Walls rushed past Scott on either side. Trying to both wipe his eyes and cling to Joe for grim death, Scott didn’t gain any sort of impression of the space they moved through.
As suddenly as he’d picked Scott up, Joe dropped him.
Scott’s arms flailed. He tried to cling to empty air. “What the—?”
He bounced as he landed on a firm mattress. It might as well have been a bed of nails against Scott’s flaming arse. Instinct kicked in. He swiftly rolled onto his stomach.
Wiping his eyes once more, Scott cleared his vision well enough to take in his surroundings. Bed. Wardrobe. Lots of complicated looking leather bondage gear. He was in Joe’s bedroom. And suddenly it was obvious why Joe couldn’t afford a sofa for his living room. Every penny Joe made obviously went straight into his toy collection.
Scott gawped, slack-jawed, at the three rows of black leather toys hanging on the wall alongside Joe’s bed.
“I didn’t bring you in here to admire the scenery.” Joe nudged impatiently at Scott’s hip. “Move over.”
Obediently wriggling toward the other side of the bed, Scott turned his attention to the one thing a sub might reasonably find even more fascinating than a room full of leather—a naked dom. A naked Joe.
* * * * *
Joe picked up a pillow and tossed it against the headboard. Leaning against it, he stretched his legs out toward the foot of the bed, but he didn’t turn his attention toward Scott straight away. He made a point of giving Scott a few moments to catch his breath while he made himself comfortable.
Even when he finally turned toward Scott, Joe didn’t pressure him to meet his gaze. For several minutes, Joe was happy to admire the fine blush that he’d spread across Scott’s arse. A spanking looked good on him. If Scott’s flourishing hard-on had been anything to go by, the spanking had felt good while it was being administered too.
Finally, Joe judged the moment right. He caught Scott’s eye.
Scott quickly dropped his gaze. There were still tears clinging to his lashes.
Joe beckoned Scott toward his side of the super-sized bed. “Come here.”
Scott crawled across to him.
Joe brushed his thumb across Scott’s cheek, wiping away some of the lingering moisture.
Scott immediately tried to pull away. “I’m n-not crying.”
“Yes, you are.”
“No, I’m n-not. I—”
“It’s nothing to be embarrassed about,” Joe cut in.
But Scott wasn’t listening. He shook his head. “No, I’m not. It d-d-didn’t even hurt that much!”
Joe folded his arms across his chest. He’d already discovered that Scott was one of those men whose brain connected directly to his lips when he was flying high on endorphins. He was pretty sure that Scott had no idea what he’d blurted out while being spanked. Nothing had been too personal or too embarrassing for Scott to share with his lover then. And now, Joe was perfectly willing to wait out another round of babbling if that’s what he needed to do.
As Scott kept talking, Joe tuned out his lies and watched his lips instead.
He had a beautiful mouth, and it wasn’t fair to expect Scott to control it right then. There was no control in Scott now, and no desire to control anyone either. Soon, he’d learn to hand command of himself over to Joe and everything would change, but, for now, Joe simply watched Scott take his first shaky steps into his submission, and smiled.
Gradually, Scott came to a stuttering stop. He stared at a centre point on Joe’s chest as if the little patch of skin over his sternum might have all the answers to his questions.
Joe kept his breaths slow and even, just in case Scott was paying attention to that. “The word you’re looking for is intense,” Joe said, as the silence stretched out. “It felt intense.”
Scott glanced up at him.
Joe wiped the last of the tears from beneath Scott’s eyes. “There’s nothing wrong with that. I’d be more worried if you hadn’t shown any reaction. And I know that these are very different than the kind of tears someone cries when they’re upset.”
Scott’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he swallowed rapidly. “Th-thank you…”
Joe pushed his hands through Scott’s hair. Tugging him up the bed, Joe brought their mouths together.
