Jim Grogan quickly made it clear to his new stepson that he had no intention of taking his father's place. He told Tom that if he wanted, he could call him Jim, rather than Dad.
But he also made it clear that he was going to be a father to Tom -- not a buddy. That he would expect obedience and respect.
Tom, always an easy-going kid, thought this was fine. He told his jock buddies that his new stepfather was OK. Jim was a lot younger than Tom's mother, but after being a widow for 10 years, Tom thought it was good for her to have a life. He didn't remember his dad very well any more, anyway -- he was only 7 when he died. Now, at age 18 (almost 19), Tom was a good-looking, athletic stud in Middleton High School, popular with students and faculty alike -- only a fair student, but with a face and body to make any parent proud.
Jim was a successful young lawyer who had lived in Middleton all his life. He was aware of Tom's family, but had never really paid much attention until one high school football game less than a year before. In that game, Tom, who was substitute quarterbacking after an injury (he had only just turned 18), had been tackled late -- the ball had already been passed. He hit the ground on his back and skidded a few yards in the mud. When he stood up, his football pants had somehow split down the back on the left side and Jim was struck by the perfection of the naked young asscheek that was suddenly completely visible -- thrusting out of the torn and muddy pants, it was smooth, white, round -- meaty and a little jiggly.
It took a few minutes for the coach to notice it. In that time, Jim was completely overwhelmed by the boy. His helmet had been removed to see if he was OK, and the perfection of his face, with his blond hair and puppy dog brown eyes resonated with something deep in Jim's psyche. He wanted one of those.
With his systematic lawyerly background and exclusively heterosexual experience, once Jim found out that Tom's mother was a widow, it was just a matter of time. Although Jim was only 28 and Martha, Tom's mother, was 36, they hit it off from the beginning, and less than a year later, they were married.
The new rules of the household were pretty much like the old -- Tom was relieved. There was one exception -- Jim strongly disapproved of hip-hop styles. He refused to allow Tom to wear his low-hanging, baggy pants.
One Saturday afternoon, Tom came home for lunch to find that his closet had been cleaned out, pretty much. When he went to Jim, his stepfather announced that they were going on a shopping trip to get him some more appropriate jeans and shirts. Tom wasn't too happy, but he thought, what the hell -- his mother liked the guy, so this wasn't all that big a deal.
Down at the mall, Tom followed Jim into a place he'd never been in before. The clothes were mostly preppy, but they had a lot of jock-type clothes, too. Jim led him over to the prewashed denims. A good-looking young salesguy came over, disdainfully eyeing Tom's one remaining pair of baggies.
Jim asked the guy to show them some "decent-fitting" denims, preferably pre-worn. After looking over a few possibilities, Jim and the salesguy picked out a couple of pairs of very pale jeans that looked like they'd been worn A LOT. Jim sent Tom back to try them on.
They fit perfectly. They followed every curve of Tom's voluptuous lower body. His big, perfect asscheeks were snugly cupped and displayed. The only flaw was the somewhat rumpled look around the crotch and thighs that resulted from the bunching of Tom's boxers.
"While we're at it, what kind of briefs do you have? Those boxers will have to go," Jim declared. Tom looked thoroughly dismayed -- he loved the freedom of his boxers. Besides which, he felt almost naked in these close-fitting jeans -- he'd never worn anything but baggies.
The salesman grinned, "I've got some jock briefs that would be perfect with those pants. Hold on."
He came back with a box of briefs styled as jock straps -- cotton, but backless, the pouch held to the waistband by straps that cupped the asscheeks in back, just like a jock. He pulled one out of the box and handed it to Jim, "What do you think?"
Jim nodded. "They look fine. Try on a pair with the jeans, Tom, and let's see."
Tom was taken aback. His face reddened as he watched Jim fingering the cotton crotch of the briefs. Jim looked up and caught his stepson's eye. He grinned slightly. "They look to be about the right size. Here you go, son." He handed them over and Tom slunk back to the changing room.
A few minutes later he was back, his face still a little red. Clearly, the briefs fit perfectly. The jeans conformed snugly to the pouch in front, highlighting its thrust and bulk.
"Turn around."
He did, and even the salesguy gasped. With the jock-style of underwear, it was a lot clearer how thin the jeans were. They could see the whiteness of the straps of the jock where they ran under Tom's asscheeks and up to the waistband. By contrast, the expanse of the pale jeans that covered the boy's thrusting asscheeks appeared to be slightly tinged with pink, displaying just how thin the denim was and how there was nothing underneath but bare ass. Fortunately for Tom, he couldn't see this angle -- he was just concerned about the way his crotch mound seemed to be over-emphasized in front.
But he had no say, really, and Jim ended up buying half a dozen pairs of the jeans and a dozen pairs of underwear. He was obviously intending to refill Tom's underwear drawer as well as his closet. He also bought the boy a number of tanktops -- some more conservative "for school," others cut deep with thin straps "for sports or fooling around." He had Tom try on one of the latter type -- more as a thank-you to the sales guy than because he felt it necessary.