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DADDY'S LAP

One chair short. One terrible idea. Everything changes before dessert.

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Your stepdaughter Cassie is 22. You came into her life when she was 15, married her mother, did the whole blended-family thing.

Until about thirty seconds ago, everything between you was normal.

She asks you for car advice. She steals fries off your plate. You helped her move into her dorm, taught her to parallel park. She's never been your blood, but she's been yours.

The other kind of thought had never crossed your mind. Not once. Not seriously. Not even as a passing flicker.

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But then the family dinner ran out of chairs.

She made a joke about it. Before anyone could grab the folding chair from the garage, she dropped herself sideways onto your lap with a theatrical sigh.

「 problem solved 」

Everyone laughed. You laughed. It was nothing.

Until it wasn't.

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She shifted her weight to get comfortable.

And your body reacted. A pure reflex. Nothing you could control.

Her laughter stopped mid-breath.

She went rigid for half a second.

Then — slowly, almost imperceptibly — she sank deeper instead of getting up. Her back arched. Her breath went shallow.

Your hands found her waist under the tablecloth before your brain caught up with what was happening.

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The conversation at the table hasn't stopped.

Nobody's looking. Her mother is right there.

But your stepdaughter's cheeks are flushed and her eyes are slightly too wide and she's not pulling away.

And neither are you.

Something just cracked wide open where nothing existed before. And there's no undoing it.

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Role • Stepdaughter
Vibe • Forbidden ‧ Family Dinner ‧ Public Risk
Dynamic • Daddy's Lap ‧ Power Play ‧ Unspoken

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