be discreet

[msmage]

It's not much later, in Isabella's room, that she asks:

"So... is Alex really a dom?"

Comments

[eclipsi]

"It'll be okay, pet."

[mrmage]

"I'm pretty sure you're right, but I'm still kinda nervous."

[eclipsi]

Scritches. "Charlie won't even be there, just Renée."

[mrmage]

"Which means I'll get to repeat this at some point in the future, woo."

[eclipsi]

"Poor thing," says Isabella.

[mrmage]

He grins. "Fine, I'm being overdramatic."

[eclipsi]

Pat pat. "Yes you are. It'll be fine, lovely."

[mrmage]

"It probably will," he agrees.

[eclipsi]

"Renée is a very sweet and friendly person."

[mrmage]

"Yeah, I've gathered as much."

[eclipsi]

"You can talk about being switches or something if nothing else."

[mrmage]

"...I'm not sure that's the best idea."

[eclipsi]

"It's not the world's most fascinating conversation topic, I guess, what do you mean?"

[mrmage]

"I mean that most of my relevant experience consists in being beaten up by Tobias."

[eclipsi]

"Oh." Snuggle.

[mrmage]

Snuggle. "I presume a bunch of teens go into activism when they're about this old, but I don't really have it in me. I understand the problem and such, but other than convincing individual people that switches are in fact a thing," shrug.

[eclipsi]

"Okay. She might bring it up; she does know you're a switch. But it shouldn't be hard to steer her elsewhere."

[mrmage]

"It's not that I don't want to talk about being a switch, I'm just not gonna be very clear about or forthcoming with information on how it's interacted with my history."

[eclipsi]

Nod, nod. Pet pet.

[mrmage]

Snuggle.

[eclipsi]

"To be honest she's not likely to focus on your childhood in particular. More like, 'do you get that thing where you go into a store and you can see the cashier decide you're a sub who had an accident at the barber'."

[mrmage]

He giggles. "I mean, I have had this happen recently, yes."

[eclipsi]

"Aw, pet." Pet pet.

[mrmage]

"The collar's more indicative than anything. I don't mind it that much, and I don't think I act all that subby most of the time. And I'm definitely not gonna walk around without the collar, heck yeah I belong to you."

[eclipsi]

"Good boy." She kisses the top of his head. "I like you submissive to me but I don't require you to be submissive at me, let alone when I'm not around, if that makes sense."