out of the woods | Damon

Chapter Eight

Simon laid on the couch, watching TV. David was next to him on the l-shaped couch. If Simon glanced up, which he did often, he could see David. He sat up on the couch, moving his legs with his hands and leaned against David. They wed at the tail end of a movie that they had started after Simon had put Eric to bed. It was the middle of the school week so David was working on marking while the two men watched the movie. Simon yawned.

"I think we should start talking about coming out soon," Simon spoke, the idea coming to him. He was looking forward to letting people know that he was dating again. So far, only Alesha, Amanda, and Paula the health teacher knew that Simon and David were a couple.

"You're right. We have been dating for a few months now," David responded, putting down his red pen. "We've been together for four months already."

Simon nodded. "How would you like to come out to everyone? I was thinking we do it quietly," Simon offered. He was thinking about showing more affection to David while they were at work. He could easily do it with hand holding or small, short kisses here and there. He didn't want to go too over the top with the affection like some students did in the hallways. He didn't want to break his professionalism too much at work.

"I agree," David responded. "We could just let more of our friends know about us. Alesha, Amanda, and Paula know about us. I would like to tell my friend Matt. He asked if I was dating recently and I didn't want to tell him yet because I wasn't sure if you wanted me to tell him."

"You should tell him," Simon responded. "I have a few more friends I would like to tell myself. I've also been debating about changing my phone lock screen to that photo of you and Eric that you took last weekend." Eric and David had taken a selfie with Simon's phone and Simon loved the photograph.

It was rather adorable seeing his boyfriend and his son get along so well already. Eric was slowly becoming friends with David and they were getting along quite well. David was already starting to spend the night more often and was starting to become a regular part of Eric's life.

"Do it!" David encouraged. Simon changed his lock screen with a smile. Simon couldn't wait to be able to show off that photo of David and Eric once they came out as a couple. He would even be able to talk about his relationship in school with the other teachers whenever they talked about their relationships.

Simon moved up a bit on the couch so his head was in David's lap. He had used his arms to shift himself up. David knew that Simon had some movement in his lower half but Simon had never really told him how much movement. They had discussed some of it when they had first become a couple.

"Si?" David asked. "Can I ask where you're paralyzed at?"

"Sure," Simon responded. They had talked about it before but Simon didn't talk about his disability much. He could forget he was disabled most of the time whenever he was around David. "I'm paralyzed from t-twelve down."

David ran a hand down Simon's back, trying to figure out where t-twelve was. Simon raised up his shirt for David to see his back.

There was a long, dark scar that extended from the middle of Simon's back and disappeared to just below his pants line. David was tempted to lower his hand so he could get a feel of Simon's arse. Simon brought David's hand to the correct place.

"Right here?" David asked. "Is the scar from the accident?"

"Yeah. It's from when I had broken my back and had the incomplete spinal cord injury. It's where I had surgery to repair the bone," Simon responded. "I can feel some there but it's not great. My balance is absolute shit now so I can't really relearn how to walk. I do have some movement in my hips so that helps when I do transfers. I can take a couple of steps though if I have assistance or I'm able to lean against something."

"Is everything numb from where you're paralyzed down?" David asked. He was curious.

"Just about. I can feel when there's pressure there and I still have the majority of feeling in my abdomen and groin. My feet, ankles and calves have no feeling," Simon responded. "I've got control over the things I need it for." He grinned. "I'm still able to be good in bed if that's what you're curious about."

The corner of David's mouth went up. He was going to ask that next. He remembered that Simon had told him that he could thrust a bit.

"How good are you in bed?" David asked. He let his hand wander lower on Simon's back, tracing the scar.

"I would say extremely," Simon responded. "I haven't had sex in a while though. It's been a long time since my last significant other before you."

"It's only been a year for me," David confessed. He had divorced his ex wife Lara last year and they were still trying to hammer out custody but she lived far away now so it made it harder. He had told Simon a couple of months ago that he used to be married.

David's hand dipped lower, copping a feel of Simon's arse. He had done this a couple of time while they had cuddled whenever Simon was on his side. Simon grinned.

"Would you like to spend the night, David?" Simon asked. David nodded. He knew that they would likely end up snogging with touching each other. They hadn't yet worked their way up to sex but David knew that it would be soon. Simon had already given him a hand job last weekend when he had spent the night. David wanted to give Simon one in return.

"I have some stuff in my car in case I spend the night," David responded. "I'll go get it." He had packed a bag just in case. He had made sure his dogs were taken care of before he had left them for the evening. He sent a text to his neighbor asking if he could let David's dogs, Bert and Ernie, out in the morning.

Simon moved his head so David could get up. Simon was starting to get tired so he knew that he would be going to bed soon. "I'm going to get ready for bed then. I'll probably be in the shower when you come back in."

"Can I join?" David asked, grinning and his tone joking. He couldn't wait to see Simon nude. He had only seen Simon partially nude a few times when they snogged and Simon had seen David almost completely nude when he had given David the hand job.

"Only if we take a bath," Simon responded. It sounded like a good idea to bathe together. They hadn't seen each other completely nude yet so it would be a surprise to see what Simon looked like when he was fully nude. David felt his pants tighten slightly at the prospect. He got up quick and went out to his car to grab his overnight bag.

When he came back in, Simon was already in his bathroom, running the bath water for them. David went into the bathroom and noticed Simon had removed his shower chair and was sitting on the edge of the tub.

"Are you ready?" David asked, stripping off his own clothing. The water was almost ready for them. Simon nodded and carefully removed his own clothing.