Free Bound for Christmas by Sam Crescent

awful tights. He hated the blasted
things, but they’d keep her warm during their visit to town.
    Once they
were on the main road, he turned the radio on and kept it low. The sounds of
carols filled the air. He felt Bernie’s eyes on him. He knew she wanted to
start asking him questions.
    “Do you
like Christmas?” she asked.
    “I love
it. This is my favourite time of the year.”
    “Won’t
your family be missing you this year?”
    He
chuckled. “I already warned them I’d be missing this year.”
    “You have
a family?”
    Leon
nodded,
taking a moment to gaze at her before returning his attention back to the road.
    “Yep, I
have a big family. I have four older brothers and two younger sisters.”
    “ Wow, that is a big family.” Her hands rubbed along her legs.
He knew she wanted to ask more questions.
    Leon
decided
to save her a little time. “Well, we’re a big family in the fact there are
seven kids and two parents, but there is also a set of twins and one adopted
brother among us all.”
    “I bet you
never had a quiet moment.”
    “Not once while I was growing up. We were all a
nightmare at school, and my brothers and I could pack food away like it was
going out of fashion. My mother, Julie, had her work cut out for her.”
    He laughed
recalling the dismay when Julie Butters had to feed so many children on her
minimal culinary skills. His mother had gone to college and taught herself how
to cook.
    “Tell me
about them.”
    Leon
knew
Bernie was an only child. Her parents were gone, and she was the only one left
of a small family.
    “Let’s
see. The oldest is Jack. He’s forty and refuses to settle down and have kids.
My mom believes he’s a lost cause.”
    “Has she given up on him?” Bernie asked.
    “Not at all. She’s
biding her time to find the right woman for her son. Then there are the twins,
Damian and George. Then you have Charlie the loner. He was adopted after my
mother saw him wandering around the street. Then I came next, followed by my
two sisters, Amanda and Tara.”
    “You really do have a big family.”
    “And I love them all.”
    “How can you stand not going home?” she asked.
    Leon
grabbed her hand,
giving it a squeeze before going back to the steering wheel. “I promised my mom
I’d bring a girl back home with me when I go home for the New Year.”
    “Did you mean me?”
    “There is no other girl I’d consider taking
home to mom.”
    “Good. I like the thought of being your girl.”
    “You are my girl,” he said.
    A few minutes later he pulled into a parking
lot. It took him a good five minutes to find a space. He made sure to be
careful as there were plenty of young children running around in the snow.
    “Do you think your parents would like me?”
    “I like you, Bernie. They’ll love you.”
    “Are all your brothers like you?”
    “You mean devilishly handsome and oozing sex
appeal?” he asked, pulling the car into the parking space at the far end of the
lot.
    “No, I mean do they all know about Kink?”
    “None of us talk about our lifestyle, Bernie.
If they do then I don’t argue with them. They probably visit some of the clubs
closer to home.
Tyler
owns more clubs than Kink.”
    He got out then went round to help her. The
flat shoes he’d given her wouldn’t keep her upright for long.
Leon
knew he’d have to keep an arm
around her at all times to stop her from slipping over.
    “I’ve got you,” he said, helping her out. Out
of the whole parking lot, she managed to find the only place where there was a
patch of ice. Her feet went out from under her.
Leon
caught her before she got a
chance to land on her ass.
    They were both laughing as he locked the car
up.
    “You did this on purpose,” she said, turning in
his arms. Her fists were wrapped in his jacket. The gloves didn’t show the
claw-like grip she had on him. He felt it with the few tugs on his jacket.
    “Did what on purpose?” he asked, trying to keep
his face looking innocent.
    “You’ll