Chapter 6

The journey from the Velvet Iron back to Luca's apartment was as smooth as Luca could have hoped for. After stopping quickly at a bodega to pick up some fruit and vegetables, plus one of Tommy's favorite breakfast cereals, Luca and his new boy were pulling up outside of his apartment building.

‘You have someone who parks your car for you?' Tommy said, awe in his voice. ‘Wow! I don't think my building even has a carpark.'

‘Ha. Well, yeah. This place is a bit on the fancy side, I guess,' Luca said, now having grown used to the luxury of this part of his life. ‘The doormen here are good guys. You can trust them. If you ever need something and I'm not around, they're a safe bet.'

Tommy nodded and Luca could see that this was indeed quite a big deal for Tommy. On the way over from the Velvet Iron, they had both given potted histories of their past relationships and Tommy didn't have much experience. Tommy was young and didn't have as much life experience – which was to be expected given his age of course.

I'm going to have to be careful.

The boy is fragile. He's been through a lot.

But he's got character, a spirit that needs to be encouraged…

After handing the car over to the valet, Luca and Tommy entered the main lobby and judging by the look on Tommy's face, he was seriously impressed. With its marble floor and paneled walls, the lobby was a throwback to old New York, the kind that Tommy would only have known from the movies.

‘Don't worry kid, this was all strange and new to me once too,' Luca said as the pair of them stepped into the gold lined elevator. ‘My old man may have been involved in the business, but he never had a lot of money. We grew up humble. But we were happy too, until…'

‘Until?' Tommy said, an inquisitive tone in his voice as he ran his fingers over the elevator buttons, careful not to press on them too hard.

‘A story for another time, perhaps,' Luca said, shutting the conversation down. ‘We need to look to the future. I've got a feeling that everything is going to work out for you, I really do. And I've always been known for my intuition. It's part of the reason for how I've lasted so long in the game.'

‘And what's the other part?' Tommy replied.

‘Planning. Lots and lots of planning,' Luca chuckled. ‘I'm a big believer that you make your own luck. The amount of young up and comers who score a few lucky jobs and then either get their bellies filled with lead or end up serving forty-year sentences tells me everything I need to know. The second you get cocky and stop putting the work in, that's when you'll be caught out. But, enough about my work. Let's talk about you.'

‘What do you want to know?' Tommy said, giggling mischievously as the elevator door pinged and opened on the penthouse level. ‘Too late!'

With that, Tommy ran ahead and made his way to the door to Luca's apartment. Luca wasn't impressed with Tommy's sass, but on the other hand it was good to see the boy relaxing and little and letting his fun side come to the fore.

‘You can't run from me!' Luca bellowed. ‘I want answers, and I'll get them soon enough.'

With a huge smile on his face, Luca ran after Tommy and caught up with him at the door to his apartment. For a brief moment, there was a flash of electricity between Luca and Tommy as they stood in the doorway together.

Certainly, Luca was struggling to control his instincts…

I want to kiss him.

Those lips. Those eyes. That damn strawberry earring.

He's the sexiest boy I've ever…

But before Luca could give in to his animalistic desires, he composed himself and opened the apartment door.

‘Inside, let's go,' Luca said, trying his best to sound as formal and austere as he could. ‘I'll show you where your room is.'

‘Woah, this place is… big,' Tommy said, immediately making himself feel at home as he wandered from room to room, inspecting it all and taking in as much as he possibly could.

Luca couldn't help but smile as he saw the youthful exuberance and excitement flow from Tommy's every pore. Luca was in his mid-forties and had seen far too much death and destruction in his life to personally get excited about much, but being able to live vicariously through Tommy for a moment was a total joy.

However, that wasn't to say that everything would be plain sailing in their living arrangement…

‘Boy! Be careful!' Luca barked, the sight of Tommy nearly crashing into a priceless Italian vase nearly sending Luca into a world of pain. ‘Have fun but keep those damned eyes on where' you're going.'

‘Ooops, sorry!' Tommy replied, a little too casually for Luca's liking.

Luca could see that Tommy was going to be a pleasure to live with. He was also going to be a boy that would need discipline too, that much was obvious and he'd only been at Luca's place for less than ten minutes.

Whatever happened next, Luca knew that it was going to present a different challenge to his usual day of Mafia business and plotting bank heists.

A challenge it might be to have Tommy under his roof for the duration of the Xane situation, but Luca had a feeling that he was going to relish every single moment of it…

As soon as Tommy had unpacked his stuff, Luca decided that the pair of them would head across the road to Mini's Bistro, a quiet little restaurant and bar that Luca enjoyed.

