Suburban Subspace - Chapter 1: An Unexpected Guest

Erik loved the mall. There was something about walking through it during its busiest hours that just put him at ease. Maybe it was the large crowds masking him and all of his oddities, or something about the lack of individuality that made him feel like he fit in. Afterall, no one was pointing out individuals in the crowd to make fun of how they dressed, or what they looked like. It was the perfect place to go out diapered where he was confident he wouldn’t be noticed.

He’d started the day off with a movie at the cinema inside the mall where he knew he would be able to enjoy his large drink and popcorn with no issues, before confidently strutting through to some of his favorite stores to browse and pick out a few neat things here and there. Particularly, his mission today was to buy some new t-shirts.

He wandered into one of his favorite shops, Zoodles, hoping to find some cute, yet not obviously baby-like shirts to wear about. He loved the store because it had the goth skater vibe that could be used to mask any kind of childish imprints, but most of their designs seemed to feature some kind of cute cartoon character, or soft color palette that spoke to him. He picked out a few before wandering to the front of the shop to check out.

“Just the two today?” The lady behind the desk asked.

“Yes, please,” Erik responded with a smile.

“Right, and do you have a number with us?”

“Oh, I wasn’t aware you guys had a rewards program, could I get signed up real quick?”

“Oh, we don’t…but you can put your number down here,” She said, sliding a paper and pen towards Erik.

Erik looked down at the paper and pen, quickly realizing what was happening.

“Oh! Alright…yea, totally,” He stammered, having never been asked to give someone his phone number. “I’m a- My name is Erik,”

“Jenny,” She said, taking the paper back from Erik. She finished the transaction and handed Erik his receipt. “I’ll be sure to call if there's any problem with your merchandise,” Jenny said with a wink.

Erik smiled, nearly tripping on his way out as he walked backwards, stuck in the moment and unable to take his eyes off of her.

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Erik made it home and quickly busted into his usual Saturday routine. He laid on the couch, padded just right with a booster to keep him dry through the night, cuddled up under his new dinosaur plush blanket he had bought earlier, while watching some cartoons. He happily sucked away on his pacifier, snuggled up next to his teddy bear with a sippy cup full of juice and a box of cheez its. The perfect afternoon to him.

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*

Erik shot up, quickly taking the pacifier out of his mouth. “Who the hell could that be?” He thought. He tried to lay low, blending into the couch as if he wasn’t home. He hoped whoever it was would just go away.

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*

Erik could feel his stomach turning. Why wouldn’t they go away?

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*

Erik jumped to his feet as they continued to knock, shoving the blanket and teddy bear and everything under the coffee table and out of sight. Surely this was just someone at the wrong house? He crinkled his way over to the door, taking one look back to make sure everything was out of sight before opening the door, just as another round of knocking began.

“What!?” Erik said, swinging to the door open to reveal the woman who had asked for his number earlier. “Oh, uh. Hi?”

“Hi,” Jenny said, pushing her way inside and past Erik as if she lived there herself. “Nice place”.

“Thanks, uh… what are you doing here?”

“I wanted to see you, so I did some digging and found that your number is linked to this address so I thought I’d come over,” Jenny said.

“You uh…what?” Erik said, dumbfounded, still holding the door open.

“Simple stuff, really. So what are you up to?” She said, walking into the kitchen and opening the fridge.

Erik finally shut the door, feeling uncomfortable about the whole situation. “Just uh, watching some TV,” He responded.

“Nice, mind if I join ya? I’m bored and got nothing else going on tonight,” Jenny said.

“Um, I guess I thought we’d like…get coffee or something first?” Erik said sheepishly.

“Eh, not really a normal date kinda girl. Can learn more about a guy by just showing up unannounced. Like heck, just from your fridge I can already tell we have a similar taste in food”.

Erik wasn’t sure what to say. Were they really just gonna sit on the couch?

“Well…alright then, um…” Erik stood awkwardly, thinking about how he should probably at least sneak off to the bathroom and try to quietly dispose of the diaper he was wearing.

“You got a bathroom?” Jenny said, catching Erik mid thought.

“Yea, um…first door on the left,” He said, pointing down the hallway.

Jenny made her way down the hallway, but pretended as though she had heard wrong, opening the first door on the right that went into Erik’s room.

“Oops…” Jenny said, still proceeding into the room.

Erik’s heart sank as he ran in after her. What the hell was she doing?

Jenny proceeded to walk around the room, looking at the rather bland setup, with not much more than a bed, desk and dresser.

“Sick place. Clean too,” Jenny said. “I think we might get along,”

Erik forced a chuckle, not sure of what else to say.

“Uh, bathroom is just across the hall, Door on the left, not the right.”

“Oh, must have gotten my directions mixed up,” She said in a sarcastic tone, giving Erik a smile as she went back out the door.

She reached for the bathroom door handle as Erik stepped out of his room behind her, closing the door behind them as she noticed a third door in the hallway, and quickly switched directions to it.

Erik’s stomach sank as low as it could go as she swung the door open. “Wait! Stop!” He shouted. But it was too late. Jenny entered the final room of the house which was definitely the most rewarding in her search to learn all she could about Erik.

The room had colorful foam panels laid across the floor, with a small pile of stuffed animals lining one of the walls and a shelf full of skull-covered, carefully folded diapers. Bins of legos and lego creations lined the third wall.

“Oh shit, do you have a kid?” Jenny asked, stepping back a little and not wanting to intrude on someone else's stuff.

“Uh…no?” Erik said quietly, unsure of how to actually respond.

