It was already very late at night and the house was silent. Barry was just getting back home from the library. His schoolwork was crazy lately and he needed to spend full evenings researching information for the upcoming essay. But despite the stress and amount of work to be done, he had a smile on his face - the reason why the research took him so much time was also because he spent a long time sexting the mysterious stranger he met online a couple days ago.
The situation was perfect for him. The two of them haven't even exchanged names, but what they did share was amazing sexual chemistry. The fact that they didn't know each other only made it hotter, and that was the reason none of them wanted to break that. Throughout the day, they kept sending each other dick pics and dirty texts but throughout the night, they would have surprisingly deep conversations. Barry was always careful not to disclose any personal information or anything that could personally identify him - in case he was wrong about this man. And his mystery stranger seemed to share the same reservations.
That didn't mean that they couldn't connect with each other though. Sometimes Barry would talk about how lonely it felt to be gay in a small town, how overwhelmed he felt at school and generally he reached out every time he was in a bad mood because talking to the stranger always made him feel better. The stranger was less keen on being open, but Barry could tell he wasn't really happy with his dating life, that his work was starting to get on his nerves and that he had a somewhat distant relationship with his kid. He didn't know whether it was a son or a daughter, and the stranger didn't really get deep into this topic - Barry had a feeling that it was because the stranger didn't want to make himself look too old in front of Barry by mentioning his children too much.
Barry opened the door slowly and saw that there was no light inside. Not wanting to wake up his stepdad, he stepped lightly and headed for the stairs.
"Sneaking back from a party, huh?" a teasing voice sounded from the darkness. Barry yelped and almost lost balance - he had to hold onto the stairwell railing to stop himself from falling.
"Stavros!" he sighed, "God, you startled me... you know I wasn't at a party."
"Yeah, I know," Stavros emerged from the shadows, dressed only in his shorts, giving Barry a nice view of his impressive, hairy chest in the moonlight coming from the window, "I'm just giving you a hard time, kid. I know how hard you are working at school and I appreciate it."
Barry looked down and blushed. He knew that his stepdad was making an effort to be nice, but every conversation they had just made Barry feel terrible about the secret he was keeping from him - that he liked men. The fact that lately, Barry started feeling attracted to Stavros, didn't make things easier for him.
Stavros was the only family he had left - Barry couldn't risk coming out to him, so he just suffered in silence. He hated himself for it and he knew it was hurting his stepdad, but he just couldn't find the strength to do anything about it.
"Thanks..." Barry said, eager to just end the conversation and get into his bedroom.
"By the way," Stavros said, "I noticed you're on your phone more than usual lately."
His stepdad smirked at him, trying to make a personal connection. It was so hard to talk to his stepson, so he caught onto every opportunity to start a conversation with him. And Barry never had a girlfriend - Stavros was sure that if that had changed, he would be excited to talk about it.
"Is it someone you like, maybe?"
Barry smirked for a second, smiling at his stepdad coyly.
"Maybe. Yeah. It's probably nothing though. I don't think it's going to go anywhere. But it's nice."
Stavros nodded, feeling excited that his stepson was opening up, and decided to push the topic a little further.
"Just playing around then, huh? Well, you never know, kid. I really hope it works out for you. What's her name? Perhaps, if you want, you could bring her home for dinner or something."
The smile started slowly fading away from Barry's face. It was not a "she", obviously, and it was by no means anyone he could ever bring home to meet Stavros. The conversation only reminded him of the fact that he didn't find enough strength to come out to his stepfather yet.
"Um, yeah. I'll see about that. Probably not, though," Barry said, promptly ending the conversation before turning around and heading upstairs, "I'll go take a shower and sleep, I'm so beat from today. Good night, Stavros!"
Stavros stood there for a minute longer and sighed. He loved Barry and he knew he would never give up on him... but moments like that hurt. He decided not to think about it too much and headed for the kitchen to pour himself a glass of water.
As he filled up the glass, he felt a slight vibration in his right pocket. His eyes lit up and he quickly reached inside to pull out his old work phone. The mystery guy he was chatting with sent him a message.
New message from "Guy From Online": hope u had a gr8 day stud!!!
Stavros smiled. Despite the atrocious grammar the boy used to express himself over text, messaging him was the only thing that brought Stavros joy lately. He still couldn't believe he was sexting a guy... and a rather young one, at that. That part made him feel strange and a little bit ashamed at times - this guy was nineteen - young enough to be his son. But he would be lying if he said it also didn't turn him on like crazy. The daddy/boy dynamic that they incorporated into their sexting was something Stavros didn't know he enjoyed before. But now that he got a taste for it, it was everything he wanted to do.
They had this strange relationship of not sharing much personal information and yet they shared so many intimate details over those texts. An observer would probably think that it's crazy to talk so deeply with someone you don't even know, but Stavros didn't care what anyone else thought. In the last couple of years of his dating life, this was as close as he ever came to a connection with someone, and he wasn't going to give up on it.
He started typing away a response, while he felt his dick twitch in his shorts - that happened often to him when texting this stranger.
New message from "Internet Daddy": What's my boy doing up so late? Shouldn't you be in bed?
Barry snickered to himself as he saw the response. He was laying in his bed, with the light off - so Stavros wouldn't suspect anything and ask more questions - and staring into his phone. He felt at ease every time he talked to this stranger. He felt like he could ignore everything else that was happening in his life and just focus on this harmless, virtual fling. He started typing away a response.
Composing message: the boi was doing sum serious studying ;))) just got back home cuz i had 2 go all the way 2 rockville library just to get this one book!!!
His fingers were typing a little too fast for his own good. He sent the message before he realized what he did. His smile faded away as soon as he realized it.