The three adult men all looked from one to another, not at all certain what was going on. The three of them had all woken up in their guest rooms and found themselves compelled to come to the living room, where they’d found all the lights on, the tree lit, and…a man, sitting in their dead dad’s recliner, who looked like some freak’s idea of Santa Claus. “Alright boys,” the man said, “Who wants to be the first to sit on Stanta’s lap?”
“Did…did he just say Stanta?” one of them whispered–James, the youngest. None of them stepped forward, or said anything at all.
“No volunteers? Well, how about we just go from oldest to youngest then. Mark–you first, get on over here and sit on Stanta’s knee, and tell him what you wanted most in your life, that you never got, Stanta wants to know.”
The oldest, in his early fifties, shuffled over, terrified that he had no control over his limbs, and gingerly sat down on the freak’s knee, trying his hardest to avoid touching the monstrous cock hanging below the man’s fat apron. “Please, I don’t–”
“Hush mark, no need to be afraid, just tell me what you wanted most, and be honest–Stanta knows when you’re lying,” Stanta smirked–lying wasn’t allowed anyway; no one on his knee could tell him anything but the truth.
The middle aged man stammered for a moment, and then said, “The…pressure. It was a lot, sometimes. My dad–I was the oldest, so I always had to set the example. I could never just relax, or fail, or do badly at anything.”
Stanta leaned in close, “Well I can take some of that pressure off–in fact, why don’t we make it easy, and make you a complete failure, eh Mark? You’ve never really succeeded at anything, have you?”
As his younger brother’s watched, their eldest brother, the man who’d always been the best at everything started to…change before their eyes, along with their memories of him. He’d flunked out of high school as a freshman, and never recovered. Never held down a job for more than a few months, never taken care of himself. A deadbeat, a slacker–he was fat now, greasy, stinking of the booze and cigarettes he was always drinking and smoking. He let off a belch, “Fuck, that was a big’un.”
“Feel better?”
“Fuck yeah, feel fuckin’ great…”
“Good, because I don’t think you’ll have to worry about succeeding at anything ever again, right Mark?”
“Fuck man, I don’ even try no more. Gonna be smokin’, drinkin’, eatin’ and jackin’ off til the day I die.” He was still changing, as he spoke–his hair and beard growing longer and longer–after all, he never bothered cutting it. His body expanded and began to stink, since he no longer showered, his teeth had already begun rotting from his mouth as well. “Thanks Stanta–this is all I ever wanted, ‘n I never even realized it.”
“If ya wanna thank me, then get down and put that faggot mouth to use, you worthless failure, you fucking disgust me.”
Some old, dying part of Mark knew those words should sting–but all they did was make him horny…and proud. He…liked being a failure after all, so why not relish it? He got down and started sucking at Stanta’s massive cock as best he could, but he wasn’t very well practiced–not many men wanted to use his disgusting mouth, not even at the rest area he cruised regularly.
“Alright, get over here Matthew, you’re next. Have a seat on my knee, and let’s hear what you want more than anything.”
His middle son, in his late forties, stumbled over. He’d always been a bit of a rebel, more so than his older brother, certainly, and he fought more against the strange compulsion dragging him over to where his now filthy, lazy brother was licking this freak’s huge cock, but as hard as he tried, he found himself settled on the man’s knee, trying not to let his legs touch the fat slob wedged below them. “Please, I don’t want anything–really! I’m happy.”
“Oh Matthew, I know you much better than that–you’ve never been happy. Now come on, tell me, what do you want? If you don’t tell me, then I’ll just have to guess…well, I won’t have to guess, I’ll just take a peek.” Matthew just kept his mouth glued shut, fighting his tongue back, refusing to say anything. So Stan smiled, stared deep into his son’s eyes, and Matthew…felt him inside his mind, rummaging about, looking in all the dark corners he’d tried to keep hidden from everyone for so long, all the secrets he’d kept out of fear and shame, all the fantasies he’d been saving for, at best, a mid life crisis.
“I always knew you were ugly on the inside, son, but I never quite understood how much,” Stanta said, finally.
“Wait…d-dad? Is that…”
Stan held a finger to his lips, quieting him. “Now now, that’s all in the past–we should leave it there. We should focus on you, and what you want, eh? So many things you’ve thought about doing, thought about buying, fantasized about for so long. Why don’t we just give you a bit more backbone, eh? A bit more…bravery, a little less shame. Imagine what you could have done for yourself, imagine who you might be if no one had ever held you back.
“No, please…I didn’t do any of those things for good reasons…I don’t want–”
Stanta’s finger flickered, and before he could finish Matthew was engulfed in a flash of light. “Son, everyone does things for reasons, but none of them are ever any good.”
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