The date gets more intimate

"So what do you do when you're not on dates with attractive men?"

Aaron had frozen. He'd been trying to breath deeply to calm down but his corset **** him to just heave his chest in and out. Since guided to his chair he felt he could barely move. Any movement away would **** him to navigate in the tight skirt and heels, that would automatically put him at the mercy of Ted help him. And then there was the matter of Ted's hand on his thigh, massaging gently.

Once again, he tried to think of a way out, but a mixture of panic, strange sensations and the whole strangeness of the situation made even trying to order his thoughts hard. He just knew he needed to get home and he had no way of doing so... except with Ted.

Ted's question shook him, for some reason he felt he had to respond.

"Well, there's my daughter. I have to look after her."

"Ah, things must have been hard for her.. and you."

"She's meant to be heading to college," in a wave Aaron suddenly found himself spilling thoughts he'd held for a long while, "but she just doesn't know where she is right now. Neither of us do. Moving here was meant to give us some direction but I'm worried we'll end up more lost than ever, we don't know anyone here." Aaron closed his eyes, worried this moment of vulnerability was a mistake.

"Don't try to figure it out. Life's confusing, sometimes you've gotta calm down and let the path open up in front of you."

Aaron suddenly felt something push against his lips. Opening his eyes, he saw the starter had arrived, and now Ted was pressing a scallop at the end of his fork towards Aaron's ruby lips.

Unsure, Aaron opened his mouth slightly, and the scallop went in. It was delicious and soft. Ted pulled out the fork and Aaron chewed over this light starter, feeling he could digest it without too much trouble from the corset. Then Ted brought up another

Tense again, Aaron just found himself opening up his mouth, hands by his sides, letting Ted feed him scallop after scallop. A rising scallop, Aaron's lips enveloping it, a slow chew and swallow, before Ted brought up the next one. Ted seemed to relish it, smiling strongly. Aaron found himself literally eating from Ted's hand. Eventually Ted fed him the last scallop from the plate, followed it with a slow kiss that sent lightning bolts around Aaron's lip's. Then Ted started eating his own starter from the other plate, briefly talking his hand off Aaron's thigh to do so..

Aaron couldn't believe it, how had he let himself be treated like this? He had to do something... throw his drink into the man's face. Wait, even that was a feminine gesture! Aaron tried to breath harder to collect his thoughts but the corset interfered again. So instead, he reached for the full champagne flute and, instead of emptying it into Ted's face, emptied it down his own throat. It wasn't the best option for keeping a clear head but he just needed to get through this thing. On placing the flute back on the table, Ted quickly refilled it.

Ted had his own thoughts. Life may be confusing but he knew exactly the path these two were headed on for the next while.