“Trust me, mom, you don’t want to know what I’m feeling.”
Laura turned her head and looked Ben in the face. He was still looking away, and she wondered if he meant it as a sexual innuendo. With any other man, she could be sure it was a sexual reference, but her own son making such a comment? It couldn’t be, surely?
“I’m serious,” she said, focusing on his skin again. “Anything at all? You should tell me, no matter how minor it is.”
“Mom, I’m 100% sure that I feel okay.”
There was pure certainty in his voice, but there was still a lingering feeling that more needed to be done. Laura thought of the conversation with the doctor, along with the doctor’s very explicit note. Although the chance that Ben was still suffering from a very mild case of hypothermia was slight, Laura wasn’t willing to take that chance, no matter how small.
She pulled her hands out of his pants and sat upright on the bed. She looked at him, and he looked back at his mother. There was a serious expression on her face.
“Now here’s where things get interesting,” she said as calmly as possible.
“Things weren’t interesting a moment ago?”
Laura cleared her throat. “I’ll have to check your penis.”
“What?” Ben noticeably tensed up.
“You took a nasty spill. It was really scary for me to watch. We both know how bad it was and how difficult it was getting you out of that icy lake.”
“But my privates?” he questioned. “You’re actually going to do that?”
“According to the doctor, your vulnerable areas are most at risk. That includes your fingers, toes, limbs, and you know where…”
“Oh…”
She raised her eyebrow after getting his attention. “And you certainly don’t want to lose the function in your penis, do you?”
“No, no,” he quickly replied, shaking his head fast.
“Look, I’m only doing this because I love you. I want to make sure that you remain a healthy young man.”
From that moment, there was a sense of understanding between them. Sure, it would be extremely awkward and pretty humiliating, but there was a good purpose behind it. Ben certainly didn’t want to put his cock in any danger.
“Let’s be quick about this,” he answered. “It’s not like I have anything to hide, anyway.”
“Yes, we wouldn’t want anything to happen to that magnificent cock of yours,” Laura said with a wink, which only caused Ben to tense up further.
“Jeez, Mom…”
“I’m only trying to lighten the mood,” she smiled. “Let’s begin.”
When she reached to pull his sweatpants further down, exposing his underwear completely, Ben instinctively jerked away, before ultimately relaxing.
“Sorry,” he blushed. “This is pretty bizarre.”
“Tell me about it. I’m the one doing all the work, while you can just close your eyes or whatever.”
He took a deep breath. “Actually, do you think we can skip this part? I’m starting to, you know…down there…sorry…”
“Oh,” she gasped, getting the hint. “Well, that’s okay. It’s not like I’ve never seen one of those before.”
Having said that, Laura glanced down at his underwear. By the looks of things, he was halfway erect with his cock pointing to the side.