Shep woke at 5am, hard and head buzzing. Knowing he wouldn't get back over he pulled on his running gear and crept out, not wanting to wake Olivia. He did his best thinking while running. So now he knew. It wasn't a tease, it wasn't just a big joke. She wanted him as much as he wanted her. Simple? No, not quite.
God if only she was an entitled little stage school brat I could just enjoy fucking her, using her, she's definitely got a submissive streak to go with her Daddy issues. Just. My. Type
. But she wasn't, he loved her. He loved her gentleness, her fragility, her strength, her drive.
Do I love her as a daughter I want to fuck OR a hot young girl I want to fuck and feel protective of? Both? Does it matter? What matters is if this goes tits up I ruin then best thing in my life. And maybe one of the best things in hers too.
It would be false modesty for him to deny the happiness that shone from her on the weekends they spent together. He knew she loved him, on platonic level at least.
Platonic love and animal lust? There are worse foundations for a relationship.
But that didn't answer the question.
What if this is a disaster?
There were no easy options. He could see the need in her eyes, and looking back it was clear that this wasn't a spur of the moment thing. The last few weeks had been a planned seduction. Pretty successful too. If only she knew she only had to ask. So to turn her down, however gently, telling her that they were father and daughter and could never be any more would crush her, to be rejected by someone you love, is bad enough at any age but at her age with her fragile self esteem it would be a hammer blow. It was an option, but had risks as much as plunging headlong did.
Even while running, where his head was cleared and focus, she kept creeping in at the margins, imagining her sitting up in her bed, stretching sleepily.
What would waking up beside her feel like? Heaven?
Sleepy morning sex, slowly taking her from behind, his face pressed against the back of her head, the light fragrance of her bodywash, nuzzling into her soft thick hair, immersed in her completely.
Stop it Shep. Focus
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It took two loops of his usual route to finally work through his thoughts and settle on a course of action. His muscles ached as he made her breakfast but his mood was level. He still didn't know what the right thing to do long term was but he knew what to do tonight.
His heart still skipped a beat when she came downstairs for breakfast, in the same outfit last night. He stepped toward and pulled her close to kiss her on the cheek.
"Good Morning Princess. Sleep Well?"
"Like the dead."
I'm going into the office but I'll be back to make dinner. Do you have plans?"
"No plans. Thought you might want to see the rest of what we bought yesterday?" she said in a small voice. She smiled when he nodded. "Oh I do have a request of you though. While I'm give you a fashion show you're wearing the same clothes you wore all day. Don't you have nice pyjamas? Wear them. And if you don't then give me your credit card and I'll buy you appropriate loungewear in town today. You don't want me to be uncomfortable do you?"
"As you wish" Shep smiled, handing over his credit card, with a feeling he knew exactly what was happening. "I don't really have anything like that. I'm a medium in most things. 40 inch chest."
"I know" she winked. "and thanks for breakfast but I need to get ready. Busy day"
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At work he struggled do anything but briefly distract himself from thinking about Olivia, what had happened and what they were on the cusp of. Technically no taboos had been broken, no lines had been crossed. She had teased him. He'd spanked her, they both took some time alone afterwards before continuing with their evening. Of course they both now knew what was going on but had... deniability. There was a way back. If they chose they could ignore last night and continue as if nothing had happened. So they could stay in this grey zone, this intimacy. He couldn't go back and he suspected she felt much the same. But neither could he cross the final taboo. If they kept it light, playful, teasing, retreating to their room they could preserve a conventional paternal relationship. But once they crossed that line to full lovers there was no way back. So kisses were fine, and if they kept missing kissed on the cheek that was fine. An openness with each other was unusual but not unheard of. She could walk around scantily clad.
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She was waiting for him when he came back from work, as he opened the door she came from the kitchen to greet him in the hall, with a broad smile, hair and makeup perfect.
She wore a full length lace gown, split high to her upper thigh on one side, plunging neckline and completely see through, with a matching black bra and panties underneath
"Technically this is a dress Daddy. I saw it on Insta, a local celeb wore it to a fundraiser. Not sure I could wear it out but I thought you might like it. Actually I have a confession. I've had my eye on it for a while and when you talked about buying lingerie together it was the first thing I thought of. I'd ordered it online before we even left the house yesterday, it arrived this afternoon. Then yesterday I got a new set of bra and panties to wear under it. Girl's gotta stay classy, don't you think? I think it's perfect for cosy nights in... "
"Olivia listen we need to ta.."