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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[msmage]

"That was about the least convincing way you could've said this," she points out.

[alicornucopia]

Jackson looks at his scrambled eggs. He wraps his hands around his mug of cocoa.

[msmage]

"What happened?"

[alicornucopia]

Squirm.

[msmage]

"Alas, I cannot read body language that well," she doesn't say because that would be mean and unhelpful.

"Jackson?" she does say.

[alicornucopia]

"I'm fine," he mumbles again.

[msmage]

"No, Jackson, you're not," she sighs.

[alicornucopia]

"I don't know what else I was supposed to do, is all."

[msmage]

"What happened?" she repeats, more gently this time.

[alicornucopia]

"So he picked up another sub just for the night," Jackson says, "and that's fine, it's only, it was a girl, and he wanted me to um, and I asked if I could have a condom because it was a girl and he told me not to stall and um."

[msmage]

"...and um?" She keeps her voice level, but there's a horrible feeling at the pit of her stomach.

[alicornucopia]

"No, no, it's not that bad," he assures her, "then, um, I burst into tears and she left. And he was mad."

[msmage]

"Oh. Why did you burst into tears?"

[alicornucopia]

"I didn't do it on purpose!"

[msmage]

"I didn't say you did, but I still would like to know why."

[alicornucopia]

"I was upset, I guess? Anyway she left." Shiver.

[msmage]

"What did your dom do?"

[alicornucopia]

"He was mad that I'd just started crying and scared her off and he punished me."

[msmage]

She runs a hand through her hair and sighs. "Oh, Jackson..."

[alicornucopia]

He takes a sip of his hot chocolate. He spills a little more of it on his hand but it's not hot enough to burn anymore. He napkins it off.

[msmage]

"Jackson..." she starts carefully. "Are you sure... you want to stay with him?"

[alicornucopia]

"What else would I do and don't say go to therapy that's not a replacement," Jackson mutters.

[msmage]

"Well, you'd not be abused by this guy, is what you'd do."

[alicornucopia]

"That's not even better I wasn't actually happier alone!"

[msmage]

"But you weren't suffering so much. Guy uses stuff on you you don't like, basically tells you to fuck a girl without a condom, you're repressing enough upset that you're crying- Jackson, this isn't good for you. And yes therapy, even if in the short term it doesn't help, in the long term it will, and you'll find a dom that actually loves you."