Is Three Company or a Crowd?
I have had this part written for a bit now, but haven't had time to post. Hope everyone enjoys and thanks again to @storiesforallfandoms for the short story that inspired this story.
Over the next four weeks you were somehow able to have multiple dates with both Matt and Skeet. Each date left you more interested in each guy yet more confused on what to do and who to choose. You did make sure to keep the one rule that Matt asked for, but you had some close calls with both men. You decided that you needed to have a talk with the guys and figure out what to do together, so you invited both over to your house for dinner. As you were finishing up the preparations for dinner, there was a knock at your door. You opened it and both guys were standing there. “Did you come together?”
They shook their heads and Skeet replied. “No. We just happened to pull up at the same time.” Skeet gave you a hug and a quick peck on the lips, then walked in followed by Matt doing the same.
“I don’t think I’ve ever been kissed by two guys at basically the same time before.” You said as you moved all your hair over your left shoulder. “It feels kind of weird doing that.”
Matt reached for your hand and gave it a squeeze. “We both understand the strangeness of our situation right now and have decided to be cool with things like that.”
“Yeah.” Skeet reached out for your other hand. “Because of you, Matt and I have been spending more time together too, so the conversation always makes it way over to our situation.”
You slightly nodded. “Well, dinner is in the oven. Do we all want to go ahead and sit down and talk or save that until after dinner?”
“Now’s as good a time as any.” Matt said. All three of you went and sat down at your kitchen table. “Why don’t you go first.”
You bit your lip and looked down at the table. “Okay. So, this last month has been great and I’ve loved getting to know you both better. The problem is, I’m no closer to having a decision made than I was before this whole thing started. You are both great guys and treat me so well. Anything that one of you ‘lacks’ the other one has. I have talked to friends about this, to my dads and even a campus counselor. I’ve made pros and cons lists. I’ve googled every article I could find on this situation and I still can’t choose who I want to progress forward with. So…I wanted to let you both say your piece and hopefully we can figure this all out this evening.” You started bouncing your leg and avoided eye contact with either man.
The guys looked at each other and Matt decided to speak first. “We know this is a super hard decision for you and we have tried our best to not add to that stress. Like Skeet said, we’ve been spending a lot of time together too and I feel safe to say both of us are head over heels for you too, which doesn’t help at all.”
You looked over at Skeet as he ran his hands through his hair. “I agree with what Matt said. I wish we could make this easier for you.” You all sat in silence for a bit, then Skeet quietly said, “I do have an idea, but it’s out of the norm.”
You looked at Matt, who looked confused, then at Skeet. “I’m open to hearing any suggestions either of you have.”
Skeet took a deep breath then started to speak. “How about you don’t decide between us? How about you keep dating both of us? But instead of it being two separate couples, we become a throuple.”
“A throuple?” Matt tilted his head to the side.
“Yeah. We’ll all three be in a relationship together. We spend most of our time all together, but we also have dates with you, Katy, and even with each other if we want.” Skeet looked at Matt then back to you. “We’d have to come up with rules on how to handle it all and it would mean all living together and probably all sharing a bed but…”
You tapped your finger on the table. “Are you just wanting to have threesomes?”
“No, that’s not what this is about but that is something we could discuss if everyone is open to it. It is something Matt and I have been apart of before.” Skeet rubbed his beard as you tried to keep from your jaw hitting the floor at this revelation. “A throuple was something I ran across when I was doing my research on our situation and sounded like it might work for us.” You and Matt both sat silently, letting things sink in. “We don’t have to make a final decision tonight on it. We could just try it out for a week or two and see how it feels.”
Matt shook his head. “How would that even work? The trying it out.”
Skeet leaned back in his seat. “Well, we could talk out some ground rules tonight and officially start tomorrow or the next day. If Katy is cool with it, we could all stay here so that she isn’t forced to live out of a suitcase.”
You moved your hair over your right shoulder. “You want to both move in with me for two weeks and try out this throuple thing?”
“Yeah.” Skeet said. “If it works for all of us, then we decide how we want it to look long term and if it doesn’t work, then we are back to you having to decide who you want to be with.”
You felt like your head was spinning. “Matt, what do you think about this idea?”
Matt took a very slow, deep breath. “I’ve heard of polyamorous relationships before. Ace even considered one at one point, but I’ve never thought about it being something I might consider for myself before.” You all three sat silent for a bit until Matt spoke again. “But Skeet does have a point. It lets all of us continue to build our relationships instead of having to make a choice none of us are ready to make. And a trial run lets us dip our toes in without having to jump all the way in.”
Skeet included, “At the end of the day, you have all the power.” He pointed to you. “You can end it whenever you want and you have the first say in anything that happens or any rule that needs to be made.”
