes passed before your voice came again, softer this time.
“What about food?”
The shift was subtle, but it landed differently. You noticed it in the way his hand adjusted on the steering wheel before he spoke.
“When her mom left…” he began, voice quieter, “Jia had just turned two.”
You didn’t interrupt.
“I couldn’t cook,” he admitted after a moment.
“Not even a little?”
A small, sheepish smile. “I could ruin cereal.”
That earned a quiet laugh from you.
“I’m serious.”
“I believe you,” you said, still smiling.
“I lived off frozen dinners before she was born. After….that didn’t really work anymore.”
His eyes stayed on the road, but his voice shifted into memory, “so I started calling my mom. My sister too. Pretty much every night.”
“Every night?”
“Pretty much,” he said, amused at himself. “I’d just put them on speaker and stand in the kitchen like I had any idea what I was doing.”
You smiled. “That’s kind of sweet.”
“It was chaos,” he corrected immediately, but he was laughing. “I’d be like, ‘Okay… now what?’”
“And they’d tell you?”
“Yeah. ‘Dice the onion.’”
“Simple.”
“Except I didn’t know what ‘small’ meant.”
That made you laugh, “like… tiny? Medium? Is there a rule?”
He shook his head, smiling. “I asked that exact question.”
“You didn’t.”
“I did.”
The two of you laughed again, softer this time, the kind that fades into something more comfortable. “I burned chicken three nights in a row once,” he added.
“Three?”
“I kept thinking I’d learned something from the night before.”
“And had you?”
“No,” he admitted, amused. A pause, then a small shrug. “But eventually… I got better.”
“What was the first thing you actually made right?”
His expression shifted slightly at that, “chicken noodle soup.”
“Why soup?”
“Jia got sick.”
The air in the car changed, not heavy, just quieter, “she wouldn’t eat anything,” he said. “I ended up sitting on the kitchen floor with her because she wouldn’t stay in her high chair.”
You watched him as he spoke, like you could almost see it, “she only ate maybe….three bites,” he said softly.
“And that was enough?”
“It felt like I’d won the lottery.”
Silence settled again, this one thoughtful rather than empty. After a while, he added, quieter still, “I figured if I was going to do this by myself….she deserved more than microwaved dinners.”
You looked at him for a long moment, “Chan.”
“Hm?”
“You’re a great dad.”
He smiled, but it didn’t fully reach his eyes this time. “I’ve mostly just been trying to stay one step ahead of her.”
“I don’t think that’s true.”
A glance at you. “No?”
“I think you’ve spent the last four years building a life where she never has to wonder if someone’s coming home.”
That landed and stayed there. Chan didn’t respond right away. Just kept driving, fingers tapping once against the wheel like he was holding the words somewhere quieter than speech.
Then, after a beat, a small, genuine smile returned. “…Thanks.”
And this time, he didn’t try to say anything else.
He didn’t need to.
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By the time Chan turned into the neighborhood, the conversation had already softened into something familiar.
Jia’s unwavering belief that broccoli was just “tiny trees.”
The phase where she had refused to wear matching socks for an entire week on principle alone.
The brief, intense period where she had announced she was a dinosaur and responded only to roaring.
It came in fragments between laughter, the kind that filled space without needing to push anything out of it.
Eventually, the house came into view. Then the driveway.
And when Chan pulled in, the two of you both seemed to notice it at the same time. The grocery bags in the backseat. Still sitting there. Still very much not sorted.
A pause settled over the car.
“…Right,” you said slowly. “We’re going to have to separate all of this.”
Chan followed your gaze like he’d only just remembered they existed. “…Yeah.”
Neither of you moved for a second longer than necessary. It wasn’t reluctance exactly. More like the quiet realization that the moment had finally caught up to you.
“…Do you remember what’s yours?” he asked.
You leaned slightly to see better, squinting at the jumble of bags. “I know the coffee is mine.”
“…I think.”
That made him turn his head toward you. “You were confident for a second there.”
“I was confident,” you defended lightly. “Until you made me think about it.”
A small laugh left him as he opened his door. “That’s dangerous.”
“So is this grocery strategy.”
That got a fuller exhale of amusement from him as he stepped around the car. You followed him to the trunk.
The air outside felt a little cooler, quieter without the movement of driving, like the world had paused just long enough for this to become its own small task.
Chan lifted the first bag and held it out slightly. “Okay. This one?”
You peered inside, then frowned. “I genuinely don’t know.”
“Helpful.”
“I’m trying.”
He handed it back into the trunk and picked up another. “This?”
You leaned in closer this time, taking your time. “Wait… I think those are your onions.”
A pause.
Chan blinked once. “I don’t buy onions.”
“You literally picked them up.”
“I would remember that.”
“You made me smell them.”
That did it. You both broke out into laughter at the same time. Your hand went to your face, shoulders shaking. “Oh my God.”
Chan bent slightly at the waist, laughing harder now, one hand braced on the edge of the trunk like he needed support to survive the memory.
“I can’t believe we’re doing this,” he said through a laugh. “This feels like we’re dividing assets.”
“That’s exactly what it feels like,” you said, still laughing. “Custody agreement for groceries.”
He pointed at you without hesitation. “This is your influence.”
“My influence?”
“You kept saying ‘I'll use it’ about everything.”
You straightened, defensive but amused. “Because I will use it, whether its with you guys or by myself.”
That hung there a second longer than the joke deserved. The laughter didn’t stop, but it shifted, softer now, less chaotic. Chan looked at you over the open trunk, expression easing into something quieter. He picked up another bag, holding it for a moment before handing it over like he’d already accepted the answer.
