Daddy Issues

Beauty & the Beast (final part)

"Daddy?"

"Yes, baby."

"I came so hard I nearly passed out."

Aleks had brought the phone up from between her legs and her face now filled the screen.

"Darling, your face looks so pretty after you cum."

Steve stared dreamily at Aleks's face. He noticed how her flushed skin always looked so smooth and young after cumming.

"Daddy, are you staring?" Aleks teased.

"I'm just feeling so blessed sweetie. I never thought I'd ever find someone in my life who I would feel so comfortable with, and who I would love so much."

"Daddy, you're gonna make me cry. You know how emotional I can get after we've made love."

"I want you to know how connected I feel to you. It's so hard to describe, and it seems so impossible given our age difference. Yet it feels to me that it's exactly because of the age difference that we are so close."

It was going through Steve's mind that the uniqueness of this relationship rested on something quite unusual in these modern times. Aleks, a younger woman, looked up to Steve, the older more mature person. She saw in him something that she wouldn't see in a guy her age. Steve, on the other hand, felt constantly flattered that someone so young and attractive was giving him so much attention. He enjoyed playing the traditional role of the comforter, the wise person, and the protector. Aleks felt a great sense of safety being with Steve. She could leave her insecurities behind, her inexperience, her vulnerabilities. Steve was her guardian angel.

When Steve thought about their relationship in this way, he was struck by how traditional it seemed, how these gender roles were stereotypical. He considered himself a feminist, believing in the equality of the sexes, and was surprised when he realised that this relationship seemed to be based on a power imbalance. Then, he thought, actually it's not a power imbalance. They both needed each other. Their depth of feeling for each other was based in a lack of something. For Aleks, her need for security; for Steve, his need to be needed.

"Daddy?" Aleks said again. "You're looking really dreamy. Is everything OK?"

"Everything is perfect darling. Just perfect. You're perfect. Thank you. For everything."

"Are you crying daddy?"

A wave of happiness overwhelmed Steve, to the point where he started to tear up.

"They're happy tears, Aleks baby. I'm so happy it hurts. Does that make sense?"

"It does daddy. I feel it too. I'm so lucky we met. I need you, and I know you want to be needed. We are a perfect fit my love."

Aleks and Steve stared at each other on their screens. Aleks saw a tear roll down Steve's cheek, and it made her well up. Steve looked at Aleks as her eyes became moist. A little tear rolled slowly down the side of her nose.

In this moment they had reached the highest experience of love possible, something that couldn't be expressed only felt. They both felt it, they both knew the other felt it, and they both knew life held no higher pleasure.

Steve and Aleks both rolled onto their sides, smiled at each other, and - despite being separated by so many miles - felt a depth of love for each other that neither had experienced before.

"Daddy?" Aleks said for a third time.

"Yes, princess."

"Can we watch Beauty and the Beast together now please?"

Steve opened up his laptop, set up the Google Meet and opened Disney+. He invited Aleks to the Meet, shared his screen with her, and pressed play.