Luke sat on the edge of his bed in almost total darkness, save for the light emitting from his slightly ajar door. He could hear his mother and brother talking about something down the hall. Too well.
... I closed the door when I left. Fuck, Luke thought to himself.
Just as he stood up to close the door, he heard footsteps approaching.
In a state of panic, he jumped under the covers and pretended to be asleep. He just prayed to God that no one noticed the cum puddle.
His door opened to the sound of soft footsteps. He briefly opened his eyes a fraction to see his mother. She was wearing a light pink silk camisole that finished just below her crotch. Luke had never seen this before. He closed his eyes tight as she approached, and she sat beside him on the bed.
"Luke?" she asked softly.
Luke remained completely still.
"Honey, I know you're awake," she said while stroking his arm.
Luke opened his eyes but avoided looking his mother in the eye.
"We need to talk about... You know," she said.
Luke remained motionless. They knew.
"Honey, sit up please," his mother said with a stern tone.
He slowly sat and propped himself up, focusing on the Bring Me The Horizon poster opposite him.
"How much did you see?" she asked.
"Enough," Luke retorted, still avoiding eye contact.
"Luke, look at me!" his mother sternly said.
He shot a look at his mother, if he could even call her that right now. She had tears down her face.
Luke instantly felt guilty. Like it was his fault somehow.
"Honey, please don't make this harder than it is," she said with a tearful quiver.
"You... You were having sex with Chad," Luke said, dumbfounded. "He's your son. My brother."
"I know, I-," she said, unable to finish the sentence.
"Incest," Luke said, feeling a lump in his throat. He also felt tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Oh, God, I know, I know," his mother said, reaching him for a cuddle. But Luke rejected it.
"Honey, what do you want me to do?" she asked.
"I really dunno," said Luke flatly. "You gonna stop with Chad?"
His mother sighed and looked at her feet.
"I... I can't," she said. "Chad and I are a couple."
"Right, a couple," Luke retorted. "And what about dad?"
"Oh my god, please don't tell him!", she cried.
She silently wept. Luke didn't know what else to say, so he gave in and hugged her.
"I won't," he finally replied.
"I do love you, sweetie," she said, still while sobbing. "with my whole heart."
Luke thought back to when she outright called Chad her "favorite son".
"Whatever you heard between Chad and I... It was just sex talk, I swear, she quietly said.
Luke said nothing. He didn't know what to believe at this point.
"How... When did it start?" Luke shakily asked.
"Not that long ago," she replied. "Around Christmas."
Christmas? Luke thought. That was nearly half a year ago! Fucking right under his and dad's noses.
"Honey, we simply fell in love and I've never been happier since," she said, still quietly sobbing.
The two cuddled in silence for a few minutes until his mother got up, and left the room without another word.
***
Katie sat at her desk, waiting for her students to arrive. She checked her watch, it was 8:58 am on Monday morning. Luke remained in his room for the entire weekend. Her husband John returned the Sunday morning, and she and Chad had to put on a performance so that nothing was out of the ordinary. She was terrified that Luke would tell her husband, but things went rather smoothly. Still, John was concerned that something was bothering Luke. Her heart sank.
She decided to pull it together and put on a brave face for her students.
Work now, worry later, she thought.
It was 4:00 pm and work was over for the day. Katie thought she handled herself well, although one of her work colleagues thought she looked rather tired.
She returned home to find Luke on the couch, masturbating to a photo. She got a good look at his penis. It was average at best. Chad's penis had to be twice the size!
Luke instantly got up and ran. This was the first time she had seen him in person since Friday evening.
"Luke, wait..," she tried to say, but he had run upstairs to his bedroom, and slammed the door shut.
Katie walked over to the photo and examined it. It was... her and Chad. The time they went to the water park just over a year ago. Katie wore a revealing swimming costume. She admitted that she couldn't really blame Luke for masturbating to her. What he witnessed was life-changing. Literally.
But something else caught her attention. Chad was also in the photo, his muscular arm around her waist. Why this particular photo when there was one of her, alone in the swimming costume, right there above the fireplace?
Katie knocked on Luke's door.
"Honey, may I come in?" she asked.
She heard a faint "Ok" come from the room. She entered to see Luke sitting in his computer chair, avoiding eye contact as usual.
She was wearing a sleeveless work dress this time, not nearly as revealing as her attire last time. She sat on the edge of the bed and held Luke's hands.
"Honey, why aren't you at work?" Katie said.
"I quit," Luke replied.
Deciding to ignore what he had just said, she changed the subject.
"Luke, I want you to be honest with me... Are you into men?" she asked.
Luke's face burned bright red.
"No," he said. "Well, not really."
"Not really?" Katie asked.
"Well, seeing you and Chad together like that... I can't stop thinking about it," Luke replied.
"Understandable," she said.
"But it's more than that," Luke continued. "The way you two were together... It was... erotic."
"Oh...," Katie said under her breath, feeling herself blush.
"I mean, I've never thought of you and Chad like that, especially Chad, like, ever," he said.
Luke continued.
"But seeing you, my mother in the arms of my younger, muscular as hell younger brother... It awoke something in me," he said.
"Sweetie," Katie tried to say, but Luke interrupted her.
"There's more. Thinking back to when you called Chad your "favorite son"... I think that's when I started to masturbate. Not the sex," Luke admitted.
"Sweetie that was just sex talk, you should know that," Katie explained.
"There's some truth to it though, right mom?" Luke asked. "After all, mothers don't usually date and fuck their sons."
Katie didn't want to admit it even to herself, but Luke's right. Chad is her favorite.
"... You can't help who you fall in love with," Kate said, feeling shame.
"So you admit it. Chad's your favorite son? Sex talk or not?" Luke said rather harshly.
"Please, I still love you with all my heart," Katie pleaded.
"I know," Luke said. "But you're not really understanding the situation, are you?"
Luke continued.
"... I want you, to treat me as the second favorite," Luke said, his face blushing once again. "When dad's out, of course."
Katie sat in silence, not knowing what to say. Luke's face blushed to the point it was practically red.
"You can even have sex with me around," Luke said quietly.
Katie sat back and took it all in.
So, Luke isn't gay, but he has a bizarre 'incestuous-cuckold-humiliation fetish? Katie had never even thought it was a thing until just then.
"Ok, wow...," Katie finally said while standing up.
"What do you think, mom?" Luke asked.
"I'm just... Just leave me be for a while, ok?" she replied.
Katie walked out without saying another word.
***
Chad pulled up the driveway in his orange Honda Civic, his muscular hand grasping the steering wheel while his other hand adjusted the volume on his rap music. Like Katie, he also had only one thing on his mind. The difference between him and his mother though, was that he didn't give a flying fuck about his older brother finding out. He was just concerned that the little nerd might gain some confidence and rat them out.
He turned off the ignition and walked inside the house. His mother was on the sofa watching the television, wearing an oversized jumper and baggy leggings, She looked as though she had been crying again.
"What's up?" Chad asked.
"...He liked it," Katie said.
"Huh?" asked Chad as he sat down beside her.
"Luke. He liked what he saw," she replied bitterly. "I feel like throwing up."
Chad scratched the back of his head, then held his mother's hand.
"I'm not defending the nerd or anything, Katie, but we are pretty hot together," Chad said, trying to lift his mother's mood.
Katie looked at him and smiled weakly.
"Yes, but it just feels wrong," Katie said.
"And you're my actual mom, and we're fucking," Chad replied. "I think it kinda evens it out, you know?"