Page 59 of Sanctuary After Dark

Shoving my hands into my pockets, I watched as Luke put Elias down and reached into the bag he had on his arm, pulling out a black bundle of faux fur. Elias took it from him and unfolded it before he was squealing and hugging the unstuffed toy to his chest.

"Mothman!!! You got me Mothman!!! Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you! He's going to be so cute, and he's so soft, and I have to find him the perfect outfit."

Leaning down so that my lips were close to his ear as he investigated his new prize and turned it here and there while inspecting the detachable wings, I spoke. "You'll have plenty of help picking out an outfit for your new friend, and I'm sure lots of opinions."

Elias tilted his head to look at me for a moment. Confusion lit his face as he thought about what I had said. Looking towards the inside of the store, I nodded my head for him to look.

When he turned to where I indicated, his eyes widened and his hand went to cover his mouth as he took in his friends from the house. The subs he had bonded with already, and even some doms who came to help corral them once they got too excited.

Raven stood in front of the different bins with Gar, picking up one of the unstuffed toys to feel how soft it was. Isaac, Imani, and Oliver already had theirs picked out and were comparing them with each other. And Alec and David were standing back watching them to make sure they didn't cause any trouble. Brats tended to do that.

"They… they all came here for me?"

Pressing a kiss to his cheek, I hummed in acknowledgment of his statement.

"They did. They wanted to spend some time with you, and we thought that afterwards, we could take yinz to McDonald's for Happy Meals and to play in the play area. What do you think, mo laoch?"

He turned around and threw his arms around my neck and kissed me. Pulling him close, I hummed against his lips as I kissed him back, nipping at his lower lip teasingly for a moment.

"This is amazing. Thank you so much, Tatuś. This is the best date ever!"

Luke snorted a laugh behind him, and we both looked over at him.

"You haven't been on a date with me yet, little bunny. So let's hold off on judging which one is better, hmm?"

Elias giggled and turned to kiss him as well. I knew they would be going out together soon, and Luke was going to spoil him. I couldn't wait to hear all about it when they came home from it.

"Elias! You're here! Look what I'm getting!"

Our boy turned to hear Oliver call out to him, and everyone else looked. Oliver ran over to him and showed him the bear that he had picked out from the ones that they carried within the store.

"I'm going to see if they have a leather jacket and maybe some high-tops! Oh, cool! Is that Mothman? I'm so jealous. That's the next one I want to get."

Luke stood next to me as we watched Oliver and Elias walking into the store and talking animatedly about the outfits they were going to pick out for their new friends and which friends they already had. We planned to get him more as rewards for good behavior as time went on.

Watching Elias as he laughed freely and his filters fell was such an amazing thing to witness. It was a complete one-eighty from the scared and shy boy that had walked into our club earlier this year. He had done so much of the work himself too, and he was continuing to do the work to be better every single day.

I was constantly amazed by him and his strength.

Elias turned back to look at us and smiled brightly as he waved us over.

"Tatuś! Tatusiek! Come on already!"

Huffing a laugh, I nodded and walked into the chaos that was brats running around the store gushing over how cute everything was while they got a new friend.

There was no place I would rather be, though.

Chapter 20

Looking in the mirror, I couldn't help but grin and let my eyes move down my body as I stepped back to admire myself. Raven had really outdone themselves picking out what I was wearing and the styling of it.

"Just one last touch, little love."

I turned and looked at Raven as they stood beside me with a soft smile. They had been a big help with the plan that I had tonight and were happy to agree to help me.

Looking up when they directed me, they applied black mascara to my lashes to make them look long and voluminous as they framed my dual-toned eyes. Next, they took a tube of liquid blush and dabbed some on the apples of my cheeks before grabbing a brush and blending it out. The final touch was a bit of pink lip gloss on my lips to make them pop out and look irresistible.

Reaching forward, they moved their long fingers through my hair, fixing the curls here and there to lay where they wanted them to. A smile lit their face as they nodded and reached for the soft white bunny ears that we found online a couple of weeks ago after we had gotten back from Build-a-Bear.