“…Yeah,” he said gently. “We will.”
And somehow, that landed more than the joke ever did.
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The house was quiet as you both stepped inside, the bags heavy in your hands. The familiar sounds; the soft rustle of plastic, the faint clink of bottles filled the space. You set your bags down on the counter while Chan moved to start unloading his own, a slow, practiced rhythm.
He looked up at you with a small, familiar smile. “Leave your bags for now,” he said softly. “We can take them over to yours when we get a chance.”
You nodded, knowing he was right. It was easier this way, him handling the division, the organization, the flow of the household. No need to worry about sorting everything immediately.
He moved with a quiet purpose, opening the fridge and freezer, carefully placing items where they belonged, his movements slow and deliberate, as if tending to something fragile.
"Here, just put them away while they're still in the bags, so you don't leave anything behind," he says glancing towards you. You watched him for a moment, feeling the steadiness in his movements, the familiar quiet confidence.
You watched him for a moment, feeling the steadiness in his movements, the familiar quiet confidence. It wasn’t just about groceries. It was about the rhythm of the home, the way things could be organized and cared for without words, a shared understanding that everything would find its place naturally in time.
“Thanks,” you said softly, reaching for the bags again. “It’s….nice having this kind of normal, even if it’s just for a little while.”
He smiled, a little tired but genuinely peaceful. “Yeah,” he replied. “It’s good. We’ll make it feel like home, one step at a time.”
Later, as the evening settled in, you found yourselves in the kitchen again, this time side by side, reheating leftovers in the microwave. The hum of the appliance blended with the faint, distant chatter from the living room, stories about the day, sprinkled with the occasional giggle.
The quiet rhythm of the house continued, unhurried; passing plates, brushing shoulders, sharing small, knowing smiles as you set the table together.
You exchanged a glance, a small, knowing smile passing between you, feeling the unspoken understanding that everything was okay, just as it was.
You both sat side by side at the kitchen table, the soft glow of the overhead light casting a warm, calming hue over everything. The gentle clatter of plates and silverware punctuating the quiet. Outside, the faint sounds of the evening drifted through the window; distant traffic, a birdcall or two, filling the space with a peaceful, familiar rhythm.
You reached for a glass, taking a sip before glancing at Chan. “Do you remember how she used to react to changes?” you asked softly.
Chan chuckled, a quiet laugh that carried a hint of nostalgia. “Yeah,” he said with a small shake of his head. “She’d get all anxious if her routine was even a little different. Like, when she’d go to bed start asking for her nightlight or Leebit a hundred times.”
You smiled, remembering those nights. “She still does that?” you questioned.
"Not so much now," he nodded thoughtfully. “She’s adaptable. Just needs a little time to process.....speaking of I want to make sure she’s okay, you know. Before we talk about anything new between you and I.”
You looked at him, your expression softening. “Yeah. I think that’s smart.”
He paused, glancing down at his plate, then back at you with a quiet resolve. “I just… I want to be careful. Not rush her or make her feel overwhelmed. I want to tell her first, in a way she can understand, simple, gentle. No big surprises. Just us, taking it slow.”
You reached across the table, giving his hand a reassuring squeeze. “That’s the right way. She’ll trust us more if she knows she’s safe.”
The gentle hum of the house wrapped around you both, quiet but steady, an unspoken promise that patience and love would guide you through. No matter how long it took, everything would fall into place when the time was right.
You looked down at your plate, then back up at him, feeling the quiet strength in his words. “We’ll get through this,” you said softly. “One step at a time.”
He nodded, a small, genuine smile touching his lips. “Yeah. One step at a time.”
And in that peaceful moment, with the evening settling around you, you both knew that love wasn’t about rushing or pushing, it was about patience, trust, and quietly building something steady and real, day by day.
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The soft hum of the house continued around you, but at the table, everything seemed to slow down. The gentle flicker of the candlelight cast warm shadows across your faces, and for a moment, the world outside faded away.
You sat close, your shoulders just barely brushing, the quiet comfort of each other’s presence wrapping around you like a shared secret. You reached for your glass, but you hesitated as your arm brushed against his. He looked up at you, eyes dark and steady, a quiet understanding passing between you. The air grew thick with unspoken longing, a slow-burning tension that didn’t need words.
He shifted slightly, closing the space just a little more, his gaze dropping to your lips. You felt your heartbeat quicken, the anticipation building gently.
Without a word, he leaned in, a small, deliberate movement, his eyes never leaving yours. His hand reached out, resting softly on your thigh, warm and grounding.
Your breath hitched as he brushed a tender kiss along the corner of your mouth, then along your jaw, slow and deliberate, as if savoring each moment. His lips lingered there, sending a shiver through you, and you instinctively leaned into him, closing the gap.
The slow, steady press of his lips against your skin sent a ripple of heat through your body. You felt the faint brush of his fingers, the subtle pressure of his hand, grounding you in the moment. Your eyes fluttered shut for a brief second before opening again, meeting his gaze; soft, intense, full of promise.
The atmosphere shifted seamlessly, from calm and gentle to something more electric, yet still tender. You could feel the unspoken desire simmering beneath the surface, waiting for the right moment to unfold fully. But for now, it was enough; this quiet, lingering closeness, the shared breath, the unhurried connection at the heart of it all.
In that silence, at the dinner table, love and longing intertwined, simple and profound. And you knew, without saying a word, that this moment was just the beginning of something deeper, something waiting patiently just beneath the surface.
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