be discreet

[msmage]

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

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

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[catalexis]

"Tuna salad with pasta in it, but like one and a half people's worth. Frozen leftover pizza. Uuuum." He goes and checks. "Oh yeah, there's meatball soup, it came out sort of weird. I could make eggs or something?"

[eclipsi]

"I'm feeling like tuna. Pet?"

[mrmage]

"Well, I've been promised weird meat and didn't end up getting any, the meatball soup sounds good."

[eclipsi]

"Okay. Alex, do you mind?"

[catalexis]

"I got it, you snuggle your traumatized sub."

[mrmage]

Sadde raises an eyebrow at Alex. "I'm actually mostly okay, now," he says. "Not that I'll refuse snuggles, but. I'm over the shock, at least."

[catalexis]

"Oh, well, in that case," Alex flops onto a couch and waves a hand, "somebody should fetch me pizza."

[eclipsi]

Isabella snorts and kisses Sadde and gets up to putter around the kitchen.

[mrmage]

Sadde giggles. "Want my help with anything?" he asks Isabella.

[eclipsi]

"Sure, pet, come in." And she has him microwave Alex three slices of frozen pepperoni pizza while she pours him a bowl of soup and plates herself some tuna.

[mrmage]

He does all the things she asks, of course, now with a little bit more volition than right after leaving the restaurant.

[eclipsi]

And then they are all sitting around the kitchen table eating their food when the garage door opens again.

[mrmage]

"Guess your mom's home," he says between bites.

[kindestgarden]

Indeed she is. "My god, I am so sorry, I would never if I'd known," she exclaims as soon as she's in the house. "Oh good you're finishing off the soup - I'm so sorry, are you all right, Sadde?"

[mrmage]

"Yeah, I'm fine. You don't need to worry, you couldn't have known."

[kindestgarden]

"I'm still kicking myself. I didn't even check with Bella. I'm so sorry, dear, I wish we could have had a better first impression than that."

[mrmage]

"It's fine," he reassures her. "I was a bit worried about first impressions, but for the more mundane reason that I didn't leave Alex with a very good one."

[kindestgarden]

"Well, I heard only good things."

[mrmage]

"What did you hear?"

[kindestgarden]

"That you make Bella very happy and you're very cute. Mind, I did have to interpret some to come to the understanding that it was 'cute' he meant."

[mrmage]

He grins. "Well, thank you, Alex."

[catalexis]

"No problem."

[mrmage]

"Anyway, uh, we had a few, um, questions," he tells Renée.

[kindestgarden]

"Yes?"

[mrmage]

"Supposing my father wants to pull me out of school, and supposing I would rather set myself on fire than that, do you know if there's a way for me to not have to, given that he has had me heal every injury pretty thoroughly and it's only my word against his on the abuse?"