Brody was relaxing on the sofa after coming back from the gym, scrolling through stuff on his phone, when his boy came into the room. Brody watched him out of the corner of his eye as he shuffled up to the sofa and sat on the floor near his feet; the vinyl shorts he was wearing creaked. Brody rubbed his shoulder with foot. Nick nuzzled it and then nibbled on his toes.
Brody jerked his leg. “Hey!” Brody said. “Toes are not chew toys, pup. I don’t want to kick you in the face.”
“Mrrr. But they’re so chewable. Especially in those socks.”
“No doing anything that could make me kick you. I don’t want to have to explain pup play to the people in the ER.”
“Yeah that wouldn’t be good. But we may um, end up there later this afternoon anyway.”
Brody lowered his phone and stared at Nick over it. Nick looked away; his cheeks were flushed in shame.
“What does that mean? Why would we end up there?” Brody demanded.
Nick wrung his hands together. “I swallowed a marble,” he whispered.
Brody blinked. “I’m sorry, did you say you swallowed a marble?”
Nick turned even redder. “Yes,” he squeaked.
“Where did you – how, I mean. We don’t even OWN marbles!”
“It was one of the ones we have in the decorative jar with the fake flowers.”
Brody swung his feet down to the floor. “How did you swallow one?”
“Well I was rinsing them off, cause they were dusty, and I thought they looked kind of like Gob-stoppers. I was curious what it would feel like to have a glass one in my mouth so I put it in, and then…I dunno, I just swallowed it!” the tone of his voice went up near the end.
Brody rubbed the bridge of his nose. “It’s like having a child. Am I going to just gag you 24/7 so you stop putting things in your mouth?”
“Noooo. Sir am I going to die? Do we need to go to the hospital?”
Brody sighed. “No, I don’t think so. You feel fine?”
“Yes?”
“Well, I suppose you’ll pass it at some point.”
Nick made a face. “Ew.”
“Let me know if you get any stomach pain or anything.”
“Yes Sir.”
“In the meanwhile…”
“Yes?”
Brody pointed at him. “You’re getting a spanking.”
“Roooooooooooooooo!” Nick howled.
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