7. Donovan

The spanking from Taine had been like nothing Donovan had experienced before. Donovan had done his fair share of fooling around in clubs and at parties, especially in recent years when he had become more open to himself about his identity as a Little. But to be spanked in such an impromptu and off-the-cuff moment was something else.

And it certainly helped Donovan settle into his initial period as an Ice Bear too.

For the next few days after the spanking, Donovan arrived at the academy for training with a good attitude, and an attitude that was willing to learn and listen to Taine as he began to step up the close combat training.

Donovan still found Taine a little too bossy and he could definitely do with being a little more relaxed when it came to dishing out instructions, but overall Donovan was handling the situation much better.

And it was great to be spending time with his new teammates too.

Tommy and Oliver were hard workers during training, but they had a fun and mischievous side too. In fact, Donovan was a little surprised that Taine hadn't taken Tommy and Oliver's pants down and spanked their butts too.

And the truth was that even though the thought of watching Taine give two other boys a spanking was kind of hot, Donovan was glad that it was only his bottom that had felt the stingy strike of Taine's deadly accurate swats.

But as he walked into Met Milkshakes, Donovan was determined to put all thoughts of Taine out of his mind. This playdate with Tommy and Oliver wasn't about Daddies. This was a Little thing. And Donovan was keen to make the most of his day off from training with some well-earned playtime.

‘Hey, Donovan,' Harry said as Donovan approached the counter. ‘Tommy and Oliver are already in the playroom. And so are Chase and Joshua.'

‘Cool,' Donovan said, having been unaware that Chase and Joshua were going to be there. ‘I guess I'll see you in there too?'

‘Maybe,' Harry replied. ‘It depends if my Daddy gets back from Walmart in time. We've run out of marshmallows and he's on a mission to buy the biggest bags he can to tide us over until our fresh delivery arrives tonight.'

Donovan smiled and said goodbye to Harry, for the moment at least.

It felt good to be in such a welcoming environment, where even as a very untypical Little like he could be treated without judgment and also not have to worry about paparazzi getting involved. The lack of paparazzi threat was in large part down to the Doni family. Ever since they established that some of the Ice Bears most important players were Daddies and Littles, Danilo and Antonio before him had made sure to use their very specific negotiation tactics to ensure that all players would be free to keep their private life very much private.

Donovan stepped through the door at the end of the diner and quickly changed out of his regular clothes and got into his favorite blue and purple pelican onesie, complete with a big orange beak on the hoodie.

Donovan could hear the sound of everyone laughing and giggling on the other side of the door in the playroom. There was no reason for Donovan not to step in there and join in on the fun himself. And yet…

Am I too big?

Will they laugh at me?

I'm not sure I can do this…

However before Donovan could have a complete change of mind and get back into his regular clothes, the door to the playroom swung open and it was Joshua and Chase.

‘Hey, Donovan! Yay!' Joshua said, a big smile on his face as he adjusted the tiger ears on his romper.

‘It's good to meet you outside of hockey,' Chase said. ‘Hopefully you're not as tough in the playroom as you have been against the Ice Bears in the past!'

Chase giggled and held his stuffie close to his body.

Donovan had experienced a few battles with Chase Light. Chase was the hottest young player in the whole league and was already well on the way to becoming an Ice Bears legend. And best of all he was a Little too – one who clearly didn't bare any grudges from their past rivalry on the ice.

Another notable thing about Chase was that his Daddy was the great Jack Steel, the recently retired Ice Bears all-time superstar. Jack was now involved behind the scenes at the Ice Bears and was still a huge figure at the club. Donovan knew that being welcomed by Chase, and hopefully Jack too, was a big deal and would help establish him as a true Ice Bear.

But career thoughts could wait.

This playdate was all about having fun.

And with the encouragement of Chase and Joshua, Donovan was ready to take a big step and get fully involved in the Met Milkshakes playroom.

‘Hehe!' Donovan giggled, rolling onto his back and giving his stuffie Cap a big cuddle. ‘Cap's all warm!'

Donovan's stuffie was a warmie, a kind of stuffie who could be safely heated up to provide extra snuggly snuggles. And whenever Donovan felt in extra need of a snuggle, he would heat Cap and relish every second of his cuddle.

After playing for nearly two hours, the Littles were all well and truly in Little Space. Donovan had gradually felt himself let go of his inhibitions as he played crawling tag with the other Littles. It was a fast paced and fun game where there was no time to think or feel self-conscious. But now the game was over, Donovan was so deep in Little Space that all he could think about was cuddle, milk, and cookies.

‘I… I wanna… snack-snack,' Donovan said, rolling onto his front and crawling over toward Joshua, Chase, Oliver, and Tommy.

‘Me too!' Oliver said, lying on his back and kicking his feet up into the air. ‘I want snack now!'

‘I think Daddy Silas bring drinkies and snackies,' Joshua said, his eyes lighting up as Silas did indeed appear from the main café area with a selection of milk bottles and chunky cookies with marshmallow toppings.

‘Guess who's back with the good stuff?' Silas laughed, his broad shoulders and neatly maintained beard giving him a real matinee idol look.

‘My Daddy's the best!' Harry added, scurrying into the playroom between Silas's legs and promptly plopping himself down on the floor amongst the other Littles. ‘Now I want my milkies too! I've been working super-hard!'

The Littles all watched and waited patiently as Silas arranged the milk bottles and handed them out one at a time, along with the accompanying chunky cookie.

‘Fank you, Silas,' Donovan said as he took his milk bottle and immediately held it to his mouth and began to suck the milk down.

‘Don't go too quickly, Littles,' Silas said. ‘If you hold on, I'll get the super-blanket and put it over you all. That way you can suckle your milk and fall asleep for a good nap.'

The Littles all cheered in between gulps of milk and soon enough they were lying down next to one another and drifting off to sleep with warm tummies, stuffies close, and all the good vibes from a brilliant playdate.

As Donovan began to feel himself teetering on the edge of sleep, he let out a little giggle. His tummy felt all warm with milk and the cookie had hit the right spot. And he could feel something else too…

My wee-wee is all hard.

I think I want Taine here.

I want him to do all the naughty Daddy things to me…

But before Donovan could let his imagination run wild, he fell asleep with a big smile on his face and an even bigger tent at the front of his onesie.

The playdate might have been a great time to bond with his teammates and forget about the hard work at the academy. But it was clear that Taine Crash was going to be far harder to forget about…