Steven just put on a tank top after he was done with Connie. He was still hot and a little sweaty, the reprieve was nice but he wasn't going to go walking around topless with his children around. He kissed his wife's forehead and told her to get some rest as part of her aftercare, then started making his way through their house to find out where his mischievous kids had disappeared to.

When he left Connie whined and followed him out quickly to hold his hand. He grinned and wrapped an arm around her as they waltzed into the commons, he was craving a bit of polycule time, too.

Most of the teens and parents were either watching TV, grabbing snacks or on their phones in various positions. It was so full of life in there it filled Steven was ridiculous joy.

Lucky, his observant and too smart for her own good 17 year old gasped when he walked past. "Oh my stars, Dad! What happened to your back?!"

He froze on the spot and turned beet red almost instantly.

He'd totally forgotten his healing powers were out at the moment, and Connie had done a whole lot of clawing while he was stealing her soul. Like... a lot. He loved the stinging and had even encouraged it, it had brought him a vicious orgasm that had him holding her down and fucking her as fast as he could until she drenched his thighs twice over.

Adam gasped his laughter as he looked at Steven's back from the couch.

Leo murmured, "Oh my god..."

Juniper was nosy and looked too. "Uhm... I think maybe you should go to the hospital?"

He couldn't think of a single excuse or way to get out of this. What could he even say? He couldn't even reach his back in most areas, he had to ask Jasmin to scratch it cause she did it just right. "...I'll be fine," He whispered in abject horror.

Connie's lips were wobbling as she held in her laughter. "I'm sorry," She mumbled to him. "I totally didn't even think about it."

Lucky narrowed her eyes and Steven could tell she was thinking a little too hard about what had possibly caused it, so he blurted, "It's Saturday, you kids should go to the mall. I'll put money on your cards."

Azalea hummed with interest. "Are you trying to get rid of us so we stop asking questions?"

Steven went totally silent and still, and then unfused.

The kids knew he could unfuse, so it wasn't jarring so much as surprising. Diamond shook his head at Star in playful disgust as he complained, "Why would you unfuse and cause more attention to it?!"

He shrugged. "So I could heal your depressed ass from the outside but never mind." He grabbed his hand and they refused into a fuming but giggling Steven again.

Asher frowned at Steven in concern. "Your back is bleeding, Steven. Have you ever considered declawing your wife?"

Adam burst out laughing and Connie snorted as she went to retrieve the first aid kit. When he caught his breath he pointed at Asher. "You're not just grounded, you're super grounded."

Asher nodded, they'd talk more later. "Totally worth it."

*

"Mom, are you okay?"

Jasmin turned to look at her newly 15 year old Phoebe. She must have been watching her try to sit comfortably as Adam made her a snack. "Yeah, I feel great." Adam caught her eye with a mischievous twinkle and she blushed.

Phoebe however wasn't convinced. "Uhm... okay? You're sitting kinda weird."

Milo called from his bedroom, "Ask if she needs a pillow to sit on!"

Adam grinned. "That sounds lovely. Thank you, Milo!"

He came out with a pillow and handed it to her. "Hey, Mum?"

"Mhm?" She smiled at him cause he sounded a bit British, their father was having them spending more time with Rebecca and River as they aged, so it was even more prominent in their house.

"I'm fairly certain my new room is right over that one room we're not allowed in," He told her to her ultimate horror. "Just... remember that next time for my own personal sanity, yeah?"

Jasmin dropped her head into her hands as he departed. Milo was a really chill teen about noticing things, he usually kept his mouth shut even when the other kids made a big deal about it. "Fuck, I keep forgetting we moved him to the downstairs bedroom."

Adam was a cheerful red but couldn't wipe away that smirk. "We'll soundproof it."

"Thank you!"

Phoebe made a grossed out face. "I don't know what you're talking about and I don't wanna know, but you guys are sus."

*

After two incidents they all got much, much more careful about their intimate moments, having teens sometimes was easy to forget when they were typically well behaved and self sufficient.

Unfortunately, Jacob was not prepared for Jack to walk up to him and Adam and go, "Your bedroom curtains are wide open, Dads." He switched his gaze between the two parents as they dubiously wondered why that was relevant.

"Isn't Rowan over?" Adam asked in confusion.

Jack nodded. "Yeah, we were outside." When they both still didn't get it Jack cried, "For the love of all that is good and holy, I do not need to know what goes on in there!"

Adam's jaw dropped and he put a fist to his mouth to muffle the scream that almost burst out. "Fuck. Yeah... Sorry about that."

Jacob couldn't even face his son he was so embarrassed. "It'll never happen again."

"Good, because Rowan's been saying he knows why I'm a freak now." He sailed off and his parents watched Rowan burst out laughing as soon as he approached him.

Jack must have been lamenting his life, he collapsed on the ground dramatically but Rowan only bent over to laugh even harder.

Jacob sighed painstakingly. "Kill me."

Adam grabbed his neck and jerked him around a little with a weak smile. "Stop it. You're gonna make me milk you."

Green eyes lifted to Adam's but he didn't say anything, just pushed into his hand a bit harder.

He hummed and grabbed his hand to pull to his own bedroom, which always had the windows shut and were on the side of the house facing the woods. Opposite to where their son's boyfriend was claiming he knew why Jack was a freak.