This is the fifth installment of the erotica series Constellations, about finding and keeping kink connections and navigating polyamorous love.
Content notes: sub/dom dynamics, daddy/girl dynamics, polyamory negotiation
An hour into their picnic date with Ella, the anxiety Bennett had felt leading up to it was starting to wane. First dates were never easy, but Ella was laughing and curious with her shining eyes, and asking so many questions. The fluttering in Bennett’s chest was starting to feel more like excitement and hope, that they might actually be compatible, that they might want the same things, rather than fear they would discover they were wrong for each other.
Ella had urged Bennett onto their back, pulling their arm once ...
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