Matt chuckled. “Skeet and I would basically be brother husbands.”
You let out a small giggle and shook your head. You opened your mouth to speak right as the timer buzzed on your oven. You got up and removed your Mexican lasagna and started dishing out pieces onto the plates you had sitting on your island. You brought two plates over and sat them down in front of the guys while Matt opened the bottle of wine you had sitting on the table and poured it into the three glasses set out. You went and got your plate and set it on the table, took a sip of your wine then said, “Okay…I am open to the idea of the three of us being in one relationship, but I can’t say yes or no until I know the rules.” You took your phone out of your pocket and opened your notes app. “So, let’s figure those out and then I’ll decide if I’m willing to give this a trial run.” The guys nodded in agreement, so while you all ate dinner the three of you came up with the rules for this experiment. When the meal was over you asked the guys to wait in the living room while you cleaned up the kitchen and thought about everything. On one hand, it felt like a silly choice young people might pick, not two 50-year-olds and a 40-year-old. On the other hand, it lets you continue to build your relationships, without the no sex rule hanging over your head. You put the last of the dishes in the dishwasher then walked into the living room where both guys were sitting on your couch, quietly chatting. You sat down on the coffee table across from the guys. You reached out to hold each guy’s hand. You looked up and made eye contact with Skeet, then Matt, then down at your hands holding theirs. “Okay. Let’s give this a try.” You felt Skeet squeeze your hand. “Come over tomorrow around 7pm and we will get you both settled in. I’ll get house keys made for you both tomorrow.”
“Great!” Skeet exclaimed.
Matt reached over and put his other hand on your knee. “Are you sure you are okay with this and want to try it? I don’t want you to feel forced into anything you don’t want to do.”
You gave a small nod. “The only way to see is to try, but I would be lying if I said I’m 100% down for this entire lifestyle change.” You got up and sat between the boys on the couch. Matt wrapped his arm around your shoulder and Skeet placed his hand on your thigh. You let out a sigh. “Are you two going to try to build a romantic relationship as well?”
Skeet squeezed your leg. “I honestly don’t know. I love Matt and have for almost 30 years, but I’ve never looked at him in a romantic way. But like Matt said earlier, he and I have been apart of a few threesomes before and I always loved watching Matt take his turn with the girl, so you never know.”
Matt looked over at Skeet and gave a few blinks. “You get off watching me with the girl?”
Skeet shrugged. “Yeah. You are so good with your hands and I sometimes wonder what it would feel like if I was your focus instead of the girl. Not that I’ve ever thought on acting on that before. Just wondered.” Skeet let out a small laugh. “Plus, your dick is huge. I wouldn’t know what to do with all that.”
You interrupted. “Excuse me…what?”
Matt blushed and nodded. “I have been very blessed. But Skeet’s is a nice size too.”
“I’m always a bit smaller than you, though, in every way.” Skeet joked.
You rose your hand. “Stop, stop…I can’t handle all that information right now.” You looked over at Skeet. “How many threesomes have you two been in?” Your voice cracked as you asked the question.
Skeet bit his lip. “I’d say maybe five times in the past ten years or so, but usually with one of our girlfriends.”
Matt added. “One time with a co-star of his and once with a fan after she did a professional photo op with us at a convention where she asked to have the picture pose be the Eiffel Tower sex position.”
“That was an interesting evening.” Skeet had a huge smile on his face. “But again, I don’t want the point of this throuple to be about threesomes. But, I also won’t turn down a threesome if you both are interested, though.”
You shook your head. “I’ve barely made it to third base with either of you yet. I’m not ready for a fucking home run derby night one…or maybe ever.”
Skeet picked up your hand and kissed it. “That’s why we start slow and go at whatever pace you want to set. How about for tonight we turn on a movie and we all just cuddle up and enjoy?”
Matt agreed. “Sounds good to me.”
You nodded. “Okay.” You all picked out a movie and got comfy on the couch. Matt played with your hair while Skeet held your hand and rubbed his thumb against your hand. You couldn’t pay attention though as you ran through the rules over and over in your head and tried to figure out how to make this whole situation work and wondering how you were going to keep yourself from falling for one more than the other when just a few hours ago the problem was that you liked them evenly.
Everyone shares one bed unless two are having a date or one wants to sleep alone.
The female will sleep in between the two men.
All sleeping alone will occur in the extra bedroom designated for solo sleep.
Minimum once a week check in meeting to discuss pain points and get clarification on any topic needed.
No dating outside of the throuple.
PDA in common areas is to be kept at a minimum.
For every date that one man has with the woman during a week, the other man is to also have a date.
Any threesomes have to be fully agreed upon by all parties.
All parties will help with household activities including but not limited to cooking, laundry and house cleaning.
