AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. All characters are over the age of 18.
Thought that I'd go back and post another chapter on a series that people have been asking me to continue. Been a while since I've written these characters, so I hope I managed to keep them consistent.
As always comments and questions are encouraged. I hope you like it and I hope that I'll have time for more stories in the future.
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It had been almost a full month since Mike had moved in with his estranged sister Sarah, rekindled their old relationship, been found out by his niece Emily, confessed that she was also his daughter, and gotten Emily's blessing to continue their relationship. In that time Mike and Sarah had found that decades of sexual need had been coming out in all manner of new ways. The brief relationship they'd had when they were younger had already proven them to both be kinky and willing to experiment, but this was a whole new territory for them. Every few days Emily came home with another toy or piece of lingerie, never the same thing twice. What had started off with vibrators and stockings had quickly progressed to leather restraints and ball gags. And Sarah wasn't the only one pushing the kinkier side of things. She had caught him looking at an online store that made latex bodysuits and she just winked and told him to bookmark it.
The sex wasn't always kinky, but it was practically constant, at least as long as Emily was out of the house. This was mostly because she had come home one afternoon from one of her college classes to find her mom tied up on the living room floor with a magic wand strapped to her thigh as her uncle fucked her face. "OH COME ON! AT LEAST PUT DOWN A FUCKING TOWEL!!". Thankfully Emily was finding more and more excuses to stay out of the house.
Aside from the sex Mike had continued to look for work, but it turned out that between restaurants struggling to recover from the pandemic and his old boss going out of his way to ruin any references Mike might have had, that finding a new job was taking a lot longer than expected. Sarah had said repeatedly that Mike didn't need to stress over it, but not working wasn't sitting well with him. After another fruitless morning of sending out resumes and cover letters Mike decided he needed a break and that it was past time to actually use the pool in the backyard. Ten minutes later he got a refreshing blast of water to the face as he dove in.
Mike hadn't had time to go swimming in years, but the exercise felt great. After a dozen laps Mike found himself getting winded and decided it was time for a break. As he climbed out of the pool to go dry off Emily walked out wearing a bikini. "Hey Mike. Thought I'd join you." That was what she'd called him ever since she found out the truth of her mother and him. Just Mike. Not "Uncle Mike" or "Dad". Just Mike. He tried not to let it bother him.
Mike shrugged and grabbed a towel "Honestly didn't hear you get home. Feel free, I'm just enjoying the sunshine. I'm going to go fix some drinks, want anything?"
Emily smiled and laid her towel on the deck chair. "Non-alcoholic please."
A few moments later Mike returned from the kitchen with a pitcher of Arnold Palmers. "It's a nice afternoon for a drink, any reason in particular you're not today?"
Emily poured a glass, gave it a quick taste and laid back down on the chair. "I've just got... a lot... on my mind. I don't like to drink when I'm trying figure stuff out."
Mike poured his own glass and joined his daughter on the chair next to hers. "Fair enough, though I personally find sometimes a little alcohol can help keep me from overthinking things." Emily didn't respond, so he just started applying sunscreen. After several moments Mike set the tube of cream down and broke the silence. "Do you want to... talk about it?"
Emily sighed. "I just... it's about school and stuff and it's a lot. And I don't know how to say this without sounding like an ass, but you're not really my dad. It's not like you've been there for any of this stuff before now. Like this is something I just kinda have to figure out on my own y'know?"
Mike took a deep breath. "OK ow. Seriously though, I get it. I haven't been around and you don't need to suddenly start treating me differently. I'm not really trying to be 'Dad' here though, I just figured that maybe I could help... provide some perspective. I may not have gone to college, but I know a thing or two about making big decisions. If you don't want to talk about it though I'll drop it and we can just enjoy the sunshine."
Emily took a gulp of her drink. "Alright, fair enough. I guess it's just that I don't know what I'm doing. I'm graduating in like, a month, and I have no clue what I'm going to do after that. I went to college pretty much because that's what Mom wanted for me and now I'm about to have a degree and the thought of trying to go find a career is... terrifying."
Mike sat up and faced Emily. "You're not going to get a job in your field?"
Emily shrugged and shook her head. "It's an English degree..." Mike grimaced and Emily shot him an offended look. "OK wow! Asshole."