Jenny looked back at Erik who stood in shock, hanging his head as he looked down at the floor. He felt awful, and was sure Jenny would quickly leave and never talk to him again.

“Oh…” Jenny said, turning back and walking around the room, carefully looking at everything before reaching the shelf of diapers, and pulled one off. She slowly unfolded it, realizing its adult sized nature and carefully designed pattern. “So…is this a medical thing…or is this a sex thing?” Jenny said in what was probably the most serious tone Erik had heard from her yet.

“It’s uh, a se- sex thing…” Erik said, truly embarrassed.

Jenny let out a big grin as she folded the diaper back up and put it back on the shelf. She slowly strolled back over to Erik who was still standing in the doorway and reached out her hands.

Erik looked up at her, seeing her hands extended. “What uh, what are you doing?”

“Grab my hands,” She said.

Erik slowly extended his hands and gently grabbed a hold of hers.

“Now look at me,” Jenny said.

It took a second, but Erik forced himself to look up. Embarrassed as ever and unsure what was about to happen.

“I have two questions before I do anything else,” Jenny said.

“Do you use them? Does it make you happy?”

Erik met her eyes with his, feeling her give a slight squeeze to his hands. “Um, yes and yes…”

“Perfect!” Jenny said, letting go of Erik’s hands and making her way passed him.

Erik wasn’t sure of what that meant. Was she leaving?

He spun around to see Jenny making her way into the living room, taking off her purse and jacket and slinging them over the back of one of the dining room chairs. He was baffled. She wasn’t leaving? She wasn’t running away? He slowly made his way back down the hall after carefully closing the door to his makeshift play room where he found Jenny sitting on the couch.

She looked over at him and smiled. “Come. Sit. We can have that little first date chat that you wanted,” Jenny said, motioning to the spot next to her.

Erik made his way around the couch and took a seat.

“I told you that you can learn more about someone by showing up at their place unannounced,” Jenny said with a wink. “So what's your favorite color?”

Erik laughed. She was right, but after finding out what was likely his biggest secret, how could she still be so normal? “Blue I guess. What about yours?”

“More of a black kinda gal,” Jenny said. “Right well, it's your turn”.

Erik shook his head in disbelief. He didn’t really understand what was happening. Plus, this would technically only be his second ‘first date’ if you could even call it that.

“I mean…I guess how can you have just seen all of that…and be like…okay with it? Don’t you think it's weird?” Erik said, wanting to get straight to his actual questions rather than beat around the bush with questions like what her favorite food was.

Jenny smiled. “I like when a guy is kinky, what can I say? Plus, I’ve seen some much weirder fetishes if I am being honest. So I guess that makes it my turn? You wearing one right now?”

Erik blushed, dipping his head into a slight nod.

“Cool,” Jenny said, reaching her hand towards his crotch. “Mind if I feel?”

Erik looked up at her, not really sure how to answer. “You can say no, dude,” Jenny said.

“No, no…it’s -it’s fine,”

Jenny learned forward some more, putting her hand on Erik’s crotch and felt the smooth form of his bulge before leaning back.

“Was it, uh- what you were expecting?”

Jenny shrugged. “Part of the learning process”

Erik nodded, not sure if he understood.

“Look, I’ll be straight with you,” Jenny started. “I hop between guys pretty quickly, mainly because I have trust issues. It's hard for me to not be upfront with people, and so I guess I kinda expect the same back. I’ve been lied to, or led astray many times and I just want something…simpler. Do you get me?”

“Simpler…like?”

“Like you. A regular guy who goes to work, comes home, relaxes, enjoys life. Not always running around searching for the next big thing in life, or the next big score. Sure you’ve got a few secrets, but don’t we all?”

Erik hung his head again. He wasn’t really sure what to think. Was it considered a complement to be ‘regular’? Besides, she had learned one thing about him and now she was basing his entire personality off of it?

“Am I wrong?” Jenny asked, seeing Erik obviously deep in thought about all of this.

“I mean…no?” Erik said, perking his head up and looking at Jenny again, trying to think of what to say.

“Do you want me to leave?” Jenny asked, also unsure of what Erik was thinking at the moment.

“No…no. Please stay,” He let out, laying his hand on top of hers.

Jenny let out a smile. “Alright. So, what were you watching?”

“Umm…just whatever was on TV…” Erik said as Jenny reached for the remote and turned on the TV, revealing the cartoons that had been playing before she showed up.

“Right…I see,” Jenny said with a grin. “So it's more than just a fetish? You enjoy it for other reasons I take it?”

“The cartoons?” Erik asked.

“The baby stuff. There's a term for it I just can’t think of it at the moment,”

“Yea…I guess it's like…relaxing?” Erik said, stumbling, not really sure how to describe his interests himself.

“Would that make me your Mommy?” Jenny said as her grin grew bigger.

“Oh uh,” Erik started as his face turned red. “If you wanted to be?” He said with a hopeful tone, now seeing Jenny’s grin.

“I’m sure we could arrange that,” Jenny started, “but you should know Mommy has a lot of rules”.

Erik could feel himself getting hard. Was this really happening? He was so struck he just nodded his head, unable to get words out.

“Why don’t you start by showing Mommy what you were truly doing before I got here”.

Hesitantly, Erik pulled out his stash from under the coffee table and wrapped the dino blanket around him.

“There we go,” Jenny said, picking up the pacifier from the table to examine it. “Mommy just wants to meet her new little baby,” she said, plopping the pacifier into Erik’s mouth.