Luca held the door to Mini's open for Tommy and smiled as he watched the boy enter ahead of him. There was something so sweet about Tommy's open-eyed innocence and clear enjoyment of experiencing new things.

Just like he had felt back at the apartment, Luca was enjoying being in the company of someone who didn't have a jaded, seen-it-all-before approach to life.

‘Your usual table, sir?' the ma?tre d', said.

‘Yes, that would be fantastic, Giles,' Luca replied, smiling at Tommy as the pair of them were led over to a quiet table in the corner of the bistro.

‘I like sitting here,' Luca said. ‘It may not be as fancy as a big window seat, but it lets me see everything that's going on. You may have already guessed, but I like to be in control.'

‘Yup, the thought had definitely crossed my mind,' Tommy said, a flash of mischief in his emerald, green eyes. ‘The menu looks big. And I don't know what a lot of these dishes are. Would you… maybe… help me choose?'

‘Of course, boy,' Luca replied, beaming with pride that Tommy had shown that trust in him. ‘You never need to be shy about asking for my help. That's what I'm here for. I want to look after you. I want to protect you.'

Tommy blushed and buried his head behind the large, expensively bound menu. Luca couldn't help but chuckle. Tommy certainly had a mischievous and carefree side to him, but he was tender and shy too at times. It made for quite the combination.

By the time the food and drinks arrived at the table a few minutes later, the conversation between the two of them was in full flow.

Luca was enjoying listening to Tommy talk all about his life working at the Velvet Iron, and about all of the fun and games he enjoyed getting up to with his fellow sub friends.

Listening to Tommy, it all sounded so wonderful and idyllic to Luca.

And it made Luca even more determined to avenge Tommy and take Xane out of the picture forever.

‘And one time,' Tommy said, picking up the water jug carelessly. ‘One time… I ate so many candies that I thought my pee-pee was going to turn rainbow colored. OMG! No!'

‘Boy!' Luca growled, the water from the larger water jug spilling onto the table and down onto the floor too. ‘I told you to be careful. But you didn't listen.'

‘Chill, it's just water,' Tommy said, seemingly finding it all very amusing.

‘Enough!' Luca said, his tone of voice suddenly far more severe. ‘An accident is one thing, but not owning your mistake is another. And even worse is adopting a flippant attitude in the aftermath. Now go to the bathroom and clean yourself up. And as you're drying your pants, you can think of a safeword.'

‘A safeword?' Tommy said, the laughter and giggling replaced by a look of shock. ‘As in… an actual safeword?'

‘You've got it,' Luca replied. ‘You might be needing it sooner than you'd imagined.'

With that, Tommy scurried off to the bathroom.

Luca was feeling charged up and could easily have bent Tommy over the dining table right there and then and tanned his bare bottom. But this was about to be Tommy's first spanking, and it needed to be in the safe and secure confines of Luca's apartment.

Luca felt the blood pumping around his body.

If this boy thinks he can publicly sass me, he's got another thing coming.

We're going to start as we mean to go along.

Those round little cheeks won't know what's hit them…

Having walked back from Mini's Bistro in silence, Luca was determined to make things crystal clear to Tommy. Yes, he was helping the boy to overcome Xane and be able to live his life freely and with fun again. But on the other hand, respect was respect… and Luca expected to be treated like the true Dom he was.

‘It was j-j-just some water,' Tommy said, even then a hint of a smile on his face as they entered Luca's penthouse. ‘I mean… it wasn't like it was a three-hundred-dollar bottle of wine, right?'

Luca remained silent.

Tommy may have been a cocky, bratty sub in that moment, but Luca was going to handle him like he would any rival. Sometimes silence could be more powerful than words. And so it proved to be with Tommy too.

‘Water? It doesn't stain,' Tommy said, slightly more apprehensively as Luca continued to keep his mouth shut. ‘And I did kind of offer to clean it up…'

Luca considered breaking his silence, but he wanted to see how long Tommy would go before breaking.

Keep talking boy.

Are you going to make it worse for yourself?

Do you think you can talk me out of this spanking, huh?

Tommy continued to talk, making wilder and wilder statements as he looked for a way out of what he surely knew was going to be a strictly administered spanking headed his way.

‘The table was wobbly! It wasn't my fault the jug slipped,' Tommy said, blushing and not even able to maintain eye contact with Luca.

Luca walked into the large open-plan kitchen and took a seat on one of the heavy wooden chairs. He spread his legs a little and felt his throbbing dick push and strain inside his pants.

‘It's time, boy,' Luca said. ‘And to confirm… your safeword is?'

‘It's yogurt,' Tommy said, a sudden air of resignation in his voice. ‘My safeword is yogurt.'

