Vern came into the kitchen several hours later, with Al sitting at the table, reading the newspaper naked. Al looked up as Vern opened the door and watched him come in.
"No overalls?" asked Al, noticing the slickness and dried semen on Vern's leg.
Vern sighed, "I'm not used to having someone around to get dressed for." Vern continued to the bathroom to clean himself from the pounding he took earlier. Vern came back into the kitchen, wrapped in a towel, before unwrapping the towel, folding it, and then using it as a cushion when he sits down at the table with Al.
Vern looks at Al and says, "You can stay if you want."
Al closes the newspaper up, folds it, and looks away from Vern for a moment, then answers, "....I....I mean....thank you...." Al struggles for words before nodding and saying, "Thank you Vern. I will recuperate here for now. This isn't what I expected, but honestly, I didn't really know what to expect. This is new to me. I've never knotted another man before. I think of myself as a boob man."
Vern smiles, "Those boobs sag a bit when you get older."
Al laughs, and nods, "So true."
Vern and Al discuss how to live together. Al brings up if Vern wants to continue becoming female, which Vern is adamant he is not. Vern states he never wants to use that dildo again. Vern goes so far as to offer himself to Al for the rest of his days before using that thing again.
"It scares me. There is power there we don't understand. Even right now, I feel drawn to what is between your legs, that knot. I don't seem to be able to go past 2 days without losing my self control. That kind of power scares me," Vern says with caution.
Al looked at Vern, "It's strange, but I feel the need to be filled in my ass...it's been building all evening."
Vern shook his head slowly, "Try to fight it. Take it from me, once you give in, you become a slave to that knot."
Al nodded, "Just like withdrawal. It was hard when I quit smoking after med school."
The two talked more about living together, their disdain for each other, and about how best to make the best of the situation. Al yawned a few times before Vern suggested they get to bed, as Vern wanted Al's knot one more time.
Vern woke up, still sore from Al's bedtime session, to heavy breathing and mumbling from Al. Vern turned on the light, and it was clear Al was in distress. Al looked very pale and was damp with a cold sweat. Al's eyes were open, but only had a blank stare. Vern got a towel and and did his best to keep Al dry. Al was not coherent, and when Vern left to get another towel, Al rolled onto the floor, and began to crawl to the kitchen door. Vern heard the kitchen door slam closed, then quickly followed outside to find Al on his hands and knees crawling to the kennel. Vern sighed and let Al into the kennel with Jake. Vern could not smell the pheromones Al was putting out with his sweat, but Jake could, and soon Al was knotted in his ass. Vern was disappointed, it meant that Al was likely already addicted like he was. Once Jake's pulled out of Al, Vern lifted Al onto his unsteady feet for a slow walk back to bed.
Al awoke hours later, his ass still sore from Jake's not. Al got up and walked to the kitchen, to find Vern with the morning's newspaper. Al asked, "What happened?"
Vern kept his eyes in the paper, "You crawled on your hands and knees to the kennel from the bed. Cold sweats and you did not talk to me. I don't think we can beat it. I think it is the price we pay."
Al sits down at the table and says, "We don't know that for sure, but the facts do lead to that conclusion."
Vern just nods his head yes. The two sit in silence when Vern folks up the newspaper and passes it over to Al. "I thought since you didn't change as much as me, that you might be free of getting knotted. Well, how do you feel about staying and working here in the kennel with me? You get laid a lot."
Al sighs, "You make me an offer I can't refuse. Deal."
Vern points a finger in the air, "One more thing, that includes you using you knot in me. I gave in a long time ago, and after last night, I have no delusions of being free of this. Over time, reluctantly, acceptance is easier."
Al nods, "Agreed, given the choice, I will take this. My hair is coming back in, and my face is looking younger. I have a sneaky suspicion that you only like me for my knot."
Vern gets up from the table, and walks around to Al. "Looking younger huh? Follow me, and then we can go to the kennel afterwards to get you taken care of."
Al follows Vern back to the bedroom, his cock growing with each step from his sheath.