Page 12 of Beach Bats

Aries had to be the fastest. His shots on goal needed to be spot on. And he had to avoid the bigger guys whose entire job was to stop him from scoring.

Aries didn’t have to worry about any of that when he was home in the apartment that he and Vin shared and could be his little self.

Age regression wasn’t even something that Aries knew could relax him until his Daddy had introduced him to the dynamic. Having the support of his brothers, their partners, and even his parents was truly amazing. As Aries continued to color his Daddy’s tattoos, he lifted his left thumb to his mouth and slipped it inside.

He didn’t have to worry about being teased by the others on the plane with him.

Not even Nix, who loved to taunt him, ever made Aries feel weird about regressing into his little self. Vin called it a persona but Aries didn’t actually see it that way himself. Aries was both an incredible hockey player and a little who loved stuffies and playing with toys.

Switching colors, Aries started to use the green marker for the leaves that went down and around Vin’s wrists. Daddy’s tattoos were all amazing but Aries’s favorite was the newest one that Vin had surprised him with.

Right over Vin’s heart was now a tattoo of Aries’s shifted form.

Vin loved taking pictures of him when Aries was shifted. Now Aries knew that Vin had just been looking for the best one to have the tattoo commissioned. Except Vin still took pictures of Aries all the time, so maybe Aries wasn’t quite right about that?

“Are you going to take more pictures in Hawaii?” he asked.

“Pictures of what?” Vin glanced down at the mess Aries was making of his coloring and smiled.

“Of me, of course, silly Daddy.”

Vin nodded. “I’ll take a ton of pictures. It will be a vacation that we never forget.”

Pushing Vin’s arm out of his lap, Aries climbed onto his Daddy’s lap, facing him. They were in a pair of large chairs at the front of the cabin that was totally big enough for the two of them to fit into one.

“What are you doing, little one?” Vin asked. He gripped Aries’s butt, making sure Aries didn’t fall off. His Daddy was just awesome like that.

Aries pushed at the hem of Vin’s shirt. “Off, please. I want to color myself.”

Vin’s warm chuckle made his entire body shake. Which in turned vibrated Aries. “How about I just push it up? I don’t think I should just lie around half naked.”

Aries hummed, not really liking that answer, but as Vin shoved his shirt up, revealing his wide muscular chest and the tattoo over his heart, Aries supposed it didn’t matter. Not as long as Aries could continue to color.

Aries picked the red marker to start with.

The apple that was in the tattoo was one of Aries’s favorite details. His love of apples was well known but Aries felt seen that Vin would include it in the artwork.

Aries began his coloring, loving the way that Vin tipped his head back, giving him access to do whatever he wanted. Maybe after he finished making his Daddy even prettier, he could talk Vin into giving him a bottle before another nap. Once they got to Hawaii it would be time for all the fun. Hopefully things would go better than last summer, when Aries came home injured.

Peeking up at Vin from under his eyelashes, Aries had to smile.

There was no way that his Daddy was going to let anything bad happen to him.

Nix

Squirming, Nix adjusted his position in the reclined chair next to Evan.

“Stay still,” Evan murmured without even opening his eyes.

Nix huffed. “I’m awake.” He just wanted to make sure that Evan was aware of that little fact. He hadn’t even wanted to take a nap. Gem had been bitching about Nix being too loud, forcing Evan to drag Nix across the plane to their seats.

When Evan had brought out the rope, Nix had been excited. That was until his Daddy tied Nix’s hands together before pushing him down and covering him up with a blanket, telling him to nap.

Evan opened his eyes before he turned his head to stare at Nix. “Just because you’re awake doesn’t mean that everyone else is going to cater to you.”

Lifting his head, he could see that the other two couples were both napping as well. Aries covered the front of Vin, with his head on Vin’s shoulder, sucking on a pacifier. Luka was leaning against Gem, practically engulfing him with his bigger body on the long couch at the back of the plane.

Nix laid his head back again before wiggling closer to his own partner.