‘Good, now come over here and stand before me,' Luca said, his voice clear and calm. ‘I want you to pull your jeans down and put your hands on your head for me. I won't ask twice.'

Luca watched as Tommy submitted himself to his commands.

Fuck. I want to take him right here and now.

But this isn't about sex, no matter how much I might want that.

This is about teaching the boy a lesson.

‘I'm going to pull these sweet little yellow briefs down to your knees and I'm then going to bend you over my lap,' Luca said, his heart thumping and his eyes drawn to the sight of Tommy's hard cock springing up as he pulled the tight yellow briefs down. ‘Now, over my lap.'

Luca felt Tommy gasp as he bent him over. The sight of Tommy's stiff cock had done nothing but further excite Luca, and he could feel his own manhood throbbing even harder.

But this was a spanking.

It wasn't a prelude to anything else.

This was a punishment, and it was going to be carried out properly…

‘You will take six spanks on each cheek, boy,' Luca said. ‘You will thank me after each one. If, and only if, I am satisfied, we will call it there.'

‘Y-y-y-yes, D….' Tommy said. ‘Yes, Mr. Sorrento, sir.'

Luca rubbed the flat of his hand over Tommy's pale, perfectly presented ass cheeks as a means of warming them up just a touch. This was going to be a stern spanking, and Luca wanted to give Tommy the best chance of making it through all the way.

‘Can I just say one thing?' Tommy said, his voice full of nerves.

‘Quickly,' Luca said, suspecting that Tommy might be stalling for time.

‘I think I deserve this,' Tommy said. ‘Please, give me the spanking I need.'

‘I certainly will, don't worry about that,' Luca replied, pleased to hear that Tommy was owning the moment, but also cautious that Tommy wasn't trying to curry favor with him either in the hope of an easier spanking. ‘Let's get to it then.'

THWACK!

THWACK!

THWACK!

THWACK!

THWACK!

THWACK!

‘Awwww! It stings, it stings! I mean, thank you Mr. Sorrento,' Tommy said, his body wriggling around on Luca's wide, strong lap.

‘That's a good three spanks on each cheek,' Luca said. ‘We're halfway there. Now let's not waste another second. You're doing well. But this next six will be harder.'

Luca wasn't lying either. The final six spanks, three on each cheek, were considerably firmer and the loud cracking noise each one made was a testament to that.

Luca could tell that Tommy was close to the edge of what he could handle, but it was also clear that Tommy was determined to hold on and take his punishment in full. That was a good sign, and it made Luca determined to deliver absolutely the most spot-on, butt-roastingly accurate spanks he could dish out.

‘And we're done,' Luca said, immediately reaching into the cupboard behind him and taking out a pot of cooling gel. ‘I think your little tush is in need of some TLC.'

‘Yes, D….,' Tommy said, his voice soft and calmer than Luca had heard it up until this point.

Luca began to gently work the cooling gel into Tommy's hot cheeks. They were so supple, and sensitive too after taking the full force of Luca's flat hand.

Luca could feel Tommy's body reacting to the cool cream as he slid and worked it between his cheeks too. But Luca knew he couldn't take this any further, no matter how much he might want to.

‘It's okay, you can call me whatever you like,' Luca said. ‘It's up to you. In fact, I want you to always know you can speak to me and tell me how you feel. If there's something you don't like in a spanking, I want to hear about it. This will only work if both of us are communicating.'

‘Okay, I will,' Tommy said. ‘That was a good spanking. I don't think I've had one that felt like that before. But…'

‘Yes?' Luca said, attentive to Tommy's needs.

‘I think I feel all sleepy now,' Tommy said, turning his head to look up at Luca, his eyes full of emotion.

‘I thought you might,' Luca said. ‘But I don't think my maid has been in today, so I'm going to let you nap in my bed. Come on, I'll carry you through.'

And moments later, Tommy was tucked up in Luca's king-sized bed. With the covers tucked up underneath him, Tommy looked about as cozy and ready for a nice long nap as you could ever imagine.

Luca would have loved to have gotten into bed with Tommy too.

But now wasn't the time for that. It might never be either. All Luca knew was that he was looking after the boy and had just given him a well-earned spanking across his lap.

‘Sleep well,' Luca said, closing the bedroom door. ‘I've got lots of work to be getting on with, so don't worry about me. Just let those little eyes shut and I'll see you when you wake up.'

‘Okay… Master,' Tommy said, feeling warm and shutting his eyes.

Luca smiled and his heart filled with joy.

If this is what being a Dom to a boy could be like, he wanted more. But before that, there was the small matter of his never-ending Mafia work to be getting on with.

I'm going to look after Tommy.

Whatever it takes, I'll do it.

Xane Troppo doesn't know it, but his days are numbered…