Free True by Gwendolyn Grace

shouts this in his best superhero voice.
    “Stand back!” He calls out dramatically, never breaking character, as I move to help Liv with the eggs. “We’ve got this, woman. Go.” He points a large finger to the living room.
    “Ok, well let me just wipe Jordyn’s ha--” I screech as I’m suddenly hoisted over Alex’s shoulder as he carries me out of the kitchen and plops me down onto the couch. I can hear the girls running and giggling behind us. He tosses the remote in my direction and looks me square in the eye.
    “Stay.” He commands and then winks. The girls are jumping around him now chanting “Pick me up Super Daddy! Pick me up Super Daddy!” Alex whirls around and snarls playfully, “It’s Chef Super Daddy and you need to get back to your stations!” He scoops up both girls and hangs them over either shoulder. They wiggle and squeal as he takes off running through the living room, down the hall, through the dining room and finally back to the kitchen.
    “Ok, no more honey, little monkey.” I hear Alex say in his regular voice and smile because Jordyn declared herself little monkey just last night, and he’s on top of that too!
    We end up having a very good day. After Alex’s delicious breakfast, we take the girls to the park to ride their bikes along the trails. We hold hands and walk along behind them. We stop for hot dogs and frozen yogurt on the way home, and everyone takes an afternoon nap. Well, Alex and I fall asleep, eventually…
    *****
    “Faster, babe.” I beg as Alex pulls my legs up higher around his waist and pistons his hips faster into me.
    “Like this?” He asks against my mouth before thrusting his tongue inside. I nod as I moan. Fuck, it was building again. I’d already come once with him using his mouth, and the aftershocks had barely settled from the second orgasm I had from riding him hard. Now, holy hot fuck, a third was quickly approaching. He reaches his hand between us and presses his thumb down on my clit, circling hard. I gasps and feel myself growing wetter as my eyes roll back. It suddenly feels like too much.
    “Ah, Alex. I can’t…” My hips however are moving all by themselves as I spread my legs even higher and ground myself into his thumb and cock.
    “Yes, you can baby. That’s it, give it to me. Fuck.” Then I came, hard. My body explodes around him as I felt him swell and then contract inside of me, both of us tumbling over the edge together, our mouths tightly connected so we could muffle our sounds and not wake the girls across the hall.
    Alex and I lay beside each other as he strokes my damp hair away from my face, our breathing gradually returning to normal.
    “I love you, Court. You know that right?” I felt my throat close at his words. I knew he loved me though I didn’t always feel it. As if he read my mind he continues, “I'll do better. We'll be fine.” Deciding to not go down that road and spoil my relaxed state, I simply nod and nestle myself closer into the crook of his arm. The unresolved issues that floated around us were nearly visible, yet we purposely chose to ignore them as he pulled me tightly to his side, his fingertips trailing up and down my hip, my hand brushing lightly across his chest. Alex always has a way of making the issues in my mind just disappear with a single touch, and I fall asleep smiling because I couldn’t remember the last time we had afternoon sex followed by a nap.
    That night we all watch movies snuggling on the couch and eat Alex’s homemade pizza. We camp out in the living room with the girls falling asleep on one couch and Alex, and I curl up together on the other. It is the second time that day that I fall asleep with a blissful smile on my face. This was how things should be.
    Sunday afternoon we drive Alex to the airport so he can fly to Raleig h for a week to open a new distribution site. The girls and I wave to him as he walks through the security gate. Feeling impulsively silly, I blow him a